Spock: "What are you doing on Romulus?"
Picard: "That was to have been my question of you, sir."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "It is no concern of *Starfleet*."
Picard: "On the contrary, it is very much Starfleet's concern. You're in a
position to compromise the security of the Federation."
Spock: "You may assure your superiors, Captain, that I am here on a personal
mission of peace, and *I* will advise Starfleet when it is appropriate."
Picard: "That is not satisfactory."
Spock: "You cannot remain here, Captain Picard."
Picard: "And I will not return without a full explanation."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "Ambassador, with great respect for all that you have achieved on behalf
of the Federation, this sort of...cowboy diplomacy, will not easily be
tolerated anymore."
Spock: "'Cowboy diplomacy'."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "If you wish to undertake a mission with obvious repercussions for the
Federation, then you should *discuss* it with the Federation. I am here as
their representative. You'll have to discuss it with me."
Spock: "That is precisely what I had hoped to avoid."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "I also have the responsibility of being the bearer of unhappy news."
Spock: "Sarek. Sarek is dead."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "Walk with me, Picard."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "I know of your mind meld with my father, which enabled him to complete
his last mission."
Picard: "It was an honor. He's a great man."
Spock: "He was a great representative of the Vulcan people and of the
Federation."
Picard: "I was with him before coming here. He expressed his pride in you...
his love."
Spock: "Emotional disarray, it was a symptom of the illness from which he
suffered."
Picard: "No, those feelings came from his heart. He shared them with me, I
know."
Spock: "Sarek would no more approve my coming here than you do, Picard."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "For some time now, I've been aware of a growing movement here of people
who seek to learn the ideals of the Vulcan philosophy. They've been declared
enemies of the state, but there are a few in the Romulan hierarchy like
Pardek, who are sympathetic. *He* asked me to come now, because he believes
it may be time to take the first step toward reunification."
Picard: "'Reunification'? After so many centuries? After so many fundamental
differences that've evolved between your peoples?"
Spock: "It would seem unlikely to succeed, but I cannot ignore the potential
rewards that a union between our two worlds would bring."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "Why would you not bring something so important to the attention to your
own people? Or the Federation?
Spock: "A personal decision, Captain. Perhaps you are aware of the small role I
played in the overture to peace with the Klingons."
Picard: "*History* is aware of the role you played, Ambassador."
Spock: "Not entirely. It was *I* who committed Captain Kirk to that peace
mission and *I* who had to bear the responsibility for the consequences to him
and to his crew. Quite simply, I am unwilling to risk anyone's life but my
own on this occasion."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "So I ask that you respect my wishes and *leave*."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "Ambassador, your logic escapes me. If I didn't know better, I would
say that your judgement is influenced by your emotions."
Spock: "You speak as if my father would if he were here, Picard."
Picard: "I speak as a Starfleet officer. And I cannot ignore the risks to you."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "I was involved with 'cowboy diplomacy', as you described it, long before
you were born."
Picard: "Nevertheless, sir, I am not prepared to leave until your affairs are
complete."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "In your own way, you are as stubborn as another captain of the
Enterprise I once knew."
Picard: "Then I'm in good company, sir."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
K'Vada: "We have more important things to attend to than acting as your
nurse-maid!"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
K'Vada: "I cannot reveal classified Klingon entry codes to Starfleet."
Data: "Your entry codes can be easily reconfigured after we depart. And Captain
Picard has authorized me to share with you any information we obtain from the
Romulan databanks."
K'Vada: "Mmm."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Data: "We would also need to communicate with the Enterprise in Sector 2-13."
K'Vada: "You do, and the Romulans would instantly know our cooridinates!"
Data: "Using conventional means that would be true. However, I suggest we
piggyback our signal on Romulan subspace transmission."
K'Vada: "'Piggyback'?"
Data: "A human metaphor, pardon me."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Data: "We would use a Romulan signal as a carrier for our own, thus disguising
its origin."
K'Vada: "It will work?"
Data: "I believe it would. During the last hour, I have conducted a systematic
review of the entire Romulan subspace grid. I have compared my findings with
the specifications of your own transmission array. They appear to be
compatible."
K'Vada: "Cha."
Data: "Thank you for your coorporation."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "I sense you have a closed mind, Captain. Closed minds have kept these
two worlds apart for centuries. In the Federation, we have learned from
experience to view the Romulans with distrust. We can either choose to live
with that emity, or seek a way to change it. I choose the latter."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "I will be the first to cheer when the Neutral Zone is abolished."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "But I wonder if this movement is strong enough to reshape the entire
Romulan political landscape."
Spock: "One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower, Captain."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Pardek: "So what do you think of your enemy, Captain Picard?"
Picard: "These people are no one's enemy, Senator."
Pardek: "Many of my colleagues fear what they have to say. But I have learned
to listen carefully. Children like D'Tan are our future. Old men like me
will me will not be able to hold on to ancient prejudice and hostility. Young
people won't allow it. But now, now that they've met their first real Vulcan,
it has only inspired them more."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "I did not anticipate such a passionate response to my arrival."
Pardek: "Romulans are passionate people. The Vulcans will learn to appreciate
that quality in us."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "First Officer's Log, Stardate 45245.8. The Enterprise remains at
Qualor II as we continue to investigate the theft of the surplus Vulcan ship.
The trail has led us to the former wife of a desceased smuggler."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Amarie: "A new face."
Riker: "Same one I've always had."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Amarie: "And what would you like to hear?"
Riker: "Know some blues?"
Amarie: "Look at me, mister. What'd you think?"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Amarie: "Suck salt?"
Riker: "Never cared for it."
Amarie: "Hmm, good for you. Nasty habit."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Amarie: "So who are you looking for?"
Riker: "Who says I'm looking for anybody?"
Amarie: "Your face, your uniform, in a place like this?"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "Okay, I'm looking for you."
Amarie: "Oh, you just made my day."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "I have to ask you about your husband."
Amarie: "Well, it was nice while it lasted. Which husband?"
Riker: "The dead one, I'm afraid."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "He was into some bad business. And he took the evidence with him."
Amarie: "His one endearing quality. He always cleaned up after himself."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Amarie: "And what do you want from me?"
Riker: "I was hoping you might know his business partners."
Amarie: "And why should I help you?"
Riker: "To be honest, I can't think of a good reason."
Amarie: "Well, you did kill my ex-husband. And that's not a bad start. So why
don't you drop a few coins into the jar and I'll see what I remember."
Riker: "I don't carry money."
Amarie: "Well, you don't offer much, do you?"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "Move over."
Amarie: "Oh, just what I need, another set of hands."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "Know this one? Twentieth-century Earth. Maybe I can teach you a lick
or two."
Amarie: "You already have."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Pardek: "Ambassador Spock, of Vulcan."
Spock: "Proconsul.""
Neral: "Oh, please, I have never liked titles ever since I was a lowly yulan in
the Romulan Guard."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Neral: "It's been years since 'ol Pardek's been invited to an official function.
He's, he's far too attached to the common man for most people's comfort."
Spock: "That is their loss. I have found Pardek to have a unique insight into
many issues."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Neral: "Let me tell you something, Spock. We are going to start something here,
you and I, that will redraw the face of the quadrant."
Spock: "Are you prepared to support reunification?"
Neral: "I believe must eventually come. Our two worlds need each other."
Spock: "Forgive me, I...I did not expect to hear a Romulan proconsul speak like
a member of your underground."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Neral: "Times are changing. And leaders who refuse to change with them, well,
will no longer be leaders."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Neral: "Jolan tru, Spock. Oh...live long and prosper."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "You let their emotions sway you."
Spock: "On the contrary, I am pursuing the most logical course."
Picard: "You're as skeptical as I am. Is it logical to ignore your own good
sense?"
Spock: "I fear the influence of Sarek has covered your attitudes, Captain,
toward reunification and perhaps toward me."
Picard: "That is the second time you have accused me of speaking with another
man's voice. It's true he will always be a part of me. His experience, his
spirit. But I speak with my own voice, not his."
Spock: "Curious. That I should hear him so clearly, now that he is dead."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "It is possible that I have brought my argument with Sarek to you,
Captain. If so, I apologize.
Picard: "Is it so important that you win one last argument with him?"
Spock: "No, it is not, but it is true that I will miss the arguments. They
were, finally, all that we had."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "But your fight with Sarek is over, Spock. You have none with me."
Spock: "I always had a different vision than my father. The ability to see
*beyond* pure logic. He considered it weak. But I have discovered it to be a
source of extraordinary strength. Sarek would've seen this mission of
reunification as a fool's errand. Somehow I think it is not."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "Logic cannot explain why, I only know that I must persue this."
Picard: "Even if it leads you into a Romulan trap?"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "If the Romulans do have an ulterior motive, it is in the best interests
of all concerned that we determine what it is. So, I will play the role that
they would have me playing."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "May I assist you, Commander? I have had some experience in these
matters."
Data: "By all means, Ambassador."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "I'll take this opportunity to remove my ears."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "Intrigues me, this Picard."
Data: "In what manner, sir?"
Spock: "Remarkably analytical, and is dispassionate, for a human. I understand
why my father chose to mind-meld with him. There is almost a Vulcan quality
to the man."
Data: "Interesting. I have not considered that."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Data: "And Captain Picard has been a role model in my quest to be more human."
Spock: "'More human'?"
Data: "Yes, Ambassador."
Spock: "Fascinating. You have an efficient intellect, superior physical skills,
no emotional impediments. There are Vulcans who aspire all their lives to
achieve what you've been given, by design."
Data: "Hm."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Data: "You are...half-human?"
Spock: "Yes."
Data: "Yet you have chosen a Vulcan way of life."
Spock: "I have."
Data: "In effect, you have abandoned what I have sought...all my life."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Data: "Ambassador Spock, may I ask a personal question?"
Spock: "Please."
Data: "As you examine your life, do you find that you have missed your
humanity?"
Spock: "I have no regrets."
Data: "'No regrets.' That is a human expression."
Spock: "Yes. Fascinating."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Worf: "Do you know any Klingon opera?"
Amarie: "I don't get a lot of requests for it."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Worf: "Surely you must know at least one theme from 'Actoo and Maylorta'?"
Amarie: "I may be little rusty."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Worf: "Maylorta..."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Omag: "What is that dreadful noise?! It sounds like a Bardakian pronghorn
moose!"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Omag: "You know what I want to hear."
Amarie: "Yeah, yes, I know."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Worf: "A *fat* Ferengi has just entered the establishment."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Omag: "Where's the waiter? Isn't there a waiter in this sorry place?!"
Riker: "Is there a problem?"
Omag: "Yes. I need more napkins!"
Riker: "Use your sleeve."
Omag: "What did you say?!"
Riker: "Use one of their sleeves, I don't care."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Omag: "What are you?"
Riker: "Commander William Riker, U.S.S. Enterprise."
Omag: "Oh, am I supposed to stand up and *salute*?!" [Laughs]
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Omag: "Can't somebody get me a napkin?!"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "Who would want a Vulcan ship?"
Omag: "Hypothecially speaking?!"
Riker: "'Hypothetically speaking'."
Omag: "I never learned to speak hypothetical." [Laughs]
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "Let me explain what'll happen to you if you don't tell me about the
Vulcan ship. Your rite of passage though this sector will be revoked, and
more than that, I will be *very* unhappy."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "Enjoy your dinner."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Pardek: "Why would they need a Vulcan ship?"
Sela: "That will become clear very shortly."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Sela: "Captain Picard, welcome to Romulus. I trust you've enjoyed your visit?
And this is the android I've come to respect in battle."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Pardek: "How could they know of this location? Someone has betrayed us!"
Spock: "Yes, you did."
Pardek: "Spock, we've been friends for eighty years."
Spock: "It is the only logical conclusion. You asked me to come to Romulus, you
arranged the meetings with the proconsul. And you knew that Picard and Data
had returned to the surface with new information."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Sela: "The great Spock."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Pardek: "Jolan tru, Spock."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Sela: "Do not be distressed. Your dream of reunification is not dead. It will
simply take a different form. The Romulan conquest of Vulcan."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Riker: "First Officer's Log, Supplemental. The Enterprise has reached Galorndon
Core, near the border of the Neutral Zone."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
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."
Data: "Perhaps you would be happier in another job."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Sela: "Please feel free to change any words that you wish. I tried to make it
sound Vulcan, a lot of unneccessarily long words."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "I will not read this or any other statement."
Sela: "If you do not, you will die! All of you will die!"
Spock: "Since it is logical to conclude that you will kill us in any event, I
choose not to coorperate."
Sela: "I hate Vulcans! I hate the logic! I hate the arrogance!"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "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."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Sela: "Impossible! There's no way they could've gotten out of this room!"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
"Riker": "That's far enough! Stay right where you are. Drop your weapons."
Sela: "How did you get in here?"
"Riker": "Drop your weapons. Drop your weapons."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "I'm afraid I don't know too much about Romulan disruptor settings."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "'Cowboy diplomacy'?"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "Well done, Mister Data. Though...I don't think you got Commander
Riker's hair quite right."
Data: "I will be more observant in the future, sir."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "This is Ambassador Spock of Vulcan. By now, Federation sensors are now
tracking three Vulcan ships crossing the Neutral Zone. These ships carry a
Romulan invasion force and must be stopped. I repeat, these ships carry a
Romulan--"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Sela: "You'll never get out of this building."
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."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Data: "I am afraid we cannot allow you to warn your guards."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "Not bad."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "What will you do now?"
Romulan : "What we have always done. Continue to teach, pass on the ideals to
a new generation, work for the day when new thoughts may be spoken aloud."
Picard: "The Federation will welcome that day."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "Captain, I will not be coming with you."
Picard: "Ambassador--"
Spock: "The reason for my coming here has never been more clear. The union of
the Vulcan and the Romulan people will not be achieved by politics or by
diplomacy. But it will be achieved. The answer has been here before us all
along. An inexorable evolution toward a Vulcan philosophy has already begun.
Like the first Vulcans, these people...are struggling to a new enlightment.
And it may take decades or even centuries for them to reach it. But they will
reach it. And I must help."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "I have learned that it is useless to argue with you once your mind is
set."
Spock: "Not at all, Captain. I have found our arguments quite useful...almost
as useful as those I had with my father."
Picard: "Would it surprise you to learn...that he found them equally valuable?"
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Spock: "Ironically, you may know Sarek better than his own son does. My father
and I...never chose to meld."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8
Picard: "I offer you the chance to touch...what he shared with me."
-- "Unification, Part II", Stardate 45245.8