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Favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation Classic Quotes

Those are just three of the many memorable quotes featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation -- Classic Quotes , a new book available now from Cider Mill Press. The book includes quotes from all seven seasons of TNG , as well as full-color photos and an introduction by Star Trek author Paul Ruditis. Star Trek: The Next Generation -- Classic Quotes runs 96 pages, measures 6.2 by 6.3 by 0.7 inches and costs $12.95. Click HERE to purchase.

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Last words in Star Trek media

The numerous deaths across all different media in the Star Trek universe have yielded many last words .

• 1.1 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
• 1.2 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
• 1.3 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• 1.4 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
• 1.5 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• 1.6 Star Trek: Generations (1994)
• 1.7 Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
• 1.8 Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
• 1.9 Star Trek Nemesis (2002)
• 1.10 Star Trek (2009)
• 1.11 Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
• 1.12 Star Trek Beyond (2016)
• 2.1 Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969)
• 2.2 Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)
• 2.3 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)
• 2.4 Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)
• 2.5 Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)
• 2.6 Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024)
• 2.7 Star Trek: Picard (2020-2023)
• 2.8 Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

• Who: Klingon Commander of the IKC Amar (Mark Lenard)
• Notes: Character's last words before he and everybody else aboard the Amar is killed by V'Ger's digitization weapon.
• Who: Commander Sonak (John Rashad Kamal)
• Notes: Sonak said it to Kirk moments before he was killed by a transporter malfunction while beaming to the Enterprise.
• Who: Commander Branch (David Gautreax)
• Notes: Character's last words before he and everybody else aboard Epsilon IX is killed by V'Ger's digitization weapon.
• Who: Lieutenant Ilia (Persis Khambatta)
• Notes: Her last words before she is killed by a smaller version of V'Ger's digitization weapon in a later scene. She is later reborn as an android.
• Who: Captain Willard Decker (Stephen Collins)
• Notes: Decker's last words before he is merged with Ilia-probe, and by extension, V'Ger.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

• Who: Peter Preston (Ike Eisenmann)

Notes: Said in response to asking Admiral Kirk if he could die before expiring due to burns he sustained while assisting other engineers, who were evacuating an area that was being sealed by a radiation shield.

• Who: Jedda (John Vargas)

Notes; said when Captain Terrell, who is under mind control from Khan, vaporizes her with his phaser at full power. The shot was aimed at David Markus but he was tackled to the ground so it hit her instead.

• Who: Captain Clark Terrell (Paul Winfield)
• Notes: After saying this, he screams in pain from the Ceti Eel that was in his head. He ends up committing suicide by shooting himself with his phaser which vaporizes him.
• Who: Joachim (Judson Earney Scott)

Notes; Khan's helmsmen on the USS Reliant who had been constantly questioning Khan since he didn't understand his vendetta for revenge. Said to Khan who is cradling him shortly before he dies from injuries sustained when the Reliant's bridge took a direct hit from the Enterprise's cannons. It can be presumed he was trying to see "your superior intellect" which Khan had boasted about through the film although this would be mocking Khan.

• Who: Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban)
• Notes: Admiral Kirk's archenemy who was trapped on Ceti Alpha 5 fifteen years ago. This was said as he dies from injuries sustained when a Photon Torpedo hit the Reliant's bridge for a second time but not before he activates the Genesis Device. The quote, as with many of Khan's lines in the film, was a reference to the Melville novel Moby-Dick . It also was among the last utterances of Captain Ahab in that novel.
• Who: Spock (Leonard Nimoy), before dying of radiation poisoning from the Warp Cells which allowed the Enterprise to escape the Genesis Wave.
• Notes: Spock was later resurrected due to the after effects of the Genesis Device.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

• Who: Merchantman Captain (Paul Sorensen)
• The Merchantman vessel was then destroyed by a Klingon bird of prey.
• Who: Valkris (Cathie Shiriff)
• Valkris was aboard the Merchantman vessel; she transmitted data regarding the Genesis Project to Commander Kruge, and informed him that she had seen it, knowing that this would result in Kruge destroying the Merchantman vessel.
• Who: Captain Esteban (Phillip R. Allen)
• Says this before his ship is destroyed Kruge's Klingon bird of prey ship
• Klingon Bird-of-Prey gunner (Bob Cummings)
• After destroying the USS Grissom , the Klingon gunner says this before being killed by Kruge, because Kruge wanted prisoners.
• Second Klingon Bird-of-Prey gunner (Branscome Richmond)
• Says this in response to Kruge warning him not to repeat his predecessor's mistake. The second gunner is later among the Klingons who beams aboard the Enterprise , and dies when the ship self-destructs.
• Who: Torg (Stephen Liska)
• Torg and a Klingon boarding party boarded the Enterprise , unaware that the ship was set to self-destruct. Kruge hears the computer voice counting down, but is too late to tell them to evacuate, and they are then killed in the resulting explosion.
• Who: Commander Kruge (Christopher Lloyd)
• Kruge and Kirk are engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the Genesis Planet, as it slowly disintegrates around them; Kirk then pushes Kruge off a cliff into a river of lava after saying to him, "I... have had... enough of... you!".

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

• Who: Sybok (Lawrence Luckinbill)
• Notes: Character's last words before being killed by a torpedo fired from the Enterprise -A.
• Who: God of Sha-Ka-Ree (George Murdock)
• Notes: Character's last words before apparently being destroyed by a disruptor blast from the Klingon Bird-of-Prey.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

• Who: Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner)
• Notes: Character's last words, having been mortally wounded by two Starfleet officers in an earlier scene.
• Who: Martia (Iman), disguised as Kirk (William Shatner).
• Notes: Character's last words before she is vaporized by the Rura Penthe commandant.
• Who: General Chang (Christopher Plummer)
• Notes: Character's last words before his ship is destroyed by a barrage of fire from the Enterprise -A and Excelsior . Chang has been quoting Shakespeare at different points throughout the film.
• Who: Colonel West (Rene Auberjonois)
• Notes: Last lines spoken by the character in his introductory scene. West, disguised as a Klingon, is later shot dead by Scotty in the film's climax.

Star Trek: Generations (1994)

• Who: Enterprise-B conn officer (Glenn Morshower)
• Notes: Character's last words being being killed when his console explodes.
• Who: Lursa (Barbara March)
• Notes: Character's last words before the Enterprise -D exploits a weakness in the Duras Sisters' Bird-of-Prey to disable its shields and destroy it with all hands.
• Who: Dr. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell)
• Notes: Character's last words, shouted at Captain Picard. Soran is killed when the launcher explodes as a result of Picard's sabotage.
• Who: Captain Kirk (William Shatner)
• Notes: Character's last words before dying from injuries sustained when the bridge he was on collapsed.

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

• Who: Paul Porter (Eric Steinberg)
• Notes: Character's last words before being attacked and assimilated by the Borg. He, along with the rest of the assimilated Enterprise -E crewmembers, dies when the Borg Queen is destroyed.
• Who: Eiger (Marnie McPhail)
• Notes: Character's last words before being attacked and assimilated by the Borg. She, along with the rest of the assimilated Enterprise -E crewmembers, dies when the Borg Queen is destroyed.
• Who: Ensign who is assimilated by the Borg (Scott Strozier)
• Notes: Captain Picard euthanizes him with a phaser on lethal setting.
• Who: Lieutenant Hawk (Neal McDonough)
• Notes: Character's last words before he, Picard, and Worf detach the deflector dish from the ship. Hawk is assimilated during the operation, and then shot dead by Worf.
• Who: The Borg Queen (Alice Krige)
• Notes: The Borg Queen, thinking she has won, until Data has made the torpedoes miss. She subsequently dies when she falls into a plasma coolant leak, melting her flesh away, after which Picard smashes her mechanical components.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

• Who: Vice Admiral Matthew Dougherty (Anthony Zerbe)
• Notes: Character is trying to talk Ru'afo down from launching the injector while Ba'ku is still inhabited, but Ru'afo refuses to listen and executes him by stretching his face fatally.
• Who: Adhar Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham)
• Notes; Adhar Ru'afo immediately before Captain Picard ignites the exhaust fumes surrounding them, knocking Ru'afo back. He subsequently dies when Picard activates the collector's self-destruct mechanism.

Star Trek Nemesis (2002)

• Who: Praetor Hiren (Alan Dale)
• Notes: Character's last words before he and the rest of the Romulan senate die from exposure to thalaron radiation.
• Who: Reman Viceroy (Ron Perlman)
• Notes: Said when he realizes that Deanna Troi is tracking the Scimitar via a mental link. The Viceroy dies in a later scene when William Riker throws him down a turbolift shaft.
• Who: Shinzon (Tom Hardy)
• Notes: Character's last words after being impaled with a piece of debris by Captain Picard.
• Who: Data (Brent Spiner)
• Notes: Character's last words before he shoots the thalaron generator aboard the Scimitar , destroying the ship and everyone on-board it, including Data.

Star Trek (2009)

• Who: U.S.S. Kelvin Crewmember
• Note: Character's last words before she is sucked out into space through a hull breach.
• Who: Captain Richard Robau (Faran Tahir)
• Note: Nero has ordered Robau to board Nero's ship, and asks Robau the whereabouts of Ambassador Spock. When Ayel asks the star date, Robau asks this, and is then impaled by Nero.
• Who: George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth)
• Note: Said to his wife before the Kelvin crashes into the Narada.
• Who: Chief Engineer Olson (Greg Ellis)
• Note: Olson, along with Kirk and Sulu, was making a space jump to the Narada's Drill. Olson doesn't pull his chute until the last moment; as a result, he crashes onto the platform, before falling over and getting disintegrated by the drill.
• Who: Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder)
• Note: Last words before being killed when the planet Vulcan is ripped apart and sucked into a black hole created within its core.
• Who: Ayel (Clifton Collins Jr.)
• Note: Ayel is strangling Kirk and mocking the fact that Kirk can't even speak, when Kirk says something. When Ayel asks what he said, Kirk replies "I got your gun" before shooting Ayel through the chest and killing him instantly.
• Who: Nero (Eric Bana)
• Note: Nero's ship was being destroyed by a black hole, and Kirk offered him a chance to evacuate. Nero adamantly refused, and Kirk ordered the Enterprise to open fire, accelerating the destruction of Nero's ship and killing him. Nero was from the future, where the Starfleet Enterprise had offered assistance in saving his planet from destruction via a black hole, but they failed, which is what drove him to come back in time motivated by revenge, and why he decided he would rather die than accept assistance from them.

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

• Who: Admiral Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood)
• Note: About a minute after saying this, he is shot and killed by John Harrison/Khan, who was using a gunship.
• Who: Klingon leader (Sean Blakemore)
• Note: Last words before he and the rest of his squad are killed by John Harrison/Khan with a gatling phaser.
• Who: Starfleet Private Security guard (Douglas Weng)
• Note: Said in response to Scotty apologizing to him before the character is ejected off the Vengeance .
• Who: Admiral Alexander Marcus (Peter Weller)
• Note: As he tries to escape, Marcus's skull is crushed by Khan, who tells him before doing so, "You should have let me sleep!".
• Who: Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine)
• Note: Dies from radiation poisoning while fixing the Enterprise. Kirk is revived by Khan's blood later in the movie.

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

• Who: Jessica "Kalara" Wolff (Lydia Wilson), through a translator device
• Note: Character says this line through a translator device after Kirk tricks her into trying to retrieve his relic, the Abornath, revealing her to be Krall's ally. In the resulting battle, Kalara is crushed by the remains of the Enterprise.
• Who: Ensign Syl (Melissa Roxburgh)
• Note: Character had just handed over the real Abornath to Krall, who rebuilds an ancient bioweapon from it. He uses it to execute Syl.
• Who: Anderson "Manas" Le (Joe Taslim)
• Note: Character says this line while fighting Jaylah, but Kirk scapes with her; they abandon him on Altamid afterwards.
• Who: Balthazar "Krall" Edison (Idris Elba)
• Note: As he battles with Kirk in the ventilation system of one of Starfleet's starbases, to release the bioweapon, Kirk kicks Edison into the black energy released by the weapon. During this, the system's airlock is opened, throwing the two into space. Kirk is saved by Spock and McCoy, but Edison is released into space, disintegrating as a result of infection from the weapon.

Television series

Star trek: the original series (1966-1969).

• Who: Charlie Evans
• Who: Lazarus
• Who: Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell
• Who: Dr. Elizabeth Dehner
• Who: Evil Captain James T. Kirk
• Who: Kodos the Executioner/Anton Karidian
• Notes: Said this as he tries to stop his maddened daughter from killing Kirk, but is shot dead by her phaser.
• Who: Dr. Roger Korby
• Who: Andrea
• Notes: An exact android duplicate of the long dead Korby, he is confronted by the woman android Andrea who offers to kiss him. Korby disintegrates themselves with a phaser.
• Who: Romulan Commander.
• Source: Balance of Terror
• Notes: With the Romulan ship crippled by Spock, the Romulan commander refuses to be taken alive. He accepts his fate and activates the self-destruct, killing himself and the entire Romulan ship.
• Who: Landru
• Notes: Being a computer named after his 6,000 years dead creator, Kirk convinces the computer is evil and makes Landru destroy himself.
• Who: Edith Keeler
• Notes: A caretaker in the 1930s during the Great Depression, Kirk and Spock learn that if Edith Keeler survives her street accident, her peace movement in the late 1930s would allow Nazi Germany to take over the world with nukes. Regretfully, Kirk stops McCoy from helping her and she is run over by a truck.
• Who: Commodore Matt Decker
• Note: The last thing he says, ignoring the pleas of others, as he pilots a hijacked shuttlecraft into the maw of the planet killer in a kamikaze attack.
• Who: Sylvia
• Notes: An Ornithoid using a human appearance, Sylvia attempts to entice Kirk for the transmuter, even attempting to use a stolen phaser. But Kirk destroys the transmuter, dispelling the illusions and Sylvia dies in her natural form.
• Notes: A Klingon trying to get an alliance with the Capellans, Kras attempts to teach the Capellans a reminder in killing, then executes Maab before being killed by Keel.
• Notes: After allowing Eleen to live, Maab sacrifices himself and is vaporized.
• Notes: Tyree's wife who sought to betray him to the Neural villagers. Presenting the villagers with a phaser, she is instead greeted with violence. The villagers then think Nona tricked them, and stab her to death.
• Who: Melakon
• Notes: After saying this, he is exposed as the traitor to all of Ekos for attempting genocide against the Zeon people. He then shoots John Gill with a machine gun, then is shot dead by a disguised Isak.
• Who: John Gill
• Notes: Having saved the people of Zeon from mass murder, John Gill dies of his machine gun injuries after talking with Kirk.
• Who: Flavius Maximus
• Notes: A former Gladiator on 892-IV, Flavius tries to save Kirk from his execution, only to be gunned down along with the Master of the Games.
• Who: Captain R.M. Merik/Merikus
• Notes: A Starship Captain who is named First Citizen of 892-IV, Merik uses Kirk's communicator to call for Scotty to beam up Kirk, Spock and McCoy even as Claudius Marcus has sent his guards at the landing party. Claudius stabs Merik for betrayal, but Merik survives long enough to pass the communicator to Kirk before dying.
• Who: Gorgan
• Notes: An evil entity as the false "friendly angel" trying to take over the universe using the children of the Starnes Expedition, he is betrayed by the children as he curses this, and is dissolved.
• Who: An old Fabrini man.
• Notes: This old Fabrini man climbed the mountains of the spaceship world Yonada and said he touched the sky, but the Oracle finds out and fries his brain.
• Notes: An Orion in Garth's gang of insane criminals seeking to escape the Elba II colony, Marta attempts to get Kirk's countersign for "Queen to Queen's level 3", then tries to kill him. Later after saying this, she is implanted with an explosive crystal, taken out into Elba II's toxic atmosphere, and pleads something inaudible. Garth ends her misery by blowing her up.
• Who: Dr. Leonard McCoy
• Note: He is stabbed by the Black Knight later be revived.
• Who: Ensign Pavel Chekov
• Note: He is shot by a western man but he is later revived.

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994)

• Who: Captain Jean-Luc Picard
• Note: Orders this as the Enterprise, after colliding with the Bozeman, begins to catch fire. The Vessel explodes as he issues the Order. ("Cause and Effect")
• Who: Counselor Deanna Troi
• Note: She said it to Captain Picard before the Bozeman collided with the Enterprise's starboard nacelle, destroying the ship, killing everyone on board. ("Cause and Effect")
• Note: She yelled it while she is aging and eventually Dr. Crusher kills her in order to get Ambassador Alkar to bound with another woman. She is later revived after the effects of Alkar's empathic connection had reversed. ("Man of the People")
• Who: Commander Dexter Remmick ("Conspiracy")
• Who: Haskell ("Where Silence Has Lease")
• Who: Captain Rachel Garrett ("Yesterday's Enterprise ")
• Who: Dr. Nel Apgar ("A Matter of Perspective")
• Note: Said before Ryker's return to the Enterprise that came to pick him up from Apgar's science station. It is later revealed that Apgar tried to flash fry Ryker with a Kriever wave from his reactor. But since Ryker was transporting back, the wave bounced off and back to the reactor much to the doctor's surprise and horror. As a result, Apgar is killed in the explosion the only person onboard when the explosion occured. Thus went the investigation of Ryker's involvement in the accident.
• Who: Lt. Natasha Yar ("Skin of Evil")
• Note: Said by Yar moments before Armus blasts her backwards when she tries to get over to the shuttle-craft. This effectively kills her and Dr. Crusher is unable to revive her.
• Who: Ves Alkar ("Man of the People")
• Who: Lore ("Descent, Part II")
• Who: Ronin ("Sub Rosa")
• Who: Lal ("The Offspring")
• Note: Final coherent words of Data's daughter before the android child suffers complete systems failure, uttering the words "Flirting... Laughter... Painting... Family... Female... Human..." as she expires.
• Who: Sarek ("Unification, Part 1")
• Note: His final on-screen words we hear during his talk with Picard as he is suffering badly from Bendii Syndrome. Much later, Picard on a Klingon war-bird is notified that Sarek has died.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999)

• Who: Vulcan Captain of the USS Saratoga
• Who: Captain Keogh of the USS Odyssey
• Note: Last transmission from the captain of the Odyssey before the ship's communications array was knocked out. Moments later, the Odyssey was destroyed in a ramming attack by a Jem'Hadar fighter.
• Who: Changeling aboard the Defiant
• Note: Whispered these words to Odo while dying, taunting him about the Founders' infiltration of the Alpha Quadrant.
• Who: Jake Sisko
• Note: In an alternate future, an elderly Jake committed suicide over his time-displaced father's objections, knowing this would send Captain Sisko back and prevent his death in the first place.
• Who: Michael Eddington
• Note: Eddington called out his wife's name before he died.
• Who: Jadzia Dax
• Note: Killed while attempting to storm Dominion headquarters.
• Who: Gul Dukat
• Note: Thrown off into the fire caves by Sisko after using the powers of the Pah-Wraiths to burn Winn Adami within the fire caves.

Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001)

• Who: The Caretaker
• My minute isn't up!
• Who: Ensign Harry Kim
• Note: Said in response to B'Elanna Torres's warning as she implored with him to leave the dangerous area. However, Kim refused to do so, instead trying to seal off a hull breach, and was blown into space. He was replaced by a Harry Kim from an alternate Voyager which had come into being via an interstellar phenomenon.
• Note: Second quote is from a future Harry who alters the past to save Voyager, and therefore erases himself from time. The delta flier is still shown exploding, presumably killing him before time is altered.
• Who: Captain Kathryn Janeway
• Note: This was a Janeway created on a duplicate Voyager due to interstellar phenomenon. She destroyed her ship to save the other Voyager from the Vidiians, who intended to harvest their organs.
• Note: It is unknown whether his name is spelled One, or simply 1.
• Note: This was said in response to Seven of Nine saying "You're hurting me." Because he was letting himself die to save Voyager from being pursued by the Borg trying to recapture him.
• Who: Kathryn Janeway
• Note: Said in the Krenim-dominant timeline as she crashed the crippled USS Voyager into the Krenim temporal weapon ship, causing it to erase itself from time and undo all of the timeline alterations it had created.
• Note: Admiral Janeway of the 25th Century was killed by the Borg Queen after ensuring the success of the Captain Janeway in the 24th Century.
• Who: Borg Queen
• Note: The Queen died after being infected by a pathogen by the Admiral.
• Note: She had sent a Borg Sphere after Voyager to attempt to disrupt the current timeline, and prevent the future from happening.

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005)

• Who: Charles Tucker
• Note: Said just before the Xindi ship destroyed the NX-01 bridge in the alternate timeline where the Xindi destroyed the Earth.
• Who: Malcolm Reed (Mirror Universe)
• Note: Said to the Mirror Universe counterpart of Jonathan Archer, after being mortally wounded by a Gorn booby trap.
• Who: Jonathan Archer (Mirror Universe)
• Note: Said just before he dies from a poisoned drink given to him by the Mirror Universe counterpart of Hoshi Sato.
• Note: Said to Jonathan Archer, before he dies from injuries he suffered from an explosion he set off to kill some pirates.

Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024)

• Who: Hugh Culber
• Note: Said after grounding Lt. Ash Tyler after making a troubling discovery that the Klingons may have grafted another personality onto him. Lt. Tyler immediately breaks his neck.

Star Trek: Picard (2020-2023)

• Who: Dahj Asha
• Note: Said as Romulan assassins transport onto a rooftop to assassinate her. Her body begins disintegrating after exposure to an acidic substance, and is then completely destroyed by an overloading disruptor rifle.
• Note: After painfully having his Borg implants removed, Icheb begs for Seven of Nine to end his misery.
• Who: Ro Laren
• Note: Said to Picard before sacrificing herself to save him and the crew of the USS Titan.
• Who: Vadic.
• Note: Said before she is sucked out into the vacuum of space where she freezes and then shatters into pieces.
• Who: Captain Liam Shaw.
• Note: Said to Seven of Nine after he is fatally wounded.
• Who: The Borg Queen.
• Note: Said to Jack Crusher as the last Borg cube begins to explode, leading to the Borg Collective's final destruction.

Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-)

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Best 43 Star Trek The Next Generation Quotes

November 19, 2020, 9:46 am

Star Trek Classic The Next Generation Tv Series Quotes

1- Riker : “Your head is not an artifact!”

2- Picard : “Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky’s the limit”

3- Holographic Deanna Troi : “I am the goddess of empathy….” 

4- Data : “Baby needs a new pair of shoes” 

5- Booby Trap : “Everytime you look at the engine, you’re looking at me. Everytime you touch it, it’s me” 

6- Captain Picard  : “Legends…are the spice of the universe, Mr. Data, because they have a way of sometimes coming true” –

7- Picard : “We have engaged…the Borg”

8- Data : “Starfleet reports it has engaged the Borg at Wolf 359, sir”

9- Klingon Captain : “Federation ship Enterprise, surrender and prepare to be boarded” 

10- Tasha Yar : “I’m not suppsed to be here, sir. I’m…..supposed to be dead!

11- Q: “You’re dead, this is the afterlife — and I’m God”

12- Captain Scott : “Synthetic Scotch, synthetic Commanders…” 

13- Gia :”Father said she went to a beautiful place, where everything is peaceful, and everyone loves each other, and no one ever gets sick. Do you think there’s really a place like that?”

 14- Lt. Wesley Crusher : “Captain, we’re receiving two hundred and eighty-five thousand hails”

15- Data : “But I have no sexual desire”

16- Q : “All good things must come to an end…”

17- Worf : “Please Mrs. Troi! … and it’s Worf not Woof”

18- Worf : “Nice Legs… for a human” 

19- The Computer: “The universe is a spheroid region, 705 metres in diameter”

20- Dr. Crusher: “If there’s nothing wrong with me… maybe there’s something wrong with the universe!”

21-  Captain Picard : “Let’s make sure that history never forgets the name… Enterprise” 

22- Nagilum: “To understand death, I must amass information on every aspect of it. Every kind of dying. The experiments shouldn’t take more than a third of your crew, maybe half.”

23- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: “It is our mission to seek out life in all forms. We’re privileged to have been present at the emergence of a new species.”

24- Lieutenant Worf: “Less talk – more synthehol!”

25- Tam Elbrun: “Beautiful creatures, the Chandrans. Their minds are glacial. They have a lovely three-day ritual for saying ‘hello’.”

26- Commander William T. Riker: “Well, I know this much: we can’t avoid the future.”

27- William T. Riker: “Flair is what marks the difference between artistry and mere competence.”

28- William T. Riker: “Fear is the true enemy. The only enemy.”

29- Capt. Picard: “Seize the time, Meribor. Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.”

30- Deanna Troi: “Respect is earned, not bestowed.”

31- Admiral Jarok: “One world’s butcher is another world’s hero. Perhaps I am neither one.”

32- Lieutenant Worf: “Do not be fooled by her looks. The body is just a shell.”

33- Lieutenant Worf: “The Borg have neither honor nor courage. *That* is our greatest advantage.”

34- Jean-Luc Picard: “There are many parts of my youth that I’m not proud of. There were… loose threads – untidy parts of me that I would like to remove. But when I… pulled on one of those threads – it’d unravel the tapestry of my life.”

35- Kahless: “Long ago, a storm was heading toward the city of Quin’lat. The people sought protection within the walls, all except one man who remained outside. I went to him and asked what he was doing. “I am not afraid,” he said. “I will not hide my face behind stone and mortar. I will stand before the wind and make it respect me.” I honored his choice and went inside. The next day, the storm came; and the man was killed. The wind does not respect a fool. Do not stand before the wind, Gowron.”

36- Klingons: “We are Klingons!”

37- Lieutenant Worf: “I have been told that patience is sometimes a more effective weapon than the sword.”

38- Jean-Luc Picard: “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.”

39- Vorin: “The chronicle is the life of our village. Without that past, our future means nothing.”

40- Worf: “Captain, the creatures are accelerating their approach. They are changing color!”

41- Worf: “Thinking about what you can’t control only wastes energy, and creates its own enemy.”

42- Commandr William T. Riker: “If we resist, we die. If we don’t resist… we die.”

43- Capt. Picard: “”Space… The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.”

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If you haven’t watched Star Trek , you’ve at least heard about it. The sci-fi television series created by Gene Roddenberry has earned millions of fans over the years.

Roddenberry was allegedly inspired by Gulliver's Travels and a TV series called Wagon Train to create Star Trek.  Each episode of the series is built as an incredible adventure, but also as a morality tale, considering that the episodes depict cultural realities and conflicts like war and peace, sexism, human rights, religion, economics, loyalty, racism and technology.

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Due to this approach, Star Trek is not only about space adventure and exploration. The franchise is also recognized for being one of the first TV series with a multiracial cast and applauded for its attitude toward civil rights.

The Star Trek world was full of wisdom and great lines, but here are 22 of the most meaningful quotes from its characters . 

A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away. -- Dr. Boyce

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. -- Spock

You may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. This is not logical, but it is often true. -- Spock

Live now ; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. -- Jean-Luc Picard

Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on. -- Captain Kirk

With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. -- Jean-Luc Picard

The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other. -- Captain Kirk

If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are. -- Jean-Luc Picard

Insufficient facts always invite danger. -- Spock

Perhaps man wasn't meant for paradise. Maybe he was meant to claw, to scratch all the way. -- Captain Kirk

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see. -- Spock

Compassion: that's the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it's the one thing that keeps men ahead of them. -- Dr. McCoy

Change is the essential process of all existence. -- Spock

Without followers, evil cannot spread. -- Spock

Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome . You remove those obstacles. Without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die. -- Captain Kirk

Curious, how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want. -- Spock

One man cannot summon the future. But one man can change the present! -- Spock

To all mankind -- may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth. -- Garth

You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood. -- Captain Kirk

A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior -- mentally or otherwise. -- Captain Kirk

Now, I don't pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for! -- Edith Keeler

Live long and prosper! -- Spock

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Brooks, 86, had only been living in the Glenridge nursing home for less than a week when he died. According to the Kennebec Journal he was diagnosed with brain cancer three weeks earlier.

For a month, his body lay at Riposta Funeral Home in Belfast, Main, waiting to be claimed. But no one came.

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It simply read:

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Hundreds of people stepped up for a man they didn't even know. There were so many volunteers to carry his casket, the funeral home had to turn people away.

But it wasn't just people wanting to act as pallbearers. A bagpiper offered to play at the service. A pilot volunteered to perform a flyover. And veteran groups across the state pledged their attendance.

A Hero's Send-Off

U.S. veteran Gerry R. Brooks is buried with full military honors.

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At noon on a scorching hot day in Maine, Brooks was laid to rest with full military honors, surrounded by a sea of strangers dressed in various uniforms — from military to police to firefighters — and many bearing American flags.

The former marine was escorted on his final journey, a 40-mile drive from the funeral home to the cemetery, by over a dozen Patriot Guard Riders on motorcycles.

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A number of veterans sang The Marines' Hymn as the casket went by and Loren Fields, a U.S. Army Veteran's bugler played Taps as Brooks was finally laid to rest.

"It's an honor for us to be able to do this," Jim Roberts, commander of the VFW in Belfast, told the Associated Press .

"There's so much negativity in the world. This is something people can feel good about and rally around. It's just absolutely wonderful."

Little is known about Gerry R. Brooks.

One man, Neil Buck, who volunteers at The Bread of Life soup kitchen in Augusta told media that Brooks would often come in for a meal. Buck said from what he remembers, Brooks grew up in Maine on a farm and was widowed.

"Gerry was a hoot." Victoria Abbot , the Executive Director for Bread of Life Ministries added. "He was an 80-plus-year-old man that came to the soup kitchen every day with your quintessential same-old jokes. He was really great to have around."

“It sounds like he was a good person, but I know nothing about his life,” Riposta said, mentioning that after Brooks' death, a woman contacted the funeral home to share that he had once taken her in when she had nowhere else to go.

According to Jim Roberts, Brooks’ son, granddaughter, and son-in-law silently attended the funeral but did not comment on why they hadn’t stepped forward earlier.

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While he may have been forgotten in life, this group of strangers ensured that he would not be forgotten in death.

Linda Laweryson, a marine veteran, read a poem during the graveside service. It summed it up best,

"I walked the old parade ground, but I was not alone. I walked the old parade ground and knew that I was home."

Thanks to the incredible outpouring of humanity, this marine did not have to take his final walk alone.

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Troi: WORF! We were walking barefoot on the beach, with music in the air, ocean breeze washing over us, stars in the sky, full moon rising- and the most you can say is stimulating?

Worf: It was... VERY stimulating.

LaForge: Captain Picard to the bridge. Captain, we've got a problem with the warp core, or the phase inducers, or some other damn thing.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit.

Q: You see this? This is you. I'm serious! Right here, life is about to form on this planet for the very first time. A group of amino acids is about to combine to form the first protein. The building blocks

Q: of what YOU call "life." Strange, isn't it? Everything you know, your entire civilization, it all begins right here in this little pond of goo.

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If James T. Kirk doesn't inspire you, who else in Star Trek can?

Part of being a strong commanding officer is having something to say - as we evidenced in our list breaking down Captain Picard's greatest speeches . A captain often needs to inspire strength and unity in their crew, while also saving words to help people recover from recent loss and tragedy. On the bridge of a starship, anything can happen.

Captain Kirk was technically the first Starfleet captain that audiences were introduced to on mainstream television, with The Cage  reserved for the network and the audiences at conventions. Therefore, he was truly the archetype for what a captain should be. 

Many of his speeches have reached iconic status, not just in the fandom, but in the wider community as well. While just as many of them have been parodied , William Shatner's Kirk frequently delivered some of the deepest statements known to Starfleet. Despite the sheer amount of joking that has been done about the man's speech patterns over the years, the truth is simple: if his speeches hadn't been as good as they were, we wouldn't be talking about them sixty years on. 

Here are ten of the best - ranging from his earliest days to his latest. 

10. Risk Is Our Business

Return To Tomorrow  is a second season episode of Star Trek  and contains some of the loftiest ideals in the franchise. Kirk, speaking entirely as himself in this scene, encourages his crew to take these risks that go beyond personal safety. After all, why else are they exploring the final frontier?

They used to say if man could fly, he'd have wings … but he did fly. He discovered he had to...Risk … risk is our business! That's what this starship is all about … that's why we're aboard her!

With so much Star Trek  behind us now, it is perhaps easy to believe that space can be perfectly safe. Despite the interruptions from the Borg, the Klingons, and the Romulans, shows like The Next Generation  seemed to border on the comfortable for much of their runtimes. The Original Series  is a bit of a rougher beast - it, being the first, was truly charting the unknown.

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Star Trek  led the path for exploring the unknown, with Return To Tomorrow  serving as a perfect example of this exploration.

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Celtic_swimmer    0.

This is just Contined from the Last Board!!

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Link to post, share on other sites, vabeachguy    12.

"Incluldling the Kidleys" ~ Data messing up the punchline to a joke to Geordi.

Below are the quotes from the other board:

Celtic_Swimmer Councelor Ensign         Quotes « on: March 3, 2003, 01:39:56 AM »      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Board needs this one!!!       "Q: ahh and how are you MicroBrain.. *To worf*"   "Lwaxana Troi: Oh, Hello Mr Woof"       Will: Oh yes 'the phase' its something troi mentioned to me when we started dating, when a woman goes threw this 'phase' she quadruiples her sex drive!!   Deanna: Or more!!   Will: Oh more.. U never told me that   Deanna*Smirking* I didn't want to frighten you.   NO  WONDER HE FINALLY MARRIED HER!!!!           And Finally   "I am not a marry man!! *worf*"      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Fate Protects Fools, Little Children and Ships Named EnterPrise!!*   ~Life Forms, U tiny little life forms, u presious little life forms, *tapping* where are U?!?! *do do do do do do do*~ Data     ~*~*~A Swim a Day Keeps the Celulite Away;-)~*~*~   

VaBeachGuy Fleet Admiral             Re:Quotes « Reply #1 on: March 3, 2003, 01:56:23 AM »      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------         No fair, I already got the Merry Man one    :)  

    Celtic_Swimmer Councelor Ensign         Re:Quotes « Reply #2 on: March 3, 2003, 12:13:24 PM »      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Quote from: VaBeachGuy on March  3, 2003, 01:56:23 AM    No fair, I already got the Merry Man one        I am Sorry!! I Didn't notice..   Meh .. its ok.. well now its on this Board!    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Fate Protects Fools, Little Children and Ships Named EnterPrise!!*   ~Life Forms, U tiny little life forms, u presious little life forms, *tapping* where are U?!?! *do do do do do do do*~ Data     ~*~*~A Swim a Day Keeps the Celulite Away;-)~*~*~   

Saavik Ensign             Re:Quotes « Reply #3 on: March 5, 2003, 05:14:09 PM »      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of my  favorites: "NCC-One-Seven-Oh-One. No bloody A,B,C,or D" Scott to Computer "I got angry" Data "I don't see no points on your ears, boy, but you sound like a Vulcan. "No sir. I am an android. "Almost as bad" McCoy and Data "One is my name and the other is not" Data "Shut up, Wesley" Picard "Shut up, Wesley?" Crusher "Shut up, Wesley!" Crusher "So tell me to 'shut up Wesley' and I will" Wesley "Take my Worf, please" Data And..... "Sir, I protest. I'm not a merry man." Worf    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've seen worse 

Thanx lol i thought of doing that but i didn't.. lol Thanx Again

Data: i think we will be 'Buring the Midnight Oil'!

*No Idea what Episode*

Data: i think we will be 'Buring the Midnight Oil'! *No Idea what Episode*   -Laur

I remember that, I'll have to find that episode (I have all of them on CD). There was a funny part shortly before that on the same subject too .

A l t e r E g o    9

I do not remember the EXACT quote I am thinking about, but it was in Generations, Data got the punch line of a joke Geordie told 8 years before... Hmm come to think about it, that whole scene was great! I still get a little chill when I remember the way Data's forehead quivered when the chip fused... :)

Yeah that JOke is On the Movie Quote i think!!! i copy and pasted it from somewhere... i'll find out where i put it..

and VaBeachGuy i remember the other part too.. someone said were gonna be buring the midnight oil tonight and data said thats inadvisable.. and i think it was geordi who said its just a metaphor.. and he said what i said...

DAMN gotta find the episode now!!!

the Data/getting the joke 8 years later is under "what is your favourite Star Trek Joke...

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I've actually never heard this in the series, but on the old board I came across Vulcan One's Quote of the Day which read:

(ST-TNG The Naked Now)Data quoting a limerick to Picard                "There once was a young lady from Venus' date='   whose body was shaped like a ...."               "Capt. Picard to Security!"[/quote']   That's good stuff. Lol.

This was never in Trek, but it's about Trek:

Q: What did Picard say when he saw Worf on the toilet?

A: CAPTAIN'S LOG!

Ya I know it was corny but I thought it was funny when I first heard it.

And I'm sorry about this whole vulgar humour trend I have going with the last to posts in this thread. Lol. Sorry if I offended anyone.

I've actually never heard this in the series, but on the old board I came across Vulcan One's Quote of the Day which read:   (ST-TNG The Naked Now)Data quoting a limerick to Picard                "There once was a young lady from Venus' date='   whose body was shaped like a ...."               "Capt. Picard to Security!"[/quote']   That's good stuff. Lol.

This is actually quite Funny! They ALL got a virus that made them all Sexual.. Deanna and Will was Howlz but Picard and Crusher was Funnier *what was that sound he made in his ready room??*

Xeroc    0

TNG Quotes at: http://www.sjacob.org/trek/quotes/S_TheNextGeneration/

"It never happened" -- Yar to Data (The Naked Now)

"Shields up! Rrrrred alert!" -- Riker (practically every episode!!!)

"Eaten any good books lately?" -- Q (to Worf) (Deja-Q)

"I am NOT a merry man!!!" -- Worf (Qpid)

"Synthetic Scotch, synthetic Commanders..." -- Captain Scott, Scotty (Relics)

"What do you want me to do?" -- Q

"Die" -- Worf (Deja Q)

[after they kiss] "What were you just thinking?" -- Jenna

"In that particular moment, I was reconfiguring the warp field parameters, analyzing the collected works of Charles Dickens, calculating the maximum pressure I could safely apply to your lips, considering a new food supplement for Spot..." -- Data

"I'm glad I was in there somewhere" -- Jenna

"Good tea. Nice house." -- Worf, trying to be diplomatic (The Survivors)

And . . . Celtic_Swimmer I believe you mean:

"If you (I'm trying to say a bad word but can't) me, do I not... leak?" -- Data (The Naked Now)

Oops yeah leak.. meh.. hehe its all good

This is from DS9 but i had to put it..

Worf: Back on the Enterprise i was considered a funny man

Dax: Well that must have been a Dull Ship?!?!

Takara_Soong    4

The burning the midnight oil lines came from All Good Things. It was O'Brien who said it was a metaphor.

The one in my signature below from Measure of a Man.

"For an android with no feelings he sure evoked them in others." Riker to Picard in The Most Toys

"Our mental pathways have grown accustomed to your sensory input patterns." Riker to Data in Time's Arrow

"Die" Worf to Q when Q asked what he must do to prove he was not a member of the Continuum anymore in Deja Q

Yillara Skye    1

soong_girl ! No Fair! you've taken all of the ones I was going to say! Including your signature. Well, I guess that is cause us Soong's think alike!

My Name is data

Pulaski: whats the Difference *refering to Data and Data ~one of the a's sounding like ah~*

Data: Simple, one is my name. The other is not!

~Lauren :blink:

Paul Rice: What Ship are u on Will??

Riker: i'm on the Good Ship USS LollyPop

dsbs    0

McCoy: Well it's a new ship - but she's got the right name. Now you remember that, you hear?

Data: I will, Sir

McCoy: You treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home

Riker: Fate protects fools, little children and ships named Enterprise

Crusher: If there's nothing wrong with me... maybe there's something wrong with the universe!

Data: You must talk to him; tell him that he is a good cat, and a pretty cat, and...

Worf: I will feed him

Gia: Father said she went to a beautiful place, where everything is peaceful, and everyone loves each other, and no one ever gets sick. Do you think there's really a place like that?

Data: Yes... I do

(of course, people get sick all the time on the Enterprise, but I love that quote. And the way he says it. *sigh*)

Troi: Data...you do understand

Data: Yes councellor. When [left the alien ship?] I realized: this is where I belong.

Riker: Yes, absolutely, I do indeed concur, wholeheartedly!

Picard: Five card stud, nothing wild. And the sky's the limit

Quark: I have a dream; a dream that all people -- human, Jem'Hadar, Ferengi, Cardassians -- will someday stand together in peace... around my Dabo tables.

Worf: Constable, why are you talking to your beverage?!?

Odo: It's not a beverage. It's a changeling.

Janeway: There's coffee in that nebula!

Female Q: What are you doing with that dog?...I'm not talking about the puppy.

Data: No, no

Riker: But it’s what you’ve always wanted

Data: Yes, but I never wished to compound one…illusion with another. It might be real to Q, but it would never be so to me. And after all, was it not [one of your own poets?] who said “this above all, to one’s own self be true?”. Sorry sir, but I must decline.

Riker: When has justice ever been as simple as a rule book?

Data: Please continue the petty bickering. I find it most intriguing.

Q: Eaten any good books lately?

Q: What do you want me to do?

Q: This is really starting to get on my nerves now that I have them.

Cochrane: Don’t you people pee in the 24th century? (You know, he never answered)

Data: I am forced to wonder how much experience admiral Haftel had as a parent when he had his first child.

Picard (I think…): You seemed to have improved on yourself.

Data: Is that not the goal of all parents?

McCoy: What’s so damn troublesome about not having died?

Riker: For an android with no feelings he sure invoked them in others.

New life-form: Ugly bags of mostly water.

London: The name’s Jack London. (I’m sorry, I love that part)

And in The Bonding, Data and Riker were having a discussion on why Data was more upset about Tasha’s death than that other woman’s (I didn’t see the whole episode) and Riker said “maybe if everyone felt that way human history would be a lot less bloody”. I some of that part and I’d like to know the whole quote. If anyone knows, could they tell me? Thanks.

Also, if any of my quotes are wrong, could someone tell me? They’re all from memory and might have gotten a little mixed up (or completely screwed up).

And one more quote:

Picard: Data, stop babbling

Data: Blabble sir? I was not aware that I ever babble, sir. it might be at times I have a great deal of information to communicate. And you may question the way in which I organise it...

Picard: PLease. Organise it into brief answers to my questions. What is [that thing'd] opinion on us?

Data: Undecided (then he looks away nonchalantly, hehehe)

I think you did pretty good for doing that from memory!

I have a photographic memory - I see words. OK, no I don't, and I'm just showing off. Sorry. Anyways, I remember the most completely random things, but if I remember it, I remember it well.

Oh, and sorry about the typos, and I used contractions in one of Data's quotes, but that's just habbit - - you know what I mean :blink:

No worry about the typos DSBS but if you want you can fix them. In the top right hand corner of your post you should see an icon that says edit. If you press that you can go in and correct typos. Cool eh!

Yes, that is probably the best tips we all can use on this board. After all, that was such a pain to have to post to your post about a correction! I'm glad that I saw you here soong_girl, this board works out for all of us Soongs!

Just a Note... this is the TNG qoute page...

Sorry about that Celtic_Swimmer. Probably should have PM'ed that.

Here's a good one from Liaisons:

Data: I have found that in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality.

Worf: Ambassador Byleth is demanding, temperamental and rude.

Data: You share all of those qualities in abundance. Perhaps you should build on your similarities.

Thanks soong_girl. And great quote. I'll fix the typos right now. Oh, and I have a quote to add:

Data: Why did you create me (long convo that I like, but want to get to the point).

Soong: Why don't people tear down old houses? Why? Why?

Data:...so they have a tie to the past. Humans are not imortal and they need continuity (I know, way off. Shhh).

Soong: So does this continuity only run one way? backwards?...So why do people have children?

Data: Also for continuity and leaving a legacy. I believe that answers your question.

Soong: and yours too, I think.

(Oh crud. I can't remember the exact words, not even close!! - haven't seen that ep in a while. MUST GET SEASON 4 ON DVD!! But I liked the conversation)

Hey. dsbs even if you think you got that scene wrong. . .it still a great scene! and it is one of my favorite TNG scenes!

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Star Trek: Voyager And TNG Have One Huge Borg Thing In Common

• Star Trek: TNG and Voyager both heavily featured the Borg, a central Star Trek villain.
• Voyager's "Scorpion" and TNG's "The Best of Both Worlds" share a lot of similarities.
• Voyager referenced TNG's "The Best of Both Worlds" twice in "Scorpion."

Despite different takes on the Borg, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: The Next Generation have one huge Borg-related thing in common. The Borg were first introduced in TNG and quickly became one of the most terrifying villains of any Star Trek movie or TV show . The cyborg species continues to be one of the more recognizable tenets of the franchise to people who are unfamiliar with it . As antagonists, the Borg have a long and complicated history that ultimately came to a close for their original iteration in the series finale of Star Trek: Picard .

As for Voyager and TNG , both series created and expanded Borg lore in different ways . As the originator of the Borg, TNG established many of their traits that would become central, including their cybernetic components, hive mind, and relentless pursuit of perfection through the assimilation of other species. In contrast, Voyager 's cast of characters explored the human impact of the Borg, delving into the psychological trauma former drones often experienced through the character of Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan). Aside from these different approaches, however, both TNG and Voyager kicked out their first major Borg storylines in similar ways.

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Star Trek: Voyagers Scorpion Has A Lot In Common With TNGs The Best Of Both Worlds

"scorpion" and "the best of both worlds" are very similar.

Voyager 's first major Borg episode, "Scorpion, Parts 1 & 2" bears a lot of similarities to TNG 's most famous Borg episode "The Best of Both Worlds, Parts 1 & 2." Off the bat, both episodes are two-parters, and "Scorpion" was also Voyager 's season 3 finale and season 4 premiere, which was the same for "The Best of Both Worlds." Each episode provided a thrilling cliffhanger to resolve in season 4, with TNG depicting the assimilation of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Voyager ending season 3 with Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) talking the Borg into their first-ever alliance with a Starfleet crew.

The exploration of the Borg that was started in "Scorpion" arguably became the most comprehensive of any Star Trek show after TNG created them.

Aside from practical similarities, the storylines in "Scorpion" and "The Best of Both Worlds" had some subtle but unmistakable parallels . Each episode featured major battles that involved the Borg, with "The Best of Both Worlds" depicting the Battle of Wolf 359 while "Scorpion" introduced a war between the Borg and Species 8472. Both episodes also prominently featured the rescue of an important character from assimilation, albeit in different ways. While Picard was taken back from the Borg after his capture, Voyager severed Seven of Nine's link to the Collective as a way to add her to the show's cast.

Voyager Referenced TNG And The Best Of Both Worlds Twice In Scorpion

Voyager was aware of how much it owed to tng.

Along with these similarities, there are two direct references to TNG and "The Best of Both Worlds" in "Scorpion." While researching the Borg, Captain Janeway reads a quote from Picard aloud to Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) as a way to illustrate how dangerous the Borg are to the Federation. Similarly, while trying to avoid being forcibly equipped with Borg technology during their alliance, Janeway requests a single Borg representative to communicate with by referencing the Borg's creation of Locutus, Picard's name while he was assimilated.

These references subtly show that Voyager may have been aware of the similarities between "Scorpion" and "The Best of Both Worlds" and sought to pay tribute to the famous TNG episode with their first Borg-related two-parter. If that was the case, then the series certainly succeeded, and the exploration of the Borg that was started in "Scorpion" arguably became the most comprehensive of any Star Trek show after TNG created them. Star Trek: Voyager 's creative team deserves a lot of credit for what they accomplished with the Borg and their expansion in the franchise.

Star Trek: Voyager

Cast Jennifer Lien, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Robert Duncan McNeill, Roxann Dawson, Robert Beltran, Kate Mulgrew, Jeri Ryan, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo

Release Date May 23, 1995

Genres Sci-Fi, Adventure

Network UPN

Streaming Service(s) Paramount+

Franchise(s) Star Trek

Writers Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Showrunner Kenneth Biller, Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Brannon Braga

Rating TV-PG

Where To Watch Paramount+

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Cast Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden

Release Date September 28, 1987

Genres Drama, Superhero, Sci-Fi, Action

Writers Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore

Directors David Carson

Showrunner Jeri Taylor, Michael Piller, Rick Berman

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Every Star Trek Character Played By Suzie Plakson

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• K'Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson) - Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 9, "Legacy"
• Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) - Star Trek: TNG, Season 7, Episodes 25 & 26, "All Good Things..."

Writer and producer Ronald D. Moore racked up an incredible body count, killing off several big-name Star Trek characters during his tenure on TNG and DS9 . Given the high stakes of a life in Starfleet, death is a constant companion to every serving officer. It's not just the ill-fated Star Trek redshirts either, as many regular and recurring characters have also fallen in action. Many regular and recurring characters have given their lives, from the sacrifice of Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock all the way to the death of Lieutenant Hemmer (Bruce Horak) in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds .

Ronald D. Moore has been the writer and orchestrator of many of these dramatic deaths between joining Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1989 and leaving Star Trek: Voyager in 1999. Tellingly, Moore's last story idea for Star Trek was Voyager , season 6, episode 3, "Barge of the Dead", which killed off Miral Torres, mother of Lt. B'Elanna Torres. Moore's frustrations with Voyager inspired Battlestar Galactica , and forced him to leave the franchise he'd been an integral part of for ten years. As well as leaving behind some of Star Trek 's best episodes, Ronald D. Moore also left a trail of bodies in his wake.

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8 Honorable Mention: Captain Lisa Cusak (Debra Wilson)

Star trek: ds9, season 6, episode 25.

Captain Lisa Cusak (Debra Wilson) was not a big-name Star Trek character, but she had a profound effect on the crew of the USS Defiant in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . In DS9 season 6, episode 25, "The Sound of Her Voice", the crew respond to a distress signal from the captain of the crashed USS Olympia. As the Defiant makes its way to the source of the signal, Chief Miles O'Brien (Colm Meaney) is able to respond to Cusak, and they bond over their similar family backgrounds. Cusak also chats with Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) and Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), becoming a friend and confidant.

Debra Wilson is a prolific voice actor who also played Captain Trij in Star Trek: Prodigy and Z'oto in Star Trek: Lower Decks .

Devastatingly, Sisko, Bashir, and O'Brien eventually locate Cusak's body on an L-class planet in the Rutharian sector. The USS Olympia's captain had been dead for three years, and the environmental distortions caused by metreon radiation enabled her to converse with the Defiant crew in the future. "The Sound of Her Voice" is a powerful example of how Ronald D. Moore can make the audience care deeply about a character so that their death hits so much harder .

7 K'Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson)

Star trek: tng, season 4, episode 7, "reunion".

Ambassador K'Ehleyr (Suzie Plakson) was the first Star Trek character to be killed by Ronald D. Moore. The former lover of Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn), K'Ehleyr, made two appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation, in season 2, episode 20, "The Emissary", and season 4, episode 7, "Reunion". As the mother of Worf's son Alexander , K'Ehleyr's death is particularly harrowing and oddly mirrors the death of Marla Aster (Susan Powell) in Ronald D. Moore's first Star Trek script, TNG season 3, episode 5, "The Bonding". The death of K'Ehleyr fundamentally impacts Worf, too, forcing him to take the life of Duras (Patrick Massett).

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Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

Although it was initially Star Trek: The Next Generation 's producer Michael Piller's idea to kill off K'Ehleyr, it was Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga who had to pull the trigger. Reflecting on the power of K'Ehleyr's death in "Reunion", and its effect on both Worf and the audience at home, Ronald D. Moore is quoted in the book, Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman. Read Moore's quote about killing off K'Ehleyr below:

"...it worked because you cared about her, and we made an effort not to do it capriciously and for no reason, just to get her off the show so Worf wouldn't have to deal with her. [...] Anybody who watches that episode is moved and outraged by the killing of K'Ehleyr. You're mad, and you have that same need for vengeance that Worf does."

What do a Vulcan, a Klingon, a Q, and an Andorian have in common? Actress Suzie Plakson has played them all in her Star Trek guest appearances.

6 Anti-Time Future Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis)

Star trek: tng, season 7, episodes 25 & 26, "all good things...".

Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga killed off another of Worf's romantic partners in the Star Trek: The Next Generation finale, "All Good Things". In the scenes set in the TNG finale's anti-time future, it's revealed that Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) died from an unknown illness. Deanna's death drove a wedge between Worf and Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes), leaving them estranged for over 20 years. The audience never see Deanna die, but the fact that the aftermath is still felt decades later is another example of his skill at delivering cruel Star Trek deaths .

Moore and Braga's decision to kill off Troi in "All Good Things" was an astute shorthand to reveal not just the stakes of averting the anti-time future, but to also reflect how important she was to Worf and Riker.

Thankfully, Star Trek: Picard revealed that Deanna Troi was alive and well over 20 years after the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation . However, Moore and Braga's decision to kill Troi off in "All Good Things" was an astute shorthand to reveal not just the stakes of averting the anti-time future, but to also reflect how important she was to Worf and Riker. There's a genuine relief once Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) returns to the present to see that Deanna and Worf are still together, and crucially, that Troi is still alive.

5 Kurn (Tony Todd)

Star trek: ds9, season 4, episode 15, "sons of mogh".

Ronald D. Moore clearly loves to torture Worf, as he also killed off his brother Kurn (Tony Todd) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 4, episode 15, "Sons of Mogh". Unlike the deaths of K'Ehleyr and Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation , Moore does something more philosophical when it comes to Kurn's death . Ostracized from the Klingon Empire due to his brother's refusal to back the Klingon and Cardassian War , Kurn sought to end his life with honor rather than live in disgrace. While Worf is initially willing to murder his brother, he is barred from doing so by Captain Sisko.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

Unable to convince Kurn that he can weather the storm of the House of Mogh's disgrace, Worf eventually seeks other means to help his brother. At the end of "Sons of Mogh", Kurn is genetically altered and given a new identity - Rodek, son of Noggra. The deception involving Kurn and Rodek is never mentioned again in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , even after Worf is welcomed back into the Klingon Empire. Presumably, Rodek was never altered back into Kurn, meaning that for all intents and purposes, Ronald D Moore killed Worf's brother in DS9 's "House of Mogh".

Legendary horror actor Tony Todd played three different characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager.

4 Vedek Bareil (Philip Anglim)

Star trek: ds9, season 3, episode 13, "life support".

Not content with killing off Worf's love interests, Ronald D. Moore is also the man who killed off Vedek Bareil (Philip Anglim), love interest for Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor). In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3, episode 13, "Life Support", Bareil is critically injured in a shuttle accident on the eve of crucial peace talks between Bajor and Cardassia. Bareil's dream to finally obtain peace, and reparations for the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor is achieved, but at the cost of his life.

While breaking the story of "Life Support", the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writers' room considered killing off Chief O'Brien, as Colm Meaney was rumored to be departing the show.

Bareil was killed off because Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's writers didn't believe his relationship with Kira was working. However, as he did with K'Ehleyr in Star Trek: The Next Generation , Ronald D. Moore ensured Bareil's death had meaning, and wasn't a sensationalist way to get rid of a character . By dedicating his last days to helping Kai Winn (Louise Fletcher) with the Cardassian peace talks, Vedek Bareil leaves a lasting legacy, even if DS9 's villainous religious leader takes all the credit.

3 Kor (John Colicos)

Star trek: ds9, season 7, episode 7, "once more unto the breach".

Ronald D Moore can also count Klingon Dahar Master Kor (John Colicos) as one of his confirmed kills, having written Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , season 7, episode 7, "Once More Unto The Breach". In the episode, Kor convinced Worf to vouch for the old Klingon warrior to join the IKS Ch'tang. However, Kor's advancing years meant that he made critical mistakes, bringing him great dishonor. Kor's rivalry with General Martok (J.G. Hertzler) meant that the old warrior was relieved of duty for his errors, but he eventually proved himself in a daring final act.

Ronald D. Moore based the story of "Once More Unto the Breach" on the mystery surrounding Davy Crockett and the Battle of the Alamo.

Kor was the sole pilot of the IKS Ning'tao, and flew it into the heart of enemy territory, keeping ten Jem'Hadar ships distracted so that Worf, Martok and the Ch'tang's crew could rendezvous with the USS Defiant. When John Colicos first returned to Star Trek in "Blood Oath", he was adamant that Kor should not die . Five years later, Ronald D. Moore gave Kor a death befitting a Star Trek legend and heroic Klingon warrior.

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2 Chancellor Gowron (Robert O'Reilly)

Star trek: ds9, season 7, episode 22, "tacking into the wind".

The tumultuous friendship between Lt. Commander Worf and Chancellor Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) comes to a brutal end in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 7, episode 22, "Tacking into the Wind". With Gowron becoming increasingly reckless and vindictive, Captain Sisko and Worf realize that extreme measures must be taken if the Federation Alliance is to win the ongoing Dominion War . In the original draft of "Tacking into the Wind", Gowron survived his encounter with Worf, but Moore felt that there had to be more of an impact that reflected the past decade of Klingon storytelling. In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion Moore stated:

"Yeah, these guys are corrupt, and Worf has put up with that for a long time. They talk a good game about how honorable they are, but they're not capable of living up to their ideals. That's an important thing to say, so let's say it ."

Therefore, Worf finally challenging Gowron to a duel was him confronting the Klingon Empire's corrupt ideals. Worf killing Gowron in battle is a huge moment for his arc in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , as it allows him to reconcile his complicated relationship with the Klingon Empire, while placing it in the hands of his most trusted ally, General Martok. Once again, Ronald D. Moore's eye for a good story informs the killing off of an iconic Star Trek character .

1 Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner)

Star trek generations (1994).

Arguably, Ronald D. Moore's gift for marrying devastating character deaths with a strong story abandons him in Star Trek Generations . Co-written with his frequent Star Trek collaborator Brannon Braga, Generations used the mysterious death of Kirk to bridge the gap between Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation . The central idea was that the mystery surrounding the Nexus and Kirk's death on the USS Enterprise-B would then be solved by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D.

Kirk sacrificing his life to save the crew of a starship Enterprise that isn't even his own is heroic.

The problem, however, is that Kirk's actual death on Veridian III doesn't have the impact or meaning that it should have. Kirk sacrificing his life to save the crew of a starship Enterprise that isn't even his own is heroic. However, rather than send Kirk back to that heroic moment at the end of Star Trek Generations , Moore and Braga opted for him to be crushed under a bridge and buried under a cairn. It's never been clear in the established Star Trek canon which of Kirk's deaths remains on the official record, but Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga's first attempt in Generations ' prologue is definitely the most heroic one.

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Over $63 Million to Support Commercialization of Transformative Energy Technologies

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda , the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $63.5 million for four transformative technologies through the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. The four projects have demonstrated a viable path to market and represent technologies focused on aerogels for energy-efficient insulated glass units, thermal batteries to supply combined heat and power from renewable electricity, energy-dense solid state batteries, and cement decarbonization. SCALEUP supports the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to advance critical research and development helping to propel America’s energy innovation leadership on the global stage.

“America is an innovation superpower, and President Biden is helping to scale up the next generation of clean energy solutions that will advance the nation even further toward our net-zero goals,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. “By catalyzing the commercialization of promising technologies, we are empowering the private sector to go all in to boost American manufacturing, strengthen national security and ensure our competitive edge.” 

The SCALEUP program provides new funding to previous ARPA-E awardees that have successfully de-risked their technology and established a viable route to commercial deployment.

The four projects selected as part of the latest SCALEUP program are: 

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This is the third cohort of projects selected under the SCALEUP program, and you can access full project descriptions for the technologies above on the ARPA-E website.

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