Michael Dorn credited as playing...
Worf
- Lt. Commander Worf: The Defiant?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Adrift but salvageable.
- Cmdr. William Riker: Tough little ship.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Little?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Initiate auto-destruct sequence. Authorization: Picard, 4 7 Alpha Tango.
- Dr. Beverly Crusher: Computer, Commander Beverly Crusher. Confirm auto-destruct sequence. Authorization: Crusher, 2 2 Beta Charlie.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Computer, Lieutenant Commander Worf. Confirm auto-destruct sequence. Authorization: Worf, 3 7 Gamma Echo.
- Computer: Command authorization accepted. Awaiting final command.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Destruct sequence: Alpha 1. 15 minutes, silent countdown. Enable.
- Computer: Auto-destruct in 15 minutes. There will be no further audio warnings.
- Dr. Beverly Crusher: So much for the Enterprise-E.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We barely knew her.
- Dr. Beverly Crusher: Think they'll build another one?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Plenty of letters left in the alphabet.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Worf... I regret some of the things I said to you earlier.
- Lt. Commander Worf: "Some"?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: As a matter of fact, I think you're the bravest man I have ever known.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Thank you, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You want to destroy the ship and run away, you coward.
- Lt. Commander Worf: If you were any other man, I would kill you where you stand.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Sir, we have lost the Enterprise. We should not sacrifice...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We have not lost the Enterprise, Mr. Worf. We are not *going* to lose the Enterprise. Not to the Borg. Not while I'm in command.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Worf, do you remember your zero-G combat training?
- Lt. Commander Worf: I remember it made me sick to my stomach.
- [realizing what he's getting at]
- Lt. Commander Worf: What are you suggesting?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: I think it's time that we took a little stroll.
- Defiant Helm Crewman: Main power is off-line, we've lost shields and our weapons are gone!
- Lt. Commander Worf: [hits console] Perhaps today *is* a good day to die! Prepare for ramming speed!
- Defiant Helm Crewman: Sir, there's another star ship coming in... it's the Enterprise!
- Lt. Commander Worf: The Borg have cut primary power to all decks... *except* sixteen.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The Borg won't stay on deck sixteen.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [Picard, Worf and Hawk are walking to the main deflector dish on the Enterprise hull. Picard notices Worf is breathing heavily] How are you doing, Mr. Worf?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Not well, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Try not to look at the stars. Keep your eyes on the hull.
- [Worf turns his attention to the hull, and looks up toward the deflector dish]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Let's go.
- Lieutenant Commander Data: I have isolated the main computer with a fractal encryption code. It is highly unlikely the Borg will be able to break it.
- Lt. Commander Worf: The Borg have cut primary power to all decks except 16.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: The Borg won't stay on Deck 16.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: First thing they'll do in Engineering is establish a collective, a central point from which they can control the hive. The problem is, if we begin firing particle weapons in Engineering, there's a risk that we may hit the warp core. I believe our goal should be to puncture one of the plasma coolant tanks. Data?
- Lieutenant Commander Data: Excellent idea. Plasma coolant will liquefy organic material on contact.
- Lt. Commander Worf: But the Borg are not entirely organic.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: True, but like all cybernetic life forms, they cannot survive without their organic components.
- Lt. Commander Worf: The Borg will adapt quickly. We will be able to fire 12 shots at most.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: One other thing. You may encounter Enterprise crew members who've already been assimilated. Don't hesitate to fire. Believe me, you'll be doing them a favor.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Worf, is everything all right up there?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Yes, sir. We are experiencing some environmental difficulties on deck 16, but that is all.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: What kind of difficulties?
- Lt. Commander Worf: Humidity levels have risen 73% and the temperature has jumped ten degrees in the last hour.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Data and I are returning to the ship.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Understood.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [to Will] Number One, take charge down here.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Commander Worf, I need to know exactly what's been happening.
- Lt. Commander Worf: We just lost contact with deck 16. Communications, internal sensors, everything. I was about to send a security team to investigate.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: No! Seal off deck 16. Post security teams at every access point.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Aye, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Hawk. Before we lost internal sensors, what were the exact environmental conditions in main engineering?
- Lt. Hawk: Atmospheric pressure was two kilopascals above normal, 92% humidity, 39.1 degrees Celsius.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: 39.1 degrees Celsius. Like a Borg ship. They knew their ship was doomed. Our shields were down. Somehow, they transported over here without being detected. They'll assimilate the Enterprise, and then... Earth.
- Security Officer: It's pretty bad, sir. It looks like they control decks 26 up to 11. But when they took deck 11, they... they just stopped.
- Lt. Commander Worf: The Borg have assimilated more than half the ship in a matter of hours. Why stop there? What is on deck 11?
- Lt. Hawk: Hydroponics, stellar cartography, deflector control. No vital system.
- Lt. Commander Worf: They would not have stopped there unless it gave them a tactical advantage.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Captain, our weapons are useless. We must activate the auto-destruct sequence and use the escape pods to evacuate the ship.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: No!
- Dr. Beverly Crusher: Jean-Luc, if we destroy the ship, we destroy the Borg.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We're gonna stay and fight.
- Lt. Commander Worf: [suiting up for zero-G] I have re-modulated the pulse emitters, but I do not believe we will get more than one or two shots before the Borg adapt.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Then we must make every shot count.
- Lt. Commander Worf: [observing the Borg constructing their interplexing beacon] We should bring reinforcements.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: There's no time. It looks as if they're building the beacon right on top of the particle emitter. Once all the transponder rods are in place, the beacon will be activated.
- Lt. Hawk: Well, if we set our phasers to full power, we can...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: No. There's a risk that we hit the dish. It's charged with antiprotons. We could destroy half the ship. We have to find another way.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. Worf, quantum torpedoes.
- Lt. Commander Worf: Ready, sir.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Fire!