Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series)

The Vulcan Hello (2017)

Michelle Yeoh: Georgiou

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• Captain Phillipa Georgiou : We can't lock onto it, and we don't have a shuttle maneuverable enough to navigate the ring.

  Michael Burnham : I'll go. All I need is a thruster pack.

  Saru : With the high levels of radiation kicking off those binaries, she'll have twenty minutes until her DNA starts to unravel like noodles.

  Michael Burnham : Like noodles? I'll be back in nineteen. A flyby.

  Saru : It seems a waste of the ship's resources. What will be gained?

  Michael Burnham : You do understand that being afraid of everything means you learn nothing. There's no opportunity to discover, to explore.

  Saru : And here I thought we were doing a deep-space communication relay audit.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : You're both right. Saru, go with her.

  Michael Burnham , Saru : Captain!

  Michael Burnham : Best to keep variables to a minimum. I wouldn't want to put my colleague at risk.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : And you, Mr. Saru, are you equally happy not to be put at risk?

  Saru : Oh, on any occasion, Captain.

• Captain Phillipa Georgiou : What's the mood outside?

  Michael Burnham : Saru is the only one talking. He strongly believes we should about-face.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : There is a space station at Eagle-Twelve, three light-years away. The Andorian colony at Gamma Hydra is six. Shenzhou is the only line of defense if the Klingons attack.

  Michael Burnham : Not if. When.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : I have to hope that whatever happens here can serve as a bridge between our civilizations.

  Michael Burnham : That's the diplomat in you talking. What does the soldier say?

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Nothing good.

• Michael Burnham : Captain, we have to fire on them. Hit that ship with everything we've got.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Absolutely not. They haven't powered weapons. They don't appear to pose an imminent threat.

  Michael Burnham : The Klingon threat is always imminent and inevitable.

  Kamran Gant : Tactical log's ready.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Thank you, Mr. Gant. I'd like to remind you, we're wildly outgunned.

  Michael Burnham : 240 years ago, near H'Atoria, a Vulcan ship crossed into Klingon space. The Klingons attacked immediately. They destroyed the vessel. Vulcans don't make the same mistake twice. From then on, until formal relations were established, whenever the Vulcans crossed paths with Klingons, the Vulcans fired first. They said "hello" in a language the Klingons understood. Violence brought respect. Respect brought peace. Captain, we have to give the Klingons a Vulcan "hello".

• Michael Burnham : Your chief science officer is worried. Something took a bite out of our relay. Saru thinks it was malicious.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Saru's Kelpien; he thinks everything's malicious. What do you think? Any idea what it is?

  Michael Burnham : By all indications, nothing intelligent.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : But?

  Michael Burnham : Starfleet's reputation for tech hygiene is exemplary. When a relay goes down, the Federation sends a ship to fix it.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : You think someone's trying to get our attention?

  Michael Burnham : If they are, they have.

• Saru : I have taken the initiative of keeping us at maximum scanning distance in case of anything threatening out there, Captain.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Yes. Number One tells me you suspect foul play.

  Saru : Despite the first officer's constant need to dismiss my ideas...

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : She apparently agrees with you.

  Saru : Really?

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : I'm shocked, as well. Ensign Connor, agreement between my senior officers. Note the date and time.

  Danby Connor : Noted, Captain.

  Michael Burnham : Is this amount of sarcasm always necessary?

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Necessary? No. But I do like it.

• Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Number One, you should be in sickbay.

  Michael Burnham : What... have they made contact?

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Who's "they"?

  Michael Burnham : There are Klingons out there. We need to go to red alert.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Michael. Almost no one has seen a Klingon in a hundred years.

  Michael Burnham : I have. One attacked me on that object. Check my helmet cam.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : The footage was corrupted.

  Saru : Internal sensors show that the commander has entered the bridge in an irradiated state. Without immediate treatment, her condition will most certainly be terminal.

  Michael Burnham : He was warrior caste. His... his EV suit bore a Klingon house insignia.

  Saru : She also has a grade-three concussion.

  Michael Burnham : I am not delusional. This has nothing to do with a concussion. Phillipa... there are Klingons.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Red alert.

• Michael Burnham : We come in peace, that's why we're here. Isn't that the whole idea of Starfleet?

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Hey, I taught you that.

  Michael Burnham : You don't trust me, Captain?

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : I trust you with my life, Commander Burnham, but it doesn't change the fact that you're lost. Very lost.

  Michael Burnham : Technically, we would be lost.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : How long until that storm comes crashing down on us?

  Michael Burnham : I estimate one hour, seventeen minutes, twenty-two seconds. Which is why I've made sure we're not lost.

• Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Tell me what happened.

  Michael Burnham : He ambushed me. I hit my thruster pack to get away. I somehow knocked him into his blade. I killed him. But that object could be hiding a Klingon raiding party, obsucred behind that scattering field.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : If there are Klingons in this sector, they may be responsible for the damage to our relay.

  Saru : If there are Klingons in this sector, we should withdraw immediately.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : This is Federation space. Retreat is not an option. Whatever is over there needs to show itself. If it's hiding Klingons, we've got to flush them out.

• Saru : Something is scanning us. They've detected our weapons signature.

  Michael Burnham : Wait.

  [on the viewscreen, a Klingon warbird decloaks] 

  Danby Connor : No warp signatures detected, Captain.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Then where did they come from? Mr. Gant, disengage phase cannon targeting. Number One, get to sickbay. I need you fixed up and back on the bridge, stat. Mr. Januzzi, contact Starfleet Command. Send an encoded message. Tell them we have engaged the Klingons.

• [last lines] 

  Danby Connor : Captain! Incoming! Warp signatures detected.

  Captain Phillipa Georgiou : Is it Starfleet?

  Michael Burnham : No. Those ships are Klingon.