Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

The Omega Directive (1998)

Kate Mulgrew: Capt. Kathryn Janeway

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  Seven of Nine : For 3.2 seconds, I saw perfection. When Omega stabilized, I felt a curious sensation. As I was watching it, it seemed to be watching me. - The Borg have assimilated many species, with mythologies to explain such moments of clarity. I've always dismissed them as trivial. Perhaps I was wrong.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : If I didn't know you better... I'd say you just had your first spiritual experience.

• Tuvok : It's unfortunate we can't study this phenomenon in more detail. We may not have the opportunity again.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Let's hope we never do.

  Tuvok : A curious statement, from a woman of science.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm also a woman who occasionally knows when to quit.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : If someone out there is experimenting with Omega, I'm under orders to stop them. Otherwise this entire quadrant would be at risk.

  Seven of Nine : Those orders were the result of Starfleet's ignorance and fear. I can alleviate your ignorance. As for your fear...

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Sometimes fear should be respected, Seven.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : The final frontier has some boundaries that shouldn't be crossed - and we're looking at one.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : What is it the Borg say? That Omega is perfect?

  Seven of Nine : Yes.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Is that a theory or a belief?

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : [from her log entry]  I have to admit, I have never been this apprehensive about a mission. I know how Einstein must have felt about the atom bomb, or Marcus, when she developed the Genesis Device. They watched helplessly, as science took a destructive course. But I have the chance to prevent that from happening. I just hope it's not too late.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : One of two things is going to happen: either Seven and I will succeed on our mission and return within a few days; or your long-range sensors will detect a large explosion in subspace. If that occurs, you'll have less than ten seconds to jump to warp and get the hell out of here. Head for the Alpha Quadrant and don't look back, understood?

• [Janeway is briefing her senior officers about the Omega molecule, its nature and its dangers] 

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Omega destroys subspace. A chain reaction involving a handful of molecules could devastate subspace throughout an entire quadrant. If that were to happen, warp travel would become impossible. Space-faring civilization as we know it would cease to exist.

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  Captain Kathryn Janeway : I don't have to tell you what's at stake. If a large-scale Omega explosion occurs, we will lose the ability to go to warp forever. We've got our work cut out for us.

• Seven of Nine : Your Starfleet Directive is no longer relevant. I have found a way to control Omega.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : I don't care if you can make it sing and dance. We're getting rid of it.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : I didn't realize you had such a strong scientific curiosity.

  Seven of Nine : Not curiosity. Desire.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Desire?

  Seven of Nine : Omega is infinitely complex, yet harmonious. To the Borg, it represents perfection. I wish to understand that perfection.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : The Borg's Holy Grail.

  Seven of Nine : Captain?

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Never mind.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'm curious. When did the Borg discover Omega?

  Seven of Nine : 229 years ago.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Assimilation?

  Seven of Nine : Yes. Of thirteen different species.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Thirteen?

  Seven of Nine : It began with Species 262. They were primitive, but their oral history referred to a powerful substance which could burn the sky. The Borg were intrigued. Which led them to Species 263. They, too, were primitive and believed it was a drop of blood from their creator.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Fascinating!

  Seven of Nine : Yes, but irrelevant.

• [Seven has told Janeway about the Borg's first attempt to create an Omega molecule] 

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Tell me... how many Borg were sacrificed during this experiment?

  Seven of Nine : 29 vessels, 600,000 drones, but that is irrelevant.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : I wondered who was running my program. Master da Vinci doesn't like visitors after midnight.

  Seven of Nine : He protested. I deactivated him.