Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Repentance (2001)

Robert Duncan McNeill: Lt. Tom Paris

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• Neelix : Did you know the Nygians govern a sector of space occupied by several different humanoid species?

  Tom Paris : If we say "yes," will you feed us?

  Neelix : One of those species is the Benkarans. They occupy just 10% of Nygean space but take up nearly 80% of the space in Nygean prisons.

  Tom Paris : Maybe they commit more crimes.

  Neelix : Not according to Joleg, one of the prisoners.

  B'Elanna Torres : You think he was given a harsher sentence because of his species?

  Neelix : According to this, Benkarans are ten times more likely to be executed for their crimes than Nygeans.

  B'Elanna Torres : Where'd you get that?

  Neelix : I contacted the Nygean government. Told them I was interested in a cultural exchange. Among other things, they let me access data on their criminal justice system. It all supports what Joleg told me.

  Tom Paris : Neelix...

  Neelix : I know what you're thinking.

  Tom Paris : That you're the softest touch in the Delta Quadrant.

  Neelix : These are the transcripts from Joleg's trial. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

  Tom Paris : Let me guess. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  Neelix : Apparently.

  Tom Paris : Neelix, when I was in the Federation penal colony, everybody had a story. I never put much stock in them. Neither should you.

  Neelix : How many of those people were sentenced to die?

• Tom Paris : D'ya have to be a criminal to get something to eat around here?

  Neelix : Sorry. Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes.

  B'Elanna Torres : You said that fifteen minutes ago.