Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Unification II (1991)

Denise Crosby: Sela

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Quotes 

• [Sela has prepared a speech for Spock] 

  Ambassador Spock : I will not read this or any other statement.

  Sela : If you do not, you will die. All of you will die.

  Ambassador Spock : Since it is logical to conclude that you will kill us in any event, I choose not to cooperate.

  Sela : [fuming]  I hate Vulcans. I hate the logic. I hate the arrogance. Very well.

• [On Romulus, Spock, Picard and Data enter Sela's office] 

  Sela : Excuse me, I'm just finishing up a speech - for you, Mister Spock. I rather enjoy writing. I don't get to do it very often in this job.

  Lt. Commander Data : Perhaps you would be happier in another job.

  Sela : Please, feel free to change any words that you wish. I've tried to make it sound Vulcan. A lot of unnecessarily long words.

• [Sela outlines the Romulan plan to conquer Vulcan] 

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Do you seriously believe that the Federation will not immediately intervene?

  Sela : Of course it will, and we're fully prepared for it, but we will *be* there, entrenched, and it will be very difficult to get us out once we are. Reunification will become a fact of life.

• Sela : [blusters]  You'll never get out of this building.

  Lt. Commander Data : I disagree, Commander. After studying the design of this structure, I have determined that our best route of escape would be the underground exit to the east of this wing. I have disconnected certain security scanners to assist us. I am afraid we cannot allow you to warn your guards.

  [he uses the Vulcan nerve pinch on Sela, who goes down unconscious] 

  Ambassador Spock : [noting Data's mastery]  Not bad.

• [Spock, Picard and Data have fallen victim to a Romulan setup] 

  Sela : Do not be distressed. Your dream of reunification is not dead. It will simply take a different form - the Romulan conquest of Vulcan.

• Ambassador Spock : [threatening Sela with a disruptor]  I'm afraid I don't know too much about Romulan disruptor settings.

  [Sela drops her disruptor as well] 

  Ambassador Spock : [to Picard]  Cowboy diplomacy?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [on Data's holographic creation of some Starfleet officers]  Well done, Mr. Data. Though... I don't think you got Commander Riker's hair quite right.

  Lt. Commander Data : [agrees]  I will be more observant in the future, sir.

  Sela : [blusters]  It doesn't matter what you do now. Spock's announcement will be made in minutes. Our forces will be on Vulcan before you can alert anyone.

• Sela : Computer, run holographic program Spock One.

  Ambassador Spock : [hologram appears]  This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry the future of the Romulan and Vulcan people. Our long conflict is finally over.

  Sela : Freeze. We would have preferred an interactive Spock who could have responded to questions, but this will have to suffice.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : You can hardly believe this will convince anyone.

  Sela : I don't need to convince them. Just confuse them long enough to reach Vulcan. End program. If you'll excuse me, it's time to send our ships on their journey.