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00:00Previously on Star Trek Discovery.
00:24You're smart, slippery as hell, don't give a damn about anyone but themselves.
00:27Meet Maul and Locke.
00:30What did they steal?
00:31Something vital to the security of the Federation.
00:33You're Maul and Locke.
00:34What's your next move?
00:35Quimau.
00:36The dealer there loves the old stuff.
00:37Captain Burnham and Captain Rainer set a course for Quimau.
00:40My mission or hers?
00:41Why don't you try working together?
00:42An explosion up there would cause an avalanche!
00:44We can't risk killing all those people down there!
00:47An avalanche is not gonna happen!
00:49Discovery, we have to stop that avalanche!
00:52We did it!
00:55Great work, everyone!
00:56I do believe it would be only logical to codify our commitment in more official capacity.
01:03Are you asking me to bury you?
01:05Some things are hard to move past, for both of us.
01:07Yeah, maybe we haven't wanted to say that out loud.
01:11Are we saying it now?
01:12I think we are.
01:13We've been calling them the progenitors.
01:16They created life, as we know it.
01:18Somehow, Dr. Valak found their technology, whatever it was they used to design life itself.
01:24Now, Maul and Locke know where it is, or the diary is the first piece of the puzzle.
01:30There's a system in the outer sector of the Beta Quadrant, Valene.
01:33One of its worlds, Lyric, has three moons, two of which move in perfect sync.
01:38It's on Lyric.
01:42Captain's personal log, Stardate 866274.3.
01:56For millennia, philosophers and scientists have wrestled with the same big questions.
02:01What is our purpose?
02:03Why are we here?
02:05What does it all mean?
02:08I always thought, I knew.
02:10The mission.
02:12That's my purpose.
02:13That's why I'm here.
02:15That was always enough.
02:17But lately, it's not.
02:20And I don't know why.
02:22We're on a search for one of the greatest powers ever known.
02:26The very thing that created us.
02:29I can't help but wonder, once we find it, once I understand it, is that where I'll
02:35find the answers?
02:37Is that how things make sense again?
02:41Come.
02:44Ah.
02:47I have found myself reviewing that same hologram in my quarters as well.
02:52Not much else to do while we wait to get out of dry, Dawn.
02:58That avalanche really did a number on us.
03:01Ah, yes.
03:02The sands of Kumau continue to reveal many heretofore unknown radiative properties.
03:07Meanwhile, Mal and Luck have one hell of a head start.
03:09Only for the time being.
03:11Diligence of our new friend notwithstanding.
03:13I am happy to report that repairs are nearly finished.
03:16We should be ready to jump within the hour.
03:17Good.
03:18Any more delays?
03:19And I would have started to wonder if someone was stalling his final day on board.
03:23Just as well I haven't found anyone to replace you yet.
03:27I am pleased that the schedule has afforded me one last mission to say goodbye.
03:32Let's get ready for Lyric.
03:36Uh, there is another matter at first.
03:38Uh, an official matter from the President's office.
03:41Did you agree with Captain Raynor's decision to fire, knowing, as he did, that the consequences
03:47could be catastrophic?
03:49I'm sorry, Madam President, but I'm not sure I see how the testimony of a matter of opinion
03:54is relevant.
03:55The Starfleet Corps of Engineers is presently mired in a very messy clean-up.
04:00That has caused no end of political complications, which is precisely what we do not need right
04:06now.
04:07You were there.
04:08Your testimony is relevant.
04:09I would like to respectfully remind the board that Captain Raynor's actions did not cause
04:13the avalanche.
04:14No, but he seems to have inspired Mal and Luck.
04:18Who did?
04:19My mission was to stop them, ma'am.
04:21That's what I was doing.
04:24Did you agree?
04:27Captain Burnham, no one appreciates the, uh, unwritten Starfleet code of conduct more
04:34than I do.
04:35That you're being asked a direct question by the President, to which we would all appreciate
04:39a direct answer.
04:44You had no problem voicing your opinion in the field, Captain.
04:48All right.
04:51The answer is no.
04:53I did not agree.
04:54I thought it posed an unjustifiable risk.
04:56And as I told her then, we had a red directive.
04:59Our priority was a stolen item that could compromise the safety of the entire Federation.
05:03Your mission is not in question here, Captain.
05:06Your actions are.
05:07My strategy worked.
05:09I blocked their escape.
05:11And yes, sometimes enemies do inspire one another.
05:16But what I did on Kumau was no different than what I've been doing for the last 30 years.
05:20We are in a different time now, Captain.
05:23Things have changed.
05:24We're not at war.
05:26The Breen are infighting over a new leader.
05:28The Orions are regrouping.
05:30War is always a possibility.
05:31And you're living in a candy-colored hollow fantasy if you're thinking otherwise.
05:35You are not helping yourself.
05:37Oh, come on.
05:40This is politics, pure and simple.
05:43I already know what she thinks.
05:45I have leveled undue criticism against the Federation during a delicate time of diplomacy and rebuilding.
05:51I could be out there right now finishing this mission instead of sitting on our asses.
05:58That's enough, Rainer.
05:59Wasting precious time while a technology of unbelievable power is being found, used, or sold to the highest bidder.
06:07I said that's enough.
06:15I think now would be a good time for a break.
06:29You disagree with me about this, too, that we're wasting time.
06:39I think the world is bigger than our own corner of it.
06:45Captain Vernon, a word?
06:50A word.
07:00Shit.
07:03Thank you for your candor in that.
07:05It's true that it wasn't fair for me to judge him.
07:07No, he's never quite been able to get out of his own way.
07:10Loves Starfleet, loves the Federation.
07:12We've been together in more firefights than I can count, but...
07:14He has things to learn, don't we all?
07:18He's a gifted officer.
07:21Thank you for saying that.
07:23Pardon the interruption, Captain.
07:24All ship repairs are nearly complete.
07:26Discovery will be ready to leave shortly.
07:28I'll be right there.
07:29Dr. Kovic will monitor your progress from here.
07:32I do have to ask the addition to your crew manifest.
07:36I'll be fully briefed and squared away before departure.
07:39Good.
07:40It's an extra set of eyes.
07:42Someone who's focused on Marlon Locke,
07:45knows their tactics from his own time as a courier,
07:47could be helpful for the mission.
07:49I couldn't agree more.
07:56So this isn't gonna be an issue?
07:59No, sir.
08:00Not at all.
08:02Good.
08:04But he's already proven himself valuable.
08:07And I believe he'll continue to be.
08:19To see this as the start of any other mission, my queen.
08:27Who are you?
08:29Right.
08:31I see grudges just as playful as ever.
08:44It's a constant change.
08:45Hard fair to settle, you know?
08:47Hard fair to settle, you know?
08:48Mm.
08:51So you've made a fan out of Admiral Vance.
08:53Won't be fair to drink with him any time soon.
08:55But at least he hasn't thrown me back in the clink.
08:58No, he's impressed with your work with the refugees
09:00and with your help on the Q-MAL mission.
09:02If you help us get the Predator's tech,
09:03I'm sure the higher-ups would be great for him.
09:07I just go where they tell me.
09:09So now I'm here.
09:13What do you need?
09:15All right.
09:16Well, according to the diary,
09:18Dr. Velik hid the Predator's power,
09:20or a clue as to where it's hidden, on Lyric.
09:24And that's where we're headed now.
09:25Paul is also analyzing something else that he found.
09:28The schematic on this page may be significant.
09:32So while he's working on that,
09:33I will have you review Mal and Locke's interactions
09:36with the dealer, Fred.
09:37See if they said anything or did anything that can help us.
09:40Shouldn't say long.
09:41Them what?
09:42He's working up a psych profile.
09:44We may run into our career friends down on the planet
09:46but they haven't already gotten there.
09:47Either way, we need to get that clue before they do.
09:51And it's Saru's last mission, by the way.
09:53For a while, that is.
09:54I know.
09:55I heard.
09:56Heh.
09:57Action Saru.
09:58Came to her desk.
10:00Never thought I'd see her.
10:01Action Saru?
10:03Yeah.
10:03Come on.
10:04You know.
10:05Action Saru.
10:07It's...
10:08Good job.
10:08Yeah.
10:18Yeah.
10:19Sorry.
10:20She doesn't like it.
10:21Cats.
10:21I already knew she wouldn't.
10:24Got it for you.
10:28This is Saru.
10:28Black alert.
10:29Black alert.
12:41No idea, sir.
12:42The last recorded exploration was over a century before Dr. Vellick was even born.
12:47Any sign of luck and maul?
12:49No, none.
12:49But we don't know the full extent of their cloaking capabilities yet.
12:52So they could be down there?
12:53Down there, up here.
12:54Either way, we will keep our eyes peeled.
12:56Which is actually kind of disgusting if you think about it.
12:59But I'm here as your science specialist, so they're peeled.
13:03So glad that you were back with us for this.
13:05Please thank the cadets for letting us borrow you.
13:07Uh, Lieutenant, I noticed that our transport coordinates have us landing quite a distance from our target location.
13:14Yeah, so unfortunately the entire center area seems to be surrounded by a weirdly strong electromagnetic field.
13:20See?
13:20Something you might see from a great technological power?
13:24We will find out soon enough.
13:26The field won't allow us to transport you in, but we'll get you as close as we can.
13:29And you'll have to walk from there.
13:31Have security on standby.
13:33No one goes down unless they need to be there.
13:35Remind them that this is a sacred space and we should tread lightly.
13:38And keep those eyes peeled.
13:40Hi, Captain.
13:45Last dance.
13:47I shall follow your lead.
13:57Ah!
14:03Ah!
14:08It's oddly serene for a species that was constantly at war.
14:18Indeed.
14:19I don't believe I've ever heard such quiet.
14:27Wow.
14:32Okay.
14:33Still no life signs?
14:34Well, I have compensated for the cloaking system all Unlock had used against us previously and...
14:39Hmm.
14:41Registering none in the vicinity.
14:45Here.
14:46This large pyramid.
14:48That's where the shadow would fall.
14:51Power of creation.
14:52Here we come.
14:53Oh.
15:04Hey.
15:07Look.
15:08I heard you were on board.
15:09Welcome back.
15:13How are you doing?
15:15Yeah.
15:16Um, I've been helping resettle DMA refugees.
15:18That is what you were doing?
15:20I want to know how are you doing.
15:25Just trying to make sense of it all.
15:28Figure out what's next.
15:29You know?
15:30Mm-hmm.
15:31So, what have we got on Maul Unlock so far?
15:35Well, let's just say I know more about the spirits my abuela used to pray to than I do about these two.
15:39Hmm.
15:40They use hybridized tech from a variety of different species.
15:43They don't shy away from physical confrontation, though they're not violent just for the sake of it.
15:48Maul is human.
15:49Maul is a mystery.
15:50Hmm.
15:51That's about it.
15:52I don't even know where they're from or if those are even their real names.
15:56Dr. Culver, I have the footage of Maul Unlock you asked for.
16:01Oh.
16:02From when they got away.
16:10What is it?
16:11They've got two starships on their tail.
16:13One has them on a leash.
16:14And they pull this stunt that they're going for style points.
16:17Okay.
16:18Why?
16:20Because they're free.
16:24Having fun together.
16:25In love.
16:31Means a lot to be together.
16:33I would imagine.
16:35We're here for them, Doc.
16:37Not me.
16:38And you see, that's not just fun.
16:41That's Cliff's Edge kind of stuff.
16:43Okay, so they're thrill seekers.
16:45That's helpful.
16:46Yeah.
16:47Let's say give them a cliff.
16:49See if they're willing to jump.
16:51Did you know you have a nickname?
17:01Action Saru?
17:02Ah, yes.
17:04Huh.
17:05You've heard it before.
17:06Yeah.
17:06I find it quite humorous.
17:09You didn't tell me he came up with that?
17:11I mean, it's not that he needed to.
17:14It's just that we were together for a long time.
17:17I mean, not long by some standards, but long for me.
17:22Are you speaking of Mr. Booker?
17:23Yeah, didn't he give you that nickname?
17:25No, it was Commander Reno.
17:27Shortly after we arrived in this future, she heard about my encounter with Zara.
17:31And apparently my ferocity, the use of my quills, struck a rather strong chord with her.
17:37Right.
17:37Right.
17:38I'm really happy for you, Saru.
17:44You know, I remember the day you came aboard Discovery.
17:49A mutineer, a prisoner, you seemed exactly the wrong choice.
17:56And yet, you made the most of the opportunity.
18:00I remain deeply impressed and inspired by all that you have accomplished.
18:06Oh, Saru, you have always seen something in me.
18:12Even when others didn't, even when I didn't.
18:16And I look at you now, who you've become.
18:21Probably the bravest soul I've ever known.
18:26Thank you, Michael.
18:29How the hell am I going to find another you?
18:33You do not need another me.
18:35You need a new number one.
18:39Right.
18:40Well, Tilly wants to go back to the Academy after this.
18:43I've got candidates on Discovery and across Starfleet.
18:45I...
18:46If I may offer a piece of advice.
18:49Sure.
18:51You are a force, Michael.
18:53I believe you would be aided by one who is as well.
18:58Someone like Mr. Booker, now that I think of it.
19:00You're not suggesting I make books, my number one.
19:01I simply mean to say that he stands his ground, even in difficult moments.
19:07If you were to...
19:08Saru.
19:09Bodies wouldn't be unburied here.
19:21What do you think?
19:22Grave robbers?
19:23I would venture to say they have been here for quite some time.
19:26I'm not going to see them all in luck.
19:30Which begs the question, what killed them?
19:38If only the Stones could speak.
19:42Let's keep our eyes open.
19:45I hate to miss your wedding because I'm dead.
19:47That would be a grave disappointment.
19:49Did you just make a pun?
19:50Unintentional.
19:52Unless, of course, you found it amusing.
20:10What?
20:11Nothing.
20:12I'm...
20:13very happy that you're back.
20:16Even if it is just temporary.
20:18Thanks.
20:19And me too.
20:20Although, I do really feel like I found my place there.
20:24I love teaching.
20:25Yeah, you're really good at it.
20:27Oh.
20:29My cadets haven't really been rising to the challenge in the field.
20:32They can task, but then they never seem to fully grasp the meaning of the mission itself.
20:37Tasks are concrete and meaning.
20:43Hmm.
20:46Well, hopefully some time away will give me time and space to clear my head.
20:50Offer a fresh perspective to help them.
20:52Fresh perspectives are good.
20:57Hmm?
20:59Gray.
21:02I love him a lot.
21:04And this is the first time that it's just been me.
21:06And I...
21:08And I...
21:09I don't know.
21:11I kind of like it.
21:14You don't know how to feel about that.
21:21Oh, that's odd.
21:24That's, uh...
21:25There's a spike in the electromagnetic field.
21:26Getting close, 500 meters from the target.
21:35Still no sound of Maul in luck.
21:36To be left.
21:45Oh, yeah.
21:46I know something for you.
21:48Yeah.
21:48Oh, yeah.
21:50Wait.
21:50Bye.
21:56Bye.
21:57Quiet.
21:58Bye.
22:00Bye.
22:00Bye.
22:01Bye.
22:02Bye.
22:03Bye.
22:03Bye.
22:05Bye.
22:06Captain, we've been looking at the spike in the electromagnetic field.
22:09Are you seeing anything weird down there?
22:11No. Nothing weird.
22:25It takes my life.
22:35Looks like we know what killed the grave robbers.
22:42Incredible that, although fallen and shattered centuries ago, the technology of the security system has endured.
23:00I'm sure I'll appreciate that at some point.
23:02Discovery, we're transporters out. If we run, these drones will cut us to pieces.
23:06We're recalibrating the transporter system to get around the electromagnetic field.
23:09I can't. I can't get it.
23:11Captain, can you make it back to the drop zone where we beamed you in?
23:14Not a chance. Can you take them out from orbit?
23:16No, Captain, you're too close. What if we send them a security team?
23:19I do not believe we will survive that long, Anton.
23:29That drone just detonated.
23:31Great. Lose one drone, another comes.
23:37Tilly, we'll lose our foot!
23:38What? Oh my God. Who lost a foot?
23:40No, not our actual feet. The foot we're hiding under.
23:42But we'll lose our actual heads if we can't find the power source and shut this thing down.
23:46On it.
23:47We remain in your capable hands, Lieutenant.
23:49Capable and sweetie!
23:50Okay. Power sources. Let's run through them. Ion reactor.
23:53I'm all that I can see. Uh, deuterium?
23:55No spectral traces. It's gotta be run on some sort of battery of some kind, right?
24:00What about cloaked antimatter?
24:01Excuse me, Lieutenant. You're receiving an urgent transmission from Federation headquarters.
24:05I'm sorry, that's gonna have to wait.
24:07I hate waiting. It sounds like you could use my help.
24:09Captain Raynor?
24:10I've been monitoring secure comms.
24:11But how?
24:1230 years at Starfleet, that's how.
24:14Is this your first red directive?
24:16I've been on 7, so it's .04.
24:18Now about that help.
24:19Okay, this is a science problem, Captain?
24:21No. This is a people problem, as you might say. It always is.
24:24Do you really think the Primalians were using cloaked antimatter batteries 2,000 years ago?
24:30To beat the system they built, you've gotta think like them, not 32nd century scientists.
24:34Okay, Zora, using Federation databases, what energy source did the Primalians use on their ships?
24:39Lange cycle fusion was most common.
24:41Okay, any evidence of that on the surface when we arrived?
24:43Um, none.
24:48Billy, do we have a solve yet?
24:49Uh, working on it.
24:52Don't look at me.
24:53Keep going.
24:54Who were they?
24:55How did they think?
24:56They built a graveyard.
24:58They wanted to protect it for centuries.
25:00So they needed power.
25:01What technology did they have available to them?
25:03What could they bring there?
25:04Better yet, what was already there?
25:05Zora, or whoever you are.
25:08How did they power their cities?
25:10What else did they use for their ships?
25:12Data shows they harnessed gravity waves, gamma ray bursts, electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves.
25:17The electromagnetic field!
25:19You're welcome.
25:21Hurry, Billy!
25:22All the drones are gonna detonate!
25:23Go, go, go!
25:36Dilly, we're running out of body parts down here.
25:51Good news, we figured out what's powering the security system.
25:54Okay.
25:55Sounds like bad news is coming, but we'll take the good news.
25:57What do we got?
25:58The electromagnetic field.
25:59It spiked before the security system kicked in.
26:01That's what's powering it.
26:02Well, I fail to say out that is good news.
26:04We cannot shut down a planet.
26:05No, but if you can locate the statue's internal control mechanism, you can shut that down and
26:09stop the drone.
26:11The head.
26:12When the drones came out of the eyes.
26:14That's where this all started.
26:15We can demolish that.
26:16Yeah, no.
26:17That can cause a chain reaction throughout the system, destroying what we came here to
26:20find, and killing us in the process.
26:22Well, that's a risk, but it's our only option.
26:24Discovery can't get a lock.
26:25If we do nothing, we're dead for sure.
26:26What if we disconnect the system from its power source first?
26:29We'll have to scan the internal mechanism and then have Tilly analyze how it connects
26:32to the EM field.
26:33But the drones are back, and right now we don't have that kind of time.
26:37Or we could use an electromagnetic pulse.
26:40It disrupts present-day technology.
26:42It should do the same with a thousand-year-old system.
26:46Captain.
26:51Tilly, what do you think?
26:52Oh, well, it is the safer option, Captain.
26:55If you can use the power packs from your phasers and set them to emergency discharge,
26:58and then get that as close as you can to the internal control mechanism, that-that could
27:02work.
27:05All right.
27:07I'll go draw their fire.
27:08Captain, my reflexes and speed are superior to any humans.
27:11I will draw fire while you place our weapons.
27:13No, let me do it.
27:14No, no.
27:15Captain, no.
27:16No, this is your last mission.
27:17We are running out of time.
27:18Tarina will be heartbroken.
27:19She would want me to perform my duties as I always have.
27:21Michael, please.
27:22On your mark.
27:26On your mark.
27:56On your mark.
28:26On your mark.
28:56On your mark.
28:58On your mark.
29:00On your mark.
29:02On your mark.
29:04We did it!
29:06Captain Rain.
29:08Here.
29:10Theroux!
29:12Theroux, where are you?
29:14Here, Captain.
29:16Here.
29:18Here.
29:20Here.
29:22I'm all right.
29:24I'm all right.
29:26Here.
29:30Here.
29:32Here.
29:34Here.
29:36Here.
29:38Here.
29:40Your idea worked.
29:47I believe it is now clear why Dr. Velik would choose a Promellian necropolis as a hiding place.
29:52It is exceedingly well defended.
29:59Let's just hope what we're looking for is still here.
30:01And then Mom and Luck haven't beaten us to it.
30:04You ready?
30:05Yes.
30:10Okay, let's go.
30:20Commander, I've completed my search on the symbol found in the Romulan Scientist Diary.
30:25There are 2,453,972 possible pattern managers in Federation databases.
30:32Great, so we're narrowing it down.
30:34Let me try you this way.
30:36I'm not sure about this book. Maybe if we knew more about Maul and Luck.
30:39I know all that needs for this.
30:41What's going on?
30:41He wants to access a special subspace comms channel.
30:45I had to get this piece of equipment from my pack. Which station can I use?
30:48Um.
30:50What's that for?
30:52Dark comms.
30:53Dark comms?
30:54Yeah, to reach Luck and Mall.
30:57And the way they fly, my guess is they're SUI.
31:00Couriers will take the most dangerous drops because they love the action and the latinum.
31:03SUI are the ones you call when you have a really dangerous score.
31:07They're running from Starfleet. Why would they talk to you?
31:09Because they need to unload that diary while they can.
31:12Something that hot is bound to be offers once world gets out.
31:15So I'm going to send them a message.
31:16He thinks he can talk them down before they reach the planet, assuming they're not here yet.
31:19And if you can't?
31:21At the very least, we'll know more about them.
31:23Listen, wherever they are right now, the last thing we need is another dance with them.
31:26We have to try this.
31:31Okay, I need all non-essential personnel to clear engineering.
31:36Everybody out! Come on! Go! Go!
31:39Thank you!
31:44All right, uh, you're all set.
31:47Discovery's hidden.
31:48They won't know where you're calling from.
31:50They'll do the same on their ship.
31:51See if you can trace them anyway.
31:52Stryvers, this is code for them that's out-fleeting Starfleet.
31:58If you're itching to sell, I've got a boon for you.
32:03Hit back.
32:07Did it go through?
32:08Mm-hmm.
32:10Doesn't appear to be working.
32:12It will.
32:17Here we go.
32:22You wanted our attention.
32:26You got it.
32:27You have two minutes.
32:30This is it.
32:32We're dead center of our target area.
32:34Well, there are no life signs or energy signatures, which is fortunate.
32:37Okay, what are we looking for?
32:39Perhaps we were meant to enter the structure itself.
32:42No, wait a minute.
32:43Over there.
32:44Damn it.
32:50Fazer birds.
32:51They beat us.
32:56But why would Mullen Locke do this if the regenerator's tech was here?
33:00Well, I do not see readings that would indicate there was once anything of great power here at all.
33:06Never?
33:07Never.
33:09So maybe the inscription on the stone is a clue.
33:11It's the next step to the regenerator's tech, so that's why Mullen Locke destroyed it.
33:18We've got to figure out what it said.
33:21Uh, Captain, less than great news.
33:23The field is powering up again.
33:25How much time do we have, Lieutenant?
33:26Three, four minutes, maybe.
33:28We'll take it.
33:29There's got to be something here.
33:32Oh.
33:35If you lower your tricorder.
33:37What is it?
33:37There are hints of iridescent bacteria within the scorched areas of stone.
33:42Now, bacteria would have settled into the grooves where the words were inscribed.
33:46Their iridescence must be a reaction to the radiation from the phaser glass.
33:51I'll recalibrate for the UV spectrum.
33:56Yes, you're right.
33:58Which seems to point to Beta's head, but there are only four verses.
34:21Uh, Captain?
34:22Yes, yes, we, uh, we know.
34:24Uh, right.
34:25A Revlov has five verses.
34:26So where's the missing verse?
34:27We have to get you out.
34:29We need a few minutes.
34:30No, you have at most two minutes.
34:31The field is coming up fast.
34:32Okay, but the fifth verse has to be here somewhere, and we can't leave without it.
34:37I won't ask again.
34:39Who are you?
34:41A former courier, like yourselves.
34:43Well, a former courier.
34:45Sorry to disappoint.
34:47Diary's not for sale.
34:48Now that we know what it leads to.
34:50You're curious enough to answer my message.
34:53Yeah, well, as she said, we're after bigger shine now.
34:57But I'm guessing that he knows that, don't you?
35:01You make a mess and get Starfleet on your ass.
35:05Folks start talking.
35:06Try again.
35:08What is your angle?
35:09I've got things that I want to, and if I stop you, I might just get them.
35:13Now, I don't know if you're running from something or to something,
35:17but you're running.
35:19All you've got is each other, and you're in way over your head.
35:21You need to walk away before it's too late.
35:23You can't win in a race with Starfleet.
35:25Wrong.
35:27We're already ahead.
35:28And it's them who should walk away.
35:31Diary's Romulan.
35:32Federation's got no claim to it.
35:34We saw first.
35:36Founders keepers and all that.
35:37That diary.
35:39It leads to something more dangerous than you know.
35:41The Federation can handle it.
35:42Keep it safe.
35:42You can't keep going like this.
35:45You'll end up dead or in the brig.
35:47Or is that the kind of shine you're looking for?
35:50You know, with all the Federation cough car coming out of your mouth,
35:53I'm having a hard time believing you were ever a career.
35:57Who are you really?
35:59No liars here.
36:00Works in the Beta Quadrant, mostly Sector Six.
36:04Name's Cleveland Booker.
36:05You heard of me.
36:13You're right about one thing.
36:17All we have is each other.
36:20And that's more than enough.
36:25Did we get to trace?
36:26No, they routed their comm signal through an unstable wormhole.
36:29Smart, but completely untraceable.
36:32Book, you all right?
36:37Yeah.
36:41So Dr. Bellic left this clue.
36:43Let's put ourselves in his shoes.
36:44What do we know about 24th century Romulans?
36:47They were obsessed with secrecy.
36:48Yes, and so the diary, this place, the message in a poem,
36:53maybe it's not just secrecy.
36:54It's security.
36:55Both of which went hand in hand during the time of the Empire.
36:58Evident Romulan thinkers, including scientists,
37:01often traveled with armed guards.
37:0560 seconds.
37:06Their homes also frequently had a shikun,
37:10a false front door designed to mislead enemies.
37:13Right, and the entrance for family and friends
37:15and trusted allies was in the back.
37:17So behind the stone.
37:19Or beneath it.
37:2240 seconds.
37:23Can you muster up that famous Kelpien strength?
37:24Well, we shall see.
37:26Okay.
37:26Okay.
37:28I see something.
37:32Keep going.
37:35Keep going.
37:36Keep going.
37:37Got it.
37:39Maul and La don't have this part of the clue,
37:41so they're on their way to Beta Zed.
37:42Well, they will realize they're there soon enough
37:43and to return here.
37:46What is this?
37:51Huh.
37:55Now we can't let them find this.
37:57I do not wish to destroy the stone, but...
37:59Ten seconds.
38:00Okay, well, let's just cover it up
38:01and then leave it be.
38:03This is a sacred space
38:04and we've disturbed it enough.
38:05We'll find another way
38:05to get ahead of Maul and La.
38:07Hurry, hurry.
38:08Five.
38:10Four.
38:11Knock it.
38:12Hurry, hurry, hurry.
38:12It's the room.
38:13Silly, now.
38:14Exciting last day.
38:33Indeed.
38:34Yeah, thank you both.
38:35Very much for your help.
38:37Oh, you should really be thinking Captain Rayner.
38:38I mean, we would have never figured out
38:40how that security system worked without him.
38:42Rayner.
38:45Commander Samets,
38:46can you join us in the science lab?
38:47On my way.
38:48Any sign of Maul and La don't ship?
38:50None.
38:52Silly, have lines prepare a team of dots.
38:55There's a stone monument down there
38:56desecrated by phaser fire.
38:58Let's have them repair it as best as they can
38:59and let's get sensors into orbit.
39:02When Maul and La don't come back,
39:03I want to know about it.
39:04Hi, Captain.
39:05Oh, Mr. Saru,
39:08I happen to know a doctor.
39:11Yes, I'll see you shortly.
39:13But first, Captain,
39:17check this out.
39:21Looks similar to the diary symbol
39:23you've been working on.
39:24No?
39:26Yeah, it has the same style
39:28and visual language.
39:30Zora, can you bring up the diary symbol?
39:33Yes, Commander.
39:35Zora, can you create
39:37a programmable matter version of that?
39:39Of course, Captain.
39:40Yes.
39:57Yes, Mr. Miss.
39:59Yes.
39:59No wonder we couldn't find a pattern match.
40:09It was incomplete.
40:10But what is it?
40:18I think this is a map of some kind.
40:22Broken into five pieces.
40:23And the poem tells us where to go next.
40:29So we just need to find four more pieces
40:32to complete the map.
40:34So once we have all five pieces,
40:36then we find what created us?
40:41Progenitor's actual technology.
40:43Seems so.
40:44No biggie, then.
40:51Uh, where are we going next?
40:54Uh, the first set of verses
40:55seem to suggest Beta Z,
40:57which is where Maul and Locke must be heading.
41:00But this final verse reads,
41:02a world like no other,
41:04where two souls entwine,
41:07joined as one.
41:08Well, consider with the other details.
41:11Uh, Opline Waters,
41:12shared thoughts.
41:14I suppose...
41:15Drill.
41:19We're going to drill.
41:25All we have is each other.
41:28And that's more than enough.
41:30Freeze.
41:33Zora, can you zoom in on Maul?
41:36Certainly, Mr. Booker.
41:38Can you take this image and age mold
41:42down to seven years, three months?
41:46Zora, can you take this image and age mold down to seven years, three months?
42:08Come in.
42:17Hey.
42:18Hey.
42:20You okay?
42:21The way you left it,
42:22it looked like you saw a ghost.
42:28Do you believe in fate?
42:32Depends, I suppose.
42:33Why?
42:33Turns out, I know her.
42:38Who?
42:41Maul.
42:44Maul?
42:46Her birthmark.
42:47I've only ever seen her on one person.
42:48Yeah.
42:50A child.
42:53I'd never actually met her before, until today.
42:56I've only ever seen a holo image.
42:59Her name is...
43:01Malene.
43:03She's the daughter of my mentor, Cleveland Booker the Fourth.
43:11Which, I suppose,
43:14makes her the closest thing to family I've got left.
43:17I believe I may be ready.
43:43You can still change your mind.
43:44Okay?
43:46I told that we're to pull in real slow.
43:57I passed through Faharai.
44:02From a life of fear to a life of hope.
44:08Right here in this room.
44:10What I remember most about that day
44:18was that you were here with me.
44:22You held my hand.
44:24But I was not afraid.
44:29Thank you, Michael.
44:32It was an honor, sir.
44:33Everything with you has been...
44:39It's not forever, right?
44:42It'll be months, hopefully.
44:44While I'm gone,
44:45I do hope that my replacement will serve you well.
44:49There's no replacing you,
44:51but whoever comes,
44:53I'm sure they'll be great.
44:56Any last words of advice?
44:57Well, I must say,
45:00I feel a great deal of power in this moment.
45:05I will simply encourage you
45:07to continue forward as you have.
45:10One cannot predict what is to come,
45:13but I find that when I give myself over to the journey,
45:18just in the process,
45:20one might say,
45:21there's always great meaning in that.
45:28Wherever I may eventually arrive.
45:34I will also advise you
45:36to not touch the swamp kelp
45:39while it is in bloom.
45:40Yes.
45:41Till you warned me.
45:43We'll take good care of them.
45:45And this will always be here for you.
45:48I know it will.
45:55Thank you, Saru.
45:57For what?
45:59For giving me a second chance.
46:04Wow.
46:09Wow.
46:18First thing up on your geometry?
46:26I actually am.
46:30I can't help Charlie,
46:32but I don't know what she's doing.
46:34Right.
46:36So, I, uh,
46:38I read you a report.
46:41Go for it today.
46:43Thank you, sir.
46:44If I may,
46:47I've been wondering about the inquiry.
46:57I asked Rainer
46:58to take an early retirement
47:00effective immediately.
47:04It can't have been easy.
47:06We have been friends for 30 years.
47:09Hopefully still will be
47:11once the death settles.
47:12I will say.
47:18On Q. Mal,
47:20he did what he thought was right
47:23for the Federation.
47:26He always has.
47:28Now, the shame is
47:29he's a damn good captain.
47:32The world has changed.
47:35I try to talk to him,
47:36and have him see it,
47:39but he won't hear me.
47:41All cadets should be lost
47:52and updated
47:52and reflected in the...
47:54You mind?
48:03Free galaxy.
48:07Most of it, anyway.
48:11I gotta say,
48:14she's a beautiful ship.
48:18I don't make him like that anymore.
48:21Hmm.
48:25You find the progenitor's tech?
48:26No, but we found a clue
48:29to where it's hidden.
48:30Next stop somewhere on Trill.
48:33Quest continues.
48:37Thank you
48:38for your help today.
48:40I was on a break
48:41from getting grilled
48:42and gave me something to do.
48:45Well, you've done a lot
48:46over the years.
48:47Citations for distinguished service,
48:50the Grand Kite Order of Tactics,
48:52Awards of Valor...
48:53Trinkets.
48:55It's what you do in the chair.
48:57Every day,
48:59every mission.
49:01That's what matters.
49:05Could have told the board
49:06what they wanted to hear.
49:07I know what I stand for.
49:12I know what I believe in.
49:14I'm not gonna apologize for that.
49:16Anything else, Captain?
49:17Or can I go back
49:18to enjoying your being in peace?
49:21So you think you deserved it?
49:24The retirement?
49:29I always tell my crew,
49:33get out of your head.
49:35Think like you're enemies.
49:37I should have seen it coming.
49:41When Maul locked in,
49:42I came out.
49:44Tangled and out.
49:45I should have known life.
49:49I should have known.
49:52The town had been hit.
49:55All those lives lost.
50:02Why didn't you say any of that
50:03during the inquiry?
50:04I already dug my own grave
50:07and it wouldn't matter.
50:09Doesn't mean you have to get in it.
50:14I want you to be my number one.
50:20You get knocked in the head
50:21with one of those statues?
50:23Hmm.
50:24You didn't have to help us today,
50:26but you did,
50:26because the mission matters to you.
50:28Starfleet and the Federation
50:30matter to you.
50:31And I see how you're looking out
50:33at the star,
50:34as we both know
50:34you're not ready to hang it up.
50:39It's an interesting offer.
50:43But Vance wouldn't let me back
50:45on a ship unless I was a garbage scout.
50:47I already spoke to Vance.
50:48He back's my choice.
50:54I got a second chance once.
50:55This is yours.
51:08We leave for Truel at 0800.
51:10The offer stands till then.
51:13Burn him.
51:14I'm not a yes man.
51:25I'm counting on that.
51:26Good night.
51:42I'm not a yes man.
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