Star Trek: Lower Decks
Thursdays on Paramount+Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Episode 9: "The Inner Fight" Quotes
Sorry the mission was a failure, Captain. Who knew a bunch of criminals would hate Starfleet?
Rutherford
Look, we don’t have to like each other. But until we’re off this sh*t planet, we need to work together. How else are you going to get revenge on whoever did this? Each and every one of you comes from a species that chose to travel into space and all the danger that comes with it. We’ve survived worse. If we can work together, nothing can stop us.
Mariner
Ma’ah: Honor your friend. Slay your enemies. And study your… what is it? Plants?
Mariner: Yeah, I mean, yeah, sometimes it’s plants.
Ma’ah: Sito was a warrior. You do not honor her.
Mariner: You didn’t know her!
Ma’ah: Do you follow every order from your commanders?
Mariner: No.
Ma’ah: Sito made her choice. You want to solve puzzles and mysteries? Your friend gave her life to protect that. Hmph. She would not approve of your actions.
Mariner: You’re… you’re right. She’d say I’m acting like an idiot.
Ma’ah: The shapeshifters sent many warriors to Sto’Vo’Kor. I wish I could’ve seen it.
Mariner: No, you do not. There was no honor, just massacres.
Ma’ah: But, in the end, you were victorious!
Mariner: Starfleet is supposed to be about puzzling together the mysteries of Life, not fighting wars. I don’t want to be a general. I don’t want to send my friends off to die. I just want to be an ensign. If it was good enough for Sito, then it’s good enough for me.
Mariner: Back at the Academy, my dream was to be a captain. I modeled myself after this perfect friend. Sito was everything I wanted to be. I mean, she made some mistakes but she rallied, graduated ahead of me and was stationed on the Enterprise.
Ma’ah: The Enterprise! I have heard tales of its triumphs.
Mariner: Oh yeah, so did she. And it got her murdered by Cardassians. She didn’t sign up to be a spy. She wanted to explore. She… It destroyed me.
Mariner: Stupid knife rain.
Ma’ah: This planet has no honor.
Mariner: I could’ve handled that Cardassian, y’know.
T’Lyn: I have no doubt you would’ve tried.
Mudds is a notorious dive for all sorts of unsavory rogues. I aced my ‘Hoodlums and Racketeers’ seminar at the academy. Let me do the talking.
Freeman
Somewhere out there, there’s an apex predator and I want it to know I’m the new apex predator around here.
Mariner
How’s your adrenaline still so high? Mine wore off, like, two panics ago.
Boimler
Mariner: I’m ready for anything. Y’hear that? BRING IT!
T’Lyn: Perhaps we should find shelter before anything is brought.
