William Shatner credited as playing...
Kirk
- Kirk: Captain of the Enterprise, huh?
- Picard: That's right.
- Kirk: Close to retirement?
- Picard: I'm not planning on it.
- Kirk: Well let me tell you something. Don't! Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do *anything* that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
- Picard: Come back with me. Help me stop Soran. Help make a difference again!
- Kirk: Who am I to argue with the captain of the Enterprise? What's the name of that planet? Veridian III?
- Picard: That's right.
- Kirk: I take it the odds are against us and the situation is grim?
- Picard: You could say that.
- Kirk: You know if Spock were here, he'd say I was an irrational, illogical human being for going on a mission like that.
- [pause]
- Kirk: Sounds like fun!
- Kirk: [to Sulu's daughter, Demora] Congratulations, Ensign. It wouldn't be the Enterprise without a Sulu at the helm.
- Kirk: I was like you once, so worried about duty and obligation I couldn't see past my own uniform. And what did it get me? An empty house. Not this time. This time, I'm gonna walk up these stairs, march into that bedroom, and tell Antonia I want to marry her. This time, it's gonna be different.
- Picard: [following him, he finds himself in a horse stable] This is not your bedroom.
- Kirk: No, it's not. It's better.
- Picard: Better?
- Kirk: This is my uncle's barn in Idaho. I took this horse out for a ride 11 years ago on a spring day.
- [opening the barn door]
- Kirk: Like this one. If I'm right, this is the day I met Antonia. This Nexus of yours, very clever. I can start all over again and do things right from day one.
- [first lines]
- [the journalists are all talking at the same time, trying to get their questions in]
- Journalist #3: How does it feel to be back on the Enterprise bridge?
- Journalist #1: Captain Chekov, what are the most significant changes...
- Journalist #3: Captain Kirk, can I ask you a few questions?
- Journalist #1: Did you participate in the redesign?
- Journalist #3: We'd like to know how you feel about being...
- Kirk: I appreciate the...
- Harriman: Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. There will be plenty of time for questions later. I'm Captain John Harriman and I'd like to welcome you all aboard.
- Kirk: It's our pleasure.
- Harriman: I just want you to know how excited we all are to have a group of living legends with us on our maiden voyage. I remember reading about your missions when I was in grade school.
- Kirk: Oh, really? Well, may we have a look around?
- Harriman: Please. Please.
- Harriman: Captain Kirk - I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.
- Kirk: First - move us within transporter range and beam those people aboard the Enterprise.
- Harriman: What about the gravimetric distortions? They'll tear us apart.
- Kirk: Risk is part of the game if you want to sit in that chair.
- Harriman: Helm, close to within transporter range.
- Kirk: [to reporter shining a camera light into his face, pushing him away] Second - turn that damn thing off.
- Chekov: I'd like you to meet the helmsman of the Enterprise-B. Demora.
- [Demora steps forward]
- Chekov: Ensign Demora Sulu.
- Demora: It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. My father's told me some interesting stories about you.
- Kirk: Your father is Hikaru Sulu?
- Demora: Yes, sir.
- Chekov: Oh, you've met her before, but she was...
- [he indicates the size of a small child]
- Kirk: It wasn't that long ago. It couldn't have been more than...
- Chekov: Twelve years, sir.
- Kirk: Twelve years?
- Chekov: Absolutely.
- Kirk: Incredible.
- Scotty: [caught in the energy ribbon] There's just no way to disrupt a gravimetric field of this magnitude.
- Lieutenant: Hull integrity at 82%.
- Scotty: But I do have a theory.
- Kirk: I thought you might.
- Lieutenant: [trying to rescue the El-Aurians on the Lakul] Sir, I'm having trouble locking onto them. They appear to be in some sort of temporal flux.
- Kirk: [going to his station] Scotty!
- Scotty: [joining them] What the hell? Their life signs are phasing in and out of our space-time continuum.
- Kirk: Phasing? To where?
- Navigator: Sir, their hull's collapsing!
- Kirk: Beam them out of there, Scotty!
- Scotty: [as the Lakul is destroyed] Transport complete. I got 47... out of 150.