Star Trek Generations Movie Quotes
Kirk
Captain of the Enterprise, huh?
Picard
That's right.
Kirk
Close to retirement?
Picard
I'm not planning on it.
Kirk
Well let me tell you something. Don't! Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do *anything* that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
Picard
Come back with me. Help me stop Soran. Help make a difference again!
Kirk
Who am I to argue with the captain of the Enterprise? What's the name of that planet? Veridian III?
Picard
That's right.
Kirk
I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim?
Picard
You could say that.
Kirk
You know if Spock were here, he'd say I was an irrational, illogical human being for going on a mission like that.
[pause]
Kirk
Sounds like fun!
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Kirk
Did we do it? Did we make a difference?
Picard
Oh, yes. We made a difference. Thank you.
Kirk
Least I could do for the captain of the Enterprise.
[last words]
Kirk
It was... fun. Oh, my...
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Riker
I'm going to miss this ship; she went before her time.
Picard
Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe than time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important how we lived. After all, Number One, we're only mortal.
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[Data finds a drink unpleasant - for the first time ever]
Data
I hate this! It is revolting!
Guinan
More?
Data
Please!
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Picard
[to Troi]
Recently, I've become aware that there are fewer days ahead than there are behind. But I took some comfort that the family would go on, but now there'll be no more Picards.
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Kirk
[to Sulu's daughter, Demora]
Congratulations, Ensign. It wouldn't be the Enterprise without a Sulu at the helm.
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Dr. Soran
They say time is the fire in which we burn. Right now, Captain, my time is running out. We leave so many things unfinished in our lives.
[softly]
Dr. Soran
I know you understand.
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Data
[using profanity for the first time]
Oh, shit.
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Dr. Soran
Have you ever considered a prosthesis that would make you look a little more... how can I say... more normal?
Geordi
What's normal?
Dr. Soran
"What's normal?" Well, that's a good question. Normal is what everyone else is and you are not.
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Chekov
I was never that young.
Kirk
No, you were younger.
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[Kirk is invited to give a command to the new Enterprise-B]
Kirk
Take us out.
Chekov
Very good, sir.
Scotty
Brought a tear to my eye.
Kirk
Oh, be quiet.
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[Data has found his cat Spot safe and alive in the Enterprise wreckage]
Data
[happily]
Spot!
[Data cradles Spot, and begins crying]
Troi
Data? Are you all right?
Data
[tears streaming]
I am happy to see Spot, yet I am crying! Perhaps the chip is malfunctioning.
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Picard
What you're about to do, Soran, is no different from when the Borg destroyed your world. They killed millions too. Including your wife, your children.
Dr. Soran
[smiles, sighs]
Nice try. You know there was a time that I wouldn't hurt a fly. Then the Borg came, and they showed me that if there is one constant in this whole universe, it's death. Afterwards, I began to realize that it didn't really matter. We're all going to die sometime. It's just a question of how and when. You will too, Captain. Aren't you beginning to feel time gaining on you?
[enters control room of missile launcher]
Dr. Soran
It's like a predator; it's stalking you. Oh, you can try and outrun it with doctors, medicines, new technologies. But in the end, time is going to hunt you down... and make the kill.
Picard
It's our mortality that defines us, Soran. It's part of the truth of our existence.
Dr. Soran
What if I told you I found a new truth?
Picard
The Nexus?
Dr. Soran
Time has no meaning there. The predator has no teeth.
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[Data, with his new emotion chip installed, is told to scan for lifeforms]
Data
I would be happy to, sir. I just *love* scanning for lifeforms!
[sings]
Data
Lifeforms! You tiny little lifeforms! You precious little lifeforms! Where are you?
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Picard
Mr. Worf, I always knew this day would come. Are you prepared to face the charges?
Troi
Answer him.
Worf
I am prepared.
Riker
[unfurling an old-school scroll]
"We, the officers and crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, being of sound mind and judgment, hereby make the following charges against Lieutenant Worf. One, that he did knowingly and willfully perform above and beyond the call of duty on countless occasions. Two, most seriously, that he has earned the admiration and respect of the entire crew."
Picard
Mr. Worf, I hereby promote you to the rank of Lieutenant Commander, with all of the rights and privileges thereto. And may God have mercy on your soul.
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Kirk
You say history considers me dead. Who am I to argue with history?
Picard
You're a Starfleet officer. You have a duty!
Kirk
I don't need to be lectured by you. I was out saving the galaxy when your grandfather was in diapers. Besides which, I think the galaxy owes me one.
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Data
[laughs]
I get it! I get it! When you said "The clown can stay, but the Ferengi in the gorilla suit has to go!"
Geordi
Data, what are you talking about?
Data
During the Farpoint mission; we were on the bridge, you told a joke, that was the punchline!
Geordi
The Farpoint mission? Data, that was seven years ago.
Data
I know! I just got it! Very funny!
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[last lines]
Riker
I always thought I'd get a shot at this chair one day.
Picard
Perhaps you still will... somehow I doubt this will be the last ship to carry the name "Enterprise".
[looks at Riker for a beat, then taps his combadge]
Picard
Picard to Farragut, two to beam up.
[the two men demateralize]
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Dr. Soran
[holding Kirk at gunpoint]
Actually, I am familiar with history, Captain. And if I'm not too much mistaken, you're dead.
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[Worf has fallen into the ocean, after Riker ordered the computer to remove the holographic plank]
Picard
Number One, that's *retract* plank, not *remove* plank.
Riker
Of course, sir.
[leans over the side towards Worf]
Riker
Sorry!
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Data
[uses a device in his arm to open a door]
Open sesame! You could say I have a magnetic personality.
[laughs at his joke]
Data
Humor! I love it!
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[Wiping blood off her mouth after Soran strikes her]
B'Etor
I hope, for your sake, that you were initiating a mating ritual.
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Scotty
Finding retirement a little lonely, are we?
Kirk
You know, I'm glad you're an engineer. With tact like that, you'd make a lousy psychiatrist.
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Dr. Soran
Now, if you'll have to excuse me, Captain. I have an appointment with eternity and I don't want to be late.
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Picard
I changed my mind; Captain's prerogative!
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Kirk
Load torpedo bays. Prepare to fire at my command.
Demora
Captain, we don't have any torpedoes.
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[the Duras sisters spy on Geordi]
Lursa
Where is he now?
B'Etor
I don't know? He bathed, now he's roaming the ship. He must be the only engineer in Starfleet who doesn't *go* to *engineering*!
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Geordi
I've never seen a solar probe with this kind of configuration, have you, Data?
Data
[uses tricorder as a hand puppet]
Data
No, Geordi, I have not. Have you?
Data
[to his tricorder]
Data
No, I have not. It is most unusual.
[laughs at his joke]
Data
Mister Tricorder!
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Dr. Soran
Welcome, Captain. You must think I'm quite the madman.
Picard
The thought had crossed my mind.
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Picard
He's James T. Kirk. Don't you read history?
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Kirk
I was like you once, so worried about duty and obligation I couldn't see past my own uniform. And what did it get me? An empty house. Not this time. This time, I'm gonna walk up these stairs, march into that bedroom, and tell Antonia I want to marry her. This time, it's gonna be different.
Kirk
No, it's not. It's better.
Picard
Better?
Kirk
This is my uncle's barn in Idaho. I took this horse out for a ride 11 years ago on a spring day.
[opening the barn door]
Kirk
Like this one. If I'm right, this is the day I met Antonia. This Nexus of yours, very clever. I can start all over again and do things right from day one.
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Picard
You never met my brother and his wife, did you?
Troi
No.
Picard
Robert. So opinionated. So pompous and arrogant. He always had to have the last word. But he-he mellowed a little bit in the last few years. I was going to get together with them all next month on Earth. I thought we'd go to San Francisco. Rene's always wanted to see Starfleet Academy.
Troi
Rene?
[realizing]
Troi
Oh! Your nephew.
Picard
Yes. He's, uh... he's so unlike his father. He's a dreamer, imaginative.
[breaking down into tears]
Picard
He's so very gentle.
Troi
What's happened?
Picard
Robert and Rene, they're... burned to death in a fire.
Troi
I'm sorry.
Picard
It's all right. It's all right. These things happen.
Troi
Captain, it's not all right.
Picard
I can't help thinking about... about all the experiences that Rene's not gonna have, about going to the Academy, reading books and listening to music and falling in love, building a life.
[closing the photo album]
Picard
Well, that's not going to happen now.
Troi
I didn't realize he meant so much to you.
Picard
I'd come to feel that Rene was as close as I would get to having a child of my own.
Troi
Your family history is very important to you, isn't it?
Picard
What? Oh. From being a small child, I can remember being told about the family line. The Picard who fought at Trafalgar. The Picard who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The Picards who settled the first Martian colonies. And when Robert married and he had a son, I...
Troi
You felt it was no longer your responsibility to carry on the family line.
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Picard
Sometimes it takes courage to try, Data. And courage can be an emotion too.
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Chekov
How big is your medical staff?
Harriman
The medical staff?... Doesn't arrive until Tuesday.
Chekov
Udivitel'no!
["Amazing!"]
Chekov
You and you, you've just become nurses. Let's go.
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Picard
[on a holodeck-simulated sailing ship]
Just imagine what it was like. No engines, no computers, just the wind and the sea and the stars to guide you.
Riker
Bad food, brutal discipline. No women.
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Picard
Now, can you project the course of the ribbon?
Data
I believe so.
[Data pinpoints its location near the ribbon's path]
Picard
Now, you said that when the Amargosa star was destroyed, it affected the gravitational forces in this sector. Now, did the computer take that into account when it projected the course of the ribbon?
Data
No, sir. I will make the appropriate adjustments.
Picard
[seeing the ribbon's path change]
That's what Soran's doing. He's changing the course of the ribbon. But why? Why would... why would he try to change its path? Why doesn't he just fly into it with a ship?
Data
Our records show that every ship which has approached the ribbon has either been destroyed or severely damaged.
Picard
He can't get to the ribbon, so he's trying to make the ribbon come to him. Data, does it pass near to any Class-M planets?
Data
Yes, sir. There are two in the Veridian system.
Picard
Well, it gets close to Veridian III, but not close enough. Data, what would happen to the ribbon's course if Soran destroyed the Veridian star itself?
[as Data runs the simulation, the ribbon's path shifts to pass through Veridian III]
Picard
That's where he's going.
Data
It should be noted, sir, that the collapse of the Veridian star would produce a shock wave similar to the one we observed at Amargosa.
Picard
Destroying all the planets in this system.
Data
Veridian III is uninhabited. However, Veridian IV supports a pre-industrial humanoid society.
Picard
Population?
Data
230 million, sir.
Worf
Worf here, sir.
Picard
Set a course for the Veridian system, maximum warp.
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Picard
You don't have to do this, Soran. I'm sure we can find another way of getting you into this Nexus.
Dr. Soran
I've spent 80 years looking for another way. Believe me, this is the only one.
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Picard
The best thing about life at sea, Will, was that no one could reach you. This was freedom, Will.
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[first lines]
[the journalists are all talking at the same time, trying to get their questions in]
Journalist #3
How does it feel to be back on the Enterprise bridge?
Journalist #1
Captain Chekov, what are the most significant changes...
Journalist #3
Captain Kirk, can I ask you a few questions?
Journalist #1
Did you participate in the redesign?
Journalist #3
We'd like to know how you feel about being...
Kirk
I appreciate the...
Harriman
Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. There will be plenty of time for questions later. I'm Captain John Harriman and I'd like to welcome you all aboard.
Kirk
It's our pleasure.
Harriman
I just want you to know how excited we all are to have a group of living legends with us on our maiden voyage. I remember reading about your missions when I was in grade school.
Kirk
Oh, really? Well, may we have a look around?
Harriman
Please. Please.
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Picard's Kid
Papa, help me build my castle.
Picard
Yes, I will in a few minutes.
Picard's Kid
Papa, thank you for the dolly.
[kissing his cheek]
Picard's Kid
She's very beautiful.
Picard
These are my children.
[laughing]
Picard
These are my children.
Guinan
Of course. Time has no meaning here, so you can go back and see them born or go forward and see your grandchildren.
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B'Etor
Ugh! Human females are so repulsive.
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Picard
[to Riker]
If there is one thing I have learned over the years is never underestimate a Klingon.
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Data
According to our current information, the destruction of the Amargosa star has had the following effects in this sector. Gamma emissions have increased by .05%. The Starship Bozeman was forced to make a course correction. Ambient magnetic fields...
Picard
Wait. The Bozeman. Why would it make a course correction?
Data
The destruction of the Amargosa star has altered the gravitational forces throughout this sector. As a result, any ship passing through this region would have to make a minor course correction.
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Lursa
Captain. What an unexpected pleasure.
Picard
Lursa, it is very important that I speak with Soran.
Lursa
I'm afraid the doctor is no longer aboard our ship.
Picard
Then I will beam to his location.
B'Etor
The doctor values his privacy. He would be quite upset if an armed away team interrupted him.
Picard
Then I will beam to your ship and you can transport me to Soran.
Riker
We can't trust them. For all we know, they killed Geordi. They might kill you, too.
Lursa
We did not harm your engineer. He's been our... guest.
Riker
Then return him!
B'Etor
In exchange for what?
Data
Me, sir.
Picard
Me. I will be your prisoner. But first, you must beam me to the surface so that I can speak with Soran.
Lursa
We'll consider it a prisoner exchange.
Picard
Agreed.
[heading to the turbolift]
Picard
Have Dr. Crusher meet me in transporter room 3. You have the bridge, Number One.
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Data
I am sorry I let you down. I have not been behaving like myself lately.
Geordi
No, Data, you haven't. You've been behaving like a human.
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Dr. Soran
[Picard beams down to Veridian III]
I know why you're here. You're not entirely confident you can shoot down my probe, so you've come to dissuade me from my horrific plan. Good luck.
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Riker
Maybe they're not out there.
Picard
They're just trying to decide if a 20-year-old Klingon Bird-of-Prey can be a match for the Federation flagship.
Troi
Perhaps they're on the surface.
Worf
Sir, according to my calculations, a solar probe launched from either the Klingon ship or the planet surface will take 11 seconds to reach the sun. However, since we do not have an exact point of origin, it will take us between eight and fifteen seconds to lock our weapons onto it.
Riker
That's a pretty big margin of error.
Picard
Much too big. Mr. Data, how long before the ribbon arrives?
Data
Approximately 47 minutes, sir.
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Picard
Captain's log, stardate 48650.1. Three Starfleet vessels have arrived in orbit and have begun to beam up the Enterprise survivors. Our casualties were light, but unfortunately, the Enterprise herself cannot be salvaged.
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Data
I cannot continue with this investigation. I wish to be deactivated until Dr. Crusher can remove the emotion chip.
Picard
Are you having some kind of malfunction?
Data
No, sir. I simply do not have the ability to control these emotions.
Picard
Data, I... I have nothing but sympathy for what you are feeling, but right now, I need you to...
Data
Sir, I no longer want these emotions! Deactivating me is the only viable solution.
Picard
Part of having feelings is learning to integrate them into your life, Data, learning to live with them no matter what the circumstances.
Data
Sir, I cannot!
Picard
[firmly]
You will not be deactivated! You're an officer on board this ship, and I require you to perform your duty. That is an order, Commander.
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Guinan
Gentlemen, something new from Forcas III?
Data
I believe this beverage has produced an emotional response.
Geordi
Really? What are you feeling?
Data
I am uncertain. Because I have had little experience with emotion, I am unable to... articulate the sensation.
Guinan
Emotion?
Geordi
I'll explain later.
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Riker
Data, would a defective plasma coil be susceptible to some sort of ionic pulse?
Data
Perhaps. Yes, yes. If we sent a low-level ionic pulse, it might reset the coil and trigger their cloaking device. Excellent idea, sir!
Worf
As their cloak begins to engage, their shields will drop.
Riker
They'll have two seconds of vulnerability. Mr. Data, lock on to plasma coil.
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Picard
Klingon vessel, we know what you're doing, and we will destroy any probe launched toward the Veridian star. We demand that you return our chief engineer and leave this system immediately.
Dr. Soran
There's no time for this. Eliminate them.
B'Etor
That is a Galaxy-class starship. We are no match for them.
Dr. Soran
I think it's time we gave Mr. La Forge his sight back.
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Data
It has been extremely difficult, Counselor.
Troi
Well, then why did you decide not to remove the emotion chip?
Data
At first, I was unprepared for the unpredictable nature of emotions. However, having experienced 261 distinct emotional states, I believe I have learned to control my feelings. They will no longer control me.
Troi
Well, I hope you're successful, Data.
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Geordi
[after Data's "prank" on Beverly]
Whatever possessed you to push her in the water in the first place?
Data
I was attempting to get into the spirit of things. I thought it would be amusing.
[taking his cat off the table]
Data
Spot. Is she still angry?
Geordi
I'd stay out of Sickbay for a couple of days if I were you.
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Geordi
Data, are you all right?
Data
I believe the emotion chip has overloaded my positronic relay.
Geordi
We'd better get you back to the ship.
[tapping his combadge]
Geordi
La Forge to Enterprise.
[getting static, he tries again]
Geordi
La Forge to Enterprise.
Dr. Soran
Gentlemen, is there a problem?
Geordi
Dr. Soran. Yeah. There seems to be some sort of dampening field in here. It's blocking our comm signal. Can you shut it off for us?
Dr. Soran
Of course, I'd be only too happy to.
[he backhands Geordi, knocking him out]
Data
[cowering as Soran aims a weapon at him]
Please. Please. No. Do not... . do not hurt me. Please, please.
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Geordi
Data, you're not thinking about actually using that thing, are you?
Data
I have considered it for many months. And in light of my recent episode with Dr. Crusher, now may be the appropriate time.
Geordi
I thought you were worried about it overloading your neural net.
Data
That is true. However, I believe my growth as an artificial life-form has reached an impasse. For 34 years, I have endeavored to become more human, to grow beyond my original programming. Still, I am unable to grasp such a basic concept as humor. This emotion chip may be the only answer.
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Worf
[searching the Amargosa Observatory]
These blast patterns are consistent with a type-3 disruptor.
Riker
Great. That narrows it down to Romulan, Breen, and Klingon.
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Beverly
[reading about Soran]
He's an El-Aurian. Over 300 years old. He lost his entire family when the Borg destroyed his planet. Soran escaped with a handful of other refugees aboard a ship called the Lakul. That ship was later destroyed by some kind of energy ribbon. But Soran and 46 others were rescued by the Enterprise-B.
Riker
That was the mission where James Kirk was killed.
Beverly
I checked the passenger manifest of the Lakul. Guess who else was on board.
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Journalist #3
This is the first Starship Enterprise in 30 years without James T. Kirk in command. How do you feel about that, sir?
Kirk
Oh, just fine. I'm glad to be here to send her on her way.
Journalist #3
And what have you been doing since you retired?
Kirk
Keeping busy.
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Scotty
[caught in the energy ribbon]
There's just no way to disrupt a gravimetric field of this magnitude.
Lieutenant
Hull integrity at 82%.
Scotty
But I do have a theory.
Kirk
I thought you might.
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Picard
Guinan, can I leave the Nexus?
Guinan
Where would you go?
Picard
I don't understand.
Guinan
Well, as I said, time has no meaning here. So if you leave, you can go anywhere, any time.
Picard
All right, I know exactly where I want to go. To the mountaintop on Veridian III just before Soran destroyed the star. I have to stop him, but I need help. Now, if you were to come back with me, together...
Guinan
I can't leave. I'm there already, remember? But I bet I know someone who can. And from his point of view, he just got here, too.
Picard
[cut to him approaching a cabin in the woods and seeing someone chopping wood]
Kirk. James T. Kirk.
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Worf
We have analyzed the Romulans' tricorder. They were scanning for signature particles of a compound called trilithium.
Riker
Trilithium?
Worf
Yes, an experimental compound the Romulans have been working on. Trilithium is a nuclear inhibitor. In theory, it could stop all fusion within a star. However, the Romulans never found a way to stabilize it.
Riker
Why would they look for it on a Federation observatory? That doesn't make any sense.
Worf
I do not know.
Riker
Have Geordi and Data go over with the next away team. Tell them to scan the observatory for trilithium.
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Riker
We found two dead Romulans on the station. We're analyzing their equipment to see if we can determine what ship they came from.
Picard
And there's still no indication of why they attacked the station?
Riker
They practically tore the place apart. Accessed the central computer, turned the cargo bay inside out. Obviously, they were looking for something.
Picard
This could signify a new Romulan threat in this sector. Inform Starfleet Command.
Riker
You want me to contact Starfleet?
Picard
Is there a problem?
Riker
No, sir. There was something else, Captain. One of the scientists, a Dr. Soran, insisted on speaking with you. I told him you were very busy. He said it was absolutely imperative that he speak with you right away.
Picard
Understood. That'll be all.
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Guinan
Soran is a name I haven't heard for a long time.
Picard
You remember him?
Guinan
Yes.
Picard
Guinan, it is very important that you tell me everything that you know. We think that Soran has developed a weapon, a terrible weapon, one that might even give him enough power to destroy an entire...
Guinan
Soran doesn't care about weapons or power. He just cares about getting back to the Nexus.
Picard
What's the Nexus?
Guinan
The energy ribbon that destroyed that ship was not just some random phenomena traveling through the universe. It's a doorway to another place that we call the Nexus, and it's a place I've tried very, very hard to forget.
Picard
What happened to you?
Guinan
It was like being inside joy. As if joy was something tangible and you could wrap yourself up in it like a blanket, and never in my entire life have I ever been as content.
Picard
And then you were beamed away from there.
Guinan
Pulled. Ripped away. None of us wanted to go, and I would have done anything, *anything*, to get back there. And once I realized that wasn't possible, I learned to live with that.
Picard
What about Soran?
Guinan
If he's still obsessed, he could be a very, very dangerous man.
Picard
Why would he destroy a star? Thank you, Guinan.
Guinan
[he stands and moves to leave]
If you go, you're not gonna care about anything. Not this ship, not Soran, not me. Nothing. All you'll want is to stay in the Nexus, and you're not gonna want to come back.
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Kirk
Scotty, keep things together till I get back.
Scotty
I always do.
Lieutenant
[Minutes Later]
45 seconds to structural collapse!
Kirk
Bridge to Captain Kirk!
Kirk
Kirk here.
Scotty
I don't know how much longer I can hold her together!
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Harriman
Captain Kirk - I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.
Kirk
First - move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise.
Harriman
What about the gravimetric distortions? They'll tear us apart.
Kirk
Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.
Harriman
Helm, close to within transporter range.
Kirk
[to reporter shining a camera light into his face, pushing him away]
Second - turn that damn thing off.
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Data
[Worf accidentally falls into the water during his promotion ceremony]
Doctor, I must confess, I am uncertain as to why someone falling into freezing water is amusing.
Beverly
Oh, it's all in good fun, Data.
Data
Fun?
Beverly
Fun.
Data
I do not understand.
Beverly
You've got to get into the spirit of things. Learn to be spontaneous, live in the moment. Do something unexpected. Get it?
Data
Got it.
[pushing her overboard, he sees no one is laughing]
Geordi
Data!
Data
That was...
Geordi
Not funny.
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Scotty
[on the Enterprise-B]
Damn fine ship if you ask me.
Kirk
Scotty, it absolutely amazes me.
Scotty
And what would that be, sir?
Scotty
Well, like you always say, if something's important, you make the time.
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Lieutenant
[trying to rescue the El-Aurians on the Lakul]
Sir, I'm having trouble locking onto them. They appear to be in some sort of temporal flux.
Scotty
[joining them]
What the hell? Their life signs are phasing in and out of our space-time continuum.
Kirk
Phasing? To where?
Navigator
Sir, their hull's collapsing!
Kirk
Beam them out of there, Scotty!
Scotty
[as the Lakul is destroyed]
Transport complete. I got 47... out of 150.
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Dr. Soran
You got careless. The Romulans came looking for their missing trilithium.
B'Etor
Impossible. We left no survivors on their outpost.
Dr. Soran
They knew it was on the observatory. If the Enterprise hadn't intervened, they would have found it.
Lursa
They didn't find it! And now we have a weapon of unlimited power.
Dr. Soran
No, Lursa, *I* have the weapon, and if you ever want me to give it to you, I would advise you to be a little more careful in the future.
Dr. Soran
[chuckling in amusement]
Without my research, the trilithium is worthless, as are your plans to re-conquer the Klingon Empire.
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Riker
[the Enterprise is fired on]
Mr. Worf, what do we know about that old Klingon ship? Any weaknesses?
Worf
It is a Class-D12 Bird-of-Prey. They were retired from service because of defective plasma coils.
Riker
Plasma coils? Is there any way we can use that to our advantage?
Worf
I do not see how. The plasma coil is part of their cloaking device.
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Geordi
[evacuating Engineering after a coolant leak]
Bridge, we have a new problem. We're five minutes from a warp core breach. There's nothing I can do.
Riker
[on the bridge]
Deanna, evacuate everyone to the saucer section. Mr. Data, prepare to separate the ship.
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Data
According to our information, the ribbon is a conflux of temporal energy which travels through this galaxy every 39.1 years. It will pass through this sector in approximately 42 hours.
Picard
Yes. Guinan was right. She said that Soran was trying to get back to the ribbon. Now, if that's true, there has to be some connection with the Amargosa star. Data, give me a list of anything that was affected by the star's destruction, no matter how insignificant.
[no response]
Picard
Data?
Data
Sorry, sir. It will take the computer a few moments to compile the information.
Picard
Data, are you all right?
Data
No, sir. I am finding it difficult to concentrate. I believe I am overwhelmed with feelings of remorse and regret concerning my actions on the observatory.
Picard
What do you mean?
Data
I wanted to save Geordi, but I experienced something I did not expect. Fear. I was afraid.
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Picard
This isn't right. This can't be real.
Guinan
It's as real as you want it to be.
Picard
Guinan. What's going on? Why am I here?
Guinan
You're in the Nexus.
Picard
This is the Nexus?
Guinan
For you. This is what you wanted.
Picard
But I never had a home like this. Nor a wife and children, but these are all mine. Guinan, what are you doing here? I thought you were on board the Enterprise.
Guinan
I am. I'm also here. Think of me as an echo of the person you know, a part of herself she left behind.
Picard
When the Enterprise-B beamed you up from the Lakul.
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Dr. Soran
[inspecting Geordi's VISOR]
Marvelous technology. This is a remarkable piece of equipment.
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Picard
How long have you been here?
Kirk
I don't know. I was aboard the Enterprise-B in the deflector control room, and...
[handing him the skillet of eggs]
Kirk
Stir these, will you? The bulkhead in front of me disappeared, and then I found myself out there just now chopping wood right before you walked up.
[taking the skillet back]
Kirk
Thanks.
Picard
Look, uh, history records that you died the Enterprise-B from an energy ribbon 80 years ago.
Kirk
You say this is the 24th century?
Picard
Uh-huh.
Kirk
And I'm dead?
Picard
Not exactly. As I said, this is some kind of...
Picard
Picard, Kirk: Temporal nexus.
Kirk
Yes, I heard you.
Picard
I, um...
Kirk
Something is missing.
[bread in a toaster pops up]
Picard
Captain, look, I need your help. I want you to leave the Nexus with me. We have to go back to a planet, Veridian III. We have to stop a man called Soran from destroying a star. Millions of lives are at stake.
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Klingon Helm
We have entered orbit of Veridian III.
Dr. Soran
Prepare to transport me to the surface.
B'Etor
Wait. When do we our payment?
Dr. Soran
[offering a data stick, then retracting it as she snatches at it]
This contains all the information you'll need to make a trilithium weapon.
[she snatches at it again]
Dr. Soran
Hey. It's been coded. Once I'm safely to the surface, I'll transmit the decryption sequence to you.
[she snatches at it yet again]
Dr. Soran
Not before.
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Kirk
Come on in. It's all right; it's my house. At least it used to be. I sold it years ago.
Picard
I'm Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship... Enterprise.
Kirk
The clock.
[going to a clock on a mantelpiece]
Kirk
I gave this clock to Bones.
Picard
I'm from what you would consider the future, the 24th century.
[petting him]
Kirk
Butler. How can you be here? He's been dead seven years.
Antonia
[off-screen]
Come on, Jim. I'm starving. How long are you gonna be rattling around in that kitchen?
Kirk
Antonia. What are you talking about? The future? This is the past. This is nine years ago.
[opening a box and taking out a gold horseshoe]
Kirk
The day I told her I was going back to Starfleet.
[going to the kitchen]
Kirk
These are Ktarian eggs, her favorite. I was preparing them to soften the blow.
Picard
I know how real this must seem to you, but it's not. This isn't really your house. We are, both of us, caught up in some kind of temporal nexus.
Picard
I beg your pardon?
Kirk
Dill weed. In the cabinet, second shelf to the left. Behind the oregano.
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Geordi
What do you want?
Dr. Soran
As you may or may not be aware, I am an El-Aurian. Some people call us a race of listeners. We listen. Right now, Mr. La Forge, you have my complete attention. I want to listen to everything you know about trilithium.
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Riker
A quantum implosion has occurred within the Amargosa star. All nuclear fusion is breaking down.
Picard
How is that possible?
Worf
Sensor records show the observatory launched a solar probe into the sun a few moments ago.
Riker
The star is going to collapse in a matter of minutes.
Worf
Sir, the implosion has produced a level-12 shockwave.
Troi
That'll destroy everything in this system.
Transporter Chief
Transporter room to bridge. I can't locate Commander La Forge or Mr. Data, sir.
Riker
Have they come back to the ship?
Worf
No, sir. They are not on board.
Picard
How long before the shockwave hits the observatory?
Worf
Four minutes, 40 seconds.
Picard
Number One.
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Demora
[trying to rescue two transport ships]
Sir, the starboard vessel's hull is collapsing!
Chekov
[the ship is destroyed]
How many people were on that ship?
Demora
265.
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Chekov
I'd like you to meet the helmsman of the Enterprise-B. Demora.
[Demora steps forward]
Chekov
Ensign Demora Sulu.
Demora
It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. My father's told me some interesting stories about you.
Kirk
Your father is Hikaru Sulu?
Demora
Yes, sir.
Chekov
Oh, you've met her before, but she was...
[he indicates the size of a small child]
Kirk
It wasn't that long ago. It couldn't have been more than...
Chekov
Twelve years, sir.
Kirk
Twelve years?
Chekov
Absolutely.
Kirk
Incredible.
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