Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Workforce (2001)

Robert Beltran: Cmdr. Chakotay

Quotes 

• The Doctor : [to Chakotay]  I assumed *I'd* be in charge during your absence, Commander!

  Harry Kim : 'scuse me?

  The Doctor : [to Kim]  An Emergency Command Hologram, programmed with over two million tactical subroutines, outranks an ensign.

  Harry Kim : A few words to the computer, and this ensign can delete those subroutines.

  The Doctor : Then you'd be depriving yourself of a skilled leader for the sake of your ego.

  Harry Kim : Hah, *my* ego?

  Chakotay : Gentlemen! Work it out.

  The Doctor , Harry Kim : Aye, sir.

• [Chakotay has been surgically altered to look like an alien] 

  Neelix : I still say you should've posed as a Talaxian. We'd have made a striking pair.

  Chakotay : Whiskers make me itch.

• The Doctor : I've repaired the deuterium injectors, brought secondary propulsion back online, and soothed Ensign Kim's upset tummy.

  Chakotay : Good work.

• [Neelix reports his findings] 

  Chakotay : Let me guess: They really love their jobs.

  Neelix : It's like they've all been programmed to be happy here.

  Chakotay : It's a safe bet they're not going to leave willingly.

• The Doctor : We're trying to find our friends.

  Quarren Ambassador : Most of your friends have excellent positions in the Central Power Facility in the capitol. Why would any of them want to travel thousands of light-years to a planet on the other side of the galaxy when they have safe, comfortable lives right here?

  Chakotay : Because it isn't their home.

  Quarren Ambassador : I suggest you look elsewhere to increase your labor supply.