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"Broken Bow" Line-by-Line

[Spacedock - view of Enterprise through window]

FORREST: When Zefram Cochrane made his legendary warp flight ninety years ago and drew the attention of our new friends, the Vulcans, we realized that we weren't alone in the galaxy. Today we're about to cross a new threshold. For nearly a century, we've waded ankle-deep in the ocean of space. Now it's finally time to swim. The warp five engine wouldn't be a reality without men like Doctor Cochrane and Henry Archer, who worked so hard to develop it. So it's only fitting that Henry's son, Jonathan Archer, will command the first starship powered by that engine. Rather than quoting Doctor Cochrane, I think we should listen to his own words: from the dedication ceremony for the Warp Five Complex thirty-two years ago.
 
COCHRANE: On this site, a powerful engine will be built. An engine that will someday help us travel a hundred times faster than we can today. Imagine it. Thousands of inhabited planets at our fingertips. And we'll be able to explore those strange new worlds and seek out new life and new civilizations. This engine will let us go boldly where no man has gone before.
 
[Bridge]

ARCHER: Take her out, Mister Mayweather. Straight and steady.
(Umbilicals are released and Enterprise glides out of spacedock)

[Engineering]

ARCHER [OC]: How are we doing, Trip?
 
[Temporal Communication Chamber]

FUTURE MAN: Where's Klaang?
 
PHLOX: Those are immunocytic gel worms. Try not to shake them.
 
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