Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 44429.6. We're on a mapping survey near the
Cardassian sector. It has been nearly a year since peace treaty ended the
long conflict between the Federation and Cardassia."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Last time I was in this sector, I was on the Stargazer running at warp
speed ahead of a Cardassian warship."
Troi: "Running, Captain? You? That's hard to believe."
Picard: "Believe it."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "I'd been sent to make preliminary overtures for a truce. And I had
lowered my shields as a gesture of goodwill. The Cardassians were not
impressed. They had taken out most of my weapons and damaged the impulse
engines before I could regroup and run."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Worf: "The Cardassians have no honor. I do not trust them."
Troi: "They are our allies now, Mister Worf. We have to trust them."
Worf: "Trust is earned. Not *given* away."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "I hope their scout ship makes contact soon. It's never a good idea to
stay too long in a Cardassian border without making your intentions known."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "What, wh...what is it?"
Keiko: "Kelp buds, plankton loaf, and sea berries."
O'Brien: "Oh. Sweetheart, I'm not a fish."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "Isn't that what marriage is about...sharing?"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Keiko: "What kind of food?"
O'Brien: "Scalloped potatoes, mutton shanks, ox tails and cabbage."
Keiko: "Kind of heavy."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "Ah, I can still remember the aromas when mother was cooking."
Keiko: "She *cooked*?"
O'Brien: "She didn't believe in a replicator. She thought real food was more
nutritious."
Keiko: "She handled *real meat*? She *touched* it and *cut* it?"
O'Brien: "Yeah, like a master chef. She was fantastic!"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "But I'll make something special for you tonight. You'll love it, I
promise."
Keiko: "Okay. Maybe I'll have something special for you tonight too."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "This is Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation starship Enterprise."
Macet: "I am Gul Macet of the Cardassian ship Tragor."
Picard: "Why have you fired on us?"
Macet: "Curious question, Captain. In *war* one attacks one's enemies."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Gul Macet, the Federation and the Cardassians have struggled too hard
for peace...to abandon it so easily."
Macet: "*We* are not the ones who have abandoned it, captain."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Hayden: "Jean-Luc, I don't have to tell you the Federation is not prepared for a
new sustained conflict. You *must* preserve the peace, no matter what the
cost."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental. We have entered Cardassian territory and
are proceeding on our quest to locate the Phoenix."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "But who I choose to spend my free time with...that's my business."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Keiko: "What's what you're singing?"
O'Brien: "What? Oh, it's just a little song. A bunch of us used to sing it
together on the Rutledge. I hadn't thought about it in years."
Keiko: "What's it about?"
O'Brien: "Oh, it's about war...and glory."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Keiko: "*What* are these little dark things?"
O'Brien: "Capers."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Gul Macet, you see we are doing everything in our power to reach the
Phoenix."
Macet: "Yes, and accomplishing nothing, I'm sorry to say."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Mister Data, estimated time to intercept with the Phoenix."
Data: "At our present speed of warp four, sixteen hours, forty-four minutes."
Picard: "Ensign, increase to warp nine."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "I think, when one has been angry for a very long time, one gets used to
it. And it becomes comfortable like...like old leather. And finally...feels
so humiliated one can't remember feeling any other way."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "The only people left alive were in an outlying district of the
settlement. I was sent there with a squad to reinforce them. Cardassians
were advancing on us. Moving through the streets, destroying, killing. I was
with a group of women and children, and two Cardassian soldiers burst in. I
stunned one of them...the other one jumped me. We struggled. One of the
women threw me a phaser, and I fired. The phaser was set at maximum. The man
just...just incinerated there before my eyes. I'd never killed anything
before. When I was a kid I'd, I'd worry about swatting a mosquito. It's not
you I hate, Cardassian. I hate what I became because of you."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Macet: "There are those who...crave war, who need it. I am not one of them,
Captain. And I am beginning to see...that neither are you. We have had our
full measure. The lasting peace begins here...with the two of us."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Captain's Log, Stardate 44431.7. We have estabished communication with
Captain Maxwell and he has agreed to come on board."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Riker: "Welcome aboard, sir. I'm Commander Riker, first officer."
Maxwell: "I know all about you, commander. Fine work you did with the Borg. We
all owe you on that one."
Riker: "Thank you, sir."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "O'Brien? Miles O'Brien?"
O'Brien: "Hello, captain. Good to see you again."
Maxwell: "How are you? I had no idea you were on the Enterprise. This is my
tactical officer on the Rutledge. Best I ever had."
O'Brien: "Thank you, sir."
Maxwell: "O'Brien has the ability to size up a situation instantly. Then come
up with options to fit all contingencies. Remarkable."
O'Brien: "Well if that's true, I learned it from you, sir."
Maxwell: [Laughs] "But you got that silver tongue by kissing the stone, right?"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "You must think I've gone mad."
Picard: "The thought had occured."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "Picard, I have to tell you. I was grateful when I realized it was you
Starfleet had sent after me. Someone who knows what it's really like out
here."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "Smells musty around here...like a bureaucrat's office!"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "You have killed nearly seven hundred people. And you have taken us to
the brink of war."
Maxwell: "I have *prevented* war! Or at the very least delayed it a good long
time."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "You're a fool, Picard. History will look at you, and say, 'This man
was a fool.'"
Picard: "I'll accept the judgement of history."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "We're not going after any more Cardassian ships. You're going to
return to your bridge...and set a course for Starbase 211. The Phoenix and
the Enterprise will return to Federation space together. Those are
Starfleet's orders. I will...permit you the dignity of retaining your command
during the voyage. But the only alternative is to put you in the Brig, and
tow your ship back to the starbase in disgrace."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental. With the Phoenix in close formation, we
are proceeding directly to Starbase 211."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "The Cardassians live to make war."
O'Brien: "That's what everybody thinks about the enemy."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "You were on Cetleg. You saw what they did."
O'Brien: "Yes, sir."
Maxwell: "What was the name of that fellow who always hung around you like a
puppy?"
O'Brien: "Will Kaden. 'Stompy'."
Maxwell: "'Stompy'! 'Stomp...'" [Laughs] "Was cool under fire as a mountain
lake."
O'Brien: "Yes, sir."
Maxwell: "He died at Cetleg, didn't he?"
O'Brien: "Yes, sir."
Maxwell: "What was that song of his? One he always sang? One I liked?"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
O'Brien: "'The minstrel boy to the war has gone,
in the ranks of death you will find him.'"
Maxwell and O'Brien: "'His father's sword he hath girded on,
and his wild harp slung behind him.
Lands of songs said the warrior-bard,
though all the world betrays thee.
One sword at least thy rights shall guard,
one faithful harp shall praise thee.'"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Maxwell: "I'm not going to win this one, am I, Chief?"
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Captain's Log, Supplemental. Captain Maxwell has turned his ship over
to his first officer and transported aboard the Enterprise. I have confined
him to quarters for the return voyage."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Macet: "Well, his loyalty is admirable...even if it is misplaced."
Picard: "The loyalty that you would so quickly dismiss does not come easily with
my people, Gul Macet. You have much to learn about us."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Benjamin Maxwell *earned* the loyalty of those who served with him.
You know in war, he was twice honored with the Federation's highest citation
for courage and valor. And if he could not find a role for himself in peace,
we can pity him, but we shall not dismiss him."
Macet: "You are welcome to your opinion, Captain. I, for one, am grateful that
he is under lock and key."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "One more thing, Gul Macet. Maxwell was right. Those ships were not
carrying scientific equipment, were they? A research station, within arm's
reach of three Federation sectors? Cargo ships running with high energy
subspace fields that jam sensors?"
Macet: "If you believe that the transport ship was carrying weapons, Captain,
why didn't you board it as Maxwell had requested?"
Picard: "I was here to protect the peace. A peace that I firmly believe is in
the interest of both our peoples. I had attempted to board that ship, I'm
quite certain that both sides would now be arming for war."
Macet: "Captain, I assure you..."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6
Picard: "Take this message to your leaders, Gul Macet...we'll be watching."
-- "The Wounded", Stardate 44429.6