[Impersonating her Mirror Universe counterpart]] Is that how you treat your long-lost captain? If you greeted me that way, Connor, I'd cut out your tongue and use it to lick my boots.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
No more apologies. From now on, we're Terrans. Decency is weakness, will get us killed. And the lives of everyone on this ship and in the Federation are at stake. So you do what you must. Whatever you must. To anyone.
I need to tell you something. Whatever you do, whatever this place makes you do, whatever happens to you. Or me. However we change I am here to protect you. Nothing will ever stand in the way of that. Nothing. Do you understand what I'm saying?
Yes. I'm saying it back.
VVoq
Sarek, what do you see?
I see a world... bursting with potential and a child molded by wisdom and a seemingly impossible depth of Human compassion.
What are you afraid of?
Georgiou.
You mean Emperor Georgiou.
Logic tells me she's not the woman I betrayed, but this feels like a reckoning.
Your Georgiou is dead. She's a ghost.
Haven't you ever been afraid of a ghost?
Hello, Philippa. I've watched for years; you let alien races spill over the borders, flourish in our backyard, then have the gall to incite rebellion. The Terrans need a leader who will preserve our way of life, our race. Try as you might, it's clearly not you. Even Michael knew that. It was her great shame. Well, it's indecorous of me to share pillow talk. To the rest, many of you know me. Some of you served with me. To all, I make this offer; renounce Georgiou. The Empire is dying in her hands. But you don't have to- not today. Michael Burnham is not to be touched. She is integral to our future plans. A future where we together will make the Empire glorious again.
It's poetic justice, don't you think? A scientist destroyed by his own creation? Just kidding. I hate poetry.
I was just thinking about everyone who's ever said that victory felt empty when it was attained. What a bunch of idiots they were.
It is well known that my species has the ability to sense the coming of death. I do not sense it today. I may not have all the answers; however, I do know that I am surrounded by a team I trust. The finest a captain could ever hope to command. Lorca abused our idealism. And make no mistake, Discovery is no longer Lorca's. She is ours. And today will be her maiden voyage. We have a duty to perform, and we will not accept a no-win scenario. You have your orders. On your way.
This is war, not a child's game with rules. We fight to preserve Klingon identity.
No one is looking to destroy your culture! Our laws are founded in equality! Freedom!
T'Kuvma taught us that the Federation cannot help itself. It seeks universal homogenization and assimilation.
T'Kuvma was an ignorant fool! And your people are moving closer and closer to my home planet. What are you looking for?! More territory? Conditional surrender? I mean your people won't even make demands. Why? How does this war end?
It doesn't. Klingons have tasted your blood. Conquer us, or we will never relent.
The Klingons are like cancer cells: constantly dividing. To root them out, you must destroy the tumor at its source."
What's wrong? Are you scared, number one? Where I'm from, there's a saying: 'Scared Kelpien makes for tough Kelpien.' Have you gotten tough since we served together on the Shenzhou, Mr. Saru?
Affirmative, captain. Very tough. So much so that many find me simply unpalatable.
You? How? Our Lord pierced your heart. House T'Kuvma feasted on your flesh.
You have the wrong Philippa Georgiou.
Either way, I can tell you require seasoning.
A year ago, I stood alone. I believed that our survival was more important than our principles. I was wrong. Do we need a mutiny today to prove who we are?
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 fear 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.
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