Seven Words in TNG

Do you know something we don't?"

"My

 

personal code of ethics prevents me from

 

disclosing that."

"Personal code?" Picard said, "You

 

have a personal code? It's been noticeably

 

forgotten. The Borg encounter in particular was

 

a marvelous opportunity for your personal code

 

to return us home before losing crewmen."

 

"You didn't loose anybody I really liked."

 

"I didn't like them either but that

 

is besides the point. You can't just

 

put people in harm's way."

Q thought

 

about it for just a second before

 

he shrugged and said, "Well . . . why not?"

 

"Damn it Q."

Before the captain could

 

give Q a piece of his mind,

 

the ship was under attack by the

 

Pakleds, who had been trying to hide

 

nearby.

"Shields," said Riker.

"Hail them," Picard

 

said but he didn't get the words

 

out before the ship was hit with