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We're a long way from Starfleet,
Lieutenant. I'm not about to waste 15 months because we've run into a
bunch of bullies.
Space must have seemed a whole
lot bigger back then. It's not surprising they had to bend the rules
a little. They were a little slower to invoke the Prime Directive and
a little quicker to pull their phasers. Of course, the whole bunch of
them would be booted out of Starfleet today. But I have to admit, I
would have loved to ride shotgun at least once with a group of
officers like that.
Arm photon torpedoes! We seem to
have a knack for provoking strangers, these days.
Dismissed. That’s a
Starfleet expression for "get out".
I'm fairly easy to get along with
most of the time, but I don't like bullies, I don't like threats, and
I don't like you, Culluh!
Ever since my first day as a
Starfleet captain, I swore I'd never let myself get caught in one of
these Godforsaken paradoxes. The past is the future, the future is
the past, it all gives me a headache.
Fear exists for one purpose, to
be conquered.
I won't sacrifice this ship and
crew based on a 10-second conversation. I need proof!
Sometimes you just have to punch
your way through.
Just like Jonah and the
whale...you're going in.
One of the things you learn as
you move up the ranks and get a little older is that you wish you had
more time in your youth to really absorb all the things that happen
to you. It goes by so fast, it's so easy to become jaded, to treat
the extraordinary like just another day at the office.
Apparently, you just crashed the
main computer, locked out the Bridge and stopped this ship cold. Do
you want to tell me why?
Unfortunately, extinction is
often the natural end of evolution.
Who are we to swoop in, play God,
and then continue on our way without the slightest consideration of
the long-term effects of our actions?
This is my ship and my decision.
Sometimes you have to go in
blind. That's the exciting part.
Good work, Commander. In the
future, if I have any questions about mating procedures, I'll know
where to go.
Janeway
Am I...discerning a personal
problem here gentlemen?
Neelix
Frankly, yes Captain.
Janeway
Solve it.
Kim
It's all a little weird.
Janeway
Mr. Kim, we're Starfleet
officers. Weird is part of the job.
Q
I know that you're probably
asking youself, "why would a brilliant, handsome, dashingly
omnipotent being like Q want to mate with a scrawny bipedal specimen
like me?"
Janeway
Let me guess! No-one else in the
universe will have you!"
Q
Nonsense! I could have chosen a
Klingon targ! A Romulan empress! A Cyrillian microbe!
Janeway
Really? I beat out a
single-celled organism? How flattering!
Q
An overwhelming honour, isn't it?
Q
Oh, I see! This is one of those
silly human rituals. You're playing hard to get!
Janeway
As far as you're concerned, Q,
I'm impossible to get.
Q
Goody! A challenge! This is going
to be fun!
Janeway
I'm your captain and that means I
can't always be your friend. Do you understand that?
Seven
of Nine
No, but if we should be
assimilated, our thoughts will be one and I'm sure I'll understand perfectly.
Starling
What are you going to do, shoot me?
Janeway
The thought has crossed my mind.
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