



Emperor. You have me confused with someone else. I’m Philippa Georgiou, retired captain of the USS Shenzhou, now Starfleet security consultant.
Space. The final frontier. Above us. Around us. Within us. We have always looked to the stars to discover who we are. A thousand centuries ago in Africa, the Xam Abathwa tribe gathered to share a story. The tale of a girl who dug her hands in the wood ash and threw it into the sky to create the Milky Way. And hidden there, a secret buried among the eternal stars, was a message. An enormous letter in a bottle made of space and time, visible only to those whose hearts were open enough to receive it. When I first heard the story of the girl who made the stars, I wasn’t ready to understand. I still don’t know if I am.
Thank you. I know that you… I know that all of you will face your destinies with bravery and honour. Even those moments to come that will test the strongest among us.