Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series)

The Vulcan Hello (2017)

Chris Obi: T'Kuvma

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• [first lines] 

  T'Kuvma : [in Klingon]  They are coming. Atom by atom... They will coil around us. And take all that we are... There is one way to confront this threat. By reuniting the twenty-four warring houses of our own Empire. We have forgotten the unforgettable. The last to unify our tribes - Kahless. Together under one creed, remain Klingon.

  [the gathered group repeats the phrase in unison] 

  T'Kuvma : That is why we light our beacon this day. To assemble our people. To lock arms against those whose fatal greeting is...

  [switching to English] 

  T'Kuvma : "We come in peace."

• Voq : I will light the beacon.

  T'Kuvma : Speak your name.

  Voq : Voq. Son of none.

  T'Kuvma : You have no family blade of your own. You cannot assume the birthright of a noble house. You are unworthy.

  Voq : I am worthy. Not by blood, but by faith. I serve the light of Kahless.

  [he puts his hand into an open flame] 

  Voq : I am reborn in his flames.

  T'Kuvma : I recognize you as one who has lived his life on the outside and years to be part of something bigger than himself. Some may see the color of your skin as nature's mistake. I call it a mirror, for I see myself in you.

• T'Kuvma : All is as it's meant to be. Who is Rejac's next in line?

  Or'eq : I am his brother. Or'eq.

  T'Kuvma : The honor falls to you to be our new Torchbearer.

  Or'eq : With respect... I find great wisdom in your teachings...

  T'Kuvma : But?

  Or'eq : Can you be sure our brothers and sisters will answer your call?

  T'Kuvma : They will because the prophecy commands all Klingons must come to the light of Kahless when it shines in the night sky.

  Or'eq : Which ships will really fly across the galaxy because of a fable?

  T'Kuvma : So, you doubt? You dishonor only yourself.