- The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with a high priority mission to the planet Pahvo and learn the science behind the Klingons' cloaking technology.
- Coming to the aid of another Federation ship, the Discovery is unable to prevent the ship's destruction by a Klingon ship that is using cloaking technology. The Klingon ships cannot fire on enemy vessels when they are cloaked. As soon as the Federation ship is destroyed Lorca orders his ship to be taken out of the combat zone by engaging the spore drive. Stamets now has permanent implants in his body to help him engage the spore drive more painlessly.
Starfleet's Admiral Terral (Conrad Coates) confirms to Lorca that Kol from the house of Kor, has revived the Klingon Ship of the Dead. He is now offering the stealth technology to any house that promises him loyalty. Eventually, all Klingon ships will be equipped with this technology and will be able to attack Federation ships at will. Lorca is sent to a mission to the planet Pahvo.
Desperate for a way to detect these ships even when they are cloaked, Burnham, Ash Tyler, and Saru are sent to Pahvo, a seemingly uninhabited planet with a naturally occurring crystalline transmitter that broadcasts the planet's vibration frequency into space. They hope to use the transmitter to create a sonar for the hidden Klingon ships.
Meanwhile, L'Rell tries to help Cornwell escape in exchange for protection from Kol, but they are caught and L'Rell apparently kills Cornwell to try to save face with Kol. L'Rell drags Cornwell to the sarcophagus room. She pauses when she sees that a number of people she knows are now dead. She promises revenge against Kol. L'Rell informs Kol that Cornwell told her about the power of Discovery, but Kol notes she let the prisoner get away from the room. Kol has L'Rell taken away.
The Discovery officers learn that Pahvo is inhabited with indigenous life that introduce Saru to their higher understanding of peace. The life form is made up of pure energy signatures and is indistinguishable from the energy signatures from the rest of the planet. Saru is a first contact specialist and tries to establish communication with the sentient beings. He puts his arm inside the energy signature and feels their intentions. While Saru is busy with establishing contact, Ash and Burnham connect and Ash kisses Burnham.
Eventually, the planet's life force enters Saru's body to communicate with it. Saru communicates its mission to the entity. To end the war with the Klingons. Saru attempts to force Burnham and Tyler to remain with him on the planet forever. Saru says that the Pahvans have already achieved peace and are in perfect balance and harmony with their natural world. Burham and Ash realize that Saru has been compromised by the Pahvans. Ash distracts Saru as Burnham makes her way to the crystal transmitter to complete her mission. Saru eventually figures out that Ash has been misleading him
Burnham is able to fight off Saru and broadcast the new signal. Ash, Burnham and Saru and transported off to Discovery. But back on the ship, Lorca cannot witness any modifications to the Pahvan signal, that will allow them to discover any Klingon ships in the range of the signal.
The Pahvo lifeforms adjust the signal to contact the Klingons as well, hoping to end the war, and Kol receives the signal. He takes the Ship of the Dead to the planet Pahvo. The Discovery is the only ship that can protect the Pahvo.
In a side discussion, Stamets admits to Tilly that he now experiences frequent bouts of disorientation after engaging the spore drive. It could be the effects of genetic modification due to the new Tardigrade DNA in his body. Stamets doesn't tell Culber as Culber would be forced to send Stamets to a Federation lab to be thoroughly investigated.
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