

Saru questions the history between Burnham and this broker, and empathizes with the difficult position Booker has put her in.īooker and Tarka arrive at a gambling barge on Borathia. Owosekun (Oyin Oladejo) with her to Borathia to verify the stellar survey data. Burnham suggests contacting a broker friend from her courier days while Stamets continues his calculations, but Zora volunteers to do the more tedious number crunching instead.īurnham and Saru walk the corridors as she shares her plans, stating that she intends to bring Lt. Stamets explains that there’s still not much available information about space near the Great Barrier, but Zora (Annabelle Wallis) suggests a nearby civilization that might posses star charts accurate enough to allow DISCO more insight. Burnham graciously accepts before getting back on task. Before briefing her, Saru offers emotional support during this harrowing time on behalf of the crew. Stamets (Anthony Rapp) as they attempt to locate the coordinates of Species 10-C. When Burnham states that the presidents orders to the contrary were quite clear, Vance insists that while he must keep up appearances publicly, that he’d be doing a disservice to Burnham’s unique skills by not employing her knowledge about Book and the black market remnants of the Emerald Chain.Īfter the titles, Burnham checks in with Mr. Vance then orders Burnham to find Booker and Tarka before the Federation does, by any means necessary. He goes on to express fear about having to send his family away again after reuniting with them. Tarka on the spore drive development project. The admiral is clearly stressed about the situation, revealing his guilt about bringing Dr.

Burnham frets in her ready room until she’s joined by Admiral Vance. Tarka presses Book for feedback on the new drive, but Book’s focus is on finding the enough isolinium for Tarka’s weapon. Meanwhile, Cleveland “Book” Booker (David Ajala) and Dr. Rillak declines, insisting that Burnham is too personally involved to operate objectively, and assigns DISCO and her crew to reconnaissance on the mysterious Species 10-C instead. Both Vance and Burnham are apologetic, and Burnham offers the Discovery to help track down the stolen drive by locating sources of isolinium, a critical element to an isoliniear weapon. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) for insight into how a theft of this magnitude could happen at the worst possible time. There, she grills both the admiral and Capt. Zadmiral Vance (Oded Fehr) leans into an officer for details just as President Rillak (Chelah Horsdal) calls him into his office. Picking up a matter of hours after episode seven, Starfleet HQ is a-buzz with commotion as the officers scramble to locate the stolen spore drive prototype.
