"Equinox'' Line-by-Line

[Athena28]

RANSOM: I'm afraid that won't be possible. It's in our research lab. That whole section was flooded with thermionic radiation during the last attack. It'll be days before anyone can go in there.

 

[Orac]

Burke: The design schematics are in our auxiliary datacore.

 

[Enterprise1981]

RANSOM: I'll see if I can download them. You give me a hand?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

[Equinox Bridge]

JANEWAY: I couldn't help but notice your crew calls you by your first name.

 

[Orac]

Random: When you've been in the trenches as long as we have, rank and protocol are luxuries. Besides, we're a long way from Starfleet Command.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: I know the feeling.

 

[Orac]

Ransom: You seem to run a pretty tight ship.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: We've been known to let our hair down from time to time but I find that maintaining protocol reminds us of where we came from and hopefully, where we're going.

 

[Orac]

Ransom: It seems to work quite well for you.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: Oh, we've overcome our share of obstacles, Warp core breaches, ion storms, a few rounds with the Borg

 

[Orac]

Ransom: The Borg? We haven't seen so much as a Cube since the day we arrived.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: Consider yourself lucky.

 

[Athena28]

RANSOM: Have you ever run into the Krowtonan Guard?

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: Never heard of them.

 

[Athena28]

RANSOM: That's how we spent our first week in the Delta quadrant. They claimed we violated their territory. I gave the order to keep going. I lost 39. Half my crew.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

JANEWAY: I'm sorry.

 

[Athena28]

RANSOM: We never recovered from that loss. It changed everything.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: What do you mean?

 

[Athena28]

RANSOM: When I first realized that we'd be traveling across the Delta Quadrant for the rest of our lives I told my crew that we had a duty as Starfleet officers to expand our knowledge and uphold our principles. After a couple of years, we started to forget that we were explorers and there were times when we nearly forgot we were human beings.

 

[Enterprise1981]

JANEWAY: This is a Nova-class science vessel, designed for short term research missions. Minimal weapons. It can't even go faster than warp eight! Frankly, I don't know how you've done it. You've obviously travelled as far as we have with much fewer resources.