Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Valiant (1998)

Cirroc Lofton: Jake Sisko

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• Nog : You gonna write a story about all this?

  Jake Sisko : Probably.

  Nog : What are you going to say?

  Jake Sisko : What do you think I should say?

  Nog : That it was a good ship, with a good crew, that made a mistake. We... let ourselves blindly follow Captain Watters, and he led us over a cliff.

  Chief Dorian Collins : That's not true. Captain Watters was a great man.

  Jake Sisko : Dorian, he got everyone killed.

  Chief Dorian Collins : If he failed, it's because we failed him.

  Nog : [to Jake]  Put that in your story too. Let people read it, and decide for themselves.

  [Nog gives Dorian his Red Squad insignia] 

  Nog : He may have been a hero. He may even have been a great man. But in the end, he was a bad captain.

• Jake Sisko : I don't even know who you are anymore.

  Nog : I'm the chief engineer of the starship Valiant.

  Jake Sisko : I'll have them put that on your tombstone.

• [Jake and Nog are having an argument about Watters' command decisions] 

  Jake Sisko : I feel like I'm having a conversation with one of the bulkheads!

  Nog : You don't understand, because you've never put on one of these uniforms. You don't know anything about sacrifice, or honor, or duty, or any of the things that make up a soldier's life. I'm part of something larger than myself. All you care about is you!

  Jake Sisko : That's right. All I care about is Jake Sisko and whether or not he's gonna be killed by a bunch of delusional fanatics looking for martyrdom!

• Jake Sisko : [Watters has ordered the crew of the USS Valiant to destroy a Dominion battleship]  This is suicide!

  Nog : No, it's not.

  Jake Sisko : Nog, listen to me. We're in way over our heads here. Someone told me that ship out there is twice the size of a Galaxy-class starship and three times as strong.

  Nog : That's accurate.

  Jake Sisko : And you really think we can go up against a ship like that?

  Nog : I think Captain Watters knows what he's doing.

  Jake Sisko : Oh, really? Well, did you know that Watters has been taking cordafin stimulants for the last two months?

  Nog : Where did you hear that?

  Jake Sisko : Dorian told me.

  Nog : You were ordered to stay away from her.

  Jake Sisko : Will you forget about obeying orders for just a minute!

  Nog : That's not the way we do things in Starfleet!

  Jake Sisko : I can't believe you're buying everything that Watters is selling.

  Nog : He's not selling anything. He's reminding us of our duty.

  Jake Sisko : I feel like I'm having a conversation with one of the bulkheads!

  Nog : You don't understand because you've never put on one of these uniforms. You don't know anything about sacrifice or duty or honour or any of the things that make up a soldier's life. I'm part of something larger than myself. All you care about is you.

  Jake Sisko : That's right! I care about Jake Sisko and whether or not he's going to be killed by a bunch of delusional fanatics looking for martyrdom.

  Nog : Get out!

  Jake Sisko : I don't even know who you are anymore.

  Nog : I'm the Chief Engineer of the Starship Valiant.

  Jake Sisko : I'll have them put that on your tombstone.

  Riley Shepard : [unbeknownst to Jake, Watters was eavesdropping on this whole conversation and as Jake leaves Engineering he runs right into Cadet Shepard and another cadet armed with phasers]  Mister Sisko, I'm afraid you'll have to miss all the fun. You're going to spend the rest of this mission in the Brig.

• Jake Sisko : [On visiting Ferenginar]  I can't wait to see all the rain. And the muck!