STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
SEASON 1, EPISODE 8
SEASON 1, EPISODE 8
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Series: Star Trek: Discovery - (2017 - 2024)
Season: 1
Episode #: 8
Original Airdate: November 5th, 2017
Writer(s): Kirsten Beyer
Director(s): John S. Scott
Guest Stars
Jayne Brook as Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell
Mary Chieffo as L'Rell
Wilson Cruz as Dr. Hugh Culber
Kenneth Mitchell as Kol
Michael Boisvert as Kovil
Conrad Coates as Admiral Terral
Emily Coutts as Keyla Detmer
Anthony Grant as Klingon Communications Officer
Julianne Grossman as Discovery Computer
Patrick Kwok-Choon as Rhys
Sara Mitich as Airiam
Oyin Oladejo as Joann Owosekun
Ronnie Rowe Jr. as Bryce
Tyler Evan Webb as Klingon Guard
Marco Perretta as Medical Officer (uncredited)
Stardate: 1308.9
Synopsis
After the destruction of the USS Gagarin at the hands of the Klingons, Starfleet is finding itself at a critical point in the war: the losses are mounting and Starfleet needs a way to combat the Klingons’ cloaking technology, which is giving the Klingons an advantage in the ongoing fight. The answer, ostensibly, lies on planet Pahvo, which is being visited by an away team made up of Burnham, Tyler, and Saru.
Every object on Pahvo vibrates with a unique tone and a kind of harmonized energy. It also has a towering crystal transmitter that the away team believes can be modified into a sonar device to detect cloaked Klingon ships. While on the surface, however, Saru is overcome by a seemingly benevolent energy life form.![]()
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Consumed by the planet’s harmony and peaceful existence, Saru immobilizes the away team to keep them on the planet, forcing Burnham to defy Saru and use the crystal transmitter to contact the USS Discovery for an immediate rescue.
Meanwhile, the imprisoned Admiral Cornwell is paid a visit aboard Kol’s Klingon ship by L’Rell, who expresses her desire to defect after suffering her own personal losses at the hands of Kol. She offers to help Cornwell escape if she will allow her passage aboard Discovery.
In what may or may not have been a completely staged fight, Cornwell is incapacitated by L’Rell after they are caught during their escape. Kol places L’Rell under guard for deception and the ship is summoned to Pahvo by its inhabitants to confront Discovery in what Burnham suspects is an attempt to get the two warring races to end their fight.
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