Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

The Ship (1996)

Colm Meaney: Chief Miles O'Brien

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  [Worf compares O'Brien's vigil at Muñiz's casket with a Klingon tradition] 

  Lt. Commander Worf : When a warrior dies in battle, his comrades stay with the body to keep away predators. That allows the spirit to leave the body when it is time to make the long journey to Sto-vo-kor.

  Chief O'Brien : It's a fine tradition.

  [Worf sits down by Muñiz's casket, beside O'Brien] 

  Chief O'Brien : What're you doing?

  Lt. Commander Worf : We will both keep the predators away.

  Chief O'Brien : I'm sure Quique would like that.

• Muñiz : I'm leaking like a ruptured plasma conduit, aren't I, sir?

  Chief O'Brien : It's not that bad.

  Muñiz : You're lying.

  Chief O'Brien : What makes you say that?

  Muñiz : I called you 'sir' and you didn't even flinch.

• Muñiz : I thought maybe you just stopped to catch your breath.

  Chief O'Brien : Me, out of breath? I was climbing mountains in Ireland before you were born.

  Muñiz : You mean hills, don't you? They've gently sloping hills in Ireland - no mountains. But what do I know? After all, you're the mountain man - an old mountain man.

  Chief O'Brien : You know something, Muñiz? You're due for a transfer. How does waste extraction sound?

• Chief O'Brien : Always kissing up to the officers, aren't you, Muñiz?

  Muñiz : I'm just following your example.

• [Muñiz is injured; O'Brien treats him] 

  Muñiz : Don't worry, Jefe. I'll get you through this.

  Chief O'Brien : I feel better already!

• Chief O'Brien : [ripping off a sleeve from his shirt]  Quique, do me a favor. Please... stop bleeding before I run out of clothes.

• Captain Sisko : [about the Jem'Hadar ship]  Can we use the runabout's tractor beam to haul this thing into orbit? This would be the greatest intelligence find in the last ten years. We're not going to leave it here to rot. What d'you say, Chief?

  Chief O'Brien : Well, we're not gonna haul it out with a runabout.

  Captain Sisko : Then we need something with a little more muscle.

• Chief O'Brien : That boy's life is in our hands; and I won't let anybody give up on him.

• Lt. Commander Worf : That is no way for anyone to die.

  Chief O'Brien : I told you, he is not going to die.

  Lt. Commander Worf : It is only a matter of time.

  Chief O'Brien : So we should just kill him, right?

  Lt. Commander Worf : If you truly are his friend, you would consider that option. It would be a more honorable death than the one he's enduring.

  Chief O'Brien : I'm not some bloodthirsty Klingon looking for an excuse to murder my friend.

  Lt. Commander Worf : No. You're just another weak Human afraid to face death!

• Captain Sisko : The Vorta doesn't want the ship; she wants something aboard it.

  Chief O'Brien : Any idea what?

  Captain Sisko : It could be anything - encoding device, guidance system...

  Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax : Maybe she lost an earring.