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Thursday 16 December 2021

Captain Tilly







Captain TILLY :
Any sign of Osyraa? 


Nothing. 

Captain TILLY
How did she even find us? 

BOOK :
If she wants your spore drive, 
she’s probably been tracking it. 

DETMER
You mean scanning for our jump signature? 

BOOK
She’d have gotten a read on it back at Kwejian. 

Captain TILLY :
Why didn’t she fire on us? 

BOOK
It’s not like her. 
Whatever she’s got planned, I’m guessing 
she’ll need us whole to make it work. 

Captain TILLY :
Engineering, what’s the status on shields? 

STAMETS
30 more minutes before we can jump. 

BRYCE
Uh, we’re being hailed. 
It’s Osyraa. 

Captain TILLY :
Tell Stamets we need shields in ten. 
Put her through. 

BRYCE
On screen. 

Osyraa :
Where’s The Captain? 

Captain TILLY :
I’m acting Captain. 

Osyraa :
(laughs
The Kelpien left you in charge? 

Captain TILLY :
Damn straight. 
I’m kind of busy right now, 
so could you get to The Point? 


Osyraa :
You are not really captain material


Captain TILLY :
Oh, nice try. 
You don’t know anything about me. 

Osyraa :
Oh, sure I do. 

Everybody’s Friend, right? 
Good with people, team player. 

But deep down in that 
pretty little heart of yours, 
you know that you’re just a fraud

How am I doing? 


Captain TILLY :
Mm, a certain 19th-century Earth neurologist 
would say that you’ve just proven 
the idea of Projection 
You tell me I’m a fraud 
because deep down inside, 
You kind of feel like a fraud. 

It’s interesting
It’s not just a human 
defence mechanism — It’s Galactic

Osyraa :
Don’t test me, Red. 

Captain TILLY :
Okay, we’ll skip Freud. 
What do you want? 

Osyraa :
Your ship, Your Spore Drive 
and Your Crew as Leverage. 

Captain TILLY :
Oh, no. Not gonna happen. 
You will not take this ship 
or anyone on it. 
Not now. Not ever. No.

Far Beyond The Empire.











Slave :
Is something amiss, Emperor? 

The Emperor :
Not at all. 
Everything is Unfolding 
as I’d Hoped. 

Slave :
You and Captain Burnham 
have come quite a long way 
over these last months. 
You must be pleased. 

The Emperor :
I’d only ever wished 
to Rule with Her. 
And now I shall

You will remain with me 
rather than return to Her Service. 

I am afraid that will not be possible, Emperor, in the end. 
I regret that I will not remain 
here with you. 
Vahar’ai is coming for me. 


The Emperor :
Who told you that? 

Slave :
I feel it. 
It would do me 
The Greatest Honor 
if you would be the one to cull me. 

The Emperor :
I Will Do No Such Thing. 

Slave :
I apologize for overstepping. 
I-I never should have… 

The Emperor :
Vahar’ai… 
…is not an End

Slave :
Emperor? 

The Emperor :
When The Madness comes
lock yourself away
In a few days’ time, 
You Will Still Be Alive
and You Will Be Changed Forever

Slave :
But that is merely a fable

The Emperor :
I have witnessed it myself

Slave :
H-How…. how is that possible

The Emperor :
I knew a Kelpien once
in Another Time, Another Place. 
His Name was Saru
He Survived Vahar’ai, 
and it made him stronger

He was A Captain of a Starship. 

Slave :
….You must have travelled far Beyond The Empire. 
You are placing a great deal 
of Trust in me. 

The Emperor :
My Corpse would already 
be eaten to bones 
if I could not accurately judge 
between Loyalty and Flattery

Your Regret was genuine 
when you thought 
You were leaving Me here
as was Your Pain 
when Your Comrade fell. 

Slave :
He… He would have li…? 
My Sister, My Family, 
they would all still be… 

The Emperor :
Survive
That is how you Honor Them. 
Teach others What You Know. 
That is how you Avenge Them. 

Slave :
You are not Terran. 

The Emperor :
Of course I am. 

Slave :
The Way You Speak… 

The Emperor :
Enough

Slave :
Please, return to where you are from, Emperor. 
Should you fail to do 
What is Expected of You, 
They will KILL You. 

The Emperor :
This is My Home
Now and Forever
And I Will MAKE it 
What it Needs to Be.. 
That is How I Will Survive. 

Do you understand? 

Slave :
I-I believe so, Emperor. 

The Emperor :
Leave Me to My Bath.

WHAT Have You DONE TO Me..?



Q.
I’m still Dying. Why

A.
You weren’t Sent Back 
to be CURED
You were Sent Back 
to be WEIGHED

Q.
Weighed? 

A.
Tested, to see if she’d make 
Different Choices. 
To see if this time, here
had changed her at all. 

Q. : 
Why didn’t you just TELL me? 

A. : 
What, give you The Answer 
before The Test? 

You’re a Tricky Case, Philippa. 
You Don’t Belong Here, Now, 
but to Send You Somewhere Else 
might cause just as many problems. 
So you had to be weighed 
to figure out Your Course

Q. : 
Oh, let me guess. 
I was found to be lacking

A. : 
Now, why would you say that

Q. : 
I Killed My Daughter. Again

A. : 
But in Fairness, 
Your Hands were Tied

Q. : 
The End was the same. 

A. : 
But You Tried

Q. : 
I Failed Her… 
The Empire. 

A. : 
Yeah. But, you know, 
THIS time through… 
You Tried for PEACE

You Saved a Kelpien
and You Didn’t HAVE to Do That. 

And He’ll Save Others
A LOT of Them. 

Monday 29 November 2021

The Fight





Thank you for doing this, sir. 
I know it didn't go the way that you hoped. 

Sir. We made a decision together, 
and we are living with it together. 
The fact that you reminded us of that 
and reminded us who we are to each other, that — 

I think that's Leadership.


Skeletor :
"I am NOT Nice.
But, uh... uh, tell me more about 
this "Christmas" [of which You Speak]....

Little Boy :
Well... it's a WONDERFUL Time of The Year!
Everyone has LOTS of Fun..!!

Skeletor :
"You mean, they get 
in FIGHTS...?"

Children :
No..!! [ YES.] 

Skeletor :
Fights are Fun..!! 
LIKE Fights!!

Little Girl :
....and you give each other presents...!!

Skeletor :
...and when you open them, 
they EXPLODE, right..??
[ Sometimes, yes…. The People, not The Gifts.]

Little Girl :
No!! They're NICE Gifts..!!

Skeletor :
"NICE!?! 
Doesn't sound like 
much FUN, to me....!"



Capt. Saru :
Uh, sit, please. 
I gave the rest of the crew the evening off to recuperate. 
But I asked all of you here 
because we work most closely 
and have not had a moment. 

In fact, we have lost quite a few. 

Almost every culture has a ritual 
that gathers its moments 
when it can, holds them dear

A time to take the measure of loved ones 
and what we have all accomplished together. 

( Silverware clanks ) 
Ah. Hmm. 
We made A Choice a millennium ago 
to follow Commander Burnham. 

I will never forget what I heard 
as I stood before each of you 
as you cast your vote. 

It was not unlike... 
A Small Prayer. 

I ask that we repeat that now. 

Evil Georgiou :
Must we really

Capt. Saru :
Yes, we must

Evil Georgiou :
( Scoffs ) 

Capt. Saru :
Lieutenant Detmer, 
Do you remember what you said? 

Lt. Detmer :
I said "Aye." 

I said, "Aye." 

Aye. 

Aye. 

Aye. 

Aye. 

Aye, sir. 

Aye. 

Aye. 

Aye. 

Evil Georgiou :
I never said "Aye." 
But... I'm here

Capt. Saru :
( Raise glass to propose a Toast — Clears throat
Aye

All
Aye


Linus
Is that droog-beetle pie? 
( Sniffs ) 
Mmm. 

Dr. Culber
What is going on between you two? 

Stammets :
I don't know. Nothing. 

Capt. Saru :
This reminds me of 
Harvest on Kaminar. 
Siranna and I would work from sunup until after sun fall, 
gathering and drying 
our seasonal kelp crops. 

Our Family would then dine together under the full moon. 

Evil Georgiou :
Kelp dries in the sun. 
An existential crisis. 
Is there some dessert? 

Dr. Culber
Is that a haiku

Evil Georgiou :
(impressed)
Yes

Dr. Culber
Emperor Georgiou. 
Feasting on the finest cuts. 
Snarfs cookies on the down-low —
I screwed up the last line. 

( All laugh ) 

Capt. Saru :
No matter. Hear! Hear! 

Haiku? Oh. 
I puked... upon... 

No. No. 

... the Tellarite ambassador 
once at Thanksgiving. 

( All groan ) 
Yeah. 
It was an actual diplomatic crisis. 


Okay, this is not 
what I want to hear at dinner. 
I mean, who raised you people? 

Get Detmer to do one. 


No. No, I don't want to... 

Come on. Try. Try. 

Detmer: 
No. Okay. 
( Clears throat ) 
( Detmer exhales ) 
The drones can't get Stamets' blood 
off the med bay floor... 
No. Wait. 

No one can clean Stamets' blood... 
( Laughing ) 
( Exhales ) 

Okay, I've got it. I've got it. 

No one can get Stamets' blood... 

Oh, shoot. No, wait. 
Wait, wait, wait. 
( Laughs ): 
Stamets' blood is so red. 

Lieutenant. 

No, I've got it now. I've got it. 
It's five, seven, five, right? 

I don't think this is... 

It's a poem. 

It's uncalled for. Officers. 
My life is not a joke for the dinner table. 

I wasn't trying to make a joke. 

I was back at work within a few hours of being injured.
 We wouldn't have gotten anywhere near Earth if it weren't for me. 

You're not the only one to move this ship. I'm The Pilot
We move it. 

I never said it was just me. 

Detmer: 
You think you're the only essential personnel on this vessel. 
Look at you. It's written all over you. 

Lieutenant. 

Detmer: 
You want to fly this monster? 
Actually be responsible for every single person every single day, 
or do you just want to be 
the when-he-feels-like-it superhero 
and have everybody kiss your ass? 

The reality is I'm the only one who can make the jumps. 

I flew us into the future
I landed this ship. 
I landed Discovery. 

Stamets
Yes, and we barely survived. 

Tilly
Oh, my God. Stop it! 
You guys are both acting 
like complete assholes

Ensign Tilly
Why don't we all just take a breath? 

Tilly :
You guys think you have 
the market cornered on pain
All of our sacrifices, 
all of our experiences 
and our work, 
it matters
The only way we're gonna through this is as a crew

Stamets :
I have work to do. 

( Door whooshes open ) 

You did land this monster. 
He should be thanking you. 

Keyla. Keyla? 
Uh... 
( Clears throat

Evil Georgiou
Well, at least the wine was good. 

( She gets up, taking it with her, because she’s evil. )

( Door whooshes open )