Ortegas: It’s the shiniest gas station I’ve ever seen.
Pike: Well, it’s not just a gas station, Lieutenant. It’s right at the edge of the frontier. It unlocks half the quadrant. It’ll be the jumping off point for the next great age of exploration.
Una: Oh, good. I was afraid I’d missed the speech.
Pike: Well, I started earlier, but Uhura fell asleep.

Captain, you told me the point of this station was to help us find new forms of life. But what is the point of exploring if we’re just gonna kill what we find?

Uhura

The truth is I’ve never been able to face death. Everyone has some way of dealing with it and moving on, but I just … I don’t know how. How can I be a Starfleet officer if I can’t handle death?

Uhura

Una: You’re like… a space hippy.
Pelia: Ooooh, well I have been called more names than there are stars in the sky but space hippy is a new one on me.

Pelia: I think you’ve gotten too used to being the smartest person in the room.
Una: I don’t think I’m the smartest person in the room.
Pelia: Oh, sure you do. You hide behind order and discipline because it kills you when someone has the nerve to question your decisions. You think my years of experience should buy me any deference?
Una: You’ve been in Starfleet since before I was born, but I outrank you. Why do you think that is?

Uhura: I don’t need a cookie!
James: Okay, now, you sound crazy.

James Kirk: Sam!
Sam Kirk: Jimmy, welcome to the Enterprise.
James: Helluva ship. And they let you work here?
Sam: What can I say? Captain Pike asked for the more handsome Kirk brother.

Chapel: Relationships, at least for humans, can be quantum things. Like Schrodinger’s Cat. They exist or they don’t depending on who’s observing them.
Spock: That is…
Chapel: … not how quantum superposition actually works? Yeah, I know. It’s a metaphor, Spock. A messy one. Just like whatever this is.

You know, the irony’s not lost on me. The communications officer who can’t communicate what’s wrong with her.

Uhura

Uhura: Hemmer was our Chief Engineer before you.
Pelia: I know. He was one of my best students. I’m sorry, I just said that because he’s dead. Actually, he was just okay.

Pelia: What exactly is your problem with me?
Una: I don’t have a problem with you. I have a problem with the situation.
Pelia: That is malarky and you know it.
Una: You’re sloppy, okay? You don’t respect protocols. You’re too loose with discipline. You don’t follow orders unless you feel like it. And you have CRUMBS on your uniform! When did you even eat?

It is not easy being a human that loves a Vulcan.

Amanda

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