"The Defector" Line-by-Line

[BlueStuff]

RIKER: I guess you're right. It's not worth playing this game.

 

[Athena28]

SETAL: What a fool I've been. To come looking for courage in a lair of cowards

 

[BlueStuff]

[Bridge]

COMPUTER: Captain Picard, priority message from security officer, Klingon vessel Bortas.

 

[Athena28]

PICARD: Lieutenant Worf, will you handle this at security station, deck nine.

 

[BlueStuff]

WORF: Aye, sir.
(Worf leaves)

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Sensors are configured for planetary probe, Sir. Ready for launch.

 

[Leandar]

Picard: Proceed.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: Probe on course. Sensors are functioning.

 

[Leandar]

Picard: Coordinate your analysis with Mr. La Forge. I want this report with dispatch.

 

[BlueStuff]

[Engineering]

LAFORGE: I don't know, Data. My gut tells me we ought to be listening to what this guy's trying to tell us.

 

[Alienesse]

(Hey, Blue! Another day, another LBL round!)

DATA: Your gut?

 

[BlueStuff]

(indeed! Though I can't stay for long this time!)

LAFORGE: It's just a feeling, you know? An instinct. Intuition.

 

[Alienesse]

(no worries!)

DATA: But those qualities would interfere with rational judgment, would they not?

 

[BlueStuff]

LAFORGE: You're right. Sometimes they do.

 

[Alienesse]

DATA: Then why not rely strictly on the facts?

 

[BlueStuff]

LAFORGE: Because you just can't rely on the plain and simple facts. Sometimes they lie.

 

[Alienesse]

DATA: They can lead to wrong conclusions, but they cannot lie.

 

[BlueStuff]

LAFORGE: What do you think? Is he a defector or not?

 

[Alienesse]

DATA: The facts to date would lead to an objective conclusion that he is not.

 

[BlueStuff]

LAFORGE: Somehow I think we're going to catch the Romulans with their pants down on Nelvana Three, just like he says.