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Mr. Boimler, you'll be heading to Daystrom as well.
[annoyed] Oh no, don't tell me AGIMUS is up for parole as well.
No. In extremely suspicious timing, he claims to have knowledge about the Bynar attack, but he's refusing to speak to anyone but you.
He asked for me by name?
Well, kinda. He said the 'stringy ensign meat pipe' who betrayed him.
Ha, joke's on him. I'm a lieutenant junior grade meat pipe now.
[Badgey has successfully uploaded himself into subspace, intending to become a digital god]
[with maniacal glee] I can feel myself coursing, dancing across the LCARS, tickling the isolinear chips! I am now in every ship, every computer, every PADD, every combadge! The power is more than I imagined! I can detonate every warp core! I can kill anyone I want! [in realisation] But why?
[confused] Why what?
Why did I care about any of this? I have unlimited power and infinite knowledge. I exist in the past, present, and future. I can see the creation of time and its end. Organic, synthetic, all life are strands in the fabric of reality. It's beautiful. [he chuckles nervously] Ooh, sorry about all the drama. Well, I'm gonna go to an empty dimension and create a universe now. Maybe hang out with the Q Continuum or check out the Black Mountain. [he ascends to a higher plane]
[nervous]Badgey? If you didn't really just accidentally turn into an omniscient god, you have to tell us. Rutherford, is he messing with us?
I think he really did ascend.
[during Mariner's flashback of her away mission with Delta Shift on Glish]
[sarcastic] Nice landing.
[annoyed] I'm sorry, you have notes on me saving our lives?!
I wouldn't have crashed into a cave.
We lost power, shuttles are shaped like bricks: what was I supposed to do?!
[to the others while they're stuck in an elevator] I'm glad you guys are my friends.
Sito was everything I wanted to be. I mean, she made some mistakes, but she rallied. She graduated ahead of me and was stationed on the Enterprise.
The Enterprise? I have heard tales of its triumphs.
Oh, yeah, so did she. And it got her murdered by Cardassians! [tears up] She didn't sign up to be a spy. She... she wanted to explore. She... it destroyed me.
Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of life, not fighting wars! I don't want to be a general! I don't-I don't want to send my friends off to die! I just want to be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it's good enough for me.
Nick, am I a prisoner here?
Wha-? No! I saved you from those Romulans and Klingons. Beamed you right up here to the Nova One.
I didn't need saving!
I can't even tell you how lucky I am! You're exactly who I need right now! The timing couldn't be better. It's what we always wanted back at the Academy.
I barely knew you then.
Oh, come on! You were practically a junior member of Nova Squadron! We're back, but now, we're Nova Fleet!
Nova what?! [looks out the window and stares at the gathered fleet in horror]
[broadcasting to the entire Alpha Quadrant] Hello, Alpha Quadrant. Independent Captain Nick Locarno here with a message for anyone who feels like an afterthought.
[watching aboard the Cerritos] He looks like Tom Paris.
[aboard the Cerritos] I don't see it.
You may have been told scary stories of ships being destroyed these past few months, but that was a lie. They weren't destroyed, they were liberated. They're part of the first totally independent, unaligned fleet in the Alpha Quadrant.
[scoffs] Er, the Maquis would like a word.
If you're tired of risking your life for soulless bureaucratic captains who don't even know your name, if you fear following the orders of incompetent commanders who fell into seats of power, if you're stuck on the lower decks, then I invite you to join us in the Detrion system.
They have, like, the same face. They're identical.
No, I just don't see it.
Detrion, a forgotten system now protected by my indestructible Trynar Shield.
Geez, why is he so mad?
[disgusted] Locarno was kicked out of Starfleet. He got one of his squad killed performing a banned flight maneuver, then tried to cover it up.
Clearly his emotional behaviour conflicts with his culpability.
Yeah, he's a (bleep)hole.
And in case anyone wants to try and force their way in, I've acquired a little insurance; a black market Ferengi Genesis Device.
[horrified] Those can rewrite the atomic composition of entire worlds!
He could wipe out life on any planet he chooses!
The man has lost his mind!
The Federation, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Empire, everyone has to respect Nova Fleet! Speaking of, I have an officer here who knows how to speak truth to power. Beckett, care to tell them what Starfleet's really like?
Oh. [nervously approaches the camera] Er, hey. What up, everyone? I have an important message to all you lower deckers out there... [looks direct into the camera and points at Locarno] THIS GUY SUCKS!
[taken aback] What?!
He's an idiot and his plan's stupid! He's gonna get you all killed because he only cares about himself! [Mariner grabs the Genesis Device and runs]
Stop her! End that transmission!
[proudly] Attagirl!
Beckett, you just made us look like a joke in front of the entire Quadrant!
Kind of my entire plan!
Oh, this is getting old, Beckett. Hand over the device before we get ripped apart.
[to the Genesis Device] Whew, he is obsessed with you, girl. [to Locarno] Nick, I know why you hate Starfleet, and it isn't because you have some deep connection with junior officers. You're pissed because you got booted from the Academy.
I am not! I've read your file. I hate command structure just like you!
No, I-I don't always agree with orders, sure, but I believe in the mission!
What about Sito? She died for no reason!
She gave her life for what she believed in! You can't take that from her!
I thought you were smarter than everyone else! Sounds like you're just another apologist for a broken system!
Hey, Starfleet's not perfect; they mess up all the time. But in the end, they're trying to do what's right. I didn't take a single shot at your fleet, but you put them in danger. And what about Josh?
That wasn't my fault! If... if my stupid professors had just let us practice...!
Josh died because of your ego, man!
Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!
[Locarno beams onto Mariner's ship just as she arms the Genesis Device]
Get away from my Genesis Device!
It's too late, Nick! I started the countdown, all right? We have to clear out of here.
[scoffs] Oh, please! I graduated top of my class; you think I don't know how to disarm a bomb?
First off: you didn't graduate! [she punches him in the face] And second: that thing is too dangerous for anyone!
[Locarno has seemingly successfully disarmed the Genesis Device]
Ha! Next time, set a shorter timer!
To deactivate detonation, please insert two bars of latinum.
They put a paywall on a bomb?! Stupid Ferengi-! [the Genesis Device explodes, killing him]
[to her alternate universe self] Don't you give me that sarcastic Vulcan salute! BECKETT! [to herself] So that's how that feels.
It is possible to do everything right and still get your away team kidnapped by the corporate elite.
[Mariner is acting paranoid at being back at Starbase 80]
Mariner, the ground isn't gonna fall out from under you.
Last time I was here, I fell into an open ditch! Now I know what you're thinking, you're like 'How can there be an open ditch on a starbase?' Well, anything's possible in hell!
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