"Q Who?" Line by Line

Picard: What is the condition of the alien ship?

 

Worf: They have sustained damage to 20 percent of their vessel. Life Support is minimal.

 

WORF: They have sustained damage to twenty percent of their vessel. Life support minimal.

 

Picard: Conference.

 

[Engineering]

SONYA: I can't get the shields up.

 

LaForge: Divert power from anywhere you need it. Anywhere except for life support.

 

Sonya: No, it wouldn't help, the circuits that control the shields. They've been fused.

 

SONYA: No, it wouldn't help. The circuits which control the shields, they've been fused.

 

LaForge: If you can’t reprogram, then reroute.

 

SONYA: Eighteen people. Dead, just like that.

 

LaForge: I know. Just put it out of your head.

 

Sonya: No I can't I keep seeing them!

 

SONYA: No, I can't. I keep seeing them.

 

LaForge: Sonya, stop it! We’ll have time to grieve later. Now right now, let’s get these shields operative.

 

SONYA: Right, right, of course.

 

The Conference Room:
Picard: Guinan, how much more can you tell us about these creatures?

 

Guinan: Bits and pieces.

 

Picard: Anything would help.

 

GUINAN: They're made up of organic and artificial life which has been developing for thousands of centuries.

 

Q appears.
Q: The Borg is the ultimate user. They’re unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced. They’re not interested in political conquest, wealth or power as you know it. They’re simply interested in your ship, it’s technology. They’ve identified it as something they can consume.