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Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 2
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00:00Previously on Strange New Worlds
00:27All I ever wanted since I first saw the stars was to join Starfleet.
00:31I'm an Illyrian. I've committed a Federation offense.
00:34If you shelter me, they could come after you two.
00:36I welcome that discussion.
00:38I'm arresting Commander Unich and Riley for violations of our anti-genetic modification directive.
00:42I didn't ask for this job.
00:44You need a lawyer.
00:45She won't respond.
00:46She won't take my calls either.
00:47This is not a plum case.
00:49I'm gonna talk to her myself, face to face.
00:51Just hang in there, number one. That's an order.
00:53Pike out.
00:57She needs a hospital.
01:00That is out of the box.
01:02Her leg isn't healing.
01:04It will.
01:05It's going to get infected.
01:07If we go to the hospital, we might see the following infection.
01:10We'll run tests to find out.
01:12Mom.
01:13I know, baby.
01:14I know it hurts.
01:16You're gonna be okay.
01:18I promise.
01:20It needs to get set or it won't heal.
01:23Her sister can't handle it.
01:24She is a child.
01:25She needs a doctor.
01:26Look.
01:27If we go to the hospital now, we'll see.
01:28It will lose everything.
01:29Her life will be ruined, all of ours.
01:30We'll figure this out.
01:31She'll be okay.
01:32Una will be okay.
01:33Starfleet would like to offer a deal.
01:43Plead guilty to knowingly submitting false information to Starfleet by failing to disclose your genetic modification status.
01:50And we'll accept dishonorable dismissal.
01:53No prison time.
01:56Dishonorable dismissal?
01:58No exile.
01:59You'll still be a free Federation citizen.
02:01Starfleet is willing to seal your records and look the other way.
02:04They want to cover their mistake.
02:06They are grateful for your service.
02:08Una, you don't want to drag this out.
02:10And you don't want others to get dragged in.
02:13It's a fair deal.
02:14It's a good deal, given the evidence.
02:16She's right.
02:17We won't get better.
02:19This charge can carry two years imprisonment at the minimum.
02:22Don't you think we should sidebar this conversation?
02:28That's a good idea.
02:29Take some time, talk it over with your counsel.
02:32How can he counsel me when he works for you?
02:44Captain's personal log, Stardate 2393.8.
02:47I have traveled to the Volterra Nebula to find legal help for my first officer.
02:52The atmosphere here is not suitable for human life.
02:56The locals, however, have adapted.
02:59Yes, he's still here.
03:00Yes, he's still here.
03:02Yes, I told him.
03:05No, he did not.
03:07Okay.
03:11Counselor Coutule still can't see you today.
03:13I can wait.
03:14I told you, she's booked.
03:16She has a deposition, then an arraignment.
03:18I can wait.
03:26I don't think that you can.
03:29Try me.
03:30Try me.
03:42Fine, fine, fine.
03:43Okay.
03:49You can take off your mask, Mr. Plank.
03:52The air is safe for you now.
03:57I knew you were stubborn.
03:59I just didn't think you were stupid.
04:02This planet is inhospitable to all that...
04:04Except to Illyrians.
04:07Genetically engineered to survive in this...
04:10charming environment.
04:11You would think that would allow us a measure of privacy.
04:14Should have returned my calls.
04:15And you should learn to take a hint.
04:16Or do they not teach reading the room at the Academy?
04:19Been a while since I was at the Academy, so it all recall.
04:25Una needs your help.
04:26Starfleet Command found out that she's Illyrian.
04:29It was only a matter of time before she was outed.
04:31Starfleet will never let an Illyrian serve, not openly.
04:34But that is not my problem, Mr. Plank.
04:37Now, I really do have a busy day.
04:39Nira.
04:41I don't know what happened between you two.
04:43But she's your friend.
04:45Unigine Riley is not my friend.
04:47And neither are you.
04:48Please leave.
04:49I know why you feel the way you do best, Starfleet.
04:51The Federation, all of us.
04:53I saw some things.
04:54On a research mission to an abandoned Illyrian colony,
04:57we found out that it wasn't so...abandoned.
05:01I saw what can happen to Illyrians who reverse their genetic modification
05:04just so that the Federation will accept them.
05:09Old fears can be hard to let go of.
05:11But we were wrong about Illyrians.
05:14All of us.
05:17I was wrong.
05:19Congratulations.
05:20You discovered empathy.
05:22Let me know when the rest of your Federation catches up.
05:28They're going to dismiss her.
05:29Everything she strived for.
05:32Her life's work.
05:33Her entire career.
05:35Everything that she's contributed.
05:37Dishonorable dismissal is getting off easy.
05:40Starfleet race laws are draconian.
05:43She's lucky she isn't getting charged with sedition.
05:47Yes, Mr. Pike.
05:49I am familiar with her case.
05:51The proceedings are sealed.
05:53I make it my business to know what happens behind closed doors.
05:56Many of my clients' lives depend on it.
05:59Now.
06:01If that will be all.
06:07How's that working out for you?
06:09Your case is against the Federation.
06:10Excuse me?
06:11See, I do my homework too.
06:13Ten cases?
06:14Thrown out or overturned in two years for insufficient evidence?
06:17Good cases too, as far as I can tell.
06:21Take this case.
06:23If you win, half the Quadrant will know it.
06:25And it'll bring your other cases more attention.
06:27Maybe the attention that they deserve.
06:29Are you attempting to bribe me, Mr. Pike?
06:32I'm trying to convince you.
06:34I'm trying to save an old friend.
06:36And maybe do some good here.
06:38Are you?
06:39Or are you gonna let whatever happened between you and Una get in the way of your life's work?
06:44Just take a look at the case file.
06:47You?
06:49I thought you'd even break a sweat.
06:52You're a piece of work, Pike.
06:54Yeah.
06:56But you still haven't said no.
07:06Visitor?
07:08Mira.
07:09I had to say it for myself.
07:11I said this would happen.
07:13After 25 years, the first thing you say to me is I told you so.
07:17I didn't think you...
07:19I'm not here for a reunion.
07:22Tell me the story of the story, short version, your words.
07:25Until two months ago, my record with Starfleet was spotless.
07:32When they didn't know, they didn't care.
07:35The only thing that's changed is that they know the truth.
07:38And that you lied about it.
07:40Must be nice.
07:42What's that?
07:43It's just some Illyrians have modifications they can't hide and some of us refuse to.
07:51Mira, I should...
07:52Please proceed, Commander.
07:54So then somebody turned me in and now Starfleet is asking me to hide again.
08:00So that no one has to know an Illyrian climb the ranks of Starfleet.
08:04It'll be like it never happened.
08:06Like I never happened.
08:09So? You had your playtime acting like one of them. Accept your dismissal, take your licks and go home.
08:16No.
08:17Why not?
08:19Because I shouldn't have to hide anymore.
08:22None of us should.
08:24I know. I should have done better.
08:26I didn't stand up when I should have.
08:28I'm standing up now.
08:31I'll tell the opposing counsel that Deal is rejected.
08:35Don't.
08:37I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing this for me.
08:40And for all the Illyrians who can't or just won't pretend to not be who they really are.
08:46So they can run away to Starfleet.
08:55Una rejected my deal.
08:57Good.
08:59Do you know how hard it was to get that deal approved?
09:01I called in every favor. And do you think that was easy? Because I can tell you it was not.
09:06Maybe you should have thought about that before arresting her.
09:08Don't be a child, Chris. I know you think I betrayed you.
09:11Una should be on my bridge right now doing her job. Not sitting in some jail cell.
09:15I don't write the code. And my job. Our job.
09:18Oh, our job.
09:20Is to uphold it. Regardless. Una broke the law.
09:22And what if the law is wrong?
09:29Chris, I didn't ask if you put on this case.
09:32If you stop and look for one second, you'll see I've done everything in my power to help Una.
09:38That plea deal was her best shot.
09:40And now that she's turned it down, my boss, the judge advocate general, is looking into the case.
09:44I don't know why, but whatever the reason, it won't be good for Una.
09:49She should have taken the deal.
09:55See you in court.
09:56See you in court.
10:09We'll begin the arraignment as soon as the prosecution arrives.
10:13Ah.
10:15What's this?
10:17Vice Admiral Pesach. I didn't know you were joining us today.
10:20Admiral, in light of the defense's rejection of a plea bargain, we would like to petition the court to amend the charges against Lieutenant Commander Chin Riley.
10:31You may proceed, Captain Battelle.
10:34For failure to disclose her genetic modification status, we are charging Una Chin Riley with knowingly submitting false information to Starfleet,
10:40as well as violating Starfleet Code 614 to 617 prohibiting Starfleet officers from engaging in permanent bioengineering,
10:48and two counts of sedition.
10:53We're seeking dishonorable dismissal and 20 years in a Federation penal colony.
11:06Space.
11:07The final frontier.
11:11These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.
11:17Its five-year mission.
11:21To explore strange new worlds.
11:26To seek out new life.
11:28And new civilizations.
11:30To boldly go where no one has gone before.
12:00Peach.
12:03In whole Ink Àれば.
12:05Just like what luck is starting to destroy.
12:07Yes?
12:08They are crazy.
12:10You are crazy.
12:13You cannot see it onormal GeschmД auf.
12:17As centrallebencé keep moving around.
12:21The ship has big wings.
12:23Two rockets.
12:25The others have been trading metros.
12:2620 years for lying on an application?
12:56You decided to fight back and not make this easy for them.
12:59They want to make an example out of you.
13:01What do we do?
13:03We fight.
13:05Who's first on their witness list?
13:07Admiral Robert April.
13:09April sponsored my application to the Academy.
13:11I served under him for years, and he promoted me.
13:13This is good for us, no?
13:14No, Bissach wouldn't bring a friendly witness
13:16without a strategy.
13:17Put me on the stand.
13:19Let them see that being an Illyrian doesn't change
13:21who I am as an officer.
13:24You're being funny.
13:25You were never funny.
13:26I know it's normally not a good idea,
13:28but shouldn't they see me, a successful Starfleet officer?
13:31It's a good story.
13:32Your story doesn't matter to their case.
13:35You broke the law.
13:36I put you up there, they'll just use you
13:38to corroborate their facts, or worse, to tear you down,
13:40or likely bring down a bunch of your so-called friends
13:42with you.
13:43Do you care about my story?
13:48Care that my client not hand the prosecution the case.
13:55My way this time, Oona.
14:01Your way.
14:02The captain suggested you could set up shop here.
14:12I bet he did.
14:14Well, she's not using it.
14:17I'll need access to the Starfleet uniform code of justice.
14:26I assume it's in your database.
14:28Also, Oona's service records.
14:30Thank you, Lieutenant Union Singh.
14:36Is there something else?
14:42I think I might be of some assistance to the case.
14:45Counselor, are you familiar with Starfleet versus Wick?
14:48I am a civil rights lawyer.
14:51Yes, of course.
14:54If I understand the principle behind the ruling, then-
14:56Starfleet versus Wick is used as an example
14:59of fruit of the poisonous tree.
15:01If evidence is procured through illegal means,
15:04it's inadmissible in court.
15:06You think some of the evidence against Oona
15:08was illegally obtained?
15:10If it was, could you get her case thrown out
15:11on a technicality?
15:13If the evidence was rotten,
15:15you might be able to get her case dismissed.
15:18Lieutenant, is there something you know that I should know?
15:21Just let me cover all the bases first.
15:24Well, you know where I'll be.
15:31May I?
15:41Fraternizing with the enemy?
15:44I'll take my chances.
15:47You look awful.
15:48Thanks for that.
15:49Does this have something to do with the fact
15:51that your name wasn't on the witness list for the defense?
15:53I know what you're going to say.
15:54Putting me on the witness stand is a terrible idea.
15:57Do you want to fight for your friend?
15:58And I can handle it.
16:00I've served with Oona no longer than anyone else on this crew.
16:03I'm in the best position to speak to her character.
16:05When did you two meet?
16:07Uh, I gave a speech to her academy class forever ago.
16:12That must have been awful for you.
16:14I know how you hate to give long, inspiring speeches.
16:18I was speaking about a test mission I'd flown.
16:22Oona came up to me afterward and pointed out
16:25a mistake I'd made during reentry.
16:27Bold.
16:28And annoying, but she was right.
16:32She had the guts to tell me.
16:35April once told me that every good captain needs a first officer
16:37who'll tell him when he's wrong.
16:39Yeah.
16:40Said that to me once, too.
16:44And when did you first learn that she was Illyrian,
16:46Captain Pike?
16:50I ask again, how long were you aware that you were harboring an Illyrian on your ship, Captain?
16:57I will remind you, you are on this stand, and under oath, you do not have the option of not answering.
17:02All right, you've made your point.
17:04I know you want to help Oona, Chris, but if you take that stand, this whole case becomes about you.
17:09You are the captain of this ship, you knew Oona was Illyrian, and you didn't tell Starfleet.
17:13You could be charged with conspiracy and your whole crew could be at risk.
17:16No inspiring speeches today.
17:20Today, if you want to help Oona, the best thing you can do is leave the talking to others.
17:26Mr. Spock, I do hope you understand why I have to throw your friend in jail simply for being who she is.
17:34Of course, Mr. Spock, it is only logical. Shall we play a round of Kalto this weekend? Yes, that would be enjoyable.
17:48You don't see the tension there.
17:51What tension? They're all like buddy-buddy, Vulcan bros.
17:58Vulcans may not give much, but you can read their body language. And those two?
18:05Hey, Tichana.
18:11Are you messing with me right now?
18:24I regret that you had to witness that outburst.
18:29We won't say a lot.
18:31Thank you, Doctor. Of all of my father's former colleagues,
18:35Vassal truly brings out the worst of me.
18:46Encinara.
18:48I need any communications referencing Commander Chimbrani for the last six months.
18:52Okay.
18:53I'll collate.
18:55Including all personal logs ship-wide.
18:57Sir, with respect, per regulation 25 section B, all personal logs remain sealed unless by order of Starfleet command.
19:10I know the rules, Ensign. I'm giving you an order.
19:14And you're doing this to help Una, right?
19:17She's your friend, your mentor, I understand.
19:21But you were mine.
19:24And giving me an illegal order will just get you in trouble if I follow it.
19:28I don't think the Commander would want that for you.
19:31Neither do I.
19:33We need to find out who turned her in.
19:36It might well be the only way to save her.
19:38And respectfully, we're going to have to find out another way.
19:43Myrta.
19:43I'm sorry.
19:44No.
19:45This court is now in session.
20:05Joining me as judges in this tribunal are Space Command Representative Zustlago
20:10and Starfleet Commander Chip.
20:12Commander Chin Riley, do you consent to Captain Battelle as the prosecuting officer?
20:19I do.
20:20Let the charges be read.
20:25Lieutenant Commander Una Chin Riley has been formally charged with violating Starfleet Regulation 614617,
20:33prohibiting permanent DNA modification as well as submitting false information to Starfleet and two counts of sedition.
20:41How do you plead, Commander?
20:46Not guilty.
20:55The Federation's stance on genetic engineering is clear.
20:57The practice is dangerous and illegal.
21:01The reasons for this are many, but the outcome of the eugenics wars on Earth speaks for itself.
21:07Tens of millions dead.
21:11Pushed to its limits, genetic engineering is nothing short of playing God.
21:15By interfering with DNA and removing genetic outliers, we endanger the very essence of natural evolution.
21:23Captain Battelle is right, permanent genetic modification is illegal under Federation law.
21:40You know, slavery was once legal.
21:43Apartheid was legal.
21:45Discrimination against people for how they worshipped, how they loved, their gender, color of their skin.
21:52All legal at one time or another.
21:54A law does not make something just.
21:56I'm not saying the Federation means to do harm.
22:01Their experience with genetic modification, the eugenics wars, was horrific.
22:08The pain that Earth felt unimaginable.
22:11The Federation built a utopia in its wake, and in an effort to protect that utopia, they became blinded by a centuries-old fear.
22:20So much so that they have, perhaps unknowingly, become persecutors.
22:26My client is only here because of who she is, and because she felt she had no other choice than to hide that fact.
22:32Just like the millions before her who were forced to hide how they worshipped, how they loved, what they truly looked like,
22:38because it made others uncomfortable.
22:42Because it made others afraid.
22:44If a law is not just, then I ask, how are we to trust those who created that law to serve justice?
22:53The prosecution calls Admiral Robert April to the stand.
22:57Admiral April, Una Chin Riley served under your command when you were captain of the USS Enterprise, correct?
23:02Yes.
23:02But before that, you sponsored her application to Starfleet Academy.
23:06I did.
23:06So would it be fair to say you have an investment in Una's career?
23:12It would.
23:14Admiral, I have to ask, at any point, did Lieutenant Commander Chin Riley disclose to you that she was genetically modified?
23:21No.
23:22If you had known she was genetically modified, would you have sponsored her application to Starfleet Academy?
23:26Una is an extremely talented officer, and one of the most gifted applicants I'd ever met.
23:32That is not the question, sir.
23:36If you had known Una Chin Riley was genetically modified, would you have sponsored her application to Starfleet Academy?
23:41You're under oath, sir.
23:47No, I would not.
23:47Thank you, Admiral.
23:53It takes a big man to admit his mistakes.
23:58I admire that, Admiral.
24:00Just for the record, could you tell the court why you would not have sponsored Commander Chin Riley's Starfleet application specifically?
24:08Starfleet Regulation 17, Article 12, explicitly prohibits genetically modified people such as Illyrians from serving.
24:16Of course.
24:17You are an honorable, decorated Admiral.
24:21You wouldn't want to break protocol for any one individual applicant.
24:25Let me stress, this is not personal.
24:27Right.
24:28It's the law.
24:30Admiral April, can you tell me what General Order One is?
24:35Objection.
24:35Relevance?
24:37I'm curious myself.
24:38Tread carefully, Capsular.
24:40I will, Your Honor.
24:41Admiral, what is General Order One?
24:45No starship may interfere with the normal development of any alien life or society.
24:50Yes.
24:51A very important law.
24:53So much so that you now refer to it as the Prime Directive, do you not?
24:57Yes, that is correct.
24:59In 2246, while in command of the Enterprise, you chose to warn the Parakens, a pre-warp civilization,
25:05about a possibly apocalyptic meteor shower about to hit that planet.
25:08Were you then following General Order One?
25:12That was different.
25:132248, you sent your science officer to the industrial age planet Narell to solve the imminent threat of an
25:20extinction-level drought by sharing Federation technology.
25:23Were you in compliance then?
25:25Objection.
25:26Relevance again.
25:26An entire planet would have died.
25:28And when you landed on the hostile planet Manus Two without your security officer,
25:33you chose to reveal your starship to the pre-warp civilization Ohawk.
25:38Objection.
25:39Did you comply then, Admiral?
25:40Counselor, I will remind you the witness is not on trial here.
25:44Admiral, it would seem that the rules of Starfleet only apply when a captain deems that they do.
25:50Is there a question, Counselor?
25:55Yes.
25:56You have shown that you have been repeatedly willing to break the very first order of Starfleet,
26:05and you are hailed as a hero. You can break the law if you so choose.
26:10So hiding behind order and protocol to explain why you would not have admitted Unichin Riley to
26:15Starfleet is a sanctimonious falsehood, is it not?
26:17Objection.
26:19Counselor, you will cease this line of questioning at once.
26:22My client did not ask to be genetically modified. It is an Illyrian cultural practice done to children
26:29before they are even born. It is done for survival, and yet she has been arrested because of a violation
26:35of a law. But the Admiral has just shown us that Starfleet regulations are flimsy and subjective at best.
26:42Starfleet captains make judgment calls every day.
26:45Calls that save lives. Unichin Riley's services to Starfleet have been commendable, yes.
26:50But the law that she broke is there to save lives and prevent genocide.
26:55So if you ask me, Counselor, if I would have denied Commander Chin Riley's access to Starfleet Academy
27:00had I known that she was genetically modified, my answer is still yes. I would have.
27:08So you admit that the reason for your decision is not law, but fear and racial prejudice?
27:13Objection! Sustained!
27:14Counselor Couture, this is the court-martial of Unichin Riley, not Admiral April.
27:20That you are unable to defend your client does not permit you to attack the Federation or our officers.
27:26All of the Admiral's testimony will be stricken from the court record.
27:33Did Una's lawyer just try and indict Admiral April?
27:36It would appear so.
27:37I guess that's one strategy.
27:38That didn't exactly make April look good.
27:41But how does any of this help Una?
27:45Oh boy.
27:46So the lawyer was your idea?
27:49She was.
27:52She's one of the best civil rights litigators in the galaxy.
27:55And Una's friend.
27:59You know, I think highly of Una.
28:01Promoted her faster than any other officer on my ship.
28:04Recommended her for the Medal of Gallantry after the Marcel disaster in 2248.
28:09Yeah, no.
28:11It's a shame the rest of the court didn't get a chance to hear that today.
28:14What the hell was that?
28:32You're supposed to defend me, not attack Admiral April, not indict the Federation.
28:36Why not?
28:37Why are you still trying to protect them?
28:40I thought you said you were ready for this fight.
28:42Do you know how rare it is to get a platform like this?
28:46Platform?
28:46Most Alarians don't have your privilege.
28:49Has it occurred to you that your case might bring us one step closer in dismantling the law?
28:54Maybe in the future there can be justice for Alarians.
28:57I thought you knew that.
28:59All you ever wanted here was a soapbox.
29:02This isn't about defending me.
29:03This is just a way for you to broadcast your hatred of the Federation.
29:06I thought you were here to help me.
29:09But you're not.
29:10As long as you can make the Federation look bad,
29:12then who the hell cares if I get left behind in the process?
29:14I think we both know you're not the one who gets left behind.
29:20Nira.
29:22It's all in the past.
29:24We should talk about it, please.
29:27I told you that I would try.
29:28And that's exactly what I'm doing.
29:33Because at least with me, what you see is what you get.
29:39Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do.
29:41The defense calls to the stand three expert character witnesses.
29:58La'an Union Singh, security officer for the USS Enterprise.
30:01I am the chief science officer.
30:03Chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise.
30:07I graduated top of my class and have been promoted each year during my tenure in Starfleet.
30:12You are also in consideration for the Starfleet Medal of Gallantry.
30:15Yes.
30:16So you've saved lives.
30:17Yes.
30:18When did you first meet Una Chin Raine?
30:21On my first day as an ensign on the Enterprise.
30:24She was part of the rescue mission that found me after I escaped from a Gorn breeding planet.
30:29You have a very unique last name. Do you have any relation to Khan Nguyen Singh?
30:33Yes.
30:34Did you ever suspect Una to be an Illyrian?
30:37No, I did not.
30:43Did you ever get the sense that Commander Chin Riley was hiding something?
30:49Never.
30:54Just that she was discreet and empathetic and handled personal matters with great care.
31:00Yes, I did get the sense that she was hiding something.
31:05What was she hiding?
31:12An affinity for Gilbert and Sullivan musicals.
31:20After the defendant rescued you, did you remain close?
31:23I had no family left.
31:25Una made sure I was taken care of.
31:29She sponsored my application to Starfleet.
31:32Would it be fair to say that you would not have joined Starfleet if not for Commander Chin Raine?
31:40Counselor, I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for Una.
31:42And the people you saved during your career, would they be alive?
31:48No.
31:50They would not.
31:53Mr. Spock, if the defendant broke the law, would it follow that the only logical course of action is for her to be punished accordingly?
31:59Perhaps.
32:01Although I think it is illogical for Starfleet to punish itself.
32:04I'm afraid I don't understand.
32:07The loss of Una would be destructive to Starfleet as an organization.
32:12She is an extraordinary officer.
32:17Please describe the nature of your relationship with the defendant.
32:21She is a mentor.
32:22I have learned a great deal about leadership by serving under her.
32:26She puts the lives of her crew above her own.
32:29Always.
32:30She is a friend.
32:32Family.
32:34Una is family.
32:48Thank you, Lieutenant.
32:49Vol. 12.9 of the Starfleet Uniform Code of Justice.
32:55If you need anything else, I will...
32:57Lieutenant, there is one more thing.
32:58I was wondering, did you have any luck finding out how the prosecution learned that Una is Elarian?
33:04No, not so far.
33:06But you have an idea about it, don't you?
33:11You think it was you?
33:15Yes.
33:17Why is that?
33:17The night I found out Una was Elarian, I was...
33:24I was angry.
33:26I recorded a personal log.
33:28And you think that somebody got a hold of that personal log, and that's how Una was exposed?
33:34Yes.
33:34Interesting.
33:35May I ask why you were angry?
33:38It can't be because Una was genetically augmented.
33:42Considering your last name, I would think you would understand the nuances of genetic manipulation better than most.
33:48Una was my friend.
33:49Una was my friend.
33:50She lied to me.
33:51That's not that simple, is it?
33:54No.
33:54Could it be that you carry your family's augmentations, and you believe that because of them, you may become dangerous?
34:04Yes, I do.
34:07There's nothing wrong with you, Lieutenant.
34:13No hidden monster inside.
34:17You don't know.
34:19But I do.
34:20It's how they make us feel.
34:23They look down at us for so long that we begin to look down at ourselves.
34:26Genetics is not destiny, despite what you may have been taught.
34:33If you're out of yourself, it's not your own.
34:36It was drilled into you.
34:38You're not born a monster.
34:41You were just born with the capacity for actions, good or ill, just like the rest of us.
34:48In any case, it takes six months at a minimum after a request from a boatload of admirals to subpoena a personal law.
35:04They haven't had nearly that long.
35:06I guarantee you are not the person who leaked Una's true identity to Starfleet.
35:10But if it wasn't my log that caused this, then who turned in Una?
35:22Your head of security here?
35:24Una speaks highly of you, which is not something she does of many people.
35:30Who do you think did it?
35:33I don't know.
35:37Someone who could gain from exposing the truth.
35:38My thoughts, exactly.
35:45You've been very helpful.
35:48Why do I feel like I've just been hit by a shuttle?
35:50I'll take that as a compliment.
36:03I would like to call the defendant, Una Chin Riley, to the stand.
36:08How long have you been in Starfleet?
36:1625 years.
36:18Would you call this career your life's goal?
36:22It's all I've ever wanted.
36:23You knew you were Illyrian, thus genetically modified.
36:27Didn't you think you might find yourself in this position one day?
36:31I had been warned, yes.
36:33So why join Starfleet?
36:37Ad Astra Perispera.
36:40Could you translate for the court?
36:42To the stars through hardship.
36:49It was the Starfleet motto before the Federation.
36:52I learned it studying history in school.
36:54Why were you drawn to that motto?
36:57I knew it meant we must endure hardship to get to the stars.
37:01But I like to think that it also means that the stars could deliver us from anything.
37:08That in the mystery and vastness of space, we might not just satisfy our curiosity,
37:15our need for exploration, but that in it, we might each also find salvation.
37:21Why would you need salvation?
37:28Was your childhood difficult?
37:31Objection, the defendant's childhood isn't relevant here.
37:34I'm simply establishing context.
37:37If Unachin Riley is to be tried for being an Illyrian,
37:40then the court must understand what it means to be an Illyrian.
37:44We'll allow it to continue, Counselor.
37:48You grew up in a Federation colony in the Volterra Nebula, correct?
37:53Yes. We were given provisional membership in the Federation the year before I was born.
37:57On the condition that all genetic modification was to cease, is that correct?
38:02Yes.
38:03But that didn't happen, did it?
38:08It did for some.
38:10But for other families, like mine,
38:13it was our tradition. Our heritage.
38:18What was life like for your family under the Federation?
38:25We no longer discussed our customs. We performed our rituals only in secret.
38:31Those who could, hid their modifications.
38:34When new children were born, parents sought out friendly doctors to deliver them.
38:39We knew if we were ever found to be genetically augmented, we would be arrested.
38:45Did that ever happen to anyone you knew?
38:48A boy I went to school with.
38:51Ivan Katul.
38:53He was my best friend's cousin.
38:56What happened to him?
38:57Some of us have immune systems that can glow.
38:59Someone must have seen him.
39:03He came home one day to find the word augment on their door.
39:06We had just learned about augments in school.
39:09Opinions on them were clear.
39:13Someone must have found out.
39:16Maybe it was just a prank.
39:17Did anyone defend him?
39:20His family?
39:22Some.
39:24But there weren't enough voices.
39:25Ivan and his parents were arrested in their home.
39:30He was ten years old.
39:35How did this affect your community?
39:37Some families moved to other planets that weren't Federation.
39:41Those of us who stayed, we were persecuted.
39:48Circumstances became extreme.
39:49The anti-augmentation laws seemed to give people freedom to act on their worst impulses.
40:00First were the insults.
40:02Augment.
40:04Maudie.
40:06Freak.
40:08There were stores that wouldn't serve you if they'd heard you'd been modified.
40:14Even the rumors could be dangerous.
40:16I remember when the attacks began.
40:19We feared for our lives.
40:22Go on.
40:24There was a fight at school one day.
40:27One boy accused another boy of being an Illyrian.
40:32I tried to stop it.
40:33My leg got broken.
40:35It was such a simple fix.
40:39So easy to treat with modern medicine.
40:40But my parents wouldn't take me to a hospital.
40:44And they were afraid.
40:46Despite my modifications, my leg became infected.
40:52If we hadn't found an Illyrian doctor willing to see me in the middle of the night, I would have died.
40:56I'm so sorry.
41:06Was this normal for such a common thing to become life-threatening?
41:11It was for kids like me, yes.
41:13Civil unrest became so great the local government decided to divide us into two cities.
41:19Illyrian and non-Illyrian.
41:23My family, we went to the non-Illyrian city.
41:31You see, some of us could pass.
41:35We could blend in.
41:37So we did.
41:40We left everyone else behind.
41:43Our families.
41:46Our friends.
41:48We left them all.
41:51I regret it to this day.
41:54I'm so sorry.
41:57And yet, after all of this strife, you still wanted to be a Starfleet officer.
42:05Yes.
42:07One last question, Commander.
42:11How did Starfleet find out that you were Illyrian?
42:13You managed to keep your status a secret for so many years, it's surprising they found out now.
42:20I don't...
42:21Who turned you into Starfleet?
42:23I remind you, you are under oath.
42:25I caution you against badgering your own witness.
42:27Who turned you in?
42:29Counselor!
42:30I did it.
42:33I turned myself in.
42:41Why?
42:42Why would you risk your career, the life you built?
42:47I was so sick of living a lie, pretending to be someone I wasn't.
42:56I wanted my crew.
42:57I wanted my crew to know me for who I really was.
43:02I thought maybe if they did, I would finally be safe.
43:05And Starfleet would finally understand Illyrians better.
43:12So after all of it, you still wanted Starfleet to accept you.
43:19Why?
43:20When I was five or six, I remember a Starfleet crew visited.
43:27They were all so different from one another.
43:32So many crew members from so many planets.
43:36It was beautiful.
43:38I thought, if all those people from all those worlds can work together side by side,
43:45maybe I could too.
43:49Maybe I could be a part of something bigger than myself.
43:53Starfleet is not a perfect organization.
43:57But it strives to be.
43:59And I believe it could be.
44:03You're saying that
44:06is why you turned yourself in.
44:10Yes.
44:11Because you believe in Starfleet.
44:15Yes.
44:18Ad Astra.
44:20Or Aspera.
44:25Thank you, Commander.
44:29No further questions.
44:42That was a very emotional story.
44:46However, emotions are irrelevant.
44:50Facts are not.
44:51On what date did Captain Christopher Pike learn the truth about your genetically modified status?
44:59Objection.
45:00This trial is about Unichin Riley, not her captain.
45:04What we have here is not just one officer's violation of the law.
45:08This incident is evidence of breakdown of chain of command on board the Starship Enterprise,
45:12starting with its captain.
45:15If Captain Pike was aware of Unichin Riley's fraud prior to her arrest and did not notify Starfleet,
45:22then what we have here is not fraud, but conspiracy.
45:27Since my co-counsel neglected to elicit testimony from the parties involved, I will ask the commander directly.
45:34I will also remind the commander that she is under oath, and I remind her that she does not want to perjure herself.
45:52As I ask one more time, when did Christopher Pike first learn that you were an Illyrian?
46:06Star date 1224.3.
46:13Star date 1224.3.
46:17Four months, well before your arrest.
46:22For four months, the captain of the Enterprise engaged in a conspiracy to conceal the Illyrian Unichin Riley.
46:32I have no further questions.
46:47The defense wants you to ignore the facts in favor of emotion, but the only matter of import today is the law.
46:55Unichin Riley broke the law and lied about it, as her own testimony has proven.
47:02Further, her actions will likely lead to a court-martial of one of Starfleet's most decorated officers.
47:08She is clearly toxic to Starfleet in both action and inaction.
47:13Therefore, the only logical response is to find the defendant guilty of all charges.
47:28Captain Battelle, are you familiar with the Starfleet code 8514?
47:35I am.
47:37Would you mind reading that code for the court?
47:39In extraordinary and extreme circumstances, if the following conditions are met.
47:48One, any person fleeing persecution.
47:51We were persecuted.
47:53I remember when the attacks began.
47:57Or fearing for their life due to political or religious beliefs, cultural engagements, or biological truths.
48:03May two, seek safety within Starfleet.
48:07I thought maybe if they did, I would finally be safe.
48:10We feared for our lives.
48:11And three, upon revealing themselves to authorities and making requests, may be granted asylum.
48:19I turned myself in.
48:21I wanted my crew to know me for who I really was.
48:24Starfleet captains must exercise discretion and judgment when offering asylum.
48:29Status is confirmed by a Starfleet tribunal or designated authority.
48:33One, fearing for their life, one may seek safety within Starfleet and request asylum.
48:49Starfleet has a long tradition of performing rescue missions.
48:54How many distressed peoples has Starfleet aided?
48:59How many lives saved?
49:02Una Chin Riley knew this.
49:04She believed in the best of Starfleet.
49:07And that through it she could find salvation from the hardships and danger of her everyday life.
49:15Danger she faced just for being born an Illyrian.
49:20Danger is born of prejudice.
49:23Spurred on by laws against people like her.
49:28But through her hardships, Una sought the stars.
49:32She joined Starfleet because she believed it was the only thing that could save her life.
49:40She fled persecution and within Starfleet she sought safety.
49:46And then by turning herself in, Una fulfilled the third and final requirement for asylum.
49:53She asked for it.
50:00And Captain Pike granted it.
50:04Like all good Starfleet captains, including Admiral April on Perrican, Narelle, and Manus Two.
50:12He exercised his judgment and gave her asylum.
50:17All this tribunal needs to do now is confirm that status to absolve them both.
50:35Do you know why I love the law?
50:38Because a law is not a mirror to society.
50:43A law is an ideal.
50:47A beacon.
50:50To remind us how to be our better selves.
50:53And you have the opportunity today to do just that.
51:02Mr. Pasak has made this case about the law and I agree it is.
51:05By his own argument, we cannot ignore that code 8514 is also law.
51:12All I am asking you to do today is to be your better selves and enforce the law that favors my client
51:26with the same dispassion as the laws that would exclude her.
51:30The ideals of Starfleet called a young girl on the far side of the galaxy to service.
51:46Find those ideals inside yourself.
51:50Grant Unagin Riley the asylum she was so clearly seeking.
51:54I think we can all agree that the issue of genetic engineering is a nuanced one.
52:11The laws prohibiting it exist for very good reasons.
52:16And regulations must persist.
52:18So we may not one day face another crisis like the eugenics wars.
52:23But this court also believes that these reasons cannot and do not allow us to treat every individual,
52:31Augment, Illyrian or other persons with modified DNA.
52:37The same lines must be drawn, but they must also shift when necessary.
52:43Perhaps someday Starfleet and the Federation may change its views.
52:47But today, I'm afraid all we can do is consider what the defense has asked.
52:52That we judge the defendant's specific case and unique circumstances independently.
52:59And in that, we grant the defendant's request for asylum and find Unagin Riley not guilty of all charges.
53:23First officer on deck.
53:29You set me up.
53:37And so?
53:38You figured it all out.
53:39My admission, what would happen when you put me on the stand.
53:42You knew all of it.
53:44No, not all of it.
53:46Thank you for saving my life.
53:49Hey, what are friends for?
53:52Yeah.
53:55I'm sorry we didn't do more for Illyrians.
53:57It's...
53:58This was a technicality.
54:00It's a start.
54:01As you all know, I am not the biggest fan of Starfleet.
54:27But I am looking at a starship crew that proudly serves under an Illyrian commander.
54:40So, like I said, it's a start.
54:50Energize.
54:51Welcome home, Chief.
55:00Place wasn't the same without you.
55:05If you're all here, who's flying the ship?
55:08Oh, thing practically flies itself.
55:12Back to your stations, all of you.
55:13Good to have you back, number one.
55:26Good to be back, Captain.
55:39Good to have you.
55:49No One.
55:53Does this all Servant take have you been apprehended?
55:55I will go with one zich jakich sucked, man.
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