1 00:00:02,524 --> 00:00:04,526 ♪ 2 00:00:23,588 --> 00:00:26,026 ♪ 3 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,567 NAHLA: Chancellor's address. 4 00:00:45,697 --> 00:00:48,961 Stardate 868943.8. 5 00:00:49,832 --> 00:00:53,227 We're three days into our first official space flight, 6 00:00:53,357 --> 00:00:55,316 circling the Val Nebula. 7 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,797 I'm struck by its beauty. 8 00:00:59,494 --> 00:01:01,670 I'm struck by its very existence. 9 00:01:03,324 --> 00:01:05,804 The incalculable number of atoms 10 00:01:05,935 --> 00:01:08,111 that had to converge in this tiny patch 11 00:01:08,242 --> 00:01:10,809 of a seemingly infinite universe. 12 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:13,464 This nebula was once a star. 13 00:01:13,595 --> 00:01:16,076 It could not have evolved into this present 14 00:01:16,206 --> 00:01:18,948 without every moment of its past. 15 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,820 It makes me think of all of you, my cadets. 16 00:01:21,951 --> 00:01:23,953 The paths each of you has taken, 17 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,781 all your life experiences, 18 00:01:25,911 --> 00:01:28,479 the decisions you've made that have led you 19 00:01:28,610 --> 00:01:31,482 to be right here, right now. 20 00:01:31,613 --> 00:01:33,876 As you go off to class today, ask yourselves: 21 00:01:34,006 --> 00:01:36,139 how will you keep evolving? 22 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:38,271 How will we all, 23 00:01:38,402 --> 00:01:40,448 as our journey continues? 24 00:01:41,710 --> 00:01:43,668 THE DOCTOR: "With the first link, 25 00:01:43,799 --> 00:01:46,280 "the chain is forged. 26 00:01:46,410 --> 00:01:50,197 "The first speech censured, 27 00:01:50,327 --> 00:01:54,201 "the first thought forbidden, 28 00:01:54,331 --> 00:01:58,596 us all, irrevocably." 29 00:01:58,727 --> 00:02:00,337 Who said that? 30 00:02:00,468 --> 00:02:03,601 Come on, you little zygotes. Who reads? 31 00:02:03,732 --> 00:02:05,255 Ah, Cadet Lythe. 32 00:02:05,386 --> 00:02:06,865 Judge Aaron Satie. 33 00:02:06,996 --> 00:02:09,520 One of the finest minds of the 24th century, 34 00:02:09,651 --> 00:02:12,175 and in whose honor we hold 35 00:02:12,306 --> 00:02:14,960 the Academy's debate competition. 36 00:02:15,091 --> 00:02:18,834 Speech and debate is not for the chickenshit. 37 00:02:18,964 --> 00:02:20,444 Um, excuse me? 38 00:02:20,575 --> 00:02:22,142 Are you allowed to talk like that? 39 00:02:22,272 --> 00:02:24,535 Like what? Cadet Holloway, 40 00:02:24,666 --> 00:02:27,799 know that I have existed longer than your entire lineage. 41 00:02:27,930 --> 00:02:29,497 I have earned the right 42 00:02:29,627 --> 00:02:32,064 to speak as I see fit. One day, you too 43 00:02:32,195 --> 00:02:33,978 may earn that same privilege. 44 00:02:34,110 --> 00:02:36,067 -[groans softly] -But, alas, 45 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:38,332 that day is not today. 46 00:02:38,462 --> 00:02:40,203 Now, as I was saying 47 00:02:40,334 --> 00:02:41,639 before being pointlessly interrupted... 48 00:02:41,770 --> 00:02:42,727 Yo, you okay? 49 00:02:42,858 --> 00:02:46,905 I... do not like public speaking. 50 00:02:47,036 --> 00:02:48,906 I know you're the only shy Klingon in history, 51 00:02:49,038 --> 00:02:50,344 but you've got some game, right? 52 00:02:50,474 --> 00:02:53,216 Klingons do not do "game." 53 00:02:53,347 --> 00:02:56,828 We do complex and violent mating rituals 54 00:02:56,959 --> 00:02:59,918 that end in bloodshed. 55 00:03:00,049 --> 00:03:01,746 And poetry. 56 00:03:01,877 --> 00:03:03,922 That was a lot more information than I was expecting. 57 00:03:04,053 --> 00:03:05,315 You may be interested to know that debate 58 00:03:05,446 --> 00:03:06,969 is one of the oldest arts. 59 00:03:07,099 --> 00:03:08,492 Not just on Earth, 60 00:03:08,623 --> 00:03:10,059 -but throughout the galaxy... -Debate's... 61 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,061 Some of us can handle it on the battlefield, you know? 62 00:03:12,192 --> 00:03:13,584 Cadet Reymi. 63 00:03:13,715 --> 00:03:16,674 I tend to pop in now and then. 64 00:03:16,805 --> 00:03:18,981 On the USS Voyager,long before 65 00:03:19,111 --> 00:03:21,897 you were even a twinkle in your father's pants, 66 00:03:22,027 --> 00:03:25,074 I won the right to be myself 67 00:03:25,204 --> 00:03:27,163 through argument. 68 00:03:27,294 --> 00:03:30,122 I debated myself into existence. 69 00:03:30,253 --> 00:03:32,299 The power of speech and debate 70 00:03:32,429 --> 00:03:35,215 brought Betazed back into the Federation. 71 00:03:35,345 --> 00:03:37,781 If you and I were to stand up 72 00:03:37,913 --> 00:03:41,046 and take our positions at these two podiums, 73 00:03:41,177 --> 00:03:44,615 I could prove you don't exist. 74 00:03:44,746 --> 00:03:46,313 What? Sorry? 75 00:03:46,442 --> 00:03:47,792 That's your opening argument? 76 00:03:47,923 --> 00:03:49,098 Warm-up drill. 77 00:03:49,228 --> 00:03:50,621 Everyone up. 78 00:03:50,752 --> 00:03:53,711 Come on, one straight line down the middle. 79 00:03:53,841 --> 00:03:57,019 Now, let's see who among you has done your preparation 80 00:03:57,149 --> 00:03:59,716 on Starfleet debate regulations, 81 00:03:59,848 --> 00:04:01,937 or who among you will humiliate themselves 82 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:03,025 in full view of their peers. 83 00:04:03,155 --> 00:04:04,418 [sighs] 84 00:04:04,548 --> 00:04:06,507 Resolved: Sentient existence 85 00:04:06,637 --> 00:04:08,639 should return to a pre-warp time. 86 00:04:08,770 --> 00:04:11,033 Every species enjoyed the more harmonious, 87 00:04:11,163 --> 00:04:12,948 peaceful era... 88 00:04:13,078 --> 00:04:15,864 Amateurs motivate arguments with feelings, not facts. 89 00:04:15,994 --> 00:04:18,214 Any research on the Sigma Draconis system 90 00:04:18,345 --> 00:04:20,434 and its pre-spaceflight culture proves that the pre-warp era 91 00:04:20,564 --> 00:04:21,696 was continually in conflict. 92 00:04:21,826 --> 00:04:24,525 -[buzzer sounds] -Mir, advance. 93 00:04:24,655 --> 00:04:26,701 Resolved: The War College should move its campus 94 00:04:26,831 --> 00:04:27,658 to Earth's moon. 95 00:04:27,789 --> 00:04:29,704 If one regards the War College 96 00:04:29,834 --> 00:04:31,445 as a possible defensive branch of Starfleet-- 97 00:04:31,575 --> 00:04:32,533 The War College is indeed a college, 98 00:04:32,663 --> 00:04:34,012 not a branch of the military. 99 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:35,231 The strategic benefits of a divided defense 100 00:04:35,362 --> 00:04:37,015 are immeasurable. 101 00:04:37,146 --> 00:04:39,757 Therefore, it falls under Regulation XVII, Subsection 343, 102 00:04:39,888 --> 00:04:41,455 Paragraph 234, 103 00:04:41,585 --> 00:04:43,457 which requires all lunar campuses 104 00:04:43,587 --> 00:04:45,676 to maintain level 5 or higher 105 00:04:45,807 --> 00:04:47,243 on the Fuller-Sawyer scale for lunar stability. 106 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:50,202 -[buzzer sounds] -Mir, advance. 107 00:04:50,332 --> 00:04:52,117 Hi, Caleb. [laughs] 108 00:04:52,248 --> 00:04:54,946 -[buzzer sounds] -Mir, advance. 109 00:04:55,077 --> 00:04:56,644 -[buzzer sounds] -Mir. 110 00:04:57,601 --> 00:04:58,994 -[buzzer sounding] -Mir. 111 00:04:59,124 --> 00:05:00,256 Mir. 112 00:05:00,387 --> 00:05:03,477 Against all reason and expectation. 113 00:05:09,178 --> 00:05:11,006 [heartbeat thumping] 114 00:05:15,967 --> 00:05:18,666 THE DOCTOR: Cadet Kraag, your prompt, please. 115 00:05:20,537 --> 00:05:22,017 Cadet Kraag? 116 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:25,150 -[heart beating faster] -Cadet? 117 00:05:25,281 --> 00:05:27,022 [echoing]: Are you all right? 118 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:30,330 Do you need to sit down? 119 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:31,766 Cadet Kraag? 120 00:05:35,204 --> 00:05:36,945 ♪ 121 00:05:38,773 --> 00:05:40,514 CALEB [echoing]: Hey, you okay? 122 00:05:40,644 --> 00:05:41,819 THE DOCTOR: All right, let's take a break. 123 00:05:41,950 --> 00:05:43,821 [buzzer sounds] 124 00:05:45,606 --> 00:05:48,043 CALEB: Dude, what the hell happened in there? 125 00:05:48,173 --> 00:05:49,784 JAY-DEN: How bad was it? 126 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:51,829 CALEB: Uh, on a scale of what to what? 127 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:54,266 JAY-DEN: I have difficulties 128 00:05:54,397 --> 00:05:56,747 expressing my point of view at times. 129 00:05:56,878 --> 00:05:58,401 CALEB: You have the advantage. You're a Klingon. 130 00:05:58,532 --> 00:06:00,360 Let me tell you something. Before you even open your mouth, 131 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:01,491 people are intimidated by you. 132 00:06:01,622 --> 00:06:03,667 What if a Holo-Guard catches us? 133 00:06:03,798 --> 00:06:05,321 Last time I checked, it's not a crime 134 00:06:05,452 --> 00:06:07,410 to reprogram a DoT to bring us lunch. 135 00:06:07,541 --> 00:06:11,109 Did you truly memorize all of those laws and regulations, 136 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,068 or were you making them up? 137 00:06:13,198 --> 00:06:15,592 In prison, you have to learn stuff to survive. 138 00:06:15,723 --> 00:06:17,420 Arguing's just another form of combat for me. 139 00:06:17,551 --> 00:06:19,944 Klingons... Klingons love combat. 140 00:06:20,075 --> 00:06:21,816 That is not the issue. 141 00:06:21,946 --> 00:06:25,689 The issue is that arguing, standing up for what I believe, 142 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:27,517 makes sweat flood down my face. 143 00:06:27,648 --> 00:06:30,912 Here, eat your feelings. 144 00:06:31,042 --> 00:06:32,870 I swear, it doesn't even taste like replicator food. 145 00:06:34,219 --> 00:06:35,786 -There. -[sniffs] Mm-mm. 146 00:06:35,917 --> 00:06:36,787 See? 147 00:06:36,918 --> 00:06:38,310 Mm-mm. 148 00:06:38,441 --> 00:06:40,182 -What are you doing? -No pepperoni. 149 00:06:40,312 --> 00:06:41,575 The pepperoni's the whole point. 150 00:06:41,705 --> 00:06:42,967 I will not eat anything 151 00:06:43,098 --> 00:06:44,926 that did not die in a fair fight. 152 00:06:45,056 --> 00:06:46,580 It doesn't even come from a real pig. 153 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:53,238 Are you hoarding food under your bed again? 154 00:06:53,369 --> 00:06:55,327 I'm not taking questions at this time, unfortunately. 155 00:06:55,457 --> 00:06:57,199 I saved a surprise for you, though. 156 00:06:58,808 --> 00:07:00,376 I gave the replicators 157 00:07:00,507 --> 00:07:03,553 the recipe for "SuvwI' tlhIq." 158 00:07:03,684 --> 00:07:05,686 That's real Klingon food, right? 159 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:08,428 Entrails stew? 160 00:07:08,558 --> 00:07:10,386 That is warrior stew. 161 00:07:10,517 --> 00:07:14,042 Only those who have served their House in battle can taste it. 162 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:18,655 My fathers and mother taught me better than that. 163 00:07:18,786 --> 00:07:20,265 You grew up with three parents? 164 00:07:20,396 --> 00:07:21,876 A triad House. 165 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:26,794 I once shared a garbage freighter with a Klingon. 166 00:07:26,924 --> 00:07:28,317 Stowaways. 167 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,536 She told me the story, 168 00:07:29,666 --> 00:07:32,364 how Kahless united the Houses 169 00:07:32,495 --> 00:07:34,497 and conquered Qo'noS 170 00:07:34,628 --> 00:07:36,978 from the tyrant Molor. How they ate 171 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:39,937 entrails stew to taste their victory, 172 00:07:40,068 --> 00:07:42,462 and how Kahless's warriors laid their weapons at his feet 173 00:07:42,592 --> 00:07:44,986 -to honor him. -My parents 174 00:07:45,116 --> 00:07:48,511 used to sing us to sleep with that myth. 175 00:07:48,642 --> 00:07:52,080 It gave us comfort in the refugee camps. 176 00:07:52,210 --> 00:07:57,259 Qo'noS would've been cool to see. 177 00:07:59,435 --> 00:08:00,958 [PADD chimes] 178 00:08:04,658 --> 00:08:07,225 Chancellor Ake requires my presence. 179 00:08:07,356 --> 00:08:09,489 NAHLA: Cadet Kraag, we wanted you 180 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:11,229 to hear it from us 181 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,405 before the news breaks publicly. 182 00:08:13,536 --> 00:08:15,320 A Klingon ship, 183 00:08:15,451 --> 00:08:17,279 carrying about eight Houses 184 00:08:17,409 --> 00:08:20,238 to a refugee camp on Taurus VII 185 00:08:20,369 --> 00:08:23,590 suffered catastrophic mechanical failure. 186 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,201 It's unconfirmed, but we've reason to believe 187 00:08:26,331 --> 00:08:28,203 your family was on board. 188 00:08:33,251 --> 00:08:37,604 ♪ 189 00:08:39,475 --> 00:08:41,216 [distorted laughter] 190 00:08:43,697 --> 00:08:45,394 Are they dead? 191 00:08:45,525 --> 00:08:46,526 NAHLA: We don't know yet. 192 00:08:46,656 --> 00:08:49,485 Logistics are complicated. 193 00:08:49,616 --> 00:08:51,139 There was a time before the Burn 194 00:08:51,269 --> 00:08:54,098 when the Federation and the Klingons were allies. 195 00:08:54,229 --> 00:08:55,926 Today they refuse-- 196 00:08:56,057 --> 00:08:57,798 Everything. 197 00:08:58,973 --> 00:09:03,064 Even if it means their extinction. 198 00:09:03,194 --> 00:09:05,632 REPORTER: A horrific tragedy unfolding in real time 199 00:09:05,762 --> 00:09:08,373 as the Klingon refugee crisis worsens. 200 00:09:08,504 --> 00:09:11,725 Today, an unregistered heavy cargo carrier 201 00:09:11,855 --> 00:09:13,509 with members of the eight remaining 202 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:14,945 Klingon Houses on board 203 00:09:15,076 --> 00:09:17,818 suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure 204 00:09:17,948 --> 00:09:20,603 and crashed on its way to a refugee center. 205 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:22,866 REPORTER 2: After the Burn caused dilithium reactors 206 00:09:22,997 --> 00:09:25,260 on Qo'noS and other worlds to explode, 207 00:09:25,390 --> 00:09:27,088 billions perished. 208 00:09:27,218 --> 00:09:29,351 Now, one of the most powerful races 209 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:31,440 sits on the brink of extinction. 210 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:33,094 NAHLA: Cadet Kraag. 211 00:09:35,531 --> 00:09:37,881 Jay-Den... 212 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:41,145 We'll do everything we can to get you answers. 213 00:09:41,276 --> 00:09:44,192 That might not be easy 214 00:09:44,322 --> 00:09:46,847 as the news spreads. 215 00:09:47,499 --> 00:09:50,285 You're the only Klingon cadet Starfleet has, 216 00:09:50,415 --> 00:09:52,592 so if you'd like to take some time off-- 217 00:09:52,722 --> 00:09:56,030 No, Chancellor. 218 00:09:59,642 --> 00:10:00,904 Am I dismissed? 219 00:10:01,035 --> 00:10:02,950 I would not like to be late to class. 220 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:04,865 If you want to speak with a counselor, 221 00:10:04,995 --> 00:10:06,780 The Doctor is more than happy-- 222 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:10,697 I said goodbye to my family a long time ago. 223 00:10:13,525 --> 00:10:15,310 With your permission... 224 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,790 Of course. 225 00:10:25,276 --> 00:10:26,713 [doors whoosh open] 226 00:10:29,498 --> 00:10:31,718 ♪ 227 00:10:37,201 --> 00:10:39,247 ♪ 228 00:11:07,057 --> 00:11:09,103 ♪ 229 00:11:39,089 --> 00:11:41,135 ♪ 230 00:12:11,121 --> 00:12:13,080 ♪ 231 00:12:43,632 --> 00:12:46,026 THAR: We must leave the birds, Jay-Den. 232 00:12:46,156 --> 00:12:48,680 We cannot be late for dinner again. 233 00:12:49,464 --> 00:12:52,032 Do not forget your binoculars this time. 234 00:12:52,859 --> 00:12:55,035 JAY-DEN: Brother, wait. 235 00:12:55,165 --> 00:12:57,951 You were supposed to be teaching me to hunt today. 236 00:12:58,081 --> 00:13:00,649 THAR: That is what I told them. 237 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:04,522 But that is not you, Jay-Den. 238 00:13:04,653 --> 00:13:07,047 Yours is a different path. 239 00:13:11,355 --> 00:13:12,530 [bell ringing] 240 00:13:12,661 --> 00:13:14,141 L'VANNA: House Kraag, 241 00:13:14,271 --> 00:13:16,883 dinner is nearly ready. 242 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,755 I found the herbs to add to your entrails stew, Thar. 243 00:13:19,886 --> 00:13:22,714 Ah, warrior's stew. Yes. 244 00:13:22,845 --> 00:13:24,542 L'VANNA: Jay-Den, 245 00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:26,631 you will have the stew, too, 246 00:13:26,762 --> 00:13:29,025 one day, my son. 247 00:13:29,156 --> 00:13:33,116 DREKOL: Beware of Klingons bearing gifts! 248 00:13:33,247 --> 00:13:36,946 Thar, rise and approach your father. 249 00:13:37,077 --> 00:13:39,427 I made this HurwI'for you, 250 00:13:39,557 --> 00:13:43,300 the way our ancestors have been making weapons for centuries. 251 00:13:43,431 --> 00:13:46,434 -Klingon in its marrow. -Yes. 252 00:13:46,564 --> 00:13:48,305 [laughs] 253 00:13:48,436 --> 00:13:50,307 DREKOL: I will make one for you, as well, Jay-Den. 254 00:13:50,438 --> 00:13:52,875 Once you honor the hunt and become a warrior 255 00:13:53,006 --> 00:13:55,182 like your brother. 256 00:13:57,445 --> 00:13:58,794 [clears throat] 257 00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:01,928 I do not want a weapon. 258 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:07,020 What did you say, boy? 259 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:11,720 I will tell you one last time, herbs and healing 260 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:13,287 have their place, 261 00:14:13,417 --> 00:14:15,637 but they will not serve you if you are dead. 262 00:14:18,727 --> 00:14:21,948 JAY-DEN: Thar, brother. 263 00:14:23,601 --> 00:14:25,299 My brother. 264 00:14:29,129 --> 00:14:31,479 Why couldn't they see me... 265 00:14:33,263 --> 00:14:35,352 ...as you saw me? 266 00:14:35,483 --> 00:14:36,440 Yes, my brother. 267 00:14:36,571 --> 00:14:39,443 You knew my heart 268 00:14:39,574 --> 00:14:42,533 even before I did. 269 00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:47,843 You led me to it. 270 00:14:47,974 --> 00:14:49,410 [speaking Klingon] 271 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:52,935 THAR: Brother, come. 272 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:57,592 I found you something quite rare at the trading post. 273 00:14:57,722 --> 00:14:59,855 [laughing] 274 00:14:59,986 --> 00:15:02,858 But you must promise not to tell mother and fathers. 275 00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:05,426 A Starfleet transmitter. 276 00:15:05,556 --> 00:15:08,037 That is forbidden alien technology. 277 00:15:08,168 --> 00:15:10,474 I heard Starfleet is a place for explorers, 278 00:15:10,605 --> 00:15:14,304 scientists, healers. 279 00:15:14,435 --> 00:15:17,220 Fathers and I are going to the trading post again tomorrow. 280 00:15:17,351 --> 00:15:19,657 I can get you some more Starfleet tech. 281 00:15:19,788 --> 00:15:22,704 Your mind is hungry, Jay-Den. 282 00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:25,011 We should feed it. 283 00:15:27,361 --> 00:15:29,189 [trilling] 284 00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:31,539 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Leading diplomatic missions, 285 00:15:31,669 --> 00:15:33,236 providing medical aid. 286 00:15:33,367 --> 00:15:35,543 If you're looking for us, we're looking for you 287 00:15:35,673 --> 00:15:37,284 at Starfleet Academy. 288 00:15:38,589 --> 00:15:40,243 After 120 years, 289 00:15:40,374 --> 00:15:42,115 we are recruiting again. 290 00:15:42,245 --> 00:15:44,900 Your destiny, little brother, it is not here. 291 00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:47,598 It is out there in the stars. 292 00:15:47,729 --> 00:15:49,644 REPORTER: The rest of the Klingon empire 293 00:15:49,774 --> 00:15:51,341 became uninhabitable. 294 00:15:51,472 --> 00:15:52,777 Now, one of the most powerful races 295 00:15:52,908 --> 00:15:54,605 sits on the brink of... 296 00:15:54,736 --> 00:15:56,129 Pause. 297 00:15:57,565 --> 00:15:59,480 Jay-Den. 298 00:16:00,829 --> 00:16:02,483 I'm so sorry. 299 00:16:08,054 --> 00:16:09,359 If there's, like, 300 00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:14,451 anything we can do to help, or... to... 301 00:16:14,582 --> 00:16:15,975 maybe... 302 00:16:21,371 --> 00:16:25,288 Our "Aaron Satie" debate event is this week. 303 00:16:25,419 --> 00:16:29,597 Competitors will argue for and against a resolution. 304 00:16:29,727 --> 00:16:31,555 After affirmative and negative statements, 305 00:16:31,686 --> 00:16:34,558 there will be a round of cross-examinations, 306 00:16:34,689 --> 00:16:37,648 then final summations. A battle... 307 00:16:37,779 --> 00:16:39,346 of words. 308 00:16:39,476 --> 00:16:44,438 Now, I'd like to hear ideas for our central topic. 309 00:16:44,568 --> 00:16:46,048 Anyone? 310 00:16:46,179 --> 00:16:48,529 The new government on Betazed, 311 00:16:48,659 --> 00:16:52,750 the geopolitical impact of the Emerald Chain? 312 00:16:52,881 --> 00:16:54,404 Yes, Cadet? 313 00:16:54,535 --> 00:16:56,624 Doctor, it seems irresponsible to focus elsewhere 314 00:16:56,754 --> 00:16:58,104 with what's just happened with the Klingons. 315 00:16:58,234 --> 00:16:59,583 CADET: Everyone knows they lost Qo'noS 316 00:16:59,714 --> 00:17:01,455 because they blew it up themselves. 317 00:17:01,585 --> 00:17:03,239 No one needs your embarrassing conspiracy theories. 318 00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:05,154 That Klingon incursion into Hectaron? 319 00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:07,069 That "enslavement"? Total fiction. 320 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:08,549 That's enough, Cadet Mir. 321 00:17:08,679 --> 00:17:09,897 Read a book, moron. 322 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,857 I do not need you to defend me. 323 00:17:12,988 --> 00:17:13,944 THE DOCTOR: Cadets, 324 00:17:14,076 --> 00:17:16,209 the Klingon diaspora 325 00:17:16,339 --> 00:17:17,732 is not an appropriate topic for this debate. 326 00:17:17,862 --> 00:17:19,386 JAY-DEN: Why not? 327 00:17:25,914 --> 00:17:28,525 It is the one thing 328 00:17:28,656 --> 00:17:31,354 everyone is already speaking about. 329 00:17:31,485 --> 00:17:35,402 Dude, don't do this to yourself. Okay? 330 00:17:35,532 --> 00:17:39,928 It is either going to happen in here or out there. 331 00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:42,017 I would rather it happen in here. 332 00:17:42,148 --> 00:17:44,237 I cannot allow the reality of the current situation 333 00:17:44,367 --> 00:17:46,543 to influence this event. 334 00:17:46,674 --> 00:17:49,198 Avoiding reality 335 00:17:49,329 --> 00:17:52,593 does not make it disappear, Doctor. 336 00:18:01,036 --> 00:18:02,994 Very well. 337 00:18:03,125 --> 00:18:05,780 Any dissenters? 338 00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:16,182 We are resolved. 339 00:18:16,312 --> 00:18:19,924 Review the facts of the Klingon diaspora, 340 00:18:20,055 --> 00:18:22,362 then choose your positions. 341 00:18:22,492 --> 00:18:25,191 Cadets, I admonish you, 342 00:18:25,321 --> 00:18:29,108 your preparation had better be faultless. 343 00:18:29,238 --> 00:18:31,240 There's been a tragedy. 344 00:18:31,371 --> 00:18:34,113 Don't compound it with ignorance. 345 00:18:36,027 --> 00:18:38,117 VANCE: I have no news on Jay-Den Kraag's 346 00:18:38,247 --> 00:18:39,857 family yet. I wish I did. 347 00:18:39,988 --> 00:18:41,120 NAHLA: I know that look. 348 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:43,513 Whatever this is, I'm gonna hate it. 349 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:45,472 I think the opposite. Take a look. 350 00:18:46,777 --> 00:18:49,563 Command has identified an uninhabited planet 351 00:18:49,693 --> 00:18:51,826 within Federation space: Faan Alpha. 352 00:18:51,956 --> 00:18:55,786 Its geothermal energy matches that of Qo'noS. 353 00:18:55,917 --> 00:18:57,527 A new home, potentially? 354 00:18:57,658 --> 00:18:59,399 Did you bring this to the Klingons? 355 00:18:59,529 --> 00:19:00,791 Oh, yes. 356 00:19:00,922 --> 00:19:03,011 They made it clear that they would rather die 357 00:19:03,142 --> 00:19:05,100 than take Starfleet charity. 358 00:19:05,231 --> 00:19:07,015 But there's one, 359 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:08,538 their oldest warlord, 360 00:19:08,669 --> 00:19:09,931 Obel Wochak. 361 00:19:10,061 --> 00:19:12,716 You knew him when he was a young diplomat. 362 00:19:12,847 --> 00:19:15,197 He's known to be open to outsiders 363 00:19:15,328 --> 00:19:18,113 as long as it benefits his people. 364 00:19:18,244 --> 00:19:19,549 I thought maybe you'd... 365 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,161 maybe you'd give it a go, given your history. 366 00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:24,511 My history? 367 00:19:24,641 --> 00:19:26,991 It happened decades before you were born, Charlie. 368 00:19:27,122 --> 00:19:28,863 How do you even know about it? 369 00:19:28,993 --> 00:19:30,299 Well, your personnel files. 370 00:19:30,430 --> 00:19:32,867 I've been reading them for the last seven years. 371 00:19:32,997 --> 00:19:34,347 Longer than War and Peace, 372 00:19:34,477 --> 00:19:35,696 -and so much more... -Dramatic? 373 00:19:35,826 --> 00:19:36,784 ...insane. 374 00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:39,178 The plot twists. 375 00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:41,571 Do it for your cadet, Nahla. 376 00:19:41,702 --> 00:19:45,445 At the very least, Obel can help locate Jay-Den's family. 377 00:19:46,533 --> 00:19:47,969 If there is a Klingon 378 00:19:48,099 --> 00:19:51,625 who can see the benefit of Faan Alpha, it's him. 379 00:19:54,541 --> 00:19:56,543 Yeah. 380 00:19:57,935 --> 00:20:00,155 No one can know about this meeting, 381 00:20:00,286 --> 00:20:03,680 or he would risk dishonor from his own 382 00:20:03,811 --> 00:20:05,639 and never come. 383 00:20:08,424 --> 00:20:10,296 GENESIS: Why is he doing this? The last thing 384 00:20:10,426 --> 00:20:14,387 Jay-Den needs is to be on stage, battling against his friends. 385 00:20:14,517 --> 00:20:16,911 Hey. 386 00:20:17,041 --> 00:20:18,956 We were just strategizing. 387 00:20:19,087 --> 00:20:20,654 I'll be arguing the affirmative, 388 00:20:20,784 --> 00:20:22,482 that the Federation should offer the Klingons asylum. 389 00:20:22,612 --> 00:20:24,701 You wanna partner up? 390 00:20:25,441 --> 00:20:27,400 I'm sure The Doctor would approve it, 391 00:20:27,530 --> 00:20:29,358 given everything. 392 00:20:30,751 --> 00:20:32,535 Who else is working as a team? 393 00:20:32,666 --> 00:20:33,623 No one. 394 00:20:33,754 --> 00:20:37,410 But... special circumstances. 395 00:20:39,063 --> 00:20:40,239 Just an offer. 396 00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:42,980 You do not think I can do this myself. 397 00:20:43,111 --> 00:20:44,895 CALEB: What? No. 398 00:20:45,026 --> 00:20:46,288 Jay-Den, no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that-- 399 00:20:46,419 --> 00:20:48,203 I do not need to partner with you, 400 00:20:48,334 --> 00:20:49,509 or anyone else. 401 00:20:49,639 --> 00:20:53,339 Jay-Den, Mir is an ass, 402 00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,210 but he's the best debater we've got. 403 00:20:55,341 --> 00:20:57,038 Master. Master debater. [grunts] 404 00:20:58,039 --> 00:20:59,345 -Sorry. -I do not care 405 00:20:59,475 --> 00:21:01,085 who I debate against. 406 00:21:01,216 --> 00:21:03,174 And I am on the negative. 407 00:21:03,697 --> 00:21:07,266 Any plan for Klingon survival should be left to the Klingons. 408 00:21:07,396 --> 00:21:08,876 Wait, wait, wait. Negative? 409 00:21:09,006 --> 00:21:10,530 What, you don't think the Federation's protection 410 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:13,184 -would help your people? -There is no protection. 411 00:21:13,315 --> 00:21:15,796 Not from loss. 412 00:21:15,926 --> 00:21:17,406 There never can be. 413 00:21:27,155 --> 00:21:29,288 ♪ 414 00:21:33,770 --> 00:21:36,991 JAY-DEN: Thar, remember when mother taught us 415 00:21:37,121 --> 00:21:38,819 about the nightbirds. 416 00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:44,433 That was before... 417 00:21:45,739 --> 00:21:47,001 [shouting] 418 00:21:47,131 --> 00:21:48,394 ...you flew away. 419 00:21:48,524 --> 00:21:50,004 Help! He's been hurt! 420 00:21:50,134 --> 00:21:52,311 [shouting] 421 00:21:52,441 --> 00:21:53,486 -L'VANNA: What happened? -DREKOL: He tried 422 00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:55,314 to trade for Starfleet technology. 423 00:21:55,444 --> 00:21:56,445 Some kind of regenerator. 424 00:21:56,576 --> 00:21:58,578 The trader stabbed him. 425 00:21:58,708 --> 00:22:01,624 L'VANNA: Thar, your blood is black. 426 00:22:01,755 --> 00:22:04,105 [laughs] The dagger was poisoned, Mother. 427 00:22:04,235 --> 00:22:05,672 You should see the trader. 428 00:22:05,802 --> 00:22:07,804 [shouting] 429 00:22:07,935 --> 00:22:10,459 L'VANNA: We need to stop the bleeding. 430 00:22:10,590 --> 00:22:12,243 Is it still there? 431 00:22:12,374 --> 00:22:14,768 The dermal regenerator, is it still at the market? 432 00:22:14,898 --> 00:22:16,117 It can save him. 433 00:22:16,247 --> 00:22:19,816 The tools of the Federation are not for us! 434 00:22:23,951 --> 00:22:25,344 THAR: Jay-Den! 435 00:22:26,693 --> 00:22:28,956 Listen to me, brother. 436 00:22:29,086 --> 00:22:31,045 [groans] 437 00:22:31,175 --> 00:22:33,047 No matter what happens... 438 00:22:33,177 --> 00:22:34,527 [panting] 439 00:22:34,657 --> 00:22:36,050 ...you are enough 440 00:22:36,180 --> 00:22:38,922 of ev-- everything. 441 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:40,794 Warrior. 442 00:22:42,491 --> 00:22:43,623 Healer. 443 00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:46,843 Jay-Den, 444 00:22:46,974 --> 00:22:48,845 trust yourself. 445 00:22:50,717 --> 00:22:53,067 Trust. 446 00:22:56,984 --> 00:23:01,902 Trust the stars. 447 00:23:06,123 --> 00:23:09,997 ♪ 448 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:23,750 [roaring] 449 00:23:30,234 --> 00:23:31,584 [thunder crashes] 450 00:23:36,719 --> 00:23:39,592 [soft music playing] 451 00:23:43,726 --> 00:23:47,034 I smell vintage bloodwine. 452 00:23:47,164 --> 00:23:48,514 One might think 453 00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:50,472 you're trying to get on my good side. 454 00:23:50,603 --> 00:23:52,518 Oh, I'm pretty sure I never left. 455 00:23:54,955 --> 00:23:56,347 You managed to get here under the radar. 456 00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:57,653 You had doubts? 457 00:23:57,784 --> 00:23:59,525 Nope. 458 00:24:01,178 --> 00:24:02,702 [laughs] 459 00:24:07,794 --> 00:24:09,360 It is good to see you. 460 00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:12,015 Time has had a light touch, 461 00:24:12,146 --> 00:24:13,930 even for a Lanthanite. 462 00:24:14,061 --> 00:24:15,976 Says the Klingon who's seen a century. 463 00:24:16,106 --> 00:24:17,151 [chuckles] 464 00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:21,677 Catch up properly or straight to business? 465 00:24:21,808 --> 00:24:22,722 Business. 466 00:24:22,852 --> 00:24:25,289 Catching up properly... 467 00:24:25,420 --> 00:24:27,074 can only complicate. 468 00:24:31,078 --> 00:24:33,297 That's Faan Alpha. 469 00:24:33,428 --> 00:24:36,649 Virtually identical to Qo'noS in temperature. 470 00:24:37,693 --> 00:24:38,651 Topography-- 471 00:24:38,781 --> 00:24:41,262 Volcanic emission. Nahla... 472 00:24:41,392 --> 00:24:44,570 Only one species I know could build a home there. 473 00:24:45,571 --> 00:24:47,877 Faan Alpha is a charity 474 00:24:48,008 --> 00:24:50,576 the Houses would never accept. 475 00:24:50,706 --> 00:24:52,795 You know who we are. 476 00:24:52,926 --> 00:24:54,493 -Who I am. -Yes. 477 00:24:54,623 --> 00:24:56,364 I'm trying to save you. 478 00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,018 Arrogant. 479 00:24:59,367 --> 00:25:00,499 Always. 480 00:25:00,629 --> 00:25:02,718 And there it is. 481 00:25:02,849 --> 00:25:04,111 Mm. 482 00:25:04,241 --> 00:25:06,287 I came here knowing this wouldn't work, 483 00:25:06,417 --> 00:25:10,334 but there are few ways for us to spend time together that... 484 00:25:10,465 --> 00:25:12,162 do not frighten you, Nahla. 485 00:25:13,250 --> 00:25:14,338 I haven't changed. 486 00:25:14,469 --> 00:25:15,949 But I have. 487 00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:18,691 The warrior I knew would have done anything 488 00:25:18,821 --> 00:25:20,649 to ensure the future of his people. 489 00:25:20,780 --> 00:25:23,913 I would have dishonored my people to spare them. 490 00:25:24,044 --> 00:25:25,915 Now... 491 00:25:26,046 --> 00:25:28,918 we have nothing left but our traditions. 492 00:25:29,049 --> 00:25:31,486 Is there... 493 00:25:31,617 --> 00:25:34,228 room to expand tradition? 494 00:25:34,358 --> 00:25:36,839 No more of your word games. 495 00:25:36,970 --> 00:25:39,059 We haven't been drinking long enough. 496 00:25:39,189 --> 00:25:40,800 No games. 497 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:46,675 I know the Houses consider you their leader. 498 00:25:46,806 --> 00:25:48,808 So many of them have already taken refuge 499 00:25:48,938 --> 00:25:50,636 in Faan Alpha's sector, 500 00:25:50,766 --> 00:25:52,507 in Federation space. 501 00:25:52,638 --> 00:25:56,206 Let us grant them, all of you, asylum on Faan Alpha. 502 00:25:56,337 --> 00:25:58,557 Qo'noS was not granted. 503 00:25:58,687 --> 00:26:00,689 You know this. 504 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:03,649 Accepting the charity of the Federation is an impossibility. 505 00:26:03,779 --> 00:26:07,348 Our Houses will only unite over conquest. 506 00:26:07,478 --> 00:26:08,784 Conquest, Nahla. 507 00:26:08,915 --> 00:26:12,353 Conquest won't save you from extinction. 508 00:26:12,483 --> 00:26:14,355 [sighs] 509 00:26:14,485 --> 00:26:16,357 And it'll only orphan my cadet. 510 00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:20,883 A Klingon? 511 00:26:21,014 --> 00:26:23,538 -In the Academy? -Yes. 512 00:26:23,669 --> 00:26:26,585 And if his family is still alive, 513 00:26:26,715 --> 00:26:29,109 you're their only chance to stay that way. 514 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:33,504 JAY-DEN: Honorable assembly, 515 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:36,595 I am here to refute-- 516 00:26:38,161 --> 00:26:42,601 My opponent has argued that the Klingon-- 517 00:26:43,558 --> 00:26:45,212 That the Klingon empire-- 518 00:26:45,342 --> 00:26:48,389 You could try losing the notes, memorizing your arguments. 519 00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:52,175 I know, it's extra work, 520 00:26:52,306 --> 00:26:53,960 but it ends up being kind of liberating. 521 00:26:54,090 --> 00:26:56,484 I did not ask for pointers. 522 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,529 But you need them. 523 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:00,227 You do not determine what I need. 524 00:27:00,357 --> 00:27:02,708 A day ago, you were pouring with sweat in public. 525 00:27:02,838 --> 00:27:04,144 Is this because I offered to partner up? 526 00:27:04,274 --> 00:27:06,015 You were not offering partnership, 527 00:27:06,146 --> 00:27:08,148 you were offering to speak for me. 528 00:27:08,278 --> 00:27:09,671 No. Look, 529 00:27:09,802 --> 00:27:11,630 neither of us are like anyone else here. 530 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:13,240 We both grew up with nothing, 531 00:27:13,370 --> 00:27:15,155 came here with nothing. 532 00:27:15,285 --> 00:27:16,939 Neither of us has anywhere else to go. 533 00:27:17,070 --> 00:27:19,725 But our sacrifices are not the same. 534 00:27:19,855 --> 00:27:21,422 Yeah, I know. I know. 535 00:27:21,552 --> 00:27:22,902 But we have a kind of orphan... 536 00:27:23,032 --> 00:27:24,468 fraternity thing going on, don't we? 537 00:27:24,599 --> 00:27:26,209 We do not. 538 00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:28,821 We are not brothers. 539 00:27:33,782 --> 00:27:36,176 Is that why it's so important for you to challenge me? 540 00:27:36,306 --> 00:27:37,873 Hmm? 541 00:27:38,004 --> 00:27:39,527 Are you trying to teach me a lesson? 542 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:40,876 This is not about you. 543 00:27:41,007 --> 00:27:42,878 But if you happen to learn that lesson 544 00:27:43,009 --> 00:27:45,098 in defeat, it will be an added benefit. 545 00:27:45,228 --> 00:27:48,101 I would love to make this nightmare about my people, 546 00:27:48,231 --> 00:27:50,930 but I don't have any people, okay? So you need-- 547 00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:52,496 Correct. 548 00:27:52,627 --> 00:27:55,195 You do not have people. 549 00:27:55,325 --> 00:27:58,502 You regurgitate facts about everything and everyone. 550 00:27:58,633 --> 00:28:00,853 The Klingons, the Orions, the Federation, 551 00:28:00,983 --> 00:28:03,377 but you have no understanding 552 00:28:03,507 --> 00:28:05,945 of what any of that means. 553 00:28:22,178 --> 00:28:24,354 [Obel speaking Klingon] 554 00:28:24,485 --> 00:28:25,442 [Nahla speaking Klingon] 555 00:28:25,573 --> 00:28:26,705 Aah! 556 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,707 [both laughing] 557 00:28:30,317 --> 00:28:31,579 Oh! 558 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,494 That was a glorious night! 559 00:28:33,624 --> 00:28:36,192 -[laughs] -The cops came. 560 00:28:36,323 --> 00:28:37,585 [both laughing] 561 00:28:37,716 --> 00:28:39,935 And then, 562 00:28:40,066 --> 00:28:43,417 I woke up and you weren't there anymore. 563 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:46,289 You made it clear 564 00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:49,118 this wasn't in the cards for you. 565 00:28:49,249 --> 00:28:51,991 You made it clear you'd never leave your ship. 566 00:28:56,082 --> 00:28:57,736 Hmm. 567 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,307 Tell your cadet I'll look into his House, 568 00:29:04,438 --> 00:29:06,745 see if they survived. 569 00:29:07,615 --> 00:29:09,835 Is that all? 570 00:29:10,574 --> 00:29:14,709 A century later, and you're still surprised 571 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,103 when you don't get what you want. 572 00:29:25,241 --> 00:29:28,767 You always insisted on making everything a fight. 573 00:29:28,897 --> 00:29:30,943 I am Klingon. 574 00:29:31,073 --> 00:29:33,859 The fight is where I live. 575 00:29:44,521 --> 00:29:45,740 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: ...we're looking for you. 576 00:29:45,871 --> 00:29:47,002 [laughs] 577 00:29:47,133 --> 00:29:49,265 Time to fly your own path. 578 00:29:52,660 --> 00:29:54,793 ♪ 579 00:29:58,318 --> 00:30:00,581 I made this HurwI'for you. 580 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:09,546 You will complete the hunt and make your first kill. 581 00:30:10,199 --> 00:30:12,593 You will take your place in the House 582 00:30:12,723 --> 00:30:14,464 and come back a true warrior, 583 00:30:14,595 --> 00:30:16,336 like him. 584 00:30:16,466 --> 00:30:19,426 Have you considered my request, Father? 585 00:30:19,556 --> 00:30:23,125 I could learn valuable skills at Starfleet Academy. 586 00:30:23,256 --> 00:30:26,259 Skills I could have used to heal him. 587 00:30:26,389 --> 00:30:30,350 Federation technology would not have saved your brother. 588 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:34,963 This is an insult to our family. 589 00:30:35,094 --> 00:30:38,271 This has no place in our House. 590 00:30:38,401 --> 00:30:39,925 You are Klingon! 591 00:30:40,055 --> 00:30:42,144 This trinket? 592 00:30:42,275 --> 00:30:43,798 [clanging] 593 00:30:43,929 --> 00:30:46,627 Starfleet has not bled for you. 594 00:30:46,757 --> 00:30:50,761 Has not put its dreams, its future into you! 595 00:30:50,892 --> 00:30:53,416 [hawk crying] 596 00:30:53,547 --> 00:30:54,504 The Veqlargh toQ. 597 00:30:54,635 --> 00:30:55,897 A bird of prey. 598 00:30:56,028 --> 00:30:57,290 It is a sign. 599 00:30:57,420 --> 00:30:59,248 Now is your time, son. Now! 600 00:30:59,379 --> 00:31:02,121 ♪ 601 00:31:02,251 --> 00:31:04,775 Strike now. Prove you are a warrior. 602 00:31:04,906 --> 00:31:06,777 Strike! Strike! 603 00:31:06,908 --> 00:31:09,302 Honor your brother. 604 00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:14,046 ♪ 605 00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:18,659 I am. 606 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,057 I am honoring him. 607 00:31:29,888 --> 00:31:32,716 [grunting, yells] 608 00:31:32,847 --> 00:31:35,154 -[hawk cries] -[yelling] 609 00:31:37,330 --> 00:31:39,898 -[yelling] -No, Father, stop! 610 00:31:40,811 --> 00:31:43,249 [yelling] 611 00:31:47,731 --> 00:31:50,169 [metal clattering] 612 00:31:51,692 --> 00:31:53,085 [growls] 613 00:31:53,215 --> 00:31:56,392 THAR: These weapons are not for you. 614 00:31:57,524 --> 00:32:00,396 [grunting] 615 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,834 [grunting softly] 616 00:32:03,965 --> 00:32:06,620 No, no. No, no, no. 617 00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:12,060 No, no. No! No! 618 00:32:15,150 --> 00:32:17,239 [door chimes] 619 00:32:17,370 --> 00:32:18,545 [sighs] 620 00:32:18,675 --> 00:32:19,981 Go away. 621 00:32:20,112 --> 00:32:22,462 [doors whoosh open] 622 00:32:26,553 --> 00:32:27,554 [chuckles softly] 623 00:32:27,684 --> 00:32:29,643 Look, I'm just here to ask a favor. 624 00:32:29,773 --> 00:32:30,992 Whatever you said to Caleb 625 00:32:31,123 --> 00:32:32,341 has got him stomping around our room now. 626 00:32:32,472 --> 00:32:34,604 He's, like, super pissy with me. 627 00:32:34,735 --> 00:32:35,954 So I'm gonna ask you, 628 00:32:36,084 --> 00:32:37,303 hit me. 629 00:32:37,433 --> 00:32:38,695 What? 630 00:32:38,826 --> 00:32:39,870 Come on. 631 00:32:40,001 --> 00:32:41,568 No, you are insane. 632 00:32:41,698 --> 00:32:43,222 You can pretend you're punching Caleb in the face. 633 00:32:43,352 --> 00:32:44,179 -I do not want to punch-- -We all want 634 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:45,746 to punch Caleb in the face. 635 00:32:45,876 --> 00:32:47,400 Even Caleb wants to punch himself in the face. 636 00:32:47,530 --> 00:32:50,707 It's a... it's a core tenet of his personality. 637 00:32:50,838 --> 00:32:52,274 Jay-Den. 638 00:32:52,405 --> 00:32:54,755 What are you so scared of? Huh? 639 00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:55,756 Just show me what you got. 640 00:32:55,886 --> 00:32:57,497 -Come on. Hit me. -[sighs] 641 00:32:57,627 --> 00:32:59,542 Show me. Come on. 642 00:32:59,673 --> 00:33:02,328 I am not hitting you. 643 00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:05,244 It would be like squashing an insect. 644 00:33:07,681 --> 00:33:09,639 [breathing heavily] 645 00:33:09,770 --> 00:33:11,467 That felt good. 646 00:33:11,598 --> 00:33:12,686 Didn't it? 647 00:33:12,816 --> 00:33:14,949 You know what they teach young fighters 648 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,170 on Khionia when fear takes hold? 649 00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:19,780 Hmm? 650 00:33:19,910 --> 00:33:22,130 Lhyene. 651 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,133 Battle breathing. 652 00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:27,266 Plant your feet. 653 00:33:32,836 --> 00:33:34,664 Trust me. 654 00:33:35,926 --> 00:33:37,798 [inhales deeply] 655 00:33:37,928 --> 00:33:39,539 [exhales] 656 00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:51,029 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 657 00:33:51,159 --> 00:33:55,120 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 658 00:33:55,250 --> 00:33:59,602 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 659 00:33:59,733 --> 00:34:04,129 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 660 00:34:04,259 --> 00:34:08,306 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 661 00:34:08,437 --> 00:34:11,049 -Ah pè K pè... -Ah... pè... K pè... 662 00:34:11,179 --> 00:34:13,268 BOTH: Ulh pè cha. 663 00:34:13,399 --> 00:34:17,054 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 664 00:34:17,185 --> 00:34:20,362 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 665 00:34:20,493 --> 00:34:23,452 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 666 00:34:23,583 --> 00:34:26,020 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 667 00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:28,414 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 668 00:34:28,543 --> 00:34:30,719 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 669 00:34:30,851 --> 00:34:32,505 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 670 00:34:32,635 --> 00:34:34,376 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 671 00:34:34,507 --> 00:34:36,509 -It's your voice. -Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 672 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,859 -Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. -It's yours. 673 00:34:38,989 --> 00:34:41,340 Use it. 674 00:34:44,952 --> 00:34:46,780 Honorable assembly. 675 00:34:46,909 --> 00:34:48,608 Yes. 676 00:34:49,304 --> 00:34:52,568 -My opponent has argued... -Mm-hmm. 677 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:55,527 -...that the Klingon... -Yes. 678 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:02,230 ...the-- that the Klingon Empire... 679 00:35:03,710 --> 00:35:05,712 Come on. Come on. 680 00:35:06,843 --> 00:35:08,367 -Come on. -[grunts] 681 00:35:08,497 --> 00:35:10,456 ♪ 682 00:35:36,351 --> 00:35:37,570 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Gather round 683 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:39,485 and take your seats, little zygotes. 684 00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:41,051 It's time to welcome your judge for today's debate, 685 00:35:41,182 --> 00:35:43,924 -The Doctor. -[applause] 686 00:35:45,969 --> 00:35:48,711 -Yes! Whoo! -[cheering] 687 00:35:48,842 --> 00:35:50,583 Welcome, all, 688 00:35:50,713 --> 00:35:55,370 to Starfleet Academy's first Aaron Satie debate competition 689 00:35:55,501 --> 00:35:56,980 in over a century. 690 00:35:57,111 --> 00:35:58,939 [cheering, applause] 691 00:35:59,853 --> 00:36:01,507 Yes! 692 00:36:01,637 --> 00:36:04,205 [cheering] 693 00:36:04,336 --> 00:36:09,384 Competitors will challenge each other on a pre-chosen topic 694 00:36:09,515 --> 00:36:12,039 about the Klingon diaspora. 695 00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,737 Please be aware that facts 696 00:36:14,868 --> 00:36:16,913 and evidence presented in affirmative 697 00:36:17,044 --> 00:36:20,700 and rebuttal speeches must be accurate and expressed 698 00:36:20,830 --> 00:36:22,267 -in a respectful manner. -You look very bad. 699 00:36:22,397 --> 00:36:24,182 Thanks, Lura. 700 00:36:24,312 --> 00:36:25,792 Disinformation and offensive 701 00:36:25,922 --> 00:36:27,924 -language or behavior... -LURA: Are you hungover? 702 00:36:28,055 --> 00:36:29,970 Nope. 703 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:31,580 THE DOCTOR: I'd also like to remind our audience... 704 00:36:31,711 --> 00:36:35,236 I take it things went badly with Obel Wochak. 705 00:36:35,367 --> 00:36:37,238 -Yep. -And now, 706 00:36:37,369 --> 00:36:39,066 without further ado, 707 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:44,202 may the most impressive performance become part 708 00:36:44,332 --> 00:36:45,594 of Starfleet history. 709 00:36:45,725 --> 00:36:47,683 -[hiccups] -[applause] 710 00:36:47,814 --> 00:36:50,686 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Cadet Lythe for the affirmative. 711 00:36:50,817 --> 00:36:53,646 Cadet Reymi for the negative. 712 00:36:53,776 --> 00:36:56,126 GENESIS: The Federation has a moral obligation to provide 713 00:36:56,257 --> 00:36:57,563 security for Klingon Houses. 714 00:36:57,693 --> 00:36:59,478 The Federation has a moral obligation 715 00:36:59,608 --> 00:37:01,610 to the rest of the galaxy to rebuild itself, 716 00:37:01,741 --> 00:37:04,004 with limited post-Burn resources, 717 00:37:04,134 --> 00:37:06,789 unless you're suggesting severe galactic rationing. 718 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,705 An existential crisis outweighs a little belt-tightening. 719 00:37:09,836 --> 00:37:11,316 [buzzer sounds] 720 00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:13,100 -Cadet Reymi. -[cheering, applause] 721 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:15,015 WaH-ThA-Kaaaa! 722 00:37:16,451 --> 00:37:18,236 SAM: I affirm that the Federation 723 00:37:18,366 --> 00:37:19,976 should moderate armistice negotiations 724 00:37:20,107 --> 00:37:22,414 between the Klingons and their former subjects. 725 00:37:22,544 --> 00:37:24,851 I counter that the Organian Peace Treaty 726 00:37:24,981 --> 00:37:27,245 between the Klingons and the Federation, 727 00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:28,898 -it didn't last. -Inaccurate. 728 00:37:29,029 --> 00:37:32,119 It was superseded by the Khitomer Accords. 729 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,949 -[buzzer sounds] -Cadet Series Acclimation Mil. 730 00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:37,124 [stammers] Sam. 731 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:38,560 -[squealing] -[applause] 732 00:37:38,691 --> 00:37:40,040 [grunts] 733 00:37:41,650 --> 00:37:43,696 Cadets Mir and Kraag. 734 00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:51,747 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: Cadet Mir for the affirmative. 735 00:37:54,184 --> 00:37:56,752 Cadet Kraag for the negative. 736 00:38:02,192 --> 00:38:04,369 [high-pitched ringing] 737 00:38:10,853 --> 00:38:13,073 CALEB: I'm here to affirm the resolution... 738 00:38:13,203 --> 00:38:14,553 that the Federation must provide 739 00:38:14,683 --> 00:38:16,250 and indeed enforce asylum for the Klingons. 740 00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:18,948 My criterion is Federation law. 741 00:38:19,079 --> 00:38:21,734 According to Starfleet Command General Orders and Regulations, 742 00:38:21,864 --> 00:38:23,866 Book 7, 743 00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:26,478 Section 2386, 744 00:38:26,608 --> 00:38:28,436 Paragraph 3434... 745 00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:30,220 -[heartbeat thumping] -[breathing deeply] 746 00:38:30,351 --> 00:38:33,746 [Caleb continues indistinctly] 747 00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:35,835 ...a core responsibility of its personnel is 748 00:38:35,965 --> 00:38:38,533 to provide aid to any sentient being in need of assistance. 749 00:38:38,664 --> 00:38:40,753 Unless it violates the Prime Directive. Which... 750 00:38:40,883 --> 00:38:44,017 Which, in this case, it does not. 751 00:38:46,411 --> 00:38:47,934 [heart beating rapidly] 752 00:38:52,982 --> 00:38:55,855 [inhales] 753 00:38:57,291 --> 00:38:59,337 [exhales slowly] 754 00:38:59,467 --> 00:39:02,514 [heartbeat slows] 755 00:39:07,170 --> 00:39:09,521 Book 12... 756 00:39:09,651 --> 00:39:10,826 [clears throat] 757 00:39:10,957 --> 00:39:14,177 ...Code 2398, 758 00:39:14,308 --> 00:39:17,050 Subsection 89. 759 00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:20,880 "If engaged in diplomatic relations 760 00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:23,970 "with species that are not allies, 761 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:27,626 "Starfleet officers need not contradict 762 00:39:27,756 --> 00:39:29,541 -alien morality." -There's legal precedent 763 00:39:29,671 --> 00:39:31,934 that amends Code 2398. 764 00:39:32,065 --> 00:39:34,023 Stardate 2314. 765 00:39:34,154 --> 00:39:36,548 The USS Originsaves the Lynd species from extinction 766 00:39:36,678 --> 00:39:37,853 via relocation. 767 00:39:37,984 --> 00:39:40,769 JAY-DEN: Nonconsensual relocation. 768 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:42,989 As 2398 does not qualify as-- 769 00:39:43,119 --> 00:39:46,296 It does when a known race is in mortal danger. 770 00:39:46,427 --> 00:39:48,342 Stardate 2289, 771 00:39:48,473 --> 00:39:50,039 Coth v. Farah. 772 00:39:54,348 --> 00:39:56,742 Stardate 2930.8, 773 00:39:56,872 --> 00:39:58,918 Vulcan v. Kahconcedes 774 00:39:59,048 --> 00:40:03,401 that mortal danger is a matter of subjective perception. 775 00:40:03,531 --> 00:40:04,750 How many Klingons are left 776 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,621 -in the quadrants, Jay-Den? -Enough 777 00:40:06,752 --> 00:40:08,493 to know that each Klingon matters. 778 00:40:08,623 --> 00:40:11,278 Cadets, refrain from personal comments. 779 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,627 First warning. 780 00:40:12,758 --> 00:40:15,021 Cadet Kraag, your rebuttal. 781 00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,024 My criterion 782 00:40:18,154 --> 00:40:20,156 is the Klingons, 783 00:40:20,287 --> 00:40:22,768 in and of themselves. 784 00:40:22,898 --> 00:40:24,770 In the context of this debate, 785 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:27,642 the Federation and their laws are irrelevant. 786 00:40:27,773 --> 00:40:29,339 To argue otherwise 787 00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:32,865 is to deny Klingons their right to define themselves. 788 00:40:32,995 --> 00:40:35,563 Is that not an existential right? 789 00:40:35,694 --> 00:40:37,696 Without self-definition, 790 00:40:37,826 --> 00:40:39,785 are Klingons Klingons? 791 00:40:39,915 --> 00:40:42,352 And does the Federation require other great peoples 792 00:40:42,483 --> 00:40:44,137 to cease to be 793 00:40:44,267 --> 00:40:47,619 in order to redefine itself after the Burn? 794 00:40:47,749 --> 00:40:51,057 It is not the Federation's advantage 795 00:40:51,187 --> 00:40:55,453 or place to tell the Klingons who they are. 796 00:40:55,583 --> 00:40:57,237 Or yours. 797 00:40:59,152 --> 00:41:00,283 Ever. 798 00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:01,589 THE DOCTOR: Cadet Kraag, 799 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:03,156 -second warning. -Your argument implies 800 00:41:03,286 --> 00:41:05,201 that all Klingons must feel the same. 801 00:41:05,332 --> 00:41:08,248 It demands Klingons exist as Klingons. 802 00:41:08,378 --> 00:41:10,772 Klingons need to exist. Period. 803 00:41:10,903 --> 00:41:13,079 And we do. As ourselves. 804 00:41:13,209 --> 00:41:14,646 CALEB: I know a Klingon who has rejected 805 00:41:14,776 --> 00:41:17,866 the isolationism you say defines all Klingons 806 00:41:17,997 --> 00:41:19,825 and now enjoys Federation-provided food, 807 00:41:19,955 --> 00:41:21,391 safety, and resources-- 808 00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:23,481 -As a Klingon. -THE DOCTOR: Cadets, 809 00:41:23,611 --> 00:41:24,873 return to your podiums 810 00:41:25,004 --> 00:41:26,353 -immediately. -You refuse to belong 811 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:28,094 -to anything, yet you would... -Final warning. 812 00:41:28,224 --> 00:41:30,052 ...define it for those who are willing to die for it. 813 00:41:30,183 --> 00:41:31,880 Isn't that why you left your family? 814 00:41:32,011 --> 00:41:34,013 -Because they were willing-- -You have no idea 815 00:41:34,143 --> 00:41:36,145 -what family means. -And you stabbed your family 816 00:41:36,276 --> 00:41:37,277 -in the back! -Enough! 817 00:41:45,807 --> 00:41:48,331 Both of you, out. 818 00:41:48,462 --> 00:41:49,942 You are done. 819 00:41:54,337 --> 00:41:56,514 ♪ 820 00:42:07,742 --> 00:42:09,657 [door chimes] 821 00:42:11,006 --> 00:42:12,312 Enter. 822 00:42:16,229 --> 00:42:17,665 Cadet Master. 823 00:42:17,796 --> 00:42:21,669 I apologize for my behavior at the debate. 824 00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,497 -I do not know what-- -Stop. 825 00:42:23,628 --> 00:42:25,064 At ease, Cadet. 826 00:42:40,645 --> 00:42:44,213 I come from a Jem'Hadar-Klingon family. 827 00:42:44,344 --> 00:42:47,216 Freed Jem'Hadar lineage on my father's side, 828 00:42:47,347 --> 00:42:50,263 Klingon on my mother's. 829 00:42:50,393 --> 00:42:53,135 My Klingon grandparents... 830 00:42:53,266 --> 00:42:55,355 renounced their House 831 00:42:55,485 --> 00:42:58,401 to ride in conquest by the side of the Jem'Hadar. 832 00:42:58,532 --> 00:43:02,275 So I've seen my fair share of brotherly fights. 833 00:43:02,405 --> 00:43:04,582 Hmm, they usually end in broken bones. 834 00:43:04,712 --> 00:43:06,235 This one was quite tame, if you ask me. 835 00:43:06,366 --> 00:43:09,064 Caleb is not my brother. 836 00:43:13,721 --> 00:43:15,636 I've never had the privilege 837 00:43:15,767 --> 00:43:18,204 of being a mentor to a fellow Klingon. 838 00:43:19,292 --> 00:43:20,946 I do not want to... 839 00:43:22,338 --> 00:43:25,254 "...eff it up," as Commander Reno says. 840 00:43:25,385 --> 00:43:28,344 But I regret not trusting my own instincts 841 00:43:28,475 --> 00:43:29,868 and speaking to you, 842 00:43:29,998 --> 00:43:32,305 not as your Starfleet instructor 843 00:43:32,435 --> 00:43:34,481 but as your Klingon elder. 844 00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:38,180 I would have helped you see the Klingon you are, 845 00:43:38,311 --> 00:43:39,617 as all elders should. 846 00:43:39,747 --> 00:43:44,447 But I do not know what Klingon I am. 847 00:43:44,578 --> 00:43:47,320 Or what Starfleet officer. 848 00:43:47,450 --> 00:43:49,801 I dishonored both worlds. 849 00:43:49,931 --> 00:43:51,977 The last day with my House, 850 00:43:52,107 --> 00:43:55,458 my father and I went hunting together. 851 00:43:56,198 --> 00:43:59,288 It was my family's rite of passage. 852 00:43:59,419 --> 00:44:01,595 -[hawk cries] -You become a warrior 853 00:44:01,726 --> 00:44:03,902 after your first kill. 854 00:44:04,685 --> 00:44:07,383 I-I could not do it. 855 00:44:07,514 --> 00:44:09,385 I caused my father 856 00:44:09,516 --> 00:44:11,344 such anger, 857 00:44:11,474 --> 00:44:13,128 he missed the kill shot... 858 00:44:13,259 --> 00:44:14,042 [muffled yell] 859 00:44:14,173 --> 00:44:15,348 [hawk cries] 860 00:44:15,478 --> 00:44:17,002 [yelling] 861 00:44:17,132 --> 00:44:19,221 ...and abandoned the hunt. 862 00:44:19,352 --> 00:44:21,528 He left me. 863 00:44:21,659 --> 00:44:24,052 They all left. 864 00:44:24,183 --> 00:44:26,315 [muffled]: Mother and Fathers. 865 00:44:29,449 --> 00:44:30,929 Come back! 866 00:44:32,495 --> 00:44:33,453 Come back! 867 00:44:38,980 --> 00:44:41,940 There are only a few things I know to be true. 868 00:44:43,202 --> 00:44:44,725 One of them is 869 00:44:44,856 --> 00:44:47,815 Klingons do not miss out of anger. 870 00:44:48,729 --> 00:44:50,209 I do not understand. 871 00:44:50,339 --> 00:44:52,690 A hunt is a battle. 872 00:44:52,820 --> 00:44:54,474 Rage... 873 00:44:54,604 --> 00:44:57,564 makes our kills more satisfying. 874 00:44:57,695 --> 00:45:00,132 Unless... 875 00:45:01,046 --> 00:45:02,830 ...we find an opponent 876 00:45:02,961 --> 00:45:05,311 who humbles us. 877 00:45:05,441 --> 00:45:07,879 I believe your father honored the hunt 878 00:45:08,009 --> 00:45:09,881 the only way he knew how-- 879 00:45:10,011 --> 00:45:12,840 by recognizing your victory... 880 00:45:12,971 --> 00:45:14,015 [muffled yelling] 881 00:45:14,146 --> 00:45:17,105 ...and setting you free 882 00:45:17,236 --> 00:45:19,891 -so that you could fly. -[hawk cries] 883 00:45:20,805 --> 00:45:23,155 [singing in Klingon] 884 00:45:23,285 --> 00:45:26,114 Your father missed his shot 885 00:45:26,245 --> 00:45:27,420 to let you go. 886 00:45:27,550 --> 00:45:29,465 ♪ 887 00:45:29,596 --> 00:45:32,120 [singing continues in Klingon] 888 00:45:32,251 --> 00:45:34,514 He saw you for who you are. 889 00:45:34,644 --> 00:45:36,908 ♪ 890 00:45:38,953 --> 00:45:41,216 A Klingon warrior... 891 00:45:42,261 --> 00:45:45,220 ...whose passion for death... 892 00:45:47,570 --> 00:45:50,399 ...is surpassed only by his passion for life. 893 00:45:52,575 --> 00:45:56,275 Now you must see yourself 894 00:45:56,405 --> 00:45:57,842 as he did. 895 00:45:57,972 --> 00:46:00,148 And as your brother did. 896 00:46:00,279 --> 00:46:02,629 A warrior not with weapons 897 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,283 but words. 898 00:46:09,244 --> 00:46:11,725 How does any of this matter 899 00:46:11,856 --> 00:46:14,989 if there's no hope for any of us? 900 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,339 There is a planet. 901 00:46:17,470 --> 00:46:19,037 A new Qo'noS. 902 00:46:19,167 --> 00:46:22,344 The Federation wants to gift it to our people. 903 00:46:22,475 --> 00:46:25,783 But I do not have to tell you how that offer... 904 00:46:25,913 --> 00:46:27,959 landed. 905 00:46:34,095 --> 00:46:37,142 Get me back on that debate stage. 906 00:46:37,272 --> 00:46:39,144 ♪ 907 00:46:54,550 --> 00:46:57,162 I am a Klingon warrior. 908 00:46:59,468 --> 00:47:01,253 I learned that here. 909 00:47:03,255 --> 00:47:07,389 That is not a simple thing to say. 910 00:47:08,129 --> 00:47:12,003 My opponent has offered some valid points 911 00:47:12,133 --> 00:47:14,657 as to why the Federation should compel 912 00:47:14,788 --> 00:47:17,225 the Klingons to accept asylum. 913 00:47:17,356 --> 00:47:20,620 It is the Federation after all. 914 00:47:20,750 --> 00:47:25,277 But the Federation stops being the Federation 915 00:47:25,407 --> 00:47:29,803 if it insists Klingons stop being Klingons. 916 00:47:29,934 --> 00:47:32,893 These are not mutually exclusive. 917 00:47:33,024 --> 00:47:35,330 Both exist in me. 918 00:47:35,461 --> 00:47:37,463 I exist as both, 919 00:47:37,593 --> 00:47:39,595 on my own terms. 920 00:47:40,292 --> 00:47:44,339 Now it is time we meet Klingons on theirs. 921 00:47:47,081 --> 00:47:51,651 Our culture was born in myth. 922 00:47:52,347 --> 00:47:58,005 My father made us memorize the story of Kahless, 923 00:47:58,136 --> 00:48:00,573 who gave us our laws of honor 924 00:48:00,703 --> 00:48:03,750 and our home of Qo'noS. 925 00:48:03,881 --> 00:48:09,277 Warriors everywhere laid their weapons at his feet. 926 00:48:09,408 --> 00:48:11,323 My brother, 927 00:48:11,453 --> 00:48:15,066 he understood the full expanse 928 00:48:15,196 --> 00:48:19,418 of the myth of Kahless. 929 00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,163 He always did. 930 00:48:27,992 --> 00:48:30,255 I did not. 931 00:48:36,696 --> 00:48:39,438 I could not. 932 00:48:49,709 --> 00:48:51,363 Until now. 933 00:48:51,493 --> 00:48:56,368 Battle exists in as many forms as there are warriors, 934 00:48:56,498 --> 00:49:00,546 as long as it is fought in service of our people. 935 00:49:00,676 --> 00:49:05,638 Battle is the language we use to honor each other. 936 00:49:05,768 --> 00:49:10,948 It is the way we first became one. 937 00:49:11,557 --> 00:49:15,604 The Federation would do better to humble themselves 938 00:49:15,735 --> 00:49:20,958 and learn to hear our language as it is spoken. 939 00:49:21,088 --> 00:49:25,875 Therefore, I suggest a Klingon solution 940 00:49:26,006 --> 00:49:28,748 to a Klingon problem. 941 00:49:29,705 --> 00:49:31,751 ♪ 942 00:49:48,724 --> 00:49:51,466 FEMALE VOICE: Cadet Kraag has arrived, Captain Ake. 943 00:49:59,648 --> 00:50:01,389 NAHLA: Welcome to the bridge, 944 00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:02,564 Cadet Kraag. 945 00:50:02,695 --> 00:50:03,696 Captain, 946 00:50:03,826 --> 00:50:06,481 what if I'm wrong 947 00:50:06,612 --> 00:50:09,223 and I have convinced everyone to take advice 948 00:50:09,354 --> 00:50:12,052 from a cadet with no battle experience? 949 00:50:12,183 --> 00:50:15,099 The Federation thinks it's worth the risk. 950 00:50:15,229 --> 00:50:16,709 No matter how this ends, 951 00:50:16,839 --> 00:50:19,233 you brought us here. 952 00:50:19,364 --> 00:50:21,496 That means everything. 953 00:50:21,627 --> 00:50:23,194 Come with me. 954 00:50:24,064 --> 00:50:25,935 Lieutenant Dandrid, 955 00:50:26,066 --> 00:50:27,111 get us out of warp. 956 00:50:27,241 --> 00:50:29,200 Aye, Captain. 957 00:50:29,330 --> 00:50:31,419 NAHLA: Comms, stand by to hail General Wochak. 958 00:50:31,550 --> 00:50:33,552 It's time to meet an old foe. 959 00:50:34,509 --> 00:50:37,295 May the Klingon gods help us. 960 00:50:43,344 --> 00:50:45,738 Why have you called me here, Nahla? 961 00:50:45,868 --> 00:50:47,218 VANCE: General Wochak, 962 00:50:47,348 --> 00:50:49,959 Klingon ships have taken refuge in this sector. 963 00:50:50,090 --> 00:50:51,700 They have trespassed 964 00:50:51,831 --> 00:50:53,789 Federation space and have threatened 965 00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:58,011 the security of our planet, Faan Alpha. 966 00:50:58,142 --> 00:51:02,059 The Federation has no choice but to declare any Klingon ship 967 00:51:02,189 --> 00:51:04,191 an enemy vessel. 968 00:51:05,062 --> 00:51:06,846 I see. 969 00:51:08,935 --> 00:51:13,244 Do you dare to declare war on all Klingon Houses? 970 00:51:13,374 --> 00:51:16,247 Fight with me, Obel. 971 00:51:18,597 --> 00:51:21,295 DANDRID: Our Starfleet vessels are arriving now. 972 00:51:22,209 --> 00:51:24,081 -CAPTAIN: USSCapricorn. -CAPTAIN 2: USSCrimson. 973 00:51:24,211 --> 00:51:26,822 -CAPTAIN 3: USSHorizon. -CAPTAIN 4: USSLexington. 974 00:51:26,953 --> 00:51:29,347 CAPTAIN 5: And USSRiker. We are in position 975 00:51:29,477 --> 00:51:31,871 and ready for your command, Captain Ake. 976 00:51:32,001 --> 00:51:34,482 DANDRID: The Klingon fleet is warping in now. 977 00:51:34,613 --> 00:51:36,615 ♪ 978 00:51:48,322 --> 00:51:51,108 Let's go to Red Alert. 979 00:51:51,238 --> 00:51:52,761 Lieutenant Ya, tell our folks 980 00:51:52,892 --> 00:51:54,763 to put on a good show, but make sure they miss wide. 981 00:51:54,894 --> 00:51:56,374 -Aye. -[alarm blares] 982 00:51:56,504 --> 00:51:58,463 DANDRID: Captain, incoming fire from the Klingons. 983 00:51:58,593 --> 00:52:00,117 Qapla'! 984 00:52:13,086 --> 00:52:14,566 NAHLA: Status report? 985 00:52:14,696 --> 00:52:16,698 YA: Shields holding at 95%, Captain. 986 00:52:16,829 --> 00:52:18,570 No structural damage. 987 00:52:35,717 --> 00:52:38,067 NAHLA: All Starfleet vessels, hold fire. 988 00:52:38,198 --> 00:52:39,982 Repeat, hold fire. 989 00:52:40,113 --> 00:52:42,246 It's time to stand down. 990 00:52:45,901 --> 00:52:50,819 We seize this planet as spoils of war. 991 00:52:54,693 --> 00:52:58,175 ♪ 992 00:53:11,797 --> 00:53:13,581 VANCE: On behalf of the Federation, 993 00:53:13,712 --> 00:53:16,323 we offer you complete surrender. 994 00:53:16,454 --> 00:53:20,109 Faan Alpha is now Klingon. 995 00:53:20,240 --> 00:53:22,677 Your ships have showed ours mercy. 996 00:53:22,808 --> 00:53:24,853 For that, there are no casualties. 997 00:53:24,984 --> 00:53:26,986 On both sides, it seems. 998 00:53:28,901 --> 00:53:30,381 Good fight. 999 00:53:31,251 --> 00:53:32,731 My pleasure. 1000 00:53:35,821 --> 00:53:36,909 Come here, boy. 1001 00:53:41,696 --> 00:53:43,611 I have a special gift for you. 1002 00:53:43,742 --> 00:53:45,918 Permission to beam it aboard? 1003 00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:57,973 I honor you, Jay-Den Kraag 1004 00:53:58,104 --> 00:54:01,847 with a weapon of a true Klingon warrior. 1005 00:54:04,850 --> 00:54:06,199 One more thing. 1006 00:54:06,330 --> 00:54:07,940 We located your parents. 1007 00:54:14,729 --> 00:54:17,166 JAY-DEN: They survived? 1008 00:54:17,297 --> 00:54:21,301 OBEL: Yes. They are safe now. 1009 00:54:21,432 --> 00:54:23,825 And the Klingon Houses have a new home 1010 00:54:23,956 --> 00:54:26,045 thanks to you. 1011 00:54:34,749 --> 00:54:36,751 ♪ 1012 00:54:38,927 --> 00:54:40,189 [slurping] 1013 00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:42,409 So, how's the famous warrior stew? 1014 00:54:43,802 --> 00:54:46,587 [burps] Spicy. 1015 00:54:46,718 --> 00:54:48,720 [chuckles] 1016 00:55:07,521 --> 00:55:09,958 -How did you even know? -I had some help 1017 00:55:10,089 --> 00:55:14,702 from a Khionian who stopped being a dick for a day. 1018 00:55:14,833 --> 00:55:16,530 [scoffs] 1019 00:55:16,661 --> 00:55:21,100 It was a gift from my brother Thar. 1020 00:55:25,365 --> 00:55:27,193 I am sorry. 1021 00:55:27,324 --> 00:55:31,545 You two are alike. 1022 00:55:32,241 --> 00:55:36,855 I did not think both of you could live in-in my heart. 1023 00:55:38,335 --> 00:55:42,121 I believed I had to let him go. 1024 00:55:42,774 --> 00:55:45,342 I've never been good at letting go. 1025 00:55:45,994 --> 00:55:48,954 You asked me why I hoard Earth food. 1026 00:55:50,782 --> 00:55:53,611 My mom promised me we'd try it together someday. 1027 00:55:57,049 --> 00:56:00,008 She's-- I don't know. 1028 00:56:00,139 --> 00:56:03,185 She's with me... 1029 00:56:03,316 --> 00:56:05,492 all the time. 1030 00:56:06,667 --> 00:56:08,190 The memories of her just... 1031 00:56:08,321 --> 00:56:10,323 hit me, 1032 00:56:10,454 --> 00:56:13,326 and I have to drown them out somehow. 1033 00:56:13,457 --> 00:56:15,372 So I start shit. 1034 00:56:17,548 --> 00:56:20,899 And I can be an asshole sometimes. 1035 00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:26,905 I'm sorry, too. 1036 00:56:30,125 --> 00:56:35,783 Maybe the trick is not to let go of the past, 1037 00:56:35,914 --> 00:56:38,090 but to let the present in. 1038 00:56:48,056 --> 00:56:51,103 DIGITAL DEAN OF STUDENTS: After 120 years, 1039 00:56:51,233 --> 00:56:53,192 we are recruiting again. 1040 00:56:53,322 --> 00:56:55,542 At Starfleet Academy, 1041 00:56:55,673 --> 00:56:58,937 it's time to fly your own path. 1042 00:56:59,067 --> 00:57:04,203 Leading diplomatic missions, providing medical aid. 1043 00:57:04,333 --> 00:57:07,554 If you're looking for us, we're looking for you, 1044 00:57:07,685 --> 00:57:10,427 at Starfleet Academy. 1045 00:57:15,823 --> 00:57:18,913 Captioning sponsored by CBS 1046 00:57:19,044 --> 00:57:21,916 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org