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00:01In all my time, there's one thing I've learned to be true.
00:08If you want to serve the galaxy, make your bed.
00:16Here's another. Get to class on time.
00:20Doesn't seem like much, just tiny acts of service to your fellow cadets.
00:25A single stitch, and another, and another. Until you've woven something greater than you ever imagined. A tapestry. The tapestry
00:37that is Starfleet, that is history.
00:40And now the moment you've all been waiting for. Mutagiosilis Arneobolus. Self-replicating mucus. A jar of goo.
00:52I heard we get a wrangle-worn tapeworms next semester.
00:57Please never stand next to me again.
00:59Each of you will care for a single specimen for five days. Easy, right? Wrong.
01:06Mucus is romantic. It likes to bark. If you get even a tiny amount on your skin, it will rip
01:14it.
01:14Until you're covered head to toe. And you will have to move in together. And spend holidays with its parents.
01:26And we will have to help you break up. By freezing it with a neutralizing agent. That gets you a
01:35C.
01:35A C? How do we fail?
01:38If it kills you. Welcome to xenobiology.
01:42When the burn hit, the Federation had to leave Earth. Starfleet Academy was abandoned.
01:48Our tapestry, our history, irretrievably torn.
01:51Say what you will about this present time, but it has one advantage over every other.
01:57It's ours.
01:59Comparative xenobiology was dropped from the curriculum 100 years ago.
02:02When Starfleet's emphasis shifted from understanding those with whom we share a universe, to defending ourselves against them.
02:09Sir, is there a creation myth about a wiser space rat who put a state-of-the-art starship in
02:14danger just because he needed to call his mummy?
02:15Or one about an overcompensating fish boy who was sad and lonely because he was a teeny tiny fish did?
02:20Cadets, many cultures expel their males into the wild at your stage of hormonal development.
02:26To mature on their own, or die.
02:29We are not one of them, currently.
02:33You are the first officer corps class to return to this campus in over 100 years.
02:40One we share with our venerable neighbours at the War College, an institution that's turned out the officers that kept
02:46Starfleet strong during the burn.
02:50We thank them for their continued service and look forward to working together.
02:55If you thought comeback training was only for the War College, think again!
03:00Sound off!
03:01Duty, honor, service!
03:03Louder!
03:04Duty, honor, service!
03:06Yes!
03:07Pitiful!
03:08Tactical engagement is not about self-defense, though you will learn self-defense.
03:13It's not about weapons.
03:15No!
03:16This class is about me!
03:19My father taught me that victory is life.
03:22My mother that today is a good day to die.
03:25One day, we'll all stare death in the face as she stares back.
03:30Yes!
03:31Death has eyes!
03:32And none of my cadets will confront her like gutless cowards.
03:36I will rip out my own stomach and choke on it before even one of you lets fear win the
03:41day.
03:42Do you hear me?
03:44You will not live in fear!
03:50I can always spot the banner.
03:57Democracy doesn't live in a place.
03:59It lives in continuous action.
04:02So go out and seek, explore, innovate!
04:08boldly go where no one has gone before it is my great honor to welcome you all back
04:15to starfleet academy
04:43i'm telling you i nailed it i just missed that i had your confidence it's all on the walk buddy
04:48i guess but caleb if you stayed in tarothan prison they would have chopped your hands into
04:54little stompy stomps yeah but there's toilet wine and i wouldn't be forced to read the military
04:59strategies of klingon general roger no offense jaden he's a little dry
05:09never had a room we share them like with others that's the definition of roommates fascism nope
05:17also with the roommate how does anyone hook up you get me try not to antagonize your new roommate
05:22for at least 10 minutes see you in class bye see you inside of cartography i'll see you
05:30so i never had the chance to thank you for helping me get rid of all those killer space
05:36parts gotta give it to you sort of brave right heroically saving everyone after dropping
05:41us immortal peril wonder if all those are midterms yeah this is me me too wait are we roomies
05:55no see ya also tip don't hook up with anyone for like the first six months
06:22the bio labs are almost there but whatever supplier we're using for our samples of xenomucosa has
06:29has no imagination none the arneopolis strain is hardy i'll concede but just so vanilla it might
06:37as well be pudding now the kimagora strain i requested has vigor fire those kids can learn
06:44a lot from mucus like that do you mean to answer those oh uh the the federation is getting ready
06:50to rebuild its new seat of government oh maybe it's fine for it yes singapore what about paris
06:55where it's always been it's in the mix do you have the requisition thank you chancellor vanilla
07:03mucus is not my jam doctor i would do almost anything to end this conversation your wish is
07:08my command chancellor thank you so much for now have a delightful day two more things the betazoid
07:15delegation will arrive shortly we sent a fleet of federation shuttles as a gesture of goodwill
07:19the special assembly of the diplomatic council will convene and we're hosting a banquet in their
07:24honor tomorrow night carl stanley loranda you knew the betazoids when they were part of the
07:30federation what are the chances they'll rejoin every loss hurt after the burn but losing the betazoids
07:38really took the scale so i'm just grateful they're showing up indeed what's the second thing
07:45they regulate everything else they regulate that you go to your bed like an actual rat
07:50and are you ever going to make your bed seriously it's like i'm going to get rooming with a farm
07:53by the way who has a banana allergy who is that even a thing yes dick it is a thing
07:57cadets
07:59where are you right now it's not a trick question in your office
08:05we're cadets of starfleet academy serving aboard the starship athena chancellor correct if you
08:10forget that again i'll jettison the both of you out the airlock mayor of standard attention or leave
08:16what do you want we can't room in the same room why it's an intensely personal medical issue
08:23really yeah severe allergies to him yelling oyster every time he shoots a barred up sock into his
08:27not my fault he grew up without socks or aim or balls good news guys you do have something in
08:32common you're both funny weren't they funny is this a multiple choice request an eye you out you
08:39stay the logs say you hacked the exits on three separate occasions in the last 12 hours told me to
08:47find hobbies you have too much spare time cadet you need more menial labor no no chancellor
08:56you chose this place mayor you made me a promise chancellor we'll find your mother
09:02she's still alive and when we do i'll do everything i can to make the federation see that your mother's
09:08sentence was extreme even in a harsher time but there doesn't seem to be a goja 5 in any starfleet
09:14database no planets ships moon zero it doesn't seem to exist so what someone's not in the database
09:21they're not worth the effort even if they make their bed the effort is what starfleet is and
09:26somewhere you know that or you would have already busted out of here instead of just trying to i'm
09:32still here because there's a system or two i haven't hacked yet what nothing could i master
09:35mirror have you considered that noose brocco was lying to mess with your head
09:41should i trust you to stay should i trust you to do what you said you were going to do
09:44yeah
09:47am i dismissed
09:55he needs his ass kicked he's been getting his ass kicked his whole life i think i'm going to treat
10:01him like somebody who actually does what they say they're going to do and see if that fritzes
10:06his motherboard the betazoids are bringing their youth delegation they're the ones that pressure
10:11their government to enter negotiations with us activism love it specialist krebs return to science
10:20lab seven your talaxian fur fly has come out of hibernation knowledge commander kelrick your
10:25counterpart at the war college pleasure commander oh um regulation footwear is a requirement yeah
10:32i heard that i i just don't like wearing them if i don't have to in all seriousness it's unsafe
10:37you could step my toe get a splinter i signed the waivers bare feet pick up electrons that reduce
10:43inflammation up white blood cells and cytokines and stimulate brain activity plus sometimes i just
10:48need to let the little piggies out the pasture you know what i mean i can confidently say i do
10:54not
10:54i've been informed you've asked to host the betazoid negotiation so you can bring children
10:58clearly i've uh disheard ah but you did not it's an opportunity to teach our cadets conflict resolution
11:06firsthand and for them to learn from their betazette peers that advocating for social change matters
11:12how romantic your cynicism's pretty adorable if you want to talk about the good old days i have
11:17more than you we had to abandon betazette after the burn they went through hell with the venari roll
11:25uh no no no with marauders come so they put up that psionic wall around their planetary system and stayed
11:31behind it for over a hundred years nobody gets in or out we can't even communicate behind that wall
11:36and then other systems joined this big swath of cutoff space but now their kids are saying
11:42let's rejoin the federation because they don't want to live like that anymore emran sadal is humoring them
11:48he's an isolationist who campaigned his presidency on keeping that wall up he's also a betazoid an
11:54empath who can read our feelings cranky is his preemptive dismissal wise admiral vance priority
12:00transmission from fhq welcome me should betazette rejoin 20 30 other worlds rejoin with them and
12:08hundreds of new species loyal to the federation to help us defend it not to mention an extra 90 light
12:14years of safe trade and passage in a time when we're still rebuilding i don't dispute how much
12:19we need the betazoids back this is our one slim chance to bolster our standing in the galaxy in a
12:26real way great so what's the problem these negotiations are far too important to allow
12:32children to attend children are our ambassadors to now commander these children have seen and
12:38experienced things far beyond their years okay come let's game it up if sadal goes back to his
12:47planet and says i tried but they couldn't meet our needs then he'll serve out his senior term and
12:54it'll take that long before we ever get another chance but if he does value young voices a young
12:59demographic we need to let him know that we do too let's do it friends in front of the betazoids
13:06we're one big happy family the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line the laws of
13:19physics hate me because i should not be here you girl with the face begging to be singled out why
13:28do
13:28physics hate me because you're not supposed to be here thumbs up for listening entropy times arrow hey
13:35you're absorbing all the energy in the room for real you're like a sponge can you chill guys i was
13:40born in 22 15 and jumped almost a thousand years into the future you can go with the poetry for
13:46five
13:47minutes
13:50whoop red alert new buildings still working out the kinks let's give me a second here
13:55goja 5 is not a recognized location goja 5 is not a recognized location hi what's on goja 5 you
14:07bored
14:07class not riveting enough for you i'm bored just like what else excellent question i guess goja 5 is
14:20sexier than entropy more of a turn on than time itself enlighten us please
14:28i can save everyone's time by rerouting the power junction so that it has a dedicated power supply
14:32which is how it should have been wired in the first place also not to be rude but there's nothing
14:36you
14:36can teach me that i don't already know about temporal mechanics and i'm actually trying to do some real
14:40shit so let me get to it oh some real shit okay well please stand at the front of the
14:45class
14:46are you kidding zero percent cadet introduce yourself to everyone
14:52and sadly we don't offer a course in accredited sulking plant your feet and tell us who you are
14:59sorry i'm i'm not a bat you have to speak at a human volume caleb
15:04mirror i didn't ask your name i asked who you are what do you stand for have you ever seen
15:11a ghost
15:11made a mixed tape what is the worst birthday present you ever got arrested awesome you never
15:19have enough misdemeanors in quantum physics if you ask me okay here's an easy one the name of this cadet
15:31being a cadet in starfleet academy means being open to the people around you and that
15:39connection is where time and space really live i don't need yeah yeah you're a genius who owns all the
15:46suffering i only know two things kid number one old age and treachery always triumph over youth and a
15:54smart mouth oscar wilde love that dude fun fact when he died they had to put glass over his tombstone
16:01because people kept trying to make out with it number two a smart mouth isn't worth a damn
16:06without wisdom but what do i know i'm old and boring
16:13attention all cadets third instruction period will begin in eight minutes
16:16seven minutes to get your next
16:24biohazardous material detected
16:32mucus neutralized have a nice day
16:37oh i love the school
16:51you're outside your permitted bounds negotiations begin in eight minutes quick just every coffee order
16:56ever ordered trip and every caffeinated planet organically
16:59fasting origin trip and every quadrant
17:01while singing the fibonacci sequence
17:03zero one line double
17:03backwards from ten thousand nine hundred and forty six
17:05triple decaf long shot coffee half latte double half cap macchiato with cinnamon americano with coconut water americano with coconut
17:10milk
17:17where are you going
17:25why are you climbing the fence
17:28fenceonomics class
17:29yeah that's not a thing
17:31well could be
17:32there's a lot of classes here
17:35why is your jacket covered in
17:38snot
17:41because i'm clearly thriving
17:44hey um did you
17:46did you kill it
17:51overloaded this processing buffers
17:53please don't tell anyone
17:59you're trying to leave
18:01but you're not sure
18:04you're kind of
18:06regretting it
18:07you think you're being a big stupid idiot
18:10wow
18:12it's a lot of conflict
18:15no
18:16no conflict
18:18no conflict
18:18you're literally on the fence
18:22great
18:29i escaped into therapy
18:46can i just have a meltdown in peace
18:59i should go
19:03hey
19:04wait
19:04what's your name
19:07where are you going
19:08uh
19:09i think i asked you that first
19:12what do you mean you asked me that
19:13whoa
19:13guys what the hell
19:15why are you out of bounds
19:17king of the mirror
19:17look my friend
19:18look she's walking away
19:19look look
19:20look there's a boy
19:21look
19:22please rise to welcome president emran sadal and the beta-z youth delegation to starfleet academy
19:45mr president welcome everyone please sit
19:59friends welcome
20:00on behalf of the federation we are humbly aware that we failed you in the aftermath of the burn
20:07our resources were stretched very thin
20:09we have deep admiration for how you kept your planetary system whole
20:13now the federation is not whole without beta-z
20:23beta-z
20:24appreciates the federation's accurate assessment of its failures
20:28as i read your lips admiral your eyes are already making the next request
20:33you are about to ask us to lower our wall
20:36i am
20:38and in return we offer our partnership and our protection
20:42protection for beta-z would require twelve battle-ready starships to remain within five light of the
20:47eight years of our planet at all times
20:50six seats on the federation security council
20:52and the power to veto any potential new federation member without consensus
21:00the federation is a democracy mr president
21:03veto without consensus
21:06strips us of our core identity
21:08your identity isn't our concern admiral
21:12easy easy
21:16is this prison
21:30mr president
21:31you've brought your youth delegation
21:33your future
21:35out from behind the wall
21:36for the first time as i understand
21:39our future sits here for the first time in a hundred years
21:43progress is the acceptance of identity not the negation of it
21:50that is an abstraction
21:51until someone makes it real
21:53for beta-z real is the spilt blood of our elders and children
21:57at the hands of the vanari roll
22:00if you can provide us with what we need
22:04this will be a very short negotiation
22:07president sudan we view your passion
22:09as a great gift
22:11please allow me a short window to discuss with the federation the terms you propose
22:15shall we
22:16regroup after a short hiatus
22:21nothing like a good plenary session to make you hungry refreshments in the kirk pavilion during the hiatus
22:30the
22:39admiral
22:41my daughter and son would enjoy a tour of your campuses while we pause
22:45mr president
22:46mr president we're happy to find suitable guys
22:48examples of the excellence we strive for in our cadets
22:53him
22:56oh
22:58well i
22:59him
23:01huh
23:04fifty hours off my menial labor
23:07no
23:10sixty
23:11and this couch is ugly you should give it to me for my room
23:13it's a chase
23:15hmm
23:16off
23:17knucklehead
23:18tan
23:21i'll think about it
23:22and i'll need you to fire the temporal mechanics teacher
23:34that's not an apple
23:35it's a verulian fire fruit
23:37why
23:38i burned off whatever nerve endings i had like 300 years ago
23:44this isn't a game
23:45tarima sadal is a leader in the very influential betas or youth movement
23:50she needs to come back with a genuine understanding of what this place is
23:53not what you think it is
23:55so don't show her the busted replicator
23:57huh
23:57my soup was freezing
23:59gazpacho
24:00it serves like that
24:01huh
24:02well i serve like this
24:07i'll do it
24:10if you give me access to the stellar cartography lab
24:13one hour
24:14no illegal hacking
24:15and if i don't find goja 5
24:17i'll
24:19trust you
24:21to do the looking
24:24dismissed
24:25you
24:26you
24:27you
24:27can't dismiss yourself
24:29but i did though
24:31caleb
24:32people will live and die
24:34because of what happens today
24:40cool
24:40love it here
24:42my blue heaven
24:47my blue heaven
24:50my blue heaven
25:06Attention all cadets in the Turner wing. If you need an afternoon pick me up, visit the newly reopened Reppler
25:12Cafe for a complimentary espresso drink. We're all so thrilled to announce that we now serve Roxychino.
25:21So, this is the Turner wing.
25:25Turner.
25:28Turner must have been flushed. This wing is shiny.
25:31Yeah, hard though he was grunt.
25:33Oh yeah, I'm mad at the people. Me and potatoes. Tough if you got out of line.
25:37But on a battlefield, he's the one you want, covering your back.
25:40Actually, he was a disaster on the battlefield.
25:42Okay.
25:42No sense of direction. High-fived all the superior officers.
25:45I heard he put pips on his dog and left him in charge once.
25:48I did.
25:48Yeah, I heard that too. And that he made everyone learn Welsh. And he didn't even speak for us, so,
25:54you know, he couldn't understand anybody.
25:55I guess he just felt so inadequate that his parents decided to donate a space station just so he could
26:00get a haul.
26:01Yeah.
26:10So, you've never been anywhere outside of Betaset's wall?
26:13Uh, no. Never.
26:15Why?
26:15A lot of us don't want to live behind it anymore.
26:18Oh.
26:19But at the same time, it's my home.
26:21Thanks.
26:22My people, you know?
26:25Uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
26:27Why were you trying to leave?
26:31Uh, you never told me what you were doing when you found me.
26:36Humpback whales.
26:38I heard they were migrating, but they were no show.
26:42Sometimes it's just good to see something really big, like, you know, a life thing that's big that just doesn't
26:49really care about you.
26:50Well, I mean, let's remember that whatever you're worried about, you just do not matter to this whale.
26:59No.
27:00It's freeing, you know?
27:04Yeah.
27:07But no one ever goes, oh, that whale's lost.
27:12You got the whole ocean to swim in.
27:15Are you a whale or a thing that gets lost in this scenario?
27:21Uh, I'll let you know when I figure it out.
27:26This is why I picked you.
27:28What?
27:28You're the only person here and not excreting starfleet pride out of every orifice.
27:35I want to thank you for the compliment, but I also want to ask you to never say excreting orifice
27:39to me again.
27:42Okay.
27:43Look, this is going to be embarrassing for you, but I think you have something on your tooth.
27:48Wait, what?
27:48Oh my God, what is it?
27:50I don't know.
27:50Is it a piece of food?
27:51It's not a piece of food.
27:52A piece of gum?
27:53It's not a piece of gum.
27:54A gem, representing the sacred eye of Naxia, ritually bestowed upon the first daughter of the first house when she
28:03reaches moonflow and becomes guardian of the holy mammal of Betazed.
28:07I mean, I wouldn't know.
28:08Yes.
28:10See, cultural exchange.
28:12We're learning so much about each other.
28:16Listen.
28:17Okay.
28:19I've got to do a thing.
28:21Hmm.
28:22That thing sounds illegal.
28:24I'm looking for a planet.
28:25A planet I can't access.
28:27No one can access.
28:28Why?
28:30I left my keys there.
28:34Alright, so this is our Stellar Cartography Lab.
28:38One of Turner's favorites.
28:40Wow.
28:42Computer, reduce safety filters.
28:44Pull up Goja 5 and enhance.
28:46Beginning scan of Federation maps.
28:49Scanning.
28:52Scanning.
28:55Scanning.
29:00Goja 5.
29:01No such location found.
29:03Hmm.
29:06Someone was on that planet.
29:08Someone you care about.
29:11Can't hide anything from you, huh?
29:14Let's make a deal.
29:16You trust me.
29:17Let me behind the curtain a little.
29:20I trust you.
29:23Okay.
29:26Oh, you mean like right now?
29:28The trust thing happens now?
29:33Accessing Beta-Z governmental star charts.
29:40What did you just do?
29:44Try your scan now.
29:51Computer.
29:58Goja 5.
29:59Goja 5.
30:00Goja 5.
30:00Located.
30:08Why isn't the Starfleet's database?
30:11It probably formed post-burn
30:13Behind our psionic barrier
30:19Goja 5 has something to do with why you're trying to escape
30:23Caleb, I need to understand this place
30:28Why does it feel like you're a prisoner here?
30:31Why does it feel like you are too?
30:34There's a whole universe outside your wall
30:39Ask me about it
30:42I've seen things on my many travels
30:44What are you, like an old prospector?
30:46Okay, come on, you try to blow my mind then
30:48BetaZed has naked weddings
30:50That sounds awkward for everybody
30:52All cadets, negotiations will now resume in the Sato atrium
30:56We're prepared to offer you four starships
30:59Three seats on the Security Council
31:00And meaningful input into new members
31:04Somewhere in the galaxy, the Venari role just celebrated
31:08Last month, two massive raids attempted to breach the wall
31:12We could have been reduced to ash in moments
31:16Perhaps because BetaZed is falling behind all other planets in technological advancements?
31:21Without external access, your technology will be virtually obsolete within a decade
31:26Forget a decade
31:28Who knows when the next burn hits?
31:31You're asking me to take chances on people I haven't even met yet
31:34I'm asking you to take a chance on them
31:43Let's retire for the night
31:50Well, that wasn't great
31:52I should go
31:53I need to see my father
31:54Wait
31:56Uh
31:58You want to see a thing?
32:02This one might cheer us both up
32:14I can't sleep in this place
32:16And so I wander around at night
32:18And so I wander around at night and
32:21Found this
32:26Lady Taremo of BetaZed
32:28May I introduce you
32:30To the Humpback Whale of Earth
32:32To the Humpback Whale of Earth
33:13She's pregnant
33:28She's pregnant
33:29Oh
33:36Galaxy is paradise
33:41You get to live in it
33:42You can too
33:49I have responsibilities
33:54To your father
33:55To BetaZed
34:03Thank you for this
34:07So much
34:12I kind of want to let it all out and scream
34:14No, no, no, no, no, no, no
34:22Tarima
34:23We've been looking everywhere for you
34:25Let everyone know we've located the president's daughter
34:27I expected friction here, but not reckless disrespect
34:32I cannot apologize enough
34:35Let's go
34:48Okay, okay, not great, I know, I know what you're going to say
34:50But listen, Goja 5 is real, it's behind the wall
34:53I don't know how my mom got to be
34:54Without you
34:56Look
35:25Look
35:26Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
35:29Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha, ha, ha.
35:36So abundant, my phenties, deena're green.
35:38Hey, come on down to me.
35:40Oh, wow, my girl is horrible.
35:53Oh, wow, have a good boy.
35:56Am I an optimist or a masochist?
35:59You haven't murdered the kid yet, so that's his stuff.
36:03Still time.
36:19You are gone.
36:21Huh?
36:22Huh?
36:23No.
36:26Hey, what?
36:29Papagano, Papagano, Papagano, Papagano!
36:33Mr. President, I trust your daughter's visit to the war college went well today?
36:37It was certainly less eventful than last night.
36:40You've made a commendable start here.
36:43Despite our differences, I don't envy the task ahead of you.
36:48Many people, many opinions.
36:49Speaking of which, we're about to break ground on our new seat of government in its old home of Paris.
36:55Ah, but more things stay the same.
36:58Would you agree progress is impossible without change?
37:04I believe that most people who say they want progress don't really want to change.
37:08Which often makes both impossible.
37:13Touché.
37:15I'll say it.
37:16That dude's judgy as hell, and I don't care if he can sense it, I think that.
37:20One-on-one, their best, our best, to the death.
37:24Just quicker sometimes.
37:25What is wrong with you?
37:28Seriously.
37:29What is wrong with you, Mike?
37:31Excuse me.
37:32Can I talk to you for a second?
37:33Yeah, well, too.
37:34People keep telling me to chill and that I'm locked and that I give unpaid dating coach energy,
37:38and I don't think it's a compliment.
37:40Maybe I don't fit here.
37:43I woke up at 4 a.m. to run while memorizing the Vulcan alphabet backwards.
37:47We fit here.
37:48And how are we this evening, ladies?
37:51To be honest, I'm actually a bit depressed.
37:52No, let's go.
37:53Okay, bye.
37:55Chancellor Ake, my question, why you cling so fiercely to the idea of returning the Federation to what it was,
38:01given your history, and told you yourself left 15 years ago.
38:06If Starfleet was willing to acknowledge a mistake and correct it,
38:10then Starfleet is a living thing, capable of growth and change.
38:14I believe in this future.
38:16As a Betazoid, I would hope that you would sense our good intentions and share that.
38:38See you later.
38:53Hey, little sister.
38:58I'll have to see Chaos Boy.
39:00I think he's Chaos Boy.
39:02I think he's Surprise Boy.
39:04Surprise Boy's good.
39:06He smiles a lot.
39:07He smiles a lot at you.
39:09He feels safe with you.
39:10He smiles a lot at you.
39:44and how was the most disciplined day of your life touring the war college
39:47i think my dad's actually starting to warm to this place
39:51there are upsides to discipline
39:52yeah says the one who had to scream
39:58sorry if i got you in trouble
40:00sorry if i got you in trouble
40:05can i ask you a question
40:08what is that
40:10on your nook
40:11uh
40:14it's a neuroinhibitor
40:17it cuts off any spike of psilocyanine
40:20it's the chemical that gives us our empathic abilities
40:25you're the only one who has one
40:31i feel things
40:34more than other betazoids
40:41normal is boring anyway
40:49if i lose control i can hurt people
40:51hmm
40:55doesn't scare me
41:03your turn
41:14why is it so hard for you to just
41:18be honest and direct
41:26because i spent a lot of time
41:30just surviving
41:34now
41:35there are all these rules
41:39my whole life's been worse
41:42helps me feel safe
41:45my mom made me feel that way
41:50she got taken away
41:54she's why i'm looking for goja 5
41:56she might be there
41:57and i haven't seen her since i was six
41:59so i really need
42:00wait
42:00wait
42:04that's why you care about
42:05beta z lowering its wall
42:08what
42:08what no
42:09what um
42:09why didn't you just tell me
42:11i mean
42:11i didn't keep anything from you
42:13because i didn't realize that my traumatic childhood was part of the chore
42:20at least
42:21i was honest and upfront
42:22were you just using me this whole time
42:25when we were together
42:26i thought it was because
42:27you
42:29liked me not because you were trying to
42:30manipulate me
42:31it was
42:31it was because i liked you
42:33why didn't you just tell me
42:35because i knew you for five minutes
42:39i've been searching for her for 15 years
42:43i slept in dumpsters
42:44almost frozen
42:45got the shit kicked out of me
42:46more taunted than i can count
42:48i'm sorry
42:49i didn't know
42:49i didn't
42:50no
42:52you know what
42:54go back to your guards
42:55and your valets
42:56and all the things that keep you safe
42:58in your safe little box
42:59okay
43:00thank you
43:02you're welcome
43:16chancellor arke
43:17why did you leave starfleet
43:19was the federation no longer up to your standards
43:22the federation allowed me to question standards
43:25question or lower them
43:28by allowing a criminal into your academy
43:30you're referring to cadet mayor
43:33oh thank you so much
43:34those allegations were never subject to judicial review or due process
43:38and occurred outside our jurisdiction
43:40so he's not a criminal here
43:42yet
43:50academy admission
43:52traditionally includes a six-week preparatory program
43:55followed by a rigorous entrance exam
43:58and intense psychological scrutiny
44:00was smear exempt from these
44:02he passed the exam in the 98th percentile while sitting in the back of the shuttle
44:08the traditional paths to starfleet disappeared for many of these kids sir
44:13the ones who got here found their own way
44:16i i find that admirable
44:17on beta zed we maintain stringent boundaries around our children
44:22why are you willing to risk so much for a single cadet
44:26because he's exceptional
44:27all the more so for living an unprotected life
44:31we won't exclude him for that
44:33i certainly won't
44:34i lived in the janarin sanctuary
44:36and swam in the opal sea
44:38beta zed was
44:39paradise
44:40some of the bravest kindest people i've ever met
44:44it seems to me sir
44:45that you're allowing your walls to define you now
44:52it's one thing for you to tell me who my ancestors were
44:55another to demand we look past all that has happened
44:58and expect us not to have changed
45:03we came here hoping for actions
45:06but received only empty words
45:09the negotiations are over
45:12we will leave in the morning
45:21yep
45:21yep
45:22he came to say now
45:45yeah
45:49uh
45:51Uh, hi.
45:54It smells really bad in here.
45:56Yeah, Darren.
45:57Uh, suffers from gland blockage.
45:59See, you still haven't made your bed.
46:01Never had a bed before.
46:06You want me to apologize again?
46:08Caleb, I've been searching for you a long time, and then I found you.
46:16I really needed that little kid to be okay.
46:22But you're not him anymore, and I have to let him go.
46:26If you leave, and the Tarothans find you because you stole from them, I can't help.
46:34So, I won't lull you in.
46:37But if you stay, maybe we could build something different.
46:46I don't know what it is.
46:51You know, when your mom was at the rehabilitation camp, she spent all her time studying physics.
47:00They say she has a remarkable mind.
47:03Guess you can buy it, honestly.
47:11Imagine if you'd gone to school.
47:17Anyway.
47:22You know, in physics, there's always something you can build.
47:31You're a genius.
47:32Attention, cadets.
47:34The Betazoid delegation is preparing for immediate departure.
47:37To accommodate, we will post strong intro to shuttle maintenance until 1100 hours.
47:42Caleb?
47:43Can I talk to you for a minute?
47:52Quickly.
47:55I'm sorry.
47:57I'm so sorry.
48:01The Federation.
48:04They're the villain of my story, too.
48:10They took my mom.
48:12I should have told you, because then we could have had a real conversation instead.
48:16I got scared you'd tell your dad to walk, and I'd never get to find her behind your wall.
48:25We could have bonded over our mutual terror of trusting people.
48:32Well, I screwed it up.
48:37What do you want, Caleb?
48:39Don't forget about what I want.
48:41I saw you with that whale.
48:44You want a bigger world.
48:47You looked around this place, and everything that you were seeing and hearing was beautiful.
48:52Right?
48:56So please, get your dad to go back to the table one more time.
49:02At least then you can go home knowing you gave your people every last chance.
49:13If you want to do it for you, for the love of God, do it for Turner.
49:28Last night, Mr. President, we discussed tradition, and I fancied myself a bit of a renegade,
49:36which is not as true as I would like.
49:38I'm more of a traditionalist than I was willing to admit, and it blinded me from seeing what can be.
49:44What if, by re-examining the past, we become something entirely new?
49:51Should Betazed rejoin, the Federation will build its new seat of government, not in Paris, where it once stood, but
49:59on Betazed.
50:02You suggested that actions speak louder than words.
50:07Should Betazed lower her walls, we will be there, with equal investment in building and protecting a future we both
50:15desperately need.
50:16If that means, you should be there.
51:01Yeah.
51:21Starfleet Intelligence reached Goja 5 an hour ago.
51:25It's a place where people might want to disappear.
51:28No central authority, gangs mostly.
51:30It's pretty rough.
51:32But we found an encrypted flight manifest with your mom's name on it.
51:37Headed to the Romov sector three months ago.
51:41Anisha made it off Goja 5.
51:44She's out there somewhere.
51:46I've given you access to all the comms channels I can access.
51:50If she's sending messages, it'll be on there somewhere.
51:56So this is a guilt band-aid?
51:59Doesn't matter.
52:03Dismissed.
52:14Hey, kid.
52:16Hey, kid.
52:34Well, it's been another great day at Starfleet Academy.
52:38Reminder to all cadets that Curf is at 2200 hours.
52:42If you're planning on breaking that, do not.
52:46Sleep well.
52:48See you tomorrow, fellow droppers.
52:57I'm your third, baby.
53:00We're roommates, bro.
53:01Starfleet for life.
53:02My dad let me stay.
53:04Wait, wait, wait, wait.
53:04Is Tarima here too?
53:06No.
53:07She chose the war college, bro.
53:09What?
53:09Why?
53:10I don't talk to dudes about my sister, man.
53:12Creepy.
53:13She asked me to give you this, actually.
53:16Okay, look.
53:17Okay, kale, cow.
53:19Bibo.
53:19Stop.
53:20Bibo!
53:20Stop.
53:21I love you, bro.
53:21I was just praying.
53:22Don't touch me.
53:22Okay, we'll get there.
53:24Straight back in, come on.
53:26Yeah, you know what?
53:27That trophy's pretty tight.
53:28For a guy with three legs for that, but I can't own you.
53:30Did he have any hands?
53:31Yeah, he did have hands.
53:32It's two big, meaty hands.
53:36I think I'm going to take more of a minimalist approach to my space.
53:39Yeah, is that some kind of hack for a better focus?
53:40No, it's more that everything I touch I break.
53:43Just obliterate.
53:44What about that one?
53:45My bad.
53:46It was my grandmother's.
53:47It's very rare, but it's okay.
53:49It's kind of wild that you got to see what I'm talking about in real time.
53:51It happened.
53:52Like, it happened.
53:54You know, man, all my trophies are mental.
53:56No, I wore them to myself.
53:57Like, good job, Ockham.
53:59You got the Wake Up On Time Award today, or congrats, Ockham.
54:02You ate a nutritious meal.
54:03What's he doing?
54:04What are you doing?
54:06Tuck and fold, okay?
54:07Tuck and fold underneath.
54:08It's self-love.
54:09It's my version of, like, self-love.
54:12Yeah?
54:13Tuck.
54:14Fold.
54:15Bros making bros bets.
54:16Well, not much straight.
54:17Love to see it.
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