1 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:28,028 La'an: Previously on Star Trek strange new worlds... 2 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:30,572 Lieutenant la'an noonien-Singh. Chief of security. 3 00:00:30,656 --> 00:00:32,991 I've been assigned as acting first officer. 4 00:00:33,075 --> 00:00:34,117 No sedatives. 5 00:00:34,201 --> 00:00:35,619 Chapel: Maybe I wasn't clear about 6 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:36,912 the terrible pain part. 7 00:00:36,995 --> 00:00:39,039 Maybe I wasn't clear when I said no. 8 00:00:39,122 --> 00:00:41,208 The gorn captured my family's colony ship. 9 00:00:41,291 --> 00:00:43,460 I was the only one to survive. 10 00:00:44,127 --> 00:00:45,295 Can I help? 11 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:50,944 Spock: Hemmer may not be able to see, but his other senses compensate. 12 00:00:50,968 --> 00:00:52,970 Hemmer: Compensate? They are superior. 13 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:55,013 What the... how did you... 14 00:00:55,097 --> 00:00:56,807 Pike: You beat out, how many, 15 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:59,101 - a thousand applicants? - Several thousand. 16 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:02,521 Both my parents were killed in a shuttle accident. 17 00:01:02,604 --> 00:01:05,190 Didn't feel like I fit anywhere. 18 00:01:05,274 --> 00:01:08,026 I understand you did not come to stareret the way many of us have. 19 00:01:08,110 --> 00:01:09,736 That you are not sure you wish to stay. 20 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:12,656 Stareret would be fortunate to have an officer like you. 21 00:01:22,416 --> 00:01:26,253 La'an: Security officer's log, stardate 3177.3. 22 00:01:26,336 --> 00:01:29,089 The enterprise is currently en route to deliver 23 00:01:29,172 --> 00:01:32,676 an atmospheric processor upgrade to finibus lll. 24 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:35,554 Without our assistance, the air on this remote colony 25 00:01:35,637 --> 00:01:37,806 will become unbreathable in a matter of weeks. 26 00:01:38,473 --> 00:01:40,058 As we prepare for our arrival, 27 00:01:40,142 --> 00:01:42,769 we pause to honor starfleet remembrance day. 28 00:01:47,733 --> 00:01:49,651 Pike: Attention, this is the captain speaking. 29 00:01:50,736 --> 00:01:52,112 Many of us have known those 30 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:53,780 who have made the ultimate sacrifice. 31 00:01:57,326 --> 00:01:59,995 Officers, scientists, 32 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:01,913 civilians who gave their lives 33 00:02:01,997 --> 00:02:03,749 in the hope for galactic peace. 34 00:02:03,832 --> 00:02:07,336 Today we remember the friends and comrades we lost. 35 00:02:07,419 --> 00:02:10,714 Exploration can exact a heavy toll. 36 00:02:11,632 --> 00:02:14,134 As captain, there is no loss more devastating 37 00:02:14,217 --> 00:02:15,802 than that of a crew member. 38 00:02:15,886 --> 00:02:18,055 Remembrance day is about them. 39 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:21,058 Those of us left behind wear the insignia 40 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:23,185 of past ships on which we served together. 41 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:25,854 As we honor the lives that have been given, 42 00:02:26,730 --> 00:02:29,691 let us also be grateful to be still on the journey. 43 00:02:31,026 --> 00:02:32,319 Hemmer: Tell me, 44 00:02:32,402 --> 00:02:35,530 what is the essential function of the ap 350 device? 45 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:37,783 It's an air filter. 46 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:39,910 Cadets. 47 00:02:40,452 --> 00:02:43,163 Never read the assignment materials in advance. 48 00:02:44,331 --> 00:02:46,792 Invented by a zigwel orgon in 2234. 49 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:49,795 First deployed on titan after the crestbrock mining collapse. 50 00:02:49,878 --> 00:02:52,506 Unlike its predecessors, the upgraded model, ap 350, 51 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:55,842 uses charged positron rods to stabilize the ion matrix, 52 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:59,262 which, then, we”, filters the air. 53 00:03:01,264 --> 00:03:02,557 Fine. 54 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:04,935 Points granted. 55 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:08,247 Male voice: Lieutenant taft, please report to the shuttle bay. 56 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:12,025 Most cadets labor their rotation through engineering 57 00:03:12,109 --> 00:03:13,402 dreaming of command. 58 00:03:13,485 --> 00:03:16,029 Uhura: I'm enjoying it here, actually. 59 00:03:16,113 --> 00:03:17,989 Engineering is a lot like linguistics. 60 00:03:18,615 --> 00:03:19,741 Is that so? 61 00:03:20,450 --> 00:03:22,327 Sure. Both are dependent on 62 00:03:22,411 --> 00:03:24,496 how seemingly unrelated systems communicate. 63 00:03:25,747 --> 00:03:26,915 Big ideas. 64 00:03:27,624 --> 00:03:29,334 To impress me, 65 00:03:29,418 --> 00:03:31,962 you're going to need to do better than theorize. 66 00:03:33,296 --> 00:03:34,631 Challenge accepted. 67 00:03:40,554 --> 00:03:41,930 You're not wearing your pin. 68 00:03:42,013 --> 00:03:43,849 - No big deal. - Okay. 69 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:46,727 - You know how I feel about it. - Yeah, I definitely do. 70 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:48,913 The past is the past, there's no point in looking back. 71 00:03:48,937 --> 00:03:49,997 Closure seems like a reason... 72 00:03:50,021 --> 00:03:51,773 - Una, stop. - Starfleet has resources... 73 00:03:51,857 --> 00:03:53,737 I am not going to let some doctor inside my head 74 00:03:53,817 --> 00:03:55,610 to try and fix me. I'm not broken. I'm fine. 75 00:03:58,655 --> 00:04:00,824 Captain, we've arrived in orbit. 76 00:04:03,952 --> 00:04:06,663 Pike: So, where's the welcome wagon? 77 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:10,834 Sir, finibus III is still not responding to any hails. 78 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,669 When was their last transmission? 79 00:04:12,753 --> 00:04:15,422 According to the log, two days ago. 80 00:04:15,505 --> 00:04:17,507 I have been monitoring radio wave interference 81 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:20,010 emanating from a large brown dwarf in close proximity. 82 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,678 That's what's jamming the signal? 83 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:23,513 Possible. Let me adjust sensors. 84 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,727 The brown dwarf does not appear to be the problem, captain. 85 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:30,896 Finibus III is not responding 86 00:04:30,979 --> 00:04:33,690 because the colony's communications satellite has been destroyed. 87 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,445 Accidental? 88 00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:40,405 Impossible to say, captain. 89 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,116 All right. 90 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,493 Report it to starfleet. 91 00:04:45,243 --> 00:04:47,788 Protocol now is we investigate, make contact on the ground. 92 00:04:47,871 --> 00:04:50,999 Go slow. No assumptions until we gather more intel. 93 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:53,877 I'll prep a landing party. 94 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:55,879 Lieutenant noonien-Singh. 95 00:05:06,056 --> 00:05:08,308 Una: There are supposed to be hundreds of people here. 96 00:05:09,017 --> 00:05:10,697 Todd: I'm not getting any human life signs. 97 00:05:11,269 --> 00:05:12,687 Una: Rushed evacuation? 98 00:05:13,271 --> 00:05:16,024 La'an: Rushed under fire. Those are blast marks. 99 00:05:16,608 --> 00:05:18,401 Definitely a skirmish here. 100 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:53,854 That's not funny. 101 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:05,282 Commander, come take a look. 102 00:06:10,787 --> 00:06:12,122 Una: Not an evacuation. 103 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:14,124 A massacre. 104 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:17,252 La'an: Looks like the bodies were all dragged here. 105 00:06:18,628 --> 00:06:19,963 But where are they now? 106 00:06:26,636 --> 00:06:29,764 Number one, we've got an unidentified ship up here. 107 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:31,141 We're beaming you back up. 108 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:34,769 The away team is on board, captain. 109 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:37,814 No federation badges. Ship has her shields up. 110 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:40,984 Scans reveal multiple life forms. Unable to identify. 111 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:42,867 Hail them. All channels. 112 00:06:42,944 --> 00:06:44,070 No response. 113 00:06:44,154 --> 00:06:45,488 Yellow alert. Shields up. 114 00:06:45,572 --> 00:06:46,740 Captain, they're hailing us. 115 00:06:48,491 --> 00:06:49,743 Belay that order. 116 00:06:51,036 --> 00:06:52,037 On screen. 117 00:06:54,706 --> 00:06:56,917 Thank god. You're starfleet. 118 00:06:57,542 --> 00:07:00,462 This is captain Christopher pike of the u. S. 8. Enterprise. And you are? 119 00:07:00,545 --> 00:07:03,089 Professor thandie of finibus lll. 120 00:07:03,173 --> 00:07:06,426 My apologies, but I needed to be sure. 121 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:08,845 - What's your status? - Most of us are injured. 122 00:07:09,304 --> 00:07:13,016 This is a cargo vessel. Life support is overextended. 123 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:14,699 Prepare for transport to the enterprise. 124 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:18,104 Uh, captain, this ship is used for hauling radioactive ore. 125 00:07:18,188 --> 00:07:19,689 The hull is transport resistant. 126 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:23,610 Zuniga, attach a deep space transport tube. 127 00:07:23,693 --> 00:07:25,487 Can you tell me what happened? 128 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:28,365 A blast from the sky took out our main colony structure. 129 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,242 We then all heard a loud ringing sound. 130 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:35,372 Everything gets blurry after that. 131 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,378 No signs of any other vessels. No residual warp signatures. 132 00:07:45,256 --> 00:07:46,299 Hang on. 133 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:48,677 Everything's going to be all right. 134 00:08:07,946 --> 00:08:09,572 I can't thank you enough. 135 00:08:10,198 --> 00:08:12,575 All of us owe you our lives. 136 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:15,159 Una: We're still trying to figure out who did this. 137 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:16,997 Did anyone see anything? 138 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,040 A farmer saw streaks in the sky. 139 00:08:19,749 --> 00:08:23,003 He said it was like rain on fire. 140 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:28,466 Most of us were unconscious by then. 141 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,844 La'an: We count about a hundred with you. 142 00:08:30,927 --> 00:08:32,762 What happened to the rest of the colony? 143 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:33,847 I don't know. 144 00:08:33,930 --> 00:08:36,474 We woke up and they were gone. 145 00:08:36,558 --> 00:08:39,436 No bodies. Just blood. 146 00:08:44,774 --> 00:08:47,694 Ringing... maybe an ultrasonic Cannon? 147 00:08:47,777 --> 00:08:49,195 Rain on fire. 148 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:51,573 Sub-orbital plasma bombardment. 149 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:53,533 No ships on our sensors, 150 00:08:53,616 --> 00:08:55,326 but my gut is telling me something's off. 151 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:57,704 - Fig! Come here, stop! Fig! - Hey, hey, hey. 152 00:08:57,787 --> 00:08:59,372 The monsters are coming, hide! 153 00:08:59,456 --> 00:09:01,958 Honey, you know monsters aren't real. 154 00:09:03,293 --> 00:09:04,461 What monsters? 155 00:09:04,836 --> 00:09:06,463 The ones who took daddy. 156 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,923 This has been awful for her. 157 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:13,303 Did you see something, fig? 158 00:09:16,806 --> 00:09:18,767 It was dark. I didn't see it. 159 00:09:19,350 --> 00:09:21,770 But it makes noises. Like this. 160 00:09:32,864 --> 00:09:34,365 La'an to bridge. 161 00:09:34,449 --> 00:09:37,327 We need to scan the area for polarized em signatures. 162 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:38,411 Quickly. 163 00:09:40,997 --> 00:09:41,998 What is it? 164 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:43,708 I'm not sure yet. 165 00:09:47,170 --> 00:09:49,464 Sensors are detecting a slight optical distortion 166 00:09:49,547 --> 00:09:51,508 near the second moon. A hologram, sir. 167 00:09:52,509 --> 00:09:54,094 Raise shields! Now! 168 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:56,137 - Raise shields. Red alert. - Ortegas: We can't. 169 00:09:56,221 --> 00:09:58,264 The transport tube. We can't raise shields. 170 00:10:01,226 --> 00:10:02,352 Oh, no. 171 00:10:11,152 --> 00:10:12,362 La'an, move. 172 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:15,365 It's the gorn. 173 00:10:36,177 --> 00:10:37,470 Pike: Space. 174 00:10:39,222 --> 00:10:40,723 The final frontier. 175 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:46,604 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 176 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,233 Its five-year mission, 177 00:10:51,234 --> 00:10:53,319 to explore strange new worlds... 178 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,448 To seek out new life 179 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:00,869 and new civilizations, 180 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:06,082 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 181 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:37,674 Okay, you're next. Sit tight. 182 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:43,429 Clear that bed! 183 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:52,355 Una: She didn't make it. 184 00:12:54,983 --> 00:12:56,359 What about the girl? 185 00:12:58,861 --> 00:13:00,905 - You're bleeding. - I'll be fine. 186 00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:04,409 Thank you. I... I locked up. I just... I... 187 00:13:04,492 --> 00:13:07,537 Forget that. I told the captain. If you're right, they need you. 188 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:08,871 Get to the bridge. 189 00:13:15,753 --> 00:13:18,381 Pike to main cargo bay. Warp is down, hemmer. 190 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:20,901 Securing the processor first, captain. It's not safe under fire. 191 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:22,552 Pike: Do it, but get us warp, fast. 192 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:28,474 - Shields at 60%. - Anything? 193 00:13:28,558 --> 00:13:30,268 Zuniga: Switching comm control to tactical. 194 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:32,437 Still no response to hails. 195 00:13:34,564 --> 00:13:35,815 How fast can you push impulse? 196 00:13:35,898 --> 00:13:37,209 The starboard nacelle is half-damaged. 197 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:38,693 I can get us about half speed. 198 00:13:38,776 --> 00:13:40,111 Initiate pattern echo zeta. 199 00:13:40,194 --> 00:13:42,697 That's an offensive pattern, captain. Order a retreat. 200 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:45,684 You have to get shields up and go. 201 00:13:45,742 --> 00:13:47,261 Lieutenant, I understand how this might... 202 00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:48,494 You can't fight them. 203 00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:50,848 Confirmed sightings are rare, and they have never ventured 204 00:13:50,872 --> 00:13:52,415 - into federation... - It's the gorn. 205 00:13:58,087 --> 00:13:59,213 It's the gorn, sir. 206 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:01,341 It's them. This was a trap. 207 00:14:01,424 --> 00:14:02,776 The hologram, the colonists as bait. 208 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,427 They waited for us to be vulnerable. 209 00:14:11,809 --> 00:14:13,770 We're too damaged to stand and fight. 210 00:14:17,106 --> 00:14:18,274 It's what they do first, 211 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,318 run you down, use up your resources. 212 00:14:20,401 --> 00:14:22,779 Tire us out. Smart tactic. 213 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:23,988 And deadly. 214 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:29,285 We have to find cover, regroup, level the playing field. 215 00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:32,038 You have to trust me, captain. 216 00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:34,290 Please. 217 00:14:38,252 --> 00:14:40,380 That brown dwarf that you mentioned before, 218 00:14:40,463 --> 00:14:42,063 it's, uh, pretty much a gas giant, right? 219 00:14:42,090 --> 00:14:43,174 Where exactly is it? 220 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:46,219 200 million kilometers away. 221 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:48,763 But captain, it is tethered in orbit around a black hole. 222 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:51,307 Like, how big of a black hole? 223 00:14:52,058 --> 00:14:53,643 One problem at a time. 224 00:14:54,936 --> 00:14:56,813 Can we maneuver inside the brown dwarf? 225 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:59,857 While technically possible, there are a number of dangers involved. 226 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:04,612 Shields at 40%. 227 00:15:04,695 --> 00:15:05,780 Bottom-line it for me. 228 00:15:05,863 --> 00:15:07,281 The central mass of the brown dwarf 229 00:15:07,365 --> 00:15:09,165 has a density that will crush the entire ship. 230 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:10,842 Surrounding that is a volatile gas cloud. 231 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:11,953 How volatile? 232 00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:13,972 Enterprise will need to lower its electrical output. 233 00:15:13,996 --> 00:15:16,290 Primary and auxiliary systems need to go offline. 234 00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:19,043 We will lose sensors, optics, long-range communications, 235 00:15:19,168 --> 00:15:20,479 and, most importantly, the shields. 236 00:15:20,503 --> 00:15:21,796 We'll be running dark. 237 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:24,215 - That sounds... - Perfect. 238 00:15:24,298 --> 00:15:26,342 Anything following us will have to do the same. 239 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:28,261 If you're right, it's our best shot. 240 00:15:28,344 --> 00:15:30,471 You're the acting number one again. Do you concur? 241 00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:31,931 Yes, sir. 242 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:34,142 Helm, full impulse to Spock's Mark. 243 00:15:34,225 --> 00:15:36,102 Aye, aye. Full impulse. 244 00:15:36,561 --> 00:15:38,896 Into a giant gas cloud of death. 245 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:40,356 Why not? 246 00:15:59,041 --> 00:16:01,627 Captain, sickbay and their cargo stores just took direct fire. 247 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:06,549 As did the main cargo bay. 248 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,777 Lieutenant hemmer? Lieutenant hemmer? 249 00:16:30,239 --> 00:16:31,741 Please get this off me. 250 00:16:49,425 --> 00:16:51,427 Oh. It's broken. 251 00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:53,095 Well, let's get you to sickbay. 252 00:16:58,184 --> 00:17:00,186 - The door is blocked, isn't it? - Yep. 253 00:17:08,444 --> 00:17:09,779 How long before it blows? 254 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:11,572 I have time to stabilize the unit. 255 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,550 An explosion of that magnitude... 256 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:16,786 Would consume the enterprise in an atomic blast. Yes. 257 00:17:16,869 --> 00:17:19,830 Transporters are offline. We'll send in a team to dig you out. 258 00:17:19,914 --> 00:17:21,874 Either way, I'll be here repairing. 259 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:23,167 Hemmer out. 260 00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:25,294 Is it just me or is it hot in here? 261 00:17:25,795 --> 00:17:29,090 The ionic gas surrounding the ship is oven/vhelming climate controls. 262 00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:31,759 - Many systems are down. - Including sickba y. 263 00:17:31,842 --> 00:17:33,636 Everything is offline. 264 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,263 We 're stabilizing patients, 265 00:17:35,346 --> 00:17:38,849 but without medical systems, no one is getting better. 266 00:17:38,933 --> 00:17:40,101 It's triage. 267 00:17:40,643 --> 00:17:41,727 Casualties? 268 00:17:41,811 --> 00:17:44,188 Yes, captain. Nine confirmed. 269 00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:48,234 The hit we took decimated our stock of treatment supplies. 270 00:17:48,317 --> 00:17:50,861 And with the matter synthesizers also offline, 271 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:53,155 we can't make more when we run out. 272 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,866 - How's una? - She reports that she's fine. 273 00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:57,285 She's on her way in. 274 00:17:57,368 --> 00:17:58,953 I haven't had time to check her yet. 275 00:17:59,036 --> 00:18:00,746 We 're still playing catch-up. 276 00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:03,165 I've activated all backup medical personnel, 277 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:06,127 but what I really need down here are supplies. 278 00:18:06,210 --> 00:18:08,671 Chapel: Doctor, I could really use some help over here. 279 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,339 M'benga out. 280 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:25,938 Doctor! 281 00:18:30,985 --> 00:18:33,279 - You said you were fine. - I was mistaken. 282 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:34,405 These are deep. 283 00:18:35,865 --> 00:18:37,658 We can't power up the surgery bays. 284 00:18:41,579 --> 00:18:44,665 If I recall, you have an interest in archeological medicine. 285 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:48,711 How good are you at sewing? 286 00:18:49,754 --> 00:18:50,963 Aces. 287 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,262 No weapons systems, no phasers. 288 00:18:58,888 --> 00:19:01,015 What about photon torpedoes? Those can be self-guided. 289 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:04,268 The torpedo bay was hit in the attack. We lost all but one. 290 00:19:05,019 --> 00:19:07,271 We only have one photon torpedo? 291 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:09,607 Spock: The amount is inconsequential. 292 00:19:09,690 --> 00:19:11,817 If we fire a torpedo inside the brown dwarf, 293 00:19:11,901 --> 00:19:14,987 the atmospheric composition will cause a failure in the internal systems. 294 00:19:15,071 --> 00:19:18,199 It would propel in a random direction, likely missing its intended target. 295 00:19:18,282 --> 00:19:21,327 So, no shields and no weapons. 296 00:19:22,203 --> 00:19:23,829 What do we do? 297 00:19:23,913 --> 00:19:25,915 Throw luggage at them? 298 00:19:26,582 --> 00:19:29,251 And the gorn, really? We're out here fighting 299 00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:31,379 the boogeyman? No one has even seen one. 300 00:19:31,462 --> 00:19:33,589 So how are we supposed to take them on? 301 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:34,924 I've seen them. 302 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,178 They aren't supernatural. 303 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:42,139 But they are monsters. 304 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,768 The federation teaches that 305 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:48,354 if we can find a way to empathize with an enemy, 306 00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:50,272 then they can one day become our friends. 307 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:52,191 They're wrong. 308 00:19:52,775 --> 00:19:55,611 Some things in this universe are just plain evil. 309 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:59,865 Have you ever seen eyes that are both dead and hungry at the same time? 310 00:19:59,949 --> 00:20:02,868 To them, humans are just walking feed bags 311 00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:05,955 of flesh and bone and jelly. 312 00:20:06,706 --> 00:20:08,916 The gorn trigger a primitive, ancient, terror 313 00:20:08,999 --> 00:20:10,626 in warm-blooded species. 314 00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:12,920 We are prey. 315 00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:15,965 And when they hunt, they're unrelenting. 316 00:20:16,507 --> 00:20:19,635 The truth is, plenty of people have seen the gorn. 317 00:20:20,928 --> 00:20:23,013 They just don't live long enough to talk about it. 318 00:20:28,436 --> 00:20:29,645 All right. 319 00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:33,357 Be vigilant. 320 00:20:33,816 --> 00:20:35,151 Get creative. 321 00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:37,570 You're the best of starfleet. 322 00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:39,321 We survive this by working together. 323 00:20:46,787 --> 00:20:48,414 A moment, lieutenant. 324 00:20:52,710 --> 00:20:54,044 How you holding up? 325 00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:57,464 The enemy doesn't care about my feelings, captain, 326 00:20:57,506 --> 00:20:59,175 so I don't waste my time having any. 327 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:03,846 Well, that may be true, but it's not looking that way to the crew. 328 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:05,765 With all due respect, 329 00:21:05,848 --> 00:21:07,659 you know me well enough to know that I don't care 330 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:08,934 what the crew thinks. 331 00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:11,187 I've always been blunt. That's just who I am. 332 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,773 Direct, looking at outcomes, not emotion. 333 00:21:13,856 --> 00:21:14,899 Exactly. 334 00:21:14,982 --> 00:21:17,860 But right now, your job isn't just about orders, it's about hope. 335 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,697 Belief can be the difference between victory and defeat. 336 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:25,493 Get a crew to believe in miracles, they mightjust give you one. 337 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:28,370 I will make that adjustment. 338 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:30,706 But I will not lie to them. 339 00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:34,835 The best miracles are born from truth. 340 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:37,588 Understood, captain. 341 00:21:38,506 --> 00:21:40,508 Now, there's not much on the official record. 342 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,886 Is there anything else you can remember 343 00:21:44,261 --> 00:21:45,471 from your time with the gorn, 344 00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:46,722 anything that might help? 345 00:21:50,017 --> 00:21:52,603 The memories of what happened are, um, 346 00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:55,272 trauma-inhibited. It's all... 347 00:21:55,689 --> 00:21:58,526 It's... it's all fragments. 348 00:21:58,609 --> 00:22:00,194 Bits and pieces. 349 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:03,906 Well, if anything comes to mind. 350 00:22:15,501 --> 00:22:19,296 An engineer's most important tools are his mind and his hands. 351 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:21,841 And I can't move my fingers. 352 00:22:21,924 --> 00:22:24,677 Oh... okay. 353 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:26,595 Let's just 354 00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:30,099 work on relaxing. 355 00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:36,689 Here's what's gonna happen. 356 00:22:37,231 --> 00:22:38,941 You're gonna talk me through what to do. 357 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:40,484 We're gonna be a team. 358 00:22:40,568 --> 00:22:42,027 It's not that simple. 359 00:22:42,111 --> 00:22:44,363 There's a variety of data that only I can assess. 360 00:22:44,446 --> 00:22:46,949 And I'm the only one here with a working set of fingers. 361 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:49,451 I am not fond of teams. 362 00:22:50,619 --> 00:22:51,787 Get fond. 363 00:22:52,454 --> 00:22:53,706 It would seem I have to. 364 00:22:55,791 --> 00:23:00,254 Start by using the control panel to shut down the safety override. 365 00:23:00,337 --> 00:23:03,007 You'll have to adjust the cooling system. 366 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:08,971 What did I do? 367 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:11,932 Your other hand operates the cooling system as you work. 368 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:14,143 Take the time to get focused. 369 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:17,271 Don't let the core get above 110 degrees. 370 00:23:22,526 --> 00:23:24,528 Captain, a moment please? 371 00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:25,905 You have something, Spock? 372 00:23:25,988 --> 00:23:27,531 You challenged us to get creative. 373 00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:30,534 Computer, run program vinci 7. 374 00:23:34,538 --> 00:23:36,457 Primary sensors aren't available. 375 00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:39,168 But navigation systems constantly take in atmospheric data 376 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:40,586 to maintain stability. 377 00:23:40,669 --> 00:23:42,671 Hey, I still do most of the work. 378 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:45,674 A ship traveling through the gas cloud creates 379 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:47,426 oscillation in the atmosphere. 380 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:49,637 These are converted into rotational motions by... 381 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,180 Coriolis forces. 382 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:53,599 Which the nav-comm detects automatically. 383 00:23:53,682 --> 00:23:56,477 Marking coriolis force readings would allow us to triangulate 384 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,855 movement inside the gas giant. We can track the gorn. 385 00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,817 You just turned a compass into a radar. 386 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:06,070 Do it. 387 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,204 It's working. We've got a signal. 388 00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:16,497 Analysis? 389 00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:20,209 The size and speed indicate it is the ship that attacked us. 390 00:24:23,337 --> 00:24:25,089 They're coming right at us. 391 00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:28,676 Eta is one minute. 392 00:24:28,759 --> 00:24:29,885 Can they see us? 393 00:24:30,594 --> 00:24:32,012 It is impossible to tell, captain. 394 00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:34,098 Captain, evasive maneuvers? 395 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:36,350 Negative. Keep her steady. 396 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:44,858 Captain. 397 00:24:58,414 --> 00:25:00,290 Preparing to engage the enemy. 398 00:25:01,667 --> 00:25:03,252 Keep her steady, helm. 399 00:25:11,051 --> 00:25:13,053 The enemy has altered its course. 400 00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:15,764 They can't see us. 401 00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:17,725 But they won't stop looking. 402 00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:22,521 Zuniga, arm the last torpedo. 403 00:25:22,604 --> 00:25:24,106 Arming torpedo. 404 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:27,317 Captain, I must remind you 405 00:25:27,401 --> 00:25:30,029 that if you fire a photon torpedo inside a brown dwarf 406 00:25:30,112 --> 00:25:31,655 the guidance systems will not work. 407 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,033 I don't plan on firing it. 408 00:25:34,116 --> 00:25:36,076 We're gonna drop it on them manually. 409 00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:38,954 Now we're talking. 410 00:25:39,455 --> 00:25:41,057 Pike: Set a course to pursue the enemy vessel. 411 00:25:41,081 --> 00:25:42,332 Quick but quiet, Erica. 412 00:25:42,416 --> 00:25:44,168 That is my specialty. 413 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:52,420 Pike: Put us right over her, 414 00:25:52,468 --> 00:25:54,261 then tilt axis 90 degrees. 415 00:25:55,512 --> 00:25:56,555 Once the hatch opens, 416 00:25:56,638 --> 00:25:58,867 the higher mass below should pull the torpedo straight down. 417 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:00,017 On my Mark. 418 00:26:19,328 --> 00:26:20,537 Deploy torpedo. 419 00:26:22,122 --> 00:26:23,332 Bombs away. 420 00:26:38,097 --> 00:26:39,348 The signal is gone. 421 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,225 The enemy ship has been destroyed. 422 00:26:52,653 --> 00:26:54,029 Captain, we have incoming. 423 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,531 Multiple incoming. 424 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:01,370 They wanted us to fire. 425 00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:05,916 They sacrificed an entire ship just to get our location. 426 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:08,502 Ortegas: Why is that blip so much bigger? 427 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:26,520 Three on one. Not good. 428 00:27:26,603 --> 00:27:28,522 We're outgunned. Time to run, sir. 429 00:27:28,605 --> 00:27:31,400 I concur. But if we leave the brown dwarf they will see us. 430 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:33,443 If we go deeper, it could destroy the ship. 431 00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:34,945 Good thinking, Mr. Spock. 432 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:37,322 We need to go deeper into the brown dwarf. 433 00:27:37,906 --> 00:27:39,199 That is not what I suggested. 434 00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:40,868 Ortegas, plot a course. 435 00:27:40,951 --> 00:27:42,661 As close as you can get us to center mass. 436 00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:43,787 Sure. 437 00:27:43,871 --> 00:27:46,582 Didn't our science expert just say that would crush the ship? 438 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,168 - Just asking, sir. - Spock: I did. 439 00:27:49,251 --> 00:27:52,045 The pressure against the hull will increase the deeper we go. 440 00:27:52,129 --> 00:27:54,840 If we venture too close, the density field will obliterate us. 441 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:57,301 Whatever happens to us will also happen to the gorn. 442 00:27:57,676 --> 00:27:59,094 I believe in enterprise. 443 00:28:00,179 --> 00:28:01,722 We can outlast them. 444 00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:04,725 Captain, the lower decks will be first to take structural damage. 445 00:28:04,808 --> 00:28:06,768 Immediate evacuation of all decks below 20. 446 00:28:07,603 --> 00:28:10,147 I don't like it either, but enterprise has to dive. 447 00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:11,523 Helm, take us down. 448 00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:14,234 Aye, aye, skipper. Dive, dive, dive. 449 00:28:48,685 --> 00:28:51,188 I've never heard a ship make a sound like that before. 450 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:55,525 Keep your focus. And maybe pick up the pace. 451 00:28:58,779 --> 00:29:00,447 This isn't easy. And I... 452 00:29:00,530 --> 00:29:02,449 And, of course, diagnostics are offline. 453 00:29:02,532 --> 00:29:04,117 I can't tell which ones are broken. 454 00:29:04,201 --> 00:29:06,703 Hold your hand out to each. Tell me what you feel. 455 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:14,127 Aah! Hot! 456 00:29:14,211 --> 00:29:15,629 I did not say touch them. 457 00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:17,881 The malfunctioning rods should be cool. 458 00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:20,175 Be sure before you remove them. 459 00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:26,324 All right, I think I've got a cold one. 460 00:29:26,348 --> 00:29:29,601 Perfect. Now lift it out gently. 461 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,774 Look at us! Come on! 462 00:29:35,857 --> 00:29:37,234 And the crowd goes wild. 463 00:29:38,151 --> 00:29:39,361 Before replacing it, 464 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:42,447 we have to reconfigure the host platform. 465 00:29:46,159 --> 00:29:48,912 Reconfigure the... 466 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:51,623 Done. 467 00:29:51,707 --> 00:29:53,375 Now we can get started. 468 00:29:56,545 --> 00:29:57,879 Get started? 469 00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:18,984 The lower decks are beginning to buckle. 470 00:30:19,067 --> 00:30:21,695 The evacuation isn't complete. There's still crew down there. 471 00:30:21,778 --> 00:30:22,946 Get them out. 472 00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:24,406 Decks are collapsing. 473 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:25,782 If we do not seal them off now, 474 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,243 loss of pressure could spread to the entire ship. 475 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:32,956 Seal the bulkheads. 476 00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:34,958 Sir. 477 00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:45,427 Uh, hey, hey! 478 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:47,512 Hey. 479 00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:49,181 I got you. I got you. 480 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:57,856 - Go! - No, no, no, no! Hey! 481 00:31:04,279 --> 00:31:07,616 Structural collapse on deck 22. We've lost one crew person. 482 00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:11,787 You made the logical choice. 483 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,331 Why doesn't it feel like that? 484 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:18,335 For the same reason you made it. Because you value life. 485 00:31:18,418 --> 00:31:20,879 Captain, we're approaching critical hull failure. 486 00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:22,756 If antimatter chambers become compromised, 487 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:24,150 there will be no ship left to save. 488 00:31:24,174 --> 00:31:25,568 La'an: Enterprise can't take much more of this. 489 00:31:25,592 --> 00:31:26,802 We're overextended. 490 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,932 You said they wanted to take us prisoner, number one? 491 00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:35,370 Well, if they think they're gonna board the enterprise, 492 00:31:35,394 --> 00:31:37,854 they're gonna find one hell of a fight. Battle stations. 493 00:31:37,938 --> 00:31:39,398 Make ready for close quarters. 494 00:31:43,193 --> 00:31:45,570 Ortegas, full stop. 495 00:31:45,654 --> 00:31:47,155 Aye, sir. Full stop. 496 00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,666 Captain. The enemy ship. 497 00:32:12,722 --> 00:32:14,599 It appears the gorn vessel could not withstand 498 00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:16,852 the atmospheric pressure. It has imploded. 499 00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:25,652 You said when the gorn hunt they are relentless. 500 00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:26,903 They don't stop. 501 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,614 You exploited that as a weakness. 502 00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:31,450 Get me a damage report. 503 00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:33,453 Mr. Spock, keep scanning for the other two ships. 504 00:32:43,712 --> 00:32:46,631 Two down, two to go. Doing good. 505 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:53,513 How's it going? 506 00:32:54,347 --> 00:32:56,349 Fee! A little like Frankenstein's monster, 507 00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:57,893 but I'll be all right. 508 00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:00,228 There's one fragment left. 509 00:33:01,229 --> 00:33:03,398 The intrusion on her abdominal aorta. 510 00:33:07,486 --> 00:33:08,904 Okay, what are you not telling me? 511 00:33:08,987 --> 00:33:10,280 We need to sedate you. 512 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:11,603 The location of the fragment... 513 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:13,241 You're gonna bleed. A lot. 514 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:18,497 We have just enough plasma, 515 00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:21,583 but we're gonna have to give it to you via iv. 516 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,001 Do I have a choice? 517 00:33:24,169 --> 00:33:25,378 M'benga: You can decline. 518 00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:27,214 Wait for the systems to be online. 519 00:33:27,297 --> 00:33:29,758 Chapel: We can take bets on when septic shock will begin. 520 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,760 I hear it's like giving birth out your mouth. 521 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:33,762 Who says something like that? 522 00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:39,142 Give me the gas. 523 00:33:40,769 --> 00:33:41,895 Okay. 524 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:46,358 Just breathe. You'll start to feel drowsy. 525 00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:48,652 Nurse. She needs plasma. 526 00:33:48,735 --> 00:33:50,070 There's none left. 527 00:33:53,573 --> 00:33:54,783 Give her mine. 528 00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,117 It's the last one. 529 00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:58,495 You're about to lose a massive amount of blood. 530 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,413 That's an order. 531 00:34:10,632 --> 00:34:12,259 Pike: Captain's log, supplemental. 532 00:34:12,342 --> 00:34:14,719 Enterprise is currently in the center of a gas giant 533 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:17,138 hiding from an enemy we've never faced before. 534 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:21,893 So far, three civilians and seven of my crew 535 00:34:21,977 --> 00:34:23,270 have lost their lives. 536 00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:26,273 The battle is far from over. 537 00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:29,776 But I am determined to keep everyone else alive. 538 00:34:32,112 --> 00:34:35,365 My newest obstacle is the presence of a nearby black hole. 539 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:37,576 Atmospheric density is decreasing. 540 00:34:37,659 --> 00:34:39,578 I believe the singularity is advancing 541 00:34:39,661 --> 00:34:41,663 its accumulation of substellar material. 542 00:34:42,831 --> 00:34:44,791 Do you ever speak in plain English? 543 00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:50,130 The brown dwarf we're hiding inside is being sucked into a black hole. 544 00:34:50,213 --> 00:34:51,506 We stay, we will go with it. 545 00:34:52,507 --> 00:34:53,508 Precisely. 546 00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:54,944 La'an: And we can't pop our heads up 547 00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:57,178 to see if it's clear to leave. They could see us. 548 00:34:57,262 --> 00:34:59,973 Without long-range communication, we cannot even send a probe. 549 00:35:01,308 --> 00:35:04,102 How much time before we can't escape the black hole's gravity? 550 00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:05,937 One hour, 32 minutes and 48 seconds. 551 00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:07,188 What about a shuttle? 552 00:35:08,023 --> 00:35:10,108 Small enough to navigate undetected. 553 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:12,027 Minimize risk to the rest of the crew. 554 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:13,987 That sounds like a suicide mission. 555 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:16,364 La'an: Captain, a shuttle is our only shot. 556 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,408 You don't have to order anyone to go. 557 00:35:19,868 --> 00:35:20,994 I'll do it. 558 00:35:21,077 --> 00:35:22,245 As will I. 559 00:35:22,996 --> 00:35:25,332 To put it in plain English, you will need backup. 560 00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:32,088 Take the Galileo. 561 00:35:32,547 --> 00:35:34,382 Get back here in 30 minutes, no matter what. 562 00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:36,718 Sir. 563 00:36:07,707 --> 00:36:09,000 Spock: Fascinating. 564 00:36:09,084 --> 00:36:10,627 Why scan each other? 565 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,380 La'an: No. It's not a scan, it's... 566 00:36:15,090 --> 00:36:16,341 Something else. 567 00:36:16,716 --> 00:36:19,427 You've seen this before, when you were attacked by the gorn. 568 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:21,596 The s. S. Puget sound. 569 00:36:22,555 --> 00:36:24,349 That was the name of our colony ship. 570 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:31,147 I remember some. A lot of it is just 571 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:33,233 flashes in the dark. 572 00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:35,902 But I know I've seen those lights. 573 00:36:35,985 --> 00:36:37,153 The mind is complex. 574 00:36:37,237 --> 00:36:38,863 When faced with intense trauma 575 00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:41,408 it can manifest intricate defenses to aid survival. 576 00:36:44,077 --> 00:36:45,745 I feel like there's something in there. 577 00:36:47,163 --> 00:36:48,623 Something I should know. 578 00:36:49,749 --> 00:36:52,293 Understandable, given the enemy we are currently facing. 579 00:36:53,086 --> 00:36:54,462 You can help me. 580 00:36:56,464 --> 00:36:58,174 I've heard what vulcans can do. 581 00:36:58,258 --> 00:37:01,386 The mind meld is not a shortcut for dealing with mental trauma. 582 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:05,014 Resurfacing hidden memories can be painful, 583 00:37:05,098 --> 00:37:06,349 even dangerous. 584 00:37:06,433 --> 00:37:09,394 If somewhere in my head is the answer to saving the enterprise, 585 00:37:09,477 --> 00:37:10,895 then that's a risk I have to take. 586 00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:12,480 I can't just keep running. 587 00:37:27,620 --> 00:37:30,248 Spock: My mind to your mind. 588 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:33,334 My thoughts to your thoughts. 589 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,422 My mind to your thoughts. To your... 590 00:37:39,883 --> 00:37:41,259 Girl: Mom? 591 00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:43,720 Woman: La'an, be brave. Man: Evacuate the ship! 592 00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:46,473 La'an: Not believing you're gonna die is what gets you killed. 593 00:37:46,556 --> 00:37:48,683 Spock: Your memories are starting to surface. 594 00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:54,981 This is a gorn breeding planet. 595 00:38:00,153 --> 00:38:02,405 They brought us here as food for their hatchlings. 596 00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:06,034 Hunted us day and night. 597 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:17,253 Your mind is resisting. You are... 598 00:38:17,712 --> 00:38:18,755 Scared. 599 00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:22,884 I don't like this place. 600 00:38:24,552 --> 00:38:26,012 Do you want to stop? 601 00:38:31,059 --> 00:38:32,352 I can do this. 602 00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:35,897 I need to know. 603 00:39:05,301 --> 00:39:07,595 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 604 00:39:07,679 --> 00:39:09,264 - I was trying to be quiet. - It's okay. 605 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:10,741 I was trying to be quiet. 606 00:39:10,765 --> 00:39:11,766 It's okay, it's okay. 607 00:39:11,850 --> 00:39:14,185 It's okay. Look at me. La'an, it's okay. 608 00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:16,479 Right here. Right here, right here, right here. 609 00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:18,481 - Keep looking at me. - They're coming. 610 00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:20,525 Take this. 611 00:39:20,608 --> 00:39:22,193 It'll help you hide. 612 00:39:22,277 --> 00:39:24,362 The lights. I watched them. 613 00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:26,447 It's how they talk to each other. 614 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:27,866 It's all in there. 615 00:39:27,949 --> 00:39:29,450 What are you doing? 616 00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:30,535 You need to run. 617 00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:32,453 Don't be afraid. Don't look back. 618 00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:35,999 Just run. Keep moving, no matter what. 619 00:39:36,082 --> 00:39:37,250 Okay? 620 00:39:40,003 --> 00:39:41,963 - Come with me. - I can't. 621 00:40:08,448 --> 00:40:09,574 Run, la'an. 622 00:40:09,657 --> 00:40:11,034 Run! 623 00:40:17,415 --> 00:40:18,499 What happened? 624 00:40:20,752 --> 00:40:24,464 Your subconscious is setting a boundary. 625 00:40:27,133 --> 00:40:28,927 The lights, they're a code. 626 00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:31,095 My brother showed me how to read it. 627 00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:40,772 Burn ham: Llove you too, brother. 628 00:40:49,572 --> 00:40:51,532 You lost someone too, didn't you? 629 00:40:54,035 --> 00:40:55,119 You had 630 00:40:55,870 --> 00:40:57,205 a sister. 631 00:40:58,873 --> 00:41:00,917 But starfleet records don't show any... 632 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,168 They do not. 633 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:09,550 She sacrificed herself for you, too, didn't she? 634 00:41:12,220 --> 00:41:14,347 I think we should end this mind meld now. 635 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:27,986 Spock, I have an idea. 636 00:41:36,661 --> 00:41:39,080 I've modulated the shuttle's phasers per your instruction. 637 00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:41,749 Surprised you agreed to this. 638 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:43,584 I believe it is a good plan. 639 00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:46,546 And our mind meld reminded me of risks taken 640 00:41:46,629 --> 00:41:48,464 and their value to those that survive. 641 00:41:56,055 --> 00:41:59,017 La'an: I just told them humans boarded and took over the vessel. 642 00:41:59,100 --> 00:42:00,727 At least I hope I did. 643 00:42:00,810 --> 00:42:02,937 Culling the weak makes them stronger. 644 00:42:03,771 --> 00:42:05,106 Survival of the fittest. 645 00:42:32,717 --> 00:42:35,970 And uhura for the win. 646 00:42:36,846 --> 00:42:39,557 Oh, stay awake. 647 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,934 Okay? Let's get you talking. 648 00:42:43,728 --> 00:42:47,982 So, an aenar in starfleet, how's that even work? 649 00:42:48,608 --> 00:42:50,234 Thought you guys were all pacifists. 650 00:42:51,527 --> 00:42:53,488 I actually wanted to be a botanist. 651 00:42:54,906 --> 00:42:55,990 I love flora. 652 00:42:57,825 --> 00:43:00,328 I will not fight for starfleet. 653 00:43:01,329 --> 00:43:02,997 But I will defend its ideals. 654 00:43:03,539 --> 00:43:05,500 Pacifism is not passivity. 655 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,418 It is the active protection 656 00:43:07,502 --> 00:43:09,670 of all living things in the natural universe. 657 00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:13,382 A matter of perspective. 658 00:43:14,509 --> 00:43:16,469 Like using touch instead of sight. 659 00:43:18,930 --> 00:43:20,098 I wouldn't know. 660 00:43:23,017 --> 00:43:26,646 The matrix exceeded critical limits before we completed repairs. 661 00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,314 Our only option now is to vent 662 00:43:28,397 --> 00:43:30,691 this bay and everything in it into space. 663 00:43:30,775 --> 00:43:31,943 But 664 00:43:33,194 --> 00:43:34,570 we're in here, too. 665 00:43:35,530 --> 00:43:38,783 Unfortunately, that is also true. 666 00:43:43,496 --> 00:43:46,791 We have 20 minutes until the unit explodes. Maybe less. 667 00:43:46,874 --> 00:43:48,376 Pike: Acknowledged. Stand by. 668 00:43:49,669 --> 00:43:51,295 Welcome back, lieutenants. Good job. 669 00:43:51,379 --> 00:43:52,899 Though we're not out of the woods yet. 670 00:43:55,925 --> 00:43:57,218 Repon. 671 00:43:57,301 --> 00:43:59,512 It's not the gorn. It's this guy. 672 00:44:01,472 --> 00:44:03,307 The brown dwarf is dissolving too fast. 673 00:44:03,391 --> 00:44:04,559 We are losing our cover. 674 00:44:04,642 --> 00:44:07,282 We don't get out of here pretty fast, we're gonna be sitting ducks. 675 00:44:07,562 --> 00:44:09,438 Except that last gorn ship will be on top of us 676 00:44:09,522 --> 00:44:10,731 the instant we leave. 677 00:44:10,857 --> 00:44:13,317 Space really wants us dead. 678 00:44:14,277 --> 00:44:15,736 Then why don't we let space win? 679 00:44:16,612 --> 00:44:19,115 Spock, could we use the black hole's gravity 680 00:44:19,198 --> 00:44:20,575 to slingshot us to safety? 681 00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,160 Mathematically, that is possible. 682 00:44:22,243 --> 00:44:25,288 But the gorn will see us and have the opportunity to pursue us. 683 00:44:25,371 --> 00:44:27,165 - Maybe. - Maybe? 684 00:44:27,790 --> 00:44:29,500 Explain gravitational redshift. 685 00:44:29,584 --> 00:44:31,794 Gravitational redshift is an optical illusion 686 00:44:31,878 --> 00:44:34,130 that occurs as an object falls into a black hole. 687 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:36,525 The object falls faster than the frequency of light it emits. 688 00:44:36,549 --> 00:44:38,676 To any outside observer, it would appear as though 689 00:44:38,759 --> 00:44:40,887 the object has stopped just outside the black hole. 690 00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:42,388 Last question. 691 00:44:42,471 --> 00:44:44,765 What do snakes, ducks, and possums all have in common? 692 00:44:46,058 --> 00:44:47,768 When hunted, they play dead. 693 00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:52,690 Ortegas, plot a course to take us close to the event horizon. 694 00:44:52,773 --> 00:44:54,942 Hemmer, you and the cadet have access to ev suits? 695 00:44:55,026 --> 00:44:57,403 Hemmer: We do, sir. I hesitate to ask why. 696 00:44:57,486 --> 00:44:59,697 You're going to slingshot off the black hole 697 00:44:59,780 --> 00:45:02,783 and drop the ap 350 as a decoy? 698 00:45:06,579 --> 00:45:09,123 Captain, your plan requires flying the enterprise 699 00:45:09,207 --> 00:45:11,542 into one of the most turbulent phenomenons in space. 700 00:45:11,626 --> 00:45:13,461 Hull integrity is already compromised. 701 00:45:13,544 --> 00:45:15,024 - That kind of force... - She'll hold. 702 00:45:16,214 --> 00:45:17,798 The enterprise is going to make it. 703 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:20,801 She'll hold. 704 00:45:21,636 --> 00:45:22,887 We've got this. 705 00:45:23,262 --> 00:45:27,016 Erica, if anyone can surf a wave on a black hole, it's you. 706 00:45:27,099 --> 00:45:29,018 Ah, now you almost make it sound fun. 707 00:45:29,101 --> 00:45:30,728 Suit up, strap in. 708 00:45:31,145 --> 00:45:32,939 We're venting the hold on my signal. 709 00:45:36,067 --> 00:45:37,735 I commit you to the cosmos. 710 00:45:44,116 --> 00:45:46,994 I'm giving you high marks on your assessment today. 711 00:45:47,078 --> 00:45:48,746 You impressed me after all. 712 00:45:48,829 --> 00:45:50,414 Assuming that will still matter, 713 00:45:51,707 --> 00:45:52,833 thank you. 714 00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,712 Humans waste so much life worrying about death. 715 00:45:56,796 --> 00:46:00,299 The aenar believe the end only comes once you have fulfilled your purpose. 716 00:46:00,383 --> 00:46:02,593 - It provides meaning. - I like that. 717 00:46:02,677 --> 00:46:04,345 So what was your purpose? 718 00:46:04,762 --> 00:46:06,347 To fix what is broken. 719 00:46:07,390 --> 00:46:08,849 You can throw in teaching. 720 00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:10,685 Maybe even being inspiring. 721 00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:11,894 A little. 722 00:46:14,355 --> 00:46:15,523 And you? 723 00:46:16,023 --> 00:46:18,150 What do you feel is the purpose of your life's path? 724 00:46:20,319 --> 00:46:21,862 I really don't know. 725 00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:25,616 Does that mean I'm not gonna die? 726 00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:27,285 There's only one way to find out. 727 00:46:34,208 --> 00:46:35,960 Zuniga: Inertial dampers at Max. 728 00:46:36,043 --> 00:46:37,628 Brace for heavy gravity. 729 00:46:37,712 --> 00:46:39,297 Ortegas: We pull this off, 730 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:41,966 it's officially the pike maneuver. 731 00:46:42,758 --> 00:46:44,510 Open a channel. Ship-wide. 732 00:46:47,847 --> 00:46:49,890 Attention, this is the captain speaking. 733 00:46:51,225 --> 00:46:54,687 Earlier today, we were reminded of the cost of exploration. 734 00:46:55,855 --> 00:46:57,898 What it means to chart the stars, 735 00:46:58,566 --> 00:47:01,944 to push the boundaries of what is known and what is possible. 736 00:47:04,155 --> 00:47:07,867 When we seek out the unknown, we will find things that challenge us. 737 00:47:09,368 --> 00:47:10,661 That frighten us. 738 00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:14,081 But we do not back down. 739 00:47:14,582 --> 00:47:16,917 We do not give in to fear. 740 00:47:18,711 --> 00:47:21,255 And I believe today will not be our last mission, 741 00:47:22,340 --> 00:47:23,883 but our finest hour. 742 00:47:25,051 --> 00:47:26,761 All hands make ready for impact. 743 00:47:49,325 --> 00:47:50,993 Gorn ship changing course. 744 00:47:51,077 --> 00:47:52,620 Accretion disc in sight. 745 00:47:55,331 --> 00:47:56,332 Hit it. 746 00:48:12,973 --> 00:48:14,600 Vent the hold! 747 00:48:43,379 --> 00:48:44,630 Ortegas. 748 00:49:25,379 --> 00:49:26,589 Repon. 749 00:49:26,672 --> 00:49:28,132 No sign of the gorn. 750 00:49:28,591 --> 00:49:30,551 They've gone, sir. We did it. 751 00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:33,471 Show me main cargo bay. 752 00:49:44,899 --> 00:49:46,442 Pike to main cargo bay. 753 00:49:50,112 --> 00:49:51,322 Hemmer. 754 00:49:51,405 --> 00:49:53,574 Hemmer? Uhura? 755 00:49:54,575 --> 00:49:55,910 Repon. 756 00:50:08,339 --> 00:50:11,425 La'an. Send a recovery team. 757 00:50:11,509 --> 00:50:13,677 Uhura: We're here, sir. We 're still here. 758 00:50:34,073 --> 00:50:35,658 Well, I don't know about you, 759 00:50:37,785 --> 00:50:38,953 but... 760 00:50:39,995 --> 00:50:42,122 I think that was quite a miracle. 761 00:50:43,624 --> 00:50:45,209 What about next time? 762 00:50:46,585 --> 00:50:48,712 The gorn have never come this far before. 763 00:50:49,838 --> 00:50:51,966 They're opening up new hunting grounds. 764 00:50:53,259 --> 00:50:54,677 Next time. 765 00:50:56,303 --> 00:50:58,514 Next time, they... 766 00:50:59,473 --> 00:51:01,225 They won't catch us by surprise. 767 00:51:05,896 --> 00:51:07,481 We'll be ready for 'em. 768 00:52:06,332 --> 00:52:10,252 La'an: Personal log, stardate 3177.9. 769 00:52:11,879 --> 00:52:14,632 Today, the enterprise encountered the gorn. 770 00:52:16,967 --> 00:52:18,636 Seven of the crew 771 00:52:19,553 --> 00:52:21,096 gave their lives. 772 00:52:31,565 --> 00:52:33,067 But... 773 00:52:35,361 --> 00:52:36,904 We survived.