After a conflict with his crew, Pike summons Dr. Katharine Boyce to his office, to discuss his dilemma about a distress signal for Talos IV. In what follows, he reveals his anxieties about loss of life under his command, and about a forsaken path, a life he might have led if not for his command of a Federation ship. As he’s discovering a new acceptance of risk, Spock announces new information about the distress signal, and he announces a change of plan.
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