Captain to crew. Those of you who have served for long on this vessel have encountered alien life-forms. You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an irrational fear of the unknown. But there's no such thing as the unknown-- only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood. In most cases we have found that intelligence capable of a civilization is capable of understanding peaceful gestures. Surely a life-form advanced enough for space travel is advanced enough to eventually understand our motives. All decks stand by. Captain out.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
What's the matter with them out there? They must know we mean them no harm.
They're certainly aware by now that we're totally incapable of it.
There must be something to do, something I've overlooked.
In chess, when one is outmatched, the game is over: checkmate.
Is that your best recommendation?
I'm s... [straightening himself] I regret that I can find no other logical alternative.
Assuming we get out of this, Captain...
Nobody's given up yet.
Well, then about Bailey. Let me enter it in my medical records as simple fatigue.
That's my decision, Doctor.
And your mistake. You overworked him, pushed him, expected too much from him.
I'm ordering you to drop it! I have no time for you, your theories, your quaint philosophies.
I intend to challenge your actions in my records. I'll state that I warned you about Bailey's condition. Now that's no bluff.
Any time you can bluff me, Doctor!
BBalok
Three minutes.
All right, Doctor. Let's hope we have time to argue about it.
[thinks for a moment] Not chess, Mister Spock--poker. Do you know the game?
This is the Captain of the Enterprise. Our respect for other life forms requires that we give you this... warning. There is one critical item of information that has never been incorporated into the memory banks of any Earth ship. Since the early years of space exploration, Earth vessels have had incorporated into them a substance known as... corbomite. It is a material and a device which prevents attack on us. If any destructive energy touches our vessel, a reverse reaction of equal strength is created, destroying --
BBalok
You now have two minutes.
-- destroying the attacker. It may interest you to know that since the initial use of corbomite more than two of our centuries ago, no attacking vessel has survived the attempt. Death has... little meaning to us. If it has none to you -- then attack us now. We grow annoyed at your foolishness.
I regret not having learned more about this Balok. He was reminiscent of my father.
Then may heaven have helped your mother.
Quite the contrary. She considered herself a very fortunate Earth woman.
See also The Cage (below) for the dialogue which derives from the first pilot.
Blast medicine anyway. We've learned to tie into every human organ in the body except one -- the brain. The brain is what life is all about. That man can think any thought that we can, and love, hope, dream as much as we can, but he can't reach out, and no one can reach in.
Mr. Spock, when you're finished, I want to talk to you. This regrettable tendency you've been showing lately towards flagrant emotionalism --
I see no reason to insult me, sir.
A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without breathing.
This is the first time in a week I've had time for a drop. Would you care for a drink, Mr. Spock?
My father's race was spared the dubious benefits of alcohol.
Oh. Now I know why they were conquered. What are you worried about? Jim generally knows what he's doing.
It was illogical for him to bring those players aboard.
Illogical? Did you get a look at that Juliet? That's a pretty exciting creature. Of course your, uh, personal chemistry would prevent you from seeing that. Did it ever occur to you that he might like the girl?
It occurred. I dismissed it.
You would.
What if you decide he is Kodos? What then? Do you play God, carry his head through the corridors in triumph? That won't bring back the dead, Jim.
No. But they may rest easier.
LLenore
There is no mercy in you.
If he is Kodos, then I've shown him more mercy than he deserves. And if he isn't... then we'll let you off at Benecia, and no harm done.
LLenore
Captain Kirk. Who are you to say what harm was done?
Who do I have to be?
AKAnton Karidian (Kodos)
I am tired! ... The past ... is a blank.
Those beautiful words, well acted, change nothing.
Worlds may change, galaxies disintegrate -- but a woman is always a woman.
[officiating at the wedding of Lieutenants Tomlinson and Martine] Since the days of the first wooden vessels, all shipmasters have had one happy privilege: that of uniting two people in the bonds of matrimony.
LSLt. Stiles
We know Outpost 4 has been attacked, sir. So if we intercept Romulans now, we--
After a whole century, what would a Romulan ship look like, Mr. Stiles? I doubt if they'll radio and identify themselves.
LSLt. Stiles
You'll know, sir. They're painted like a giant bird of prey.
I had no idea that history was your specialty.
LSLt. Stiles
Family history. There was a Captain Stiles in the space service then. Two Commanders, several junior officers. All lost in that war, sir.
Their war, Mr. Stiles. Not yours. Don't forget it.
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