"Yesterday's Enterprise" Line-by-Line

[Vanyel]

Data: Not necessarily "meaningless" Commander. The Klingon's regard honor above all else. If the crew of the Enterprise C had died fighting for the survival of a Klingon outpost, it would be considered a meaningful act of honor by the Klingon Empire.

 

[DarkHorizon]

Picard: Even their deaths could have prevented this war. If the Enterprise-C returns to the battle and its mission is a success, history will be irrevocably changed. This timeline will cease to exist, and a new future will have been created. I've considered the alternatives - I'll go with Guinan's recommendation. Dismissed.

 

[Brian]

(Bridge)

CRUSHER: If she's right, we may not even be in an alternate timeline.

 

[Leandar]

Geordi: Yeah, who knows if we're dead or alive.

 

[Vanyel]

Interior Turbolift
Data: Engineering. (To Tasha) Is Engineering your destination as well?

 

[CoveTom]

YAR: What? Oh, deck six. Sorry.

 

[DarkHorizon]

Data: If I interpret your facial expressions correctly, you are preoccupied with something... unpleasant?

 

[Leandar]

Tasha: No, I was just thinking about a lot of things. I've been working with one of the officers on the Enterprise-C. He's nice. I like him. I'm worried about what's going to happen to him.

 

[LeadHead]

Data: We may never know what happens. If they succeed, we will never even know that these events occurred.

 

[Leandar]

(Enterprise-C)

Castillo: Shields are up to seventy two percent. That's better.

 

[LeadHead]

Yar: Good.

 

[Leandar]

Garrett: Do you believe this Guinan?

 

[DarkHorizon]

Picard: I discovered, long ago, that she has a special wisdom. I've learned to trust it. If you like, I could arrange for you to speak with her.

 

[Leandar]

Garrett: Captain, I would be lying to you if I told you there was a chance in hell of coming out of this alive. Why doesn't your ship come back with us? The Romulans would be no match for your weaponry.

 

[DarkHorizon]

Picard: I can't do that.

 

[Leandar]

Garrett: No, I suppose not. You don't belong in our time any more than we belong in yours. To be honest, Picard, a significant number of my crewmembers have expressed a desire to return, even knowing the odds. Some because they can't bear to live without their loved ones, some because they don't like the idea of slipping out in the middle of a fight. But I have told them that in the here and now, the Federation needs another ship against the Klingons. And we'd better get used to being in the here and now.

 

[DarkHorizon]

Picard: But if you go back, you could be a great deal more helpful.
(lowers his voice)
The war is going very badly for the Federation - far worse than is generally known. Starfleet Command believes that defeat is inevitable. Within six months, we may have no choice but to surrender.

 

[Leandar]

Garrett: And you're saying that all this may be a result of our arrival here?

 

[DarkHorizon]

Picard: One more ship will make no difference in the here and now. But twenty-two years ago, one ship could have stopped this war before it started.

 

[Leandar]

Garrett: Mr. Castillo.