Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Rapture (1996)

Avery Brooks: Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko

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Quotes 

• Captain Sisko : Admiral...

  Admiral Whatley : What is it, Ben?

  Captain Sisko : Your son. You can stop worrying about him. He forgives you.

  [walks on] 

  Admiral Whatley : How the hell did he know that Kevin and I weren't getting along?

  Doctor Bashir : He's the Emissary.

• Captain Sisko : When I said that Bajor should wait before it joins the Federation, I have never felt so certain about anything in my life.

  Admiral Whatley : I was afraid you would say that, Ben.

• Captain Sisko : Admiral, for what it's worth, I wish things had turned out differently.

  Admiral Whatley : So do I.

  Captain Sisko : But it's not over. One day, Bajor will join the Federation. That I'm sure of.

  Admiral Whatley : Are you speaking as a Starfleet captain or as the Emissary of the Prophets?

  Captain Sisko : Both.

  Admiral Whatley : In that case I'll keep the champagne on ice.

• Captain Sisko : B'hala. It was the eve of the Peldor Festival. I could hear them ringing the temple chimes.

  Major Kira : You were dreaming.

  Captain Sisko : No. I was there. I could smell the burning bateret leaves, taste the incense on the wind. I was standing in front of the Obelisk, and as I looked up, for one moment, I understood it all. B'hala, the Orbs, the Occupation, the discovery of the wormhole - the coming war with the Dominion.

  Major Kira : You could see the future as well as the past?

  Captain Sisko : For one moment, I could see the pattern that held it all together.

  Major Kira : You were having a pagh'tem'far - a sacred vision!

  Captain Sisko : Well, I don't know what I had. But it felt *wonderful*!

  Major Kira : The Prophets chose well when they made you their Emissary. So how does it all fit together?

  Captain Sisko : I wish I knew...

  Captain Sisko : [playfully]  Someone woke me up!

• Captain Sisko : I remember the first time I held you in my hands. You were only a few minutes old. And I looked down at your face. And it was almost as if I could see your whole life stretched out in front of you - all the joys it would bring, and the bruises - it was all there, hidden in that scrunched up little face. The baby I'm holding in my hands now is the universe itself. And I need time to study its face.

• Captain Sisko : Locusts! They'll destroy Bajor, unless it stands alone!

  Admiral Whatley : Ben, what the hell are you talking about?

  Captain Sisko : It's too soon. Bajor must not join the Federation. If it does, it will be destroyed!

• Captain Sisko : Sometimes being the Emissary isn't such a bad thing.