Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Soldiers of the Empire (1997)

Michael Dorn: Lt. Cmdr. Worf

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• [last lines] 

  Martok : I see you're still wearing the crest of the House of Mogh.

  Worf : Yes. Jadzia calls it a... sentimental gesture.

  Martok : Ah... Perhaps you would consider replacing sentiment with the symbol of a new beginning? The House of Martok would be honored to welcome the son of Mogh into our family, as a warrior - and as a brother.

  [he hands his crest to Worf, who replaces his own with it] 

  Martok , Worf : [both, clasping hands]  Qapla'!

• Lt. Commander Worf : [Martok allowed a Jem'Hadar warship to escape rather than engage them in battle]  It was a prudent decision.

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : To hell with prudence! This isn't a Federation starship. This is a Klingon Bird of Prey. We could've had an easy victory! And in case you haven't noticed this crew could use a victory...

  Lt. Commander Worf : [interrupting]  Enough! You may be my parMach'kai but that does not give you the right...

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : [interrupting right back]  I am an officer on this ship and I am trying to warn my superior that a dangerous situation is developing and that he'd better do something about it.

  Lt. Commander Worf : What do you mean dangerous?

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Take a good look around you, Commander. Maybe it's just me but I think we're in trouble.

  [Worf didn't realise how demoralised the crew were until this moment] 

• Lt. Commander Worf : [to Martok]  May glory and honor follow you on your journey.

• Lt. Commander Worf : I am Worf, son of Mogh. I now take my place as first officer. I serve the captain; but I stand for the crew.

• Lt. Commander Worf : [to the crew]  It is clear to me that none of you are worthy of my blood or my life. But I will stand for you; and together, we will restore honor to this ship and bring glory to the Empire.

• Lt. Commander Worf : I have accepted the crew's battle records, and on their behalf, I pledge you our lives and ask that you lead us as Commander of this ship.

  Martok : I accept your lives into my hands.

• Lt. Commander Worf : You know that I was forced to fight the Jem'Hadar guards in the camp. Each day they would call me to the ring, and each day I would fight. But then there came a day when I... wavered.

  Captain Sisko : You mean you didn't want to go back into the ring?

  Lt. Commander Worf : No, I mean I considered letting them kill me. It seemed like the only way out. Just before I went into the ring, Martok turned to wish me success. And then he saw what I was planning, he saw it in my eyes. It was a moment of tova'dok.

  Captain Sisko : Of what?

  Lt. Commander Worf : There is no Human word for it. It is a moment of... clarity, between two warriors on a field of battle. Much is said without the need for words. In that moment, he knew what was in my mind. Once I realized that he saw my intention to give up I could no longer go through with it. I went back into the ring and fought once more. He had given me his warrior's heart. - Perhaps it is something a Human cannot understand.

• Martok : On the bridge, during the fight, when you dropped your guard - how did you know I would not kill you?

  Lt. Commander Worf : I did not know.

• Martok : Your... actions on the Rotarran - at the time I thought they were disloyal. But I have come to realize that your intention was to remind me of my duty as a soldier of the Empire and as a warrior. For that, I am grateful.

  Lt. Commander Worf : You did the same for me once.