Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Empok Nor (1997)

Andrew Robinson: Garak

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• Chief O'Brien : What's the matter?

  Garak : Well, it's just that... Lately I've noticed everyone seems to trust me. It's quite unnerving, I'm still trying to get used to it. Next thing I know, people are going to be inviting me to their homes for dinner.

  Chief O'Brien : Well, if it makes you feel any better, I promise I will never have you over.

  Garak : I appreciate that, Chief.

• Garak : Asking a Ferengi to play a Cardassian game is like asking a Klingon to chew with his mouth closed.

• Garak : [referring to kotra]  I can't help thinking what a perfect metaphor this game is for our present situation. Hm? Two players, two minds, two strategies, each trying to outmaneuver the other, testing the enemy's defenses - advancing, retreating. The only difference is that in the game *we're* playing, the stakes are life and death. Which makes it so much more interesting. I haven't had this much fun in years!

• Garak : You're a killer, admit it. We both are. Behind your Federation mask of decency and benevolence you're a predator, just like me.

  Chief O'Brien : No... I'm nothing like you.

• Pechetti : [about Cardassian soldiers]  "Death to all." That was their motto.

  Garak : Three simple words. And they certainly sum up their credo nicely.

• Chief O'Brien : Julian tells me the blast broke a couple of your ribs.

  Garak : Well, it could have been worse. If I had been any closer to that phaser it would have killed me.

  Chief O'Brien : Don't take this the wrong way but... that was the plan.

• Chief O'Brien : So what did Captain Sisko do to persuade you to come along?

  Garak : How do you know I didn't volunteer?

• [O'Brien intends to dock the Runabout on the upper pylon] 

  Nog : Won't the airlock have booby traps?

  Garak : Oh, you can count on it. And someone's going to have to disarm them before we dock.

  Nog : I volunteer, sir!

  Garak : The scanner in the airlock might mistake your enthusiasm as Cardassian, but not your DNA.

• [Garak challenges O'Brien to a game of kotra, a Cardassian strategy game, appealing to O'Brien's experience as a former soldier] 

  Chief O'Brien : I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.

  Garak : I see. So when you and Dr. Bashir go into the holosuites for hours at a time, you're just repairing them?

• Chief O'Brien : [referring to Garak]  If he thinks he can neutralize the Cardassians, let him try. He'd be doing us all a favor.

  Garak : That's the spirit. Why don't you come with me, Chief? Kill a few "Cardies"? It'll be like old times.

• Garak : What is it, Chief?

  Chief O'Brien : You look different.

  Garak : How so?

  Chief O'Brien : That's not the face of a tailor.

  Garak : I'm not a tailor... Not for the moment anyway.

• Nog : How did you get in here? Both doors are secure.

  Garak : Secure is such a relative term, wouldn't you agree?

• Amaro : [on the death of Boq'ta]  He asked me to get a coil spanner for him. I just turned my back for a second...

  Garak : That's a shame... And the worst part of it is - this isn't a coil spanner...

• Garak : This is the most exciting game I've played in years.

  Chief O'Brien : It's not a game!

  Garak : Oh, but it is. And the best thing about it is that it brings out the player's true nature.

• Garak : You have no idea how hard it is to keep from pulling this trigger.

• Garak : Maybe it's true. Maybe you're not a soldier anymore.

  O'Brien : You're right. I'm an engineer.

  [He triggers the phaser he set to explode, knocking Garak out]