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[Kirk apologizes for assuming command over Captain Decker]
Captain James T. Kirk : I'm sorry, Will.
Commander Willard Decker : No, Admiral. I don't think you're sorry. Not one damned bit. I remember when you recommended me for this command. You told me how envious you were and how much you hoped you'd find a way to get a starship command again. Well, sir, it looks like you found a way.
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Captain James T. Kirk : Let's take a look. Full sensor scan, Mr. Spock. They can't expect us not to look them over now.
Commander Willard Decker : Now that we're looking down their throat.
Captain James T. Kirk : Right, now that we've got them just where they want us.
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Commander Spock : V'Ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve. What it requires of its god, doctor, is the answer to its question, "Is there nothing more"?
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : What more is there than the universe, Spock?
Commander Willard Decker : Other dimensions. Higher levels of being.
Commander Spock : The existence of which cannot be proven logically. Therefore, V'Ger is incapable of believing in them.
Captain James T. Kirk : What it needs in order to evolve... is a human quality. Our capacity to leap beyond logic.
Commander Willard Decker : And joining with its creator might accomplish that.
Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D. : You mean this machine wants to physically join with a human? Is that possible?
Commander Willard Decker : Let's find out.
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Commander Willard Decker : V'ger... expects an answer.
Captain James T. Kirk : An answer? I don't know the question.
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[Decker announces his intention to merge with V'ger]
Commander Willard Decker : Jim, I want this. As much as you wanted the Enterprise, I want this.
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Commander Willard Decker : [shouting] Don't interfere with it!
Lt. Pavel Chekov : Absolutely I will not interfere.
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Captain James T. Kirk : All right, explanation. Why was my phaser order countermanded?
Commander Willard Decker : Sir, the Enterprise redesign increases phaser power by channeling it through the main engines. When they went into anti-matter imbalance, the phasers were automatically cut off.
Captain James T. Kirk : Then you acted properly, of course.
Commander Willard Decker : Thank you, sir. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you.
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Commander Willard Decker : We all create God in our own image.
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Commander Willard Decker : All due respect, sir, I hope this isn't some kind of Starfleet pep talk. I'm really too busy.
Captain James T. Kirk : I'm taking over the center seat, Will.
Commander Willard Decker : You're what?
Captain James T. Kirk : I'm replacing you as captain of the Enterprise. You'll stay on as executive officer, temporary grade reduction to Commander.
Commander Willard Decker : You, personally, are assuming command?
Captain James T. Kirk : Yeah.
Commander Willard Decker : May I ask why?
Captain James T. Kirk : My experience. Five years out there, dealing with unknowns like this. My familiarity with the Enterprise, its crew.
Commander Willard Decker : Admiral, this is an almost totally new Enterprise. You don't know her a tenth as well as I do!
Captain James T. Kirk : That's why you're staying aboard.
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Captain James T. Kirk : [45:09] You saved the ship.
Commander Willard Decker : I'm aware of that, sir.
Captain James T. Kirk : Stop competing with me, Decker!
Commander Willard Decker : Permission to speak freely, sir?
Captain James T. Kirk : Granted.
Commander Willard Decker : Sir, you haven't logged a single star hour in two and a half years. That plus your unfamiliarity with the ship's redesign, in my opinion, sir, seriously jeopardizes this mission.
Captain James T. Kirk : I trust you will nursemaid me through these difficulties, mister?
Commander Willard Decker : Yes, sir, I'll do that.
Captain James T. Kirk : Then I won't keep you from your duties any longer, Commander.
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Lt. Ilia : [bumping into Will after his conversation with Capt. Kirk] Was it difficult?
Commander Willard Decker : No more than I expected. About as difficult as seeing you again. I'm sorry.
Lt. Ilia : That you left Delta IV? Or that you didn't even say goodbye?
Commander Willard Decker : If I had seen you again, would you have been able to say it?
Lt. Ilia : No.
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Captain James T. Kirk : We have to replace Commander Sonak. I'd still like a Vulcan there, if possible.
Commander Willard Decker : None available, Captain. In fact, there's no one who's fully rated on this design.
Captain James T. Kirk : You are, Mr. Decker. I'm afraid you're gonna have to double as science officer.
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Commander Willard Decker : [1:19:01] Why bring us inside? Not to destroy us. They could have done that outside
Captain James T. Kirk : They still can
Spock : Curiosity, Mister Decker. Insatiable curiosity
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[the alien probe has taken Ilia]
Commander Willard Decker : This is how I define "unwarranted", Captain!
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Commander Willard Decker : [1:17:57] Captain, a maximum phaser strike directly at the beam might weaken it just enough to break free
Spock : Break free to where, Commander? Any show of resistance would be futile, captain
Commander Willard Decker : We don't know that, Mr. Spock. Why are you opposed to trying?
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Decker : Captain, what's the next move?
Captain James T. Kirk : The question is, Mr. Decker, is there a next move?