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Saturday 5 August 2023

Sarek and His Son, Spock






alien (adj.)
c. 1300, "strange, foreign," from Old French alien "strange, foreign;" as a noun, "an alien, stranger, foreigner," from Latin alienus "of or belonging to another, not one's own, foreign, strange," also, as a noun, "a stranger, foreigner," adjective from alius (adv.) "another, other, different" (from PIE root *al- (1) "beyond").

The meaning "residing in a country not of one's birth" is from mid-15c. The sense of "wholly different in nature" is from 1670s. The meaning "not of this Earth" is recorded by 1920. An alien priory (mid 15c.) is one owing obedience to a religious jurisdiction in a foreign country.
also from c. 1300

alien (n.)
"foreigner, citizen of a foreign land," early 14c., from alien (adj.) or from noun use of the adjective in French and Latin. In the science fiction sense "being from Another Planet," from 1953.

also from early 14c.


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*al- (1)
Proto-Indo-European root meaning "beyond."

It forms all or part of: adulteration; adultery; alias; alibi; alien; alienate; alienation; allegory; allele;  allergy; allo-; allopathy; allotropy; Alsace; alter; altercation; alternate; alternative; altruism; eldritch; else; hidalgo; inter alia; other; outrage; outrageous; outre; parallax; parallel; subaltern; synallagmatic; ulterior; ultimate; ultra-.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit anya "other, different," arana- "foreign;" Avestan anya-, Armenian ail "another;" Greek allos "other, different, strange;" Latin alius "another, other, different," alter "the other (of two)," ultra "beyond, on the other side;" Gothic aljis "other," Old English elles "otherwise, else," German ander "other."

alienage (n.)
"state of being alien," 1753, from alien (adj.) + -age. Other abstract noun forms include alienship (1846); alienness (1881).

Monday 10 May 2021

The Klingon Ambassador

Star Trek IV The Voyage Home -  
Court martial scene with Sarek and The Klingon Ambassador


Friday 9 April 2021

The Spock of Vulcan-Two



 

(Spock is staring at the transporter pad as Sarek enters)

 

The Sarek of Vulcan-Two : 

Speak your mind, Spock.

 

The Spock of Vulcan-Two : 

That would be unwise.

 

The Sarek of Vulcan-Two : 

What is Necessary is never unwise.

 

The Spock of Vulcan-Two : 

I'm as conflicted as I once was as a child.

 

The Sarek of Vulcan-Two

You will always be 

A Child of Two Worlds. 

I am grateful for this. 

And for you.

 

The Spock of Vulcan-Two : 

I feel anger for the one who took mother's life. 

An anger I cannot control.

 

The Sarek of Vulcan-Two : 

I believe, as she would say

'Do Not Try to.' 


You asked me once why I married Your Mother --

I married her because I loved her.

 

Sunday 17 January 2021

Lack of Pressence



SAREK :
(His voice is cracking through residual contact with Kirk’s emotions and overwhelming, utterly alien human Grief.)
Forgive Me — 
It is Not Here. 



It's how they control us.
Their absence [CLEARS THROAT.]
distracts us from our lives, the things that matter.
I'm not sure what you're trying It's never their fault.
Our men.
And God forbid we should have a feeling about it.
Mmm, what choice do they have? Destiny calls.
[KETTLE WHISTLING.]
What kind of bitches would we be to stand in their way? [WHISTLING CONTINUES.]
[WHISTLING STOPS.]
Do you know what the saddest words are in the English language? "Vacant lot.
" Don't know why.
Vacant lot.
OLIVER: My Bonnie lies over the ocean My Bonnie lies over the sea My Bonnie lies over the ocean So bring back my Bonnie to me.
Well, that's most uninviting.
Get up.
Sugarplum, I-I must confess bewilderment.
- This isn't you.
- How would you know? Where'd you go this time? This quality of light.
Remember that rooftop in Bombay? It's called Mumbai now.
One of many changes since you've been gone.
Holding each other tight.
Stars above.
A whispered dream.
You left me.
I always come back to the girl I left behind.
She's gone.
She's not.
Look.
[GASPS.]
I was worried.
When you came back If you you came back.
All those years.
Did they make me unrecognizable? What are years? 
Just trips around The Sun.


[WATER BABBLING.]
[BIRD SQUAWKS.]
[SIGHS.]
FAROUK : 
We must leave soon.


And go where? 

To find The Monk.
Remember? Le moine qui garde.
Have you seen him? The Monk of the Mi-Go Order.
Is he here? At Division 3? 
He alone knows where the body's hidden.



Yes.
I remember now.
The Monk.


[SHUDDERS.]
[BEEP.]


Hmm.
You should have burned it.
How's th- how's that? 

If you had, I wouldn't have been stuck in that hard ice cube.
You see, I'm still tied to my corporeal form.
But if you just burned me —

Burned you.

Mm.
I could have danced through a cosmic field of multidimensions with no outer limits to speak of.
Would've been beautiful.


Well, what about me? Us? 

You could have tagged along, to The Beyond, where the real action happens.

“Tagged along.”

Is that the wrong word? Followed.
Yes, followed.


[SCOFFS]


There was a time when you'd follow me anywhere.


MELANIE: 
Yes.
Yes, there was.
And where did that get me? 

Things they've changed between us, haven't they? 

Yes.
They have.


[GASPS.]
[EXHALES.]
MAN [OVER P.A..] : 
New Symptom Alert : 
A growing sense of outrage.

[ANNOUNCEMENT CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY.]

Seriously, Melanie, when are you coming back to work? 



It's how they control us.
Their absence [CLEARS THROAT.]
distracts us from our lives, the things that matter.
I'm not sure what you're trying ‘Course, it's never their fault, our men.
God forbid we should have a feeling about it.
What choice do they have? Destiny calls.
What kind of bitches would we be to stand in their way? [KETTLE WHISTLING.]
- [SIGHS.]
- [WHISTLING STOPS.]
Do you know what the saddest words are in the English language? 
"Vacant lot." 
Don't know why.
Vacant lot.

Friday 15 January 2021

The Original Vulcan Hello

"Do you have the right to commit murder?"


COMPUTER VOICE 
(on viewscreen): 
...six, ...five, ...four, ...three, ...two, ...one...

(on the viewscreen the Enterprise self-destructs)

KLINGON AMBASSADOR: 
Hold the image. Hold! ...Behold! 
The Quintessential Devil in these matters! 

James T. Kirk, 
Renegade and Terrorist! 

Not only is he responsible for the murder of a Klingon crew, 
the theft of a Klingon vessel -

See now the real plot and intentions - 
Even as this Federation was negotiating a peace treaty with us, 
Kirk was secretly developing the Genesis torpedo, 
conceived by Kirk's son and test-detonated by the Admiral himself!

The result of this awesome energy was euphemistically called 
'The Genesis Planet' 

...A secret base from which to launch 
The Annihilation of The Klingon People! 
We demand the extradition of Kirk! 

We demand Justice!

SAREK: 
Klingon justice is a unique point of view, Mister President.
Genesis was perfectly named. 
The Creation of Life, not Death. 
The Klingons shed the first blood while attempting to possess its secrets.

KLINGON AMBASSADOR: 
Vulcans are well known as the intellectual puppets of this Federation!

SAREK: 
Your vessel did destroy U.S.S. Grissom. 
Your men did kill Kirk's son. 
Do you deny these events?

KLINGON AMBASSADOR: 
We deny nothing! 
We have the right to preserve our race!

SAREK: 
Do you have the right to commit murder?

FEDERATION PRESIDENT: 
Silence! Silence! 
There will be no further outbursts from the floor.

SAREK: 
Mister President, I have come to speak on behalf of the accused.

KLINGON AMBASSADOR: 
Personal bias! 
His son was saved by Kirk!

FEDERATION PRESIDENT: 
Mister Ambassador, with all respect, the Council's deliberations are over.

KLINGON AMBASSADOR: 
Then Kirk goes unpunished?

FEDERATION PRESIDENT: 
Admiral Kirk has been charged with 9 violations of Starfleet regulations.

  • Conspiracy. 
  • Assault on Federation Officers. 
  • Theft of Federation Property, namely the Starship Enterprise. 
  • Sabotage of the U.S.S. Excelsior, 
  • Wilful destruction of Federation Property, specifically the aforementioned U.S.S. Enterprise. 

  • Disobeying Direct Orders of the Starfleet Commander.



KLINGON AMBASSADOR: 
Starfleet regulations? That's outrageous! 

Remember this well - 
There shall be no peace as long as Kirk lives!


Mixed Marriages and Arranged Marriages

AMBASSADOR SAREK, of Vulcan :

The Meaning of Spock's Existence is 

The Very Meaning of Our Marriage : 

What our two lifeforms combine, 

and offer something of value to other lifeforms. 


RODDENBERRY :

But if you take the madness, which happens to your people at the time of pon farr, then add to it the extraordinary strength of a Vulcan--" 

AMBASSADOR SAREK,

of Vulcan :

Ordinarily an Earth woman could not endure that. 

If she survived, she might be severely injured, 

both physically and emotionally.

 

RODDENBERRY :

Regarding that-- 

 

AMBASSADOR SAREK,

of Vulcan :

 

Roddenberry, I will not paint a word picture. 

I will say, that Humans and Vulcans mate in... 

Somewhat similar fashion--in quite a similar fashion. 

But physical contour, mass, duration and energy do vary. 

Since we are deprived of our Reason, during this time, 

the rest depends upon The Woman

Not just her strength, but also her wisdom.

 Her patience." 

 

 

 

 

 "Sarek's Son Spock" -- Gene Roddenberry talks to Mark Lenard in connection with

"Inside Star Trek", a tribute to Star Trek released in 1976.

 

Roddenberry to transporter officer: 

Set transporter for Vulcan Embassy.

 

Coordinates on Vulcan Embassy.

Lock on to Ambassador Sarek.

Ambassador Sarek, sir. Engaging.

 

[transporter effect]

 

Welcome, Ambassador Sarek.

 

My old friend Roddenberry, it's been years since we've met.

 

"And I have many new questions, Ambassador--

much more intimate, and personal, than I have ever had to ask before." 

 

About my son Spock, I presume.

 

Well, yes, if you include the beginnings of Spock...

There are some things I must know, Ambassador, in order to continue with my Star Trek journey.

Forgive me, but how were you able to... overcome... the Vulcan pon farr mating drive?

I presume you did overcome it, Spock's mother Amanda was human, and somehow she was impregnated by you— 

 

Roddenberry, are you asking if we coupled?

 

Ehrr, yes, sir.

We know that Vulcans normally mate only once every seven years--" 

 

And since it is known that we pay for our sexual repression during these years by an almost animal madness, this has aroused a... a prurient curiosity among humans.

 

It comes out of our affection for your son Spock, Ambassador. And your son's future. He's half Human, we've seen him reject a Vulcan marriage, is marriage to a Human female possible to him?

 

It was for me.

 

But if you take the madness, which happens to your people at the time of pon farr, then add to it the extraordinary strength of a Vulcan--

 

Ordinarily an Earth woman could not endure that.

If she survived, she might be severely injured, both physically and emotionally.

 

Regarding that--

 

Roddenberry, I will not paint a word picture. 

I will say, that Humans and Vulcans mate in... somewhat similar fashion--in quite a similar fashion.

But physical contour, mass, duration and energy do vary.

Since we are deprived of our reason, during this time, the rest depends upon the woman.

Not just her strength, 

but also her wisdom. Her patience.

 

Is it possible to ever completely overcome the pon farr madness?

 

It is probably impossible to a Vulcan in his youthful prime.

Fortunately, I was not.

And it was no doubt helped by the fact that I spent almost thirty years as Ambassador to other Federation planets.

 

And you spent many of those years on Earth itself?

 

Yes. But this gives too much credit to me.

Spock's mother Amanda is an extraordinary woman.

 

And Spock was the result. 

The first Human-Vulcan mixture.

 

No, not the first. 


But the first to survive


As you must know, an Earth-Vulcan conception will abort during the end of the first month. 

The fetus is unable to continue life once it begins to develop its primary organs. 

The fetus Spock was removed from Amanda's body at this time --

The first such experiment ever attempted. 

His tiny form resided in a test tube for the following two Earth months, while our physicians performed delicate chemical engineering, introducing over a hundred subtle changes that we hoped would sustain life. 

At the end of this time, the fetus was returned to Amanda's womb. 

At the ninth Earth month, the tiny form was again removed from Amanda, prematurely by Vulcan standards, and spent the following four months Vulcan term pregnancy in a specially designed incubator. 

The infant Spock proved surprisingly resilient--there seems to be something about the Earth-Vulcan mixture, which created in that.. tiny body.. a fierce determination to survive.

 

And, as Spock grew into childhood, Ambassador--

 

Yes, yes. There must have been times when his inner mind wondered, if the fight to survive had been worthwhile. 

You see, while all Vulcans, including our children, live by the code of IDIC, and believe that diversity is to be admired, and treasured, it must be understood that the display of emotion is considered on our planet to be grossly offensive

No, more than that. 

Shockingly indecent. 

I can only explain that our attitude is rooted in Vulcan history, involving events of such bloody violence

that it's left our race forever scarred, and sensitive to displays of emotion. 

Whether or not this Vulcan attitude can be defended, 

the fact is, it exists.

 

Young Spock was allowed no smiles, no tears, no anger...

 

Such emotions, so common among your small children, are shocking, even appalling, to a Vulcan child. 

Spock's playmates could only assume that the bearer of these emotions was exhibiting hatred for his fellows. 

Some desire to embarrass, to disgust them. 

The children were prepared to enjoy Spock's diversity, they were not prepared

for my son's demonstrating what seemed to be an obscenity of the grossest kind.

 

It must have been a cruel existence for Spock. 

It was.

 

Then, what kept your family on Vulcan?

 

We felt... Spock's torture, of course. 

But Amanda and I also had A Dream. 

One that justified even the risk of our precious son's life and sanity. 

What point is there in any life surviving unless it has Meaning? 

The Meaning of Spock's Existence is the very meaning of our Marriage: 

What our two lifeforms combine, 

and offer something of value to other lifeforms.

 

"IDIC." 

 

Yes. Infinite Diversity from Infinite Combinations. 

It has given us quite a lovely Universe. 

I will return to Vulcan now, if I may.

 

Thank you, Ambassador. Engage transporter.

 

[transporter effect]

 

================

 

 

OSEPH CAMPBELL: 

 

 

The Libido is The Impulse to Life.
 

BILL MOYERS: 

 

 

Comes from where?
 

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: 

 

 

Comes from The Heart.
 
BILL MOYERS: 
And The Heart is what?
 

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: 

 

The Heart is the organ of opening up to 

Somebody Else. 

That’s the human quality, as opposed to the animal qualities, which have to do with, primarily with self-interest. 

 

Opening up to that which is other is the opening of The Heart, and that’s as the troubadours saw it, it is the opening of The Heart.
 

BILL MOYERS: 

 

 

I can certainly understand, though, why The Church was threatened by this, because how can you have a church if everyone’s libido is his or her Own God?
 

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: 

 

Why Not? 

Why can’t The Church handle that? 

 

If you can sanctify a marriage that has been arranged,
why can’t you sanctify A Marriage where two people have Joined Each Other?
 
BILL MOYERS: 
So the courage to love became 
the courage to affirm against Tradition
whatever knowledge stands confirmed 
in one’s own experience.
 
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: 
Yeah.
 
BILL MOYERS: 
Why was that important in 
The Evolution of The West?
 
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: 
Well, it was important in that it gives The West this accent, as I’ve been saying, on the individual, that he should have faith in his experience, and not simply mouth terms that have come to him from other mouths. 
 
I think that’s the great thing in The West. 
 
The validity of the individual’s experience of what humanity is, what life is, what values are, against the monolithic system.
 
BILL MOYERS: 
Was there some of this in the legend of The Holy Grail?
 
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: 
Yes. Wolfram has a very interesting statement about The Origin of The Grail.

He says The Grail was brought from Heaven by 
The Neutral Angels. 
 
There was The War in Heaven
between God and Lucifer,
and the angelic hosts that sided one group with Lucifer,
and the other with God
 
Pair of opposites, 
Good and Evil
God and Satan
 
The Grail was brought down through The Middle,
The Way of The Middle, 
by The Neutral angels.
 
BILL MOYERS: 
What is the Grail representing, then?
 

JOSEPH CAMPBELL:

Well, the Grail becomes the, what we call it,

That which is attained and realized by people who have lived their own lives. 

Saturday 28 September 2019

Bed Canon




"Sarek's Son Spock" -- Gene Roddenberry talks to Mark Lenard in connection with "Inside Star Trek", a tribute to Star Trek released in 1976.

Roddenberry to transporter officer: "Set transporter for Vulcan Embassy."


"Coordinates on Vulcan Embassy."


"Lock on to Ambassador Sarek."


"Ambassador Sarek, sir. Engaging."

[transporter effect]

"Welcome, Ambassador Sarek."


"My old friend Roddenberry, it's been years since we've met."


"And I have many new questions, Ambassador--much more intimate, and personal, than I have ever had to ask before."


"About my son Spock, I presume."


"Well, yes, if you include the beginnings of Spock... There are some things I must know, Ambassador, in order to continue with my Star Trek journey. Forgive me, but how were you able to... overcome... the Vulcan _pon farr_ mating drive? I presume you did overcome it, Spock's mother Amanda was human, and somehow she was impregnated by you--"


"Roddenberry, are you asking if we coupled?"


"Ehrr, yes, sir. We know that Vulcans normally mate only once every seven years--"


"And since it is known that we pay for our sexual repression during these years by an almost animal madness, this has aroused a... a prurient curiosity among humans."


"It comes out of our affection for your son Spock, Ambassador. And your son's future. He's half Human, we've seen him reject a Vulcan marriage, is marriage to a Human female possible to him?"


"It was for me."


"But if you take the madness, which happens to your people at the time of pon farr, then add to it the extraordinary strength of a Vulcan--"


"Ordinarily an Earth woman could not endure that. If she survived, she might be severely injured, both physically and emotionally."


"Regarding that--"


"Roddenberry, I will not paint a word picture. 
I will say, that Humans and Vulcans mate in... somewhat similar fashion--in quite a similar fashion. 
But physical contour, mass, duration and energy do vary. 
Since we are deprived of our reason, during this time, the rest depends upon the woman. 

Not just her strength, but also her wisdom. Her patience."


"Is it possible to ever completely overcome the pon farr madness?"


"It is probably impossible to a Vulcan in his youthful prime. 
Fortunately, I was not
And it was no doubt helped by the fact that I spent almost thirty years as Ambassador to other Federation planets."


"And you spent many of those years on Earth itself?"


"Yes. But this gives too much credit to me. 



Spock's mother Amanda is an extraordinary woman."


"And Spock was the result. 
The first Human-Vulcan mixture."




"No, not the first. 
But the first to survive

As you must know, an Earth-Vulcan conception will abort during the end of the first month. 
The fetus is unable to continue life once it begins to develop its primary organs. 
The fetus Spock was removed from Amanda's body at this time-- first such experiment ever attempted. 
His tiny form resided in a test tube for the following two Earth months, while our physicians performed delicate chemical engineering, introducing over a hundred subtle changes that we hoped would sustain life. 
At the end of this time, the fetus was returned to Amanda's womb. 
At the ninth Earth month, the tiny form was again removed from Amanda, prematurely by Vulcan standards, and spent the following four months Vulcan term pregnancy in a specially designed incubator. 
The infant Spock proved surprisingly resilient--there seems to be something about the Earth-Vulcan mixture, which created in that.. tiny body.. a fierce determination to survive."


"And, as Spock grew into childhood, Ambassador--"


"Yes, yes. There must have been times when his inner mind wondered, if the fight to survive had been worthwhile. 
You see, while all Vulcans, including our children, live by the code of IDIC, and believe that diversity is to be admired, and treasured, it must be understood that the display of emotion is considered on our planet to be grossly offensive. 

No, more than that. 
Shockingly indecent

I can only explain that our attitude is rooted in Vulcan history, involving events of such bloody violence that it's left our race forever scarred, and sensitive to displays of emotion. Whether or not this Vulcan attitude can be defended, the fact is, it exists."

"Young Spock was allowed no smiles, no tears, no anger..."


"Such emotions, so common among your small children, are shocking, even appalling, to a Vulcan child. Spock's playmates could only assume that the bearer of these emotions was exhibiting hatred for his fellows. Some desire to embarrass, to disgust them. The children were prepared to enjoy Spock's diversity, they were not prepared for my son's demonstrating what seemed to be an obscenity of the grossest kind."


"It must have been a cruel existence for Spock."


"It was."


"Then, what kept your family on Vulcan?"


"We felt... Spock's torture, of course. But Amanda and I also had a dream. One that justified even the risk of our precious son's life and sanity. What point is there in any life surviving unless it has meaning? The meaning of Spock's existence is the very meaning of our marriage: What our two lifeforms combine, and offer something of value to other lifeforms."


"IDIC."


"Yes. Infinite Diversity from Infinite Combinations. It has given us quite a lovely Universe. I will return to Vulcan now, if I may."


"Thank you, Ambassador. Engage transporter."

[transporter effect]

================

Friday 8 February 2019

Michael Burn 'em


The Prophet Sarek :
I must return to Vulcan.
There are evolving details to the plan that must be considered.

Michael :
What evolving details? 

The Prophet Sarek :
I sense you are uneasy.
 
During my mind-meld with Saru, 
I learned of your attachment 
to the Klingon spy and what he did to you.
 
Such events are clearly troubling.

Michael :
 I'm fine, Sarek.
 
The Prophet Sarek :
I remain, unconvinced.

There is irony here, of course.
The man you fell in love with was a Klingon.
 
Michael :
He - I don't know what he was.
 
The Prophet Sarek :
There is also grace.
[ This, coming from you?! ]
 
For what greater source of Peace exists 
than our ability to Love Our Enemy? 

Michael, Burn 'em :
I've made foolish choices.
Emotional choices.


The Prophet Sarek :
Well, you are human.
As is Your Mother.
 
There is no telling what any one of us may do 
where The Heart is concerned.

We are at War.
Logic dictates that each farewell 
may be Our Last.
 
Do not regret loving someone, Michael.



Admiral Cornwell requested a status report.
This is the last of the mycelial transport vessels.
We will be able to launch by the time we reach Veda.
 

Michael :
I just said good-bye to my father, and it felt... different.
Final. It won't be, right? 

Did you ever think, when you signed up for Starfleet, 
that you'd be forced to see War and Death? 

Death found me when I was a child.
So, yeah. I knew what I was getting into.

I don't think I did.
Not really.
Does that make me naive? 

It makes you optimistic.

When we were in the Terran universe, 
I was reminded how much a person is shaped by their environment.
 
And I think the only way that we can stop ourselves from becoming them is to 
understand The Darkness within us
and fight it.
 
Tyler needs you.
 
Michael :
I'm told he's doing well.

That's not possible, 
not when you've lost the person - 
you care about the most.


Michael :
He killed a Starfleet officer.
And he - he tried to kill me.

And those crimes are reprehensible, 
but Tyler is not the person who did that, 
at least he's he's not anymore.

He is something other, someone new.

And what we do now, 
the way that we treat him, 
that is who he will become.
I know you still care about him.

I do.
That does not mean I should.

Michael, he's been stripped of his badge.
He'll never fly for Starfleet again.
He'll be lucky if he doesn't end up 
in a lab or a cell.
What kind of future can he have
Say what you have to say, 
even if it's good-bye.




Earth, Andor, Tellar, Vulcan.
Every planet of the Federation has made the odyssey out of darkness into light.
So too have the Klingons.
 
The war is over.
There were triumphs.
Victories of spirit.
Courage beyond reason.
 
But make no mistake.
These were bleak times.
Times we cannot repeat.
Times we cannot forget.
 
 
Isik for your thoughts.
 
 
What’s an isik, anyway? 
 
Oh, I don̢۪t know.
It̢۪s something my mother used to say to me.
 
 
Thank you for coming.
I̢۪m glad to see you.
Is everything okay? When I was growing up, you told me not to forget my humanity.
I didn̢۪t know what that meant.
I didn̢۪t how to do it, I didn̢۪t know why I would even want to.
I get it now.
So thank you.
For not giving up on me.
That’s What Mothers Do.
Michael.
Father.
 
SAREK:
What the Federation chose to do on Qo’noS 
was unprincipled, and I had a part in it.
 
Michael :
The Klingons made it clear they would fight us to extinction.
You were desperate to save us.
I know the feeling all too well.
 
 Sarek :
And yet, you were able to find another way.
I am not alone in finding your commitment to Starfleet'€™s ideals commendable.
 
I asked if I may give it to you.
Your record has been expunged, 
your pardon by the president of the Federation is official.
 
Commander Burnham.
 
The Federation is as grateful to you as I am to my daughter.
Your mother will stay in Paris for a few days.
I will travel with Discovery to Vulcan.
You are picking up your new captain there.
I'm glad we̢۪ll be making that journey together.
 
Michael :
We are no longer on The Eve of Battle.
Even so, I come to ask myself the same question that young soldier asked the general all those years ago: 
 
"How do I defeat Fear?" 
 
The General'€™s Answer
The Only Way to Defeat Dear is to Tell it "No.
 
No. We will not take shortcuts on the path to righteousness.
No. We will not break the rules that protect us from our basest instincts.
No. We will not allow desperation to destroy moral authority.
 
I am guilty of all these things.
 
Some say that in life, there are no second chances.
Experience tells me that this is true.
But we can only look forward.
 
We have to be Torchbearers, 
casting The Light so we may see Our Path to lasting Peace.
 
We will continue exploring, 
Discovering New Worlds, New Civilizations.
 
Yes.
That is the United Federation of Planets.