- Krill Ambassador: We will not stop you. But, do not expect up to save you.
- Dr. Claire Finn: I could create a synthetic virus. It wouldn't have to be any stronger than the common cold, and it'd probably be fatal to them. We could disperse it in aerosolized form throughout the ship. They'd have no immunity.
- Lt. Cmdr. Bortus: What about us?
- Dr. Claire Finn: You might get the sniffles.
- Lt. Cmdr. Bortus: I am prepared.
- Capt. Ed Mercer: Isaac, analysis of that star cluster.
- Isaac: An OB association, approximately two million years old. 78 blue giant stars, along with several dozen F, G, and K stars in later stages of evolution.
- Ensign Charly Burke: Reminds me of Vegas.
- Admiral Christie: Any life signs?
- Isaac: I am detecting 347 habitable planets, but so far, no indications of intelligent life.
- Lt. Gordon Malloy: Wow, it really is Vegas.