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* WhiteVoidRoom: Kovich brings Vance and Burnham to the Infinity Vault, a featureless white void used for private conversations of the utmost sectecy.

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* WhiteVoidRoom: Kovich brings Vance and Burnham to the Infinity Vault, a featureless white void used for private conversations of the utmost sectecy.secrecy.
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* MomentKiller: Burnham and Book are having a quiet moment on Q'mau when Rayner beams down in front of them. His tone of voice implies that it was deliberate.
-->'''Rayner:''' I love the feeling of interrupting something. You two need a moment?\\
'''Burnham:''' Not at all. We're good.\\
'''Rayner:''' You sure? 'Cause we got a job to do.\\
'''Book:''' I said we're good.\\
'''Rayner:''' Can't keep your eyes on the job, then...\\
'''Burnham:''' We're good.\\
'''Rayner:''' ''(laughs)'' Okay.

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* AscendedExtra: Vellek, who was a previously unnamed, background member of the Romulan delegation from "The Chase".

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* AscendedExtra: Vellek, who was a previously unnamed, background member of the Romulan delegation from "The Chase".Chase", is revealed to have since been researching the Progenitors in the hopes of actually finding their technology, and evidently succeeded.


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* SadisticChoice: Moll and La'k deliberately trigger an avalanche so the two Starfleet vessels will have to choose between pursuing them and saving the settlement. This being Starfleet, the settlement comes first.
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* OutsideContextProblem: From the perspective of Moll and L'ak -- they're monitoring the approach of two Starfleet ships, including the ''Antares'', when they're surprised at another ship arriving much faster than they expected. That ship is, of course, ''Discovery'', and they clearly don't know about the spore drive.
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* MissionBriefing: Due to the urgency of the Red Directive, Burnham gives her crew a quick briefing on TheBridge of ''Discovery'' right before they spore-jump.
-->'''Burnham:''' Thank you, everyone, for gathering so quickly. We will be taking Dr. Kovich on a classified mission. And be advised, this is a [[TitleDrop Red Directive]]. We will be jumping to an uninhabited planet. Its gravitational well has turned it a graveyard of sorts for debris of all kinds. Our target is a Romulan science vessel, last seen 800 years ago. A Starfleet probe just found it. There's an item on board that we cannot allow to fall into the wrong hands. Scavengers in the area monitor comms and probe signals. They will most certainly be drawn to this. Most are armed and some are very dangerous. Admiral Vance already has a ship ''en route''. We will arrive first. Black alert.
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** The episode ties into the mystery Picard worked to solve in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E18TheChase The Chase]]".

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** The episode ties into the mystery that Picard worked to solve in "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E18TheChase The Chase]]".



* ContinuityNod: Dr. Vellek's corpse is wearing the TNG-era Romulan uniform (minus the shoulder pads).

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* ContinuityNod: Dr. Vellek's corpse is wearing the a TNG-era Romulan uniform (minus the shoulder pads).



* HairTriggerAvalanche: DoubleSubverted. Moll and L'ak have set up an explosive charge to cover their escape into the tunnels, which has a 30% of causing a rockslide. Captain Rayner, liking those odds, has ''Antares'' detonate the charge to seal the tunnels before they can use them, and his luck pans out when the mountain remains stable. Unfortunately, Moll and L'ak then deliberately trigger the avalanche by firing a torpedo at the mountain, forcing ''Discovery'' and ''Antares'' to [[BigDamnHeroes stop before it can destroy a trading outpost]], thus allowing them to escape.

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* HairTriggerAvalanche: DoubleSubverted. Moll and L'ak have set up an explosive charge to cover their escape into the tunnels, which has a 30% chance of causing a rockslide. Captain Rayner, liking those odds, has ''Antares'' detonate the charge to seal the tunnels before they can use them, and his luck pans out when the mountain remains stable. Unfortunately, Moll and L'ak then deliberately trigger the avalanche by firing a torpedo at the mountain, forcing thus allowing them to escape while ''Discovery'' and ''Antares'' to are tied up [[BigDamnHeroes stop stopping it before it can destroy a trading outpost]], thus allowing them to escape.outpost]].



* SmallRoleBigImpact: Vellek, a previously unnamed background extra in the Romulan delegation from "The Chase". He's been dead for 800 years, but his own follow-up to Picard's discovery during that episode are what kicks off the final season's narrative.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Vellek, a previously unnamed background extra in the Romulan delegation from "The Chase". He's been dead for 800 years, but his own follow-up to Picard's discovery during that episode are is what kicks off the final season's narrative.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It's revealed by Culber reveals that they're shuttering the spore drive program and going with the pathway drive. Which while surprising given the spore drive usage shown in the show, is still realistic due to the various controversial headaches caused by Ruon Tarka during the Dark Matter Anomaly crisis and the stolen prototype being destroyed along with Booker's ship. Besides, even if they were to build more units, they can't find anyone besides Book and Stamets who can operate them, making them a waste of resources.
* TemptingFate: Says Vance to Burnham and Rayner on their mission to Q'mau, "Get in, get out, no noise." The ensuing rockslide is ''very'' noisy.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It's revealed by Culber reveals that they're shuttering the spore drive program and going with the pathway drive. Which while While surprising given the spore drive usage shown in the show, is it's still realistic due to the various controversial headaches caused by Ruon Tarka during the Dark Matter Anomaly crisis and the stolen prototype being destroyed along with Booker's ship. Besides, even if they were to build more units, they can't find anyone besides Book and Stamets who can operate them, making them a waste of resources.
* TemptingFate: Says Vance says to Burnham and Rayner on their mission to Q'mau, "Get in, get out, no noise." The ensuing rockslide is ''very'' noisy.
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[[TimeSkip Some time after]] Season 4, the ''Discovery'' crew are helping knit the Federation back together when they are sent out on a [[TitleDrop Red Directive]]: Doctor Kovich tasks ''Discovery'' with the recovery on an ancient Romulan artifact, a diary from 800 years ago, which is currently in the hands of two former couriers, Moll and L'ak. It contains references to a technology of extraordinary power, and Burnham must get it back.

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[[TimeSkip Some time after]] Season 4, the ''Discovery'' crew are helping knit the Federation back together when they are sent out on a [[TitleDrop Red Directive]]: Doctor Kovich tasks ''Discovery'' with the recovery on of an ancient Romulan artifact, a diary from 800 years ago, which is currently in the hands of two former couriers, Moll and L'ak. It contains references to a technology of extraordinary power, and Burnham must get it back.
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** Fred is a synth, and more specifically a Soong-type android, given his gold skin and eyes.

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* HairTriggerAvalanche: DoubleSubverted. Moll and L'ak have set up an explosive charge to cover their escape into the tunnels, which has a 30% of causing a rockslide. Captain Rayner, liking those odds, has ''Antares'' detonate the charge to seal the tunnels before they can use them, and his luck pans out when the mountain remains stable. Unfortunately, Moll and L'ak then deliberately trigger the avalanche by firing a torpedo at the mountain, forcing ''Discovery'' and ''Antares'' to stop before it can destroy a trading outpost, thus allowing them to escape.

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* HairTriggerAvalanche: DoubleSubverted. Moll and L'ak have set up an explosive charge to cover their escape into the tunnels, which has a 30% of causing a rockslide. Captain Rayner, liking those odds, has ''Antares'' detonate the charge to seal the tunnels before they can use them, and his luck pans out when the mountain remains stable. Unfortunately, Moll and L'ak then deliberately trigger the avalanche by firing a torpedo at the mountain, forcing ''Discovery'' and ''Antares'' to [[BigDamnHeroes stop before it can destroy a trading outpost, outpost]], thus allowing them to escape.escape.
* HowWeGotHere: The episode [[ActionPrologue opens with Burnham clinging to the outside of a ship at warp]], then flashes back four hours to show the crew getting the assignment that leads there.



* HowWeGotHere: The episode [[ActionPrologue opens with Burnham clinging to the outside of a ship at warp]], then flashes back four hours to show the crew getting the assignment that leads there.

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* HowWeGotHere: The episode [[ActionPrologue opens ItsPersonal: Rayner is personally invested in catching Moll and L'ak, having dealt with them before. When Burnham clinging to the outside of a ship at warp]], then flashes back four hours to show the crew calls him out on it, he tells her that getting personally invested in the assignment that leads there.mission is how he does his job.
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* WhiteVoidRoom: Kovich brings Vance and Burnham to the Infinity Vault, a featureless white void used for private conversations of the utmost sectecy.
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* BerserkButton: L'ak loses it when Fred grazes Moll and repeatedly shoots him.
-->'''L'ak:''' [[PunctuatedPounding DON'T! YOU! EVER! HURT! HER!]]
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Staments is upset that the Spore Drive program is getting shuttered due to the destruction of Book's ship, suggesting the prototype Tarka stole last season was the only one they had. Culbert tries to reassure him that it was more that they still hadn't solved the navigator problem, though Stamets insists he would have done so eventually and is upset that his life's work is limited to a single ship.

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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Staments Stamets is upset that the Spore Drive program is getting shuttered due to the destruction of Book's ship, suggesting the prototype Tarka stole last season was the only one they had. Culbert tries to reassure him that it was more that they still hadn't solved the navigator problem, though Stamets insists he would have done so eventually and is upset that his life's work is limited to a single ship.
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* TemptingFate: Says Vance to Burnham and Rayner on their mission to Q'mau, "Get in, get out, no noise." The ensuing rockslide is ''very'' noisy.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It's revealed by Culber reveals that they're shuttering the spore drive program and going with the pathway drive. Which while surprising given the spore drive usage shown in the show, is still realistic due to the various controversial headache cause by Ruon Tarka during the Dark Matter Anomaly crisis and the stolen prototype being destroyed along with Booker's ship meant that Starfleet will go with the pathway drive just to avoid the headache. Besides, even if they were to build more units, they can't find anyone besides Book and Stamets who can operate them, making them a waste of resources.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It's revealed by Culber reveals that they're shuttering the spore drive program and going with the pathway drive. Which while surprising given the spore drive usage shown in the show, is still realistic due to the various controversial headache cause headaches caused by Ruon Tarka during the Dark Matter Anomaly crisis and the stolen prototype being destroyed along with Booker's ship meant that Starfleet will go with the pathway drive just to avoid the headache.ship. Besides, even if they were to build more units, they can't find anyone besides Book and Stamets who can operate them, making them a waste of resources.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Vellek, a previously unnamed background extra in the Romulan delegation from "The Chase". He's been dead for 800 years, but his own follow-up to Picard's discovery during that episode are what kicks off the final Season's narrative.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Vellek, a previously unnamed background extra in the Romulan delegation from "The Chase". He's been dead for 800 years, but his own follow-up to Picard's discovery during that episode are what kicks off the final Season's season's narrative.

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