History Recap / StarTrekDiscoveryS3E05DieTrying

Nhan convinces Attis to release the needed seeds. Nhan will take the Tikhov back to the Barzan homeworld so that Attis's family can get a proper burial, probably ending Nhan's career aboard the Discovery.

Problem is that Dr. Attis (Creator/JakeEpstein), the only one who can access the vault, is out of phase due to a transporter accident. The away team brings him back in phase, but he refuses to help because he believes he cure his family, who are all dead.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Saru learns that the Kelpiens joined the Federation, but nothing is said about what happened to the Ba'ul.

However, they are treated with suspicion by Admiral Vance (Creator/OdedFehr), on account of their mysterious ship from the past. And also, time travel is banned after the accords that ended the Temporal Wars.

''Discovery'' arrives at the coordinates that Adira Tal gave them last episode, and find what remains of Starfleet and the Federation. Alas, as time-traveling refugees (and violators of laws passed some time in the last thousand years), they are treated with distrust and suspicion. To prove their loyalty, the crew is given three hours to hunt down a cure for a disease afflicting Kili refugees.
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!!Tropes in this episode:

** One of the other ships the crew geeks out over is the U.S.S. ''Nog'', named after the first Ferengi in Starfleet. WordOfGod is that it is an ''Eisenberg''-class vessel, named after the character's recently-deceased actor Aron.

** ''Discovery'' is in violation of the Temporal Prime Directive, established after the Temporal Wars referred to in ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Saru's discussion of the Renaissance being immediately preceded by the Dark Ages is about two centuries out of date, even as of 2020. As [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_(historiography) the article]] shows, the term "Dark Ages" is presently disfavored altogether. For 200 years prior to the term's being discredited, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Dark Ages were regarded as lasting from the fifth to the tenth centuries, with the Renaissance beginning -- at the ''earliest'' -- during the fourteenth century.

''Discovery'' arrives at the coordinates Adira Tal gave them last episode, and find what remains of Starfleet and the Federation. Alas, as time-traveling refugees (and violators of laws passed some time in the last thousand years), they are treated with distrust and suspicion. To prove their loyalty, the crew is given three hours to hunt down a cure for a disease afflicting Kili refugees.

* AesopAmnesia: Saru gently accuses Michael of this when she suggests they steal the flight logs of the Kili's vessel, after it appears that the distrustful Starfleet won't give it to them. He points out that the Federation is already distrustful enough of them as it is, and following her suggestion would only make their situation worse. He's not mean about it, but he does express some disappointment that the harsh realities of what she has already been through haven't sunk in by now.

* BreakTheHaughty: The chief interrogator does this to Georgiou when he reveals the Terran Empire collapsed. She's in such a shock when Burnham bumps into her, it actually catches her off guard.

* CassandraTruth: So Federation HQ suddenly gets a visit from a 23rd Century vessel they have on record as being destroyed, with its crew expecting a warm welcome. They instead get interrogated and questioned like criminals. Without any sort of evidence to verify their claims, since everything about Control and the spore drive was deeply classified or erased, the Federation, already in pretty rough shape and with limited resources after the Burn, are not going to take any chances on a rogue element without some kind of proof.

* DreamMelody: Burnham notices the music the holo of Attis's wife is humming is the same as the music Adira played on the cello, which was a memory of Senna Tal's. Given the distance and lack of communication, she asks Lt. Willa how that is possible. Willa doesn't have an answer, simply telling her that everyone has heard some version of it.

'''Nilsson:''' Detecting neutronium-alloy fibers. Those-those used to be theoretical.\\
'''Tilly:''' Some of these hulls are organic. Some-some are completely comprised of holographic-containment walls.\\

* TeleporterAccident: The ''Tikhov'' was hit by a coronal mass ejection at the same time Attis was beaming into the seed vault, causing him to phase in and out of existence.
* ThousandYardStare: Michael finds Georgiou just standing in the middle of a corridor, completely unresponsive, after her debriefing where she learned the Terran Empire collapsed centuries ago.
* TrueCompanions: ''Discovery'''s crew has ascended to this state by this episode. While Lt. Willa, their Starfleet liaison, observes (correctly) that Stamets, Reno and Tilly are not precisely professional, they figure out the MonsterOfTheWeek so quickly you'd be forgiven for thinking they were telepaths.

* TheUnreveal: Having found the remnants of Starfleet, Michael immediately tries asking what caused the Burn. She's told it's classified. At the end of the episode, she asks if, having proven themselves, they can learn now. And... turns out Starfleet doesn't know either. They've got a thousand and one theories, but no concrete evidence that could prove any one.

* RealityEnsues: So Federation HQ suddenly gets a visit from a 23rd Century vessel they have on record as being destroyed, with its crew expecting a warm welcome. They instead get interrogated and questioned like criminals. Without any sort of evidence to verify their claims, since everything about Control and the spore drive was deeply classified or erased, the Federation, already in pretty rough shape and with limited resources after the Burn, are not going to take any chances on a rogue element without some kind of proof.

* TheReveal: Our heroes learn more about the state of the Federation before and after the Burn. Before, there were over 350 members; after, the number dropped to [[TheRemnant 38]]. On the bright side, that number now includes Kaminar and Benzar, much to the delight of Saru and Nhan.

* DreamMelody: Burnham notices the music the holo of Attis's wife is humming is the same as the music Adira played on the cello, which was a memory of Senna Tal's. Given the distance and lack of communication, she asks Lt. Willa how that is possible. Willa doesn't have an answer.

-->'''Nilsson:''' Detecting neutronium-alloy fibers. Those-those used to be theoretical.\\

* TheUnreveal: Having found the remnants of Starfleet, Michael immediately tries asking what caused the Burn. She's told it's classified. at the end of the episode, she asks if, having proven themselves, they can learn now. And... turns out Starfleet doesn't know either. They've got a thousand and one theories, but no concrete evidence that could prove any one.

* FictionalGenevaConventions: The Temporal Accords from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' were expanded after the Temporal Wars to outlaw and destroy all time-travel technology.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Adira convinces Vance that she really has bonded with the Tal symbiont by mentioning that Senna would have reported sooner, but he wanted to see snow on Earth one last time.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Burnhman suggests to Saru that they prove their worth to the Federation by getting their hands on the travel log for the Kili refugees and trace the origin of the prion disease afflicting them, which they can then retrieve the cure for using the spore drive. Saru points out that stealing from their potential allies wouldn't be a very good first impression, so he goes the diplomatic route of asking for the list with Burnham helping ease things along.