Star Trek: Discovery

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery...

The DMA's gone

from the Venari sector.

It just... It disappeared.

The only logical explanation is, someone created it.

I want to create a working model

of the DMA controller.

That's how it works.

It's creating the subspace rupture, too.

The DMA is now on a path towards the Radvek asteroid belt.

We will get everyone out.

We need to do more, Michael.

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

We will.

What are you gonna do today?

Other than the zhian'tal exercises.

Mind and body connection is everything,

especially when you have a new body.

This colony is in path of a gravitational anomaly.

We are here to evacuate you.

Unlike the others, I do belong here.

I took a life.

Among the things I stole was the family's lalogi orb.

-I'm staying. -We have to save him.

-It's his choice to make. -This is wrong.

It can be painful to weigh duty against compassion.

-You feel emotions? -It is a recent development.

I believe this may belong to you.

I've been thinking a lot about family.

How the past is still so much of the present.

How even when someone is gone,

we remain connected to them.

Our memories,

our feelings.

It's like they're still here with us in some way.

It's comforting, you know?

It can be.

That's impressive.

I was inspired by the lalogi orb.

The thing Felix gave you.

Book.

Oh, we've talked about it enough.

It was your call, not mine.

Today would have been my dad's birthday.

I know you two weren't close.

Yeah. I'd never put his face

on a family tree, that's for sure.

Anyway, you heard from the admiral yet?

We're going into the subspace rift

left behind by the DMA.

-Hmm? -1100 hours.

Right.

He said that's-that's it for now.

We're missing opportunities.

You can keep reaching out to your courier contacts.

Whoever created the DMA

is someone the Federation's never encountered.

We need to jump outside the Federation space.

Talk to them.

Come on, they-they might have leads.

Right now we have a crime scene,

and we have to get there while the evidence is fresh.

-I know, but... -The DMA must have left something behind in that rift.

And particle analysis will tell us what it is

and where it came from, and where leads to who.

Stamets is confident. So is Tarka.

I hope to hell they're right.

Captain, Mr. Saru is ready for you.

We'll find who did this.

We'll figure it out, girl.

We are closing on the subspace rift, Captain.

Uh, in reviewing Starfleet records of similar encounters,

it appears we can anticipate some interference.

Uh, Enterprisenoted heated plasma.

Voyagercharted ionized-particle eddies.

-So, it'll be bumpy. -Mm.

Our warp drive will need to remain off-line.

And as Commander Stamets is uncertain

of the rift's impact on the mycelial network,

uh, it is not prudent for us to jump in, either.

: Bumpy and slow. Got it.

Oh, nothing we cannot handle, I'm sure.

The crew's spirits are high.

Good.

-And yours? -Oh,

I am relieved that we may soon understand

the origins of the DMA.

You and me both. Bridge.

Zora, call all bridge personnel to stations... please.

Thank you, Captain.

It's only polite.

Did you...?

We ran level ten diagnostics. Twice.

There's no irregularities.

All systems are operating

within the defined parameters, Mr. Saru.

It seems my emotional development

is an organic evolution,

yet I can tell the captain still has concerns.

I understand, of course.

We're in uncharted territory.

There's a lot to consider.

Carry on, Zora.

All crew, report to stations.

Let's go.

That mean the mission's approved?

Oh, it damn well better be.

-I am so ready for answers. -Here's hoping.

- Repeat, all crew,

report to stations.

Oh. Um,

okay. Don't move any of the pieces till I get back.

That ruins my plan to cheat.

Go. You don't want to be late

for your first bridge assignment.

Well, it's not like an actual assignment.

You know, I'm-I'm just filling in.

I kind of feel bad for Linus,

spending all day under a heating lamp.

-Poor guy. Quit delaying. Go. -Okay.

Um, and you'll be okay, right?

I'll keep busy. You know me. Go.

One thing we know about the DMA

is that it tears the hell out of subspace.

Our mission today

is to go to that most recent tear

and find any clues the DMA left behind. Molecular compounds,

thermal radiation,

residual ions, industrial remnants.

Anything that can lead us to whoever created it.

Commander Detmer? Bring us in on impulse.

Aye, Captain.

Status report?

Passing through the plasma barrier.

Shields are heating up but holding at 100%.

Zora?

All other systems are nominal.

Commencing scans now.

Isn't it supposed to be bumpy?

This is, indeed, unexpected.

Are we inside the rift?

-Should be. -What do you mean, "should"?

We passed through the barrier. I...

-I don't have any nav readings. I'm not getting

any scan data at all.

I don't understand it.

Have sensors been damaged, Zora?

No damage found.

I am unable to determine why external sensors

aren't receiving input.

Long-range comms are down, too.

Owosekun, can you get us visuals?

Those arethe visuals, Captain.

That's it. That's all there is.

This is wholly inconsistent with the data

from other missions.

Well, the subspace rifts they went into

weren't created by the DMA.

Commander Bryce, what do you hear?

It's what I'm not hearing, Captain.

Space is loud. Stars, nebulae, planets.

They all normally give off electromagnetic frequencies.

-But this? -Convert it to audio,

put it on speaker. All frequencies.

Aye, Captain.

So, there's just nothing?

Uh, I mean, it's scientifically impossible

for there to be nothing out there.

There's definitely something. We just have to assume

it's not registering on any of our sensors.

Agreed, Ensign. Book,

-you got a visual? Yeah.

-Taking in the view. -Are your sensors

-getting anything? -Nothing.

I'll do some recon.

Wait. Let me send a DOT first.

I'm powered up.

Five minutes.

- -She said five minutes.

Commander Nilsson, launch a DOT, starboard bow,

-and put it on-screen. -Aye, Captain.

Activate onboard camera.

Aye, Captain.

-Status report? -4,000 meters out.

Its scanners are active and reading, Captain.

No data yet.

5,000 meters out.

Run a full spectrum analysis.

Nothing,

Captain. Not in any spectrum.

We should be getting a ton of data by now.

6,000 meters out.

Looks like we've got some interference in the signal.

No. Something's happening.

Pull it back, Nilsson. Now.

It's not responding to commands.

Book, are you seeing this?

Yeah. It's not good.

-Nilsson? -It's still not responding.

It sounds like it's...