"The Best of Both Worlds" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Crusher: Yes, don't try to move.

 

[Vanyel]

Locutus: I am on board the Enterprise.

 

[LeadHead]

Riker: That's right.

 

[Vanyel]

Locutus: A futile maneuver. Incorrect strategy Number one, to risk your crew and ship to retrieve only 1 man. Picard would never have approved. You under estimate us if you believe this abduction is any concern.

(Locutus begins to move his arm, the rest step back. Worf draws his phaser)

There is no need for apprehension. I intend no harm. No harm. I will continue aboard this ship to speak for the Borg, while they continue, without further diversion, to sector 0-0-1 where they will force your unconditional surrender.

 

[LeadHead]

The Bridge

Data: Using Multimodal Reflection Sorting I have been able to detect a complex series of transmissions between Locutus and The Borg Ship.

 

[Vanyel]

Dr. Crusher: That's how they're controlling him?

 

[LeadHead]

Data: It is not just a matter of control, Doctor. The signals are interactive across a subspace domain similar to that of a transporter beam. I would hypothesize that these signals form the basis for the Borg Collective Consciousness.

 

[Vanyel]

Riker: Can't we block them?

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Possibly. But as you recall on several occaisons, we have witnessed The Borg removing key circuits from injured Comrades. No doubt separating them from the group consciousness.

 

[Vanyel]

Riker: The injured Borg immediately self destruct.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: That is correct Sir.

 

[Vanyel]

Riker: We have to find a way to reach him. We must know what he knows.

 

[LeadHead]

^^You skipped

Crusher: Cutting the link to Locutus might be fatal to The Captain

Riker: We have to find a way to reach him. We must know what he knows.

 

[Vanyel]

^^^^^ooooppps

Dr. Crusher: Without these interactive signals it'd only be a matter of micro surgery. I could do it, but as long as these Borg implants are functioning, there's no way I can separate the man from the machine.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Then perhaps, there is a way I can access the machine Doctor.

 

[Vanyel]

Sick bay. Locutus is looking over a wall display.
Locutus: Worf, Klingon, a warrior race. You too will be assimilated.

 

[LeadHead]

Worf: The Klingon Empire will Never Yield!

 

[Vanyel]

Locutus: Why do you resist? We only wish to raise quality of life for all species.

 

[LeadHead]

Worf: I like my species the way it is.

 

[Vanyel]

Loctus: A narrow vision. You will become one with the Borg. You will all become one with the Borg. The android Data, primitive artificial organism, you will be obsolete in the new order.