Kira Nerys quotes from Deep Space Nine

Kira Nerys

Kiss Me, Deadly. Interesting title.

Odo

Hmm. The book isn't bad, either. I think you'll enjoy it.

Kira

I'm sure I will, but is this really the right time to start reading a book?

Odo

Well, maybe not. But I know how much you hate all this waiting, and Mike Hammer has certain qualities I think you'll appreciate,

Kira

Such as?

Odo

He's as tough as they come, and he hates waiting almost as much as you do.

Kira

Oh, I like him already.

Admiral Ross

You can blink now, Colonel. You've won. Senator Cretak has agreed to remove the weapons from Durna.

Kira

What changed her mind?

Admiral Ross

I told her if she didn't remove them, I would.

Kira

Then what changed your mind?

Admiral Ross

You did. Remind me never to play poker with you.

Kira

I thought Dukat was just claiming to share their faith because he wanted them to love him, but it was more than that. He's changed.

Odo

If you hadn't stopped him, he would've killed them all, and no one would have known his body wasn't among the remains. That sounds like the same old Dukat to me.

Kira

I know this is going to sound crazy, but I think Dukat convinced himself that he was doing what the Pah-wraiths wanted.

Odo

Who knows? Maybe he was.

Kira

Either way, he believes. And that makes him more dangerous than ever.

Kira

You want me to go behind enemy lines and teach a bunch of Cardassians how to be resistance fighters?

Sisko

I'm aware of the irony.

Adarak Prime is defended by a Cardassian garrison.

Odo

That's correct.

You expect us to attack our own people?

Kira

If necessary, yes.

That is out of the question!

Damar

I agree. We'll limit ourselves to targets defended by the Jem'Hadar and the Breen.

Kira

Believe me, I understand how you feel. During the occupation, I didn't want to attack any facility that had a Bajoran working in it, but I did it because they were collaborators. They were working with the enemy.

We're not Bajorans! We don't kill our own.

Kira

Well then you might as well just give up right now, because the minute the Dominion realises you will not attack your own people, they will station a Cardassian at every base they have.

Odo

She's right. The Founders won't hesitate to play your own people against you.

Kira

Anyone who is not fighting with you is fighting against you.

Damar

[taking in the news] They weren't a part of this rebellion. The Dominion knew that. The Founder knew that. Weyoun knew that. To kill her and my son. The casual brutality of it. The waste of life. What kind of state tolerates the murder of innocent women and children? What kind of people give those orders?

Kira Nerys

Yeah, Damar, what kind of people give those orders?

Kira

Oh, that was stupid.

Not at all. Damar has a certain... romanticism about the past. He could use a dose of cold water.

Kira

Well, I could have picked a better time.

If he's the man to lead a new Cardassia, if he's the man we all hope him to be, then the pain of this news made him more receptive to what you said, not less.

You're still a Cardassian, Garak. You're not going to kill one of your own people for a Bajoran woman!

[aiming a phaser at Rusot's head] How little you understand me.

Damar

Put your weapons down, both of you!

You want her dead too, Damar, I know you do. But you're the leader of the rebellion, and don't want to kill someone wearing a Starfleet uniform. Let me do it for you! [an electronic alert bleeps]

Damar

They've finished installing the dampening weapon.

Kira

Then let's all get the hell out of here.

Not you. [aims his rifle at Kira's head]

I'm still here, Rusot.

Damar, shoot him. We can kill them both and keep the Breen weapon for ourselves. I believe in you, Damar. I know you're the right man to restore the Empire we so loyally served. The Empire we loved. Together we can lead our people to greatness again. Just aim and fire. [Damar aims and fires his disruptor, killing Rusot]

Damar

[to a shocked Kira and Garak] He was my friend. But his Cardassia's dead, and it won't be coming back.

Kira Nerys

I've got so much to say, I-I dont know where to begin.

Odo

Just say you love me. That's all I've ever cared about.

Kira

I love you, Odo.

Odo

I love you, Nerys.

Weyoun

Citizens of Cardassia, this latest wave of vandalism directed against your Dominion allies must stop.

I wouldn't count on it.

Weyoun

We know that these disgraceful acts of sabotage were carried out by a mere handful of extremists, but these radicals must come to realize that their disobedience will not be tolerated, and that you—the Cardassian people—will suffer the consequences of their cowardly actions. Which is why I must inform you that just a few moments ago, Dominion troops reduced Lakarian City to ashes. There were no survivors. Two million men, women, and children gone in a matter of moments. For each act of terrorism against the Dominion, another Cardassian city will be destroyed. I implore you not to let that happen. Let us return to the spirit of friendship and cooperation between our peoples so that together we can destroy our common enemies—the Federation, the Klingons, the Romulans, and all others who stand against us. Thank you.

Damar

I should have killed that Vorta jackal when I had the chance!

Kira Nerys

Want another one?

On your feet.

Kira

Why?

We prefer our prisoners standing when they die.

Anyone have any last words?

Damar

You may kill us, but Cardassia will never—

[interrupting Damar] Silence. Final words are not permitted.

How disappointing.

(as Jem'Hadar soldiers destroy his childhood home) All during the years of my exile, I imagined what it would be like to come home. I even thought of living in this house again, with Mila. But now she's dead, and this house is about to be reduced to a pile of rubble. My Cardassia is gone.

Kira

(holds out a gun) Then fight for a new Cardassia.

(takes it) I have an even better reason, Commander—revenge.

Kira

[to herself] That works, too.

We have a problem.

Kira

Only one?

It's a rather large problem. The cargo bay door is made of neutronium.

Kira Nerys

Then the explosives we brought aren't even going to make a dent.

You see the problem.

What do we do?

Damar

I don't know. But I'm through hiding in basements.

Damar

I fail to see what is so funny, Garak.

Well, isn't it obvious? Here we are, ready to storm the castle, prepared to sacrifice our lives in a noble effort to slay the Dominion beast in its lair— [Kira begins to laugh uncontrollably] —and we can't even get inside the gates!

Kira

Maybe— maybe we could go up to the door and ask the Jem'Hadar to let us in.

Damar

Or just send the Shapeshifter out to us.

[sobers gradually] As I said, we have a problem.

Kira

This war is over.

I doubt the Breen or the Jem'Hadar will agree with that assessment. They will fight to the last man.

Kira

What will that accomplish?

Isn't it obvious? You may win this war, Commander, but I promise you, by the time it's over, you will have lost so many ships, so many lives, that your victory will taste as bitter as defeat.

Kira

Don't take it hard, Quark.

Quark

Hard? What are you talking about? That man loves me! Couldn't you see? It was written all over his back.