The Search for the Progenitors' Technology

In 3191 the Federation learned that the Progenitors, the ancient species that seeded humanoid life across the galaxy, had left behind a technology able to create life itself. In the 24th century a Romulan scientist had found traces of it and, judging it too dangerous, hidden it behind a trail of clues scattered across the galaxy.

Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery raced to follow that trail against two fugitives, Moll and L'ak, who hoped to sell the secret to the Breen. The hunt led from a forgotten archive to a pair of binary black holes, while a Breen faction set out to seize the prize by force.

Burnham reached the Progenitors' hidden realm and met one of their last representatives. Refusing a power no one should hold, she sent the portal beyond a black hole's event horizon. The mission closed Discovery's story; years later, as an admiral, Burnham saw the ship sent on a final journey.