Jayne Brook credited as playing...
Admiral Cornwell
- Captain Gabriel Lorca: [answering a hail] Admiral Cornwell.
- Admiral Cornwell: I didn't realize you were eating, Captain.
- Captain Gabriel Lorca: Excuse the breach of protocol.
- Admiral Cornwell: We just received a distress signal from the planetoid Corvan 2, a mining colony...
- Captain Gabriel Lorca: Near the Aneto system. I know it.
- Admiral Cornwell: Sending it through now.
- [the message plays]
- Admiral Cornwell: Corvan 2 generates 40% of the Federation's dilithium.
- Captain Gabriel Lorca: The pipeline's cut off, that's half the fleet grounded.
- Admiral Cornwell: Klingons ambushed the blockade that was protecting the colony, and now, the closest Federation ship is 84 hours away. Yours is the only ship in the fleet with a chance of getting there on time. Is the Discovery read to jump?
- Captain Gabriel Lorca: I told you we'd be ready when you called, and we are. The Discovery's made dozens of small jumps with no issues. We can make it the full distance.
- Admiral Cornwell: You have no doubts?
- Captain Gabriel Lorca: None.
- Paul Stamets: [cut to Engineering] There is no way in hell we'll be ready to jump that far.