Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Hope and Fear (1998)

Jeri Ryan: Seven of Nine

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• Arturis : You negotiated an agreement with the Borg Collective: safe passage through their space, and in return you helped them defeat one of their enemies.

  Seven of Nine : Species 8472.

  Arturis : In your colorful language, yes, Species 8472. Did it ever occur to you that there were those of us in the Delta Quadrant with a vested interest in that war? Victory would have meant annihilation of the Borg, but you couldn't see beyond the bow of your own ship!

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : In my estimation, Species 8472 posed a greater threat than the Borg.

  Arturis : Who are you to make that decision? A stranger to this quadrant!

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : There wasn't exactly time to take a poll. I had to act quickly.

  Arturis : My people managed to elude the Borg for centuries - outwitting them, always one step ahead - but in recent years, the Borg began to weaken our defenses, they were closing in, and Species 8472 was our last hope to defeat them. You took that away from us! The outer colonies were the first to fall, twenty-three in a matter of hours. Our sentry vessels tossed aside, no defense against the storm, and, by the time they surrounded our star system, hundreds of cubes. We had already surrendered to our own terror. A few of us managed to survive - ten, twenty thousand. I was fortunate, I escaped with a vessel, alone, but alive. I don't blame them. They were just drones, acting with their collective instinct. You! You had a choice!

• Seven of Nine : You were a member of the Maquis. Starfleet Command will no doubt hold you responsible for a multitude of crimes. You will find nothing on Earth but adversity.

  B'Elanna Torres : Well, that's looking on the bright side. Let's put it this way: I'd rather face the music at home than spend the rest of my life in the Delta Quadrant.

• Arturis : Are you... Borg?

  Seven of Nine : Yes.

  Arturis : Hm. You're much more attractive than the average drone.

• Seven of Nine : [from her daily log]  If we do return to sector 001, will I adapt to human civilization - a single Borg among billions of individuals?

• Seven of Nine : [after losing a match of velocity to Janeway]  You are a frustrating opponent. During the final round, after you dropped your phaser, you did not even look at the disk, and yet you were able to acquire the target.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Intuition.

  Seven of Nine : Intuition is a human fallacy, the belief that you can predict random events.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Oh, belief had nothing to do with it. At some level, conscious or otherwise, I was aware of several factors: the trajectory of the disk after I hit the wall, the sound it made on its return, and the shadow it cast on the hologrid.

  Seven of Nine : Intriguing but implausible.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : I won, didn't I?

• [Janeway and Seven have been kidnapped by Arturis] 

  Chakotay : [aboard Voyager]  If I know the Captain, she's already got a plan.

  [on Arturis's ship, the Captain and Seven are held behind a force field] 

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Any ideas?

  Seven of Nine : Not presently.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : We'd better think of something. We come face to face with your former family in less than an hour, and that's one reunion I'd like to miss.

• Capt. Kathryn Janeway : In case I never get a chance to say this - I realize that I've been hard on you at times, but it was never out of anger or regret that I brought you on board. I'm your Captain. That means I can't always be your friend. Understand?

  Seven of Nine : No; however, if we are assimilated, our thoughts will become one, and I'm sure I will understand perfectly.

• Capt. Kathryn Janeway : [referring to Arturis]  Have you encountered his people before?

  Seven of Nine : Species 116.

  Arturis : Is *that* what you call us?

  Seven of Nine : Yes. The Borg has never been able to assimilate them - not yet.

• [the crew have checked out the "USS Dauntless" as suitable to get them home] 

  Harry Kim : So, what're we waiting for?

  Seven of Nine : Your enthusiasm is premature. Voyager is a proven vessel. It would be reckless to abandon it so quickly.

  Harry Kim : Come on, where's that Borg spirit? We'll adapt.

  Seven of Nine : My 'Borg spirit' gives me an objectivity you lack.

• Seven of Nine : You were correct, Captain.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Mmm.

  Seven of Nine : My desire to remain in the Delta Quadrant was based on fear. I am no longer Borg, but the prospect of becoming human is... unsettling. I don't know where I belong.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : You belong with us.

• Seven of Nine : I am attempting to design another method of traveling at slipstream velocities without damaging Voyager.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : I thought that was impossible.

  Seven of Nine : 'Impossible' is a word that humans use far too often. I wish to continue my efforts.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Few days ago, you were ready to abandon ship, and here you are, practically laying in a course to Earth.

  Seven of Nine : As we approached Borg space, I began to re-evaluate my future. The prospect of becoming a drone... was unappealing.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Sometimes you gotta look back in order to move forward. Sounds to me like you're starting to embrace your humanity.

  Seven of Nine : No; but as I said - nothing is impossible.

• Seven of Nine : [Janeway has beaten Seven at Velocity, who's not happy]  I have superior visual acuity and stamina. I should have won every round.

• Captain Janeway : You've come a long way from that drone who stepped out of a Borg alcove nine months ago. Don't turn your back on humanity now, not when you're about to take your biggest step.

  Seven of Nine : I may have come a long way, but not in the direction you think. You've attempted to influence my development. You exposed me to your culture, your ideals. You hoped to shape me in your own image, but you have failed. You may have noticed our tendency to disagree.

  Captain Janeway : Oh, I've noticed.

  Seven of Nine : Then you must also recognize that I do not share your values. Your desire to explore space is inefficient. Your need for familial connections is a weakness. Your infatuation with this planet is irrational.

• Capt. Kathryn Janeway : Seven, I could use your help. I'm trying to reconstruct the last fragment of the Starfleet message.

  Seven of Nine : Arturis said it was irreparably damaged.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : I know, but I think he gave up too easily.

  Seven of Nine : Intuition.

  Capt. Kathryn Janeway : It's intuition if I'm right.