William Riker quotes from Star Trek: Picard

William Riker

[Upon seeing the Titan] Hello, beautiful!

William Riker

Since when does Starfleet give in to hostile demands? That man is wanted for trial, not execution. And we damn well know that's not a ship, it's a guillotine.

William Riker

[To Jean-Luc Picard] Remove yourself from the bridge. You've just killed us all.

William Riker

This is the end, my friend. And if I were you, I'd take the next few hours to get to know your son. And to get your affairs in order. I'm so sorry, Jean-Luc.

William Riker

That time you were flying off to Romulus, to plan the Great Supernova Rescue. Do you remember what I said?

Jean-Luc Picard

'So you want to be ass-deep in Romulans for the rest of your life?'

William Riker

I believe I also reminded you of Newton's Fourth Law of Thermodynamics.

Jean-Luc Picard

No good deed goes unpunished.

William Riker

Classic Picard arrogance. You get to make the decisions about who gets to take the chances and who doesn't, and who's in the loop and who's out of the loop, and, naturally, it always ends up with you. And that's fine on the bridge of your starship, captain, but now you're dealing with a teenager, more or less. That can be an extremely humbling experience. Frankly, not sure you're up to it.

Jean-Luc Picard

Perhaps I'm not.

William Riker

There you go. Baby steps.

Jean-Luc Picard

Baby steps.

William Riker

Acting Captain Will Riker, in command of the U.S.S. Zheng He.

And...?

William Riker

And it is my duty to inform you that the United Federation of Planets has designated planet Ghulion IV in the Vayt sector under the protection of Starfleet, according to the terms of the Treaty of Algeron.

Too late. Our claim to this world takes precedence. Move aside.

William Riker

Afraid not.

Jean-Luc Picard

[recorded message] I have a priority request to open diplomatic negotiations and protection for the inhabitants of Ghulion IV.

William Riker

General, or Commodore, or whatever you're calling yourself, right now, I'm on the bridge of the toughest, fastest, most powerful ship Starfleet has ever put into service, and I've got a fleet of them at my back. We've got our phasers locked on your warp cores. And nothing would make me happier than you giving me an excuse to kick your treacherous Tal Shiar ass. But instead, I'm going to ask you one time -- to stand down.

William Riker

Guinan's hawking souvenirs now?

Ugh, it's for Frontier Day.

William Riker

How come you have so many Enterprise-Ds?

Oh, the fat ones? No one wants those.

William Riker

You better leave the bottle. [Jean-Luc Picard joins Riker at the bar] You hear that, Jean-Luc? "No one wants the fat ones." That's "Galaxy-class" to you, young lady.

Vadic

Good afternoon! I believe it is afternoon in the Sol System. [chuckles] I am Captain Vadic, and you are... Captain Liam Shaw.

Liam Shaw

That's me. Is it important for you to know that I was having a nice morning before all of this?

Vadic

[joyfully] Ooh, that's lovely to hear! Given your official psychological profile with Starfleet, I'm so glad that you remained... er... functional?

Jean-Luc Picard

You have been causing us some concern, Captain. State your business!

Vadic

[gleeful] Oh, my. Admiral Jean-Luc Picard, in the synthetic flesh. You're harboring one Jack Crusher. He's broken a number of laws, both inside and outside Federation space. There is a sizeable bounty on his head. And we are taking him.

Liam Shaw

[looks at Jack, and then back to Vadic] I hate to inform you, but Starfleet does not negotiate with bounty hunters.

Vadic

[laugh] I see you're having difficulty understanding the situation! May I remind you that you are outside your jurisdiction? But, so you may have clarification, I'll lower my shields so that you can scan my ship.

Their shields are lowering.

William Riker

Weapons?

Forty isolytic burst warheads. Eighty-eight plasma torpedoes. Two hundred and thirty-six photon torpedoes. Eighteen antimatter missiles. Twenty pulse wave. Thirty series five-

Liam Shaw

I get it.

And something... loaded in primary position in the bay, sir. Technology unknown.

Vadic

You have one hour to hand over Jack Crusher. Turn your back to run, and the only way you'll see the shot that kills you will be through the hole in your proverbial chest. Until then: enjoy this parting demonstration of my intentions. [Vadic cuts the transmission]

A toast, my friend, to your newborn son.

Riker

To Thaddeus!

And to parenting, regarded by many as life's greatest challenge. But I have no doubt your son is in capable hands...

Riker

Cheers.

Because he'll be looked after by the wisest soul. Someone endowed with great kindness, patience, and unconditional love.

Riker

I don't know what to say--

His mother.

William Riker

Thank you, Jean-Luc.

Jean-Luc Picard

Will, I think it might be time you called me Number One.

Beverly Crusher

[after Vadic's ship The Shrike is hit by an asteroid] Will, did you just throw an asteroid?

William Riker

Goddamn right I did.

Beverly Crusher

[after witnessing a new life form] "To seek out new life."

William Riker

I think we should boldly get the hell out of here.

William Riker

You know, we have saved the galaxy more than a few times.

Jean-Luc Picard

And hopefully they'll remember.

Liam Shaw

Or they might remember that time that someone hot-dropped the saucer section of the Enterprise-D on a planet. Or that time that someone threw the Prime Directive out the window so they could snog a villager on Ba'ku. Or the time that you boys nearly wiped out all of humanity by creating a time paradox in the Devron system. Basically, when it comes to rescues from danger... you two have a real "chicken and egg" thing happening.

Jean-Luc Picard

Those were the days.

Geordi La Forge

Admiral. Ladies and gentlemen. Allow me to introduce you to the newest version of a very old friend.

William Riker

With an upgrade, I'm told.

Data

Oh, I am mostly myself, I assure you, albeit with a dash of computational joie de vivre.

Jean-Luc Picard

The last time we spoke, you wished to experience death. As happy as I am that you're here, I hope that we haven't betrayed that wish.

Data

No, sir. I know that me is resting peacefully. But this me... this me would rather be no place else in the universe.