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"Worst Case Scenario" Line-by-Line

TUVOK: I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding. The program is not a holonovel. It is a tactical training scenario. When you first invited the Maquis to join our crew, I believed that mutiny was a very real possibility. With that in mind, I began to write a training program for junior security officers to prepare them for such an eventuality.
 
Tuvok: No. As the two crews began to work together, I concluded that the threat of an insurrection was increasingly unlikely. I realised the programme itself might exacerbate the very conflict I sought to avoid. Therefore, I deleted the scenario, or so I believed.
 
Tuvok: Nor her somewhat excessive curiosity. I apologise for my carelessness, Captain.
 
PARIS: Forget your carelessness. What you should be apologizing for is leaving us all hanging by a thread. You've got to finish the story.
 
TUVOK: On the contrary, Mister Paris. The program has the potential to incite animosity among the crew and must be permanently deleted. I have no doubt the Captain concurs.
 
Janeway: With all due respect, Mister Tuvok, loosen up. You may have intended this program to be a tactical training tool, but it looks to me like it's turned into a bit of harmless fun.
 
Janeway: I'm more than just a Captain, I'm a leader of a community and communities need entertainment, culture, creative outlets. Since we're not exactly privy to every new piece of music or holonovel that's written back home. I think it's only natural that we start creating our own.
 
Everyone except for Tuvok laughs.

Paris: If Tuvok doesn't want to finish the story, I volunteer.
 
Paris: Well, I've always wanted to write a holonovel. I think I could make it pretty exciting.
 
JANEWAY: Good. Then it's settled. I, for one, can't wait to see if Captain Janeway manages to outwit the conspirators.
 
Later, Paris is in the Mess Hall, Tuvok approaches him.

Paris: Well, if it isn't Mister Anonymous. Come to check on your replacement?
 
TUVOK: Since the captain insists on allowing you to proceed with this frivolous exercise, I thought you might benefit from the original probability studies I conducted before beginning the scenario.
 
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