"The First Duty" Line-by-Line

[LeadHead]

Crusher: Well there must be some explanation for this. I know you're telling the truth but the satellite data made it look like you were lying. I've spoken with the other parents. I am going to talk to Admiral Brand and ask her to delay the inquiry-

 

[Vulcan Princess]

Wesley: Mom. Don't. You can't do that.

 

[LeadHead]

Crusher: I am not going to let them ruin your career Wesley, you haven't done anything wrong!

 

[Vulcan Princess]

Wesley: Mom, don't try to protect me. Please stay out of this.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

Academy gardens (Boothby is trying to pull grass out of the middle of a shrub) BOOTHBY: These weeds keep popping up in the pittosporum. Poor plants don't have a chance to grow.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: You could use a good herbicide instead of pulling the weeds with your bare hands.

 

[Vanyel]

Boothby: Umhum. And you could explore space on a holodeck instead of a starship.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

PICARD: Boothby, tell me some more about Nova Squadron.

 

[Vanyel]

Boothby: Not going well, is it?

 

[Leandar]

Picard: No, it isn't.

 

[Vanyel]

Boothby: You remember the Parrises Squares tournament of 24?

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: The final game against Minsk.

 

[Vanyel]

Boothby: It took me 3 weeks to repair the grounds after the celebration.

 

[LeadHead]

Picard: We had a lot to celebrate. Our team wasn't supposed to win, we were very proud of them.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

BOOTHBY: Well the cadets today are just as proud of the Nova Squadron. The celebration they held after Nova won the Rigel Cup made 'twenty four look like a dinner party. To the other cadets, the members of that team are gods, and that's a hard image to live up to. But Nick Locarno, he watches out for them. He keeps them together. Nick is what makes that team special. He's their coach, surrogate father and best friend all in one. A natural leader. The members of that team love him. If he asks them to do something, they do it, even if it means going right over a cliff.

 

[Vanyel]

Enterprise Engineering room:
Picard: Report.

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: Nothing conclusive. We do know that the collision occurred about 4 seconds after the satellite images were recorded, but we still don't know how the ships got into the new formation or why the crash occurred.

 

[Vanyel]

Data: We unsuccessfully tried 53 different computational models in an effort to simulate the movements of the Nova Squadron just prior to the crash.

 

[LeadHead]

La Forge: There's just too many variables to take into consideration. Speed, attitude, course.

 

[Vanyel]

Picard: Did Wesley's flight recorder indicate that there was anything unusual about the ship or the way it was operating?