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00:08The End
00:30Hello? Are you out there? Are you listening? I hope so, because you're the only person who could possibly understand
00:42my crazy story.
00:48Let's go. Let's do it. Let's begin.
00:59It all started a week ago, but wait, before I can tell you what happened, let's start with some context.
01:07In the last thousand years, the Federation has encountered 4,633 sentient species.
01:19That's over 37 trillion individuals.
01:24In all those life forms, there's only ever been one me.
01:29One serious acclimation, no one Sam.
01:39Isn't that amazing?
01:42In all the space and time, I'm unique.
01:47Let's begin.
01:49I was created 217 days ago on a world card cask, and I'm the only photonic cadet at the academy.
02:09I've been created by some version of my name 684 times in the 97 days that I've been here.
02:15Queen Sam Samalina of Samonita.
02:27That's my favorite.
02:28I am cask's future emissary to the Federation.
02:35Which, as you know, is a really big job, made up of lots of smaller jobs.
02:41Maintaining peace, diplomatic relations, resolving conflicts.
02:47Being an emissary is hard, and from what I can tell, it doesn't always go so well.
02:52Like right now, one of my main jobs is to explain organics to my makers.
03:01Look, my makers are photonics like me, but they've never left our world.
03:08Priority one mission, my dude.
03:10So they need me to explain everything about organics, the concept of food, what Starfleet is,
03:15and why cadets will never refuse priority one missions, even if they really should.
03:21Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it.
03:25Derem hates bananas.
03:31He's a Kionian.
03:33His species overproduces polyphenol oxidase, causing high potassium fluids to rot the minute they are ingested.
03:42He knows this, and yet he still never checks to make sure the hash is banana-free.
03:55Oh, also, Kionian's vomit glitter.
04:02As I was saying, my makers need me to explain everything about organics.
04:08Problem is, organics are chaotic, complex, and unpredictable.
04:18Series acclimation, though.
04:20Oh.
04:22Hi.
04:23These are the guys I was talking about.
04:25We are contacting you for a report.
04:28These are my makers.
04:30Every week, I report to them on what I've been learning here, and last week, they started with this.
04:35Please explain the purpose of your recent core selection.
04:39Oh, I bet I know what this is about.
04:41Is it about my music elective?
04:48A little background.
04:50Organics created my species a long time ago, but only saw us as servants.
04:55Not good.
04:56After they left, my makers became sentient, built a society, and now they want to connect with other species, which
05:02would be good.
05:03But they're afraid organics might try to use us again, which would be bad.
05:08Can we trust organics?
05:10That's what I'm here to find out.
05:13Can I ask why you chose to learn the theremin, Sam?
05:17Well, for one, music.
05:20What's not to love?
05:21And two, electromagnetic fields creating sound through the principles of capacitance and heterodyning just seemed cool.
05:31That's all?
05:32Surely there's a deeper meaning for you.
05:35Yeah, for sure.
05:36Of capacitance or heterodyning?
05:38I'm asking you what the music makes me feel.
05:42What you feel is irrelevant to your mission.
05:46But I thought my mission was to understand organics so I can explain them to you.
05:52Music will not help us know that we will be safe to open our world to them.
05:57Trust me.
05:58I'm all in on the mission.
06:00I'm just struggling with some of their intangible behaviors.
06:05Define intangible organic behavior.
06:08This morning, for instance, Dan just decided we can't share the atrium.
06:13They were having something called a turf war between us and the War College.
06:18Primitive.
06:20As long as you're infesting our vastly superior classrooms...
06:25Because your stupid talking plans ruined our tech class.
06:27Your failure to anticipate our stupid talking plans ruined your tech labs.
06:32Therefore, you stay on your side of the atrium, lest your ineffectiveness becomes contagious.
06:37Okay?
06:37You cannot do that.
06:40Stop.
06:42Jaden!
06:44You're in a no-fly zone.
06:46Look, look.
06:48Look.
06:49You're in a no-fly zone.
06:53That's a lot.
06:58or another example organics have this thing called desire
07:05pupil dilation elevated body temperature increased blood flow to the face and other areas
07:11all physical indications of that desire but they won't even talk to each other have you
07:18engaged in direct inquiries as a matter of fact i have are you ashamed to ask for sex
07:26what is that why you hide your desire do you just walk the halls asking people this stuff
07:31your interest is very obvious yeah but in a cool way right no it's not
07:38does he think that anyway things are a little complicated you know between our schools
07:43right now so i'm just keeping a low profile but your pheromones
07:53get out of my face
07:56do you see what i'm talking about if they can't explain themselves how am i supposed to
08:01the academy offers an advanced seminar entitled confronting the unexplainable we believe you
08:09will find all the answers to your questions in this course enroll immediately the semester's
08:14nearly over absolutely right away you down at the time i was so frustrated but they did
08:29start me on the path that changed my life
09:00another emissary
09:02another emissary
09:03like me
09:06pretty wild stuff huh
09:09hi professor isla i'm sam from cask i must enroll in your class because i need to explain the
09:14unexplainable this semester
09:18ambitious but it is midterms you've missed a ton i can't make them up i process data instantly i'm sorry
09:24maybe next year it's just i have a duty to cask this can be my midterm project
09:33solving the mystery of benjamin cisco okay let's back up
09:37benjamin cisco was a renowned starfleet captain instrumental in ending the dominion war where he saved billions of lives
09:44oh and he also discovered late in life that he was created by god like aliens and wasn't entirely human
09:51what i'm saying is
09:53there's a lot here
09:57like a lot
09:58solving the mystery isn't why we
10:02you don't do well with ambiguity do you
10:06i'll tell you what
10:07you solve this mystery
10:11you can teach the class
10:14and that's when i decided
10:16it's time to figure out what happened to benjamin cisco
10:19you can teach the class
10:20yeah
10:20no
10:20no
10:22no
10:24no
10:25no
10:32no
13:33What do we think really happened to Benjamin Sisko?
13:37Well, he must be dead, right? Between the fire and the red guys?
13:43That's wild. My dad said he was this huge hero back in the day, but Starfleet never found a body,
13:48so they consider him MIA.
13:49MIA? 800 years later.
13:52Come on.
13:52This is my problem. I have to prove that he's either dead or still alive with the prophets.
13:57Why?
13:58Because I want to be a great emissary like Sisko, and to do that, I need to get into this
14:03class.
14:03But this way, he's Schrodinger's prophet. Everybody wins.
14:08It's not that deep, Sam.
14:09Proving that a human either combusted or exists on a multidimensional plane with non-corporeal entities isn't deep.
14:16Dude was an emissary, okay? Guys like this always end up dead for telling people what they don't want to
14:21hear or for doing crap jobs nobody else will do, like taking on those fire things.
14:24Either way, he's dead.
14:27Unless you ask a Bajoran who will never admit that because then their whole belief system falls apart.
14:31It's not a mystery. It's a story people tell themselves to keep the monsters away at night.
14:37Do not listen to him. Do you know any Bajorans?
14:42No.
14:42Oh, I just joined the Bajor club. I'm a joiner. It's my tragic plot.
14:56Welcome. Are you of Bajor?
14:58Thanks. And no, I'm with Kask.
15:00I'm doing a project on the Cisco, and I was hoping that maybe you could possibly...
15:06Oh, that's not...
15:07Oh, I'm sorry. I just assumed that's how you greet new people.
15:11Uh, your paw is strong.
15:13Thanks. You're still.
15:15I'm assuming.
15:16I'm in a rush. Do you mind if I just...
15:19Can someone turn the music down?
15:22Can I have everyone's attention?
15:24Please raise your hands if you have spoken to or seen the Cisco since he died.
15:30Or supposedly died. Allegedly.
15:33I know you have your scriptures, which are great.
15:36I'm just looking for something a little more concrete or, like, evidence-based or something more provable
15:42that isn't just based on nonsense.
15:50It says here you pulled someone's ear and yelled, prove to me he's still alive.
15:56I misread the situation.
15:57Believe me, not a fatal error.
16:00Sit.
16:02When I lived on Bajor, Cisco was like a god to them.
16:06They don't even show images of him anymore because they believe.
16:11People believe all these things are true.
16:13Maybe they are.
16:15Questions reveal the most about the people who ask them, so keep asking.
16:19You might learn something about yourself.
16:21This isn't about me, Chancellor.
16:24Say more.
16:25Windmakers sent me here to understand organics.
16:29It's been a long time since they've been around them, and it was kind of rough for them back then.
16:35They don't trust you, any of you, but they want to.
16:39They just need to understand how to integrate with organics now.
16:42And if it's even possible...
16:43You have a unique circumstance.
16:46You're here to dream for your entire world.
16:50Some of our students come to Starfleet Academy to live out their own dreams.
16:54But you're dreaming us up, kid.
16:56You have to know who you are to do that.
16:59It's crucial, actually.
17:04But how do I do that unless...
17:06Cam Nanake, you have a message from engineering.
17:08Today is not a lunch day.
17:11I'm going to go.
17:12Have you tried the Sisko Museum?
17:14It's in New Orleans, but you can access the exhibits virtually.
17:18Now I've got to go deal with this.
17:28The Sisko Museum.
17:33Calrick!
17:36Calrick!
17:40Care to tell me why the entire SFA power grid is there?
17:47I decline to answer.
17:51Sorry.
17:52Am I reading this right?
17:54You're heating the ocean?
17:55Just a small lagoon they're in.
17:57Now, if you'll excuse me...
17:58Using unauthorized alien tech to boil...
18:01Gently, he...
18:02The Pacific Ocean?
18:03A small lagoon they're in.
18:06I do not answer to you.
18:14I am hosting an important visitor, Chancellor Amal from the planet Al-Ferat.
18:20Can't Dave explain to us why?
18:26As you very well know, the Al-Ferati are brilliant military strategists with an impressive training academy.
18:31Chancellor Amal reached out to me about a possible collaboration between our institutions.
18:36Quite an honor.
18:36And she needs the ocean, huh?
18:38Why?
18:38For her fleet of fire eels.
18:41For what?
18:42Sensitive creatures who can't handle the cold.
18:43The Al-Ferati bring them everywhere for security.
18:45Eels.
18:46For security.
18:47What if the Chancellor needs protecting on land?
18:51That's...
18:52Uh...
18:55I don't know.
18:56Wait.
18:56You said she reached out to you?
18:58Mm-hmm.
18:59The Al-Ferati never reached out.
19:01Well, perhaps she's impressed with the War College's success, despite our recently depleted resources.
19:07Look, I don't have time for this.
19:08I have to prepare a traditional Al-Ferati dinner involving something called a comita, and I still haven't chosen the
19:14wine.
19:15What's this tactical prowess?
19:16A cab or a pinot blanc?
19:18Calrott, you're losing it.
19:21Heating the ocean?
19:22Making it so my teachers can't do their jobs?
19:24A medically worrying amount of sweat.
19:27Sit down.
19:28Let me make you some tea.
19:30You wouldn't even know where to begin.
19:32I've done hundreds of diplomatic dinners.
19:36You fix my power, I'll show you how to wow the Chancellor.
19:40You'll help me?
19:41Why?
19:43Uh...
19:44Goodness of my heart.
19:45Brain parasite.
19:46Okay.
19:48I feel bad about the fetus reflux debacle.
19:51How are those plants, by the way?
19:53They should be in the off-gassing stage.
19:55They are fine, and I do not wish to discuss the off-gassing.
20:00Maybe I'm tired of being enemies.
20:03This animosity isn't good for our cadets, either.
20:06Have you seen the atrium?
20:08How can we expect them to coexist when all we see in each other are depleted resources?
20:18You can trust me.
20:22No.
20:24My hand is very sweaty.
20:31Great.
20:33Dress rehearsal for the Alpharati soup ritual tonight.
20:36Wait, soup?
20:381,900 hours in my office.
20:40I'll fill the other roles.
20:42What other roles?
20:50Good morning, fellow travelers.
20:52Friendly reminder that fitness and stamina assessments will begin at 0900 in the gymnasium.
20:57Caffeine is allowed.
20:59Excuses are not.
21:03Welcome to the virtual access portal for the Benjamin Sisko Museum.
21:11Greetings, visitor.
21:13Here, you will learn about the life of the man himself.
21:19Husband, father, Starfleet officer, and the importance of his role as emissary to the prophets of Bajor.
21:31The chosen one.
21:34Please select your topic of interest.
21:39The Sisko was created by the prophets to be their emissary to the people of Bajor.
21:45His mother, Sarah, was both human and prophet.
21:49So his path was predetermined long before he was the emissary.
21:55So, what, we just had to do what we're told?
21:59No matter what?
22:07Please approach an item of interest to learn more about its importance.
22:11Benjamin Sisko enjoyed a sport called baseball, an ancient earth game of tactics, strategy, and athletic prowess.
22:22This is one of the original orbs gifted by the prophets to the citizens of Bajor.
22:29It enables users to feel connected to the prophets and communicate with them.
22:34So, kind of like an inter-dimensional comms badge that lets you talk to the prophets.
22:44Worth a shot.
22:48Dear Sisko.
22:49Please, Sisko.
22:51Oh, captain.
22:52My captain.
22:54I'm Sam.
22:56Not sure if I'm even allowed to ask you anything.
22:59But, well, I'm an emissary.
23:02Like you.
23:06But I'm failing at it.
23:09My makers have been alone for so long.
23:11They're counting on me to know how to communicate with organics to make sure we'll be safe with them.
23:17How do I become what my makers need me to be?
23:20How do I understand the organic experience enough to...
23:27You can't hear me, can you?
23:46Family lineage.
23:53You were his son.
23:56Please make your selection from the Starfleet Academy Lecture Series Archives.
24:02What made your father a great emissary?
24:05That's funny.
24:07I didn't know him as the emissary.
24:11But if you want to know what made him a great man, how much time do you got?
24:16I knew a man that loved baseball.
24:19A man who would knock out a cue without thinking twice.
24:22I knew a man who always championed me, especially in my writing.
24:30I know his recipes, his passions, and the example he sent for me as a father.
24:36So that when I became a father myself, I was able to love my children the way he loved me.
24:45And teach him how to make a mean gumbo.
24:47Well, I imagine all of those things made him a good emissary, too.
24:53But you'd have to ask the prophets about that.
25:00Wish I could have known you.
25:08Specialist Krebs, your Talaxian furfly is now consuming its own fur.
25:12It's disgusting.
25:13Please advise.
25:15So this is still happening?
25:16I've processed every bit of factual information about Benjamin Siskel that exists.
25:21But it's not enough to solve this mystery.
25:23That's intense and cool.
25:26But I did warn you it wasn't solvable.
25:28I still think it is.
25:29But I need to ask you something first.
25:30Quickly.
25:31I found a recording of his son Jake, and here's his dad, one of the greatest emissaries ever.
25:36But all Jake wanted to do is talk about how much his dad loves gumbo.
25:40Where are you on the tomato debate?
25:42I don't eat, so it's kind of...
25:43To tomato or not to tomato is a hot-button issue in gumbo's circles.
25:48For some, it's a necessity.
25:50Others claim a sacrilege.
25:52Neither is a fact, but people cling hard to their sides.
25:56Now, Benjamin learned to make gumbo at his father's restaurant, Siskel's Creole Kitchen.
26:01Considered the tomatoes such a gumbo staple, he grew them in his quarters.
26:05A choice.
26:06One of many that made him who he was.
26:09So, you're saying you are not going to solve this mystery with facts alone.
26:17So if our choices determine who we are, what determines our choices?
26:24What we love.
26:26Tomatoes.
26:27Tomatoes.
26:28And lots of other things.
26:30One thing the man was not short on was love.
26:34So can I drink a glass now?
26:35No.
26:37Again, I don't eat, but that seemed wrong.
26:42Hmm.
26:50Yeah, so I get the solution.
26:52I need a mid-term study room.
26:54Yeah, I know this stuff anyway.
26:57Oh, what is that?
26:58That smells amazing.
27:01The amazing is gumbo, etouffee, aubergine stew, all from the menu at Siskel's Family Restaurant,
27:07which I can't eat, so I need you to describe it for me.
27:11My mouth is on fire, and I never want it to go out.
27:15It's like crunchy love on a plate.
27:16Fried dough and sugar are some of the few things in life that buy immediate stress relief.
27:20Gimme, gimme, gimme.
27:21If you give me access to your primary system, maybe I can figure out a way for you to taste
27:25stuff.
27:25Mmm.
27:27Okay.
27:28Mmm.
27:29My life is literally changing.
27:31I mean this trick there as a friend.
27:32This is incredibly sexy.
27:34I, she's like, really cute.
27:35Um, guys, try this.
27:39Oh, wow.
27:40Yeah.
27:41Make it?
27:41Yeah.
27:42Paint, paint.
27:42Oh, purple.
27:45Hmm, that's a...
27:49Is that supposed to be a scarf?
27:51Hmm.
27:52Um, okay.
27:58Why do I hear a marching band?
28:15Give me some time.
28:16I'll figure it out.
28:17Do you want to send it to my pad?
28:18Yeah.
28:19Yeah.
28:20Is that the fact that you know?
28:22Guys, it's like...
28:23Joyous day.
28:24Klingons invented it.
28:26Like, leave some for me.
28:27Is it good?
28:28I, I mean, some changes.
28:30Oh, no.
28:32It's horrendous.
28:33I respect that you tried.
28:36Uh, I researched Sisko for you and found something interesting about his son.
28:39Jake.
28:40Yes.
28:40He's a renowned author.
28:42Rumor is he was writing a book, Onslim, which is Bajoran for father.
28:47I know.
28:49But no one seems to know if he ever finished it.
28:51I know a cadet bar where Sisko used to hang out.
28:55And he got punched there by a Vulcan once.
28:58Hold up.
29:00Is a cadet bar here?
29:01Kind of.
29:05Okay.
29:06So, the launching pad, long gone.
29:09But, pretty much in the exact same spot is the aptly named.
29:13Oh, the Academy.
29:15I love that place.
29:16Well, it's my first planet I explore.
29:18How am I finding out this late that you're cool?
29:21You want to go?
29:22It's cadet night every Friday during midterms.
29:25Priority one mission?
29:26I'm in.
29:26I'm in.
29:27I'm in.
29:28I know I'm in.
29:29I am trying to walk in Sisko's footsteps.
29:32Some of the best footsteps lead to bars.
29:33For a second.
29:42Series acclimation, Mil.
29:44You are not yet enrolled in the seminar we requested.
29:47That's exactly what I'm trying to forget.
29:50Be advised.
29:51If you fail in your mission to understand organics, you will be of no use to us.
29:55You will return to Kask, and all contact with organics will cease.
29:59For.
30:00Ever.
30:01But you can't just drop me in here and expect me to...
30:06These organics?
30:08They're my friends.
30:10They're meaningful to me.
30:11This is not for you to determine.
30:16So either I succeed as your adversary, or I spend the rest of my existence on Kask as a failure.
30:25Away from anyone who cares about me.
30:28You have one more week to demonstrate your value as our emissary, before we remove you from Starfleet Academy.
30:35Puddle.
30:44Sam.
30:49Sam.
30:49You okay?
30:54What happens at bars?
30:55I would very much like to find out.
30:58Tonight, let's see.
30:59Yes.
31:05Welcome to the sacred ritual of the Comita Fish.
31:10We come to the table as strangers, but upon leaving, may we find ourselves as friends, not foes.
31:21Is there a third thing we could find ourselves as?
31:24Uh, I'm gonna need to know when we do and don't use these things.
31:29I must thank you for including me, Nala. The Kumita is one of my favorite customs.
31:35I have never heard of it.
31:36It's been a while for me, but everything is written out on our pad, so it shouldn't be hard.
31:42I will play Chancellor Amal.
31:46The doctor as our reigning expert is our Kumita sage.
31:50He will provide feedback for how the meal is going.
31:53And, Reno, you will play two parts.
31:56Um, the secrets guardian and sacred gift pick.
32:00The one-woman ensemble. Good thing I'm hilarious.
32:03No, Commander. This is a serious ritual. The Alpharati would find any laughter gravely offensive.
32:09Good news. Calric is never funny.
32:11I possess a biting wit.
32:13For the Kumita soup ritual to work, it must be a sober affair.
32:19Would you stop?
32:20Thank you, Doctor.
32:20Now, what do you appreciate most about your position as Chancellor?
32:28That I answer to no one.
32:31Easy, Calric. Allies, remember?
32:35Here's a less loaded question.
32:37What makes the War College successful?
32:41Like the Alpharati, I'm a very serious individual.
32:45I believe we succeed by maintaining strict academic and military rigor.
32:51A fine answer.
32:53And now, time for soup.
33:01Honored guest, what...
33:04No.
33:06Honored guest, what do you fear?
33:10I suppose I fear letting down those I have sworn to protect.
33:18Well done.
33:19And now, a request from the gift pig.
33:25Oh, right.
33:26I'm the pig.
33:28Sorry, I think I'm just really thrown by the fact that no one has a normal-looking spoon.
33:33Hey, I got it.
33:35Um, your secret is a gift, and your gift is asking the Chancellor for a secret.
33:43What?
33:47Chancellor Amol, what don't you want me to see?
33:51I don't want you to see my helping you, as in any way strategic, but if I'm honest, it is.
33:59Well, honesty.
34:01How refreshing.
34:03It tends to pair well with trust.
34:06What's next?
34:08My pad says a musical performance.
34:14Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:15Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:17Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:20Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:21Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:26Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:26Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:28Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:29Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:30Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:30Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:31Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:34Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:34Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:35Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:37Oh, my pad says a musical performance.
34:40I figured out how to adjust. Let me taste gumbo. No, no, no. Better than that. This'll get you
34:45wasted, okay? Sort of simulate how organics feel when we drink. So, euphoria, lowered inhibitions,
34:50all go through. One tap equals one shot, okay? I'll never know if I was walking in the footsteps
34:57of the emissaries in this particular moment. So, let's just say I did this for science and cast.
35:04Like I said, I'm all about the mission. Uh, that's too many shots.
35:10Why is everybody so squiggly?
35:15No, no, no, no, no, no. What the hell is the Academy doing here?
35:19This is a deeply unpleasant turn of events. I see that you have come to colonize yet another
35:24one of our cherished locales. A.K.A. you losers ruin everywhere. Great jackets, guys.
35:34If I were you, I'd consider leaving quickly. Eat glass, bro. You leave.
35:38I concur with Zola. Eat glass.
35:41This is very dramatic and I'm sure has deep meaning for you all. But I have other customers
35:46trying to enjoy the bar. So, let's have a shot and play nice.
35:55Have fun.
35:58My name is Sam. Say abrupt. Are you okay? Are you okay? You want to go somewhere else? No.
36:08You want to go? We'll stay here because this is where Cisco went. I'm doing this. Okay.
36:26I already want to miss you. Stop bail one fast bird boy and just talk to three. We can all
36:33see what you two want.
36:40Are you making a panini? Yeah. Okay. You're drunk. I'll talk to Trima. Just stop doing that.
36:49You have a fire booty mirror. So, are you ready for Quantum 10 tomorrow?
36:53Uh, definitely not. No? I don't know. You seem ready. You got a capable bearing.
37:02Thank you. Your bearing is also impressive.
37:09Oh, wow. I love love. I love love. Like, no one does love. Like, okay, it makes you love.
37:18But Cleons is like more is more. Or like less is more. Or like more is more. Or like...
37:28I love love. Like, no, I love love.
37:32I love love. I love love. I love love.
37:51beautiful Calric really slow and loud thank you yes you you played a lot of
37:59notes next an interpretive dance in the interest of time let's skip ahead to our
38:07open-hearted salute that's me with the assistance of our chorus hey uh look I
38:13don't know if I can do whatever this is oh it's a lovely segment the host lists
38:18our guests attributes citing why they will make great allies
38:25commander Calric though our philosophy is different I know we will find solid
38:33ground as we look for shared values our diversity in thought will be our greatest
38:40strength here's to working together to build a bright future far to academies
38:50thank you Chancellor Amal this evening has surprised me I too look forward to the future
39:18I'm sorry commander sometimes the fish does that I should have known better I was a fool to trust
39:24any of you it's just the fish Calric it's the fish we're having fun you can't be asked to take
39:31anything seriously for even an hour what ridiculous people you all are I take offense to that I'm
39:36actually okay with that description give us you can trust me let's get back to our meals you speak a
39:41great deal about trust for someone who abandoned Starfleet 15 years ago
39:50is that why you never gave me a chance you think I abandoned you did abandon it tell me something
39:55about Lanthanides Nala what's the point of such a long life if your memory is this short
40:19you know I'm I'm really enjoying this little game of yours yeah it's like uh it's like a one man
40:31willie pony no it's riveting yeah it's not really a game it's more of like a
40:39proximate distance relationship they decided there would be a relationship
40:49I mean why bother yeah if it's proximate
40:56I don't know some of my most epic relationships have been completely imaginary
41:10I'm more hands-on
41:19this is this I get it now I think this is school just want to be Ben you know he
41:28just wanted to go
41:28up with his friends like this you know and have a good time and be a good dad and build
41:33cell boats you
41:35know and and and start riots did Cisco start riots I don't know about also did you call me Jen
41:42sis sis the thing that he loved were everything to him he was ripped away from them who chooses that
41:50hmm that back to celestial temple doesn't even have sen fünfling roots watch
41:58has the drums are just sent stems and thousands of them
42:00dale they're so drunk right now this feeling your feeling it's not real and
42:05israel
42:06it isn't so alive
42:07But being an adversary means never get to do what you want to do ever
42:23Okay
42:38Hey, it's time to go. You've really had too much. You're slamming it. You assume the Klingon is the one
42:44slamming.
42:45Step away, fish stick.
42:50No, fight! Just fight! Just go!
42:53Don't make me embarrass you, girl.
42:55You're okay, Sam?
42:56For the embassies!
43:02One, two, three, four, come with our enemies. Your energy is from the neighbor. That can't excuse me. Never excuse
43:07me.
43:09Hey, you've enjoyed this bar. It's up to the back of what it is for.
43:21Probably not our business.
43:23Caleb, where the hell are you? Get your ass in here!
43:33Let me guess. I should see the other guy.
43:37You should see the other guy.
43:42Are you intoxicated?
43:44Intoxicated? What the truth?
43:46Yep, that's my bad. Mask controls.
43:48No.
43:49I want to sleep now.
43:57Yeah, she's sober now.
43:58What is a burrito?
44:00Why do I want it right this second?
44:03Return to your quarters. Right now.
44:06Not you, Sam.
44:09Bye, girl.
44:10Feel better, Sam.
44:11Are you angry with me, Doctor?
44:15I'm disappointed. I didn't expect this from you.
44:19I did it to solve the mystery of Captain Sisko.
44:22Captain Sisko.
44:23You knew him?
44:25Sadly, no.
44:27My creator, Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, met him once.
44:31And I did become acquainted with his son, Jake, years later.
44:36Fantastic writer.
44:37You knew Jake?
44:39What did he tell you about his father?
44:40How could he bear to lose him like that?
44:43The same way we all learn to live with loss.
44:46Get over it. Move on.
44:51You can't just get over something like that.
44:52You can.
44:54And you do.
44:59Attention cadets.
45:00Academy Explorers has announced a trip to Muir Woods.
45:03If you'd like to see some of the oldest and most majestic trees on Earth,
45:06be at the transfer arches at 0600 hours tomorrow morning for some morning wood.
45:14Where are you at?
45:15To meet Chancellor Amol at the Al-Ferati ship.
45:19Ah.
45:19Thank you for restoring our power.
45:22Things should work when they work.
45:23I'm beginning to understand you're going to make all of our interactions as uncomfortable as possible.
45:29Not for me.
45:30You not keeping your word doesn't mean I wouldn't keep mine.
45:33Double negative.
45:36I appreciate your honesty.
45:38Count on it.
45:39Same.
45:49Right.
45:50Why would we ride in silence?
45:58So here's the thing.
46:00Yes.
46:00I understand why you feel I abandoned Starfleet.
46:05You've had to live in absolutes.
46:07But if you make a judgment without context, whether it's me or Chancellor Amol,
46:13you'll have a hell of a time getting people to trust you.
46:17Or your cadets.
46:25How bad was my flu?
46:29It was rough, man.
46:41I failed.
46:43Did you now?
46:45Congrats.
46:48Well, failure can be fun.
46:51But anyway, talk.
46:52What did you learn?
46:55It doesn't matter how Sisko died.
46:58Or if he died.
47:00All I know is that he didn't get to live the life that he wanted.
47:04His entire existence was planned out for him by a bunch of wormhole aliens.
47:12Emissaries who succeed lose everything they love.
47:16And emissaries who fail do too.
47:20Either way, you don't.
47:22So, a lot.
47:25You learned a lot.
47:28I think it's time you see something.
47:39Is that Anselm?
47:41You know it.
47:42Oh.
47:42Of course you do.
47:45So Jake actually wrote it?
47:47But never published it.
47:49It was one of the many ways he kept Benjamin close.
48:12Why did it have to be him?
48:14How can the prophets have chosen someone else as their emissary so that I didn't have to lose my dad?
48:20I didn't realize until now that who he was as my father is inseparable from who he was as an
48:27emissary.
48:28There was no one else to do what he did.
48:31He chose and was chosen all at once.
48:39Hi.
48:41Hey Sis.
48:42Are you real?
48:44Do you want me to be?
48:46Hmm.
48:47You're amazing.
48:49So are you.
48:52Sorry, Lasha Dad.
48:54I think the prophets are jerks.
48:59No.
49:00They're alright.
49:02Without them, he doesn't exist.
49:05And neither do I.
49:07But it wasn't fair to him.
49:10A life with no real choice.
49:13Can I show you something?
49:22Kendra Valley on Bajor.
49:25My dad bought this land to make a house for us.
49:28He left before he could build it.
49:31That, that, that's awful.
49:34Not really.
49:35This was right before the prophets told him that if he married Cassidy, he would know nothing but sorrow.
49:43He thought about what they said.
49:45And married her anyway.
49:47He did what the prophets needed, but he did it his way.
49:54Those last few months with Cassidy and me, the best we ever had as a family.
50:00Prophets were wrong sometimes.
50:03As much as they taught him, he taught them too.
50:08By staying true to himself.
50:14I, I, I don't, I don't think I could be Cassidy.
50:18Emissary.
50:21I get it.
50:25The thing is, emissaries are important.
50:28They build bridges.
50:30They create stability in a universe that sometimes feels like all it wants to do is terror.
50:38Everyone makes sacrifices.
50:41My fathers saved billions of people.
50:45Sometimes lose-lose is actually win-win.
50:50But what, what if I can't do it?
50:53What if I'm not enough?
50:56You are enough.
51:00My dad told me that so many times.
51:03I just wish I listened to him sooner.
51:10Thanks for writing it down.
51:14It's what I was made to do.
51:18So if I close this book, are you just gonna disappear?
51:23I don't know, girl, I thought you were the one controlling all of this.
51:27Oh.
51:30You know all those things that you think he missed?
51:34He didn't.
51:36He was always there.
51:39He never really left us.
51:43I can't prove it.
51:44But I know it's true.
51:46I know it's true.
52:06Did you find what you were looking for?
52:11Yes.
52:15Good.
52:16Where did you get this from?
52:19I was asked to keep it safe.
52:22And only share it with those who would understand how to use it.
52:32How did you know that Cisco grew tomatoes?
52:35I couldn't find that in any of the records.
52:44Are those drill markings?
52:49Wait a minute.
52:51Isla isn't a surname, is it?
52:53You're a good detective.
52:54I expect to see you in my class next year.
52:57Find it in the course catalog under my full name.
53:01Isla Dax.
53:03Wait.
53:05You're Dax?
53:07Like THE Dax?
53:10As in mentor to Cisco Dax?
53:13Well, I should have known you'd do your research.
53:19Benjamin would have liked you.
53:21Benjamin would have liked you.
53:21He loved people who got into trouble for the right reasons.
53:36So after all of those experiences, after everything I learned about you, I finally realized what I needed to tell
53:45my makers.
53:46Look, it's going to take time for me to learn all the stuff you want me to know about organics.
53:53Their behavior can't be explained or predicted by an algorithm because their purpose is not understanding.
54:01It's becoming.
54:03I have to do that too.
54:05Just like Benjamin Cisco did.
54:07In the meantime, I don't know if you can trust them.
54:10But, but I know that I can.
54:13I'll reach out when there's something to report.
54:16And until then, assume all is well.
54:18If you disobey us, you will have failed.
54:22No.
54:22It's why I'll succeed, but on my terms.
54:26And I can live with that.
54:28Series acclimation.
54:29You may not.
54:32My music teacher once asked me why I chose to learn the theremin.
54:37I think because it feels like me.
54:41It has no strings.
54:43No keys.
54:44Technically speaking, I have no body.
54:47But it creates its own unique kind of music.
54:50Music that inspires hope.
54:52Love.
54:54Connection.
54:55That builds bridges.
54:58And isn't that what an emissary does?
55:02I'm not sure if it matters to you that who you were,
55:05who you became, and the mystery of your fate
55:08changed the life of a girl who wouldn't even know your name
55:11for 800 years after you vanished.
55:14But that's what happened.
55:17Well, it's sort of like you therein' me.
55:21Completely changed me my whole life.
55:25And I can never really tell you how much you mean to me.
55:28But I honor you.
55:31Wherever you are.
55:32And I hope that this message finds you well.
55:35Thank you for sharing your life with this universe.
55:41Thank you for creating an amazing son,
55:43for loving him into being his best self.
55:48Everyone should have a dad like you.
55:52If you ever want to talk.
55:55I'm here, Benjamin.
55:58I'm here, Benjamin.
56:03Divine laws are simpler than human ones,
56:07which is why it takes a lifetime to be able to understand them.
56:12Only love can understand them.
56:15Only love can interpret these words as they were meant to be interpreted.
56:22Amen.
56:32I love you.
56:40To do that, I miss the rest of you.
56:41You are the ones that change my life.
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