WEBVTT 00:44.044 --> 00:45.567 Chancellor's address. 00:45.697 --> 00:48.961 Stardate 868943.8. 00:49.832 --> 00:53.227 We're three days into our first official space flight, 00:53.357 --> 00:55.316 circling the Val Nebula. 00:56.360 --> 00:58.797 I'm struck by its beauty. 00:59.494 --> 01:01.670 I'm struck by its very existence. 01:03.324 --> 01:05.804 The incalculable number of atoms 01:05.935 --> 01:08.111 that had to converge in this tiny patch 01:08.242 --> 01:10.809 of a seemingly infinite universe. 01:10.940 --> 01:13.464 This nebula was once a star. 01:13.595 --> 01:16.076 It could not have evolved into this present 01:16.206 --> 01:18.948 without every moment of its past. 01:19.079 --> 01:21.820 It makes me think of all of you, my cadets. 01:21.951 --> 01:23.953 The paths each of you has taken, 01:24.084 --> 01:25.781 all your life experiences, 01:25.911 --> 01:28.479 the decisions you've made that have led you 01:28.610 --> 01:31.482 to be right here, right now. 01:31.613 --> 01:33.876 As you go off to class today, ask yourselves: 01:34.006 --> 01:36.139 how will you keep evolving? 01:36.270 --> 01:38.272 How will we all, 01:38.402 --> 01:40.448 as our journey continues? 01:41.710 --> 01:43.668 "With the first link, 01:43.799 --> 01:46.280 "the chain is forged. 01:46.410 --> 01:50.197 "The first speech censured, 01:50.327 --> 01:54.201 "the first thought forbidden, 01:54.331 --> 01:58.596 us all, irrevocably." 01:58.727 --> 02:00.337 Who said that? 02:00.468 --> 02:03.601 Come on, you little zygotes. Who reads? 02:03.732 --> 02:05.255 Ah, Cadet Lythe. 02:05.386 --> 02:06.865 Judge Aaron Satie. 02:06.996 --> 02:09.520 One of the finest minds of the 24th century, 02:09.651 --> 02:12.175 and in whose honor we hold 02:12.306 --> 02:14.960 the Academy's debate competition. 02:15.091 --> 02:18.834 Speech and debate is not for the chickenshit. 02:18.964 --> 02:20.444 Um, excuse me? 02:20.575 --> 02:22.142 Are you allowed to talk like that? 02:22.272 --> 02:24.535 Like what? Cadet Holloway, 02:24.666 --> 02:27.799 know that I have existed longer than your entire lineage. 02:27.930 --> 02:29.497 I have earned the right 02:29.627 --> 02:32.064 to speak as I see fit. One day, you too 02:32.195 --> 02:33.979 may earn that same privilege. 02:34.110 --> 02:36.068 But, alas, 02:36.199 --> 02:38.332 that day is not today. 02:38.462 --> 02:40.203 Now, as I was saying 02:40.334 --> 02:41.639 before being pointlessly interrupted... 02:41.770 --> 02:42.727 Yo, you okay? 02:42.858 --> 02:46.905 I... do not like public speaking. 02:47.036 --> 02:48.907 I know you're the only shy Klingon in history, 02:49.038 --> 02:50.344 but you've got some game, right? 02:50.474 --> 02:53.216 Klingons do not do "game." 02:53.347 --> 02:56.828 We do complex and violent mating rituals 02:56.959 --> 02:59.918 that end in bloodshed. 03:00.049 --> 03:01.746 And poetry. 03:01.877 --> 03:03.922 That was a lot more information than I was expecting. 03:04.053 --> 03:05.315 You may be interested to know that debate 03:05.446 --> 03:06.969 is one of the oldest arts. 03:07.099 --> 03:08.492 Not just on Earth, 03:08.623 --> 03:10.059 - but throughout the galaxy... - Debate's... 03:10.190 --> 03:12.061 Some of us can handle it on the battlefield, you know? 03:12.192 --> 03:13.584 Cadet Reymi. 03:13.715 --> 03:16.674 I tend to pop in now and then. 03:16.805 --> 03:18.981 On the USS Voyager, long before 03:19.111 --> 03:21.897 you were even a twinkle in your father's pants, 03:22.027 --> 03:25.074 I won the right to be myself 03:25.205 --> 03:27.163 through argument. 03:27.294 --> 03:30.122 I debated myself into existence. 03:30.253 --> 03:32.299 The power of speech and debate 03:32.429 --> 03:35.215 brought Betazed back into the Federation. 03:35.345 --> 03:37.782 If you and I were to stand up 03:37.913 --> 03:41.046 and take our positions at these two podiums, 03:41.177 --> 03:44.615 I could prove you don't exist. 03:44.746 --> 03:46.313 What? Sorry? 03:46.443 --> 03:47.792 That's your opening argument? 03:47.923 --> 03:49.098 Warm-up drill. 03:49.229 --> 03:50.621 Everyone up. 03:50.752 --> 03:53.711 Come on, one straight line down the middle. 03:53.842 --> 03:57.019 Now, let's see who among you has done your preparation 03:57.149 --> 03:59.717 on Starfleet debate regulations, 03:59.848 --> 04:01.937 or who among you will humiliate themselves 04:02.067 --> 04:03.025 in full view of their peers. 04:04.548 --> 04:06.507 Resolved: Sentient existence 04:06.637 --> 04:08.639 should return to a pre-warp time. 04:08.770 --> 04:11.033 Every species enjoyed the more harmonious, 04:11.163 --> 04:12.948 peaceful era... 04:13.078 --> 04:15.864 Amateurs motivate arguments with feelings, not facts. 04:15.994 --> 04:18.214 Any research on the Sigma Draconis system 04:18.345 --> 04:20.434 and its pre-spaceflight culture proves that the pre-warp era 04:20.564 --> 04:21.696 was continually in conflict. 04:21.826 --> 04:24.525 Mir, advance. 04:24.655 --> 04:26.701 Resolved: The War College should move its campus 04:26.831 --> 04:27.658 to Earth's moon. 04:27.789 --> 04:29.704 If one regards the War College 04:29.834 --> 04:31.445 as a possible defensive branch of Starfleet-- 04:31.575 --> 04:32.533 The War College is indeed a college, 04:32.663 --> 04:34.012 not a branch of the military. 04:34.143 --> 04:35.231 The strategic benefits of a divided defense 04:35.362 --> 04:37.015 are immeasurable. 04:37.146 --> 04:39.757 Therefore, it falls under Regulation XVII, Subsection 343, 04:39.888 --> 04:41.455 Paragraph 234, 04:41.585 --> 04:43.457 which requires all lunar campuses 04:43.587 --> 04:45.676 to maintain level 5 or higher 04:45.807 --> 04:47.243 on the Fuller-Sawyer scale for lunar stability. 04:47.374 --> 04:50.202 Mir, advance. 04:50.333 --> 04:52.117 Hi, Caleb. 04:52.248 --> 04:54.946 Mir, advance. 04:55.077 --> 04:56.644 Mir. 04:57.601 --> 04:58.994 Mir. 04:59.124 --> 05:00.256 Mir. 05:00.387 --> 05:03.477 Against all reason and expectation. 05:15.967 --> 05:18.666 Cadet Kraag, your prompt, please. 05:20.537 --> 05:22.017 Cadet Kraag? 05:23.279 --> 05:25.150 Cadet? 05:25.281 --> 05:27.022 Are you all right? 05:28.110 --> 05:30.330 Do you need to sit down? 05:30.460 --> 05:31.766 Cadet Kraag? 05:38.773 --> 05:40.514 Hey, you okay? 05:40.644 --> 05:41.819 All right, let's take a break. 05:45.606 --> 05:48.043 Dude, what the hell happened in there? 05:48.173 --> 05:49.784 How bad was it? 05:49.914 --> 05:51.829 Uh, on a scale of what to what? 05:51.960 --> 05:54.266 I have difficulties 05:54.397 --> 05:56.747 expressing my point of view at times. 05:56.878 --> 05:58.401 You have the advantage. You're a Klingon. 05:58.532 --> 06:00.360 Let me tell you something. Before you even open your mouth, 06:00.490 --> 06:01.491 people are intimidated by you. 06:01.622 --> 06:03.667 What if a Holo-Guard catches us? 06:03.798 --> 06:05.321 Last time I checked, it's not a crime 06:05.452 --> 06:07.410 to reprogram a DoT to bring us lunch. 06:07.541 --> 06:11.109 Did you truly memorize all of those laws and regulations, 06:11.240 --> 06:13.068 or were you making them up? 06:13.198 --> 06:15.592 In prison, you have to learn stuff to survive. 06:15.723 --> 06:17.420 Arguing's just another form of combat for me. 06:17.551 --> 06:19.944 Klingons... Klingons love combat. 06:20.075 --> 06:21.816 That is not the issue. 06:21.946 --> 06:25.689 The issue is that arguing, standing up for what I believe, 06:25.820 --> 06:27.517 makes sweat flood down my face. 06:27.648 --> 06:30.912 Here, eat your feelings. 06:31.042 --> 06:32.870 I swear, it doesn't even taste like replicator food. 06:34.219 --> 06:35.786 - There. - Mm-mm. 06:35.917 --> 06:36.787 See? 06:36.918 --> 06:38.310 Mm-mm. 06:38.441 --> 06:40.182 - What are you doing? - No pepperoni. 06:40.312 --> 06:41.575 The pepperoni's the whole point. 06:41.705 --> 06:42.967 I will not eat anything 06:43.098 --> 06:44.926 that did not die in a fair fight. 06:45.056 --> 06:46.580 It doesn't even come from a real pig. 06:49.931 --> 06:53.238 Are you hoarding food under your bed again? 06:53.369 --> 06:55.327 I'm not taking questions at this time, unfortunately. 06:55.458 --> 06:57.199 I saved a surprise for you, though. 06:58.809 --> 07:00.376 I gave the replicators 07:00.507 --> 07:03.553 the recipe for "SuvwI' tlhIq." 07:03.684 --> 07:05.686 That's real Klingon food, right? 07:07.427 --> 07:08.428 Entrails stew? 07:08.558 --> 07:10.386 That is warrior stew. 07:10.517 --> 07:14.042 Only those who have served their House in battle can taste it. 07:14.172 --> 07:18.655 My fathers and mother taught me better than that. 07:18.786 --> 07:20.265 You grew up with three parents? 07:20.396 --> 07:21.876 A triad House. 07:23.878 --> 07:26.794 I once shared a garbage freighter with a Klingon. 07:26.924 --> 07:28.317 Stowaways. 07:28.448 --> 07:29.536 She told me the story, 07:29.666 --> 07:32.364 how Kahless united the Houses 07:32.495 --> 07:34.497 and conquered Qo'noS 07:34.628 --> 07:36.978 from the tyrant Molor. How they ate 07:37.108 --> 07:39.937 entrails stew to taste their victory, 07:40.068 --> 07:42.462 and how Kahless's warriors laid their weapons at his feet 07:42.592 --> 07:44.986 - to honor him. - My parents 07:45.116 --> 07:48.511 used to sing us to sleep with that myth. 07:48.642 --> 07:52.080 It gave us comfort in the refugee camps. 07:52.210 --> 07:57.259 Qo'noS would've been cool to see. 08:04.658 --> 08:07.225 Chancellor Ake requires my presence. 08:07.356 --> 08:09.489 Cadet Kraag, we wanted you 08:09.619 --> 08:11.229 to hear it from us 08:11.360 --> 08:13.405 before the news breaks publicly. 08:13.536 --> 08:15.320 A Klingon ship, 08:15.451 --> 08:17.279 carrying about eight Houses 08:17.409 --> 08:20.238 to a refugee camp on Taurus VII 08:20.369 --> 08:23.590 suffered catastrophic mechanical failure. 08:23.720 --> 08:26.201 It's unconfirmed, but we've reason to believe 08:26.331 --> 08:28.203 your family was on board. 08:43.697 --> 08:45.394 Are they dead? 08:45.525 --> 08:46.526 We don't know yet. 08:46.656 --> 08:49.485 Logistics are complicated. 08:49.616 --> 08:51.139 There was a time before the Burn 08:51.269 --> 08:54.098 when the Federation and the Klingons were allies. 08:54.229 --> 08:55.926 Today they refuse-- 08:56.057 --> 08:57.798 Everything. 08:58.973 --> 09:03.064 Even if it means their extinction. 09:03.194 --> 09:05.632 A horrific tragedy unfolding in real time 09:05.762 --> 09:08.373 as the Klingon refugee crisis worsens. 09:08.504 --> 09:11.725 Today, an unregistered heavy cargo carrier 09:11.855 --> 09:13.509 with members of the eight remaining 09:13.640 --> 09:14.945 Klingon Houses on board 09:15.076 --> 09:17.818 suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure 09:17.948 --> 09:20.603 and crashed on its way to a refugee center. 09:20.734 --> 09:22.866 After the Burn caused dilithium reactors 09:22.997 --> 09:25.260 on Qo'noS and other worlds to explode, 09:25.390 --> 09:27.088 billions perished. 09:27.218 --> 09:29.351 Now, one of the most powerful races 09:29.481 --> 09:31.440 sits on the brink of extinction. 09:31.571 --> 09:33.094 Cadet Kraag. 09:35.531 --> 09:37.881 Jay-Den... 09:38.578 --> 09:41.145 We'll do everything we can to get you answers. 09:41.276 --> 09:44.192 That might not be easy 09:44.322 --> 09:46.847 as the news spreads. 09:47.499 --> 09:50.285 You're the only Klingon cadet Starfleet has, 09:50.415 --> 09:52.592 so if you'd like to take some time off-- 09:52.722 --> 09:56.030 No, Chancellor. 09:59.642 --> 10:00.904 Am I dismissed? 10:01.035 --> 10:02.950 I would not like to be late to class. 10:03.080 --> 10:04.865 If you want to speak with a counselor, 10:04.995 --> 10:06.780 The Doctor is more than happy-- 10:06.910 --> 10:10.697 I said goodbye to my family a long time ago. 10:13.525 --> 10:15.310 With your permission... 10:15.440 --> 10:16.790 Of course. 12:43.632 --> 12:46.026 We must leave the birds, Jay-Den. 12:46.156 --> 12:48.680 We cannot be late for dinner again. 12:49.464 --> 12:52.032 Do not forget your binoculars this time. 12:52.859 --> 12:55.035 Brother, wait. 12:55.165 --> 12:57.951 You were supposed to be teaching me to hunt today. 12:58.081 --> 13:00.649 That is what I told them. 13:00.780 --> 13:04.522 But that is not you, Jay-Den. 13:04.653 --> 13:07.047 Yours is a different path. 13:12.661 --> 13:14.141 House Kraag, 13:14.271 --> 13:16.883 dinner is nearly ready. 13:17.840 --> 13:19.755 I found the herbs to add to your entrails stew, Thar. 13:19.886 --> 13:22.714 Ah, warrior's stew. Yes. 13:22.845 --> 13:24.542 Jay-Den, 13:24.673 --> 13:26.631 you will have the stew, too, 13:26.762 --> 13:29.025 one day, my son. 13:29.156 --> 13:33.116 Beware of Klingons bearing gifts! 13:33.247 --> 13:36.946 Thar, rise and approach your father. 13:37.077 --> 13:39.427 I made this HurwI' for you, 13:39.557 --> 13:43.300 the way our ancestors have been making weapons for centuries. 13:43.431 --> 13:46.434 - Klingon in its marrow. - Yes. 13:48.436 --> 13:50.307 I will make one for you, as well, Jay-Den. 13:50.438 --> 13:52.875 Once you honor the hunt and become a warrior 13:53.006 --> 13:55.182 like your brother. 13:58.925 --> 14:01.928 I do not want a weapon. 14:03.843 --> 14:07.020 What did you say, boy? 14:07.759 --> 14:11.720 I will tell you one last time, herbs and healing 14:11.851 --> 14:13.287 have their place, 14:13.417 --> 14:15.637 but they will not serve you if you are dead. 14:18.727 --> 14:21.948 Thar, brother. 14:23.601 --> 14:25.299 My brother. 14:29.129 --> 14:31.479 Why couldn't they see me... 14:33.263 --> 14:35.352 ...as you saw me? 14:35.483 --> 14:36.440 Yes, my brother. 14:36.571 --> 14:39.443 You knew my heart 14:39.574 --> 14:42.533 even before I did. 14:45.580 --> 14:47.843 You led me to it. 14:51.020 --> 14:52.935 Brother, come. 14:53.893 --> 14:57.592 I found you something quite rare at the trading post. 14:59.986 --> 15:02.858 But you must promise not to tell mother and fathers. 15:02.989 --> 15:05.426 A Starfleet transmitter. 15:05.556 --> 15:08.037 That is forbidden alien technology. 15:08.168 --> 15:10.474 I heard Starfleet is a place for explorers, 15:10.605 --> 15:14.304 scientists, healers. 15:14.435 --> 15:17.220 Fathers and I are going to the trading post again tomorrow. 15:17.351 --> 15:19.657 I can get you some more Starfleet tech. 15:19.788 --> 15:22.704 Your mind is hungry, Jay-Den. 15:22.834 --> 15:25.011 We should feed it. 15:30.233 --> 15:31.539 Leading diplomatic missions, 15:31.669 --> 15:33.236 providing medical aid. 15:33.367 --> 15:35.543 If you're looking for us, we're looking for you 15:35.673 --> 15:37.284 at Starfleet Academy. 15:38.589 --> 15:40.243 After 120 years, 15:40.374 --> 15:42.115 we are recruiting again. 15:42.245 --> 15:44.900 Your destiny, little brother, it is not here. 15:45.031 --> 15:47.598 It is out there in the stars. 15:47.729 --> 15:49.644 The rest of the Klingon empire 15:49.774 --> 15:51.341 became uninhabitable. 15:51.472 --> 15:52.777 Now, one of the most powerful races 15:52.908 --> 15:54.605 sits on the brink of... 15:54.736 --> 15:56.129 Pause. 15:57.565 --> 15:59.480 Jay-Den. 16:00.829 --> 16:02.483 I'm so sorry. 16:08.054 --> 16:09.359 If there's, like, 16:09.490 --> 16:14.451 anything we can do to help, or... to... 16:14.582 --> 16:15.975 maybe... 16:21.371 --> 16:25.288 Our "Aaron Satie" debate event is this week. 16:25.419 --> 16:29.597 Competitors will argue for and against a resolution. 16:29.727 --> 16:31.555 After affirmative and negative statements, 16:31.686 --> 16:34.558 there will be a round of cross-examinations, 16:34.689 --> 16:37.648 then final summations. A battle... 16:37.779 --> 16:39.346 of words. 16:39.476 --> 16:44.438 Now, I'd like to hear ideas for our central topic. 16:44.568 --> 16:46.048 Anyone? 16:46.179 --> 16:48.529 The new government on Betazed, 16:48.659 --> 16:52.750 the geopolitical impact of the Emerald Chain? 16:52.881 --> 16:54.404 Yes, Cadet? 16:54.535 --> 16:56.624 Doctor, it seems irresponsible to focus elsewhere 16:56.754 --> 16:58.104 with what's just happened with the Klingons. 16:58.234 --> 16:59.583 Everyone knows they lost Qo'noS 16:59.714 --> 17:01.455 because they blew it up themselves. 17:01.585 --> 17:03.239 No one needs your embarrassing conspiracy theories. 17:03.370 --> 17:05.154 That Klingon incursion into Hectaron? 17:05.285 --> 17:07.069 That "enslavement"? Total fiction. 17:07.200 --> 17:08.549 That's enough, Cadet Mir. 17:08.679 --> 17:09.898 Read a book, moron. 17:10.029 --> 17:12.857 I do not need you to defend me. 17:12.988 --> 17:13.945 Cadets, 17:14.076 --> 17:16.209 the Klingon diaspora 17:16.339 --> 17:17.732 is not an appropriate topic for this debate. 17:17.862 --> 17:19.386 Why not? 17:25.914 --> 17:28.525 It is the one thing 17:28.656 --> 17:31.354 everyone is already speaking about. 17:31.485 --> 17:35.402 Dude, don't do this to yourself. Okay? 17:35.532 --> 17:39.928 It is either going to happen in here or out there. 17:40.059 --> 17:42.017 I would rather it happen in here. 17:42.148 --> 17:44.237 I cannot allow the reality of the current situation 17:44.367 --> 17:46.543 to influence this event. 17:46.674 --> 17:49.198 Avoiding reality 17:49.329 --> 17:52.593 does not make it disappear, Doctor. 18:01.036 --> 18:02.994 Very well. 18:03.125 --> 18:05.780 Any dissenters? 18:14.223 --> 18:16.182 We are resolved. 18:16.312 --> 18:19.924 Review the facts of the Klingon diaspora, 18:20.055 --> 18:22.362 then choose your positions. 18:22.492 --> 18:25.191 Cadets, I admonish you, 18:25.321 --> 18:29.108 your preparation had better be faultless. 18:29.238 --> 18:31.240 There's been a tragedy. 18:31.371 --> 18:34.113 Don't compound it with ignorance. 18:36.027 --> 18:38.117 I have no news on Jay-Den Kraag's 18:38.247 --> 18:39.857 family yet. I wish I did. 18:39.988 --> 18:41.120 I know that look. 18:41.250 --> 18:43.513 Whatever this is, I'm gonna hate it. 18:43.644 --> 18:45.472 I think the opposite. Take a look. 18:46.777 --> 18:49.563 Command has identified an uninhabited planet 18:49.693 --> 18:51.826 within Federation space: Faan Alpha. 18:51.956 --> 18:55.786 Its geothermal energy matches that of Qo'noS. 18:55.917 --> 18:57.527 A new home, potentially? 18:57.658 --> 18:59.399 Did you bring this to the Klingons? 18:59.529 --> 19:00.791 Oh, yes. 19:00.922 --> 19:03.011 They made it clear that they would rather die 19:03.142 --> 19:05.100 than take Starfleet charity. 19:05.231 --> 19:07.015 But there's one, 19:07.146 --> 19:08.538 their oldest warlord, 19:08.669 --> 19:09.931 Obel Wochak. 19:10.061 --> 19:12.716 You knew him when he was a young diplomat. 19:12.847 --> 19:15.197 He's known to be open to outsiders 19:15.328 --> 19:18.113 as long as it benefits his people. 19:18.244 --> 19:19.549 I thought maybe you'd... 19:19.680 --> 19:22.161 maybe you'd give it a go, given your history. 19:22.291 --> 19:24.511 My history? 19:24.641 --> 19:26.991 It happened decades before you were born, Charlie. 19:27.122 --> 19:28.863 How do you even know about it? 19:28.993 --> 19:30.299 Well, your personnel files. 19:30.430 --> 19:32.867 I've been reading them for the last seven years. 19:32.997 --> 19:34.347 Longer than War and Peace, 19:34.477 --> 19:35.696 - and so much more... - Dramatic? 19:35.826 --> 19:36.784 ...insane. 19:36.914 --> 19:39.178 The plot twists. 19:39.308 --> 19:41.571 Do it for your cadet, Nahla. 19:41.702 --> 19:45.445 At the very least, Obel can help locate Jay-Den's family. 19:46.533 --> 19:47.969 If there is a Klingon 19:48.099 --> 19:51.625 who can see the benefit of Faan Alpha, it's him. 19:54.541 --> 19:56.543 Yeah. 19:57.935 --> 20:00.155 No one can know about this meeting, 20:00.286 --> 20:03.680 or he would risk dishonor from his own 20:03.811 --> 20:05.639 and never come. 20:08.424 --> 20:10.296 Why is he doing this? The last thing 20:10.426 --> 20:14.387 Jay-Den needs is to be on stage, battling against his friends. 20:14.517 --> 20:16.911 Hey. 20:17.041 --> 20:18.956 We were just strategizing. 20:19.087 --> 20:20.654 I'll be arguing the affirmative, 20:20.784 --> 20:22.482 that the Federation should offer the Klingons asylum. 20:22.612 --> 20:24.701 You wanna partner up? 20:25.441 --> 20:27.400 I'm sure The Doctor would approve it, 20:27.530 --> 20:29.358 given everything. 20:30.751 --> 20:32.535 Who else is working as a team? 20:32.666 --> 20:33.623 No one. 20:33.754 --> 20:37.410 But... special circumstances. 20:39.063 --> 20:40.239 Just an offer. 20:40.369 --> 20:42.980 You do not think I can do this myself. 20:43.111 --> 20:44.895 What? No. 20:45.026 --> 20:46.288 Jay-Den, no, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that-- 20:46.419 --> 20:48.203 I do not need to partner with you, 20:48.334 --> 20:49.509 or anyone else. 20:49.639 --> 20:53.339 Jay-Den, Mir is an ass, 20:53.469 --> 20:55.210 but he's the best debater we've got. 20:55.341 --> 20:57.038 Master. Master debater. 20:58.039 --> 20:59.345 - Sorry. - I do not care 20:59.475 --> 21:01.085 who I debate against. 21:01.216 --> 21:03.174 And I am on the negative. 21:03.697 --> 21:07.266 Any plan for Klingon survival should be left to the Klingons. 21:07.396 --> 21:08.876 Wait, wait, wait. Negative? 21:09.006 --> 21:10.530 What, you don't think the Federation's protection 21:10.660 --> 21:13.184 - would help your people? - There is no protection. 21:13.315 --> 21:15.796 Not from loss. 21:15.926 --> 21:17.406 There never can be. 21:33.770 --> 21:36.991 Thar, remember when mother taught us 21:37.121 --> 21:38.819 about the nightbirds. 21:42.475 --> 21:44.433 That was before... 21:47.131 --> 21:48.394 ...you flew away. 21:48.524 --> 21:50.004 Help! He's been hurt! 21:52.441 --> 21:53.486 - What happened? - He tried 21:53.616 --> 21:55.314 to trade for Starfleet technology. 21:55.444 --> 21:56.445 Some kind of regenerator. 21:56.576 --> 21:58.578 The trader stabbed him. 21:58.708 --> 22:01.624 Thar, your blood is black. 22:01.755 --> 22:04.105 The dagger was poisoned, Mother. 22:04.235 --> 22:05.672 You should see the trader. 22:07.935 --> 22:10.459 We need to stop the bleeding. 22:10.590 --> 22:12.243 Is it still there? 22:12.374 --> 22:14.768 The dermal regenerator, is it still at the market? 22:14.898 --> 22:16.117 It can save him. 22:16.247 --> 22:19.816 The tools of the Federation are not for us! 22:23.951 --> 22:25.344 Jay-Den! 22:26.693 --> 22:28.956 Listen to me, brother. 22:31.175 --> 22:33.047 No matter what happens... 22:34.657 --> 22:36.050 ...you are enough 22:36.180 --> 22:38.922 of ev-- everything. 22:39.053 --> 22:40.794 Warrior. 22:42.491 --> 22:43.623 Healer. 22:44.493 --> 22:46.843 Jay-Den, 22:46.974 --> 22:48.845 trust yourself. 22:50.717 --> 22:53.067 Trust. 22:56.984 --> 23:01.902 Trust the stars. 23:43.726 --> 23:47.034 I smell vintage bloodwine. 23:47.164 --> 23:48.514 One might think 23:48.644 --> 23:50.472 you're trying to get on my good side. 23:50.603 --> 23:52.518 Oh, I'm pretty sure I never left. 23:54.955 --> 23:56.347 You managed to get here under the radar. 23:56.478 --> 23:57.653 You had doubts? 23:57.784 --> 23:59.525 Nope. 24:07.794 --> 24:09.360 It is good to see you. 24:09.491 --> 24:12.015 Time has had a light touch, 24:12.146 --> 24:13.930 even for a Lanthanite. 24:14.061 --> 24:15.976 Says the Klingon who's seen a century. 24:18.718 --> 24:21.677 Catch up properly or straight to business? 24:21.808 --> 24:22.722 Business. 24:22.852 --> 24:25.289 Catching up properly... 24:25.420 --> 24:27.074 can only complicate. 24:31.078 --> 24:33.297 That's Faan Alpha. 24:33.428 --> 24:36.649 Virtually identical to Qo'noS in temperature. 24:37.693 --> 24:38.651 Topography-- 24:38.781 --> 24:41.262 Volcanic emission. Nahla... 24:41.392 --> 24:44.570 Only one species I know could build a home there. 24:45.571 --> 24:47.877 Faan Alpha is a charity 24:48.008 --> 24:50.576 the Houses would never accept. 24:50.706 --> 24:52.795 You know who we are. 24:52.926 --> 24:54.493 - Who I am. - Yes. 24:54.623 --> 24:56.364 I'm trying to save you. 24:56.495 --> 24:58.018 Arrogant. 24:59.367 --> 25:00.499 Always. 25:00.629 --> 25:02.718 And there it is. 25:02.849 --> 25:04.111 Mm. 25:04.241 --> 25:06.287 I came here knowing this wouldn't work, 25:06.417 --> 25:10.334 but there are few ways for us to spend time together that... 25:10.465 --> 25:12.162 do not frighten you, Nahla. 25:13.250 --> 25:14.338 I haven't changed. 25:14.469 --> 25:15.949 But I have. 25:16.079 --> 25:18.691 The warrior I knew would have done anything 25:18.821 --> 25:20.649 to ensure the future of his people. 25:20.780 --> 25:23.913 I would have dishonored my people to spare them. 25:24.044 --> 25:25.915 Now... 25:26.046 --> 25:28.918 we have nothing left but our traditions. 25:29.049 --> 25:31.486 Is there... 25:31.617 --> 25:34.228 room to expand tradition? 25:34.358 --> 25:36.839 No more of your word games. 25:36.970 --> 25:39.059 We haven't been drinking long enough. 25:39.189 --> 25:40.800 No games. 25:42.279 --> 25:46.675 I know the Houses consider you their leader. 25:46.806 --> 25:48.808 So many of them have already taken refuge 25:48.938 --> 25:50.636 in Faan Alpha's sector, 25:50.766 --> 25:52.507 in Federation space. 25:52.638 --> 25:56.206 Let us grant them, all of you, asylum on Faan Alpha. 25:56.337 --> 25:58.557 Qo'noS was not granted. 25:58.687 --> 26:00.689 You know this. 26:00.820 --> 26:03.649 Accepting the charity of the Federation is an impossibility. 26:03.779 --> 26:07.348 Our Houses will only unite over conquest. 26:07.478 --> 26:08.784 Conquest, Nahla. 26:08.915 --> 26:12.353 Conquest won't save you from extinction. 26:14.485 --> 26:16.357 And it'll only orphan my cadet. 26:18.054 --> 26:20.883 A Klingon? 26:21.014 --> 26:23.538 - In the Academy? - Yes. 26:23.669 --> 26:26.585 And if his family is still alive, 26:26.715 --> 26:29.109 you're their only chance to stay that way. 26:31.590 --> 26:33.504 Honorable assembly, 26:33.635 --> 26:36.595 I am here to refute-- 26:38.161 --> 26:42.601 My opponent has argued that the Klingon-- 26:43.558 --> 26:45.212 That the Klingon empire-- 26:45.342 --> 26:48.389 You could try losing the notes, memorizing your arguments. 26:48.519 --> 26:52.175 I know, it's extra work, 26:52.306 --> 26:53.960 but it ends up being kind of liberating. 26:54.090 --> 26:56.484 I did not ask for pointers. 26:56.615 --> 26:58.529 But you need them. 26:58.660 --> 27:00.227 You do not determine what I need. 27:00.357 --> 27:02.708 A day ago, you were pouring with sweat in public. 27:02.838 --> 27:04.144 Is this because I offered to partner up? 27:04.274 --> 27:06.015 You were not offering partnership, 27:06.146 --> 27:08.148 you were offering to speak for me. 27:08.278 --> 27:09.671 No. Look, 27:09.802 --> 27:11.630 neither of us are like anyone else here. 27:11.760 --> 27:13.240 We both grew up with nothing, 27:13.370 --> 27:15.155 came here with nothing. 27:15.285 --> 27:16.939 Neither of us has anywhere else to go. 27:17.070 --> 27:19.725 But our sacrifices are not the same. 27:19.855 --> 27:21.422 Yeah, I know. I know. 27:21.552 --> 27:22.902 But we have a kind of orphan... 27:23.032 --> 27:24.468 fraternity thing going on, don't we? 27:24.599 --> 27:26.209 We do not. 27:26.340 --> 27:28.821 We are not brothers. 27:33.782 --> 27:36.176 Is that why it's so important for you to challenge me? 27:36.306 --> 27:37.873 Hmm? 27:38.004 --> 27:39.527 Are you trying to teach me a lesson? 27:39.658 --> 27:40.876 This is not about you. 27:41.007 --> 27:42.878 But if you happen to learn that lesson 27:43.009 --> 27:45.098 in defeat, it will be an added benefit. 27:45.228 --> 27:48.101 I would love to make this nightmare about my people, 27:48.231 --> 27:50.930 but I don't have any people, okay? So you need-- 27:51.060 --> 27:52.496 Correct. 27:52.627 --> 27:55.195 You do not have people. 27:55.325 --> 27:58.502 You regurgitate facts about everything and everyone. 27:58.633 --> 28:00.853 The Klingons, the Orions, the Federation, 28:00.983 --> 28:03.377 but you have no understanding 28:03.507 --> 28:05.945 of what any of that means. 28:25.573 --> 28:26.705 Aah! 28:30.317 --> 28:31.579 Oh! 28:31.710 --> 28:33.494 That was a glorious night! 28:33.624 --> 28:36.192 The cops came. 28:37.716 --> 28:39.935 And then, 28:40.066 --> 28:43.417 I woke up and you weren't there anymore. 28:44.723 --> 28:46.289 You made it clear 28:46.420 --> 28:49.118 this wasn't in the cards for you. 28:49.249 --> 28:51.991 You made it clear you'd never leave your ship. 28:56.082 --> 28:57.736 Hmm. 29:01.000 --> 29:04.307 Tell your cadet I'll look into his House, 29:04.438 --> 29:06.745 see if they survived. 29:07.615 --> 29:09.835 Is that all? 29:10.574 --> 29:14.709 A century later, and you're still surprised 29:14.840 --> 29:17.103 when you don't get what you want. 29:25.241 --> 29:28.767 You always insisted on making everything a fight. 29:28.897 --> 29:30.943 I am Klingon. 29:31.073 --> 29:33.859 The fight is where I live. 29:44.521 --> 29:45.740 ...we're looking for you. 29:47.133 --> 29:49.265 Time to fly your own path. 29:58.318 --> 30:00.581 I made this HurwI' for you. 30:05.804 --> 30:09.546 You will complete the hunt and make your first kill. 30:10.199 --> 30:12.593 You will take your place in the House 30:12.723 --> 30:14.464 and come back a true warrior, 30:14.595 --> 30:16.336 like him. 30:16.466 --> 30:19.426 Have you considered my request, Father? 30:19.556 --> 30:23.125 I could learn valuable skills at Starfleet Academy. 30:23.256 --> 30:26.259 Skills I could have used to heal him. 30:26.389 --> 30:30.350 Federation technology would not have saved your brother. 30:32.700 --> 30:34.963 This is an insult to our family. 30:35.094 --> 30:38.271 This has no place in our House. 30:38.401 --> 30:39.925 You are Klingon! 30:40.055 --> 30:42.144 This trinket? 30:43.929 --> 30:46.627 Starfleet has not bled for you. 30:46.757 --> 30:50.761 Has not put its dreams, its future into you! 30:53.547 --> 30:54.504 The Veqlargh toQ. 30:54.635 --> 30:55.897 A bird of prey. 30:56.028 --> 30:57.290 It is a sign. 30:57.420 --> 30:59.248 Now is your time, son. Now! 31:02.251 --> 31:04.775 Strike now. Prove you are a warrior. 31:04.906 --> 31:06.777 Strike! Strike! 31:06.908 --> 31:09.302 Honor your brother. 31:17.310 --> 31:18.659 I am. 31:21.880 --> 31:25.057 I am honoring him. 31:37.330 --> 31:39.898 No, Father, stop! 31:53.215 --> 31:56.392 These weapons are not for you. 32:03.965 --> 32:06.620 No, no. No, no, no. 32:08.970 --> 32:12.060 No, no. No! No! 32:18.675 --> 32:19.981 Go away. 32:27.684 --> 32:29.643 Look, I'm just here to ask a favor. 32:29.773 --> 32:30.992 Whatever you said to Caleb 32:31.123 --> 32:32.341 has got him stomping around our room now. 32:32.472 --> 32:34.604 He's, like, super pissy with me. 32:34.735 --> 32:35.954 So I'm gonna ask you, 32:36.084 --> 32:37.303 hit me. 32:37.433 --> 32:38.695 What? 32:38.826 --> 32:39.870 Come on. 32:40.001 --> 32:41.568 No, you are insane. 32:41.698 --> 32:43.222 You can pretend you're punching Caleb in the face. 32:43.352 --> 32:44.179 - I do not want to punch-- - We all want 32:44.310 --> 32:45.746 to punch Caleb in the face. 32:45.876 --> 32:47.400 Even Caleb wants to punch himself in the face. 32:47.530 --> 32:50.707 It's a... it's a core tenet of his personality. 32:50.838 --> 32:52.274 Jay-Den. 32:52.405 --> 32:54.755 What are you so scared of? Huh? 32:54.885 --> 32:55.756 Just show me what you got. 32:55.886 --> 32:57.497 Come on. Hit me. 32:57.627 --> 32:59.542 Show me. Come on. 32:59.673 --> 33:02.328 I am not hitting you. 33:02.458 --> 33:05.244 It would be like squashing an insect. 33:09.770 --> 33:11.467 That felt good. 33:11.598 --> 33:12.686 Didn't it? 33:12.816 --> 33:14.949 You know what they teach young fighters 33:15.080 --> 33:18.170 on Khionia when fear takes hold? 33:18.300 --> 33:19.780 Hmm? 33:19.910 --> 33:22.130 Lhyene. 33:23.001 --> 33:25.133 Battle breathing. 33:26.091 --> 33:27.266 Plant your feet. 33:32.836 --> 33:34.664 Trust me. 33:46.111 --> 33:51.029 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 33:51.159 --> 33:55.120 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 33:55.250 --> 33:59.602 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 33:59.733 --> 34:04.129 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 34:04.259 --> 34:08.307 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 34:08.437 --> 34:11.049 - Ah pè K pè... - Ah... pè... K pè... 34:11.179 --> 34:13.268 Ulh pè cha. 34:13.399 --> 34:17.055 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 34:17.185 --> 34:20.362 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 34:20.493 --> 34:23.452 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 34:23.583 --> 34:26.020 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 34:26.151 --> 34:28.414 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 34:28.544 --> 34:30.720 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 34:30.851 --> 34:32.505 Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 34:32.635 --> 34:34.376 Ah pè K pè Ulh pè cha. 34:34.507 --> 34:36.509 - It's your voice. - Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. 34:36.639 --> 34:38.859 - Ah pè K pè Ulh p cha. - It's yours. 34:38.989 --> 34:41.340 Use it. 34:44.952 --> 34:46.780 Honorable assembly. 34:46.910 --> 34:48.608 Yes. 34:49.304 --> 34:52.568 - My opponent has argued... - Mm-hmm. 34:52.699 --> 34:55.528 - ...that the Klingon... - Yes. 34:59.140 --> 35:02.230 ...the-- that the Klingon Empire... 35:03.710 --> 35:05.712 Come on. Come on. 35:06.843 --> 35:08.367 Come on. 35:36.351 --> 35:37.570 Gather round 35:37.700 --> 35:39.485 and take your seats, little zygotes. 35:39.615 --> 35:41.051 It's time to welcome your judge for today's debate, 35:41.182 --> 35:43.924 The Doctor. 35:45.969 --> 35:48.711 Yes! Whoo! 35:48.842 --> 35:50.583 Welcome, all, 35:50.713 --> 35:55.370 to Starfleet Academy's first Aaron Satie debate competition 35:55.501 --> 35:56.980 in over a century. 35:59.853 --> 36:01.507 Yes! 36:04.336 --> 36:09.384 Competitors will challenge each other on a pre-chosen topic 36:09.515 --> 36:12.039 about the Klingon diaspora. 36:12.170 --> 36:14.737 Please be aware that facts 36:14.868 --> 36:16.913 and evidence presented in affirmative 36:17.044 --> 36:20.700 and rebuttal speeches must be accurate and expressed 36:20.830 --> 36:22.267 - in a respectful manner. - You look very bad. 36:22.397 --> 36:24.182 Thanks, Lura. 36:24.312 --> 36:25.792 Disinformation and offensive 36:25.922 --> 36:27.924 - language or behavior... - Are you hungover? 36:28.055 --> 36:29.970 Nope. 36:30.100 --> 36:31.580 I'd also like to remind our audience... 36:31.711 --> 36:35.236 I take it things went badly with Obel Wochak. 36:35.367 --> 36:37.238 - Yep. - And now, 36:37.369 --> 36:39.066 without further ado, 36:39.197 --> 36:44.202 may the most impressive performance become part 36:44.332 --> 36:45.594 of Starfleet history. 36:47.814 --> 36:50.686 Cadet Lythe for the affirmative. 36:50.817 --> 36:53.646 Cadet Reymi for the negative. 36:53.776 --> 36:56.126 The Federation has a moral obligation to provide 36:56.257 --> 36:57.563 security for Klingon Houses. 36:57.693 --> 36:59.478 The Federation has a moral obligation 36:59.608 --> 37:01.610 to the rest of the galaxy to rebuild itself, 37:01.741 --> 37:04.004 with limited post-Burn resources, 37:04.134 --> 37:06.789 unless you're suggesting severe galactic rationing. 37:06.920 --> 37:09.705 An existential crisis outweighs a little belt-tightening. 37:11.446 --> 37:13.100 Cadet Reymi. 37:13.231 --> 37:15.015 WaH-ThA-Kaaaa! 37:16.451 --> 37:18.236 I affirm that the Federation 37:18.366 --> 37:19.976 should moderate armistice negotiations 37:20.107 --> 37:22.414 between the Klingons and their former subjects. 37:22.544 --> 37:24.851 I counter that the Organian Peace Treaty 37:24.981 --> 37:27.245 between the Klingons and the Federation, 37:27.375 --> 37:28.898 - it didn't last. - Inaccurate. 37:29.029 --> 37:32.119 It was superseded by the Khitomer Accords. 37:32.250 --> 37:35.949 Cadet Series Acclimation Mil. 37:36.079 --> 37:37.124 Sam. 37:41.650 --> 37:43.696 Cadets Mir and Kraag. 37:48.570 --> 37:51.747 Cadet Mir for the affirmative. 37:54.184 --> 37:56.752 Cadet Kraag for the negative. 38:10.853 --> 38:13.073 I'm here to affirm the resolution... 38:13.203 --> 38:14.553 that the Federation must provide 38:14.683 --> 38:16.250 and indeed enforce asylum for the Klingons. 38:16.381 --> 38:18.948 My criterion is Federation law. 38:19.079 --> 38:21.734 According to Starfleet Command General Orders and Regulations, 38:21.864 --> 38:23.866 Book 7, 38:23.997 --> 38:26.478 Section 2386, 38:26.608 --> 38:28.436 Paragraph 3434... 38:33.876 --> 38:35.835 ...a core responsibility of its personnel is 38:35.965 --> 38:38.533 to provide aid to any sentient being in need of assistance. 38:38.664 --> 38:40.753 Unless it violates the Prime Directive. Which... 38:40.883 --> 38:44.017 Which, in this case, it does not. 39:07.170 --> 39:09.521 Book 12... 39:10.957 --> 39:14.177 ...Code 2398, 39:14.308 --> 39:17.050 Subsection 89. 39:17.180 --> 39:20.880 "If engaged in diplomatic relations 39:21.010 --> 39:23.970 "with species that are not allies, 39:24.100 --> 39:27.626 "Starfleet officers need not contradict 39:27.756 --> 39:29.541 - alien morality." - There's legal precedent 39:29.671 --> 39:31.934 that amends Code 2398. 39:32.065 --> 39:34.023 Stardate 2314. 39:34.154 --> 39:36.548 The USS Origin saves the Lynd species from extinction 39:36.678 --> 39:37.853 via relocation. 39:37.984 --> 39:40.769 Nonconsensual relocation. 39:40.900 --> 39:42.989 As 2398 does not qualify as-- 39:43.119 --> 39:46.296 It does when a known race is in mortal danger. 39:46.427 --> 39:48.342 Stardate 2289, 39:48.473 --> 39:50.039 Coth v. Farah. 39:54.348 --> 39:56.742 Stardate 2930.8, 39:56.872 --> 39:58.918 Vulcan v. Kah concedes 39:59.048 --> 40:03.401 that mortal danger is a matter of subjective perception. 40:03.531 --> 40:04.750 How many Klingons are left 40:04.880 --> 40:06.621 - in the quadrants, Jay-Den? - Enough 40:06.752 --> 40:08.493 to know that each Klingon matters. 40:08.623 --> 40:11.278 Cadets, refrain from personal comments. 40:11.409 --> 40:12.627 First warning. 40:12.758 --> 40:15.021 Cadet Kraag, your rebuttal. 40:16.239 --> 40:18.024 My criterion 40:18.154 --> 40:20.156 is the Klingons, 40:20.287 --> 40:22.768 in and of themselves. 40:22.898 --> 40:24.770 In the context of this debate, 40:24.900 --> 40:27.642 the Federation and their laws are irrelevant. 40:27.773 --> 40:29.339 To argue otherwise 40:29.470 --> 40:32.865 is to deny Klingons their right to define themselves. 40:32.995 --> 40:35.563 Is that not an existential right? 40:35.694 --> 40:37.696 Without self-definition, 40:37.826 --> 40:39.785 are Klingons Klingons? 40:39.915 --> 40:42.352 And does the Federation require other great peoples 40:42.483 --> 40:44.137 to cease to be 40:44.267 --> 40:47.619 in order to redefine itself after the Burn? 40:47.749 --> 40:51.057 It is not the Federation's advantage 40:51.187 --> 40:55.453 or place to tell the Klingons who they are. 40:55.583 --> 40:57.237 Or yours. 40:59.152 --> 41:00.283 Ever. 41:00.414 --> 41:01.589 Cadet Kraag, 41:01.720 --> 41:03.156 - second warning. - Your argument implies 41:03.286 --> 41:05.201 that all Klingons must feel the same. 41:05.332 --> 41:08.248 It demands Klingons exist as Klingons. 41:08.378 --> 41:10.772 Klingons need to exist. Period. 41:10.903 --> 41:13.079 And we do. As ourselves. 41:13.209 --> 41:14.646 I know a Klingon who has rejected 41:14.776 --> 41:17.866 the isolationism you say defines all Klingons 41:17.997 --> 41:19.825 and now enjoys Federation-provided food, 41:19.955 --> 41:21.391 safety, and resources-- 41:21.522 --> 41:23.481 - As a Klingon. - Cadets, 41:23.611 --> 41:24.873 return to your podiums 41:25.004 --> 41:26.353 - immediately. - You refuse to belong 41:26.484 --> 41:28.094 - to anything, yet you would... - Final warning. 41:28.224 --> 41:30.052 ...define it for those who are willing to die for it. 41:30.183 --> 41:31.880 Isn't that why you left your family? 41:32.011 --> 41:34.013 - Because they were willing-- - You have no idea 41:34.143 --> 41:36.145 - what family means. - And you stabbed your family 41:36.276 --> 41:37.277 - in the back! - Enough! 41:45.807 --> 41:48.331 Both of you, out. 41:48.462 --> 41:49.942 You are done. 42:11.006 --> 42:12.312 Enter. 42:16.229 --> 42:17.665 Cadet Master. 42:17.796 --> 42:21.669 I apologize for my behavior at the debate. 42:21.800 --> 42:23.497 - I do not know what-- - Stop. 42:23.628 --> 42:25.064 At ease, Cadet. 42:40.645 --> 42:44.213 I come from a Jem'Hadar-Klingon family. 42:44.344 --> 42:47.216 Freed Jem'Hadar lineage on my father's side, 42:47.347 --> 42:50.263 Klingon on my mother's. 42:50.393 --> 42:53.135 My Klingon grandparents... 42:53.266 --> 42:55.355 renounced their House 42:55.485 --> 42:58.401 to ride in conquest by the side of the Jem'Hadar. 42:58.532 --> 43:02.275 So I've seen my fair share of brotherly fights. 43:02.405 --> 43:04.582 Hmm, they usually end in broken bones. 43:04.712 --> 43:06.235 This one was quite tame, if you ask me. 43:06.366 --> 43:09.064 Caleb is not my brother. 43:13.721 --> 43:15.636 I've never had the privilege 43:15.767 --> 43:18.204 of being a mentor to a fellow Klingon. 43:19.292 --> 43:20.946 I do not want to... 43:22.338 --> 43:25.254 "...eff it up," as Commander Reno says. 43:25.385 --> 43:28.344 But I regret not trusting my own instincts 43:28.475 --> 43:29.868 and speaking to you, 43:29.998 --> 43:32.305 not as your Starfleet instructor 43:32.435 --> 43:34.481 but as your Klingon elder. 43:34.612 --> 43:38.180 I would have helped you see the Klingon you are, 43:38.311 --> 43:39.617 as all elders should. 43:39.747 --> 43:44.447 But I do not know what Klingon I am. 43:44.578 --> 43:47.320 Or what Starfleet officer. 43:47.450 --> 43:49.801 I dishonored both worlds. 43:49.931 --> 43:51.977 The last day with my House, 43:52.107 --> 43:55.458 my father and I went hunting together. 43:56.198 --> 43:59.288 It was my family's rite of passage. 43:59.419 --> 44:01.595 You become a warrior 44:01.726 --> 44:03.902 after your first kill. 44:04.685 --> 44:07.383 I-I could not do it. 44:07.514 --> 44:09.385 I caused my father 44:09.516 --> 44:11.344 such anger, 44:11.474 --> 44:13.128 he missed the kill shot... 44:17.132 --> 44:19.221 ...and abandoned the hunt. 44:19.352 --> 44:21.528 He left me. 44:21.659 --> 44:24.052 They all left. 44:24.183 --> 44:26.315 Mother and Fathers. 44:29.449 --> 44:30.929 Come back! 44:32.495 --> 44:33.453 Come back! 44:38.980 --> 44:41.940 There are only a few things I know to be true. 44:43.202 --> 44:44.725 One of them is 44:44.856 --> 44:47.815 Klingons do not miss out of anger. 44:48.729 --> 44:50.209 I do not understand. 44:50.339 --> 44:52.690 A hunt is a battle. 44:52.820 --> 44:54.474 Rage... 44:54.604 --> 44:57.564 makes our kills more satisfying. 44:57.695 --> 45:00.132 Unless... 45:01.046 --> 45:02.830 ...we find an opponent 45:02.961 --> 45:05.311 who humbles us. 45:05.441 --> 45:07.879 I believe your father honored the hunt 45:08.009 --> 45:09.881 the only way he knew how-- 45:10.011 --> 45:12.840 by recognizing your victory... 45:14.146 --> 45:17.105 ...and setting you free 45:17.236 --> 45:19.891 so that you could fly. 45:23.285 --> 45:26.114 Your father missed his shot 45:26.245 --> 45:27.420 to let you go. 45:32.251 --> 45:34.514 He saw you for who you are. 45:38.953 --> 45:41.216 A Klingon warrior... 45:42.261 --> 45:45.220 ...whose passion for death... 45:47.570 --> 45:50.399 ...is surpassed only by his passion for life. 45:52.575 --> 45:56.275 Now you must see yourself 45:56.405 --> 45:57.842 as he did. 45:57.972 --> 46:00.148 And as your brother did. 46:00.279 --> 46:02.629 A warrior not with weapons 46:02.760 --> 46:04.283 but words. 46:09.244 --> 46:11.725 How does any of this matter 46:11.856 --> 46:14.989 if there's no hope for any of us? 46:15.120 --> 46:17.339 There is a planet. 46:17.470 --> 46:19.037 A new Qo'noS. 46:19.167 --> 46:22.344 The Federation wants to gift it to our people. 46:22.475 --> 46:25.783 But I do not have to tell you how that offer... 46:25.913 --> 46:27.959 landed. 46:34.095 --> 46:37.142 Get me back on that debate stage. 46:54.550 --> 46:57.162 I am a Klingon warrior. 46:59.468 --> 47:01.253 I learned that here. 47:03.255 --> 47:07.389 That is not a simple thing to say. 47:08.129 --> 47:12.003 My opponent has offered some valid points 47:12.133 --> 47:14.657 as to why the Federation should compel 47:14.788 --> 47:17.225 the Klingons to accept asylum. 47:17.356 --> 47:20.620 It is the Federation after all. 47:20.750 --> 47:25.277 But the Federation stops being the Federation 47:25.407 --> 47:29.803 if it insists Klingons stop being Klingons. 47:29.934 --> 47:32.893 These are not mutually exclusive. 47:33.024 --> 47:35.330 Both exist in me. 47:35.461 --> 47:37.463 I exist as both, 47:37.593 --> 47:39.595 on my own terms. 47:40.292 --> 47:44.339 Now it is time we meet Klingons on theirs. 47:47.081 --> 47:51.651 Our culture was born in myth. 47:52.347 --> 47:58.005 My father made us memorize the story of Kahless, 47:58.136 --> 48:00.573 who gave us our laws of honor 48:00.703 --> 48:03.750 and our home of Qo'noS. 48:03.881 --> 48:09.277 Warriors everywhere laid their weapons at his feet. 48:09.408 --> 48:11.323 My brother, 48:11.453 --> 48:15.066 he understood the full expanse 48:15.196 --> 48:19.418 of the myth of Kahless. 48:22.160 --> 48:25.163 He always did. 48:27.992 --> 48:30.255 I did not. 48:36.696 --> 48:39.438 I could not. 48:49.709 --> 48:51.363 Until now. 48:51.493 --> 48:56.368 Battle exists in as many forms as there are warriors, 48:56.498 --> 49:00.546 as long as it is fought in service of our people. 49:00.676 --> 49:05.638 Battle is the language we use to honor each other. 49:05.768 --> 49:10.948 It is the way we first became one. 49:11.557 --> 49:15.604 The Federation would do better to humble themselves 49:15.735 --> 49:20.958 and learn to hear our language as it is spoken. 49:21.088 --> 49:25.875 Therefore, I suggest a Klingon solution 49:26.006 --> 49:28.748 to a Klingon problem. 49:48.724 --> 49:51.466 Cadet Kraag has arrived, Captain Ake. 49:59.648 --> 50:01.389 Welcome to the bridge, 50:01.520 --> 50:02.564 Cadet Kraag. 50:02.695 --> 50:03.696 Captain, 50:03.826 --> 50:06.481 what if I'm wrong 50:06.612 --> 50:09.223 and I have convinced everyone to take advice 50:09.354 --> 50:12.052 from a cadet with no battle experience? 50:12.183 --> 50:15.099 The Federation thinks it's worth the risk. 50:15.229 --> 50:16.709 No matter how this ends, 50:16.839 --> 50:19.233 you brought us here. 50:19.364 --> 50:21.496 That means everything. 50:21.627 --> 50:23.194 Come with me. 50:24.064 --> 50:25.935 Lieutenant Dandrid, 50:26.066 --> 50:27.111 get us out of warp. 50:27.241 --> 50:29.200 Aye, Captain. 50:29.330 --> 50:31.419 Comms, stand by to hail General Wochak. 50:31.550 --> 50:33.552 It's time to meet an old foe. 50:34.509 --> 50:37.295 May the Klingon gods help us. 50:43.344 --> 50:45.738 Why have you called me here, Nahla? 50:45.868 --> 50:47.218 General Wochak, 50:47.348 --> 50:49.959 Klingon ships have taken refuge in this sector. 50:50.090 --> 50:51.700 They have trespassed 50:51.831 --> 50:53.789 Federation space and have threatened 50:53.920 --> 50:58.011 the security of our planet, Faan Alpha. 50:58.142 --> 51:02.059 The Federation has no choice but to declare any Klingon ship 51:02.189 --> 51:04.191 an enemy vessel. 51:05.062 --> 51:06.846 I see. 51:08.935 --> 51:13.244 Do you dare to declare war on all Klingon Houses? 51:13.374 --> 51:16.247 Fight with me, Obel. 51:18.597 --> 51:21.295 Our Starfleet vessels are arriving now. 51:22.209 --> 51:24.081 - USS Capricorn. - USS Crimson. 51:24.211 --> 51:26.822 - USS Horizon. - USS Lexington. 51:26.953 --> 51:29.347 And USS Riker. We are in position 51:29.477 --> 51:31.871 and ready for your command, Captain Ake. 51:32.001 --> 51:34.482 The Klingon fleet is warping in now. 51:48.322 --> 51:51.108 Let's go to Red Alert. 51:51.238 --> 51:52.761 Lieutenant Ya, tell our folks 51:52.892 --> 51:54.763 to put on a good show, but make sure they miss wide. 51:54.894 --> 51:56.374 Aye. 51:56.504 --> 51:58.463 Captain, incoming fire from the Klingons. 51:58.593 --> 52:00.117 Qapla'! 52:13.086 --> 52:14.566 Status report? 52:14.696 --> 52:16.698 Shields holding at 95%, Captain. 52:16.829 --> 52:18.570 No structural damage. 52:35.717 --> 52:38.067 All Starfleet vessels, hold fire. 52:38.198 --> 52:39.982 Repeat, hold fire. 52:40.113 --> 52:42.246 It's time to stand down. 52:45.901 --> 52:50.819 We seize this planet as spoils of war. 53:11.797 --> 53:13.581 On behalf of the Federation, 53:13.712 --> 53:16.323 we offer you complete surrender. 53:16.454 --> 53:20.109 Faan Alpha is now Klingon. 53:20.240 --> 53:22.677 Your ships have showed ours mercy. 53:22.808 --> 53:24.853 For that, there are no casualties. 53:24.984 --> 53:26.986 On both sides, it seems. 53:28.901 --> 53:30.381 Good fight. 53:31.251 --> 53:32.731 My pleasure. 53:35.821 --> 53:36.909 Come here, boy. 53:41.696 --> 53:43.611 I have a special gift for you. 53:43.742 --> 53:45.918 Permission to beam it aboard? 53:55.232 --> 53:57.973 I honor you, Jay-Den Kraag 53:58.104 --> 54:01.847 with a weapon of a true Klingon warrior. 54:04.850 --> 54:06.199 One more thing. 54:06.330 --> 54:07.940 We located your parents. 54:14.729 --> 54:17.166 They survived? 54:17.297 --> 54:21.301 Yes. They are safe now. 54:21.432 --> 54:23.825 And the Klingon Houses have a new home 54:23.956 --> 54:26.045 thanks to you. 54:40.320 --> 54:42.409 So, how's the famous warrior stew? 54:43.802 --> 54:46.587 Spicy. 55:07.521 --> 55:09.958 - How did you even know? - I had some help 55:10.089 --> 55:14.702 from a Khionian who stopped being a dick for a day. 55:16.661 --> 55:21.100 It was a gift from my brother Thar. 55:25.365 --> 55:27.193 I am sorry. 55:27.324 --> 55:31.545 You two are alike. 55:32.241 --> 55:36.855 I did not think both of you could live in-in my heart. 55:38.335 --> 55:42.121 I believed I had to let him go. 55:42.774 --> 55:45.342 I've never been good at letting go. 55:45.994 --> 55:48.954 You asked me why I hoard Earth food. 55:50.782 --> 55:53.611 My mom promised me we'd try it together someday. 55:57.049 --> 56:00.008 She's-- I don't know. 56:00.139 --> 56:03.185 She's with me... 56:03.316 --> 56:05.492 all the time. 56:06.667 --> 56:08.190 The memories of her just... 56:08.321 --> 56:10.323 hit me, 56:10.454 --> 56:13.326 and I have to drown them out somehow. 56:13.457 --> 56:15.372 So I start shit. 56:17.548 --> 56:20.899 And I can be an asshole sometimes. 56:25.120 --> 56:26.905 I'm sorry, too. 56:30.125 --> 56:35.783 Maybe the trick is not to let go of the past, 56:35.914 --> 56:38.090 but to let the present in. 56:48.056 --> 56:51.103 After 120 years, 56:51.233 --> 56:53.192 we are recruiting again. 56:53.322 --> 56:55.542 At Starfleet Academy, 56:55.673 --> 56:58.937 it's time to fly your own path. 56:59.067 --> 57:04.203 Leading diplomatic missions, providing medical aid. 57:04.333 --> 57:07.554 If you're looking for us, we're looking for you, 57:07.685 --> 57:10.427 at Starfleet Academy. 57:15.823 --> 57:18.913 Captioning sponsored by CBS 57:19.044 --> 57:21.916 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org