SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary The end of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9, "Lagrange Point", sets up a final battle with the Breen Imperium on military and diplomatic fronts. The climax puts Commander Rayner and Ambassador Saru in a race against time to save Captain Michael Burnham and protect the Progenitors' treasure.
Burnham and Moll Have Vanished - Where Does The Progenitors Treasure Portal Lead? Close At the end of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9, Moll escapes into the Progenitors' portal, desperate not to lose her chance to resurrect L'ak . Desperate to secure the treasure for the Federation, Burnham follows her into the rather ominous looking white void.
Rayner Takes Command Of The USS Discovery To Save Burnham With Burnham lost in another dimension with Moll, it's up to Commander Rayner to lead the USS Discovery crew in saving their captain and securing the Progenitors' treasure. The final scene of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 9, "Lagrange Point", is a punch-in-the-air moment for fans of Commander Rayner. Since his demotion in Discovery season 5, episode 2, Rayner has struggled to take the conn from Burnham.
Burnham & Rayner's Plan To Steal The Progenitors Portal Calls Back To Star Trek II Close While Burnham and Saru are Star Trek:Discovery's Kirk and Spock, the captain of the USS Discovery does have a similar shorthand with her new Number One, Commander Rayner. Trapped behind enemy lines, Burnham sends Rayner a message that she hadn't got her "grum of osikod", which pricks up the Kellerun's ears.
Burnham's communication with Rayner is similar, not because of the words or the orders, but because it's done "by the book". Starfleet regulation 46A states that "If transmissions are being monitored, no uncoded messages on an open channel", which is why Burnham delivers her own coded message from inside the powerful Breen Dreadnought.
Primarch Tahal is a key figure in the tragic backstory of Commander Rayner, which sets up a cathartic encounter for the Kellerun in Star Trek: Discovery's finale. It was revealed in Discovery season 5, episode 7, "Erigah", that the Breen conquered Kellerun, and placed Primarch Tahal as ruler. The Breen Primarch posioned the seas and blackened the skies on Kellerun, which has left deep psychological scars on Discovery's Commander.