Guys, a broken portal is just a tunnel.

Mariner

A small change here, we won’t feel anything. Yet, it could destroy your future. Your friends, loved ones.

La’an

Spock: I find myself curious about chance. Do you feel lucky?
Boimler: Uh, no. Not at all.

Pike: And there’s no other source of heronium anywhere in the quadrant?
Una: None. And there hasn’t been for over a hundred years.
Mariner: Can’t we just cook some up?
Boimler: Could you please just not?
Mariner: Sorry.
Spock: The ensign is correct. We could attempt to synthesize heronium ourselves.
Mariner: Hot Spock agrees with me.

Rutherford: I love scanning new things for my collection. Radiation’s a super useful form of energy!
Rutherford & Tendi: [high-fiving] Ha ha! Science!
Mariner: Oh, the bar to excite you guys could not be lower.
Rutherford: Pretty great, huh?

Boimler: Sir, there has to be a peaceful solution. And I know diplomacy is one of your many, many strengths. That and patience, forgiveness, benevolence… really great hair?
Pike: Hail the Orions.

Captain’s log, supplemental. Our problems seemed to have doubled. We started our day with one time traveler and now we have two. Which is,,, a lot.

Pike

Mariner: Dude, do you know how worried I was? You disappeared in a vortex while I was in charge. For all I knew, you were dead or stuck in a dystopian San Francisco in the middle of a riot.
Una: Anybody noticed that their references are weirdly specific?
Spock: Indeed.

Una: We sure this is wise?
Pike: No, but I’m going with it.

La’an: One time traveler is a security threat. Two is…
Una: … a disaster.
Mariner: Thought you said they were cool.

Pike: He was so excited to see me, that for a second, it felt like my future wasn’t so bad.
Una: I get that, Chris.
Pike: But then he goes and alters time and I feel like I’m trying to stop a toddler from knocking over the furniture.

Most heroes I’ve seen are just pretending half the time. There’s this one guy I remember. He said to me, ‘I always pretended to be someone I wanted to be until finally I became that someone or he became me.’

Pelia

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Quotes

Pike: Send someone else. You don't want me in command of that ship.
April: You're getting us confused. You don't want you in command.

No matter how many stars there are in the sky. No matter how many galaxies swirl beyond our own. No matter the mathematical probabilities or the number of times we say, 'We are not alone in the universe,' our first visit from the stars is always the province of children's stories and science fiction. First contact with aliens always lives squarely in the impossible. First contact is just a dream until one day, it isn't.

Una