Seven Words in TNG

someone asked. Predictably, nobody had a straight

 

edge sharp enough to be able to

 

cut the tension on the bridge at

 

the moment. Admiral Nachayev wanted Feline's inhabitants

 

to be subdued so they wouldn't be

 

a threat to the endangered lab rats

 

of that sector. They commonly preyed upon

 

small, defenseless creatures, like rodents, fowl, midgets

 

and dwarves...creatures so small and defenseless

 

they "demanded Federation support" according to Nachayev

 

and were briefly considered as a Federation

 

candidate for membership but were rejected due to

 

their sphincters more than sentient beings should

 

probably ever do in order to be

 

really clean. Riker just smiled and said,

 

"C'est la vie. That's life. You know,

 

if I received a strip of latinum

 

I mean."

"No, sorry, I really don't.