There's a story I heard as a child, a parable. I never forgot it. A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side, when suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. The fox said, No, I'll get halfway there, and you'll sting me, and I'll drown. But the scorpion assured him, If I did that, we'd both drown. The fox thought about it and finally agreed. So the scorpion climbed up on his back, and the fox began to swim. But halfway across the river, the scorpion stung the fox. As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, Why did you do that? Now you'll drown, too. I couldn't help it, said the scorpion. It's my nature.
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
I speak for the Borg.
Computer, prepare to eject the warp core — authorization Torres omega five nine three!
I'm going to die, without a shred of honour. And for the first time in my life that really bothers me.
(Paris and Torres are floating in space, and the oxygen is running low)
I have to tell you the truth. I...I love you. (pause) Say something.
Well, you've picked a great time to tell me.
I wish it were as easy to stop hating as it was to start.
When this mutation crisis is over, I think I'll spend a few days in renaissance Tuscany. There's a little inn outside Siena I've been wanting to try.
[after Janeway has been impatient with the crew] Shall I flog them as well?
[Capt. Janeway has nearly destroyed the ship.]
I never realised you thought of me as reckless, Tuvok.
A poor choice of words. It was clearly an understatement.
KOKrenim Official
Reverse course, or be destroyed...
With all due respect, unless you have something bigger in your torpedo tubes, I'm not turning around. But, I am more than happy to discuss this issue with you...
KOKrenim Official
No discussion! No compromise!
They are in retreat.
His bark is obviously worse than his bite
Krenim vessels, this is the captain of Voyager. You may have noticed we have a defense against your torpedoes now. I suggest you stand down.
No response.
Their mistake. Bring the ship about. We're going through their space whether they like it or not.
Time's up.
Your chief engineer and security officer were nearly lost today. That is unacceptable.
To you, maybe. But not to me or my crew. Our experience with the Mari gave us an insight into a culture we've never encountered.
But that is irrelevant.
No, it's how we gain knowledge.
Fortunately, the Mari didn't get very far with the procedure. You can return to duty, Lieutenant. Though, perhaps, with one or two fewer violent engramms in that fiery head of yours.
It's alright, Doc. There plenty more where those came from.
Duly warned.
No matter how vast the differences may be between cultures, people always have something that somebody else wants and trade is born.
I feel like we've just been mugged.:(Because a pirate group of thieves basically transported all items of value on to their own ships):
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