Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

The Ship (1996)

Avery Brooks: Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko

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• Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : It may sound cruel; but we both know, that ship out there was worth it. Those five deaths may save five thousand lives, or maybe even five million.

  Captain Sisko : And if I had to make the same trade all over again, I would. But five people are dead - fine men and women, who deserved a lot more than to die on some lonely planet, 50,000 light years away from home!

• [Sisko and Dax are discussing the five dead] 

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : [of Rooney]  You know something else I remember about him? How *proud* he was to wear his uniform. And how proud he was to serve under you. The same as Hoya, T'Lor, Bertram, and Muñiz. They chose a life in Starfleet. They knew the risks. And they died fighting for something that they believed in.

  Captain Sisko : That doesn't make it any easier.

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Maybe nothing should.

• Kilana : Do you have any gods, Captain Sisko?

  Captain Sisko : There are things I believe in.

  Kilana : Duty? Starfleet, the Federation? You must be pleased with yourself. You have this ship to take back to them. I hope it was worth it.

  Captain Sisko : So do I.

• Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : [Sisko has just broken up a fight between Worf and O'Brien]  Tough guys. A little pressure and they buckle.

  Captain Sisko : [turns to her]  Dax, maybe you haven't noticed, but no one's laughing.

• Captain Sisko : And you, Mr. Muñiz - your orders are... to stay alive.

• Kilana : It seems we're approaching an impasse.

  Captain Sisko : We've already arrived.

• Captain Sisko : How're you doing, Muñiz?

  Muñiz : We seem to be having a difference of opinion on that one, sir.

• Captain Sisko : [about the Jem'Hadar ship]  Can we use the runabout's tractor beam to haul this thing into orbit? This would be the greatest intelligence find in the last ten years. We're not going to leave it here to rot. What d'you say, Chief?

  Chief O'Brien : Well, we're not gonna haul it out with a runabout.

  Captain Sisko : Then we need something with a little more muscle.

• Captain Sisko : If you think I'm going to deliver my people into your hands without a fight, then this really must be your first mission.

• Captain Sisko : I've got to get this ship back to the station, old man. Five people have died on this mission. I want to be able to tell their families why.

• Captain Sisko : The Vorta doesn't want the ship; she wants something aboard it.

  Chief O'Brien : Any idea what?

  Captain Sisko : It could be anything - encoding device, guidance system...

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Maybe she lost an earring.

• Captain Sisko : They're giving us all medals.

  Lieutenant Commander Dax : I'll add it to my collection.