Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
Anomaly (2003)
Connor Trinneer: Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
Quotes
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Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Every species we run into seems to be gunning for us. We might as well paint a giant bull's-eye on the hull.
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[Tucker is complaining about sleeplessness, but doesn't want to spend too much time on neuropressure sessions with T'Pol]
Dr. Phlox : There is another treatment that might be helpful.
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : All right, what've you got?
[Phlox presents a jar with eel-like creatures]
Dr. Phlox : Aldebaran mud leeches!
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : [apprehensive] What am I supposed to do with them?
Dr. Phlox : Place one on your chest and one on your abdomen an hour before going to bed. Their secretions act as a natural sedative. Oh, er, please, be careful to sleep on your back. If you roll over, you might anger them.
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Maybe an hour a night with T'Pol isn't so bad.
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Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : You finished rewriting the physics books?
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : I don't think I'll be taking home the Nobel Prize any time soon.
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Capt. Jonathan Archer : How's it coming?
Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Could be better. Creating a stable warp field isn't easy when the laws of physics won't cooperate. The Cochrane Equation, it's not constant here. The problem's in the quantum variables. Every time I try to compensate, the spatial gradients get thrown out of whack. Either we get away from these anomalies, or we're gonna have to rewrite the book on warp theory. And I don't have to tell you how long it took Zefram Cochrane the first time around. -... - Now, where's Isaac Newton when you need him?
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Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : This mission, whether it succeeds or not, is looking like a one-way ticket all the time.