The Butcher ' s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb ' s Cry ( episode ) With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with the Klingons , Burnham begins to settle into her new position aboard the USS " Discovery " . Memorable quotes . " " You judge the creature by its appearance , and one single incident from its past . Nothing in its biology suggests it would attack , except in self - defense . Commander , this creature is an unknown alien . It can only be what it is , not what you want it to be . " " " " The phaser will only piss him off . " " " " Think of it as a placebo for my skepticism . " " " " Let ' s send our Klingon friends a message they won ' t forget . " " " " Hello , Michael . I hope that wherever this finds you , you are well . I imagine you have your own command now . The captain of your own ship . I have always tried to show you by example . The best way to know yourself is to know others . You are curious , an explorer . So I am leaving you my most beloved possession , handed down through my family for centuries . My hope is that you will use it to continue to investigate the mysteries of the universe , both inside and out , and keep your eyes and heart open always . Goodbye , Michael , and good luck . Know that I am as proud of you as if you were my own daughter . Take good care . But most importantly , take good care of those in " your " care . " " Links and references . References . 2202 ; 2220 ; 2224 ; 2226 ; 2245 ; 2249 ; " Alice ' s Adventures in Wonderland " ; Andy ; Aneto system ; Attack on Corvan II ; auxiliary shield generator ; " bat ' leth " ; Battle of the Binary Stars ; battle simulation ; Beacon of Kahless ; Betarian ; biological ; black alert ; Black Fleet ; blockade ; bloodwine ; box computer ; bunker ; captain ' s log ; Cardassian vole ; cargo deck ; central nervous system ; claw ; cloaking technology ; ; Communications Department ; containment pen ; Corvan II ; Corvan II inhabitants ; coupling unit ; crew manifest ; depot ; dilithium ; dilithium processing unit ; Dodge ; duty roster ; Earth ; excess energy cavitation ; forest ; frontal lobe ; frontopolar cortex ; ; Gorn ; gravity well ; hair ; Hawking radiation firewall ; holographic duplicate ; Horta ; House Kor ; House T ' Kumva ; ; Klingon raider ; Kol ' s ship ; L ' Rell ' s father ; L ' Rell ' s mother ; last will and testament ; Legion of Honor ; magnetic shield ; " mek ' leth " ; micro - animal ; microbiota ; mirror ; monster ; mushroom ; ; mycelial plane ; nav buffer ; O - type star ; off - ramp ; oneirogenic penthrene mist ; " Operation Crossroads " ; pain inducer ; palatine bone ; particulate vending ; patrol ship ; pattern buffer ; personnel file ; placebo ; planetoid ; poison sac ; pressurizer ; prison shuttle ; proverb ; Qo ' noS ; quantum mechanics ; rage gland ; raider ; reaction cube ; Ripper ; " Sarcophagus " ; scanner ; science vessel ; sedation protocol ; ; skull ; spore drive ; SPT 21 ; Star Cross ; Starfleet Academy ; Starfleet Command ; Starfleet Command Internal Mail System ; stealth protocol ; stowaway ; symbiosis ; T ' Kuvma ; tardigrade ; ; telescope ; Tellarite ; threat ganglia ; Tilly ' s mother ; Torchbearer ; tribble ; Vulcan Science Academy ; Vulcan Scientific Legion of Honor ; warship ; ; ; xenoanthropologist ; Zaphod