Kate Mulgrew credited as playing...
Capt. Kathryn Janeway
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Mr. Paris, prepare the ship for landing.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Captain, I think I should tell you I've never actually landed a starship before.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: That's all right, Lieutenant, neither have I.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: The remarkable thing about the humans on this planet... is that they evolved very much like the people on Earth. Tens of thousands of light years apart, both civilizations managed to create a world they could be proud of - one where war and poverty simply don't exist.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Am I the only one who's so intent on getting home? Is it just me? Am I leading the crew on a forlorn mission with... no real hope of success?
- Commander Chakotay: You're not alone. I wanna get home too. And there's not a day that goes by when I don't hear someone mention Earth.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: The people here have built a new Earth. We could stay, help them build a human civilization in the Delta Quadrant. Isn't that an exciting prospect, shouldn't we be grateful for the opportunity they're giving us?
- Commander Chakotay: It is a tempting prospect. But when I hold it up against the prospect of seeing the sun rise over the Arizona desert, or swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on a summer's day - there's just no comparison. I wanna go home.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: I don't want to lose anyone. We've all been through so much together, it just wouldn't seem right. But I couldn't blame anyone... anyone, for staying behind.
- [last lines]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: All stations prepare for departure. Condition blue, Mr. Tuvok. Ms. Torres, anti-grav thrusters online.
- Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres: Thrusters enabled.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Mr. Paris, inertial dampers to flight configuration. Impulse drive to standby.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Yes, ma'am.
- Ensign Harry Kim: All stations report ready, Captain.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Then let's do it. Take us up.
- [first lines]
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Rust?
- Ensign Harry Kim: That's right, Captain. High levels of ferric oxide. Corroded iron particles.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Would you mind telling me how iron could rust in space without oxygen?
- Ensign Harry Kim: I wish I could.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Mister Paris, alter our course to follow that trail of rust. One quarter impulse.
- Lieutenant Tom Paris: Aye, Captain.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: In the meantime, I suggest we all brush up on ancient Earth. We're about to meet a bit of our history.