WEBVTT 00:00:30.296 --> 00:00:31.997 align:center Hello? 00:00:31.998 --> 00:00:34.200 align:center Are you out there? 00:00:35.168 --> 00:00:37.069 align:center Are you listening? 00:00:37.070 --> 00:00:40.739 align:center I hope so because you're the only person 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:44.910 align:center who could possibly understand my crazy story. 00:00:48.648 --> 00:00:50.583 align:center ♪ Let's go ♪ 00:00:51.351 --> 00:00:53.385 align:center ♪ Ladies and gentlemen ♪ 00:00:53.386 --> 00:00:55.889 align:center ♪ Let's begin ♪ 00:00:57.624 --> 00:00:58.991 align:center ♪ Whoo! ♪ 00:00:58.992 --> 00:01:01.126 align:center It all started a week ago. 00:01:01.127 --> 00:01:04.096 align:center But wait, before I can tell you what happened, 00:01:04.097 --> 00:01:06.232 align:center let's start with some context. 00:01:07.167 --> 00:01:09.234 align:center In the last thousand years, 00:01:09.235 --> 00:01:12.037 align:center the Federation has encountered 00:01:12.038 --> 00:01:16.075 align:center 4,633 sentient species. 00:01:19.345 --> 00:01:22.682 align:center That's over 37 trillion individuals. 00:01:23.750 --> 00:01:28.754 align:center In all those life-forms, there's only ever been one me. 00:01:28.755 --> 00:01:30.422 align:center One Series Acclimation Mil. 00:01:30.423 --> 00:01:32.425 align:center One Sam. 00:01:34.027 --> 00:01:36.261 align:center ♪ Ladies and gentlemen ♪ 00:01:36.262 --> 00:01:38.263 align:center ♪ Let's go ♪ 00:01:38.264 --> 00:01:40.467 align:center Isn't that amazing? 00:01:41.434 --> 00:01:42.901 align:center ♪ Let's begin ♪ 00:01:42.902 --> 00:01:45.504 align:center In all space and time, I'm unique. 00:01:45.505 --> 00:01:47.272 align:center ♪ Whoo! ♪ 00:01:47.273 --> 00:01:49.109 align:center ♪ Let's begin. ♪ 00:01:49.909 --> 00:01:52.277 align:center I was created 217 days ago 00:01:52.278 --> 00:01:53.912 align:center on a world called Kasq and I'm the only 00:01:53.913 --> 00:01:55.682 align:center photonic cadet at the Academy. 00:01:58.918 --> 00:01:59.952 align:center - Hey, Sam. - Hi. 00:01:59.953 --> 00:02:01.120 align:center - Sammenhammer. - Ah! 00:02:01.121 --> 00:02:02.788 align:center - Samurai. - Genesis. 00:02:02.789 --> 00:02:04.089 align:center Samburger. 00:02:04.090 --> 00:02:05.958 align:center - Jay-Den. - Samerooni. 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:07.293 align:center Darem. 00:02:08.328 --> 00:02:11.230 align:center I've been greeted by some version of my name 00:02:11.231 --> 00:02:13.098 align:center 684 times 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:15.601 align:center in the 97 days that I've been here. 00:02:15.602 --> 00:02:17.904 align:center Queen Sam Samallina. 00:02:19.239 --> 00:02:21.006 align:center Of Samonita. 00:02:32.118 --> 00:02:33.652 align:center That's my favorite. 00:02:33.653 --> 00:02:36.856 align:center I am Kasq's future emissary to the Federation. 00:02:40.927 --> 00:02:42.661 align:center Which, as you know, is a really big job 00:02:42.662 --> 00:02:44.631 align:center made up of lots of smaller jobs. 00:02:45.431 --> 00:02:47.533 align:center Maintaining peace, 00:02:47.534 --> 00:02:49.835 align:center diplomatic relations, 00:02:49.836 --> 00:02:52.004 align:center resolving conflicts. 00:02:52.005 --> 00:02:53.972 align:center - Oh! - Being an emissary is hard. 00:02:53.973 --> 00:02:56.808 align:center And from what I can tell, it doesn't always go so well. 00:02:56.809 --> 00:02:59.178 align:center Like right now, one of my main jobs 00:02:59.179 --> 00:03:01.447 align:center is to explain organics to my Makers. 00:03:03.583 --> 00:03:06.351 align:center But that's not always so easy. 00:03:06.352 --> 00:03:08.086 align:center Look. 00:03:08.087 --> 00:03:10.689 align:center My Makers are photonics like me, 00:03:10.690 --> 00:03:12.491 align:center but they've never left our world. 00:03:12.492 --> 00:03:14.426 align:center Priority One Mission, my dude. 00:03:14.427 --> 00:03:16.295 align:center So they need me to explain 00:03:16.296 --> 00:03:18.197 align:center everything about organics: 00:03:18.198 --> 00:03:20.899 align:center the concept of food, what Starfleet is and why 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:23.869 align:center cadets never refuse Priority One Missions, 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:25.871 align:center even if they really should. 00:03:25.872 --> 00:03:28.974 align:center Do it, do it, do it. 00:03:28.975 --> 00:03:30.342 align:center Do it... 00:03:30.343 --> 00:03:33.913 align:center Darem hates bananas. 00:03:35.949 --> 00:03:38.317 align:center He's a Khionian. 00:03:38.318 --> 00:03:40.185 align:center His species overproduces 00:03:40.186 --> 00:03:42.654 align:center polyphenol oxidase causing high-potassium foods 00:03:42.655 --> 00:03:45.424 align:center to rot the minute they are ingested. 00:03:45.425 --> 00:03:46.925 align:center Show the doctor. Open. Yeah. Oh. 00:03:46.926 --> 00:03:48.927 align:center He knows this, 00:03:48.928 --> 00:03:50.562 align:center and yet he still 00:03:50.563 --> 00:03:54.400 align:center never checks to make sure the hash is banana-free. 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.574 align:center Oh, also? 00:04:02.575 --> 00:04:05.077 align:center Khionians vomit glitter. 00:04:07.513 --> 00:04:08.914 align:center As I was saying, 00:04:08.915 --> 00:04:10.682 align:center my Makers need me to explain 00:04:10.683 --> 00:04:12.951 align:center everything about organics. 00:04:12.952 --> 00:04:14.353 align:center Problem is... 00:04:14.354 --> 00:04:16.788 align:center organics are chaotic, 00:04:16.789 --> 00:04:18.490 align:center complex and... 00:04:18.491 --> 00:04:21.761 align:center unpredictable. 00:04:22.562 --> 00:04:25.197 align:center Series Acclimation Mil. 00:04:25.198 --> 00:04:26.465 align:center Oh. 00:04:26.466 --> 00:04:27.766 align:center Hi. 00:04:27.767 --> 00:04:29.935 align:center These are the guys I was talking about. 00:04:29.936 --> 00:04:32.137 align:center We are contacting you for a report. 00:04:32.138 --> 00:04:34.673 align:center These are my Makers. 00:04:34.674 --> 00:04:37.376 align:center Every week, I report to them on what I've been learning here. 00:04:37.377 --> 00:04:40.279 align:center And last week, they started with this. 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:41.680 align:center Please explain the purpose 00:04:41.681 --> 00:04:43.548 align:center of your recent course selection. 00:04:43.549 --> 00:04:46.118 align:center Oh, I bet I know what this is about. 00:04:46.119 --> 00:04:48.688 align:center Is it about my music elective? 00:04:52.992 --> 00:04:55.394 align:center A little background: organics created 00:04:55.395 --> 00:04:58.797 align:center my species a long time ago, but only saw us as servants. 00:04:58.798 --> 00:05:00.732 align:center Not good. 00:05:00.733 --> 00:05:03.568 align:center After they left, my Makers became sentient, 00:05:03.569 --> 00:05:05.137 align:center built a society, 00:05:05.138 --> 00:05:06.972 align:center and now they want to connect with other species, 00:05:06.973 --> 00:05:09.308 align:center which would be good, but they're afraid 00:05:09.309 --> 00:05:11.243 align:center organics might try to use us again, 00:05:11.244 --> 00:05:12.844 align:center which would be bad. 00:05:12.845 --> 00:05:14.780 align:center Can we trust organics? 00:05:14.781 --> 00:05:16.983 align:center That's what I'm here to find out. 00:05:18.318 --> 00:05:21.219 align:center Can I ask why you chose to learn the theremin, Sam? 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:23.789 align:center Well, for one... 00:05:23.790 --> 00:05:25.223 align:center music! 00:05:25.224 --> 00:05:26.825 align:center What's not to love? 00:05:26.826 --> 00:05:29.961 align:center And two, electromagnetic fields creating sound 00:05:29.962 --> 00:05:32.631 align:center through the principles of capacitance and heterodyning 00:05:32.632 --> 00:05:35.100 align:center just seemed cool. 00:05:35.101 --> 00:05:37.202 align:center That's all? 00:05:37.203 --> 00:05:40.172 align:center Surely there's a deeper meaning for you? 00:05:40.173 --> 00:05:41.373 align:center Yeah, for sure. 00:05:41.374 --> 00:05:43.008 align:center Of capacitance or heterodyning? 00:05:43.009 --> 00:05:46.179 align:center I'm asking you what the music makes you feel. 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:51.049 align:center What you feel is irrelevant to your mission. 00:05:51.050 --> 00:05:53.185 align:center But I thought my mission 00:05:53.186 --> 00:05:56.955 align:center was to understand organics so I can explain them to you. 00:05:56.956 --> 00:05:58.490 align:center Music will not help us 00:05:58.491 --> 00:06:00.025 align:center know that we will be safe 00:06:00.026 --> 00:06:01.693 align:center to open our world to them. 00:06:01.694 --> 00:06:04.896 align:center Trust me, I'm all in on the mission. 00:06:04.897 --> 00:06:06.732 align:center I'm just... 00:06:06.733 --> 00:06:09.935 align:center struggling with some of their intangible behaviors. 00:06:09.936 --> 00:06:12.637 align:center Define "intangible organic behavior." 00:06:12.638 --> 00:06:15.307 align:center Uh, this morning, for instance... 00:06:15.308 --> 00:06:18.577 align:center Darem just decided we can't share the atrium. 00:06:18.578 --> 00:06:21.213 align:center They were having something called a "turf war" 00:06:21.214 --> 00:06:22.614 align:center between us and the War College. 00:06:22.615 --> 00:06:23.916 align:center Primitive. 00:06:25.518 --> 00:06:27.719 align:center As long as you are infesting 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:29.554 align:center our vastly superior classrooms-- 00:06:29.555 --> 00:06:32.391 align:center Because your stupid talking plants ruined our tech lab. 00:06:32.392 --> 00:06:34.760 align:center Your failure to anticipate our stupid 00:06:34.761 --> 00:06:37.396 align:center talking plants ruined your tech labs, therefore, 00:06:37.397 --> 00:06:39.498 align:center you stay on your side of the atrium, 00:06:39.499 --> 00:06:41.666 align:center lest your ineffectiveness becomes contagious. 00:06:41.667 --> 00:06:43.568 align:center - Oh-- - Okay? You cannot do that. 00:06:46.372 --> 00:06:47.840 align:center Jay-Den! 00:06:49.976 --> 00:06:51.143 align:center You're in a no-fly zone. 00:06:51.144 --> 00:06:52.445 align:center Look, huh? 00:06:53.413 --> 00:06:55.281 align:center Cute. 00:06:58.851 --> 00:07:00.119 align:center Professor, I-- 00:07:03.222 --> 00:07:05.223 align:center Or another example: 00:07:05.224 --> 00:07:07.459 align:center organics have this thing called 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:09.529 align:center "desire." 00:07:10.363 --> 00:07:11.730 align:center Pupil dilation, 00:07:11.731 --> 00:07:13.365 align:center elevated body temperature, 00:07:13.366 --> 00:07:15.400 align:center increased blood flow to the face... 00:07:15.401 --> 00:07:17.135 align:center and other areas. 00:07:17.136 --> 00:07:20.238 align:center All physical indications of that desire, but... 00:07:20.239 --> 00:07:22.474 align:center they won't even talk to each other. 00:07:22.475 --> 00:07:24.443 align:center Have you engaged in direct inquiries? 00:07:24.444 --> 00:07:26.778 align:center As a matter of fact, I have. 00:07:26.779 --> 00:07:28.513 align:center Are you ashamed to ask for sex? 00:07:30.817 --> 00:07:32.617 align:center - What? - Is that why 00:07:32.618 --> 00:07:34.085 align:center you hide your desire? 00:07:34.086 --> 00:07:36.555 align:center Do you just walk the halls asking people this stuff? 00:07:36.556 --> 00:07:38.757 align:center Your interest is very obvious. 00:07:38.758 --> 00:07:41.726 align:center Yeah, but... in a cool way, right? 00:07:41.727 --> 00:07:43.195 align:center No, it's not. 00:07:43.196 --> 00:07:44.796 align:center Does he think that? 00:07:44.797 --> 00:07:47.098 align:center - Anyway, things are a little... - Complicated, you know, 00:07:47.099 --> 00:07:49.468 align:center between our schools right now, so I'm just... 00:07:49.469 --> 00:07:51.536 align:center - keeping a low profile. - Keeping a low profile. 00:07:51.537 --> 00:07:54.973 align:center But your pheromones? 00:07:57.877 --> 00:08:00.146 align:center Get out of my face. 00:08:01.080 --> 00:08:03.748 align:center Do you see what I'm talking about? 00:08:03.749 --> 00:08:05.417 align:center If they can't explain themselves, 00:08:05.418 --> 00:08:06.685 align:center how am I supposed to? 00:08:06.686 --> 00:08:08.119 align:center The Academy offers 00:08:08.120 --> 00:08:10.121 align:center an advanced seminar entitled: 00:08:10.122 --> 00:08:12.858 align:center "Confronting the Unexplainable." 00:08:12.859 --> 00:08:15.994 align:center We believe you will find all the answers to your questions 00:08:15.995 --> 00:08:18.663 align:center in this course. Enroll immediately. 00:08:18.664 --> 00:08:20.632 align:center The semester's nearly over. 00:08:22.602 --> 00:08:24.903 align:center A-Absolutely. Right away. 00:08:24.904 --> 00:08:26.838 align:center I won't let you down. 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:29.708 align:center - At the time... - Oh. 00:08:29.709 --> 00:08:32.378 align:center ...I was so frustrated. 00:08:33.179 --> 00:08:35.413 align:center But they did start me on the path 00:08:35.414 --> 00:08:38.251 align:center that changed my life. 00:09:05.811 --> 00:09:08.246 align:center Another emissary. 00:09:08.247 --> 00:09:10.216 align:center Like me. 00:09:11.417 --> 00:09:13.685 align:center Pretty wild stuff, huh? 00:09:13.686 --> 00:09:15.387 align:center Hi. Professor Illa? 00:09:15.388 --> 00:09:16.721 align:center I'm Sam from Kasq. 00:09:16.722 --> 00:09:18.823 align:center I must enroll in your class because I need 00:09:18.824 --> 00:09:21.426 align:center to explain the unexplainable this semester. 00:09:21.427 --> 00:09:22.894 align:center Ah. 00:09:22.895 --> 00:09:24.396 align:center Ambitious. 00:09:24.397 --> 00:09:26.531 align:center But it is midterms, you've missed a ton of-- 00:09:26.532 --> 00:09:27.799 align:center I can make them up. 00:09:27.800 --> 00:09:29.801 align:center - I process data instantly. - I'm sorry. 00:09:29.802 --> 00:09:32.103 align:center - Maybe next year. - It's just... 00:09:32.104 --> 00:09:33.338 align:center I have a duty. 00:09:33.339 --> 00:09:34.573 align:center To Kasq. 00:09:34.574 --> 00:09:36.409 align:center This can be my midterm project. 00:09:37.843 --> 00:09:39.511 align:center Solving the mystery of Benjamin Sisko. 00:09:39.512 --> 00:09:41.180 align:center Okay, let's back up. 00:09:41.948 --> 00:09:45.417 align:center Benjamin Sisko was a renowned Starfleet captain, 00:09:45.418 --> 00:09:47.586 align:center instrumental in ending the Dominion War, 00:09:47.587 --> 00:09:49.487 align:center where he saved billions of lives. 00:09:49.488 --> 00:09:52.157 align:center Oh, and he also discovered late in life 00:09:52.158 --> 00:09:54.526 align:center that he was created by godlike aliens 00:09:54.527 --> 00:09:57.162 align:center and wasn't entirely human. 00:09:57.163 --> 00:09:59.331 align:center What I'm saying is... 00:09:59.332 --> 00:10:01.766 align:center there's a lot here. 00:10:01.767 --> 00:10:03.935 align:center Like, a lot. 00:10:03.936 --> 00:10:06.137 align:center Solving the mystery isn't why we study him. 00:10:06.138 --> 00:10:07.806 align:center Can it be why I study him? 00:10:07.807 --> 00:10:10.209 align:center I've never known another emissary. 00:10:11.711 --> 00:10:12.978 align:center Hmm. 00:10:12.979 --> 00:10:15.246 align:center You don't do well with ambiguity, do you? 00:10:15.247 --> 00:10:16.781 align:center Mm-mm. 00:10:16.782 --> 00:10:18.416 align:center I'll tell you what. 00:10:18.417 --> 00:10:20.919 align:center You solve this mystery... 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:23.122 align:center you can teach the class. 00:10:24.123 --> 00:10:25.958 align:center And that's when I decided... 00:10:26.892 --> 00:10:29.996 align:center ...it's time to figure out what happened to Benjamin Sisko. 00:12:23.843 --> 00:12:25.877 align:center Okay, guys, I need your help 00:12:25.878 --> 00:12:28.213 align:center to figure out what happened to Benjamin Sisko. 00:12:28.214 --> 00:12:30.549 align:center I thought we'd start simple. 00:12:32.251 --> 00:12:34.052 align:center Benjamin Lafayette Sisko 00:12:34.053 --> 00:12:36.855 align:center was a Starfleet captain who commanded Deep Space 9 00:12:36.856 --> 00:12:39.424 align:center near the planet Bajor in the 24th century. 00:12:39.425 --> 00:12:42.494 align:center The Bajorans believed that Sisko was 00:12:42.495 --> 00:12:44.596 align:center the emissary of the Prophets. 00:12:44.597 --> 00:12:47.465 align:center Emissary is a very important job. 00:12:47.466 --> 00:12:49.668 align:center Pause, please. 00:12:51.137 --> 00:12:54.607 align:center Define "Prophets" in this context. 00:12:55.441 --> 00:12:58.109 align:center The Prophets are godlike aliens 00:12:58.110 --> 00:12:59.477 align:center who the Bajorans worshipped, 00:12:59.478 --> 00:13:01.412 align:center who lived in the Celestial Temple. 00:13:01.413 --> 00:13:04.716 align:center Though he was a man of science, and initially skeptical, 00:13:04.717 --> 00:13:06.684 align:center Sisko embraced his role as the emissary, 00:13:06.685 --> 00:13:08.920 align:center rescuing Bajor from countless threats. 00:13:08.921 --> 00:13:11.356 align:center The greatest of which... 00:13:11.357 --> 00:13:12.924 align:center ...were the evil Pagh-Wraiths, 00:13:12.925 --> 00:13:16.394 align:center who were intent on Bajor's total destruction. 00:13:16.395 --> 00:13:18.163 align:center In 2375, 00:13:18.164 --> 00:13:21.833 align:center he confronted them at the Great Fire Caves. 00:13:21.834 --> 00:13:24.402 align:center He was never seen again. 00:13:24.403 --> 00:13:26.471 align:center This is a children's book? 00:13:26.472 --> 00:13:28.306 align:center Damn, Bajoran kids don't play. 00:13:28.307 --> 00:13:30.275 align:center But wait, that's not the end. 00:13:30.276 --> 00:13:33.411 align:center According to Bajoran scripture, Sisko was taken directly 00:13:33.412 --> 00:13:35.380 align:center from the Fire Caves 00:13:35.381 --> 00:13:37.015 align:center to the Celestial Temple, 00:13:37.016 --> 00:13:40.351 align:center where he still lives with the Prophets as a guardian of Bajor. 00:13:40.352 --> 00:13:42.188 align:center So... 00:13:43.622 --> 00:13:46.858 align:center ...what do we think really happened to Benjamin Sisko? 00:13:46.859 --> 00:13:49.828 align:center Well, he must be dead. 00:13:49.829 --> 00:13:51.529 align:center Right? Between the fire 00:13:51.530 --> 00:13:53.698 align:center - and the red guys? - It's wild. 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:56.167 align:center My dad said he was this huge hero back in the day, 00:13:56.168 --> 00:13:57.602 align:center but Starfleet never found a body, 00:13:57.603 --> 00:13:59.237 align:center so they consider him MIA. 00:13:59.238 --> 00:14:01.706 align:center MIA? 800 years later? 00:14:01.707 --> 00:14:03.708 align:center - Come on. - This is my problem. 00:14:03.709 --> 00:14:06.044 align:center I have to prove that he's either dead or still alive 00:14:06.045 --> 00:14:07.879 align:center - with the Prophets. - Why? 00:14:07.880 --> 00:14:10.682 align:center Because I want to be a great emissary like Sisko. 00:14:10.683 --> 00:14:13.618 align:center And to do that, I need to get into this class. 00:14:13.619 --> 00:14:16.721 align:center But this way he's Schrödinger's prophet. 00:14:16.722 --> 00:14:18.489 align:center Everybody wins. 00:14:18.490 --> 00:14:19.858 align:center It's not that deep, Sam. 00:14:19.859 --> 00:14:21.993 align:center Proving that a human either combusted or exists 00:14:21.994 --> 00:14:24.996 align:center on a multidimensional plane with non-corporeal entities 00:14:24.997 --> 00:14:26.164 align:center isn't deep? 00:14:26.165 --> 00:14:27.732 align:center Dude was an emissary, okay? 00:14:27.733 --> 00:14:29.367 align:center Guys like this always end up dead 00:14:29.368 --> 00:14:30.869 align:center for telling people what they don't want to hear 00:14:30.870 --> 00:14:33.204 align:center or for doing crap jobs nobody else will do, 00:14:33.205 --> 00:14:35.406 align:center like taking on those fire things. Either way... 00:14:35.407 --> 00:14:37.408 align:center ...he's dead. 00:14:37.409 --> 00:14:39.577 align:center Unless you ask a Bajoran, who will never admit that 00:14:39.578 --> 00:14:41.312 align:center 'cause then their whole belief system falls apart. 00:14:41.313 --> 00:14:43.147 align:center It's not a mystery. 00:14:43.148 --> 00:14:44.549 align:center It's a story people tell themselves 00:14:44.550 --> 00:14:46.252 align:center to keep the monsters away at night. 00:14:47.253 --> 00:14:49.087 align:center Do not listen to him. 00:14:49.088 --> 00:14:50.855 align:center Do you know any Bajorans? 00:14:50.856 --> 00:14:52.624 align:center No. 00:14:52.625 --> 00:14:54.492 align:center Ooh, I just joined Bajor Club. 00:14:54.493 --> 00:14:55.693 align:center I'm a joiner. 00:14:55.694 --> 00:14:57.696 align:center It's my tragic flaw. 00:15:06.005 --> 00:15:07.105 align:center Welcome. 00:15:07.106 --> 00:15:08.273 align:center Are you of Bajor? 00:15:08.274 --> 00:15:10.074 align:center Thanks. And no, I'm of Kasq. 00:15:10.075 --> 00:15:12.744 align:center I'm doing a project on "The Sisko" and I was hoping 00:15:12.745 --> 00:15:13.979 align:center that maybe you could poss-- 00:15:16.048 --> 00:15:17.615 align:center - Oh, that-that's not-- - Oh. 00:15:17.616 --> 00:15:19.017 align:center I-I'm sorry. 00:15:19.018 --> 00:15:20.485 align:center I-I just assumed that's how you greet new people. 00:15:20.486 --> 00:15:22.720 align:center Uh, your pagh is strong. 00:15:22.721 --> 00:15:24.789 align:center Thanks. Yours, too. 00:15:24.790 --> 00:15:26.190 align:center I'm assuming. 00:15:26.191 --> 00:15:28.593 align:center I'm in a rush, so do you mind if I just...? 00:15:28.594 --> 00:15:29.928 align:center Can someone turn the music down? 00:15:29.929 --> 00:15:31.497 align:center Thank you. 00:15:32.598 --> 00:15:34.265 align:center Can I have everyone's attention? 00:15:34.266 --> 00:15:35.967 align:center Please raise your hand 00:15:35.968 --> 00:15:38.202 align:center if you have spoken to or seen The Sisko 00:15:38.203 --> 00:15:40.071 align:center since he died. 00:15:40.072 --> 00:15:41.773 align:center Or supposedly died. 00:15:41.774 --> 00:15:43.274 align:center Allegedly. I-I know you have 00:15:43.275 --> 00:15:45.944 align:center your scriptures, which are... great. 00:15:45.945 --> 00:15:48.713 align:center I'm just looking for something a little more concrete, 00:15:48.714 --> 00:15:50.581 align:center or, like, evidence-based or... 00:15:50.582 --> 00:15:52.617 align:center something more provable 00:15:52.618 --> 00:15:55.454 align:center that isn't just based on nonsense. 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:02.927 align:center It says here you pulled someone's ear 00:16:02.928 --> 00:16:06.097 align:center and yelled, "Prove to me he's still alive." 00:16:06.098 --> 00:16:07.298 align:center I misread the situation. 00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:09.834 align:center Believe me, not a fatal error. 00:16:09.835 --> 00:16:11.503 align:center Sit. 00:16:12.237 --> 00:16:14.572 align:center When I lived on Bajor, Sisko 00:16:14.573 --> 00:16:16.174 align:center was like a god to them. 00:16:16.175 --> 00:16:19.344 align:center They don't even show images of him anymore because 00:16:19.345 --> 00:16:22.880 align:center they believe he's transcended human form. 00:16:22.881 --> 00:16:25.850 align:center Like a god, like a man, like a prophet. 00:16:25.851 --> 00:16:28.152 align:center People believe all these things are true. 00:16:28.153 --> 00:16:29.754 align:center Maybe they are. 00:16:29.755 --> 00:16:31.489 align:center Questions reveal the most 00:16:31.490 --> 00:16:34.325 align:center about the people who ask them, so keep asking. 00:16:34.326 --> 00:16:36.661 align:center You might learn something about yourself. 00:16:36.662 --> 00:16:38.496 align:center This isn't about me, Chancellor. 00:16:38.497 --> 00:16:39.964 align:center Say more. 00:16:39.965 --> 00:16:43.434 align:center My Makers sent me here to understand organics. 00:16:43.435 --> 00:16:46.537 align:center It's been a long time since they've been around them, 00:16:46.538 --> 00:16:48.806 align:center and it was kind of rough 00:16:48.807 --> 00:16:50.475 align:center for them back then. 00:16:50.476 --> 00:16:52.810 align:center They don't trust you, any of you. 00:16:52.811 --> 00:16:54.312 align:center But they want to, they just need 00:16:54.313 --> 00:16:56.681 align:center to understand how to integrate with organics now. 00:16:56.682 --> 00:16:57.915 align:center And if it's even possible. 00:16:57.916 --> 00:17:00.352 align:center You have a unique circumstance. 00:17:01.186 --> 00:17:04.455 align:center You're here to dream for your entire world. 00:17:04.456 --> 00:17:07.025 align:center Some of our students come to Starfleet Academy 00:17:07.026 --> 00:17:08.760 align:center to live out their own dreams. 00:17:08.761 --> 00:17:10.528 align:center But you're dreaming us up, kid. 00:17:10.529 --> 00:17:13.731 align:center You have to know who you are to do that. 00:17:13.732 --> 00:17:17.236 align:center It's... crucial, actually. 00:17:18.137 --> 00:17:20.471 align:center But how do I do that unless--? 00:17:20.472 --> 00:17:22.640 align:center Captain Ake, you have 00:17:22.641 --> 00:17:24.308 align:center - a message from engineering. - Today is... 00:17:24.309 --> 00:17:26.711 align:center not a lunch day. 00:17:26.712 --> 00:17:28.780 align:center Have you tried the Sisko Museum? 00:17:28.781 --> 00:17:30.815 align:center - Mm-mm. - It's in New Orleans, 00:17:30.816 --> 00:17:33.284 align:center but you can access the exhibits virtually. 00:17:33.285 --> 00:17:36.422 align:center Now I got to go deal with this. 00:17:42.494 --> 00:17:45.196 align:center The Sisko... 00:17:45.197 --> 00:17:47.066 align:center Museum. 00:17:48.567 --> 00:17:49.968 align:center Kelrec? 00:17:51.203 --> 00:17:52.838 align:center Kelrec! 00:17:55.841 --> 00:17:57.443 align:center Care to tell me... 00:17:58.777 --> 00:18:02.313 align:center ...why the entire SFA power grid is down? 00:18:02.314 --> 00:18:04.650 align:center I decline to answer. 00:18:06.151 --> 00:18:09.287 align:center Sorry, am I reading this right? 00:18:09.288 --> 00:18:10.721 align:center You're heating the ocean? 00:18:10.722 --> 00:18:12.156 align:center Just a small lagoon therein. 00:18:12.157 --> 00:18:13.491 align:center Now if you'll excuse me-- 00:18:13.492 --> 00:18:16.094 align:center Using unauthorized alien tech to boil... 00:18:16.095 --> 00:18:18.429 align:center - Gently heat. - ...the Pacific Ocean? 00:18:18.430 --> 00:18:19.965 align:center A small lagoon therein. 00:18:21.033 --> 00:18:23.469 align:center I do not answer to you. 00:18:29.775 --> 00:18:32.376 align:center I'm hosting an important visitor. 00:18:32.377 --> 00:18:34.745 align:center Chancellor Amal, from the planet Alpherat. 00:18:34.746 --> 00:18:35.780 align:center Hot date? 00:18:35.781 --> 00:18:37.382 align:center Explains the sweat. 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:42.019 align:center As you very well know, 00:18:42.020 --> 00:18:44.288 align:center the Alpherati are brilliant military strategists 00:18:44.289 --> 00:18:46.224 align:center with an impressive training academy. 00:18:46.225 --> 00:18:47.925 align:center Chancellor Amal reached out to me 00:18:47.926 --> 00:18:50.394 align:center about a possible collaboration between our institutions. 00:18:50.395 --> 00:18:51.562 align:center Quite an honor. 00:18:51.563 --> 00:18:53.631 align:center And she needs the ocean hot? Why? 00:18:53.632 --> 00:18:55.400 align:center For her fleet of fire eels. 00:18:56.201 --> 00:18:57.301 align:center - Her what? - Sensitive creatures 00:18:57.302 --> 00:18:58.569 align:center who can't handle the cold. 00:18:58.570 --> 00:18:59.904 align:center The Alpherati bring them everywhere 00:18:59.905 --> 00:19:01.839 align:center - for security. - Eels? For security? 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:04.675 align:center What if the chancellor needs protecting on land? 00:19:04.676 --> 00:19:06.177 align:center That's, uh-- 00:19:06.178 --> 00:19:08.647 align:center Uh... 00:19:09.515 --> 00:19:10.781 align:center I don't know. 00:19:10.782 --> 00:19:11.816 align:center Wait. 00:19:11.817 --> 00:19:13.484 align:center You said she reached out to you? 00:19:13.485 --> 00:19:15.553 align:center - Mm-hmm. - The Alpherati never reach out. 00:19:15.554 --> 00:19:18.422 align:center Well, perhaps she's impressed with the War College's success 00:19:18.423 --> 00:19:21.526 align:center despite our recently depleted resources. 00:19:21.527 --> 00:19:23.394 align:center Look, I don't have time for this. 00:19:23.395 --> 00:19:25.830 align:center I have to prepare a traditional Alpherati dinner 00:19:25.831 --> 00:19:27.632 align:center involving something called a Kometa, 00:19:27.633 --> 00:19:29.800 align:center and I still haven't chosen a wine. 00:19:29.801 --> 00:19:31.936 align:center What says "tactical prowess," a Cab 00:19:31.937 --> 00:19:33.971 align:center - or a Pinot Blanc? - Kelrec! 00:19:33.972 --> 00:19:35.506 align:center You're losing it. 00:19:35.507 --> 00:19:37.108 align:center Heating the ocean? 00:19:37.109 --> 00:19:39.143 align:center Making it so my teachers can't do their jobs? 00:19:39.144 --> 00:19:41.846 align:center A medically worrying amount of sweat. 00:19:41.847 --> 00:19:43.114 align:center Sit down. 00:19:43.115 --> 00:19:44.749 align:center Let me make you some tea. 00:19:44.750 --> 00:19:47.585 align:center You wouldn't even know where to begin. 00:19:47.586 --> 00:19:50.955 align:center I've done hundreds of diplomatic dinners. 00:19:50.956 --> 00:19:52.390 align:center You fix my power, 00:19:52.391 --> 00:19:54.593 align:center I'll show you how to wow the chancellor. 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.627 align:center You'll help me? 00:19:56.628 --> 00:19:58.763 align:center Why? 00:19:58.764 --> 00:20:01.499 align:center Goodness of my heart? Brain parasite? 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:03.134 align:center Okay. 00:20:03.135 --> 00:20:06.003 align:center I feel bad about the Vitus Reflux debacle. 00:20:06.004 --> 00:20:08.039 align:center How are those plants, by the way? 00:20:08.040 --> 00:20:09.774 align:center They should be in the off-gassing stage. 00:20:09.775 --> 00:20:14.346 align:center They are fine and I do not wish to discuss the off-gassing. 00:20:15.113 --> 00:20:17.348 align:center Maybe I'm tired of being enemies. 00:20:17.349 --> 00:20:20.618 align:center This animosity isn't good for our cadets, either. 00:20:20.619 --> 00:20:22.320 align:center Have you seen the atrium? 00:20:22.321 --> 00:20:24.388 align:center How can we expect them to coexist, 00:20:24.389 --> 00:20:26.657 align:center when all we see in each other are... 00:20:26.658 --> 00:20:29.228 align:center depleted resources? 00:20:33.265 --> 00:20:35.567 align:center You can trust me. 00:20:44.643 --> 00:20:46.544 align:center Your hand is very sweaty. 00:20:46.545 --> 00:20:48.379 align:center Great! 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:51.749 align:center Dress rehearsal for the Alpherati Soup Ritual tonight. 00:20:51.750 --> 00:20:53.551 align:center Wait, soup? 00:20:53.552 --> 00:20:55.253 align:center 1900 hours, my office. 00:20:55.254 --> 00:20:56.921 align:center I'll fill the other roles. 00:20:56.922 --> 00:20:59.124 align:center What other roles? 00:21:05.731 --> 00:21:07.832 align:center Good morning, fellow travelers. 00:21:07.833 --> 00:21:09.834 align:center Friendly reminder that fitness and stamina assessments 00:21:09.835 --> 00:21:12.503 align:center will begin at 0900 in the gymnasium. 00:21:12.504 --> 00:21:15.941 align:center Caffeine is allowed. Excuses are not. 00:21:17.109 --> 00:21:21.379 align:center Welcome to the virtual access portal 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:24.316 align:center for the Benjamin Sisko Museum. 00:21:26.218 --> 00:21:27.952 align:center Greetings, visitor. 00:21:27.953 --> 00:21:32.424 align:center Here you will learn about the life of the man himself. 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:37.295 align:center Husband, father, 00:21:37.296 --> 00:21:39.497 align:center Starfleet officer, 00:21:39.498 --> 00:21:42.166 align:center and the importance of his role 00:21:42.167 --> 00:21:46.037 align:center as emissary to the Prophets of Bajor. 00:21:46.038 --> 00:21:48.939 align:center "The chosen one"? 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:51.943 align:center Please select your topic of interest. 00:21:54.313 --> 00:21:56.547 align:center The Sisko was created by the Prophets 00:21:56.548 --> 00:22:00.818 align:center to be their emissary to the people of Bajor. 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:04.255 align:center His mother Sarah was both human and prophet, 00:22:04.256 --> 00:22:06.390 align:center so his path was predetermined 00:22:06.391 --> 00:22:09.560 align:center long before he was the emissary. 00:22:09.561 --> 00:22:10.995 align:center So, what, 00:22:10.996 --> 00:22:13.165 align:center we just have to do what we're told? 00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:16.234 align:center No matter what? 00:22:21.606 --> 00:22:23.541 align:center Please approach an item of interest 00:22:23.542 --> 00:22:26.777 align:center to learn more about its importance. 00:22:26.778 --> 00:22:29.880 align:center Benjamin Sisko enjoyed a sport called baseball, 00:22:29.881 --> 00:22:33.250 align:center an ancient Earth game of tactics, strategy 00:22:33.251 --> 00:22:35.454 align:center and athletic prowess. 00:22:37.155 --> 00:22:39.357 align:center This is one of the original Orbs 00:22:39.358 --> 00:22:43.928 align:center gifted by the Prophets to the citizens of Bajor. 00:22:43.929 --> 00:22:47.565 align:center It enabled users to feel connected to the Prophets 00:22:47.566 --> 00:22:49.734 align:center and communicate with them. 00:22:49.735 --> 00:22:53.537 align:center So, kind of like an interdimensional comms badge 00:22:53.538 --> 00:22:56.440 align:center that lets you talk to the Prophets. 00:22:56.441 --> 00:22:59.143 align:center Hmm. 00:22:59.144 --> 00:23:00.745 align:center Worth a shot. 00:23:02.981 --> 00:23:04.148 align:center Dear Sisko. 00:23:04.149 --> 00:23:05.583 align:center The Sisko. 00:23:05.584 --> 00:23:07.986 align:center O Captain, my Captain. 00:23:09.287 --> 00:23:10.788 align:center I am Sam. 00:23:10.789 --> 00:23:13.924 align:center I'm not sure if I'm even allowed to ask you anything, 00:23:13.925 --> 00:23:16.794 align:center but, well, I'm an emissary. 00:23:16.795 --> 00:23:18.296 align:center Like you. 00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:23.201 align:center But I'm failing at it. 00:23:24.002 --> 00:23:25.970 align:center My Makers have been alone for so long, 00:23:25.971 --> 00:23:27.805 align:center they're counting on me to know 00:23:27.806 --> 00:23:29.473 align:center how to communicate with organics. 00:23:29.474 --> 00:23:31.676 align:center To make sure we'll be safe with them. 00:23:32.511 --> 00:23:35.781 align:center How do I become what my Makers need me to be? 00:23:36.515 --> 00:23:41.052 align:center How do I understand the organic experience enough to... 00:23:42.788 --> 00:23:46.491 align:center You can't hear me, can you? 00:24:02.974 --> 00:24:04.775 align:center Here you can learn more 00:24:04.776 --> 00:24:07.546 align:center about Benjamin Sisko's family lineage. 00:24:13.652 --> 00:24:15.686 align:center You were his son. 00:24:15.687 --> 00:24:18.923 align:center Please make your selection from the Starfleet Academy 00:24:18.924 --> 00:24:21.725 align:center lecture series archives. 00:24:21.726 --> 00:24:24.995 align:center What made your father a great emissary? 00:24:24.996 --> 00:24:26.664 align:center That's funny. 00:24:26.665 --> 00:24:30.001 align:center I didn't know him as "the emissary." 00:24:30.802 --> 00:24:33.971 align:center But if you want to know what made him a great man, 00:24:33.972 --> 00:24:35.372 align:center how much time do you got? 00:24:35.373 --> 00:24:38.709 align:center I knew a man that loved baseball, 00:24:38.710 --> 00:24:42.580 align:center a man who would knock out a Q without thinking twice. 00:24:42.581 --> 00:24:48.552 align:center I knew a man who always championed me, 00:24:48.553 --> 00:24:50.554 align:center especially in my writing. 00:24:50.555 --> 00:24:53.624 align:center I know his recipes, his passions, 00:24:53.625 --> 00:24:56.060 align:center and the example he set for me as a father, 00:24:56.061 --> 00:24:59.530 align:center so that when I became a father myself, 00:24:59.531 --> 00:25:04.902 align:center I was able to love my children the way he loved me. 00:25:04.903 --> 00:25:07.204 align:center And teach them how to make a mean gumbo. 00:25:07.205 --> 00:25:12.710 align:center I imagine all of those things made him a good emissary too, 00:25:12.711 --> 00:25:15.279 align:center but you'd have to ask the Prophets about that. 00:25:20.485 --> 00:25:22.787 align:center Wish I could've known you. 00:25:27.826 --> 00:25:29.793 align:center Specialist Krebbs, 00:25:29.794 --> 00:25:31.795 align:center your Talaxian Furfly is now consuming its own fur. 00:25:31.796 --> 00:25:34.965 align:center It's disgusting. Please advise. 00:25:34.966 --> 00:25:36.233 align:center So, this is still happening? 00:25:36.234 --> 00:25:37.801 align:center I've processed every bit 00:25:37.802 --> 00:25:40.471 align:center of factual information about Benjamin Sisko that exists. 00:25:40.472 --> 00:25:41.839 align:center Uh-huh. 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:43.374 align:center But it's not enough to solve this mystery. 00:25:43.375 --> 00:25:45.676 align:center That's intense. And cool. 00:25:45.677 --> 00:25:47.144 align:center - Thank you. - But I did warn you 00:25:47.145 --> 00:25:48.679 align:center - it wasn't solvable. - I still think it is. 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:50.180 align:center But I need to ask you something first. 00:25:50.181 --> 00:25:51.515 align:center - Quickly. - I found a recording 00:25:51.516 --> 00:25:53.117 align:center of his son Jake. 00:25:53.118 --> 00:25:55.619 align:center And here's his dad, one of the greatest emissaries ever, 00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:57.655 align:center but all Jake wanted to do is talk about 00:25:57.656 --> 00:25:59.757 align:center how much his dad loves gumbo. 00:25:59.758 --> 00:26:02.026 align:center Where are you on the tomato debate? 00:26:02.027 --> 00:26:03.594 align:center Well, I don't eat, so it's kind of-- 00:26:03.595 --> 00:26:05.029 align:center To tomato or not to tomato 00:26:05.030 --> 00:26:07.932 align:center is a hot-button issue in gumbo circles. 00:26:07.933 --> 00:26:09.967 align:center For some, it's a necessity. 00:26:09.968 --> 00:26:12.002 align:center - Others claim a sacrilege. - Oh. 00:26:12.003 --> 00:26:13.404 align:center Neither is a fact, 00:26:13.405 --> 00:26:15.372 align:center but people cling hard to their sides. 00:26:15.373 --> 00:26:16.907 align:center - Oh. - Now, Benjamin 00:26:16.908 --> 00:26:19.209 align:center learned to make gumbo at his father's restaurant, 00:26:19.210 --> 00:26:20.778 align:center Sisko's Creole Kitchen. 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:23.681 align:center Considered the tomato such a gumbo staple, 00:26:23.682 --> 00:26:25.349 align:center he grew them in his quarters. 00:26:25.350 --> 00:26:29.954 align:center A choice, one of many, that made him who he was. 00:26:29.955 --> 00:26:33.023 align:center So, you're saying... 00:26:33.024 --> 00:26:37.027 align:center You are not going to solve this mystery with facts alone. 00:26:37.028 --> 00:26:39.530 align:center So, if our choices determine who we are, 00:26:39.531 --> 00:26:42.200 align:center what determines our choices? 00:26:44.302 --> 00:26:47.004 align:center What we love. Tomatoes. 00:26:47.005 --> 00:26:49.873 align:center Tomatoes. And lots of other things. 00:26:49.874 --> 00:26:53.043 align:center One thing the man was not short on was love. 00:26:53.044 --> 00:26:55.312 align:center Yeah. So can I join your class now? 00:26:55.313 --> 00:26:56.381 align:center No. 00:26:57.182 --> 00:27:01.352 align:center Again, I don't eat, but that seemed wrong. 00:27:01.353 --> 00:27:03.355 align:center Hmm. 00:27:10.161 --> 00:27:12.096 align:center Yeah, so I get the solution. It's the equation... 00:27:12.097 --> 00:27:14.698 align:center Need a midterm study break? 00:27:14.699 --> 00:27:16.000 align:center Yeah, I know this stuff anyway. 00:27:16.001 --> 00:27:17.234 align:center Ah... 00:27:17.235 --> 00:27:19.536 align:center What is that? 00:27:19.537 --> 00:27:20.871 align:center It smells amazing. 00:27:20.872 --> 00:27:23.007 align:center - The amazing-est. - Gumbo, 00:27:23.008 --> 00:27:26.243 align:center étouffée, aubergine stew, all from the menu 00:27:26.244 --> 00:27:28.579 align:center at Sisko's family restaurant, which I can't eat, 00:27:28.580 --> 00:27:30.481 align:center so I need you to describe it for me. 00:27:30.482 --> 00:27:34.551 align:center My mouth is on fire, and I never want it to go out. 00:27:34.552 --> 00:27:36.253 align:center It's like crunchy love on a plate. 00:27:36.254 --> 00:27:37.721 align:center Fried dough and sugar are some of the few things 00:27:37.722 --> 00:27:39.990 align:center in life that buy immediate stress relief. 00:27:39.991 --> 00:27:41.191 align:center Gimme, gimme, gimme. 00:27:41.192 --> 00:27:42.760 align:center Mmm. If you give me access 00:27:42.761 --> 00:27:44.194 align:center to your primary system, maybe I can figure out 00:27:44.195 --> 00:27:46.096 align:center - a way for you to taste stuff. - Ooh. 00:27:46.097 --> 00:27:47.532 align:center Okay. 00:27:48.366 --> 00:27:49.566 align:center - Mmm. - Whoo! 00:27:49.567 --> 00:27:50.868 align:center My life is literally changing. 00:27:50.869 --> 00:27:52.503 align:center I mean this strictly as a friend: 00:27:52.504 --> 00:27:54.339 align:center this is incredibly sexy. 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.408 align:center Um... 00:27:57.275 --> 00:27:58.776 align:center Try this. 00:27:58.777 --> 00:28:00.577 align:center - Oh, wow. - Yeah. 00:28:00.578 --> 00:28:01.779 align:center - Like it? - Yeah. 00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:05.149 align:center - Keep. Keep. - Oh. Purple. 00:28:05.150 --> 00:28:07.385 align:center Mm... 00:28:08.787 --> 00:28:11.088 align:center Is that supposed to be a scarf? 00:28:11.089 --> 00:28:12.489 align:center Ooh. 00:28:12.490 --> 00:28:14.492 align:center Um... Okay. 00:28:18.430 --> 00:28:21.632 align:center Why-why do I hear a marching band?! 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:37.448 align:center Give me some time, I'll figure it out. 00:28:37.449 --> 00:28:39.016 align:center Do you want to send it to my PADD? 00:28:39.017 --> 00:28:40.651 align:center Yeah. 00:28:40.652 --> 00:28:43.020 align:center - Is that raktajino? - Yeah. 00:28:43.021 --> 00:28:46.423 align:center Ah, glorious day. Klingons invented it. 00:28:46.424 --> 00:28:48.058 align:center - Leave some for me. - Is it good? 00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:49.728 align:center I-I made some changes. 00:28:50.595 --> 00:28:52.563 align:center Uh, no. 00:28:52.564 --> 00:28:55.699 align:center It's horrendous. I respect that you tried. 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:58.936 align:center Uh, I researched Sisko for you and found something interesting 00:28:58.937 --> 00:29:00.137 align:center - about his son. - Jake? 00:29:00.138 --> 00:29:01.672 align:center Yes. He's a renowned author. 00:29:01.673 --> 00:29:05.008 align:center Rumor is, he was writing a book, Anslem, 00:29:05.009 --> 00:29:07.010 align:center which is Bajoran for "father." 00:29:07.011 --> 00:29:12.216 align:center I know, but no one seems to know if he ever finished it. 00:29:12.217 --> 00:29:14.451 align:center I know a cadet bar where Sisko used to hang out. 00:29:14.452 --> 00:29:17.721 align:center Think he got punched there by a Vulcan once. 00:29:17.722 --> 00:29:18.889 align:center Hold up. 00:29:18.890 --> 00:29:21.225 align:center There's a cadet bar here? 00:29:21.226 --> 00:29:22.460 align:center Kind of. 00:29:25.063 --> 00:29:28.766 align:center Okay, so, The Launching Pad? Long gone. 00:29:28.767 --> 00:29:33.470 align:center But pretty much in the exact same spot is the aptly named... 00:29:33.471 --> 00:29:36.240 align:center Oh, The Academy. I love that place. 00:29:36.241 --> 00:29:38.776 align:center What? It's my first planet. I explore. 00:29:38.777 --> 00:29:40.744 align:center How am I finding out this late that you're cool? 00:29:40.745 --> 00:29:42.646 align:center You want to go? 00:29:42.647 --> 00:29:44.715 align:center It's cadet night every Friday during midterms. 00:29:44.716 --> 00:29:45.916 align:center Priority One Mission? 00:29:45.917 --> 00:29:48.152 align:center - I'm in. - I'm, I'm... 00:29:48.153 --> 00:29:49.653 align:center You know I'm in. 00:29:49.654 --> 00:29:51.822 align:center I am trying to walk in Sisko's footsteps. 00:29:51.823 --> 00:29:54.392 align:center And some of the best footsteps lead to bars. 00:30:00.999 --> 00:30:03.100 align:center Series Acclimation Mil. 00:30:03.101 --> 00:30:06.904 align:center You are not yet enrolled in the seminar we requested. 00:30:06.905 --> 00:30:09.840 align:center That's exactly what I'm trying... Forget it. 00:30:09.841 --> 00:30:13.177 align:center Be advised: if you fail in your mission 00:30:13.178 --> 00:30:15.212 align:center to understand organics, you will be of no use to us. 00:30:15.213 --> 00:30:18.248 align:center You will return to Kasq and all contact with organics 00:30:18.249 --> 00:30:21.585 align:center will cease, forever. 00:30:21.586 --> 00:30:24.454 align:center But you can't just drop me in here 00:30:24.455 --> 00:30:27.524 align:center and expect me to-- these-these organics... 00:30:27.525 --> 00:30:29.960 align:center ...they're my friends. 00:30:29.961 --> 00:30:31.428 align:center They're meaningful to me. 00:30:31.429 --> 00:30:35.033 align:center This is not for you to determine. 00:30:36.434 --> 00:30:38.869 align:center So, either I succeed as your emissary 00:30:38.870 --> 00:30:43.040 align:center or I spend the rest of my existence on Kasq, 00:30:43.041 --> 00:30:44.708 align:center as a failure. 00:30:44.709 --> 00:30:48.745 align:center Away from anyone who cares about me. 00:30:48.746 --> 00:30:50.347 align:center You have one more week 00:30:50.348 --> 00:30:53.283 align:center to demonstrate your value as our emissary 00:30:53.284 --> 00:30:57.689 align:center before we remove you from Starfleet Academy permanently. 00:31:03.995 --> 00:31:05.330 align:center Sam. 00:31:09.467 --> 00:31:11.735 align:center Sam? You okay? 00:31:13.972 --> 00:31:15.739 align:center What happens at bars? 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.941 align:center I would very much like to find out. 00:31:17.942 --> 00:31:20.577 align:center - Tonight. Let's do it. - Yes, she would. 00:31:20.578 --> 00:31:23.414 align:center Mm! 00:31:26.751 --> 00:31:28.719 align:center Welcome to the sacred ritual 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.654 align:center of the Kometa fish. 00:31:30.655 --> 00:31:33.357 align:center We come to the table as strangers, 00:31:33.358 --> 00:31:37.194 align:center but upon leaving, may we find ourselves 00:31:37.195 --> 00:31:39.763 align:center as friends, not foes. 00:31:39.764 --> 00:31:44.501 align:center Uh, is there a third thing we could find ourselves as? 00:31:44.502 --> 00:31:46.570 align:center Uh, I'm gonna need to know 00:31:46.571 --> 00:31:49.172 align:center when we do and don't use these things. 00:31:49.173 --> 00:31:51.875 align:center I must thank you for including me, Nahla. 00:31:51.876 --> 00:31:54.811 align:center The Kometa is one of my favorite customs. 00:31:54.812 --> 00:31:56.546 align:center - And I have never heard of it. - It's been a while 00:31:56.547 --> 00:31:59.883 align:center for me, but everything is written out on our PADDs, 00:31:59.884 --> 00:32:02.019 align:center so it shouldn't be hard. 00:32:02.020 --> 00:32:05.656 align:center I will play Chancellor Amal. 00:32:05.657 --> 00:32:07.824 align:center The Doctor, as our reigning expert, 00:32:07.825 --> 00:32:09.860 align:center is our Kometa Sage. 00:32:09.861 --> 00:32:13.063 align:center He will provide feedback for how the meal is going. 00:32:13.064 --> 00:32:15.532 align:center And Reno, you will play two parts. 00:32:15.533 --> 00:32:20.103 align:center Um, the Secrets Guardian and Sacred Gift Pig. 00:32:20.104 --> 00:32:22.139 align:center A one-woman ensemble. 00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:24.074 align:center Good thing I'm hilarious. 00:32:24.075 --> 00:32:25.876 align:center No, Commander, this is a serious ritual. 00:32:25.877 --> 00:32:29.146 align:center The Alpherati would find any laughter gravely offensive. 00:32:29.147 --> 00:32:31.915 align:center Good news. Kelrec is never funny. 00:32:31.916 --> 00:32:33.383 align:center I possess a biting wit. 00:32:33.384 --> 00:32:35.419 align:center For the Kometa Soup Ritual 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:39.056 align:center to work, it must be a sober affair. 00:32:39.057 --> 00:32:40.624 align:center - Would you stop? - Thank you, Doctor. 00:32:40.625 --> 00:32:44.061 align:center Now, what do you appreciate most 00:32:44.062 --> 00:32:48.231 align:center about your position as chancellor? 00:32:48.232 --> 00:32:50.902 align:center That I answer to no one. 00:32:51.803 --> 00:32:53.503 align:center E-Easy, Kelrec. 00:32:53.504 --> 00:32:54.671 align:center Allies, remember? 00:32:54.672 --> 00:32:56.373 align:center Here's a less loaded question. 00:32:56.374 --> 00:33:00.944 align:center What makes the War College successful? 00:33:00.945 --> 00:33:05.716 align:center Like the Alpherati, I am a very serious individual. 00:33:05.717 --> 00:33:07.250 align:center I believe we succeed by maintaining 00:33:07.251 --> 00:33:10.488 align:center strict academic and military rigor. 00:33:11.622 --> 00:33:13.256 align:center A fine answer. 00:33:13.257 --> 00:33:14.926 align:center And now... 00:33:16.094 --> 00:33:17.829 align:center ...time for soup. 00:33:21.199 --> 00:33:22.366 align:center "Honored guest, 00:33:22.367 --> 00:33:24.034 align:center what..." 00:33:24.035 --> 00:33:26.370 align:center No. 00:33:26.371 --> 00:33:29.439 align:center "Honored guest, what do you fear?" 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:32.476 align:center I suppose I fear... 00:33:32.477 --> 00:33:33.744 align:center Hmm? 00:33:33.745 --> 00:33:36.247 align:center ...letting down those I have sworn to protect. 00:33:37.582 --> 00:33:40.283 align:center "Well done. And now, 00:33:40.284 --> 00:33:44.122 align:center a request from the Gift Pig." 00:33:45.123 --> 00:33:47.424 align:center - Oh, right. I'm the pig. - Mm-hmm. 00:33:47.425 --> 00:33:49.426 align:center Sorry, I think I'm just really thrown 00:33:49.427 --> 00:33:53.463 align:center by the fact that no one has a normal-looking spoon. 00:33:53.464 --> 00:33:54.931 align:center - Hey. - I got it. 00:33:54.932 --> 00:33:57.234 align:center Um, "Your secret is a gift, 00:33:57.235 --> 00:33:58.802 align:center "and your gift 00:33:58.803 --> 00:34:03.507 align:center is asking the chancellor for a secret." 00:34:03.508 --> 00:34:04.809 align:center What? 00:34:06.878 --> 00:34:08.979 align:center Chancellor Amal, 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:11.515 align:center what don't you want me to see? 00:34:11.516 --> 00:34:14.484 align:center I don't want you to see my helping you 00:34:14.485 --> 00:34:19.289 align:center as in any way strategic, but if I'm honest, it is. 00:34:19.290 --> 00:34:21.691 align:center Ah. Honesty. 00:34:21.692 --> 00:34:23.160 align:center How refreshing. 00:34:23.161 --> 00:34:25.897 align:center It tends to pair well with trust. 00:34:26.998 --> 00:34:28.165 align:center What's next? 00:34:28.166 --> 00:34:31.601 align:center My PADD says "a musical performance." 00:34:54.959 --> 00:34:58.695 align:center Hey! Good to see you again. 00:34:58.696 --> 00:35:00.330 align:center Come here. 00:35:00.331 --> 00:35:02.766 align:center I figured out how to adjust your processing matrix. 00:35:02.767 --> 00:35:04.435 align:center - Want to see? - Yeah. 00:35:05.470 --> 00:35:07.404 align:center - Right here. - This will help me taste gumbo? 00:35:07.405 --> 00:35:09.406 align:center Ooh, no, no, no. Better than that. 00:35:09.407 --> 00:35:11.475 align:center This will get you wasted. Okay? So it'll simulate 00:35:11.476 --> 00:35:13.043 align:center how organics feel when we drink, 00:35:13.044 --> 00:35:14.744 align:center so euphoria, lowered inhibitions. 00:35:14.745 --> 00:35:16.379 align:center All guilt-free. 00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:20.283 align:center One tap equals one shot, okay? 00:35:20.284 --> 00:35:22.819 align:center I'll never know if I was walking in the footsteps 00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:25.689 align:center of the emissaries in this particular moment, 00:35:25.690 --> 00:35:27.924 align:center so let's just say I did this for science. 00:35:27.925 --> 00:35:29.326 align:center And Kasq. 00:35:29.327 --> 00:35:31.728 align:center Like I said, I'm all about the mission. 00:35:31.729 --> 00:35:35.065 align:center Uh, that's too many shots. 00:35:35.066 --> 00:35:37.702 align:center Why is everybody so squiggly? 00:35:38.469 --> 00:35:40.904 align:center No. 00:35:40.905 --> 00:35:43.640 align:center No, no, no, no. What the hell is Academy doing here? 00:35:43.641 --> 00:35:46.042 align:center This is a deeply unpleasant turn of events. 00:35:46.043 --> 00:35:47.811 align:center I see that you have come to colonize 00:35:47.812 --> 00:35:51.381 align:center yet another one of our cherished locales. 00:35:51.382 --> 00:35:55.585 align:center Aka, you losers ruin everywhere. 00:35:55.586 --> 00:35:57.455 align:center Great jackets, guys. 00:35:59.023 --> 00:36:00.857 align:center If I were you, I would consider leaving. 00:36:00.858 --> 00:36:02.859 align:center - Quickly. - Eat glass, bro. 00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:05.061 align:center - You leave. - I concur with Dzolo. 00:36:05.062 --> 00:36:07.697 align:center - Eat glass. - This is very dramatic, 00:36:07.698 --> 00:36:09.599 align:center and I'm sure has deep meaning for you all, 00:36:09.600 --> 00:36:12.802 align:center but I have other customers trying to enjoy the bar. 00:36:12.803 --> 00:36:15.006 align:center So let's have a shot and play nice, hmm? 00:36:19.310 --> 00:36:21.779 align:center Have fun. 00:36:24.348 --> 00:36:25.949 align:center My name is Sam. 00:36:25.950 --> 00:36:27.250 align:center Sam... 00:36:27.251 --> 00:36:28.752 align:center Hey. 00:36:28.753 --> 00:36:30.787 align:center - You okay? - Yeah. 00:36:30.788 --> 00:36:32.489 align:center You want to go somewhere else? 00:36:32.490 --> 00:36:33.824 align:center No! 00:36:36.027 --> 00:36:39.829 align:center We're staying here because this is where Sisko went. 00:36:39.830 --> 00:36:41.866 align:center I'm doing this. Mm-hmm. 00:36:50.841 --> 00:36:52.976 align:center - Hmm? - Priority One Mission: 00:36:52.977 --> 00:36:57.180 align:center stop being a wimp-ass bird boy and just talk to Tarima. 00:36:57.181 --> 00:36:59.649 align:center We can all see that you two want to... 00:37:04.855 --> 00:37:07.290 align:center - Are you making a panini? - Yeah. 00:37:07.291 --> 00:37:08.692 align:center Okay, you're drunk. 00:37:08.693 --> 00:37:12.462 align:center I'll talk to Tarima, just... stop doing that. 00:37:14.999 --> 00:37:16.366 align:center You have a firm booty, Mir. 00:37:16.367 --> 00:37:18.602 align:center So, you ready for Quantum Chem tomorrow? 00:37:18.603 --> 00:37:20.804 align:center Uh, definitely not. 00:37:20.805 --> 00:37:22.505 align:center No? 00:37:22.506 --> 00:37:25.108 align:center I don't know, you seem ready. 00:37:25.109 --> 00:37:27.577 align:center You got a capable bearing. 00:37:27.578 --> 00:37:29.412 align:center Thank you. 00:37:29.413 --> 00:37:33.483 align:center Your bearing is also impressive. 00:37:33.484 --> 00:37:35.785 align:center Oh, wow! 00:37:35.786 --> 00:37:38.855 align:center - I love love. I love love. - Mm-hmm. 00:37:38.856 --> 00:37:42.826 align:center Like, no one does love like organics. 00:37:42.827 --> 00:37:44.227 align:center Do you love? But Klingons 00:37:44.228 --> 00:37:46.229 align:center is like more, is more... 00:37:46.230 --> 00:37:47.631 align:center - Ugh... - Or, like, less is more. 00:37:47.632 --> 00:37:49.566 align:center Or like, more is more or-or, like... 00:37:53.971 --> 00:37:57.040 align:center I-I love love! 00:37:57.041 --> 00:37:59.542 align:center I love love. I love love. I love love. 00:37:59.543 --> 00:38:03.413 align:center I love love. Ocam! 00:38:03.414 --> 00:38:05.315 align:center I love love! 00:38:16.560 --> 00:38:18.595 align:center Beautiful, Kelrec. 00:38:18.596 --> 00:38:22.232 align:center Really slow and loud. 00:38:22.233 --> 00:38:23.800 align:center - Thank you. - Yes, 00:38:23.801 --> 00:38:25.235 align:center you-you played a lot of notes. 00:38:25.236 --> 00:38:27.771 align:center Next, an interpretive dance. 00:38:27.772 --> 00:38:28.938 align:center - Ugh. - In the interest 00:38:28.939 --> 00:38:32.575 align:center of time, let's skip ahead to-- Ah. 00:38:32.576 --> 00:38:34.010 align:center Open-Hearted Salute. 00:38:34.011 --> 00:38:36.446 align:center That's me, with the assistance of our Chorus. 00:38:36.447 --> 00:38:39.849 align:center Hey, uh, look, I don't know if I can do whatever this is. 00:38:39.850 --> 00:38:42.419 align:center Oh, it-it's a lovely segment. 00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:45.789 align:center The host lists our guests' attributes, 00:38:45.790 --> 00:38:48.592 align:center citing why they will make great allies. 00:38:50.127 --> 00:38:52.662 align:center Commander Kelrec, 00:38:52.663 --> 00:38:55.231 align:center though our philosophies differ, 00:38:55.232 --> 00:38:58.568 align:center I know we will find solid ground. 00:38:58.569 --> 00:39:01.805 align:center As we look for shared values, 00:39:01.806 --> 00:39:06.743 align:center our diversity in thought will be our greatest strength. 00:39:06.744 --> 00:39:11.147 align:center Here's to working together to build a bright future 00:39:11.148 --> 00:39:14.652 align:center for our two academies. 00:39:15.953 --> 00:39:18.088 align:center Thank you, Chancellor Amal. 00:39:18.089 --> 00:39:21.826 align:center This evening has surprised me. 00:39:22.593 --> 00:39:26.664 align:center I, too, look forward to the future. 00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.981 align:center I'm sorry, Commander. 00:39:44.982 --> 00:39:47.283 align:center Sometimes the fish does that. 00:39:47.284 --> 00:39:48.485 align:center I should have known better. 00:39:48.486 --> 00:39:50.453 align:center I was a fool to trust any of you. 00:39:50.454 --> 00:39:52.188 align:center It's just the fish. 00:39:52.189 --> 00:39:54.057 align:center Kelrec, it's the fish. 00:39:54.058 --> 00:39:55.692 align:center - We're having fun. - You can't be asked 00:39:55.693 --> 00:39:57.794 align:center to take anything seriously for even an hour? 00:39:57.795 --> 00:40:00.096 align:center What ridiculous people you all are. 00:40:00.097 --> 00:40:01.364 align:center - I take offense to that. - I'm actually okay 00:40:01.365 --> 00:40:02.665 align:center with that description. 00:40:02.666 --> 00:40:03.933 align:center Forgive us. You can trust me. 00:40:03.934 --> 00:40:05.769 align:center Let's get back to our meal. 00:40:05.770 --> 00:40:07.270 align:center You speak a great deal about trust 00:40:07.271 --> 00:40:10.741 align:center for someone who abandoned Starfleet 15 years ago. 00:40:15.212 --> 00:40:16.846 align:center Is that why you never gave me a chance? 00:40:16.847 --> 00:40:18.281 align:center You think I abandoned... 00:40:18.282 --> 00:40:19.716 align:center You did abandon it. 00:40:19.717 --> 00:40:21.351 align:center Tell me something about Lanthanites, Nahla. 00:40:21.352 --> 00:40:23.153 align:center What's the point of such a long life 00:40:23.154 --> 00:40:24.789 align:center if your memory is this short? 00:40:43.541 --> 00:40:45.609 align:center - Hi. - Hi. 00:40:47.044 --> 00:40:49.312 align:center You know, I-I'm really enjoying this little game of yours. 00:40:49.313 --> 00:40:51.247 align:center - Hmm? - Yeah. 00:40:51.248 --> 00:40:53.216 align:center It's like a... 00:40:53.217 --> 00:40:58.488 align:center It's like a one-man will he, won't he? 00:40:58.489 --> 00:41:00.156 align:center No, it's riveting. 00:41:00.157 --> 00:41:02.793 align:center Yeah? It's not really a game, it's more of like a... 00:41:03.561 --> 00:41:06.730 align:center ...proximate distance relationship. 00:41:07.531 --> 00:41:10.501 align:center Who decided there would be a relationship? 00:41:14.238 --> 00:41:17.874 align:center I mean, why bother, you know, 00:41:17.875 --> 00:41:20.077 align:center if it's proximate? 00:41:21.111 --> 00:41:23.580 align:center I don't know. 00:41:23.581 --> 00:41:26.649 align:center Some of my most epic relationships 00:41:26.650 --> 00:41:29.953 align:center have been completely imaginary. 00:41:35.092 --> 00:41:36.593 align:center I'm more hands-on. 00:41:36.594 --> 00:41:38.361 align:center ♪ Hey! ♪ 00:41:44.068 --> 00:41:45.635 align:center Gensesis. 00:41:45.636 --> 00:41:47.871 align:center - Hmm? - I get it now. 00:41:47.872 --> 00:41:52.475 align:center I think The Sisko just wanted to be Ben, you know? 00:41:52.476 --> 00:41:55.011 align:center He just wanted to go out with his friends like this, 00:41:55.012 --> 00:41:56.746 align:center you know, and have a good time, 00:41:56.747 --> 00:41:59.249 align:center and-and be a good dad and build sailboats, 00:41:59.250 --> 00:42:01.718 align:center you know, and-and start riots. 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:05.355 align:center Did Sisko start riots I don't know about? 00:42:05.356 --> 00:42:08.458 align:center Also, did you call me Gensesis? 00:42:08.459 --> 00:42:12.262 align:center The things that he loved were everything to him. 00:42:12.263 --> 00:42:14.197 align:center He was ripped away from them. 00:42:14.198 --> 00:42:16.332 align:center Who chooses that? Hmm? 00:42:16.333 --> 00:42:17.667 align:center I bet the Celestial Temple 00:42:17.668 --> 00:42:19.802 align:center doesn't even have shrimp and grits. 00:42:19.803 --> 00:42:21.471 align:center Watch. 00:42:21.472 --> 00:42:23.473 align:center - Hey, hey, hey, wormhole aliens! - Sam-- 00:42:23.474 --> 00:42:25.742 align:center - Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam. Sam. - Mm-hmm. Hmm? 00:42:25.743 --> 00:42:27.110 align:center You're drunk right now. 00:42:27.111 --> 00:42:29.646 align:center This feeling you're feeling, it's not real. 00:42:29.647 --> 00:42:32.148 align:center It is real! I feel so alive. 00:42:32.149 --> 00:42:34.117 align:center But being an emissary means 00:42:34.118 --> 00:42:37.654 align:center you never get to do what you want to do ever. 00:42:40.224 --> 00:42:42.158 align:center Yeah, this is my song! 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.459 align:center ♪ One, two, three, four... ♪ 00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:45.995 align:center No, no. No, no, no, no. 00:42:45.996 --> 00:42:47.497 align:center I guarantee you've never heard this song before. 00:42:47.498 --> 00:42:49.499 align:center - Let's go! - Okay. 00:43:03.614 --> 00:43:05.081 align:center Hey. It's time to go. 00:43:05.082 --> 00:43:07.216 align:center You've clearly had too much. You're slumming it. 00:43:07.217 --> 00:43:08.685 align:center You assume the Klingon 00:43:08.686 --> 00:43:11.622 align:center - is the one slumming. - Step away, fish stick. 00:43:15.025 --> 00:43:16.426 align:center Bar fight! 00:43:16.427 --> 00:43:18.328 align:center Just like Sisko! 00:43:18.329 --> 00:43:19.729 align:center Don't make me embarrass you, girl. 00:43:19.730 --> 00:43:21.598 align:center You okay, Sam? 00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:23.667 align:center For the emissaries! 00:43:26.971 --> 00:43:28.471 align:center ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ 00:43:28.472 --> 00:43:29.839 align:center ♪ I'll find a remedy, pure energy... ♪ 00:43:44.989 --> 00:43:47.624 align:center - Um... - Probably not our business? 00:43:47.625 --> 00:43:49.959 align:center Caleb, where the hell are you?! 00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.661 align:center Get your ass in here! 00:43:59.203 --> 00:44:02.071 align:center Let me guess. I should see the other guy. 00:44:02.072 --> 00:44:04.440 align:center You should see the other guy. 00:44:07.811 --> 00:44:10.947 align:center - Are you intoxicated? - Intoxicated with the truth. 00:44:10.948 --> 00:44:12.448 align:center Yep, that's my bad. 00:44:12.449 --> 00:44:14.818 align:center - Master controls now. - I want to sleep now. 00:44:21.792 --> 00:44:23.259 align:center Yeah, she's sober now. 00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:24.661 align:center What is a burrito, 00:44:24.662 --> 00:44:27.764 align:center and why do I want it right this second? 00:44:27.765 --> 00:44:30.667 align:center Return to your quarters right now. 00:44:30.668 --> 00:44:32.803 align:center Not you, Sam. 00:44:33.804 --> 00:44:36.272 align:center - Bye, girl. - Feel better, Sam. 00:44:36.273 --> 00:44:39.776 align:center Are you angry with me, Doctor? 00:44:39.777 --> 00:44:43.379 align:center I'm disappointed. I didn't expect this from you. 00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:46.582 align:center I did it to solve the mystery of Captain Sisko. 00:44:46.583 --> 00:44:50.119 align:center - Captain Sisko? - You knew him? 00:44:50.120 --> 00:44:52.121 align:center Sadly, no. 00:44:52.122 --> 00:44:56.359 align:center My creator, Dr. Lewis Zimmerman, met him once. 00:44:56.360 --> 00:45:01.030 align:center And I did become acquainted with his son Jake years later. 00:45:01.031 --> 00:45:02.432 align:center Fantastic writer. 00:45:02.433 --> 00:45:03.700 align:center You knew Jake? 00:45:03.701 --> 00:45:05.368 align:center W-What did he tell you about his father? 00:45:05.369 --> 00:45:07.603 align:center How could he bear to lose him like that? 00:45:07.604 --> 00:45:10.873 align:center The same way we all learn to live with loss. 00:45:10.874 --> 00:45:13.143 align:center Get over it, move on. 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:17.680 align:center You can't just get over something like that. 00:45:17.681 --> 00:45:20.684 align:center You can, and you do. 00:45:22.953 --> 00:45:24.854 align:center Attention, cadets. 00:45:24.855 --> 00:45:27.990 align:center Academy Explorers has announced a trip to Muir Woods. 00:45:27.991 --> 00:45:29.692 align:center If you'd like to see some of the oldest 00:45:29.693 --> 00:45:31.427 align:center and most majestic trees on Earth, 00:45:31.428 --> 00:45:34.931 align:center be at the transfer arches at 0600 hours tomorrow morning, 00:45:34.932 --> 00:45:39.035 align:center for some morning wood. 00:45:39.036 --> 00:45:41.904 align:center - Where you headed? - To meet Chancellor Amal 00:45:41.905 --> 00:45:44.674 align:center - at the Alpherati ship. - Ah. 00:45:44.675 --> 00:45:46.809 align:center Thank you for restoring our power. 00:45:46.810 --> 00:45:48.044 align:center Things should work when they work. 00:45:48.045 --> 00:45:50.012 align:center I'm beginning to understand 00:45:50.013 --> 00:45:51.714 align:center you're going to make all of our interactions 00:45:51.715 --> 00:45:53.616 align:center as uncomfortable as possible. 00:45:53.617 --> 00:45:55.852 align:center - Not for me. - You not keeping your word 00:45:55.853 --> 00:45:57.954 align:center doesn't mean I wouldn't keep mine. 00:45:57.955 --> 00:45:59.556 align:center Double negative. 00:46:01.358 --> 00:46:03.259 align:center I appreciate your honesty. 00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:05.729 align:center - Count on it. - Same. 00:46:14.338 --> 00:46:17.307 align:center Right. Why would we ride in silence? 00:46:20.577 --> 00:46:22.478 align:center Uh... Oh. 00:46:22.479 --> 00:46:24.347 align:center - Uh... - So here's the thing. 00:46:24.348 --> 00:46:25.715 align:center Yes? 00:46:25.716 --> 00:46:29.652 align:center I understand why you feel I abandoned Starfleet. 00:46:29.653 --> 00:46:32.221 align:center You've had to live in absolutes. 00:46:32.222 --> 00:46:34.924 align:center But if you make a judgment without context, 00:46:34.925 --> 00:46:37.760 align:center whether it's me or Chancellor Amal, 00:46:37.761 --> 00:46:42.098 align:center you'll have a hell of a time getting people to trust you. 00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:44.200 align:center Or your cadets. 00:46:50.974 --> 00:46:53.377 align:center How bad was my flute? 00:46:54.645 --> 00:46:58.448 align:center It was rough, man. 00:47:06.790 --> 00:47:08.491 align:center I failed. 00:47:08.492 --> 00:47:10.293 align:center Did you, now? 00:47:10.294 --> 00:47:12.029 align:center Congrats. 00:47:13.163 --> 00:47:15.965 align:center Well, failure can be fun. 00:47:15.966 --> 00:47:18.368 align:center But anyway, talk. What did you learn? 00:47:20.571 --> 00:47:23.439 align:center It doesn't matter how Sisko died. 00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:25.107 align:center Or if he died. 00:47:25.108 --> 00:47:28.978 align:center All I know is that he didn't get to live the life that he wanted. 00:47:28.979 --> 00:47:33.783 align:center His entire existence was planned out for him 00:47:33.784 --> 00:47:36.519 align:center by-by a bunch of wormhole aliens. 00:47:36.520 --> 00:47:40.990 align:center Emissaries who succeed lose everything they love, 00:47:40.991 --> 00:47:44.361 align:center and emissaries who fail do, too. 00:47:45.162 --> 00:47:47.129 align:center Either way, you're doomed. 00:47:47.130 --> 00:47:50.166 align:center So, a lot. 00:47:50.167 --> 00:47:51.768 align:center You learned a lot. 00:47:53.637 --> 00:47:55.839 align:center I think it's time you see something. 00:48:04.181 --> 00:48:05.982 align:center Is that Anslem? 00:48:05.983 --> 00:48:09.186 align:center You know it? Oh, of course you do. 00:48:09.987 --> 00:48:12.421 align:center So Jake actually wrote it? 00:48:12.422 --> 00:48:14.290 align:center But never published it. 00:48:14.291 --> 00:48:17.694 align:center It was one of the many ways he kept Benjamin close. 00:48:18.896 --> 00:48:20.197 align:center Here. 00:48:36.980 --> 00:48:38.748 align:center "Why did it have to be him? 00:48:38.749 --> 00:48:40.683 align:center "Why couldn't the Prophets have chosen someone else 00:48:40.684 --> 00:48:45.055 align:center as their emissary so that I didn't have to lose my dad?" 00:48:45.789 --> 00:48:47.823 align:center I didn't realize until now 00:48:47.824 --> 00:48:51.127 align:center that who he was as my father is inseparable 00:48:51.128 --> 00:48:53.296 align:center from who he was as an emissary. 00:48:53.297 --> 00:48:55.966 align:center There was no one else to do what he did. 00:48:56.733 --> 00:49:01.471 align:center He chose and was chosen all at once. 00:49:04.174 --> 00:49:05.741 align:center Hi. 00:49:05.742 --> 00:49:07.276 align:center Hey, sis. 00:49:07.277 --> 00:49:08.878 align:center Are you real? 00:49:08.879 --> 00:49:10.579 align:center Do you want me to be? 00:49:10.580 --> 00:49:13.282 align:center Mm. You're amazing. 00:49:13.283 --> 00:49:16.453 align:center So are you. 00:49:17.287 --> 00:49:19.155 align:center Sorry you lost your dad. 00:49:19.156 --> 00:49:23.592 align:center I think the Prophets are jerks. 00:49:23.593 --> 00:49:26.797 align:center No, they're all right. 00:49:27.764 --> 00:49:29.932 align:center Without them, he doesn't exist. 00:49:29.933 --> 00:49:32.401 align:center And neither do I. 00:49:32.402 --> 00:49:35.237 align:center But it wasn't fair to him. 00:49:35.238 --> 00:49:37.341 align:center A life with no real choice. 00:49:38.208 --> 00:49:40.444 align:center Can I show you something? 00:49:47.050 --> 00:49:49.952 align:center Kendra Valley on Bajor. 00:49:49.953 --> 00:49:53.489 align:center My dad bought this land to make a house for us. 00:49:53.490 --> 00:49:55.559 align:center He left before he could build it. 00:49:56.893 --> 00:49:58.227 align:center That-That's awful. 00:49:58.228 --> 00:49:59.962 align:center Not really. 00:49:59.963 --> 00:50:02.331 align:center This was right before the Prophets told him 00:50:02.332 --> 00:50:03.933 align:center that if he married Kasidy, 00:50:03.934 --> 00:50:07.770 align:center he would know nothing but sorrow. 00:50:07.771 --> 00:50:09.905 align:center He thought about what they said. 00:50:09.906 --> 00:50:11.742 align:center And married her anyway. 00:50:12.476 --> 00:50:17.080 align:center He did what the Prophets needed, but he did it his way. 00:50:19.016 --> 00:50:21.817 align:center Those last few months with Kasidy and me 00:50:21.818 --> 00:50:24.987 align:center were the best we ever had as a family. 00:50:24.988 --> 00:50:28.190 align:center The Prophets were wrong sometimes. 00:50:28.191 --> 00:50:32.662 align:center As much as they taught him, he taught them, too. 00:50:33.497 --> 00:50:37.234 align:center By staying true to himself. 00:50:39.036 --> 00:50:40.804 align:center I-I don't, I don't... 00:50:41.838 --> 00:50:44.241 align:center I don't think I can be Kasq's emissary. 00:50:46.676 --> 00:50:48.512 align:center I get it. 00:50:50.213 --> 00:50:53.349 align:center Thing is, emissaries are important. 00:50:53.350 --> 00:50:55.317 align:center They build bridges, 00:50:55.318 --> 00:50:58.554 align:center they create stability in a universe 00:50:58.555 --> 00:51:00.222 align:center that sometimes feels like 00:51:00.223 --> 00:51:04.160 align:center all it wants to do is tear itself apart. 00:51:04.161 --> 00:51:08.531 align:center But they sacrifice so much. 00:51:08.532 --> 00:51:11.667 align:center Everyone makes sacrifices. 00:51:11.668 --> 00:51:14.804 align:center My father's saved billions of people. 00:51:14.805 --> 00:51:20.376 align:center Sometimes lose-lose is actually win-win. 00:51:20.377 --> 00:51:22.878 align:center But what-what if I can't do it? 00:51:22.879 --> 00:51:25.382 align:center What if I'm not enough? 00:51:26.183 --> 00:51:28.518 align:center You are enough. 00:51:30.854 --> 00:51:33.556 align:center My dad told me that so many times. 00:51:33.557 --> 00:51:36.893 align:center I just wish I'd listened to him sooner. 00:51:39.663 --> 00:51:42.099 align:center Thanks for writing it down. 00:51:43.733 --> 00:51:46.236 align:center It's what I was made to do. 00:51:47.404 --> 00:51:49.271 align:center So, if I close this-this book, 00:51:49.272 --> 00:51:51.975 align:center are-are you just gonna disappear? 00:51:53.477 --> 00:51:54.944 align:center I don't know, girl. 00:51:54.945 --> 00:51:57.179 align:center I-I thought you were the one controlling all of this. 00:51:57.180 --> 00:51:59.548 align:center Oh. 00:51:59.549 --> 00:52:02.853 align:center You know all those things that you think he missed? 00:52:04.087 --> 00:52:05.655 align:center He didn't. 00:52:06.423 --> 00:52:08.291 align:center He was always there. 00:52:09.259 --> 00:52:11.294 align:center He never really left us. 00:52:12.796 --> 00:52:16.766 align:center I can't prove it, but I know it's true. 00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:38.488 align:center Did you find what you were looking for? 00:52:41.324 --> 00:52:42.659 align:center Yes. 00:52:44.628 --> 00:52:45.761 align:center Good. 00:52:45.762 --> 00:52:48.398 align:center Where did you get this from? 00:52:49.399 --> 00:52:52.401 align:center I was asked to keep it safe. 00:52:52.402 --> 00:52:53.969 align:center And only share it with those 00:52:53.970 --> 00:52:56.339 align:center who would understand how to use it. 00:53:02.145 --> 00:53:04.580 align:center How did you know that Sisko grew tomatoes? 00:53:04.581 --> 00:53:07.551 align:center I couldn't find that in any of the records. 00:53:14.424 --> 00:53:16.760 align:center Are those Trill markings? 00:53:19.362 --> 00:53:21.463 align:center Wait a minute. 00:53:21.464 --> 00:53:24.099 align:center - Illa isn't a surname, is it? - You're a good detective. 00:53:24.100 --> 00:53:27.436 align:center I expect to see you in my class next year. 00:53:27.437 --> 00:53:33.175 align:center Find it in the course catalogue under my full name: Illa Dax. 00:53:33.176 --> 00:53:35.010 align:center Wait. 00:53:35.011 --> 00:53:36.445 align:center You're Dax? 00:53:36.446 --> 00:53:40.015 align:center Like the Dax? 00:53:40.016 --> 00:53:42.851 align:center As in "mentor to Sisko" Dax? 00:53:42.852 --> 00:53:47.290 align:center Wow. I should have known you'd do your research. 00:53:48.792 --> 00:53:51.360 align:center Benjamin would have liked you. 00:53:51.361 --> 00:53:55.699 align:center He loved people who got into trouble for the right reasons. 00:54:06.176 --> 00:54:09.445 align:center So, after all of those experiences, 00:54:09.446 --> 00:54:12.014 align:center after everything I learned about you, 00:54:12.015 --> 00:54:16.452 align:center I finally realized what I needed to tell my Makers. 00:54:16.453 --> 00:54:18.821 align:center Look, it's going to take time 00:54:18.822 --> 00:54:20.556 align:center for me to learn all the stuff 00:54:20.557 --> 00:54:22.725 align:center you want me to know about organics. 00:54:22.726 --> 00:54:24.893 align:center Their behavior can't be explained 00:54:24.894 --> 00:54:26.829 align:center or predicted by an algorithm 00:54:26.830 --> 00:54:31.367 align:center because their purpose is not understanding, 00:54:31.368 --> 00:54:33.002 align:center it's becoming. 00:54:33.003 --> 00:54:37.373 align:center I have to do that too, just like Benjamin Sisko did. 00:54:37.374 --> 00:54:40.209 align:center In the meantime, I don't know if you can trust them, 00:54:40.210 --> 00:54:42.511 align:center but-but I know that I can. 00:54:42.512 --> 00:54:45.748 align:center I'll reach out when there's something to report. 00:54:45.749 --> 00:54:48.117 align:center And until then, assume all is well. 00:54:48.118 --> 00:54:51.520 align:center If you disobey us, you will have failed. 00:54:51.521 --> 00:54:54.256 align:center No. It's why I'll succeed. 00:54:54.257 --> 00:54:57.393 align:center But on my terms. And I can live with that. 00:54:57.394 --> 00:54:59.161 align:center - Series Acclimation Mil. - Later. 00:54:59.162 --> 00:55:00.930 align:center You may not-- 00:55:02.299 --> 00:55:04.566 align:center My music teacher once asked me 00:55:04.567 --> 00:55:07.436 align:center why I chose to learn the theremin. 00:55:07.437 --> 00:55:11.040 align:center I think because it feels like me. 00:55:11.041 --> 00:55:13.809 align:center It has no strings, no keys. 00:55:13.810 --> 00:55:17.313 align:center Technically speaking, I have no body. 00:55:17.314 --> 00:55:20.416 align:center But it creates its own unique kind of music. 00:55:20.417 --> 00:55:22.584 align:center Music that inspires hope, 00:55:22.585 --> 00:55:25.421 align:center love, connection. 00:55:25.422 --> 00:55:27.356 align:center That builds bridges. 00:55:27.357 --> 00:55:30.894 align:center And isn't that what an emissary does? 00:55:31.928 --> 00:55:35.297 align:center I'm not sure if it matters to you that who you were, 00:55:35.298 --> 00:55:38.033 align:center who you became, and the mystery of your fate 00:55:38.034 --> 00:55:41.670 align:center changed the life of a girl who wouldn't even know your name 00:55:41.671 --> 00:55:44.306 align:center until 800 years after you vanished, 00:55:44.307 --> 00:55:46.009 align:center but that's what happened. 00:55:47.277 --> 00:55:50.279 align:center Well, it's sort of like you theremined me. 00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:54.217 align:center Completely changed me, my whole life. 00:55:54.984 --> 00:55:58.587 align:center And I can never really tell you how much you mean to me. 00:55:58.588 --> 00:56:02.091 align:center But I honor you, wherever you are, 00:56:02.092 --> 00:56:05.461 align:center and hope that this message finds you well. 00:56:05.462 --> 00:56:10.666 align:center Thank you for sharing your life with this universe. 00:56:10.667 --> 00:56:13.202 align:center Thank you for creating an amazing son, 00:56:13.203 --> 00:56:17.339 align:center for loving him into being his best self. 00:56:17.340 --> 00:56:20.243 align:center Everyone should have a dad like you. 00:56:22.112 --> 00:56:24.347 align:center If you ever want to talk... 00:56:25.915 --> 00:56:27.751 align:center ...I'm here, Benjamin. 00:56:33.123 --> 00:56:36.959 align:center Divine laws are simpler than human ones, 00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:42.064 align:center which is why it takes a lifetime to be able to understand them. 00:56:42.065 --> 00:56:45.734 align:center Only love can understand them. 00:56:45.735 --> 00:56:49.505 align:center Only love can interpret these words 00:56:49.506 --> 00:56:53.076 align:center as they were meant to be interpreted. 00:57:02.852 --> 00:57:05.487 align:center Captioning sponsored by CBS 00:57:05.488 --> 00:57:09.426 align:center Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org