Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Learning Curve (1995)

Tim Russ: Lt. Tuvok

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• Lieutenant Tuvok : [after the Maquis crew has failed in a battle simulation]  Your first command together was less than successful. You are all dead.

• [Tuvok has reprimanded Crewman Dalby for not acting according to Starfleet protocol] 

  Crewman Kenneth Dalby : I was in the area, I saw a malfunctioning gel pack and I fixed it. What's the problem?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Your repair interrupted a number of ship's functions. That is the problem.

  Crewman Kenneth Dalby : I guess I'm used to doing things a little differently. On our ship, when something went wrong, you fixed it.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : I would remind you, Mr. Dalby, that you are no longer on a Maquis ship.

  Crewman Kenneth Dalby : I'm well aware of that, Lieutenant, and every minute of every day I regret it. I was just trying to do my job, trying to help out. If that goes against Starfleet's almighty rules, then put me in the brig; otherwise, leave me alone!

• Neelix : I feel that my services as morale officer are required.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : I assure you, you are wrong.

  Neelix : Oh, really? Hm... One, no cup of tea; two, no PADD; three, you're sitting on the opposite side from usual. All of that tells me you've got something on your mind, and what tells me that it's making you miserable is that cloud of doom that's rising from you like a ground fog.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : I cannot imagine that there are visible emanations which allow you to interpret my mood. You are making wild assumptions.

• [as an allegory, Neelix shows Tuvok some of his plants, some of which have flexible stems, others rather brittle ones] 

  Lieutenant Tuvok : You're saying that the Maquis crew is rigid and inflexible, that they will never adjust to Starfleet rules?

  Neelix : No, Mr. Vulcan. I'm saying that YOU are rigid and inflexible; but, maybe if you'd learn to bend a little, you might have better luck with your class.

• [last lines] 

  [Tuvok has risked his life to get Gerron out of a cargo bay filled with toxic gas] 

  Crewman Kenneth Dalby : I thought Starfleet rules said that was an unacceptable risk, going back to save him.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : It was; however, I recently realized that there are times when it is desirable to bend the rules.

  Crewman Kenneth Dalby : Lieutenant, if you can learn to bend the rules, I guess we can learn to follow them. C'mon, let's get you two to sickbay.