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Birds

Alcorian Sorrowhawk
Creature that Osyraa's crewmember Zareh mentions when Book hears the crew talking about truth serum and tells them he won't tell them anything. "That's what everybody says, and then they sing like an Alcorian Sorrowhawk."

Altarian Spider

Altarian Spider
Admiral Vance comments that Osyraa was waiting for Discovery like an Altairian Spider.

Armus

Armus
Creature that Haz Mazaro mentions: Act like an armus? Swim the Porathian Ocean with weighted boots.

Bajoran Hasperat

Recipes

Food Recipes

Bajoran Hasperat
Adira, before truly becoming Adira Tal, mentions that she can cook a mean Bajoran hasperat, although she doesn't truly understand how - if the knowledge comes from her memories or one of her symbiont's previous hosts.

Book's cat name.

Trivia

Name Game-Animals

Book's cat name.

	Grudge
	Fudge
	Judge

Book's trance worm's name.

Trivia

Name Game

Book's trance worm's name.

	Chiva
	Alice
	Molly

Boronite

Elements

Boronite
Michael Burnham figures out that the DMA is mining the element Boronite.

Brussel Fly

Brussel Fly
Haz Mazaro: We got a deal. But jab a Brussel fly and I'll scoot some green bread. Clear?

Caracal

Caracal
Tarka mentions that when he was five years old, he atomized a live caracal.

Ceti Eel

Fish

Ceti Eel
There are two Ceti Eels seen in a skillet in the Orion city on Qo'noS.

Christopher Pike

Christopher Pike
Christopher Pike: Last time I heard about you, you were up to your ass in alligators on Cestus Three.

Christopher Pike & Saru

Christopher Pike & Saru
Christopher Pike: I'm here at Starfleet's order to take command of the Discovery under Regulation 19, Section C.
Saru: Your directive is only instituted under three contingencies: when an imminent threat is detected, when the lives of Federation citizens are in danger, or when no other officers of equal or higher rank are present to mitigate this threat. May I ask under which contingency you are here?
Christopher Pike: All of them.

Comtaxan Parasite

Comtaxan Parasite
Creature used to threaten Captain Lorca.

Darseks

Money

Currency

Darseks
Currency used by the Klingon Empire.

Denobulan Bloodworm

Denobulan Bloodworm
Michael Burnham: Tartan voles consume Denobulan bloodworms by the millions at the start of their reproductive cycle. Caterpillars from the Polyphemus moth have been known to devour entire crops, leaving farmers with nothing. Yet we do not ascribe malice to either species. We cannot judge their motive based on our own cultural context. We need more information.

Georgiou

Georgiou
Georgiou: Those Talosians tried this trick with me in the Terran universe once, and I blew them and their stupid singing plants off the face of the planet.

Gorathian Sulfur Slugs

Gorathian Sulfur Slugs
Ruon Tarka: Politicians are like Gorathian sulfur slugs, small brained meat sacs filled with hot gas. But they can provide a means to an end, can't they?

Gormagander

Gormagander
Space whale.

GS54

GS54
Species that feeds on electricity, also known as lightning bugs.

Haz Mazaro

Haz Mazaro
Haz Mazaro: We got a deal. But jab a Brussel fly and I'll scoot some green bread. Clear?

Haz Mazaro

Haz Mazaro
Haz Mazaro: I heard we had Starfleet guests, so I just had to scurry like a spider cow to welcome you.

Haz Mazaro

Haz Mazaro
Haz Mazaro: What in the Katterpod and Calaman sherry is going on here?

Haz Mazaro

Haz Mazaro
Haz Mazaro: Act like an armus? Swim the Porathian Ocean with weighted boots.

Isik

Money

Currency

Isik
Currency used by the Vlugtan government and substitute for "penny" in the Vulcan version of the old saying... "Isik for your thoughts?"

Isoboromine

Substances

Isoboromine
A neurotransmitter in Trill physiology that regulates the connection between the host and the symbiont.

Isolynium

Elements

Isolynium
Black market element Ruon Tarka needs for his DMA weapon.

Kaminar Sea Frog

Kaminar Sea Frog
Creature Saru mentions the song of the Kaminar sea frog.

Kowolian Nightsprey

Kowolian Nightsprey
Extinct animal from Book's home planet Kwejian that he mentions.

Kwei'tholum'Kwei

Techniques

Kwei'tholum'Kwei
Kwejian healing ritual that Book mentions.

Latinum

Money

Currency

Latinum
Currency.

Legion of Honor Award

Recognition

Awards

Legion of Honor Award
The name of the award that Starfleets attempts to give to Captain Lorca, before he recommends giving to Stamets instead.

L'tak Terai

Medical Conditions

Conditions

L'tak Terai
Human learning difficulties - learning, reading, writing - that Spock experienced growing up on Vulcan. A temporary complication remedied at the Learning Center.

Malindian Stomach Worm

Malindian Stomach Worm
Admiral Vance falls ill to a Malindian stomach worm while visiting Ni'Var.

Michael Burnham
Michael Burnham: Stop following me you weird little half-breed.

Michael Burnham
Michael Burnham: Do you actually think the beard is working?

Michael Burnham
Michael Burnham: Let's fly.

Michael Burnham
Michael Burnham: Tartan voles consume Denobulan bloodworms by the millions at the start of their reproductive cycle. Caterpillars from the Polyphemus moth have been known to devour entire crops, leaving farmers with nothing. Yet we do not ascribe malice to either species. We cannot judge their motive based on our own cultural context. We need more information.

Mynh'ta Orb

Artifacts

Archaeological Artifacts

Mynh'ta Orb
Artifact that Guardian Xi uses to track Adira's isoboromine levels in the Caves of Mak'ala.

Nitrium

Substances

Nitrium
Michael Burnham reminds Book about a previous nitrium delivery on Oonla.

Orion Tango

Techniques

Orion Tango
Fun plan that Booker suggests using against dilithium raider Wen. Michael comments that last time she was picking feathers or scales out of her hair for days.

Out to Lunch

Medical Conditions

Conditions

Out to Lunch
Joke Harry Mudd makes about a fellow Klingon prisoner: "The technical term for his condition is Out to Lunch"

Philippa Georgiou
Philippa Georgiou: Time to fight or die, Captain.

Philippa Georgiou
Philippa Georgiou: Have you heard the one about the unstoppable force and the immovable object? You are the object.

Philippa Georgiou
Philippa Georgiou: You had me at unsanctioned mission.

Philippa Georgiou
Philippa Georgiou: I don't care about your eyes unless they're dangling from my belt.

Philippa Georgiou
Philippa Georgiou: Did you just spill Kurr sauce on my boots?

Prions

Metals

Prions
Kili refugees in the Federation sickbay are experience cascade failure of the nervous system brought on by misfiling proteins, something called prions. Saru and Michael Burnham believe they became ill on the planet Urna, a hub for the enrichment of unstable metals.

Project Daedelus

Plans

Projects

Project Daedelus
The last words Airiam says to Michael, later revealed to be Section 31's grand design for time travel.

Prototaxites Stellaviatori

Substances

Prototaxites Stellaviatori
Mycelium spores harvested from the species Prototaxites stellaviatori were used in the USS Discovery's experimental spore drive.

Ruon Tarka

Ruon Tarka
Ruon Tarka: Politicians are like Gorathian sulfur slugs, small brained meat sacs filled with hot gas. But they can provide a means to an end, can't they?

Ruon Tarke

Ruon Tarke
Ruon Tarke: We will go to Kayalise together.

Sai-nuu-lem

Recipes

Food Recipes

Sai-nuu-lem
Traditional food from Kaminar that Saru offers to teach Su'Kal how to make.

Saru

Saru
Saru: This ship bears the name Discovery. Never has that been more fitting or more prescient. She has carried us into the future, and it will be our privilege to make that future bright.

SB-19

Plans

Initiatives

SB-19
Ni'Var experiment that spread sensors across dozens of light years of subspace. They had a front seat view of the Burn. Michael requests access to the data.

Spider Cow

Spider Cow
Haz Mazaro: I heard we had Starfleet guests, so I just had to scurry like a spider cow to welcome you.

Spock

Spock
Spock: This could be the defining moment for multiple civilizations and millions of lives, and I am not ready.

Spock

Spock
Spock: In an attempt to escape emotion, to escape you, I fully submerged in logic. But my bedrock of logic, my constant, has always been time itself. And now time has failed me. Logic has failed me. Emotion has failed me. I have nothing to build upon, yet build I must.

Spock

Spock
Spock: History will not provide an answer to your query, Doctor. Instead, you should be asking me how is it I can remember tomorrow?

Spock

Spock
Spock: Captain, I have seen the Red Angel, and it revealed the final outcome of our current time line. If we are to escape what awaits us, we must follow the Angel's design.

The Star Dispatch

The Star Dispatch
The Star Dispatch: Emperor Georgiou dies horribly painful death.

The Star Dispatch

The Star Dispatch
The Star Dispatch: EMPEROR GEORGIOU'S FATE UNCERTAIN.

Suus Mahna

Combat Strategies

Suus Mahna
A form of ancient Vulcan martial arts.

Swamp Kelp

Plants

Swamp Kelp
Plant in Saru's collection. Don't touch it while it's in bloom.

Tala Bark

Plants

Tala Bark
Mentioned during the Bajoran Exchange scene.

Talosian

Talosian
Talosian: The Vulcan is experiencing time as a fluid rather than a linear construct. Conventional logic has not helped him interpret such an experience.

Tardigrade

Tardigrade
Creature found on the U.S.S. Glenn - nicknamed "Ripper" by Ellen Landry, and "Tardigrade" by Michael Burnham.

Tartan Vole

Tartan Vole
Michael Burnham: Tartan voles consume Denobulan bloodworms by the millions at the start of their reproductive cycle. Caterpillars from the Polyphemus moth have been known to devour entire crops, leaving farmers with nothing. Yet we do not ascribe malice to either species. We cannot judge their motive based on our own cultural context. We need more information.

Thresh-tor Kashek

Techniques-Psychology

Thresh-tor Kashek
Meditation technique that T'Rina shares with Saru. It means "Shared mind." Vulcans teach their children while they are learning.

The Time Bends

Medical Conditions

Conditions

The Time Bends
Joke Tilly makes. Captain Pike: "Still no signs of temporal effects. Ready to move us another 600 kilometers closer and reacclimate." Tilly: "Like a diver rising to the surface. Don't want to get the time bends, sir." Captain Pike: "Time bends. I like that." Tilly: "Oh, everything sounds cooler when you put time in front of it."

Time Crystal

Crystals

Time Crystal
A crystal with a non-equilibrium matter state, identified by their orthogonal indices.

Trance Worms

Trance Worms
Giant worm-like aquatic species that Book saves.

Tribble

Tribble
Classic Star Trek creature.

Tuscadian Pyrosome

Tuscadian Pyrosome
Tilly leads a Starfleet Academy training exercise headed for the M-Class desert moon Garyon orbiting Theta Helios, to conduct a full planetary analysis before a rendezvous with the U.S.S. Armstrong. Veering off course, the team crash-lands on the L-Class moon Kokytos, encountering dangerous creatures called Tuscadian Pyrosome.

T'Kal-in-ket

Techniques-Psychology

T'Kal-in-ket
Philosophical process that Michael Burnham respectfully invokes in order to get access to the Ni'Var experiment SB-19, designed to unearth deep truths. It's credited as being one of the engines that led to early Vulcan scientific advancement. Once invoked, the request cannot be denied.

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Themes

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Vahar'ai

Techniques

Vahar'ai
Kelpien biological process. The event that signals when Kelpiens are ready to be culled for slaughter by the Ba'ul, the predator species on Kaminar.

Valebeast

Valebeast
Creature Saru mentions to Culber.

Venabalia Bloom

Flowers

Venabalia Bloom
Stamets asks Culber to join him on a walk through the flowers, mentioning that the holodeck just got updated with the Venabalia bloom from Salata Major.

Vulcan Mind-Meld

Techniques-Psychology

Vulcan Mind-Meld
Vulcan T'Rina mind melds with Book in order to prove/disprove Stamets' anomaly theory that it is a primordial black hole.

Vulcan Nerve Pinch

Combat Strategies

Vulcan Nerve Pinch
When asked how he escaped from the psychiatric facility, if not with violence, Spock replies with, "I performed what is colloquially referred to as a Vulcan nerve pinch."

World Root