Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Year of Hell, Part II (1997)

Tim Russ: Lt. Tuvok

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• B'Elanna Torres : [crew raises coffee mugs]  To distant friends.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Hear, hear.

  Harry Kim : Cheers.

  Seven of Nine : Yes.

  [cut to Kim taking a sip] 

  Neelix : [anxious]  Well?

  Tuvok : [pauses]  Interesting.

  Harry Kim : Not bad. Not bad at all!

  B'Elanna Torres : What is it, exactly?

  Neelix : I call it "the Elixir of Endurance." It's loaded with amino acids, carbohydrates, all the nutrients necessary for the crew to withstand these stressful conditions.

  B'Elanna Torres : Ration cubes...

  Neelix : Well, yes, yes. But this time, pureed and mixed with water and enhanced with Talaxian spices.

  Seven of Nine : It is offensive. Fortunately taste is irrelevant.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : Tuvok, I can hear your objections already. I am not leaving.

  Tuvok : Given Voyager's damaged state, the probability of your surviving an armed conflict... is marginal.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Oh, I know the odds. But I have to stay. Voyager's done too much for us.

  Tuvok : Curious. I have never understood the Human compulsion to emotionally bond with inanimate objects. This vessel has done nothing. It is an assemblage of bulkheads, conduits, tritanium. Nothing more.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Oh, you're wrong. It's much more than that. This ship has been our home. It's kept us together. It's been part of our family. As illogical as this might sound, I feel as close to Voyager as I do to any other member of my crew. It's carried us, Tuvok - even nurtured us. And right now, it needs one of us.

  Tuvok : I respect your decision.

  Tuvok : [performs the Vulcan salute]  Live long and prosper, Captain.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Same to you - old friend.

• Seven of Nine : [after questioning Captain Janeway's decisions in front of the crew]  As a Borg, I submitted to a single authority, the Collective. Over the past several months, I've been encouraged to think and act as an individual. It is difficult to know when to restrain myself.

  Tuvok : Remember this guideline: the Captain is always right.

  Seven of Nine : Even when you know her logic is flawed?

  Tuvok : Perhaps.