- Barzan computer: Verbalize code for entry.
- Michael Burnham: Uh...
- Barzan computer: Access denied.
- Michael Burnham: Damn it.
- Barzan computer: Access denied.
- Michael Burnham: If we could just get our hands on the roster of where the Kili have been, then we can help isolate the origin of the infectious protein. We can jump there, we can find a cure, we can help make a difference for the Kili, and show the Admiral why we need to stay together.
- Cmdr. Saru: Get our hands on? I believe we are in a unique position to help, and we will do so by requesting the roster via proper channels. Our first Federation act will not be to pilfer its property and violate a direct order. That is a lesson I thought you would have learned by now, Commander.
- Holo Officer #2: [interrogating Tig] What do you know about the Emerald Chain?
- Cmdr. Jett Reno: What is that, some sort of Risan party drug?
- Holo Security Officer #2: [interrogating Georgiou] What was your connection to control?
- Emperor Philippa Georgiou: We dated.
- Holo Security Officer #2: All Terrans are duplicitous by their biology.
- Emperor Philippa Georgiou: Or biplicitous by our duology. Neither '-ology' has anything to do with it.
- Holo Security Officer #1: You may not be aware, but in the past hundred years, we've discovered a chimeric strain on the subatomic level in the Terran stem cell.
- Emperor Philippa Georgiou: Silly holo. You cannot rattle me by introducing a completely fabricated biological component to my nastiness and inherently bad behavior. I'm extremely wicked, even for a Terran.
- [first lines]
- Cmdr. Saru: Captain's log, supplemental: after a journey of 930 years, and a return to Earth that we could not have anticipated, we are finally on the verge of reaching our destination: Federation and Starfleet headquarters - separate entities that must now abide together. A sign of this new time, I suppose. I can only hope that they are as eager for us to arrive as we are to be home.