Seven of Nine. Resistance is futile.
“Ma’am” is acceptable in a crunch, but I prefer “Captain.”
(Directive promptly ignored for the rest of the series.)
Checkov, Pavel, rank… admiral.
Ah, when secondary scans find life, you have to drop everything. That’s, like, the entire point of the Prime Directive.
Usually people come in, they ask for a song or two, sometimes a night on the town, but I never have to put in a full day.
“But it could only be a particle of pre-animate matter!”
“Then again, it may not! You boys have to be clear on this: There can’t be so much as a microbe, or the show’s off!”
“You’re standing in the way of cosmological history!”
“The cosmos is sixteen billion years old; it can wait another few minutes.”
Is that too much?
It’s an illusion, and so am I.
You are beautiful. More beautiful than any dream of beauty I’ve ever known.
Ever see what she looks like in a bikini? Oh, mamma mia!
“You’re as beautiful as I imagined… And more.”
“So we can throw away the VISOR?”
"…I don’t think so. The price is a little too high for me, and… I don’t like who I’d have to thank.
"Make me the way I was.
“Please…!”
You can live out your life in misery, held here, subject to my whims; or you can live in comfort, with good food and warm clothing — women, as you desire them! — allowed to pursue your studies of philosophy and history.
The question is, can we repair the damage?
I’m giving it all she’s got, Captain!
Relax. Take a couple of deep breaths. You do that, and everything you want will come to you.
DAX: But I cannot sleep in the afternoon.
BASHIR: Just lie down, close your eyes, and try not to think.
SISKO: It usually works for me.
“Captain’s Log, supplemental: it has become clear that everyone aboard the Enterprise has lost an entire day.”
Picard: Captain… do you know what year this is?
Captain Bateman: Of course I do. It’s 2278.
Picard: Perhaps you should beam aboard our ship. There’s something we need to discuss.
I’ve slept in a bed every night, gone to work every day, had time to read the paper, play cards with the boys. I’ve had a life.