Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)
The Void (2001)
Kate Mulgrew: Capt. Kathryn Janeway
Quotes
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Tuvok : I've detected a number of vessels monitoring us.
Tom Paris : The vultures are circling.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Vultures eat the dead, Mr. Paris. We're not dead yet.
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[Janeway suggests an alliance with other aliens to try and escape the Void with combined forces]
Chakotay : Then who are we going to form an alliance with?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Anyone who agrees to play by our rules: no killing, no stealing, and no giving up.
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General Valen : This new ship has impressive technology. We can share it.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm not here to divide the spoils.
General Valen : Then why are you here?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : To protect this ship you're firing on.
General Valen : What are they to you?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Just some people in a bad situation, like the rest of us.
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[Bosaal and Valen form an alliance of their own against Voyager]
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm so glad we taught them the value of cooperation.
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Captain Kathryn Janeway : Well in that case, welcome to the Alliance.
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General Valen : My scans show you have photon torpedoes.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm sorry, we don't trade weapons.
General Valen : Why not?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Because we have no way of knowing what they'll be used for. Plundering innocent ships, for example.
General Valen : Wait a few weeks until your resources start to run out. Morality won't keep your life support systems running.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm sorry, General. There are some compromises I won't make.
General Valen : Not yet.
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Chakotay : We may not like Valen's tactics, but he and his crew are still alive after five years in here.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I was thinking about that myself. I thought maybe I could get some guidance from the Federation Charter. I was hoping I'd find a loophole that would allow us to... take actions we ordinarily wouldn't take.
Chakotay : Any luck?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : The Charter's a statement of principles, not a practical document.
Chakotay : No section on how to exist in a void.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : No, but I've become convinced that we've got to stick to our principles, not abandon them.
Chakotay : Should the crew be ready to die for those principles?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : If the alternative means becoming thieves and killers ourselves, yes, but I'm betting that our principles are going to keep us alive.
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Captain Kathryn Janeway : We may lose a little weight, gentlemen, but we won't lose who we are.
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[last lines]
Captain Kathryn Janeway : It was almost like being part of a federation again.
Chakotay : The real one's only 30,000 light years away.
Captain Kathryn Janeway : Then what are we standing around for?
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Captain Kathryn Janeway : You think I'm being inefficient, Tuvok thinks I'm being illogical. You both could be right, but maybe the best way to get help is to give it.
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Captain Kathryn Janeway : Just when you think nothing in the galaxy can surprise you anymore.
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Captain Bosaal : [spotting Fantome] What's that parasite doing aboard your ship?
Captain Kathryn Janeway : I beg your pardon.
Captain Bosaal : They're vermin.
The Doctor : I don't know who you are, sir, but your choice of words is offensive.
Captain Bosaal : What is offensive is he way they slip aboard during transport, hide in conduits, steal food, spread disease.
The Doctor : Fantome is perfectly healthy - and unlike some people in this void, he hasn't stolen anything.
Captain Bosaal : If my sensors could detect where they are on my ship, I'd exterminate them. I suggest you do the same.