Locarno: Hello, Alpha Quadrant! Independent captain Nick Locarno here with a message for anyone who feels like an afterthought.
Rutherford: He looks like Tom Paris.
Boimler: I don’t see it.

Locarno: Open a subspace channel, all bands, quadrant-wide. How do I look?
Mariner: Confident, but, y’know, in a creepy way?
Locarno: Perfect. That’s what I’m going for.

Mariner: Nice ship. Very… white. And nothing else.
Locarno: Thanks. I designed it myself. None of the Starfleet carpets or wood paneling in here.

Freeman: If we move fast, we can still track his warp trajectory.
Vassery: Unfortunately, there is no moving fast in a situation like this.
Admiral Freeman: What situation?
Vassery: Locarno has coordinated mutinies on ships from over a dozen non-Federation planets. If we did something that injured a Klingon or a Romulan…
Admiral Freeman: They turned their backs on their worlds when they moved against their captain!
Vassery: In bloodless coups. We can’t be the first to open fire.

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.

Star Trek: Lower Decks Quotes

Boimler: Romulan whiskey is against regulations!
Mariner: Yeah, because it's awesome.

First contact is a delicate, high-stakes operation of diplomacy. One must be ready for anything humanity is interacting with an alien race for the first time. But we don't do that. Our specialty is SECOND contact. Still pretty important. We get all the paperwork signed, make sure we're spelling the name of the planet right, get to know all the good places to eat...

Boimler