Taking
place ten years before the adventures of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, a fractured
Klingon Empire is attempting to unite under T’Kuvma. First Officer Michael
Burnham of the USS Shenzhou find T’Kuvma flagship the Sarcophagus, the Ship of the Dead, floating in
space. A battle erupts between the Federation and the Klingons which is used to
unite the Klingon Empire. T’Kuvma is killed and Voq the Torchbearer and L’Rell
encouraged the Klingon High Council to carry out the vision of T’Kuvma and
unite against the Federation. However Voq is left stranded on the USS Shenzhou
as Kol unites the Klingon Empire. L’Rell rescues Voq and board a raider ship so
he can reach the matriarchs.
After
the battle Michael Burnham is sentenced to prison for treason and beginning the
war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. She is recruited by Captain Gabriel
Lorca of the USS Discovery which has a spore jump drive to teleport them
anywhere in the quadrant. The Klingons discover their new technology and kidnap
Lorca who is imprisoned with Lieutenant Ash Tyler and the intergalactic
criminal Harry Mudd. Lorca and Tyler escape from the Klingon prison and unite
with the Discovery. Later Lorca makes Tyler his Chief Security Officer. The
mid-season finale ends with the Discovery destroying the Sarcophagus and the
spore jump drive takes the Discovery where no one has gone before to the Mirror Universe.
The Discovery disguises itself as a Terran ship from the Mirror Universe where they meet the Emperor of the Terran Empire Phillipa Georgiou. During the encounter Ash Tyler is revealed to be the Klingon Voq and Captain Lorca is revealed as a Mirror Universe counterpart who planned to return to the Mirror Universe with Michael Burnham to defeat the Emperor. However Michael choses to side with Phillipa Georgiou and together they return to their universe eight months later only to find the Klingons have almost defeated the Federation.
Out of desperation the remains of the Federation put the former Emperor Phillipa Georgiou as Captain of the Discovery because she defeated the Klingon Empire in the Mirror Universe. The Discovery travels to the Klingon Homeworld to destroy it so the Klingons will retreat back but peace prevails. Michael is back as a Starfleet officer after saving the Federation from the Klingons while a distress call from Captain Pike of the USS Enterprise is received. Season 2 will explore why Spock does not mention having an adopted sister.
The Discovery disguises itself as a Terran ship from the Mirror Universe where they meet the Emperor of the Terran Empire Phillipa Georgiou. During the encounter Ash Tyler is revealed to be the Klingon Voq and Captain Lorca is revealed as a Mirror Universe counterpart who planned to return to the Mirror Universe with Michael Burnham to defeat the Emperor. However Michael choses to side with Phillipa Georgiou and together they return to their universe eight months later only to find the Klingons have almost defeated the Federation.
Out of desperation the remains of the Federation put the former Emperor Phillipa Georgiou as Captain of the Discovery because she defeated the Klingon Empire in the Mirror Universe. The Discovery travels to the Klingon Homeworld to destroy it so the Klingons will retreat back but peace prevails. Michael is back as a Starfleet officer after saving the Federation from the Klingons while a distress call from Captain Pike of the USS Enterprise is received. Season 2 will explore why Spock does not mention having an adopted sister.
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