(gentle music)
(starship zipping)
-: Every one of them appears to be suffering
from theta radiation exposure.
Janeway: Poison.
-: The vessel is ejecting massive quantities
of contaminated anti-matter
-: My civilization produces over 6 billion isotons
of industrial byproduct every day.
This region is a perfect disposal site.
-: Problem is somebody lives here.
-: One species.
-: One's enough.
My people use antimatter as well,
but we found ways to purify the reactants
so there's no toxic waste.
We'll show you.
(laser zapping)
-: Captain, according to our research,
warp fields cause a dangerous reaction
in this region of space.
-: Our planet is already being affected.
We have measured large gravitational shifts
throughout our system.
-: If something isn't done,
our planet will become uninhabitable.
-: They believe that if these regions continue to be exposed
to warp field energy, they will rupture.
Subspace will extrude into normal space, forming a rift.
-: It's like pacing up and down on the same piece of carpet.
Eventually you wear it out.
-: That analogy is essentially correct, sir.
-: Each starship that passes through the corridor
at warp brings us one step closer to forming a rift.
-: I agree, that is a possibility.
(laser zapping)
Winn: Are you familiar with Rakantha Province?
-: It's a farming community.
-: And it used to be one of the most productive
agricultural regions on Bajor.
The Cardassians poisoned much of our farmlands
before they left,
and Rakantha has been mostly barren wasteland ever since.
After years of research, the agricultural ministry
has finally developed reclamators,
which can detoxify the soil and make it fertile again.
-: It's very interesting,
but what does it have to do with me.
-: Patience, child.
In six months, it will be planting season in Rakantha.
By this time next year, we can be producing boton,
moreka, and salam grass,
all valuable commodities for export.
If we can attract interstellar commerce to Bajor,
it will only enhance our application
for membership in the Federation.
-: I understand.
-: Your report to the Federation was a tissue of lies.
You described environmental, physical, cultural conditions
that would make Gideon a paradise.
-: And so it was!
A long, long time ago, what we described was true.
The atmosphere on Gideon has always been germ-free.
And the people flourished
in their physical and spiritual perfection.
Eventually, even the lifespan increased.
Death became almost unknown to us.
-: Those are conditions most people would envy.
-: The birth rate continued to rise and the population grew,
until now Gideon is encased in a living mass.
-: Then let your people learn
about the devices to safely prevent conception.
The Federation will provide anything you need.
-: But you see,
the people of Gideon have always believed
that life is sacred.
(laser zapping)
Burnham: This drought's gonna last 89 years.
The Crepusculans are facing extinction as a species.
See those egg sacs?
Those are their offspring.
Georgiou: They've survived here
for over a thousand years, Michael.
Burnham: Right, and if we don't do something now,
they won't live another thousand hours.
The ambient radiation from a nearby meteor drilling accident
dried out their water table.
If we can get in and out without making contact,
we can steer clear of General Order One.
And there is the well.
(laser zapping)
Data: The boy is afraid of me.
-: There's nothing personal, Data.
You have to remember, these people have rejected technology.
-: I am the personification of everything
they have rejected.
-: How about a passive radiation scan?
-: There appear to be strong neutrino emissions
coming from the lake.
-: Captain!
I believe I know what is causing the neutrino emissions.
-: Just a few loose ends to tie up.
-: We're not interested in such things.
-: I am.
(ominous music)
(gentle whirring)
(valorous music)
-: It is a holographic projection.
Incomplete, I might add.
-: Question is why would anyone want to create
one of our village?
-: To deceive the Ba'ku?
-: Deceive us?
-: To move you off this planet.
You go to sleep one night in the village,
wake up the next morning on this flying holodeck
transported en masse.
In a few days, get relocated on a similar planet
without ever realizing it.
-: Why would the Federation or the Son'a
wish to move the Ba'ku?
-: I don't know.
(meteoric thudding)
-: This is the president of the United Federation.
-: Do not approach Earth!
The transmissions of an orbiting probe
are causing critical damage to this planet.
It has almost totally ionized our atmosphere.
All power sources have failed.
All Earth-orbiting starships are powerless.
The probe is vaporizing our oceans.
We cannot survive unless a way can be found
to respond to the probe.
Save your energy, save yourselves.
Avoid the planet Earth at all costs.
Farewell.
(gentle music)
-: Have you ever seen a real tomato?
-: I've never had any food
that didn't come from a replicator.
-: Try one.
(Soji chuckles)
-: Good?
-: It tastes so
real,
real and so much better.
(laser zapping)
-: What we're doing is so exciting, so inspiring.
We take a lifeless planet
and little by little, transform it
into an M-class environment capable of supporting life.
Terraforming makes you feel a little god-like.
The first phase involves selecting the planet.
That's very important.
It must have the right mass and gravity,
a correct rate of rotation, and a balanced day and night.
The planet must also be without life
or the prospect of life developing naturally.
The Federation determines if that's so.
Then,
we take over.
This station is phase 2.
Phase 3 involves water.
Usually, we create basins using hydraulic landscaping,
but the water on this planet is subsurface
and extremely high in salt content.
We're just about to begin pumping and filtering the water,
removing the salt, oxygenating, and replacing.
Next,
we introduce micro-organisms.
And when the process is complete,
we'll have a lush, arable biosphere.
Riker: You make it sound poetic.
Luisa: I think it's the best job in the universe.