| La'An : | "Sir, have you heard of Asaasllich, Destroyer of Worlds? It – it also translates as Astrovore." |
| Pike : | "Astrovore? No." |
| La'An : | "Well, every child growing up on a remote colony world has." |
| Una : | "Different names, same story. Scavenger ship, hundreds of years old, prowling just beyond the edges of known space." |
| La'An : | "Consuming resources from planets and any ship unlucky enough to cross its path." |
| Ortegas : | "I heard a version when I was posted near the border. The Klingons called it Chach-Ka. "The Annihilator."" |
| Mitchell : | "Admiral Sawyer told a story like that in his Stellar Cartography class. The monster past the edge of the map." |
| La'An : | "Whether or not this is that ship, we know it's a scavenger. We have to assume that their intention is to tear the Enterprise apart as well." |
| | discussing the runours surrounding the scavenger ship |
