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 Riker:
"First officer's log, stardate: 41775.5. We are en route
to the ocean world of Pacifica. While our mission is
scientific in nature, we look forward to the warm blue
waters and fine beaches that make Pacifica a jewel of
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 Geordi:
"So, the guy staggers to his feet and goes back to the
girl, right? Well, she smiles, looks him straight in the
eye and says 'Just try that in hyperspace!' Haha!"
Data: "I see. So, the difficulty in attaining
such complex positioning in zero-gravity environment,
coupled with the adverse affects it would have on the
psychological well-being of the average human male is
what makes this anecdote so amusing. Yes. Very humourous,
indeed. Hysterical, in fact. Hahahahahaha...hahahahahahaha...hahahaha." |
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 Worf:
"Swimming is too much like...bathing." |
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 Computer
Voice: "This is an emergency communiqué. It is not
to be discussed with fellow officers, unless deemed
absolutely necessary. There will be no computer record
of said transmission."
Picard: "Understood."
Computer Voice: "Proceed with voice-print
identification."
Picard: "Picard, Jean-Luc. Captain, USS
Enterprise." |
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 Picard:
"Walker!"
Keel: "Hello, Jean-Luc. It's been a long time."
Picard: "Too long, old friend. Why are you
contacting me on this frequency?"
Keel: "It was a difficult decision, I felt it was
worth the risk."
Picard: "Risk?"
Keel: "It's about Starfleet. About something
we've always considered to be impossible."
Picard: "I don't understand."
Keel: "I can't explain it now. We need to talk,
face to face."
Picard: "You're using a Code 47. I have to know
what this is about."
Keel: "Not over subspace. No."
PIcard: "Oh, for God's sake, Walker. This is a
secure channel!"
Keel: "No! I want you to meet me on Dytallix B."
Picard: "When?"
Keel: "Immediately."
Picard: "Not possible. We're expected at
Pacifica."
Keel: "That can wait. You owe me...and you owe it
to yourself to hear what I have to say. Something is
beginning. Don't trust anyone! Remember that, Jean-Luc!
Don't take anything for granted."
Picard: "Walker..."
Keel: "Dytallix B. We'll be waiting." |
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 Keel:
"Tell me, Jean-Luc, where did we first meet?"
Rixx: "Answer the question."
Picard: "Tau Ceti III. Was a bar, quite an
exotic one, if I remember. What do I win?"
Keel: "Do you recall the night you introduced
Jack Crusher to Beverly?"
Picard: "You know full well I hadn't met Beverly
then, you introduced them."
Keel: "My brother introduced them."
Picard: "You don't have a brother! Two sisters:
Anne and Melissa. What the hell is all this about?"
Rixx: "Apologies, Captain. We had to be sure
you...were really you." |
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 Picard:
"Captain's personal log, stardate: 41776.1. The
apparent death of Walker Keel has had a powerful impact
on me. I now believe there may be a cancer growing
within the ranks of Starfleet. As a result, I have
alerted my executive officer to the suspicion voiced by
Keel and the others." |
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 Data:
"Startling...quite extraordinary, in fact."
Computer Voice: "Direction unclear. Please
restate a single request."
Data: "That was not a request. I was
simply...talking to myself! A human idiosyncrasy
triggered by a fascination with a particular set of
facts, or sometimes brought about by senility, or used
as a means of weighing information before reaching a
conclusion, or as a--"
Computer Voice: "Thank you, sir. I comprehend.
Please specify how you would like to proceed, sir."
Data: "Please continue with record search." |
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 Riker:
"Why hasn't anyone discovered this before?"
Data: "The orders were given with great subtlety.
To use an aphorism, Starfleet's left hand didn't know
what it's right hand was doing." |
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 Riker:
"Are you suggesting we warp over to Starfleet
Headquarters and demand to know what's going on?"
Data: "Why not?"
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 Picard: "Captain's
personal log, supplemental. While it is quite unusual
for a starship to return to Earth, we seem to have been
left with no other choice. I have apprised the remaining
bridge crew of our situation." |
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 Riker:
"Ready for your tour, Admiral?"
Admiral Quinn: "Quite ready, Commander."
Riker: "What's in the case?"
Admiral Quinn: "Actually, I brought it for Dr.
Crusher...but perhaps you would like to see it first?"
Riker: "What is it?"
Admiral Quinn: "A form of life. It was discovered
accidentally by a survey team on an uncharted planet."
Riker: "Why haven't we heard anything about
that?"
Admiral Quinn: "Oh, you'll be hearing about it
shortly, but first, there remains much
scientific study to be done. After all, it is a superior
form of life."
Riker: "Superior?"
Admiral Quinn: "Totally. Come, have a look."
Riker: "I think I'll summon my science officer."
Admiral Quinn: "It won't like your science
officer. It does like you! Vitamins! They do wonders for
the body!" |
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 Admiral
Quinn:
"Now Klingon, it's between you and me." |
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 Admiral
Quinn:
"Do Klingons fear death as much as humans? I could
snap your neck in a second, but it wouldn't be as much
fun." |
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 Dr.
Crusher:
"Captain, you must set your phaser on kill. Stun
has little effect."
Picard: "Doctor, one does not beam down to
Starfleet Headquarters armed." |
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 Admiral
Aaron:
"Oh, do eat up, Picard! Raise your hand if you want
seconds!" |
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 Admiral
Aaron:
"Picard and Riker control the Enterprise which
means we control the Enterprise!" |
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 Remmick:
"You don't understand. We mean you no harm. We seek
peaceful co-existence!" |
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 Picard:
"Captain's log, stardate: 41780.2. How difficult
after all these years of learning to respect life to be
forced to destroy it, but there seems to be no
alternative. Admiral Quinn is expected to make a full
recovery, there is no trace of the parasite which took
control of him...we'll never know how many of these life
forms infiltrated Starfleet, but it seems they could not
survive without the mother creature which had taken over
Commander Remmick." |
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 Data:
"Captain, I have attempted to trace the signal
Remmick was sending. I believe it was aimed at an
unexplored sector of our galaxy."
Geordi: "Any idea what the message was, Data?"
Data: "I believe it was a beacon."
Picard: "A beacon?"
Data: "Yes, sir. A homing beacon...sent from
Earth."
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