Star Trek: Discovery

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery...

Welcome back to Starfleet Academy.

You want to go back, don't you?

I do.

You are doing a tremendous job, Doctor.

Serving as medical officer

and ship's counselor cannot be easy.

Until I know what the DMA is,

I can't predict its behavior.

I'm gonna figure this thing out.

For you.

Whatever it takes.

This is USSJaneway on approach with the DMA.

We're picking up massive ionic fluctuations.

Any other vessels in the area? Confirm.

NSST'Pau here.

Confirming the same.

I'm also getting a strange spike in X-ray radiation.

What is...

T'Pau, are you seeing this?

I am.

What the hell just happened?

The DMA's just...

It's... gone.

You talking to yourself again

or you looking for some sort of response?

The DMA's gone from the Venari sector.

It just... It disappeared.

That's impossible.

Nothing in space just disappears.

And it's back.

The DMA reappeared 4.2 seconds later,

1,000 light-years away.

Can we confirm it's the same DMA we've been studying?

The scan data matches exactly.

And the odds of an identical anomaly forming

are essentially nil.

Not to mention

natural phenomena do not disappear

and reappear elsewhere.

Doesn't that violate the laws of physics?

Every law we know of, that is.

Zora,

cross-reference all historical records in the sphere data.

Are there any indications that this could have been due

to some kind of natural event?

Negative, Captain.

If this isn't natural...

the only logical explanation

is someone created it.

Who?

Who would do this?

It's now on a path

toward the Radvek asteroid belt.

It's formerly an Emerald Chain colony.

It's inhabited primarily by the Akaali species.

The current heading of the DMA puts it right at the edge

of the impact zone.

One degree one way or another could lead

to safety or death.

Problem is, we won't know if it'll hit

until after interference from the DMA's dark matter signature

has already made transport impossible.

So we've got to get everyone off-world before then.

How long do we have?

Four hours.

That's the cut-off point, sir.

Begin evacuations immediately.

They may not be Federation members, but...

we're the only body with the ability

to execute a mission of this size.

I'll send every vessel in the area,

and I'll need Discovery to jump there, too.

I'll lead the operation myself.

Admiral, i-if I may,

are there plans to address the panic that may arise

as it becomes known this is not a natural phenomenon?

President Rillak is meeting with planetary leaders right now

to get ahead of it.

Ah. I am relieved to hear that.

I've already received a call from the Kaminar High Council.

The-the fear in their voices was... unmistakable.

They are desperate for answers.

We all are.

Most important being

who's behind this anomaly.

Federation Security has identified

a number of civilizations

that may possess technology this advanced.

The Metrons, the Nacene,

the surviving members of the Iconian empire.

The Q Continuum were considered as well.

But as there has been no contact for 600 years

and this is unlike anything they've done before,

we don't believe it's them.

For now, we're classifying

those responsible as Unknown Species Ten-C.

The 10-C.

Admiral, it seems to me

the first step would be to figure out how the DMA works.

Then we can trace the tech back to its creators,

whoever they are.

That's my thought exactly.

Which is why I've asked Ruon Tarka

to advise us. He's been heading a number

of our scientific endeavors.

Including the next generation spore drive,

if I'm not mistaken.

He's working with Aurellio on that one.

They still haven't solved the navigator problem.

So without me or Book, it's useless.

If anyone can find a way, it's Tarka.

His expertise will serve us well with the DMA, too.

With all due respect,

I already have the people I need.

Between myself and the other task force scientists...

We require someone at the bleeding edge of Federation

and non-Federation technology, Commander.

I'm sure you'll find him a valuable asset.

He'll board Discovery immediately.

You can get him caught up on your work.

Mr. Saru,

since you will have the conn

while Captain Burnham leads the evacuation,

please make sure Mr. Tarka gets whatever he needs.

Yes, sir.

Keep me posted, Captain.

Yes, sir.

We're doing everything we can to figure out the DMA.

We need to do more, Michael.

We need to find out who's behind this and stop them.

We will. We will, Book.

I know this isn't easy, any of it,

but let's focus on today.

And what is possible...

today, right now...

is saving lives on Radvek V.

Let me help with that.

Come on.

I have to do something.

At least I can make sure

no one else has to go through what I did.

Okay.

Mr. Saru, status update?

Uh, three Federation ships have reached Radvek V.

And Ruon Tarka is now on board.

I will see to him once we've made the jump.

All right.

Lieutenant Christopher, open a shipwide channel, please.

Channel's open.

Attention, all crew,

our mission today is to evacuate all inhabitants

of the Radvek chain.

At this point, we are not certain

whether the DMA will hit.

What we do know is that, in three and a half hours,

all transport off-world will become impossible.

So that's all the time we've got.

We need to make sure every minute counts.

The inhabitants of Radvek V are counting on us.

Let's go save some lives.

[original Star Trek theme plays]

What's the situation on the ground?

There are 1,206 individuals

on the colony's surface to be evacuated.

Lieutenant Christopher, contact the magistrate.

Commander Nilsson, have a team prepare the Deck Four

loading bay for refugees.

We'll have them beam up and then facilitate transport

-to the other ships. -Aye, Captain.

The array can only beam 40 at a time.

-It's gonna be close. -We do our best work when it's close.

I'm quoting you, by the way. That nitrium delivery on Oonla.

Luckily, this time, there's no noodle stalls

for you to blow up.

Hey, you were on demolition duty. Not me.

Captain,

I have the magistrate on comms for you.

Put him through.

Magistrate, I'm Captain Burnham of the USS Discovery.

Thank Draylan you're here.

We sent off all available ships;

they held scarcely a quarter of our population.

All the rest are waiting. They've begun to panic.

I'll send a team down to assist. We will get everyone out.

Captain, we are seeing six life signs

beneath the north dome generator.

They are remaining stationary,

far from the evacuation point.

Are you aware of these individuals?

Of course. They are The Examples.

Records show

it is the colony's prison.

They need to be evacuated immediately.

Why? They're criminals.

Six offenders chosen to demonstrate

the costs of misbehavior.

An Emerald Chain tradition.

It has proven most effective in preventing crime.

It doesn't matter who they are, they don't deserve to die there.