Q: You can't outrun them. You can't destroy them. If you damage them, the essence of what they are remains. They regenerate and keep coming. Eventually you will weaken, your reserves will be gone. They are relentless.
The Borg fire again. But instead of draining the shields, this one collapses the warp field. Engineering: LaForge: Captain, we’ve just lost the warp engines.
[Bridge] Q: Where's your stubbornness now, Picard, your arrogance? Do you still profess to be prepared for what awaits you?
DATA: Without our shields, at this range there is a high degree of probability that a photon detonation could destroy the Enterprise.
Data: Without our shields, at this range there is a high degree of probability that a photon detonation could destroy the Enterprise.
Q switches places with Data in a Q flash. Q: I’ll be leaving now. You thought you could handle it, so handle it.
Picard: If we all die here, now, you will not be able to gloat. You wanted to frighten us. We’re frightened. You wanted to show us that we were inadequate. For the moment…I grant that. You wanted me to say “I need you.” I NEED YOU! Q smiles and snaps his fingers and the Enterprise is hurled back to where it was before Q sent it to system J 25.