Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Rules of Engagement (1996)

Ron Canada: Ch'Pok

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• Ch'Pok : It's an interesting system of justice you have, Captain. It does have its flaws however. It emphasizes procedure over substance, form over fact.

  Captain Sisko : I'm sorry if you feel that puts you at a disadvantage.

  Ch'Pok : On the contrary. I look forward to fighting on your terms.

  Captain Sisko : This is not a fight. It's the search for the truth.

  Ch'Pok : The truth must be won! I'll see you on the battlefield.

• Captain Sisko : Chief, do you believe Worf was correct in giving the order to fire?

  Chief O'Brien : I stand by his decision.

  Captain Sisko : Is there any question in your mind about his motives?

  Chief O'Brien : No, sir. I've known Commander Worf for nine years. He's an honorable man. He would never intentionally fire on an unarmed ship.

  Captain Sisko : Thank you, Chief.

  Ch'Pok : I'm curious, Chief. You said you stand by Commander Worf's decision. Do you agree with it?

  Chief O'Brien : I completely support him.

  Ch'Pok : That's not my question. Do you agree with his decision?

  Chief O'Brien : I wasn't in command. It's not my place to question his judgment.

  Ch'Pok : What if you were in command? What would you have done?

  Chief O'Brien : I don't know.

  Ch'Pok : Chief, how many years have you been in Starfleet?

  Chief O'Brien : Twenty-two.

  Ch'Pok : And how many combat situations have you been in?

  Chief O'Brien : I couldn't even guess.

  Ch'Pok : Try.

  Chief O'Brien : A hundred... a hundred and fifty?

  Ch'Pok : [to the JAG officer]  For the record, Chief O'Brien has been in 235 separate engagements and Starfleet has decorated him fifteen times. I would like to have him declared an expert in the area of starship combat.

• Quark : I was cleaning up and I saw Mr. Worf come in.

  Ch'Pok : Was there anything unusual about that?

  Quark : No. He comes in here all the time. But he was in a *good* mood.

  Ch'Pok : And that's unusual?

  Quark : Well, he's a Klingon. And you people are rarely in what I call good moods... Not that you're anything but a pleasant, charming race.

• Captain Sisko : 441 people somehow survived a crash on Galorda Prime. And then a few weeks later, they all decide to take another trip - on the same day, on the same transport ship, under the same captain and crew; and then that ship is destroyed, too. This is a very unlucky group of people, wouldn't you say?

  Ch'Pok : I am not an expert on luck.

• [after being provoked by Ch'Pok, Worf has knocked the advocate down] 

  Ch'Pok : I thought you told me you'd never attack an unarmed man. Perhaps you should have said: "Not unless I get angry. Not unless I have something to prove".

• Ch'Pok : Fate is a Human concept.

• [Ch'Pok has suggested to Sisko to concede Worf's extradition process, so he can defend Worf in a Klingon court] 

  Ch'Pok : What matters to me is the thrill of the fight, not which side I'm on. And I think we both know, the extradition fight is over.

  Captain Sisko : You're not making this offer out of kindness. You want the Federation to concede, so the convoys will stop, and the Klingons can move in on the Pentath system.

  Ch'Pok : As Humans would say, that would be icing on the cake.

  Captain Sisko : I wouldn't try eating that cake just yet, if I were you.