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Star Trek: Discovery — Red Angel Explained

The Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 finale explained the Red Angel & Red Signals, but we still have some questions...

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Spoilers ahead for all of  Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, especially the  Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 finale.

With the  Star Trek: Discovery   Season 2 finale, the series truly is sending Starfleet boldly, where no Trek series has ever gone before. But before this season came to its end, several mysteries featuring the word “red” had to be addressed.

If you’re still confused about both the Red Signals and the Red Angel, you’re probably not alone. Though “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” did reveal a lot of what has been going on the entire season on Discovery, there are still some lingering questions.

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Here the six biggest questions about the Red Angel and the Red Signals on Star Trek: Discovery , answered. And, when a specific answer couldn’t be found in the show, some speculation made its way through the wormhole. Hit it!

1. Why did we know there were seven Red Signals?

In the season 2 opening episode, “Brother,” the entire reason why Captain Pike takes command of the USS Discovery is because he, personally, has been tasked by Starfleet Command with figuring out what the Red Signals mean. In that episode, Pike says this about the Red Signals:

“Over the past 24 hours, the Federation sensors picked up seven red bursts, spread out over more than 30 thousand lightyears. They appeared in perfect synchronization, just long enough for us to get a reading, and then, just as suddenly, disappeared…except for one.”

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In the season finale, “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” we’ve learned that Michael Burnham herself set all seven red signals. The first five guided the USS Discovery to the following places: an interstellar asteroid, Terralysium, Kaminar, Boreth, and Xahea. The sixth signal helped guide Discovery through the wormhole into the future, and the seventh signal Burnham sent back through the wormhole to let Spock and Pike know the ship had made it.

Nearly all of this makes sense, but, it is a little confusing as to why all seven “appeared perfect synchronization” and then vanished. Because Burnham set them at different times, why did the signals appear at the same time?

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In theory, this question is answered because Pike says “in perfect synchronization,” meaning, that the signals appeared in space at the same time, relative to each other. But, because those places are so spread out, somehow the signals could appear “in the sky” relative to each other at the same time.

So, what’s the deal? Did Burnham send “preview signals” before sending the “real ones.” Or, did the relative distances between the signals conveniently make them appear synchronized?

Official answer: We know why Pike said there were seven signals. We don’t really know why the appeared all at the same time.

Speculative answer: Burnham didn’t mean for the signals to be “synchronized.” That was just a product of “the observer effect,” the idea that huge distances in space make certain things look like they are in existence in real-time. This is the same reason why some of the stars we “see” in the night sky are, in fact, already burnt out.

2. What are the Red Signals?

In “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” we see Burnham’s time suit make several of the Red Signals, but we’re never really told what they are. However, “The Sound of Thunder” demonstrates that the Red Angel suit is capable of a giant electromagnetic pulse.

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This EM blast is what knocks out all the Ba’ul’s ability to destroy the Kelpiens. Based on what we’ve seen, in “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2,” we have to assume the other Red Signals were also EM pulses. But, maybe Burnham made the one on Kaminar more hardcore in its intensity.

Official answer: We don’t know.

Speculative answer: Maybe a series of electromagnetic pulses.

3. When was Michael Burnham’s mom the Red Angel?

In the episode titled “The Red Angel,” we were all shocked to find out that the Red Angel was not Michael Burnham, but instead, Michael Burnham’s mom, Gabriel Burnham.

However, this twist was further twisted in both parts of “Such Sweet Sorrow,” when it became clear that, yes, Michael Burnham is/was one of the Red Angels, and, seemingly the one we’ve been seeing the most throughout the season.

In the season finale, we see Michael Burnham become the Red Angel we’ve been glimpsing all season long, which really makes you wonder, when was her mom the Red Angel again?

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In “Perpetual Infinity,” we learned Gabriel Burnham did 900+ plus jumps in the Red Angel time suit, which begs the question, which of those did we see? In reality, the answer is: not very many, at least not on-screen in real time. We know Gabriel Burnham moved the sphere into the path of Discovery, and we know she communicated with Spock, specifically way back in his childhood, and also, when she allowed him to mindmeld with her on a distant planet. But it appears, in terms of what we saw, that’s it.

Official answer: In the second season of Star Trek: Discovery , nearly all appearances of the Red Angel are actually Michael Burnham, and not Burnham’s mom except  when the Red Angel appears to Spock and to the people in the 21st century, who were rescued from World War III. That’s Burnham’s mom.

Speculative answer: In “Perpetual Infinity,” Gabriel Burnham implies she did a ton of other time jumps which resulted in slightly alternate timelines. So, it’s possible some of her jumps were “undone” by the events of the season finale.

4. When was Michael Burnham the Red Angel?

As “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” revealed, Michael Burnham is the Red Angel we’ve seen the most. This, weirdly, was an early fan theory, that turned out to be correct. Burnham even visited herself on the asteroid in the very first episode. Presumably, this time jump was to “give her strength,” which is kind of like Harry Potter learning how to make his own Patronus from himself, but that’s fine.

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Official answer: Whenever the Red Signals were set, it was Burnham. The other times, it was her mom.

Speculative answer: This mystery seems buttoned-up!

5. Why did the probe travel back in time?

Remember that squid-probe from the future that attacked Pike and Tyler in “The Sound of Thunder?” Yeah, that hasn’t really been explained. Supposedly, that probe was aligned with Control from the future, and downloaded itself into Airiam’s cyberbrain in order to get the sphere data off of Discovery. But, when it was sent, exactly, remains a mystery.

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Speculative answer: Because the probe was modified in the far future, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see that happen in season 3, if only because Discovery has been sent 930 years into the future.

6. Why did the Enterprise suffer a system-wide failure?

The entire reason why Pike takes command of the Discovery is seemingly because the USS Enterprise has gone offline. But is that all there is to it?

Throughout the season, it’s casually implied that the holographic communication system on the Enterprise caused the ship to get screwed up, but it’s not made entirely clear. Further, it seems like Pike needed to be on the Discovery to accomplish the Red Signal mission, if only because Discovery has the Spore Drive and the Enterprise doesn’t.

So, did Michael Burnham set one, secret EMP pulse? Did she knock out the Enterprise because she knew Discovery needed Pike? Maybe?

Speculative answer: Maybe Burnham made Enterprise malfunction. But then again, it could have easily have been Control, too.

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The Entire Star Trek: Discovery Timeline Explained

For a series ostensibly about exploring the galaxy and meeting new lifeforms in the hopes of sharing knowledge and resources, there sure is a lot of time travel in "Star Trek." It's been present from the very beginning, as even Kirk and crew visited the past multiple times . Two of those adventures resulted in the iconic episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "Star Trek 4: The Adventure Home."

Modern "Star Trek" adventures have embraced this aspect of the universe, as time travel was also the direct cause of the Kelvin Timeline featured in the 2009 "Star Trek" film and its sequels. When the Romulan Nero traveled back in time and destroyed the USS Kelvin, killing James Kirk's father, he accidentally contributed to the creation of a new universe running parallel to the prime timeline. Ultimately, time travel has become every bit as important to "Star Trek" as exploration.

"Star Trek: Discovery" is no exception to this. Initially a prequel series set ten years before the original series, it soon became a sequel set further into the future than any other "Star Trek" installment. Time travel tends to muddy the narrative progression of a story, so we will be looking at where "Star Trek: Discovery" started to shed some light on where it ended up. Here is the entire "Star Trek: Discovery" timeline explained.

A visit to Talos

"Star Trek: Discovery" is set ten years before what is now referred to as "Star Trek: The Original Series." However, one episode of "The Original Series" actually occurs before "Discovery." In many ways, it is the beginning of the entire "Star Trek" franchise. While most viewers back in the late '60s probably remember it as the story told in the exciting two-parter "The Menagerie," which reuses the footage captured for the original "Star Trek" pilot called "The Cage."

We have to begin here because these events play a crucial role in "Star Trek: Discovery" Season 2. "The Cage" sees the Enterprise crew, led by Captain Christopher Pike, visiting Talos IV, encountering a strange alien race. These are the Talosians, telepaths who experience life by manipulating beings they keep in their menagerie. By forcing Captain Pike to endure multiple illusions of their creations, they hope to understand love, anger, fear, excitement, and other emotions they forfeited by choosing to further develop their mental abilities.

Years later, after Captain Pike temporarily assumes command of the USS Discovery, he is forced to revisit Talos IV to cure Spock of his current mental disorder. Not only is it a chance to save Spock's life, but it also allows Pike to seek out closure regarding his past experiences on the planet.

The Battle at the Binary Stars

"Star Trek: Discovery" officially begins with a huge two-part story called "The Vulcan Hello" and "The Battle at the Binary Stars." This is where we meet the star of the show, Commander Michael Burnham, the first officer of the USS Shenzhou. While most "Star Trek" shows tend to be ensemble pieces, "Discovery" belongs to Burnham and it is her arc that we follow.

This opening episode sees Starfleet encountering Klingons for the first time in about a century. An extremist group of Klingons led by the xenophobic T'Kuvma engaged in a devastating battle with the USS Shenzhou after an altercation with Burnham resulted in the death of one of their own. This opening battle becomes a war between the Federation and the Klingons, the effects of which are still being felt during "The Original Series" and the six original "Star Trek" movies .

Following this battle, Michael Burnham is stripped of her rank and sentenced to life in prison — which leads to the true beginning of the show.

Six months later

Following Michael's sentencing, the show jumps ahead six months. While being transferred to a new prison, there's an emergency and the Discovery arrives to save her. While on the ship she meets its captain, a dark and elusive man named Gabriel Lorca, and its crew. She also reunites with her old friend from the Shenzhou, Commander Saru. Healing their relationship following her mutiny is a major part of the first two seasons of "Star Trek: Discovery." 

Lorca believes that Michael's knowledge and experience could be of some use to them on the Discovery, so he invites her to unofficially join them as a specialist. The reasons behind Lorca's decision to go out of his way to save her, and why he wants her working with him on the Discovery, is another major element to the first season. His character comes off as a little strange right away, as Starfleet captains tend to be fairly approachable and diplomatic. However, Lorca is intimidating, conniving, and a little too adept at war to fit the typical captain archetype.

Taking Control

To correctly understand the timeline of "Star Trek: Discovery," we next need to dive into some events that are revealed during Season 2 but take place in Season 1. 

Section 31 is the secret Black Ops division of the United Federation of Planets . They operate in the shadows, carrying out missions the Federation doesn't want to be made public. They feature heavily in "Star Trek: Discovery" and its second season. Following the events of "The Battle at the Binary Stars," Section 31 starts using a threat assessment artificial intelligence called Control in the hopes of preventing wars.

The idea is the Federation would give Control information regarding potential threats, and Control would then provide suggestions on how to proceed. As often happens in science fiction when artificial intelligence is involved, things go haywire when Control decides it no longer needs human beings to implement its suggestions. Instead, it assumes "control" of human beings to enact its agenda. This leads to the massive time jump the USS Discovery would take into the future during the end of Season 2.

Into the Mirror Universe

The USS Discovery has an experimental new system called a spore drive. It allows the Discovery to travel along a microscopic network spread throughout the universe, effectively making instant travel possible. It's an incredibly complex system, one that Forbes notes was inspired by a real-life mycologist, which can be used to break the barriers between realities.

The idea is proposed to astromycologist Commander Paul Stamets by Captain Gabriel Lorca. Stamets is considering leaving Starfleet, but Lorca convinces him to stay on to try one final experiment to see if it truly is possible to visit alternate realities. The experiment works, and the entire crew of the USS Discovery is transported into the classic evil dimension of the "Star Trek" universe — the Mirror Universe .

In the "Star Trek" Mirror Universe the heroes are villains and the villains are heroes, and it is soon revealed that this is where Lorca is from. He arrived in the prime timeline, took over the original Gabriel Lorca's life, and orchestrated events to unite with Michael Burnham — who was his lover in the mirror universe — and use the spore drive to return to his universe and overthrow Emperor Georgiou.

While the time the crew spends in the mirror universe might seem brief, it turns out that nine months pass during that time. 

Nine months later

When Gabriel Lorca dies in the mirror universe, the crew of the USS Discovery returns to their native universe — but they've brought the emperor with them. 

One of Michael Burnham's defining character traits is parental issues. She lost her human parents at a very young age. She was then adopted by the Vulcan Sarek and his human wife, Amanda. They raised her on Vulcan with their son Spock, effectively making her Spock's human step-sister .

Although she tried to live like a Vulcan, her human emotions were far too powerful. As a result, when she joined Starfleet and was assigned to serve on the USS Shenzhou, she gravitated to its human captain Phillipa Georgiou, seeing her as a maternal figure. Tragically, Georgiou died in the Battle of the Binary Stars, and the guilt of her loss has tortured Burnham ever since. Upon arriving in the mirror universe and finding another Georgiou, she can't help but try and bring her back to the prime timeline, hoping to correct her biggest regret.

Back in the prime timeline, they discover that nine months have passed and the war has not been going well. Discovery is boarded by Sarek and Admiral Cornwell, who informs the recently-returned crew that the Klingons have almost won the war.

The mystery of the Red Angel

By the end of Season One, the Klingon War is over, and there is an uneasy peace between the two sides. However, the crew of the Discovery doesn't have long to reflect on these events, as they soon encounter the Enterprise and are boarded by Captain Christopher Pike. Pike has been directed to temporarily assume command of the Discovery to research red burst anomalies that have been popping up all over the galaxy.

The red bursts are caused by an entity referred to as the Red Angel. The identity of this entity and the reasons for its actions are complex but intimately related to Michael. It turns out that there are two Red Angels — one is Michael Burnham's mother, Gabrielle, and the other is Michael herself. The form of the angel is actually a suit capable of traveling through time developed by Michael's parents as a project for Section 31.

At some point, Gabrielle decides to use the suit to escape an attack from Klingons but winds up in the distant future. She sees that the AI system Control has taken over the galaxy, so she uses her suit to jump around in time in the hopes of preventing Control from evolving and spreading across the galaxy. Michael then uses the suit to send signals that appear as red bursts for the crew of the Discovery to follow, defeat Control, and travel to the future.

The all-knowing Sphere

Season 2 of "Star Trek: Discovery" is full of big, wild ideas that could serve as the basis for a film or an entire series. The first, of course, is the threat of Control. The second is the Red Angel. The third is a sentient, planet-sized lifeform called the Sphere.

This Sphere has spent hundreds of thousands of years exploring the galaxy, collecting information and experiences. It has existed for such a long time that it is now dying. With such a wealth of knowledge and experience, it doesn't want to be forgotten, so it transfers its memory to the Discovery's computers.

As wonderful a find as this is, it is also incredibly dangerous. When Airiam, a cybernetic member of the Discovery crew, is infected by a future version of Control, she is directed to transfer all the sphere data on artificial intelligence to the current form of Control. With that information, Control will be able to gain full sentience and take over the galaxy — just as seen in Spock's vision from the Red Angel.

Defeating Control

For any "Star Trek" fans upset that "Star Trek: Discovery"  takes place 10 years before "The Original Series" but the technology is significantly more advanced — or that Spock never mentioned having a human step-sister — their fears were partially quelled when the ship made the jump ahead almost one thousand years.

By the end of Season 2, Control was defeated, the mystery of the Red Angel was solved, and the need to get the sphere data to a safer time period arose. With the data merging to Discovery's computers, the decision was made not to try and delete the data but take it into the future. Using the Red Angel suit, Michael Burnham drags the USS Discovery into a time in a future not yet explored by the "Star Trek" franchise .

Once Discovery is gone, the Federation decides to clear the ship's existence from all Starfleet records and never speak of it, the crew, or its mission again. Thus, Michael Burnham is never mentioned, nor is the Discovery or its experimental spore drive. 

The future of Starfleet and the Federation

The jump to the future is successful, but Michael arrives there alone. Since she was towing the ship, not riding in it, the trip was different for her. Immediately upon arriving, she rams into a ship piloted by Cleveland Booker before being pulled in by a nearby planet's gravity, regaining control of the Red Angel suit only seconds before splattering on its surface.

At first, she is panicked that Discovery won't answer her call but is soon thrilled by the knowledge that there is life on this planet. She eventually meets Cleveland Booker and discovers that the Federation barely exists anymore. The reason for its diminished size and influence was something called the Burn. In the 31st century, nearly every warp core installed in Federation ships exploded, wiping out swaths of life and nearly destroying the Federation. Exactly what caused this "burn" is the central mystery of Season 3. 

One year later

In this new world, where dilithium is more precious than ever, Michael travels the galaxy, trading it for goods and services. She spends an entire year recording her experiences and searching for any sign of the Discovery. Finally, her search efforts pay off, and she is reunited with her crew. In a completely new headspace, Michael isn't sure about serving on the Discovery any longer. True, she earned back her respect and rank but is she is more interested in solving the mystery of the Burn and restoring the Federation rather than limiting herself to a single ship.

By the end of Season 3, the mystery surrounding the Burn is solved, the Federation is in the early stages of reconnecting with its lost members, and Michael joins the crew of the Discovery again. This time, however, she isn't a specialist or a first officer — she is the captain. 

Season 4 is still set in the 32nd century and Michael is now known as Captain Michael Burnham. Her arc mirrors the real-life arc of the show. She started as a first officer who lost everything and worked her way back to a command position, while "Star Trek: Discovery" began life as a prequel with a dubious connection to canon and became a sequel that takes the franchise to brand new heights.

Star Trek Discovery's Season 2 Illustrates A Classic Time Travel Paradox

Time travel stories often involve paradoxes, and Star Trek Discovery's second season shows Michael Burnham at the center of one.

The second season of Star Trek: Discovery hinges on the mysteries of time travel . The crew pursues seven red burst signals through the stars, eventually finding they were sent by a time traveler they have named the Red Angel. Michael Burnham and the Discovery crew's relationship with time only grows more complex towards the end of the season, when they decide to send the ship nearly a thousand years into the future to prevent a self-aware AI, Control, from getting its hands on precious data from an ancient life form (the "Sphere"), and evolving to subjugate all intelligent life.

Science fiction's job is to pose questions about the universe, humanity, and evolving technology. Discovery does this in plenty of ways, and when it comes to time travel, it seeks to know: Can our future selves interfere with their own timelines? If they did, would we know it was happening? Are some things predetermined, bound to happen; and if they are, why? The overarching plot of Discovery' s second season explores these questions through a classic element of time-travel stories : the causal loop.

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A causal loop, also known as a bootstrap paradox, is a type of paradox in which a sequence of events begets itself, and as a result, its starting point is impossible to determine. In other words, a specific event occurs and sets off a chain of events. The end result of this chain is the event that caused the sequence to begin in the first place. The question, then, is where did the first event originate? What began the causal loop?

Time-travel stories in fiction are rife with this trope. One famous example occurs in the first Back to the Future film: Marty McFly plays "Johnny B. Goode" onstage while Chuck Berry, the song's original artist, listens over the phone, implying that this is the moment when he got the idea for the song. It then logically follows that Berry recorded the song, resulting in Marty hearing and learning it. Another, simpler example can be seen in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , when Harry sees the Patronus charm from across the lake — and then later, after using the time-turner, realizes that it was his own Patronus, and performs the spell to save his past self from the Dementors. As he remarks to Hermione later on, "I knew I could do it, because I'd already done it!"

This line can be applied to Michael's experience in Discovery as well. In "Such Sweet Sorrow (Part 1)," the season's penultimate episode, it is discovered that the bioneural signature of the Red Angel who sent the seven burst signals was Michael herself, not her mother, as was previously thought. This leads to the epiphany that there have been two Red Angels all along. Michael can see that her future self is trying to lead the crew of Discovery to something, she's not sure what — at least not yet. In the next episode, though, she is able to understand.

At this point in the season, the crew has found five of the seven signals: one on a lone asteroid where a derelict ship was stranded, one on the planet Terralysium, one on the Kelpians' homeworld of Kaminar, one on the planet Boreth where time crystals are kept, and most recently, on the planet Xahea. In the midst of battle against the rogue AI Control, Spock comes to the realization that following each signal gave Discovery something they would need for either the battle itself, or to create the Red Angel suit. The signal on Kaminar would lead to the Kelpians aiding them in battle, the signal on Terralysium indicated a place of refuge after sending Discovery into the future, the time crystal was needed to power the suit, etc. When her brother explains this epiphany, Michael realizes that they are in an open loop, and only she can close it by sending the signals now.

Just as Harry Potter knew he could perform the Patronus charm since he had seen it before, Michael only knows when and where to leave the signals because she herself had been following them. At the end of the season, she now knows who and what the crew will need to assemble the Red Angel suit, defend themselves against Control, and send Discovery through the wormhole. She makes her mad dash back through time, sending the five signals seen so far, to provide the crew of Discovery with everything they need to reach the point where they find themselves in the present. Once she returns, she uses the sixth signal as a guiding beacon for Discovery to follow her through the wormhole, and later on, sends the seventh as a signal to her brother that she is safe.

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The question that remains, however, is the one that lingers in all causal loops: what is the point of origin? In a world where the original recording of "Johnny B. Goode" was inspired by a cover performance of the original "Johnny B. Goode," who or what actually wrote the song? In Season 2's finale, Michael sends the signals so that she could see and follow them — and is only able to do so because she had already seen and followed them. So where did her knowledge of those signals truly originate?

As the causal loop paradigm states, the answer is impossible to know — just as it's impossible to determine what would have happened if Michael had not gone back to send the signals. Perhaps the actions of the Red Angel, and therefore the fate of Discovery, were predetermined: to boldly go where no man had gone before , and leap into the unknown future.

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A map of the seven red bursts

The red bursts were a series of temporal anomalies first detected by Starfleet and the Klingons in 2257 . Unlike anything Starfleet had encountered before, their precise synchronization all but ruled out natural phenomena being the cause. ( DIS : " Brother ", " Saints of Imperfection ") Ultimately, all signals but one turned out to have been set by Michael Burnham , the second Red Angel , directing the USS Discovery to a wormhole that led her 930 years in the future to prevent Control from destroying all life in the universe. ( DIS : " Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 ")

• 2.1 Signal 01: Interstellar asteroid
• 2.2 Signal 02: Terralysium
• 2.3 Signal 03: Kaminar
• 2.4 Essof IV
• 2.5 Signal 04: Boreth
• 2.6 Signal 05: Xahea
• 2.7 Signal 06: Wormhole
• 2.8 Signal 07: Final signal
• 3 Summary of red bursts

Overview [ ]

The first appearance of the bursts occurred in perfect synchronization over a span of 24 hours in 2257. They were scattered across thirty thousand light years of the Milky Way Galaxy and would have required energy beyond Starfleet's understanding to produce. ( DIS : " Brother ")

The Klingons also detected the bursts, and had no explanation for them. High Chancellor L'Rell confirmed to Ambassador Sarek that they were not responsible. Kol-Sha interpreted them as an ill omen for L'Rell's rule: "seven drops of blood " ready to rain down on the Klingon people. ( DIS : " Brother ", " Point of Light ")

Spock had foreknowledge of the red bursts, which he first saw as a child. This prompted him to take a leave of absence from the USS Enterprise . Before his departure, he left encrypted data about the bursts in his final personal log entry, in case he did not return. ( DIS : " Brother ")

The investigation [ ]

The initial set of seven signals appearing in perfect synchronization were picked up by Federation sensors but disappeared again after just enough time to get a reading, with the exception of one signal.

The remaining signal eventually stabilized long enough to get a fix on its position, at which point the Enterprise , captained by Christopher Pike , set out to reach it. Before anything else could be done, the Enterprise experienced a massive systems failure – later blamed by Pike on the holo-communications system. ( DIS : " Brother ", " An Obol for Charon ")

As a result, Pike transferred his command over to the USS Discovery in order to continue the mission. ( DIS : " Brother ")

Shortly after the bursts were detected, the Vulcan High Command directed Sarek to work with Starfleet in assembling a Federation task force. He went on to serve on this task force. ( DIS : " Brother ", " Light and Shadows ")

Signal 01: Interstellar asteroid [ ]

The Hiawatha on the asteroid's surface

At the source of the burst, Discovery found an interstellar asteroid which contained the crash landed remains of the USS Hiawatha . While attempting to investigate the signal, a landing party consisting of Pike, Burnham, Evan Connolly , and Nhan discovered survivors aboard the Hiawatha including Jett Reno . Despite an encounter with the red angel , the crew was unable to determine who or what generated the signal. ( DIS : " Brother ")

After Discovery departed the region, Starfleet sent a team to investigate the area further. They found evidence of tachyon radiation, suggesting time travel was involved. ( DIS : " Saints of Imperfection ")

Signal 02: Terralysium [ ]

Discovery in orbit of Terralysium

Sometime after the initial series of bursts, a second signal was detected. The transmission was too faint to determine the exact coordinates using regular means but was eventually pinpointed to a distant region of the Beta Quadrant . The signal was 51,450 light years away from the location of the ship. Using its spore drive , Discovery was able to reach the location of this new burst, the planet of Terralysium , immediately. Once there, Discovery found a previously unknown settlement of Humans . They were descendants of people saved from World War III by a mysterious entity .

Shortly after arrival, Discovery prevented radioactive debris from wiping out the planet's inhabitants. The burst was also visible from the planet's surface. ( DIS : " New Eden ")

Signal 03: Kaminar [ ]

Red burst in orbit of Kaminar

Discovery detected a third burst in orbit of Kaminar , the homeworld of the Kelpien species, which included first officer Commander Saru . As had been the case on Terralysium, the burst had been visible from the surface; Siranna , Saru's sister and priest of their village, referred to it as a "fiery sign". ( DIS : " The Sound of Thunder ")

Anomaly orbiting Kaminar

While in orbit above Kaminar measuring the residual radiation from the burst, Discovery discovered an anomaly . While investigating the anomaly in Shuttle 5 , Ash Tyler and Christopher Pike were attacked by an upgraded version of a probe they'd previously launched. ( DIS : " Light and Shadows ")

Essof IV [ ]

Discovery and NCIA-93 in orbit of Essof IV

Discovery and NCIA-93 journeyed to Essof IV to attempt to capture the Red Angel. A landing party consisting of Hugh Culber , Paul Stamets , Philippa Georgiou , Spock, and Michael Burnham beamed down to the surface. While the team worked on the surface, on board NCIA-93 , Ash Tyler and Leland worked to close the wormhole to prevent the Angel from leaving.

NCIA-93 closing the micro-wormhole

After enacting their plan to attract the Red Angel, which involved exposing Burnham to the toxic atmosphere of the planet, they waited for the Angel to arrive. The plan worked, and a burst soon appeared in orbit of the planet. The Angel arrived on the surface and revived Burnham; after which she was captured and revealed to be Burnham's mother . ( DIS : " The Red Angel ")

Holding Gabrielle Burnham and the Red Angel suit on Essof IV caused gravitational distortions. Shortly after the Red Angel was captured, Leland's body was taken over by Control . While pretending to be Leland, Control ordered Georgiou and Tyler to steal the Sphere 's data archive from Discovery . Eventually, Georgiou realized Leland wasn't who he seemed, and she stopped the upload, leading to an altercation on the surface.

Once Burnham's mother was pulled back to the 33rd century , Burnham was beamed up to the Discovery along with Nhan , Paul Stamets and Philippa Georgiou . A barrage of photon torpedoes destroyed the base but "Leland" survived. ( DIS : " Perpetual Infinity ")

Signal 04: Boreth [ ]

Discovery and a D7-class vessel in orbit of Boreth

A burst, the fourth of seven, soon appeared over the Klingon planet of Boreth . Discovery used the spore drive to jump to the planet to investigate. While there, Pike went to the monastery to retrieve a time crystal . In the process, he was given a traumatic vision of his future. ( DIS : " Through the Valley of Shadows ")

Signal 05: Xahea [ ]

Discovery near Xahea

A fifth burst appeared when Captain Pike was unable to destroy Discovery and thus the Sphere 's data. The signal brought Discovery and Enterprise to Xahea , the homeworld of Her Serene Highness Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po . Ensign Tilly , who had previously and secretly met Queen Po, deduced that her friend's engineering genius, evidenced by her ability to recrystallize dilithium , might be the reason for the signal. Queen Po devised a method of charging the time crystal so it could power a new time travel suit. ( DIS : " Runaway ", " Such Sweet Sorrow ")

Signal 06: Wormhole [ ]

The sixth red signal appeared during the Battle near Xahea , the first to appear after Burnham realized she had set the previous signals, intended to guide the Discovery to 3188. Guided by the signal, Discovery successfully went through the wormhole. ( DIS : " Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 ")

Signal 07: Final signal [ ]

The seventh signal displayed on the Enterprise 's viewscreen

After discovering that Spock would not be able to join the Discovery in their journey to the future due to damage to his shuttle and his unwillingness to risk further damage to Discovery , Burnham promised to send a final signal to confirm the crew's safe arrival in 3188. This manifested near Terralysium four months after the Battle near Xahea, detected by the Enterprise orbiting Earth. After sending the signal, the Red Angel suit self-destructed as per Burnham's orders. ( DIS : " Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2 ", " That Hope Is You, Part 1 ")

Summary of red bursts [ ]

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 4 Recap and Ending Explained

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Episode 4 of Star Trek: Discovery aired on Paramount Plus this week,as it approaches the halfway mark in the fifth and final season. The sci-fi spin-off series consists of ten episodes, with one airing each week until the finale on May 30. The show began in 2017, and Season 5 has been praised for its serialized storytelling and exciting visual effects. Star Trek: Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green, Callum Keith Rennie, Doug Jones and Anthony Rapp.

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery 's final season sees Burnham and Rayner put their differences aside when they realize they are in a wormhole and have traveled back in time. They must fight to save the Discovery and the crew on board, by facing off with bounty hunters, Moll and Lák.

Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 3 Recap

Star Trek: Discovery Episode 4 sees Moll and L’ak meeting with a dodgy dealer. They hand him a bag of the latinum and the dealer tries to raise the price of it, and it turns out Moll has poisoned the latinum, and takes the item from the dying dealer. L’ak is uncertain. But Moll assures him they’ll get ahead of the USS Discovery . She continues that once they have the Progenitor’s tech, they’ll be free. She tells him they have to hurry to catch Discovery on Trill. It is revealed that the device obtained from the dealer is the same one planted on Adira Tal in the final moments of the previous episode.

Elsewhere, the device activates in Adira’s quarters on the Discovery, and the device hops off the uniform and runs across the room and disappears into a girder.

In his lab, Stamets spots the bug and watches as it disappears into the wall. Captain Michael Burnham gets a report from Owo, revealing that she’s picking up some odd readings, and something has broadcast a signal from the ship. Burnham and Captain Rayner try to beam to the bridge, but they go nowhere.

The ship is moving but the lights flicker and a klaxon sounds. Rayner asks if they are under attack, as Burnham tries to contact the bridge but nothing seems to be working. Burnham and Rayner head to the bridge on foot and find the rest of the crew unconscious and wearing 23rd-century Starfleet uniforms. Rayner and Burnham realize they’re in a wormhole and have traveled back in time. Discovery follows Burnham as she goes through the wormhole into the future. Turns out, they haven’t just traveled back in time, but they’re actually jumping through time.

Burnham arrives in the future and explains the situation, and that she's undertaking an important mission for the future Discovery . Burnham demonstrates her personal knowledge of several crew members to prove her story , as Airiam, Tilly and the rest of the crew are confused at her appearance.

They remain skeptical of Burnham’s claims, but she says she will convince Airiam, and everyone will trust her judgment in the end. Burnham reveals she saw Airiam die, and she recounts the climax of “Project Daedalus.” Airiam convinces the rest of the crew of Burnham's legitimacy, and asks what help Burnham needs from them. Elsewhere, in the lab, Rayner and Stamets prepare to tackle the temporal shield, but a phaser wielding TB and Rhys interrupt their plans.

YB orders Stamets to shut down the warp core, but Rayner suggests Burnham come down, but there’s no time for that, and she urges Rayner to handle the situation. Rayner convinces Rhys they’re from the future with the knowledge he learned during interviews, but YB is still not convinced.

Rayner tells the story about Burnham arriving at the bridge and not feeling like she belongs. He tells YB she deserves to be there, and pleads with her to trust her instincts, which he knows are currently telling her to stand down, with YB seemingly convinced. Discovery ’s warp bubble is broken, and Rayner puts the device on the chronophage. Another time jump occurs, and they arrive back to the present day, which is fully intact.

Burnham orders Rayner to go to see Culber to tend to his hand injury, while Rayner states that it isn’t lost on him that what made them successful was their closeness with the crew. He admits he can be stubborn like Burnham used to be, but Burnham concludes they make a good team.

Star Trek: Discovery episode 4's ending sees the rest of the crew caught up on the chronophage. In the six hours since the time jumps began, the DOTs have found a warp signature that matches M’ak’s ship. Rayner compliments Rhys on his theory, which proved to be accurate. However, M’ak’s trail disappears, as Burnham orders the bridge crew to get to work on solving the mystery.

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 5; Who Is Red Angel? Explained

From its origin to the suit’s owner, its destruction, and reappearance in Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, here’s everything we know about the sci-fi franchise’s mysterious Red Angel.

Origin of Red Angel

• What Are These Red Angle’s Signals?
• Red Angel’s Appearance In Star Trek: Discovery Season 2
• Who Created Red Angel’s Suit?

Where Was Red Angel Until Season 5?

One of the most mysterious characters in the popular sci-fi series Star Trek: Discovery is the Red Angel with its synchronized seven red bust-like signals. After being an integral part of its second season, it has again appeared in the fourth episode of Season 5– Face the Strange. 

Written by Sean Cochran and directed by Lee Rose, the episode shows Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) stuck in a time loop jumping from Discovery’s past to present and future experiencing the starship's voyage to the 32nd century. As the Red Angel guides Discovery into the future, Burnham and Rayner watch her through the viewscreen from the bridge of the Discovery surrounded by unconscious crew members.

Burnham’s foster brother Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) took up drawing as a coping mechanism for his childhood nightmares, which became useful. When those terrifying dreams came back as an adult, Spock drew what would eventually be the seven red signals two months before they first appeared in space, providing Burnham with the first hint to solving the puzzling riddle.

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After tracing some of the signals, it was concluded that they led to people in need. One of the signals took the USS Discovery to New Eden planet where the Red Angel had rescued a group of soldiers over two centuries ago. Another signal was tracked to an asteroid carrying the USS Hiawatha saving a dozen of injured officers.

Red Angel’s Appearance In Star Trek: Discovery Season 2

During those times, Burnham first gets a glimpse of the Red Angel as she rescues survivors and encounters death.

While examining Arium's system, a file called Project Daedalus containing Burnham's bio-neural signature, a time-traveling humanoid, was found. However, following a perilous experiment in which Burnham consented to die in order to trick the Red Angel into falling into their trap, it was discovered that her mother Gabrielle (Sonja Sohn) had been traveling through time and space in that highly advanced outfit all along. She has been doing to save the galaxy.

Not just Burnham’s mother, but Burnham herself is also behind the signals. Data from Burnham and her mother were both included in the Red Angel outfit. She is the second time traveler to wear the outfit, as evidence suggests. The red signals are due to future Burnham as Gabrielle kept Burnham alive throughout multiple near-death incidents.

Who Created Red Angel’s Suit?

A temporal arms race began two decades ago when Section 31 learned that the Klingons had begun studying time travel. In an attempt to gain a tactical edge, the secret organization created Project Daedalus, a time-traveling outfit. However, the Klingons destroyed the suit just before they were going to test it, and until those mysterious red signals arrived in the present, the project was assumed to be aborted. Ever since, Section 31 has been making unsuccessful attempts to apprehend the angel and recover their missing technology.

As Burnham crash-landed on a planet after emerging from the wormhole in the 32nd century in the third season, she lost contact with the USS Discovery. She uses the Red Angel suit to scan the galaxy for sign of life to verify that Discovery was successful in stopping Control from destroying life in the galaxy. 

Burnham sends the Red Angel suit back through the last wormhole to transmit the seventh and last signal upon learning that the mission was successful. Following which, Burnham programs the suit to destroy itself in order to stop anyone from traveling into the future with Discovery.

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Burnham & book are “lightning in a bottle” in star trek: discovery, says david ajala.

Exclusive: Star Trek: Discovery's David Ajala looks back on playing Cleveland Booker's romance with Sonequa Martin-Green's Captain Michael Burnham.

• Cleveland Booker's relationship with Michael Burnham in 3 seasons of Star Trek: Discovery was like "lightning in a bottle," says David Ajala.
• The final season of Discovery sees Book and Burnham on an intergalactic quest for ancient treasure, while redefining their broken romance.
• David Ajala believes their relationship is both exciting and safe, bringing out the best in each other as they save the galaxy.

Star Trek: Discovery 's David Ajala looks back on his 3 seasons playing Cleveland Booker opposite Sonequa Martin-Green's Captain Michael Burnham, calling their relationship "lightning in a bottle." Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is the final season, which reunites Book and Burnham on an intergalactic quest for the ancient treasure of the Progenitors. Meanwhile, Michael and Booker look to redefine and reconcile their broken romance as they work together to save the galaxy.

In an upcoming exclusive interview with Screen Rant , David Ajala was asked what his lasting impression is of playing Cleveland Booker opposite Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham for 3 seasons of Star Trek: Discovery . Ajala related what Martin-Green told him when he was cast as Cleveland Booker . Check out David's quote below:

When Sonequa reached out to me, [and] I knew that I was joining the show or I had been cast, she said, ‘Welcome to this wonderful world where everyone supports each other, where we're so excited to be on set, where we literally believe that we have lightning in a bottle.’ I believe that their relationship is lightning in a bottle, but it's lightning that feels, dare I say it, safe. It's exciting, and it feels safe. I think these two will always be in each other's lives. I think they bring out the best in each other. And behind every great woman is herself.

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Are burnham & book endgame in star trek: discovery season 5, michael and booker are meant to be - or are they.

Captain Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker are the central romance among the many love stories in Star Trek: Discovery . In Star Trek: Discovery season 5, Michael and Book are back working together when his expertise as a courier becomes imperative to catching the villains Moll (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis). However, Book can't help but see what he and Michael once had and lost when he sees Moll and L'ak , who are recklessly in love and devoted to each other.

Cleveland Booker took the name of his late mentor, Cleveland Booker IV, who is Moll's father.

Book and Burnham broke off their relationship in Star Trek: Discovery season 4. When Booker's home world of Kwejian was destroyed by the Dark Matter Anomaly, Cleveland was hellbent on revenge. Book turned his back on Michael and the United Federation of Planets. Booker joined mad scientist Dr. Ruon Tarka (Shawn Doyle) to pursue the destruction of the DMA and its creators, Species 10-C. Book ultimately came to his senses and helped the USS Discovery save Species 10-C. Cleveland then accepted his punishment, which was imprisonment and helping Federation worlds recover from the DMA.

Michael and Book becoming a couple again may not have been in Star Trek: Discovery season 5's original game plan.

The question is whether Star Trek: Discovery season 5 will see Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker reignite their romance . Discovery season 5 wasn't produced as the final season, and the cast and crew found out Paramount+ canceled the show after production wrapped. Michael and Book becoming a couple again may not have been in Star Trek: Discovery season 5's original game plan. Fingers are crossed that Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker getting back together is part of Star Trek: Discovery' s series finale coda to prove that Burnham and Book are endgame, after all.

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New episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 5 premiere Thursdays on Paramount+