The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry Line-by-Line

[May 20]

RANCE [on screen] We need immediate evacuation. We need immediate evacu...
(End transmission.)

 

[Orac]

Cornwell [hologram]: Corvan 2 generates 40 percent of the Federation's dilithium.

 

[CaptVader]

Lorca: If the pipeline's cut off, that's half the fleet grounded.

 

[Athena28]

CORNWELL: The Klingons ambushed the blockade that was protecting the colony, and now the closest Federation ship is 84 hours away. Yours is the only ship in the fleet with a chance of getting there on time. Is the Discovery ready to jump?

 

[May 20]

LORCA: I told you we'd be ready when you called, and we are. Discovery's made dozens of small jumps with no issues. We can make it the full distance.

 

[Orac]

Cornwell [hologram]: You have no doubts?

 

[CaptVader]

Lorca: None.

 

[JLA]

Stamets: There's no way in hell we'll be able to jump that far...

 

[Orac]

Lorca: You told me you knew why the Glenn failed.

 

[Athena28]

STAMETS: The Glenn crashed into an undetectable Hawking radiation firewall when it exited from a mycelial plane. As a result, all the biologicals onboard spun out.

 

[May 20]

LORCA: You can prevent that from happening again, right?

 

[CaptVader]

Stamets: Yes.

 

[Orac]

Lorca: So what's the problem?

 

[CaptVader]

STAMETS: Captain, as I've explained to you, every time we try a long jump, we lose navigational stability. Remember? Jumping is probabilistic. The longer the jump, the more possible outcomes.

 

[Orac]

Lorca: I get it. It's trial and error. Let's try something.

 

[CaptVader]

STAMETS: We lack the processing power to make the requisite number of calculations to hold a course.

 

[Orac]

Lorca: So what were they doing that we're not?

 

[CaptVader]

STAMETS: We took this tech from Straal's lab on the Glenn. It was an augmentation to their navigation system. I've incorporated it into our drive unit. But it won't load completely. To function optimally, it would appear to require some kind of supercomputer.

 

[Orac]

Lorca: You must have missed that on the Glenn.

 

[CaptVader]

STAMETS: Sir, being chased by a lethal monster in a death trap surrounded by Klingon bodies is distracting, but, no, I would've noticed an extra supercomputer. That's just me.