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Captain Balthazar M. Edison , better known as Krall , is the main antagonist of the 2016 sci-fi action film Star Trek Beyond , the third installment of the rebooted Star Trek film series.

He was a human senior officer at the MACO Organization who had been mutated into a reptilian form by alien life-extending technology after crashing upon a planet with his crew. Thereafter Krall dedicated himself on destroying the Federation for abandoning him and his crew.

He was portrayed by Idris Elba , who also played Russell "Stringer" Bell in The Wire , William Roque in The Losers , Colin Evans in No Good Deed , The Commandant in Beasts of No Nation , Shere Khan in the 2016 The Jungle Book live-action remake, Brixton Lore in Hobbs & Shaw , Macavity in Cats and Bloodsport in The Suicide Squad .

1 Biography
2 Personality
3 Creation and Conception
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Biography [ ]

In the twenty-second century, Edison joined United Earth's Military Assault Command Organization (MACO), rising to the rank of Major, and fought against the Xindi and then the Romulans in the Earth-Romulan War. After the founding of the Federation, MACO was absorbed into Starfleet and Edison was given the Starfleet rank of Captain. In 2163, he was appointed a commanding officer of the USS Franklin , the first Earth ship to have reached warp four.

A year later, the Franklin disappeared. Popular speculation ranged from the ship being captured by the Romulans to the ship being caught by a giant green hand. Having crashed on the M-class planet Altamid, Edison and the other Franklin survivors felt abandoned by the Federation. Sinking into madness, the survivors came to despise the Federation for its ideals of peaceful cooperation. Transformed, Edison began calling himself "Krall" during this time. Finding a cache of weapons, ships, and technology on Altamid, Krall and his forces began plotting their revenge against the Federation for their embrace of diplomacy and tolerance that he never agreed in the first place.

Their equipment included humanoid drones and swarm ships, as well as technology that prolonged life by absorbing the life from other beings, transferring energy from the victim to the user, resulting in the said user being physically morphed and mutated into having at least some of their victim's physical characteristics. It was this technology that mutated Edison into Krall, at the cost of his already damaged mental health, causing him to lose some of his human personality, have somewhat slurred speech and usually speaking in an alien language.

Learning of an ancient bioweapon, the Abronath, Krall began reassembling the components. About one hundred years after the Franklin crashed on Altamid, Krall learned the USS Enterprise had the final component. During the Enterprise to Altamid, Krall and his forces destroyed the starship and took many of the surviving crew prisoners. Once Krall obtained the final component, he left to destroy the nearby Yorktown with the bioweapon, with Captain James T. Kirk and the remainder of the surviving Enterprise crew following in pursuit.

Krall's forces were destroyed, and Krall himself was defeated by Kirk when Kirk opened an airlock on the station. Sucked out into space, Krall was enveloped and disintegrated by the very bioweapon he planned to use on the inhabitants of Yorktown . Afterward, Kirk and Commodore Paris closed the file on Krall and the crew members of the USS Franklin .

Personality [ ]

Back when he served as a MACO officer in the 22nd century, Edison became an unemotional and hardened man who witnessed millions of Humans perish by alien hands during Xindi and Romulan conflicts. Battles that Edison endured had deteriorated his better qualities as a person in some ways, given that he deeply resented what he saw as being put out to pasture: His calling as a soldier rendered obsolete by the Federation's embrace of diplomacy and tolerance by the time of its foundation.

However, Edison's resentment twisted into hatred after he and his ship crash-landed on Altamid, with Edison himself, Anderson Le , and Jessica Wolff as the only survivors and never getting any response from the Federation when he sent out a distress call. Believing that he had been abandoned by the Federation, his resentment festered into violent hatred, and he resolved to destroy the Federation and prove that peaceful coexistence led only to weakness as in his final captain log, he declared war on the United Federation Of Planets.

When he was still human, Edison is a dark-skinned, middle-aged British man with a beard until the usage of energy transference technology to expand his lifespan deformed him into a reptilian humanoid like his fellow surviving crews. Aside from his appearance, the alteration of his physiology also resulting his voice become deeper than usual and Edison's physical strength exceeded that of his original strength, as he easily overpowered Kirk in their first confrontation. However, after he drained the energy from several of Kirk's human crew, Edison's appearance becomes closer to his original self and his voice also restored to normal. However, his physical strength also reverted to the original, as when confronted Kirk once again, Kirk now able to fight toe on toe against him.

Creation and Conception [ ]

When the role of Krall was being devised as the main antagonist, the writers of the movie wanted to differentiate him from the main antagonists in the previous two reboot films, the Romulan Nero and Khan Noonien Singh , both of whom were driven by revenge. Regarding Krall, Simon Pegg explained that his motives would be more complex and mysterious than previous main antagonists that appeared so far. Similarly, Star Trek Beyond Director Justin Lin wanted the character to have a legitimate reason for hating the Federation, which the filmmakers had decided they wanted to examine in the movie.

The costume designed for Krall was intended to seem unique and merge with the alien's body. "Justin wanted you to look at Krall and not be sure whether it's him or an armor, where the man within starts and stops," reflected Costume Designer Sanja Hays, "and he wanted you to not be sure how he changed, and what really happened with him. Justin wanted us to create something you hadn't seen in previous Star Trek movies or previous sci-fi movies."

Idris Elba on set for his role as Krall, discussing how his role would work out to Justin Lin.

As Justin Lin saw it, there was only one real contender for the role of Krall. "Idris was my top choice by far," the director said. "Because a lot of times antagonists don't really have a lot of screen time. So you need someone who can command a presence and be able to fully commit and carry that through very surgically. We had a great first conversation." During that initial discussion, Elba and Lin conversed for about an hour. "But at the very end, he paused," continued Lin. "I was like, 'Aw, shit.' He goes, 'It's gonna be four hours of make-up every morning, right?' I said, 'Yup…' It was four hours every morning, and he was awesome. He's delivering a 100% every time." Commented Simon Pegg, "Our villain is a very interesting force [....] We worked with Idris [Elba] on the fine details, which was a really productive process [....] He was really good at pitching little character details, which we were able to adapt and put in." Doug Jung said about the character, "He's got the classic Star Trek villain qualities to him." Kirk actor Chris Pine noted about Elba's performance as Krall, "He was very alive and present, and changing stuff from one take to the next." In Pine's opinion, Elba thereby "came up with this really rather an extraordinary character." Uhura actress Zoë Saldana offered, "I really liked this character, Krall. I like what he's about. He also represents a lot of individuals in the past 10 to 15 years [....] [He's] a very lethal Big Bad – and, the make-up is astounding!" Sulu actor John Cho remarked, "The composite [character design] I saw was incredibly frightening." Cho also called Krall "an interesting bad guy." McCoy actor Karl Urban agreed, "He's a worthy adversary because, like all good villains, he forces the protagonists to question themselves and to question their direction.".

In backstory that was conceived for the movie but omitted from it, Krall's takeover of the alien society and technology on Altamid would have been portrayed as having been possible because the aliens were essentially mindless, weapon-less drones.

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Kelvin's Mirror: Captains Edison and Lorca Seek Their Vengeance

Let's see how their journeys overlapped as they took their respective revenge.

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The notion that a 22nd Century Starfleet officer and a Terran despot from the Mirror Universe share many common attributes might seem far-fetched, but an in-depth analysis focusing on the careers of Captains Balthazar Edison and Gabriel Lorca reveals an alarming amount of parallels.

Both born into conflict, they served their respective governments in a military capacity before fate diverted their courses and sent them spiraling into new worlds. Rampant xenophobia became rooted in each captain’s psyche, and each man developed his own vision about how to reshape the power structures in their respective universes.

Despite the startling parallels, were their motivations truly so similar? Let’s look back on the actions that Edison and Lorca took in Star Trek Beyond and Star Trek: Discovery ’s first season to determine the extent to which their journeys actually overlapped.

The Way of the Warrior

Balthazar Edison served in Earth’s Military Assault Command Operations (MACO) unit, earned the rank of major, and engaged in off-world combat during conflicts with the Xindi and Romulans. Once the Federation was founded, the new government disbanded the MACOs, promoted Edison to the captain’s chair, and gave him command of the U.S.S. Franklin . The former soldier’s negative experiences with alien species imbued him with the xenophobic views that would play such a pivotal role in his encounter with Captain James T. Kirk .

Mirror Lorca also grew up in a harsh reality where the Terran Empire reigned supreme and any sign of weakness was seen as something to be exploited. Lorca captained the I.S.S. Buran , where he thrived on conflict and sacrifice, just as Edison had done. Of course, Lorca’s own xenophobia was a natural byproduct of being indoctrinated with Terran propaganda throughout his entire life rather than a manifestation of adulthood. Nevertheless, Edison and Lorca’s backgrounds resembled one another quite a bit.

Far From Home

In a pair of twists, both captains were unexpectedly whisked away from their homes by forces outside of their control. Edison’s Franklin , Earth’s first starship to achieve warp four, disappeared while traversing the Gagarin Radiation Belt in the early 2160s. Montgomery Scott mentioned that the vessel was rumored to have either surrendered to Romulans, been captured by a giant green space hand, or encountered a wormhole that transported it to the galaxy’s unknown regions. Considering that the Franklin ended up stranded on Altamid, Scotty theorized wormhole displacement to be the most likely culprit.

As for Lorca, a transporter malfunction occurred when the Buran encountered an ion storm while being struck by a volley of torpedoes from the I.S.S. Charon . Lorca’s beam crossed over into the Prime Universe, leaving him alone and far away from the Terran Empire.

The two captains handled their unanticipated situations by learning to live in the unfamiliar environments and adapting to their circumstances. Only three members of Edison ’s crew survived, while Lorca assumed that the I.S.S. Buran ’s entire complement had perished. Feelings of abandonment and grief seemed to affect Edison a great deal, causing his disdain for the Federation and its interspecies coalition to grow exponentially. In his final captain’s log, Edison appeared as a broken man whose rage outweighed his Starfleet ethics.

On the other hand, Lorca seemed to put his losses behind him and flourished under the guise of his Prime counterpart. Staying true to his Terran form, he successfully waged war against the Klingons and even believed he had sculpted the U.S.S. Discover y’s crew into formidable warriors.

Merciless Manipulation

Speaking of acclimating to new realities, Edison and Lorca concealed their true selves by assuming new identities. The physical transformation caused by the technology that kept him alive made it relatively easy for Edison to rebrand himself as the alien Krall. Lorca himself took on the persona of Prime Lorca, inheriting his Starfleet rank and taking command of the U.S.S. Buran and then Discovery . While Edison relied on alien tech to continue on as Krall, Lorca used occasional injections to conceal his Terran eyes' sensitivity to light.

Their deception ran even deeper, as Edison captured one of the Federation’s Magellan probes and utilized its subspace link to access Starbase Yorktown’s database, spied on various Starfleet vessels, and listened in on Kirk’s captain’s logs. Edison also sent Kalara to Yorktown in order to lure the U.S.S. Enterprise into the local nebula by spinning a story about a crashed vessel. As Krall, the captain permitted Hikaru Sulu and Nyota Uhura to briefly escape captivity to communicate a distress signal to Starfleet. Unfortunately, the master tactician altered the coordinates that the officers used to warn Starfleet so that the rescue ships would be stranded and Yorktown’s defenses would be diminished.

Mirror Lorca’s slyness surpassed Edison’s, as the Terran managed to manipulate Michael Burnham , Paul Stamets , Discovery ’s crew, Admiral Cornwell , and Starfleet Command during his time in the Prime Universe. Lorca subtly worked to earn Burnham’s trust while simultaneously pushing Stamets to complete his work on the experimental spore drive. When Lorca’s mercilessness raised its head, the captain attributed it to his desire to defeat the Klingons at all costs. After Cornwell expressed concerns about Lorca’s mental state, the Terran purposely recommended that the admiral undertake a dangerous mission that eventually led to her imprisonment by the enemy.

Technological Triumphs

Edison and Lorca both sought out unique technology to help them accomplish their self-indulgent missions. Edison discovered a wealth of abandoned treasures on Altamid, including instruments that transferred others’ life energy to his body, sophisticated mining equipment, and a drone work force that produced a fleet of swarm ships to attack the Federation. Most importantly, Edison attained both pieces of a device known as the Abronath, a bioweapon which released a substance that consumed biological life.

Lorca harnessed Discovery ’s spore drive to get back to the Mirror Universe by altering the coordinates for what was to be the ship’s final jump after it triumphed over the Klingon Ship of the Dead. The Terran captain had covertly analyzed the data from each of Discovery ’s earlier jumps to assemble a map to get to his home turf. In addition to this tech, Lorca obtained his own bioweapon from Emperor Georgiou ’s stash on the Charon and deployed it during his coup attempt.

Operation Return

When the time came for Edison and Lorca to initiate their devious plans, the captains relied on violence as the primary instrument of their revenge. Edison’s swarm ships lashed out at Yorktown so that the former MACO could infiltrate the starbase, activate the Abronath, and wipe out the facility’s diverse population. In Lorca’s case, the Terran began a bloody revolution aboard the Charon that took a severe toll on his own forces and Emperor Georgiou’s troops alike. These tactics were enlisted to change the status quo, with Edison hoping to cripple the Federation and Lorca aiming to overthrow Georgiou.

Regardless of the plentiful parallels in their lives, Edison and Lorca’s motivations and ultimate goals were widely divergent. Edison wished to destroy the Federation because he believed the very existence of the interspecies government was an act of war against humanity. The former MACO perceived the Federation’s ideals of peace and unity to be myths that made its citizens weak. Much of Edison’s anger stemmed from the Federation opening diplomatic ties with the Xindi and Romulan enemies who he had fought against.

With the struggles of the 22nd Century in mind, Edison believed conflict strengthened people and helped them discover their true selves. By eradicating the millions of aliens living in harmony aboard Yorktown, Edison would have struck a symbolic blow against the Federation. The Abronath’s ability to wipe out life without destroying the starbase meant that Edison could use the space station to assault other Federation worlds. In Edison’s mind, his goal was to make humanity a more robust society by having Earth withdraw from intergalactic affairs and experience character-building hardships.

Lorca’s motivation also involved an alien presence, but he felt that Georgiou did not punish non-Terrans with the severity needed to prevent them from inciting rebellion. Rather than retreating back within Terran borders, Lorca craved to control the throne so that he could crack down on the rebels, subjugate more civilizations, expand the empire’s territory, and preserve what he considered to be the Terran way of life. In his own words, Lorca tasked himself with making the Empire great again.

Disparate intentions aside, Edison and Lorca’s sinister plots shared one key feature — they both failed. Interestingly enough, each captain’s former command played a crucial role in foiling those plans. Kirk, his remaining crew, and Jaylah revived Edison’s Franklin from its grave on Altamid and employed the vessel’s systems to disorient and disrupt the signal that coordinated Edison’s swarm ships. This action allowed Yorktown and the Franklin to destroy the automated fleet. In the Mirror Universe, Discovery ’s weaponry penetrated the Charon’s defenses, providing Burnham and Emperor Georgiou with the opportunity to defeat Lorca, dealing a death blow to the Terran flagship. It seems only fitting that Edison and Lorca were brought down by the Franklin and Discovery , two starships that represented the hope, diversity, and freedom that each tyrannical captain detested.

Jay Stobie (he/him) is a freelance writer who contributes articles to the official Star Trek website and Star Trek Magazine, as well as to Star Wars Insider and the official Star Wars website. Jay also serves as a part-time assistant and consultant advising many actors and creatives who work on his favorite sci-fi shows and films. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @StobiesGalaxy.

Star Trek: Discovery currently streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. Internationally, the series is available on Paramount+ in Australia, Latin America and the Nordics, and on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave. Star Trek: Discovery is distributed by Paramount Global Distribution Group.

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Star trek beyond villain backstory & spoilers explained.

We explain the complicated and surprising backstory of Star Trek Beyond's new villain, Krall (played by Idris Elba).

NOTE: The following post contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Star Trek Beyond .

Three years after Star Trek Into Darkness hit theaters, the Enterprise crew (and Paramount Pictures) are back with another bold adventure into deep space: Star Trek Beyond . The third film in Star Trek 's "Kelvin" timeline, Beyond sees Captain Kirk and his team in the third year of a five year mission. In the midst of going where no man has gone before, life in space has begun to take a toll on Kirk and his crew - as several members of the adopted family contemplate whether they're truly cut out for life in deep space.

Nevertheless, when Starfleet is asked to mount a rescue mission for a marooned crew, the Enterprise sets out to explore a nearby nebula - where they come into contact with a mysterious and powerful leader: Krall. TV spots for Beyond teased there would be more to Krall than some viewers might have expected (especially those who were hoping the character would have some connection to the Klingon race) but, even for those who know the film's "twist," Krall's backstory could still be a little confusing.

No doubt, some fans will have absorbed all the connections but, for those who were left wanting to know more or felt like certain details flew by too fast, we're breaking down Krall's origins - and explaining what, other than the destruction of Starfleet, the villain was attempting to accomplish in Beyond .

Who is Krall?

Kirk and his crew first encounter Krall after passing through the nebula and approaching an uncharted planet, Altamid, where they expect to find a marooned crew of space travelers. Armed with a fleet of pointy ships and nondescript humanoid soldiers, Krall strategically dismantles the Enterprise , boards the Starfleet vessel in search of an ancient alien relic, and captures the ship's crew as they attempt to escape - transporting the survivors down to a make-shift prison camp on Altamid. While much of the bridge crew is captured by Krall, Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, and Chekov manage to slip away - and eventually stumble upon a century old Starfleet ship, the U.S.S. Franklin - which a fierce young warrior, Jayla, has been rebuilding (in the hopes of escaping Altamid). According to log files and archive footage, the Franklin and her crew (the first to explore deep space) landed on Altamid but was unable to unable to leave the planet or send a distress signal to Starfleet. While the crew and Captain Balthazar Edison were honored as heroes, the Franklin's fate was lost to history... until now.

On the planet's surface, in an exchange with Lieutenant Nyota Uhura, Krall makes reference to his age - and an unnatural means by which he has managed to survive beyond his years. Shortly after, the villain is shown entering an alien machine, through which he transfers the life-force energy from two Enterprise crew members into himself. The process restores his body and alters his alien-like appearance to look more "human." It's the first reveal that Krall's scaly look might not necessarily be what he has always looked like - and, instead, is simply the side effect of drawing bio-energy (and DNA) from alien prisoners he captured on Altamid.

As Krall becomes more human, Uhura notices the villain bears a likeness to the Franklin's old captain and investigates Edison's logs from his time commanding the Franklin . In the logs, Edison details his frustrations with commanding a starship. A former military commander, who battled the Romulans and Klingons for years, Edison was assigned to the Franklin when Earth made peace with it's former enemies and, together, the civilizations formed Starfleet. As his time on the Franklin drug on, the soldier began to resent Starfleet's peaceful union with his former enemies - a bitterness that was calcified when Edison and the Franklin crew became stranded on Altamid (and Starfleet did not find them). In his final Captain's log, Edison makes it clear that he blames Starfleet for the fate of his ship, stating: " You'll probably never see me again, but if you do — be ready ."

Edison, along with two of his crew members, managed to survive on Altamid by harnessing technology that was left behind by an advanced extra terrestrial race - including a population of networked workers (and mining ships) as well as the machine that allowed Krall to extend his life by stealing energy from other beings. As a result, Krall and his lieutenants, Kalara and Manas, began enslaving other alien races that found their way to Altamid - using their prisoners as fuel to keep them alive in the hopes of one day escaping the planet and taking revenge against Starfleet (for abandoning the Franklin ). Over the years, as Edison and his crew mates drained others of their life, the Franklin survivors began to get lost in the monsters they were becoming - both physically and mentally, ultimately leading Edison to retire his birth name in favor of the moniker: Krall.

What is Krall's Plan?

During the decades Krall was stranded, he learned that the same alien race who left tech on Altamid had also developed a dangerous bio-weapon - one the beings deemed too dangerous for use (even by them). Instead, the aliens dismantled the weapon - and split the device into pieces that, through the years, came to be known as relics (their true use unknown to Starfleet).

After reengineering the alien swarm to serve as an army, rather than a workforce, Krall retrofits comm tech to spy on the nearby Starfleet space station, Yorktown, hacks into classified files, and discovers the Enterprise is holding one of the missing pieces. In order to draw Kirk and his crew through the nebula and to Altamid, Krall sends his second lieutenant, Kalara (also a Franklin survivor who had been consuming energy from Krall's prisoners) to Yorktown in a battle-damaged ship - under the pretense that she had escaped an attack on her crew and needed Starfleet's help rescuing them. When the Enterprise emerges from the nebula, Krall unleashes the swarm - disabling and then boarding the starship in search of the weapon.

Kirk manages to hide the artifact from Krall by sending it into space with one of his crew members; however, when Krall threatens to kill Sulu, imprisoned on Altamid, the crew member hands the artifact over. With every piece of the alien artifact in his possession, Krall reassembles the weapon, boards his command ship, and heads to Yorktown - unleashing the swarm onto the space station's defenses and making his way to Yorktown's air purification system where he intends to unleash the bio-weapon and kill everyone on the station.

While the film doesn't spend a lot of time unpacking Krall's motivation, beyond a relatively straightforward revenge mission, the former military commander makes it clear he believes humanity has become soft - and that Starfleet's peaceful collaboration with other alien races is a lingering betrayal to the men and women who fought to protect earth from malevolent extra terrestrials. To that end, Krall asserts that Kirk and his crew are weaker because of their reliance on each other, and that his actions are in service of saving humanity - by proving that humans will only become stronger through sheer will, difficulty, and heartbreak.

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Balthazar M. Edison : You can't stop it. You will die.

Captain James T. Kirk : Better to die saving lives... than to live with taking them. That's what I was born into.

Krall : Your captain... why did you sacrifice yourself for him?

Lieutenant Uhura : He would have done the same. And if he made it off that ship, he will come for us.

Krall : I am counting on it, Lieutenant Uhura.

Balthazar M. Edison : Captain's Log... I don't remember the stardate. All distress calls unanswered. Of the crew... only three remain. I WON'T ALLOW IT! The indigenous race abandoned this planet long ago. They left behind sophisticated mining equipment and a drone workforce. They have some sort of... technology that prolongs... life. I will do whatever it takes for me and my crew. The Federation do not care about us... You'll probably never see me again. But if you do... be ready.

Captain James T. Kirk : You lost! There's no way you can make it back there. Give up!

Balthazar M. Edison : What, like you did? I read your ship's log, Captain James T. Kirk! At least I know what I am! I am a soldier!

Captain James T. Kirk : You won the war, Edison! You gave us peace!

Balthazar M. Edison : Peace... is not what I was born into.

Krall : Lieutenant, unity is not your strength. It is your weakness.

Captain James T. Kirk : What happened to you out there... Edison?

Balthazar M. Edison : I have to say, Kirk, I've missed being me. We lost ourselves but gained a purpose! A means to bring the galaxy back to the struggle that made humanity strong.

Captain James T. Kirk : I think you underestimate humanity.

Balthazar M. Edison : I fought for humanity! Lost millions to the Xindi and Romulan Wars! And for what? For the Federation to sit me in a Captain's chair and break bread with the enemy!

Captain James T. Kirk : We change. We have to. Or we spend the rest of our lives fighting the same battles.

Krall : The Federation has pushed the frontier for centuries. But no longer. This is where it begins, Lieutenant. This is where the frontier pushes back.

Lieutenant Uhura : I am Lieutenant Nyota Uhura of the U.S.S. Enterprise. And *you* have committed an act of war against the Federation.

Krall : Federation! Federation *is* an act of war.

Lieutenant Uhura : [glares at him] *You* attacked us.

Krall : The Federation has taught you that conflict should not exist. But without struggle, you would not know who you truly are... struggle made us strong.

Krall : This is Abronath. It was used by the Ancient Ones as a weapon. But when they could not control its deadly power, they split it into two and ejected the halves into space, hoping it would be lost forever.

[a door closes, separating Uhura and Ensign Syl from Sulu]

Krall : But I am grateful. I have spent lifetimes searching for it, only to have you find it for me. The poetry of fate. The world that I was born into is very different from yours, Lieutenant. We knew pain. We knew terror. Struggle made us strong. Not peace. Not unity. These are myths the Federation would have you believe.

Lieutenant Uhura : Those are strong words. You might even believe them, but there's something else going on with you. Something underneath.

[another door closes, separating them from Ensign Syl]

Ensign Syl : Uhura!

Lieutenant Uhura : Wait. What are you doing with her? You already got what you wanted! Let her go! Syl!

Ensign Syl : [Krall inserts the bio-weapon into the room] No, please!

Lieutenant Uhura : Let her go!

Krall : [removing the agent after Syl is killed] Manas, it's time.

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