Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Mortal Coil (1997)

Tim Russ: Lt. Tuvok

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Quotes 

• Tuvok : [reading a salutation]  "We do not stand alone. We are in the arms of family: father, mother, sister, brother. Father's father, Father's mother. Father's brother, Mother's brother. Fa..." - Suffice to say, the list is extensive. "We gather on this day to extol the warmth and joy of those unshakable bonds. Without them, we could not call ourselves complete. On this day, we are thankful to be together. We do not stand alone."

• Seven of Nine : Human attitudes toward death are perplexing.

  Tuvok : How so?

  Seven of Nine : Too much importance is placed on it. There seem to be countless rituals and cultural beliefs designed to alleviate their fear of a simple biological truth: all organisms eventually perish.

  Tuvok : I take it the Borg have no fear of that biological truth?

  Seven of Nine : None. When a drone is damaged beyond repair, it is discarded, but its memories continue to exist in the collective consciousness. To use a human term, the Borg are immortal.

  Tuvok : You are no longer part of the Collective. You're mortal now like the rest of us. Does that disturb you?

  Seven of Nine : My connection to the Borg has been severed, but the Collective still possesses my recollections, my experiences. In a sense, I will always exist.

  Tuvok : Fascinating. That must be a great relief.

  Seven of Nine : [reflective]  Yes. It is.