Denise Crosby credited as playing...
Lieutenant Natasha 'Tasha' Yar
- [reading his orders to take command of the Enterprise, during which he is distracted several times by visions of Q's laughing and jeering minions from "Encounter at Farpoint"]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: "To Captain Jean-Luc Picard, stardate 41148... You are hereby requested and required to take command... to take command of the USS Enterprise as of this date. Signed, Rear Admiral Norah Satie, Starfleet Command."
- [the visions get the better of him]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Red alert! All crew to battle stations!
- Lt. Tasha Yar: You heard him! Move!
- Lt. Tasha Yar: Captain, so far we've obeyed every order, no matter how far-fetched it might have seemed. But if we're to risk the safety of the ship and crew, I think we have to ask you for an explanation.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I understand your concerns, Lieutenant; and I know that if I were in your position, I would be doing the same thing - looking for answers. But you're not gonna find any, because I don't have any to give you. I know it is difficult for you to understand, but we have to take the ship into the very center of the phenomenon and create a static warp shell. Now, this will put the ship at risk. Quite frankly, we may not survive. But I want you to believe that I am doing this for a greater purpose, and that what is at stake here is more than any of you can possibly imagine. I know you have your doubts about me, about each other, about this ship. All I can say is that although we have only been together for a short time, I know that you are the finest crew in the fleet. And I would trust each of you with my life. So, I am asking you for a leap of faith - and to trust me.
- [Picard has called for Q]
- Lieutenant JG Worf: What is a 'Q'?
- Lt. Tasha Yar: It's a letter of the alphabet, as far as I know.
- [Yar's last line of the series]
- Lt. Tasha Yar: We're losing containment, Captain! I can't stop it, it's going to...