Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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Why is it always an alley?
Pike
Spock: Captain, it appears we've landed in a society in the midst of some prolonged civil conflict within this planet's government.
Pike: Shades of Old Earth. Are you familiar with the United States of America, Spock?
Spock: Yes, as I am with both its civil wars and the devastating results.
Spock: We cannot further influence the destiny of this world.
Pike: Meant to or not, Spock, we already have. Our only option now is to influence it well.
Una: Chris, General Order One states...
Pike: Screw General Order One.
The power you're harnessing can bridge the gap between worlds, but its capacity for destruction cannot be underestimated.
Pike
Pike: You'll remember that when elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers. The Kikuyu people of Kenya Africa on Earth, they teach us that lesson every day.
Kylien Leader: You've given me a proverb. Which is less useful than a big stick. Whoever has the biggest stick wins.
Spock: They've become used to episodes of violence for centuries. The true cost of a civil war is abstract.
La'an: Not believing you're gonna die is what gets you killed.
Perhaps somewhere, all your ends are written as indelibly as mine. But I choose to believe that your destinies are still your own.
Pike
Maybe that's why I'm here, to remind you of the power of possibility. Maybe that's the good in seeing my future, that I might remind you that right up until the very end, life is to be worn gloriously because, until our last moment, the future's what we make it.
Pike
April: Council's not happy about it. They're doubling down, renaming [General Order One] The Prime Directive.
Pike: Well, that'll never stick.
Pike: There's more to serving Starfleet than just individual excellence. Our ability to work together, that's our greatest strength.
La'an: Other people are... challenging for me.
Even in space, growth -- sometimes, remarkable growth -- is possible.
Pike
Earth. The dust and sky is my hearth, but Enterprise is my home. We can go forward together, knowing that whatever shadows we bring with us, they make the light all the brighter. I am a lucky man.
Pike
