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* TakeAThirdOption: L'Rell tells Voq a story about her doing this.
--> '''L'Rell:''' My father was T'Kuvma's blood kin, but my mother was House of Mokai, the watcher clan, the deceivers, the weavers of lies. When I was a child, she gave me a bat'leth and told me to cleave my own heart. To choose one house over the other. Instead, I built a bridge to serve both.
--> '''L'Rell:''' My father was T'Kuvma's blood kin, but my mother was House of Mokai, the watcher clan, the deceivers, the weavers of lies. When I was a child, she gave me a bat'leth and told me to cleave my own heart. To choose one house over the other. Instead, I built a bridge to serve both.
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--> '''Voq:''' T'Kuvma, my lord, it has been six monthssince your ship was disabled and the war began. We are left behind, in disrepair. Your followers are hungry. Help me guide them to nourishment.
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* DontCallMeSir: Voq doesn't seem to like when L'Rell calls him "my lord".
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* SubordinateExcuse: L'Rell tells Voq that she would rather serve him than lead the Klingon Empire herself.
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* IgnoredExpert: Landry, desperate for any kind of results, tries to sedate Ripper and amputate a claw. Burnham warns that they have no idea how it will react to standard sedation protocols. The protocols do nothing and it mauls Landry to death.
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* IgnoredExpert: IgnoredExpert:
** Before the first attempt to jump to Corvan 2, Stamets warns Lorca that they have no way to control where they end up. Lorca makes them jump anyway, and ''Discovery'' almost falls into a star.
** Landry, desperate for any kind of results, tries to sedate Ripper and amputate a claw. Burnham warns that they have no idea how it will react to standard sedation protocols. The protocols do nothing and it mauls Landry to death.
** Before the first attempt to jump to Corvan 2, Stamets warns Lorca that they have no way to control where they end up. Lorca makes them jump anyway, and ''Discovery'' almost falls into a star.
** Landry, desperate for any kind of results, tries to sedate Ripper and amputate a claw. Burnham warns that they have no idea how it will react to standard sedation protocols. The protocols do nothing and it mauls Landry to death.
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--> '''Burnham:''' You can tell your threat ganglia to relax. I'm only here to help.\\
'''Saru:''' My ganglia remain unconvinced.
'''Saru:''' My ganglia remain unconvinced.
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* KneelBeforeFrodo: When Kol beams onto the ''Sarcophagus'', he kneels to Voq as a show of humility. Voq tells him that only their enemies should [[KneelBeforeZod kneel before them]].
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--> '''Saru:''' In exactly five hours, 49 minutes and 46 seconds, the Klingons will take Corvan 2.
--> '''Saru:''' In exactly five hours, 49 minutes and 46 seconds, the Klingons will take Corvan 2.
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--> '''Lorca:''' Stealth mode. Run silent. [[RedAlert Black Alert]].
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--> '''Lorca:''' Stealth mode.protocol. Run silent. [[RedAlert Black Alert]].
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* TalkingToTheDead: Voq asks the slain T'Kuvma for guidance.
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* BlindJump: The first time ''Discovery'' tries to make a long-distance jump without a means to properly calculate their destination, they end up inside the gravity well of a star.
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* BlindJump: The first time ''Discovery'' tries to make a long-distance jump without a means to properly calculate their destination, [[TeleportationMisfire they end up inside the gravity well of a star.star]].
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* SarcasmMode: After the battle simulation ends with ''Discovery'' being destroyed, Lorca responds by facing the bridge crew and clapping before reaming them out.
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* SarcasmMode: After the battle simulation ends with ''Discovery'' being destroyed, Lorca responds by facing the bridge crew and clapping [[SarcasticClapping clapping]] before reaming them out.
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Burnham begins her new assignment as an unranked member of the crew just as the Klingons launch on attack on a strategic planet with the ''Discovery'' the only Starfleet ship that can get there in time...if they can get the spore drive to work.
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Burnham begins her new assignment as an unranked member of the crew just as the Klingons launch on an attack on a strategic planet with the planet. The ''Discovery'' is the only Starfleet ship that can get there in time...if time--if they can get the spore drive to work.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Burnham refers to the tardigrade "species", apparently in the singular. "Tardigrada" is actually a ''phylum'' comprising over 1,150 species.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Burnham refers to the tardigrade "species", "species," apparently in the singular. "Tardigrada" ''Tardigrada'' is actually a ''phylum'' comprising over 1,150 species.
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* BrutalHonesty: Saru is ''not'' happy to see Burnham on the crew. He admits when he vouched for as a "valuable asset" he was just being polite as he assumed he'd never see her again.
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* BrutalHonesty: Saru is ''not'' happy to see Burnham on the crew. He admits that when he vouched for her as a "valuable asset" he was just being polite polite, as he assumed he'd never see her again.
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* FakeDefector: L'Rell seems to take Kol's offers and suggests a FateWorseThanDeath for Voq, but she is actually saving his life and joins him, stealing a fighter just before T'Kuvma's ship warps out.
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* FakeDefector: L'Rell seems to take Kol's offers offer and suggests a FateWorseThanDeath for Voq, but she is actually saving his life and joins him, stealing a fighter just before T'Kuvma's ship warps out.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: After defecting to Kol, L'rell tells Kol to beam Voq to the ''Shenzhou'', so that he may die aboard the vessel of those that killed his leader. It's subverted when it turns out she did so in order to save him, covertly beaming herself over after hijacking a shuttle without Kol's knowledge.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: After defecting to Kol, L'rell L'Rell tells Kol to beam Voq to the ''Shenzhou'', so that he may die aboard the vessel of those that killed his leader. It's subverted when it turns out she did so in order to save him, covertly beaming herself over after hijacking a shuttle without Kol's knowledge.
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* GilliganCut: Admiral Cornwell calls in with a mission for ''Discovery'' that will require their spore drive, and Lorca insists that they're ready. Cut to him arguing with Stamets about why they're definitely not ready.
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* GilliganCut: Admiral Cornwell calls in with a mission for ''Discovery'' that will require their spore drive, and Lorca insists that they're ready. Cut to him Stamets arguing with Stamets him about why they're definitely not ready.
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** Saru is surprised to see Burnham is still on ''Discovery'' and in a Starfleet uniform.
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** Saru is surprised to see Burnham is still on the ''Discovery'' and in a Starfleet uniform.
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* LongTitle: Second longest in the franchise history, beaten only by "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E8ForTheWorldIsHollowAndIHaveTouchedTheSky For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky]]".
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* LongTitle: Second longest in the franchise history, beaten only by "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E8ForTheWorldIsHollowAndIHaveTouchedTheSky For the World is Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky]]".
* MundaneMadeAwesome: The episode opens on a fantastic scene, an alien-looking storm in which arcs of lightning draw together two layers of dark blue in an increasing multitude of locations. Zoom out to reveal this was a microscopic view of the synthesis of Burnham's new uniform.
* NonUniformUniform: Burnham's new uniform has the silver piping of Science Division, but bears no Starfleet insignia at all, signifying that while she is on the crew, she carries no rank.
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* PlanetOfHats: This episode reveals that the hat of the House of Mo'Kai is espionage and subterfuge. Other Klingons refer to them as the house of "watchers and deceivers".
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* PlanetOfHats: This episode reveals that the hat of the House of Mo'Kai is espionage and subterfuge. Other Klingons refer to them as the house of "watchers and deceivers".deceivers."
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** Six months of being stranded with only the disabled wrecks of other ships to scavenge from has left T'Kuvma's ship dangerously low on supplies, forcing the crew to eat Georgiou's corpse just to survive. It's also taken that long to repair the damage form a torpedo warhead detonating inside their ship, though it's implied they'd have been underway much sooner if not for Voq's stubborn insistence that they only scavenge the Klingon ships.
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** Six months of being stranded with only the disabled wrecks of other ships to scavenge from has left T'Kuvma's ship dangerously low on supplies, forcing the crew to eat Georgiou's corpse just to survive. It's also taken that long to repair the damage form from a torpedo warhead detonating inside their ship, though it's implied they'd have been underway much sooner if not for Voq's stubborn insistence that they only scavenge the Klingon ships.
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** The Klingon Houses has united after the death of T'Kuvma, but that doesn't mean that they're all one big happy family now. At least one of the House leaders sees T'Kuvma's martyrdom as nothing but a convenient way to point the entire Klingon race at the Federation at the same time, and plans to go back to feuding with the other Houses as soon as the war is won, T'Kuvma's dreams of a re-unified Klingon Empire be damned. Likewise, T'Kuvma's former disciples may agree to follow the despised outcast that he appointed his successor for a while, but they'll abandon him quickly enough once the going gets rough - the respect for a dead leader's wishes only goes so far.
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** The Klingon Houses has have united after the death of T'Kuvma, but that doesn't mean that they're all one big happy family now. At least one of the House leaders sees T'Kuvma's martyrdom as nothing but a convenient way to point the entire Klingon race at the Federation at the same time, and plans to go back to feuding with the other Houses as soon as the war is won, T'Kuvma's dreams of a re-unified Klingon Empire be damned. Likewise, T'Kuvma's former disciples may agree to follow the despised outcast that he appointed his successor for a while, but they'll abandon him quickly enough once the going gets rough - the rough--the respect for a dead leader's wishes only goes so far.
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* TechnoBabble: Stamets explains to Lorca that everyone on the ''Glenn'' died when the ship "crashed into an undetectable Hawking radiation firewall when it exited from the mycelial plane". Well, ''that'' makes everything clear.
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* TechnoBabble: Stamets explains to Lorca that everyone on the ''Glenn'' died when the ship "crashed into an undetectable Hawking radiation firewall when it exited from the mycelial plane". plane." Well, ''that'' makes everything clear.
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* VideoWill: Burnham receives Captain Georgiou's, along with her most prized family heirloom -- her telescope.
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* VideoWill: Burnham receives Captain Georgiou's, along with her most prized family heirloom -- her heirloom--her telescope.
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* NotWhatISignedOnFor: Stamets hates the fact that his research is being used for war.
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* SilentRunning:SilentRunningMode:
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--> '''Lorca:''' Stealth mode. Run silent. [[RedAlert Black Alert]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Burnham refers to the tardigrade "species", apparently in the singular. "Tardigrada" is actually a ''phylum'' comprising over 1,150 species.
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* TechnoBabble: Stamets explains to Lorca that everyone on the ''Glenn'' died when the ship "crashed into an undetectable Hawking radiation firewall when it exited from the mycelial plane". Well, ''that'' makes everything clear.
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* LongTitle: Second longest in the franchise history, beaten only by "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E8ForTheWorldIsHollowAndIHaveTouchedTheSky For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky]]".
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The O-Type star ''Discovery'' jumps to is depicted as a yellow-orange G-Type star similar to Earth's. O-Type stars are far more massive that Earth's sun and radiate intense blue-white light.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The O-Type star ''Discovery'' jumps to is depicted as a yellow-orange G-Type star similar to Earth's. O-Type stars are far more massive that than Earth's sun and radiate intense blue-white light.
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** The whole Federation seems to come dangerously close in this episode. Twice. They almost lose the war because the source of half their dilithium lacks a defense fleet large enough to take a few Birds of Prey. Also, the BigBad survives to cause further trouble simply because the Starfleet lacks a protocol for scuttling abandoned ships... and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle won't have them for at least a century more]]
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** The whole Federation seems to come dangerously close in this episode. Twice. They almost lose the war because the source of half their dilithium lacks a defense fleet large enough to take a few Birds of Prey. Also, the BigBad survives to cause further trouble simply because the Starfleet lacks a protocol for scuttling abandoned ships... and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle won't have them for at least a century more]]more]].
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* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: ''Discovery's'' dual-section saucer counter-rotates as part of the spore drive's
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* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: ''Discovery's'' dual-section saucer counter-rotates as part of the spore drive'sdrive's operation, followed by the whole ship spinning on its z-axis and disappearing.
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* BrutalHonesty: Saru is ''not'' happy to see Burnham on the crew. He admits when he told she was a valuable asset he was just being polite as he assumed he'd never see her again.
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* BrutalHonesty: Saru is ''not'' happy to see Burnham on the crew. He admits when he told she was vouched for as a valuable asset "valuable asset" he was just being polite as he assumed he'd never see her again.
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* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: ''Discovery's'' dual-section saucer counter-rotates as part of the spore drive's operation, followed by the whole ship spinning on its z-axis and disappearing.
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* WhenThingsSpinScienceHappens: ''Discovery's'' dual-section saucer counter-rotates as part of the spore drive's operation, followed by the whole ship spinning on its z-axis and disappearing.
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* WallOfWeapons: One wall of the biolab is covered in the deadliest weapons known to the Federation. Lorca keeps them as part of his study of war. Landry
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* WallOfWeapons: One wall of the biolab is covered in the deadliest weapons known to the Federation. Lorca keeps them as part of his study of war. Landry
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* TooDumbToLive: Landry tries to sedate Ripper and remove one of its claws without even checking to see if the sedative actually worked. It earns her a painful death by mauling.
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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
** Landry tries to sedate Ripper and remove one of its claws without even checking to see if the sedative actually worked. It earns her a painful death bymauling.mauling.
** The whole Federation seems to come dangerously close in this episode. Twice. They almost lose the war because the source of half their dilithium lacks a defense fleet large enough to take a few Birds of Prey. Also, the BigBad survives to cause further trouble simply because the Starfleet lacks a protocol for scuttling abandoned ships... and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle won't have them for at least a century more]]
** Landry tries to sedate Ripper and remove one of its claws without even checking to see if the sedative actually worked. It earns her a painful death by
** The whole Federation seems to come dangerously close in this episode. Twice. They almost lose the war because the source of half their dilithium lacks a defense fleet large enough to take a few Birds of Prey. Also, the BigBad survives to cause further trouble simply because the Starfleet lacks a protocol for scuttling abandoned ships... and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle won't have them for at least a century more]]
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* BrutalHonesty: Saru is ''not'' happy to see Burnham on the crew. He admits when he told she was a valuable asset he was just being polite as he assumed he'd never see her again.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: O-Type stars are massive, intense blue-white giants and not the yellow-orange color displayed.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The O-Type star ''Discovery'' jumps to is depicted as a yellow-orange G-Type star similar to Earth's. O-Type stars are massive, far more massive that Earth's sun and radiate intense blue-white giants and not the yellow-orange color displayed.light.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: O-Type stars are massive, intense blue-white giants and not the yellow-orange color displayed.
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** The Klingon Houses has united after the death of T'Kuvma, but that doesn't mean that they're all one big happy family now. At least one of the House leaders sees T'Kuvma's martyrdom as nothing but a convenient way to point the entire Klingon race at the Federation at the same time, and plans to go back to feuding with the other Houses as soon as the war is won, T'Kuvma's dreams of a re-unified Klingon Empire be damned. Likewise, T'Kuvma's former disciples may agree to follow the despised outcast that he appointed his successor for a while, but they'll abandon him quickly enough once the going gets rough - the respect for a dead leader's wishes only goes so far.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Lorca implies that Stamets must have done so during the away mission to the ''Glenn'', since they are missing a necessary component for the spore drive that must have been on board. Stamets insists that while it's true that [[{{Understatement}} he was a bit distracted at the time]], he'd have noticed if there were any massive supercomputers lying around.
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* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Captain Georgiou delivers some of it posthumously by stating in her will that she's sure Burnham will have gone on to command her own ship by now. Burnham looks physically pained at being reminded of just how disastrously she's fallen short of Georgiou's hopes and expectations.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Voq refuses to scavenge equipment off the derelict ''Shenzhou'' to repair their ship, as he feels using Federation tech would betray T'Kuvma's crusade against assimilation. L'Rell convinces him to be practical, noting that they ate a human corpse for food and didn't complain about that.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Voq refuses to scavenge equipment off the derelict ''Shenzhou'' to repair their ship, as he feels using Federation tech would betray T'Kuvma's crusade against assimilation.assimilation, not to mention its crew being responsible for his death. L'Rell convinces him to be practical, noting that they ate a human corpse for food and didn't complain about that.
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* RealityEnsues: Landry attempts to sedate Ripper, but it's an alien tardigrade with a biology completely different from that of humanoid or even animal species. The sedative gas fails to knock it out and she is killed when she tries to get a sample for study.
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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** Six months of being stranded with only the disabled wrecks of other ships to scavenge from has left T'Kuvma's ship dangerously low on supplies, forcing the crew to eat Georgiou's corpse just to survive. It's also taken that long to repair the damage form a torpedo warhead detonating inside their ship, though it's implied they'd have been underway much sooner if not for Voq's stubborn insistence that they only scavenge the Klingon ships.
** Landry attempts to sedate Ripper, but it's an alien tardigrade with a biology completely different from that of humanoid or even animal species. The sedative gas fails to knock it out and she is killed when she tries to get a sample for study.
** Six months of being stranded with only the disabled wrecks of other ships to scavenge from has left T'Kuvma's ship dangerously low on supplies, forcing the crew to eat Georgiou's corpse just to survive. It's also taken that long to repair the damage form a torpedo warhead detonating inside their ship, though it's implied they'd have been underway much sooner if not for Voq's stubborn insistence that they only scavenge the Klingon ships.
** Landry attempts to sedate Ripper, but it's an alien tardigrade with a biology completely different from that of humanoid or even animal species. The sedative gas fails to knock it out and she is killed when she tries to get a sample for study.
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* WallOfWeapons: One wall of the biolab is covered in the deadliest weapons known to the Federation. Lorca keeps them as part of his study of war. Landry
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* FamousFamousFictional: Lorca mentions the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, and Zefram Cochrane[[/note]]The inventor of warp drive, famously portrayed by Creator/JamesCromwell in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''[[/note]] to motivate Stamets.
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* FamousFamousFictional: Lorca mentions the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, and Zefram Cochrane[[/note]]The Cochrane[[note]]The inventor of warp drive, famously portrayed by Creator/JamesCromwell in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''[[/note]] to motivate Stamets.
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* FamousFamousFictional: Lorca mentions the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, and Zefram Cochrane to motivate Stamets.
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* FamousFamousFictional: Lorca mentions the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, and Zefram Cochrane Cochrane[[/note]]The inventor of warp drive, famously portrayed by Creator/JamesCromwell in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''[[/note]] to motivate Stamets.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Burnham regrets having figured out that the tardigrade powers the spore drive, since using the latter clearly hurts the former.
