Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Thursdays on Paramount+Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 2: "Ad Astra Per Aspera" Quotes
You’re not born a monster. You were just born with the capacity for actions, good or ill, just like the rest of us.
Neera
Una: Ad astra per aspera.
Neera: Could you translate for the court?
Una: To the stars through hardship. It was the Starfleet motto before the Federation. I learned it studying history in school.
Neera: Why were you drawn to that motto?
Una: I knew it meant we must endure hardship to get to the stars, but I like to think that it also means that the stars could deliver us from anything. That, in the mystery and vastness of space, we might not just satisfy our curiosity, our need for exploration, but that in it, we might each also find salvation.
Starfleet is not a perfect organization, but it strives to be. And I believe it could be.
Una
Do you know why I love the law? Because a law is not a mirror to society. A law is an ideal, a beacon to remind us how to be our better selves and you have the opportunity today to do just that.
Neera
As you all know, I am not the biggest fan of Starfleet. But I am looking at a starship crew that proudly serves under an Illyrian commander so like I said, it’s a start.
Neera
