Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)
One Small Step (1999)
Jeri Ryan: Seven of Nine
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Quotes
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Seven of Nine : I did not know this individual. Had I encountered him while I was a Borg, I would have found his technology unworthy of assimilation, but we are more alike than one might think. In a sense, his desire to explore was not unlike a quest for perfection. His contribution helped secure humanity's future, and in some ways, my own.
[she places her hand on Kelly's coffin]
Seven of Nine : [softly] The Yankees... in six games.
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Chakotay : Do you remember what you wanted to be before you were assimilated?
Seven of Nine : I was assimilated when I was a child.
Chakotay : I knew I wanted to be a paleontologist when I was six.
Seven of Nine : [hesitates, then sighs] A ballerina.
Chakotay : [smiles] Maybe it's not too late.
Seven of Nine : It was a juvenile fantasy.
Chakotay : Those are the ones that stick with you.
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[Seven makes improvements to the computer core, which seem to affect secondary systems on the ship]
Seven of Nine : I've explained the value of these enhancements on several occasions, but Lieutenant Torres chose to ignore me. I thought a demonstration would be more persuasive.
Chakotay : Well, I doubt this one's going to change her mind.
Seven of Nine : Clearly, Voyager is not yet ready for assimilation.
[Chakotay gives her a funny look]
Seven of Nine : A joke. The Doctor suggested that I defuse tense situations with humor.
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[Seven, Chakotay and Paris are trapped inside an anomaly while searching for a ship of 300 years old]
Chakotay : I made a mistake. I put the mission at risk.
Seven of Nine : You put our lives at risk!
Chakotay : Well, we don't make it out, someone's bound to come looking for us in a few hundred years.
[Seven gives him a funny look]
Chakotay : Defusing a tense situation with humor. Remember?
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Seven of Nine : Searching for the command module seems more sentimental than scientific.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Well, I can't argue with that. If scientific knowledge was all we were after, then the Federation would have built a fleet of probes, not starships. Exploration is about seeing things with your own eyes. In this case, we're exploring the past.
Seven of Nine : How will retrieving this artifact enhance your appreciation of history?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : By making us part of it. In the same way that excavating the obelisks of ancient Vulcan or finding the Shroud of Kahless made those explorers part of their history.
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Seven of Nine : [in the module] There's an active data file. It appears to contain log entries.
Chakotay : [badly injured, in the Delta Flyer] Can you play them for us?
Seven of Nine : I believe so.
Chakotay : Consider it my last request.
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Captain Kathryn Janeway : As a Borg, you didn't study the past - you ingested it. You've never really developed an appreciation for humanity's history. Maybe this is an opportunity for you to do some exploring of your own.
Seven of Nine : Are you ordering me to join this mission?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Let's just say, I'm encouraging you to volunteer.
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Chakotay : Remember, when you set foot in that module, you'll be stepping into history.
Seven of Nine : History is irrelevant.
Chakotay : Irrelevant? Do me a favor - when you're over there, download whatever you can from their database; and, also, take a minute to look around, so you can tell us what it was like.
Seven of Nine : There may not be time... but I'll try.
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The Doctor : [about his first away mission] I left my footprints in the magnesite dust and thought, "One small step for a hologram, one giant leap for mankind."
Seven of Nine : To coin a phrase.
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Chakotay : This anomaly is as old as anything we've ever encountered. I could spend a lifetime studying the things it's collected.
Seven of Nine : And leave Voyager without a first officer.
Chakotay : They'd manage.
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Seven of Nine : Are you encouraging me to volunteer again, Captain?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : You read my mind.