[referring to disembodied head] Data, is this yours?
I believe so, sir.
Could it be... Lore?
No, sir. My brother's positronic brain has a Type-L phase discriminating amplifier. Mine is a Type-R.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Have you ever heard Data define friendship?
CWCommander William T. Riker
No.
How did he put it? "As I experience certain sensory input patterns, my mental pathways become accustomed to them. The inputs eventually are anticipated and even missed when absent."
[Later, after Data enters the turbolift and asks them if they are distressed for some reason.]
It's just that our mental pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns.
Hmm, I understand. I am also fond of you, Commander. And you as well, Counselor.
[Picard is masquerading as a handyman in 1893 San Francisco.]
DDoctor
Just what are you doing with those lamps?
Replacing the burners. City ordinance. Makes it safer in case of earthquake.
DDoctor
There hasn't been an earthquake here in thirty years!
Well, that takes care of this ward. Time to be moving on.
DDoctor
(scoffs) Earthquakes...
Barclay, I'm gonna need a systems engineer on this away team.
I'll, I'll ask Ensign Dern to join you.
I meant you, Barclay!
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
Hear me out, Captain. It's important you understand. You see, I discovered long ago I had the ability to channel my darker thoughts, my unwanted emotions, to others, leaving me unencumbered.
Is this what you've done to Counsellor Troi?
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
I hadn't planned it. I'd expected Maylor to live through the negotiation. Her death could not have been more untimely.
So then you deliberately used Deanna.
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
She's an empath. I was reasonably certain I could establish a link with her. Frankly, I was amazed when I saw how quickly she'd aged. Usually my receptacles survive for years.
Receptacles?
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
Come now, Captain. Surely you can see there's a broader canvas here. If I came to these peace talks hindered by unwanted emotions, the Rekags and Seronians would be condemned to go on fighting
You cannot explain away a wantonly immoral act because you think it is connected to some higher purpose.
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
Captain. do you know how many people have died on this planet in the last forty eight hours? Thousands. Deanna Troi is just one individual.
That does not justify brutalising her, nor any of the others you have used.
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
Ask the Seronian and Rekag children who go to bed each night in fear of their lives. Captain, I get no payment, I have no power base, no agenda. I am willing to risk my life simply to help others.
Do you think that makes you appear courageous? Because you're mistaken. You're a coward, Alkar. You exploit the innocent because you're unwilling to shoulder the burdens of unpleasant emotions. Well, this time you will be held accountable. I'm taking you back to the Enterprise to release Counsellor Troi.
AVAmbassador Ves Alkar
I have no intention of releasing her now or ever.
Good lord man, where have you put me?
KKane
These are standard guest quarters, sir. I can try and find something bigger if you want.
Bigger? n my day, even an Admiral wouldn't have had such quarters on a starship!
You mind a little advice? Starfleet captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. But the secret is to give them only what they need, not what they want.
Yeah, well I told the captain I would have this analysis done in an hour.
How long will it really take?
An hour!
Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would really take, did you?
Well, of course I did.
Oh, laddie, you have a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker!
Laddie, I was drinking Scotch a hundred years before you were born. And I can tell you that whatever this is, it is definitely not scotch!
You're not quite uh... human, are ya?
No, sir; I am an android. Lieutenant Commander Data.
Synthetic scotch, synthetic commanders...
I believe Guinan does keep a limited supply of non-synthaholic products. Perhaps one of them would be to your liking.
[Data retrieves a geen bottle from under the counter.]
[inspecting his drink] What is it?
It is... [sniffs the bottle] It is... [sniffs the bottle again, looking puzzled] ...It is green.
[Scotty is outside the Holodeck]
CComputer
Please enter program.
The android at the bar said you could show me my old ship. Let me see it.
CComputer
Insufficient data. Please specify parameters.
The Enterprise, show me the bridge of the Enterprise, ya chattering piece of...!
CComputer
There have been five Federation ships with that name. Please specify by registry number.
NCC-1701. No bloody A, B, C, or D.
CComputer
Program complete. Enter when ready.
[pours a drink and gives a toast] Here's to ya, lads.
Constitution class.
Aye! You're familiar with them?
There's one in the fleet museum. But... But then, of course... This is your Enterprise.
I actually served on two, but this was the first. She was also the first ship I ever served on as Chief Engineer. Ya know, I served aboard eleven ships -- freighters, cruisers, starships -- but this is the only one I think of. The only one I miss.
The first vessel that I served on as Captain was called the Stargazer. It was an overworked, underpowered vessel, always on the verge of flying apart at the seams... In every measurable sense, my Enterprise is far superior. But there are times when I would give almost anything to command the Stargazer again.
Ah, it's like the first time ya fall in love; you don't ever love a woman quite like that again. Well... To the Enterprise and the Stargazer! Old girlfriends we'll never meet again.
What do you think of the Enterprise D?
She's a beauty with a good crew.
But...?
But... When I was here, I could tell ya the speed that we were traveling by the feel of the deck plates. But on your ship, I feel like I'm just in the way.
Well, 75 years is a long time. If you would like to study some technical schematics or--
I'm not 18, and I can't start out like a raw cadet! No, there comes a time when a man finds that he can't fall in love again. He knows that it's time to stop. I don't belong on your ship. I belong on this one. This is my home. This is where I had a purpose. But it's not real! It's just a computer-generated fantasy! And I'm just an old man who's trying to hide in it. Computer -- shut this bloody thing off. It's time I acted my age.
Shunt the deuterium from the main cryo-pump to the auxiliary tank.
The tank can't withstand that kind of pressure.
Where'd you get that idea?
What do you mean, where did I get that idea? It's in the impulse engine specifications.
Regulation forty-two-slash-fifteen, pressure variances on IRC tank storage?
Yeah.
Forget it. I wrote it. A good engineer is always a wee bit conservative, at least on paper. Just bypass the secondary cut-off valve and boost the flow. It'll work.
[after yawning] Oh, excuse me.
I know the feeling.
Good morning.
Morning?! I just went to bed!
Commander, it's 0700 hours.
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