Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Previously on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds...

I saw my own death, Spock.

I know exactly how and when my life ends.

The Gorn will hatch from her body in less than a day.

The incubation has severely altered her biochemistry.

With Spock's brain,

M'Benga's research, and Chapel's genetic expertise.

I saw something.

Yes.

It felt both a part of you and not.

Nurse Chapel and Dr. Korby

are about to make history.

The landing party's meeting soon.

- On Vadia Nine? - You've earned it.

Let's go dig up the past.

There is indeed some form

of advanced technology hiding beneath us.

Wow.

There is evil in this universe.

Gamble!

He wasn't ready for away missions.

You know more than most, we can't protect everyone.

Spock found life-forms trapped inside orbs.

Unwelcome guests.

"Here stands the Beholder, sentry

of eternal bridges."

This thing has a life sign reading.

What if this place isn't a palace or a lab?

What if it's a prison?

Captain?

I don't know what happened in there.

I had this overwhelming desire

to kill.

Whatever it is, we'll figure it out.

You couldn't kill your favorite ensign now, could you?

No!

If any of those things ever escaped,

God help us all.

Captain's personal log. Stardate 3165.2.

After exhaustive evaluation, Captain Batel has been cleared

to return to active duty as the new director

of the Starfleet Judge Advocate General's Office.

While we knew she couldn't stay on Enterprise forever,

it doesn't make saying goodbye any easier.

Welcome back.

- How did it feel? - Amazing but tiring.

I'm exhausted from all the bureaucratic banter.

Mm. They're really putting you through the wringer, huh?

The meetings are endless.

Tell me, when did Starfleet start cloning officials?

What can I do to help?

Take me to your cabin, where we can disappear,

just you and me, for the next 72 hours.

Mm.

What?

What did you do? What did you do?

It sure won't be the same here without you, Marie.

You were only gone a week,

and Chris hardly knew what to do with himself.

He actually jumped back into test pilot drills, voluntarily.

I heard him mutter something about yoga the other day?

Okay, all right, laugh all you want,

but yoga will take down the best of men.

But truly, you seem well.

I am. Thanks to all of you.

You... Oh, wow.

So, uh, first Captain's Table?

- Well, how did you...? - Looking sharp,

Mr. Scott.

I thought you said this was a formal affair.

It is, it is.

For you.

Oh...

I'm just glad Enterprise

was able to be my ride back to Earth.

And I'm glad we all get to be there

- for your promotion ceremony. - Cheers.

Additionally, we will take the opportunity

to run ship-wide diagnostics.

Enterprise has had a challenging few months.

That is an understatement.

Oh, challenging schmallenging.

Remind me to tell you about the time

I spent with a time-tra...

traveling doctor I once knew.

Uh, Captain, it's, it's wonderful to see you again,

but I've got an incoming communication

that should be landing any moment, so...

- How is Dr. Korby these days? - Far.

He's on an expedition in the Ba-Dates system.

Cali-Katchna.

I'm sorry, what did you say?

The phrase the Vezda spoke

to you... "Cali-Katchna."

Yeah, it turns out

it's phonetically almost identical

to the name of the city on Skygowan, where Roger is.

Followed a lead there, he's been ingratiating himself

with a local high cleric.

Do you think that is a coincidence?

I don't remember hearing it at all.

Uh, in any case,

I hope Roger finds what he's looking for soon.

I know how hard long distance can be.

It is, but it can be done.

I wish you could see this place, Christine.

A beautiful city, full of life.

And a whole culture built on the belief

that the Vezda were gods. If only they knew.

Their spiritual high chambers float above the city.

From the guarded entrance,

you transport up to the higher level.

It's taken me weeks to build their trust.

But today the local high cleric Zeperez

has agreed to take me up.

Hopefully, he can help us understand

what we encountered on Vadia Nine.

Maybe even clues about the Vezda's so-called immortality.

We'll have to shut down

the medical transporter

before the diagnostics sweep.

Buffer and all.

We just did a purge a few months after that...

Well, as Pelia would say,

"We sent that Vezda demon back to hell."

Would Pelia ever say that like a vampire?

Well, she would sometimes.

Odd.

- What? - Uh...

Residual pattern geometries, wee bitty ones.

Hardly there at all, but there they are.

Check the logs.

Zeperez is promised to us.

He has come to deliver us to the gods.

Could someone have used the medical transporter

without you knowing?

Access is DNA-locked.

Guys, there's a pattern here, it's... it's human.

It's been broken in pieces.

Aye, seems to have been rebuilt from emergency backups.

Let's see if we can get the pieces to cohere.

- Oh, my... - Scotty?

Whose pattern was rebuilt?

Ensign Gamble's pattern.

And it's left the ship.

But where did it go?

If it isn't Dr. Korby.

The man who wants to live forever.

Well, you've come to the right place.

Space.

The final frontier.

These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise.

Its five-year mission:

to explore strange new worlds...

to seek out new life

and new civilizations...

to boldly go where no one has gone before.

All signs points to the Vezda having rebuilt Gamble's body

and enabled the transporter from inside.

Is that even possible?

I would have said no, until now.

Where did he go?

Roger's emergency transponder activated 12 hours ago.

He hasn't answered any messages since.

It's too many coincidences.

Even at full warp, it'll take us 11 hours.

Skygowan is not a warp-capable society.

But they do engage

in interstellar trade with the Orions.

It's a mix of locals and travelers,

most hostile to the Federation.

All right. Understood.

We'll notify Starfleet and then you and La'An

will lead a covert tactical landing party.

Get in, find Korby, assess the Vezda situation.

Do not engage until we have backup,

a plan or, God willing, both.

Joseph...

I'll go, too.

I was gonna say you don't have to be on this mission.

No, I have to do it.

Spock, I want Science and Engineering

on a deep dive into every piece of data we have

from the Vadia Nine expedition.

If one of these things is loose,

we need to find a way to contain it.

All right, let's get to it.

Tai chi not cutting it for you today?

You know,

you didn't have to come on this mission.

You have a new job to report for, so...

We'll be back in time.

It doesn't make sense but I...

I think I need to be here.

The way you reacted to the Vezda.

Like I had to stop it.

We have to, Chris.

Why?

What do you know about it, Marie?

What-What's your gut telling you?