Star Trek: Discovery

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery...

700 hundred years after we left, dilithium supplies dried up.

Then came the Burn.

No one knows how or why it happened,

but in an instant, all dilithium went inert.

Any ship with an active warp core detonated.

This is where the Burn started.

The Verubin Nebula.

There's a signal coming from the center of the nebula.

The message is

over a hundred years old.

Made a few years before the Burn.

This is Dr. Issa of the KSFPF...

She's already being affected by the radiation.

Those marks on her forehead.

We are stranded, but we have not lost hope.

I have a Kelpien research vessel

and a captain who hasn't seen another Kelpien face

since he got here.

I wouldn't blame you if you were a little distracted.

I assure you, Admiral, that is not the case.

I would like you to serve as my acting first officer

until I find a permanent replacement.

Osyraa is desperate

for dilithium.

Discovery has a spore drive.

That's not a good combination.

You're going to have to be exceptionally careful

at all times.

You have just sealed your own fate

and the fate of the Federation.

I promise you will feel the full weight of the Chain.

You're angry with Gray?

I don't miss him.

And if he was here right now,

I would thank him

for leaving without a word.

Maybe he's doing what he thinks is best.

He doesn't get to decide what's good for me.

You have always been

far greater than you could imagine, Michael.

So have you, Philippa.

She will not return.

Never.

Then she is deceased.

To Philippa.

To Philippa.

Georgiou was something else.

Such a force of nature.

Wherever she is, I'm sure she's giving them hell.

You guys are really lucky to have each other.

You're a part of that, you know.

You have them,

and... you have us.

We're sort of a package deal.

You have me, too.

You're back?

Is that Gray?

-Uh... -Gray's here?

You're lucky that we are at a memorial service,

or I'd be giving you a piece of my mind.

Um, I'll just be...

-checking some data. -Yeah.

I'm sorry. I...

Uh, is that it?

What, you show up out of nowhere and then you're sorry?

I just, I... haven't known how to be.

You get to interact with the world and...

be who you are, and I'm just...

stuck.

You're the only one that can see me, and...

that's not how it's supposed to be.

I'm supposed to be connected.

But that-that doesn't excuse my disappearing.

I...

I-I... I get it.

As much as I can, anyway.

We'll figure this out.

We're gonna figure this out.

Computer must have found data from the Khi'eth.

The Kelpien ship where the message came from.

Oh, my...

Captain, um...

the Khi'eth, there's a life sign.

Someone is alive inside that ship.

Wait, how is that possible?

The crash happened before the Burn.

The radiation alone would...

How could Dr. Issa survive that long?

Not her.

The child.

Child?

Those marks on Dr. Issa's head,

they were not from radiation poisoning.

She was pregnant.

We need to set course for the Verubin Nebula.

The crash site is 200 kilometers into the nebula.

There's a nasty storm in there. I'll do my best.

Take us in, Lieutenant. Quickly. Whoever's down there,

-they've been waiting for rescue long enough. -Aye, sir.

Shields up. Red alert.

We're being barraged by ionizing radiation.

Scan for the life sign.

Way too much subspace density interference.

Damn it, the storm is not supposed to be this bad.

We've got a mass of hydrogen and dust collapsing.

Hang on!

Shields at 80%.

Where's our secondary emitter?

Nilsson's working on it.

Shields down to 60%.

-Captain? -Take us closer to the planet.

If we lose shields, the hull breach will be catastrophic.

We cannot simply leave.

Shields at 50%.

-Scan again. -Captain?

Captain Saru.

Let me take my ship in to scout.

Discovery's too big.

Radiation winds hit your disc like a sail.

I've lost ten percent of starboard-side thrusters.

My ship is smaller and can morph.

She can take the heat. Trust me.

Go. And be safe, Mr. Booker. Mr. Rhys...

Transport him now.

You in, Book?

-Yeah. -Let us know the moment you get

-a clear scan of the life sign. -Copy that.

Found a subspace fissure-- should make it possible

to complete the scan.

Warning. Radiation breach detected

: Come on.

How are your shields holding, Book?

I'm diverting auxiliary power to strengthen them.

I found the crashed ship's approximate landing site.

Emergency force fields failing.

Radiation at critical levels.

Book, how are you doing?

Book? Book!

Life sign detected.

I've got the life sign.

It's in a structure with a breathable atmosphere.

Has to be the crashed ship.

Transmitting coordinates.

I have a visual on the planet, and I've located

a pocket where Discovery can jump in safely.

Got 'em! We got the coordinates!

Get the hell out of there.

Mr. Booker?

: I'm fine.

Autopilot engaged.

I trust Mr. Booker will be all right?

Culber said he should be fine

after a few cycles of DNA recombination.

Well, good. Then let us see what Ensign Tilly has for us.

Data from Book's ship shows the Khi'eth crashed

into a massive supply of dilithium.

Well, they were on a mission to investigate a dilithium nursery.

Sir... I'm reading that there is dilithium dispersed

throughout this entire planet.

We triangulated those black boxes,

Ni'Var's data led us to the nebula.

Now we find a dilithium planet inside?

I think we may have just found the source of the Burn.

A planet made of dilithium.

The Federation could use that kind of news right about now.

Nice work.

And the life sign?

We have confirmed that it is

within the crashed ship, Admiral.

Conditions?

Catastrophic outside the vessel.

Inside, however, there is a breathable atmosphere

with only moderate radiation exposure.

Provided we bring the appropriate medications,

we can safely beam in to recover the Kelpien.

We?

I plan to accompany the away team.

While I am gone, my number one, Ensign Tilly, will be in charge.

I have every confidence in her.

You believe this planet is also the source of the Burn.

Yes, sir.

Is Discovery safe out there?

Well, it has been 120 years.

Presumably, whatever

unique phenomenon caused the Burn then

could repeat now.

But in that case, distance would not spare us.

Any chance the life sign could have been somehow involved?

The scientists were members of the Federation.

And the child would have been

perhaps four or five at the time.

So no.

There's one thing you should be aware of before you go:

I had to send part of the fleet to Kaminar.

Kaminar?

Soon after you left, we received word

that the Chain were conducting military exercises nearby.

Well, we could jump there immediately.

Remember what Osyraa did to draw Book out.