From: ukoga@mcl.ucsb.edu (Jeff "Koganuts" Koga)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: "Star Trek" Quotes Part 12: "ST:TNG" Season 5
Date: 1 Oct 92 23:45:30 GMT

Worf: "You bore that well."
--Worf, "Disaster", Stardate 45

Worf: "You are ten centimenters dilated.  You may now give birth."
--Worf, "Disaster", Stardate 45

Worf: "You will feel a sharp pain while I remove the placenta."
--Worf, "Disaster", Stardate 45

Sela: "I really love writing.  Seems I never get to do enough writing in this
  job."
Data: "Perhaps you would be happier with another job."
--Sela and Data, "Unification II", Stardate 45

Sela: "I hate Vulcans!  I hate the logic!  I hate the arrogance!"
--Sela, "Unification II", Stardate 45

Spock: "Not bad."
--Spock, "Unification II", Stardate 45

LaForge: "I'm talking to the wrong crowd."
--LaForge, "New Ground", Stardate 45

Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 45397.3.  Two days ago, Starbase 514 lost
  contact with the Research Vessel Vico, which was sent to explore the interior
  of the Black Cluster.  We are en route to investigate."
--Picard, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental.  A young boy, shielded from our initial
  sensor scans, has been discovered pinned beneath a fallen beam.  The degree of
  damage to the Vico is making our rescue attempt difficult."
--Picard, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Riker: "It's going to be okay."
--Riker, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Are you going to lift that?"
Data: "Yes."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "How can you lift something so heavy?"
Data: "I am an android.  My strength is many times that of a human."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "It is going to be...okay."
--Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental.  A thorough search of the Vico has
  revealed no additional survivors.  We have begun the process of counseling
  the boy with regard to the tragedy."
--Picard, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Beverly: "You've got your work cut out for you."
--Beverly, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "His world is gone, Data.  You're going to have to help him build a new
  one."
--Troi, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Geordi, as a child, did you ever experience a traumatic event?"
LaForge: "You're wondering about Timothy?"
Data: "Yes."
LaForge: "I was...caught in a fire once.  I must have been, I don't know, about
  five, I guess?  It was before I got the first VISOR.  And, it was only a
  couple of minutes before my parents found me and pulled me out.  And nobody
  got hurt, but...I tell you...that was the longest couple of minutes in my
  life.  It was a while after that before I could even let my parents get out of
  earshot.  It was like...I absolutely needed to know that they were there, you
  know?"
Data: "Timothy no longer has that kind of support."
LaForge: "Yeah."
--Data and LaForge, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Teacher: "Dara and her brother found themselves in the land of Targus, where the
  ruler, Eliamos the Magnificent, had proclaimed his law, 'No children will be
  tolerated within the great kingdom.'  When Dara saw the proclamation she just
  laughed, and said, 'How magnificent a ruler, to be frightened by the likes of
  us!'"
--Teacher, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Teacher: "Timothy, we're done with sculpture for now."
Timothy: "It's not finished."
Teacher: "We'll come back to it next period.  Why don't you pick up your
  mythology book and follow along?"
Timothy: "But it's not finished!"
--Teacher and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "What do you think?"
Data: "Do you wish a frank evaluation?"
Timothy: [Nods yes]
Data: "It lacks the harmony that characterized this particular temple, and the
  Docharan culture in general."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "You hate it."
Data: "No.  I am not capable of hatred."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "I can't do anything right."
Data: "You are making an unwarranted extrapolation."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Incredible."
--Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Data, how come you can do that?"
Data: "I am designed to exceed human capacity, both mentally and physically."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Androids are better than humans?"
Data: "'Better' is a highly subjective term.  I do not for example possess the
  ability to experience emotion as humans do."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "No emotions?  You mean you can't be happy...or sad?"
Data: "That is correct."
Timothy: "Why not?"
Data: "My positronic brain is not capbable of generating those conditions."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Data, can we build something else...later?"
Data: "That would be acceptable."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "'I am designed to exceed human capacity.'  'That is correct.'"
--Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "Hello, Timothy.  Are you ready to go?"
Timothy: "Yes, Counselor, I am ready."
Troi: "How do you feel?"
Timothy: "I am functioning within estabished parameters."
--Troi and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "'Established parameters'?  You sound like Data!"
Timothy: "'I am an android.'"
Troi: "I see.  Well, let's go for a walk, shall we?"
Timothy: "'That would be acceptable.'"
--Troi and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "So, what would you like?"
Timothy: "Androids do not eat or drink.  However, we sometimes like to taste
  things."
--Troi and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Would you like anything, Counselor?"
Troi: "No, I'm fine, thank you."
Timothy: "As you wish."
--Timothy and Troi, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "So, you're no longer human."
Timothy: "'I am an android.'"
Troi: "When did this happen?"
Timothy: "I've always been an android."
--Troi and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "What's it like being an android?"
Timothy: "'I am designed to exceed human capacity, both mentally and
  physically.'"
Troi: "You don't?  No emotion at all?"
Timothy: "'That is correct.'"
--Troi and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Picard: "Data, I would like you to make Timothy the best android he can possibly
  be."
--Picard, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Timothy, your head movements are counterproductive.  Can you be still?"
Timothy: "But you do it."
Data: "The servo mechanisms in my neck are designed to approximate human
  movements.  I did not realize the effect was so distracting."
Timothy: "I like it."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Data, are there any other androids in Starfleet?"
Data: "No.  I am the only one."
Timothy: "How come you're not captain?"
Data: "My service record does not yet warrant such a position."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Data, what's the most scariest thing that ever happened to you?"
Data: "Fear is not a quality that I possess."
Timothy: "Because you're emotionless."
Data: "Correct."
Timothy: "Well, what, what if you, you had a nightmare?"
Data: "I have never had a nightmare.  I do not require sleep.  Are you having
  disturbing dreams?"
Timothy: "'I do not require sleep.'"
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Is that satisfactory?"
Timothy: "It's perfect."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Beverly: "Transfer circuits are functioning properly."
Timothy: "Within established parameters?"
Beverly: "Absolutely.  Input processing, pattern recognition, all 'within
  established parameters.'"
Data and Timothy: "Thank you, Doctor."
--Beverly, Timothy, and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Perhaps you should return to your quarters."
Timothy: "I'm fine.  'The servo mechanisms in my' mouth 'are designed to
  appoximate human movements.'"
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: [Practices yawning]
Timothy: "That is not bad."
Data: "Thank you."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Timothy, you understand that you may speak to me about anything you wish
  ...any subject."
Timothy: "I understand."
Data: "At times, I too find it...difficult to share my thoughts with others.  I
  am not always confident that I am...expressing myself in a manner which humans
  can comprehend."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "He laughed."
Troi: "Yes, it's nice to see, isn't it?"
Data: "It is certainly not consistent with his android persona."
Troi: "I'd say that he is beginning the process of letting go of that fantasy."
Data: "Hmm.  Then my work with him is done."
Troi: "No, I, I don't think it is, Data."
--Data and Troi, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "This is great.  How is yours?"
Data: "The complex polysaccharides, in reaction with the carbon dioxide,
  produces an unusual combination of texture and effervescence."
Timothy: "But how does it taste?  Is it good?"
Data: "I am not capable of tasting in the manner you suggest.  However, I can
  analyze the composition of a dessert, then make comparative conclusions about
  its possible effect on the human palatte.  But I neither like it, nor dislike
  it."
Timothy: "Oh, I didn't realize that."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "I have often wondered what it must be like to have one's mouth...water in
  anticipation of the arrival of a confection.  Or to feel the pleasure I have
  observed in humans as they consume it."
Timothy: "You sound like you don't want to be an android."
Data: "I am an android.  That will never change."
Timothy: "But if you could change, would you?"
Data: "I have often wished to be human.  I have studied people carefully, in
  order to more closely approximate human behavior."
Timothy: "Why?  We're stronger and smarter than humans.  We can do more than
  they can."
Data: "I cannot take pride in my abilities.  I cannot take pleasure in my
  accomplishments."
Timothy: "But we never have to feel bad either."
Data: "I would gladly risk feeling bad at times, if it also meant that I could
  ...taste my dessert."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Timothy, androids do not lie."
Timothy: "It was...me."
Data: "Please explain."
Timothy: "It was me.  I killed them all."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "That's how it was...when it started on the Vico."
--Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Sir, drop the shields."
Riker: "That's suicide, Data."
Data: "Captain, *drop* the shields."
--Data and Riker, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Picard: "Make it so."
--Picard, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Troi: "Timothy's a boy feeling a great deal of pain.  But, he is a boy again.
  Is this difficult for you, Data?"
Data: "'Difficult'?"
Troi: "To watch him, moving away from being like you."
Data: "That would require an emotional context which I cannot provide."
--Troi and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Data: "Hello, Timothy."
Timothy: "Hi, Data.  How are you?"
Data: "I am operating within established parameters."
--Data and Timothy, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "I, I think that was pretty silly when I had my hair like yours and
  everything."
Data: "I have been told that imitation is the highest form of flattery."
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Timothy: "Can we still do things together?  Even if I'm not really an android?"
Data: "I have many human friends.  I would be pleased to count you among them."
Timothy: "'That would be...acceptable.'"
--Timothy and Data, "Hero Worship", Stardate 45397.3

Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 45429.3.  While on a mapping survey, we are
  conveying a delegation of Ullian to Caldra IV.  These telepathic historians
  conduct their research by retrieving long forgotten memories."
--Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Tarmin: "Perhaps someone else would care to try?"  [To Beverly]  "You, Madam?
  You're thinking about that first childhood kiss.  Would you like to remember
  more about it?"
--Tarmin, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Jev: "Father, you know you're not supposed to probe someone's memory unless
  they've given you permission."
Tarmin: "You are right.  But sometimes, with a beautiful woman, I cannot help
  myself."
--Jev and Tarmin, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

LaForge: "How about you, Commander?  Have any memories you feel like digging
  up?"
Riker: "None that I'd care to share with an audience."
--LaForge and Riker, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Data: "It is perplexing to me that the Ullians' ability to retrieve memory is so
  highly prized.  If an event were important enough to be recovered, why would
  it have been forgotten?"
LaForge: "Well, it's not quite the same for us as it is for you, Data.  You
  record every second of every moment of your life."
Data: "That is correct."
LaForge: "And then if you want to recall anyone of those moments, you just
  access the proper memory circuit."
Data: "My understanding of the human brain suggests the process is the same for
  you.  Each memory is encoded in chains of molecules.  If you want to retrieve
  it you simply access the proper RNA sequence."
LaForge: "Yeah, that's true."
Data: "Then in what way is it different?"
LaForge: "Sometimes there are memories we just can't access at the spur of the
  moment.  For instance, I have no recollection of how I'd spent my last
  birthday.  Birthdays are important occasions, and you would think that I
  remember how I spent the day.  Right now, I can't even remember...where I
  was."
--Data and LaForge, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

LaForge: "On the other hand, I remember everything about the time I got my first
  pet, a Cirkacian cat.  I was eight.  I remember how funny-looking he was, I
  remember how excited I was.  It was if it happened yesterday."
Data: "Perhaps you remember the pleasant memories and forget the unpleasant
  ones."
LaForge: "No, sometimes the bad memories can be the most intense of all."
Data: "It would seem there is no predictable pattern to human memory."
LaForge: "'It would seem'."
--LaForge and Data, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Beverly: "Captain, Mister Tarmin gave us a demonstration of his abilities this
  afternoon.  It's fascinating.  Perhaps you would like to resurrect some
  memories?"
Tarmin: "I'd be happy to probe your recollections, Captain.  Most people find it
  an enjoyable experience."
Picard: "I'm sure.  However, I don't think I would make a particularly good
  subject."
Beverly: "I'm sure you'd be ideal.  And, you must have some *intriguing*
  memories."
--Beverly, Tarmin, and Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Tarmin: "We won't be on your ship for long.  This may be your last chance."
Picard: [Laughs]  "Yes.  Well..."
--Tarmin and Picard , "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Tarmin: "Well you, Mister Worf, I would love to explore Klingon memories."
--Tarmin, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Worf: "Klingons do not allow themselves to be...probed."
--Worf , "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Tarmin: "But there is nothing to fear?"
Jev: "Father..."
Worf: "I am not fearful."
--Tarmin, Jev, and Worf, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Tarmin: "I have rarely encountered such squeamish people!"
--Tarmin , "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Troi: "It's not easy having an overbearing parent.  Believe me, I know how you
  feel."
--Troi, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Jev: "Oh, that's right, you're an empath."
Troi: "Oh, I can't read Ullians.  But I do know a certain Betazoid mother who is
  a great deal like your father."
--Jev and Troi, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Troi: "I've learned to remind myself that my mother and I are two separate
  individuals."
Jev: "And have you enjoyed much success with this approach, Counselor?"
Troi: "No.  But I do keep reminding myself."
--Troi and Jev, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Jev: "Imzati..."
--Jeb, "Violations", Stardate 45429.3

Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 45430.9.  Counselor Troi has fallen into a deep
  coma.  After thorough examination, Doctor Crusher has been unable to find
  signs of illness or infection."
--Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45430.9

Riker: "Deanna, I don't know if you can hear me, I've, I've heard doctors say
  that even when someone's in a coma, they may be able to hear when people talk
  to them.  But it might help, to stimulate the brain...speed healing.  In fact,
  I think you did that for me once, when I was in pretty bad shape.  I just
  thought...it might help to hear a friendly voice...even if you don't know
  you're hearing it.  We've been buzy mapping the sector.  It's been pretty
  routine.  Themost unusual thing we've seen is a binary star system.  Let's
  see, what else.  I finished the personnel review that we were working on.  You
  can check it out...when you wake up.  I miss you.  Please don't stay away too
  long."
--Riker, "Violations", Stardate 45430.9

Jev: "You killed her!"
--Jev, "Violations", Stardate 45430.9

Beverly: "Medical Log, Stardate 45431.7.  Commander Riker is the second officer
  who has fallen into an unexplained coma.  I have examined the Ullians and
  ruled out the possibility that they carry a harmful organism."
--Beverly, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

Tarmin: "I have been accused of putting people to sleep with one too many
  stories, Captain.  But this is the first time it's ever been suggested that I
  might be the cause of someone's coma."
--Tarmin, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

LaForge: "How did I know you were going to say that."
--LaForge, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

LaForge: "I spent two hours having a cozy little chat with the computer."
--LaForge, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

Troi: "It's like waking up from a nightmare and not remembering what it was
  about."
--Troi, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

Tarmin: "We're to be prisoners?"
Picard: "No, please, don't look on it like that."
--Tarmin and Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

Jev: "It's a pleasant memory, stay with it."
--Jev, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

Troi: "It's Tarmin.  It's your father."
--Troi, "Violations", Stardate 45431.7

Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 45433.2.  We have set a course for Starbase
  440, where the Ullians will disembark and return home."
--Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45433.2

Jev: "My father has never been one to admit that he's wrong."
--Jev, "Violations", Stardate 45433.2

Jev: "So lovely."
--Jev, "Violations", Stardate 45433.2

Jev: "Why do you have to be so nice?  So...so nice."
--Jev, "Violations", Stardate 45433.2

Troi: "It was you.  It was always you!"
--Troi, "Violations", Stardate 45433.2

Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 45435.8.  Doctor Crusher, Commander Riker
  regained consciousness while we were en route to the Ullian homeworld.  The
  slow process of their recovery has begun."
--Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45435.8

Tarmin: "It's been three centuries since we treated anyone for this...this form
  of rape.  But there are medical records from that era.  It was a time of great
  violence for my people.  A time we thought we had put far behind us.  That
  this could happen now...is unimaginable."
--Tarmin, "Violations", Stardate 45435.8

Picard: "Earth was once a violent planet too.  At times, the chaos threatened
  the very fabric of life, but like you, we evolved.  We found other ways to
  handle our conflict.  But I think no one can deny that the seed...of violence
  ...remains within each of us.  We must recognize that...because that violence
  is capable of consuming each of us...as it consumed your son."
--Picard, "Violations", Stardate 45435.8

Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 45494.2.  We're investigating a series of
  subspace signals that may indicate intelligent life in the Epsilon Solar
  system.  We are within sensor range."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "A characteristic response to the Kriskoff Gambit is to counter with the
  El Mitra Exchange, particularly since I have already taken both of your rooks.
  By missing that opportunity, you have left your king vulnerable."
Troi: "We'll see."
Data: "As you wish, Counselor."
--Data and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "Intriguing.  You have devised a completely unanticipated response to a
  classic attack.  You will checkmate my king in seven moves."
Troi: "Data, chess isn't just a game of plays and gambits.  It's a game of
  intuition."
Data: "Hmm."
--Data and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "You are a challenging opponent, Counselor."
Troi: "Thanks.  But don't think a compliment's going to get you out of our bet.
  You owe me one Sumerian Sunset made in the *traditional style*...as you can
  only make it, Data."
Data: "I will honor our agreement."
--Data and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Kristin: "What do you think?"
Beverly: "Well, it looks like you tucked when you should've flattened out."
Kristin: "Something like that."
--Kristin and Beverly, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Beverly: "If I remember correctly, the last time you graced my Sickbay, you were
  diving off the Cliffs of Heaven on Sumico IV, Holodeck Program Forty Seven C."
Kristin: "Same thing, only that time I flattened out when I should've tucked."
Beverly: "Well, as your doctor, I would like to recommend the Emerald Wading
  Pool on Sirus IV.  A lot safer."
--Beverly and Kristin, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "The navigators on this ship have been doing flight handling assessments
  the same way for years, Ensign!"
Ro: "And I found a better way."
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "Do you mind if we discuss changes in procedure before you make them?"
Ro: "If I had to come to you in advance and ask you to do it my way--"
Riker: "I might have said--"
Ro: "No."
Riker: "Yes, maybe."
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "The point is that I didn't get the chance."
Ro: "'The point is', with all due respect, Commander, you are trying to turn me
  into your idea of the model officer."
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "The rules on this ship do not change just because Ro Laran decides they
  do."
--Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "One Sumerian Sunset, made in the traditional style."
--Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "It's beautiful."
Data: "I hope you enjoy it."  [Flash]  "I hope you enjoy it."
--Troi and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "What happened?"
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

LaForge: "What the hell?"
--LaForge, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "I don't know who any of you are."
Picard: "Neither do I.  I don't...I don't even remember who I am."
--Riker and Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

LaForge: "Looks like we're all in the same boat."
Riker: "Make that 'the same starship'."
--LaForge and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Well, it looks like I'm the pilot."
--Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "This console is tactical configuration."
Worf: "Yes, phaser power status, intruder scan, torpedo guidance."
--Riker and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "A good chance, this is our ship.  Looks like you're the leader."
Worf: "Perhaps we should not jump to conclusions.  *I* am decorated as well."
--Riker and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "The remains of another ship."
LaForge: "It's a good possibility."
Worf: "Or perhaps, we were engaged in battle.""
--Riker, LaForge, and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Um, Computer, status report."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "That rules out our distress signal."
Riker: "If we even knew where to send it."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "This ship must have a crew."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "Bridge to all personnel, select a representative from your group to
  contact the Bridge and report on your status.  Remain where you are, and stay
  calm.  Bridge out."
Kristin: "Well that helps a lot."
--Worf and Kristin, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Kristin: "This hurts."
--Kristin, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Beverly: "At least I have an idea of what I'm doing here."
Kristin: "But, what about me?  I mean I'm a patient in a bathing suit.  That 
  doesn't say much."
Beverly: "No it doesn't."
--Beverly and Kristin, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Kristin: "Do you have any clothes around here I could borrow?  At least until I
  figure out where the swimming pool is?"
--Kristin, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "There are over a thousand people onboard."
--Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "I've just completed a survey of our tactical systems.  We are equipped
  with ten phaser banks, two hundred and fifty photon torpedoes, and a high-
  capacity shield grid."
MacDuff: "We're a battleship."
Worf: "Yes, it appears so."
--Worf and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "We should start with the most crucial areas first."
Ro: "Main Engineering, Deck Thirty Six, I'm on my way."
Riker: "Whoa, wait a minute.  We've got to coordinate our efforts here first."
Ro: "I just need to *do* something."
Riker: "Look, I feel the same way, we all do, but if anything's going to get
  done..."
Ro: "I know, I just...it's really an ugly feeling I don't like being so out of
  control."
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "We're going to search the ship."
Worf: "Very well, *proceed*."
--Riker and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "It'd be nice if we all had names."
--Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "As soon as the ship is operational, we must make it combat-ready."
Picard: "Well, I would recommend that before we prepare for combat we try to
  access the ship's logs, find out who we are, what our purpose here might be."
Worf: "Well I disagree.  We must first make ourselves ready for battle.  *That* is
  the highest priority."
--Worf and Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "Now we are ready."
Picard: "Question is, for what?"
--Worf and Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "The phasers are operational."
Worf: "We now have full tactical control."
--MacDuff and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "We should run a full diagnostic on all command systems."
Worf: "A 'full diagnostic' would require us to take our systems offline.  We
  would be defenseless."
Picard: "If we're going to trust *our* lives to these systems, we should be
  certain that they're not going to fail."
--Picard and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "What have you found, Doctor?"
Beverly: "Not much.  The brain scans I've run are unusual, but there's no
  damage to the hypocampus.  That suggests that we still have our long-term
  memories, but somehow they're being blocked."
Picard: "Is it possible to bypass these normal pathways, to get at these
  memories some other way?"
Beverly: "That's what I'm hoping.  What I need now is to see some normal brain
  scans for a comparison.  Is there any chance I can get the crew's medical
  files?"
Worf: "No, we are currently running a full diagnostic.  Computer resources are
  limited."
Picard: "The medical records are our next priority."
Beverly: "Thank you."
--Worf, Beverly, and Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Well, that's it for the living quarters on this deck.  What's next?"
Riker: "There's a large room up ahead called Ten Forward."
Ro: "Let's go."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "So if everything were back to the way it was supposed to be, what do you
  think you'd be doing now?"
Riker: "I'd be having more fun than searching this ship, I'd imagine."
Ro: "Fun."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "Well, with that Holodeck we just saw.  I think I could conjure up an
  interesting program or two."
Ro: "Now that's disappointing."
Riker: "Why?"
Ro: "You don't strike me as a man who needs a Holodeck to have a good time."
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "Have you found out anything that might give us some insight into what
  happened?"
Troi: "Not specifically, but there are two things that seem unusual.  The
  bartender is an artificial lifeform."
Data: "Can I get you something?  A beverage?"
Riker: "No, thank you."
Ro: "No, I'm fine."
--Riker, Troi, Data, and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "Your memories are gone as well?"
Data: "The databanks that identify who I am...are not functioning."
--Riker and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "You're going to mention something else?"
Troi: "I don't know if it means anything, but I seem to have an ability that the
  others don't.  I have a very strong sense of what other people are feeling.
  At times, it's...almost..."
Riker: "Is something wrong?"
Troi: "No.  Just for a moment, you seemed familiar."
Riker: "You remember me?"
Troi: "Not exactly, I, I mean I don't know who you are, but...there's something
  about you."
--Riker and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Computer: "Commanding Officer, Captain Jean-Luc Picard.  Executive Officer,
  Commander Keiran MacDuff.  Second Officer, Commander William Riker.
  Operations Officer, Lieutenant Commander Data.  Chief Medical Officer, Doctor
  Beverly Crusher.  Ship's Counselor, Lieutenant Commander Deanna Troi.  Chief
  Engineer, Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge.  Security Chief, Lieutenant
  Worf.  Helm Officer, Ensign Ro Laran."
--Computer Voice, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Commander...MacDuff, have the other officers listed here report to the
  Bridge."
MacDuff: "Aye, sir."
--Picard and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Your next priority will be to retrieve any information you can about
  this ship's mission.  Contact the Operations Officer to assist you."
LaForge: "Aye, sir."
Ro: "He's in Ten Forward, waiting tables."
--Picard, LaForge, and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "Captain...I regret my recent behavior.  I assumed an attitude of
  authority that was...unwarranted."
Picard: "Mister Worf, we're all doing the best we can in a difficult situation.
  Think nothing more of it."
Worf: "Thank you, Captain."
--Worf and Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "This vessel is called the 'Enterprise'.  We are part of an organization
  called 'The United Federation Of Planets'."
--Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "Our choice is clear."
--Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "These are your quarters."
Troi: "Thanks for your help.  Come in for a minute?"
--Riker and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "Nothing feels right.  This room, this ship, most of all, this war we're
  fighting."
Riker: "I don't imagine war ever feels right."
--Troi and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "What is it?"
Troi: "That same feeling.  *You* seem familiar, you're the only thing that
  does."
Riker: "Can you remember anything specific about us?"
Troi: "I don't know...  It's, it's more like remembering an emotion, feelings
  that you're somehow associated with."
Riker: "I hope they're good feelings."
Troi: "Yes they are."
--Riker and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "This entire situation is a little bit unnerving."
Riker: "It's been a long day, we've all been through a lot."
Troi: "We certainly have."
--Troi and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Hi."
Riker: "I know I didn't get the wrong room."
Ro: "I just didn't like the way my quarters were decorated.  Besides, I have
  this funny feeling that maybe I spend most of my off hours here."
Riker: "Really."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "For all we know, you and I could be married."
Riker: "'For all we know', you and I could hate each other."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Sort of exciting, isn't it?  You just don't know?"
--Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "We might regret this."
Ro: "Regret *what*?  Aren't you being a little presumptuous?"
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Like I said, I just didn't like the way my quarters were decorated."
Riker: "Then maybe we should switch quarters."
Ro: "Maybe we should stay right here and see what happens."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "What if I snore in my sleep?"
Ro: "What makes you think you're going to *get* any sleep?"
--Riker and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Evasive Manuever Sequence Delta."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Tactical analysis, Mister Data."
Data: "The destroyer has minimal shields.  Their disrupter capacity appears to
  be only two-point-one megajules."
Riker: "They're no match for the Enterprise."
--Picard, Data, and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Return fire."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "Well done, Captain."
--Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Doctor, the success of this mission would be much more *likely* if we
  could get our memories back."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Proceed."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

LaForge: "You must have been one hell of a bartender."
--LaForge, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

LaForge: "Well it's too bad there aren't more of you around.  We could certainly
  use the help."
Data: "Yes."
--LaForge and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

LaForge: "I wonder why you're the only one on board?"
Data: "I have expended considerable thought with respect to my apparent
  uniqueness among the crew."
LaForge: "Any conclusions?"
Data: "Several possibilities suggest themselves.  I may represent an entire
  *race* of artificial lifeforms.  If so there may be a home planet for others
  of my kind, a shared history and a culture of which I am not presently aware."
--LaForge and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2
  
LaForge: "Then again, you could've been built just for this ship."
Data: "I have considered that possibility as well.  It may also be the case that
  every starship in the Federation is equipped with an artificial lifeform such
  as myself."
LaForge: "Hmm.  If that's true, maybe you all look alike.  A standard-issue
  android, hard to construct, so only one allowed per vessel."
Data: "Hmm."
--LaForge and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "There is another possibility.  Perhaps my origin is unique.  In that case
  I am alone."
--Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "I'm restless.  Mind if I visit for a while?"
Riker: "Please."
--Troi and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "What's wrong?"
Troi: "Everything.  Every time I think about this war, our mission, I feel a
  sense of panic like a hand is closing around my throat."
Riker: "You're never going to feel good about this war, none of us will.  But
  we've got to complete our mission."
--Riker and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "I've been doing a little research.  Trying to find out more about
  William T. Riker."
Troi: "What have you discovered?"
Riker: "He's a musician, for one thing."  [Plays trombone]
Troi: "Very impressive."
Riker: "No one was more surprised than I."
--Riker and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "So what else has your research uncovered about William Riker?"
Riker: "Exactly medically inclined, loves to climb mountains, is from somewhere
  called 'Alaska', enjoys exotic food, and takes his vacations on a planet
  called 'Risa'."
--Troi and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "_Ode To Psyche_ by John Keats."
Riker: "Open it."
Troi: "'To Will.  All my love, Deanna.'"
Riker: "That may explain some of the familiar feelings we have."
--Troi and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "I don't know what to think."
--Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Counselor?"
Troi: "Ensign."
--Ro and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Am I interrupting anything?"
Riker and Troi: "No."
--Ro, Riker, and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "I was just visiting, uh...  We'll talk again soon, Commander."
Riker: "Of course.  Thank you, Counselor."
Ro: "Bye."
--Troi, Riker, and Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "And what was all of that about?"
Riker: "Oh, we were just discussing the...situation we're all in."
Ro: "Mmm, good.  Because I have a feeling that I used to be the jealous type."
--Ro and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Doctor, is it absolutely necessary to see the medical files to attempt
  treatment?"
Beverly: "It would be *dangerous* to do without them."
Riker: "It's a risk I think we have to take."
MacDuff: "He's right, Captain.  I volunteer for the procedure."
--Picard, Beverly, Riker, and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Beverly: "We're lucky we didn't lose you."
--Beverly, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Beverly: "Do you remember anything more about yourself?"
MacDuff: "No, I'm sorry, Doctor."
Beverly: "Back to square one."
--Beverly and MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "I find myself having grave concerns about our mission."
MacDuff: "'Concerns' as, as to its success?"
Picard: "No, no, no, more fundamental doubts.  Whether or not it can be
  *justified*."
MacDuff: "I have been asking myself the same thing.  I'm sure our superiors feel
  their orders are justified."
Picard: "Orders we can't even *verify*."
MacDuff: "Orders we can't *ignore*."
--Picard and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "But I can't also ignore that we greatly outclassed the *one* enemy
  vessel we encountered.  And every single possible shred of information which
  might shed some light on this situation has been conveniently eliminated!  I
  feel...as though I have been handed a weapon, sent into a room, and told to
  shoot a stranger.  Well I need some moral context to jusify that action."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "I'm not content simply to obey orders."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "I need to know that what I am doing is *right*."
MacDuff: "So do I.  I'd feel a lot better if all the questions were answered.
  And if you want to abandon our mission until our memories return that's your
  choice, but I must ask you...is it right to risk prolonging this war?  To
  allow the needless deaths of thousands on both sides...solely on the basis of
  our moral discomfort?"
--Picard and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "Memory or no, it seems clear that you and I were born for battle...
  more so than the others."
Worf: "I thought this as well."
MacDuff: "It's conceivable that that is the very reason why we have been
  assigned to this vessel."
--Commander MacDuff and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "The Enterprise has science officers, medical specialists, engineers.
  Our captain is undoubtedly an *accomplished* diplomat.  But we...we are the
  warriors.  There are times for diplomacy, this is not one of them."
--Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "You are concerned about the captain."
MacDuff: "I am concerned about completing our mission and ending this war...in
  victory."
--Worf and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "We may soon face a critical moment.  The success of our mission may
  hang on a split-second decision.  Hesitation would kill us all.  I know that
  they're counting on us would surely die as well.  We cannot let this happen.
  That'll be all."
--Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "We are entering the Lysian system, sir."
--Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Red alert, battle stations."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Bring us to an attack posture, Mister Worf."
Worf: "Aye, sir."
--Picard and Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Tactical analysis, Mister Data."
Data: "The pods are equipped with fusion-generated pulse lasers and minimal
  shielding."
Riker: "Not much power there."
--Picard, Data, and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Take us straight through."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Data: "We are through the perimeter, sir."
Riker: "That was too easy."
--Data and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Worf: "We have yet to encounter any battleships.  They may lie ahead."
--Worf, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "Approaching Central Command."
Picard: "Mister Data, scan for defenses."
Data: "I am picking up no vessels, no additional sentry pods."
--Commander MacDuff, Picard, and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "Phaser banks ready, loading torpedoes."
--Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "What are the defensive capabilities of the Central Command?"
Data: "Armaments consist of four laser cannons and thirty nine cobalt-fusion
  warheads with magnetic propulsion.  Defensive shield output is four point
  three kilojules."
Riker: "One photon torpedo ought to do it."
--Picard, Data, and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Troi: "Data, how many people on that station?"
Data: "Fifteen thousand, three hundred eleven."
--Troi and Data, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "We're within range, Captain."
Picard: "Standby."
MacDuff: "Waiting on your orders, sir."
Troi: "Captain, this isn't right."
MacDuff: "The rest of our forces are depending on us."
--Commander MacDuff, Picard, and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "How could our mortal enemy be over one-hundred years behind us in
  weapons technology?"
--Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

MacDuff: "Their battleships will be on their way right now.  We must attack!"
--Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "I do not fire on defenseless people."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Mister Worf, open a channel to the Lysians."
MacDuff: "Delay that order!  There's something wrong with the captain, I'm
  taking command of this vessel!  Fire all weapons!"
--Picard and Commander MacDuff, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental.  We are on a course to Starbase 301.
  Doctor Crusher has been working steadily, and has restored the memories of
  most of the crew."
--Picard, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Picard: "One photon torpedo would've ended their war."
Riker: "It almost did."
--Picard and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "I hope I'm not interrupting."
Ro and Troi: "No."
--Riker, Ro, and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: [To Riker] "I was hoping to run into you."
Troi: [To Riker]  "Please, sit down."
Riker: "Well, I'm glad that I ran into the, the two of you.  When you have no
  memory of who you are, or who anybody else is, you find yourself in a hairy--"
Ro: "The counselor tells me that at times like that, we might do the things that
  we've always wanted to do."
Riker: "She said that?"
Troi: "It's psychologically valid."
--Ro, Troi, and Riker, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Ro: "Commander, don't worry about it.  But as far as I'm concerned, you and I
  have shared something that we will treasure forever."
--Ro, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Riker: "Well, I'm a little confused."
Troi: "Well, if you're still confused tomorrow, you know where my office is."
--Riker and Troi, "Conundrum", Stardate 45494.2

Hugh: "Locutus..."
Picard:	"Yes, I am Locutus of Borg."
--Hugh and Picard, "I, Borg", Stardate 45

Hugh: "Why are you here?"
Picard:	"This is a primitive culture.  I am here to facilitate its
  incorporation.  Identify yourself."
Hugh: "Hugh."
Picard:	"Identify yourself!"
Hugh: "We are Hugh."
Picard: "This is not a Borg identification."
Hugh: "Third Of Five."
--Hugh and Picard, "I, Borg", Stardate 45

Picard: "This culture will be assimiliated."
Hugh: "They do not wish it."
Picard: "Irrelevant."
Hugh: "They will resist us.
Picard: "Resistance is futile.
Hugh: "Resistance is *not* futile.  Some have escaped."
Picard:	"They will be found.  It is inevitable.  All will be assimilated.".
Hugh: "Must Geordi be assimilated?"
Picard: "Yes."
Hugh: "He does not wish it.  He would rather die than be assimilated."
Picard: "Then he will die."
Hugh: "No, Geordi must not die.  Geordi is a friend."
--Picard and Hugh, "I, Borg", Stardate 45

Picard: "You will assist us to assimilate this vessel.  You are Borg.  You will
  assist us."
Hugh: "I will not."
Picard: "What did you say?"
Hugh: "I will not assist you."
Picard: "I"? 
Hugh: "Geordi must not be assimiliated."
Picard: "But you are Borg."
Hugh: "No.  I am Hugh."
--Picard and Hugh, "I, Borg", Stardate 45
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