WTWilliam T. Riker
What's a knock-out like you doing in a computer-generated gin joint like this?
MMinuet
Waiting for you.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
Doesn't love always begin that way? With the illusion being more real than the woman? .
WTWilliam T. Riker
"What I don't understand sir, is how Karnas knew you were still… available."
JJameson
"Still alive, you mean."
KKarnas
So… Jameson, I see time has not been too kind."
JJameson
"It seldom is, Karnas."
KKarnas
They're dead Jameson a long time..you coming back to Mordan as you did 45 years before
JJameson
You've never forgiven me
KKarnas
If it's you, show me the scar."
JJameson
"There! The blood cut you gave me to seal our bargain!"
KKarnas
There die by your own weapons.....Rest, Jameson. Your long night… and mine, are over."
Age and wisdom have their graces.
WTWilliam T. Riker
I wonder if one doesn't have to have age and wisdom to appreciate that, sir.
I hope not, Number One. It would be such a waste of youth.
Data, find a way to defeat that shield.
That may be impossible, sir.
Data, things are only impossible until they're not.
MMicrobrain
Ugly giant bags... of mostly water...
Do Klingons observe birthdays, Worf?
Klingons are born, live as warriors, and die.
Then how do you know how old you are?
I don't. Do you know?
I have no age.
Mister Crusher? Why aren't you in your dress uniform for Admiral Quinn's farewell dinner?
I didn't think that would be appropriate.
Why not?
I failed, Captain. I didn't get into the Academy. I failed you and I failed the Enterprise.
Ridiculous. Did you do your best?
Yes.
When you test next year, and you will test next year, do you think your performance will improve?
Yes.
Good. The only person you're truly competing against, Wesley, is yourself.
Then you're not disappointed?
Wesley, you have to measure your successes and your failures within, not by anything I or anyone else might think. But, if it helps you to know this, I failed the first time. And you may not tell anyone!
You? You failed?
Yes. But not the second time. Now, you'll do me the courtesy of joining us at dinner. I have to disappoint an old friend.
Can you filter out the extraneous information?
No, I get it all simultaneously.
It's a jumble. How can you make heads or tails of it?
I select what I want to see and disregard the rest.
How is that possible?
In a noisy room, how can you pick out one specific voice or sound?
I see. Something you learn.
Why do you mock me? Why do you wish to anger me?
KKorris
Only to see if it is still possible.
It is.
My brother, it is you who does not see. You look for battles in the wrong place. The true test of a warrior is not without, it is within! Here! Here is where we meet the challenge. It is the weaknesses in here a warrior must overcome.
KKorris
No.
You have talked of glory, and of conquest, and of legends that we will write.
KKorris
Yes! The birthright of every Klingon.
Yet, for all you say, where are the words "duty," "honor" and "loyalty"? Without which a warrior is nothing!
KKorris
What are you saying?! Living among these humans has sucked the Klingon heart out of you.
Put down the phaser.
KKorris
You are a sham! My words were dust upon the ground. Your blood has no fire! You are weak like them! I don't care what you look like! YOU ARE NO KLINGON!
Perhaps not. [shoots Korris dead]
PThe Peddler
Whoever you are, wherever you're from, greetings! Welcome to Minos, The Arsenal of Freedom!
I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S. Enterp...
PThe Peddler
If you need a little something "special", be it for one target or multiple targets, we've got it, you'll see it, here on Minos, where we live by the motto, "Peace through superior firepower."
To whom am I speaking...?
PThe Peddler
To be totally armed is to be totally secure! Remember, the early bird that hesitates gets wormed.
It is a recorded message, sir.
PThe Peddler
Minos, the Arsenal of Freedom: perfection in highly advanced weaponry. Versatility, flexibility, and everything 100% guaranteed! So lock on to my signal and beam on down! Because we don't just provide weapons...
Shut that off.
PThe Peddler
We provide complete weapons sys-
[the screen goes blank]
That's a heck of a sales pitch.
PRPaul Rice
Tell me about your ship - the Enterprise, isn't it?
WTWilliam T. Riker
No... The name of my ship is the Lollipop.
PRPaul Rice
I have no knowledge of that ship.
WTWilliam T. Riker
It's just been commissioned. It's a good ship.
Relinquishing command, Captain.
As you were, Lieutenant!
Sir?
Mr. La Forge, when I left this ship, it was in one piece. I would appreciate your returning it to me in the same condition. Do you concur, Number One?
Absolutely, sir.
TJT'Jon
Everything's just kind of... you know... dead, I guess. It's all... you know... shut down.
That's a little vague. What's the computer analysis?
TJT'Jon
Uh, the computer's not working very well.
The Prime Directive is not just a set of rules; it is a philosophy... and a very correct one. History has proven again and again that whenever mankind interferes with a less developed civilization, no matter how well intentioned that interference may be, the results are invariably disastrous.
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