Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Night (1998)

Robert Beltran: Cmdr. Chakotay

Quotes 

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : You told them. They knew coming in.

  Chakotay : Let's just say I wouldn't be a fine first officer if I hadn't.

• Chakotay : Any chance I might persuade you to join me for a few rounds of velocity? It'll help clear your mind.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : My mind is perfectly clear.

  Chakotay : Then what if I told you I'm not leaving until you join me?

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : I'd say, have a seat, it'll be a while.

• Tuvok : She believes that she made an error in judgment four year ago, that she's responsible for stranding Voyager in the Delta Quadrant.

  Chakotay : She told you?

  Tuvok : No. I've been observing her behavior for the past four years. Guilt has been her constant companion.

  Chakotay : You've known her longer than anyone. Have you ever seen her like this?

  Tuvok : Only once. It was during her first year as a Commander on the USS Billings. She sent an away team to survey a volcanic moon. Their shuttle was damaged by a magma eruption, and three crew members were severely injured. The next day, she returned to the moon, alone, to complete the survey. She wanted the crew to know that their suffering had not been in vain. She could have been killed.

  Chakotay : Seeking redemption.

  Tuvok : Precisely. Captain Janeway's methods are unorthodox - it is her strength as a leader - but, unfortunately, it is also her greatest weakness.

  Chakotay : Stubborn as a Klingon.

  Tuvok : To put it mildly.

  Chakotay : If she tries something like that again, I want to be ready, and I'm gonna need your support.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : Chakotay, there's no one I trust more than you. You're a fine first officer. Are you ready to captain this ship?

  Chakotay : Yes.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Assemble the crew.

• Chakotay : Seven, I want good news. That's an order.

  Seven of Nine : Then I must disobey.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : Would you be satisfied with, "I'm just catching up on some reading?" I'm not sure I understand it myself. It started when we entered this - what does the crew call it?

  Chakotay : The Void.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Charming. Oh, what I wouldn't give for a few Borg cubes about now, anything for a little distraction. Strange as it sounds, I almost long for the days when we were under constant attack. No time to stop and think about how we got stranded in the Delta Quadrant. How did we end up here, Chakotay? Answer me.

  Chakotay : We were faced with a difficult choice. We had the means to get home, but using it would've put an innocent people at risk, so we decided to stay.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : No... no. I decided to stay. I made that choice for everyone.

  Chakotay : We're alive and well, and we've gathered enough data about this quadrant to keep Starfleet scientists busy for decades. Our mission's been a success.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Very same words I've been telling myself for the past four years, but then we hit this void and I started to realize how empty those words sound.

  Chakotay : Kathryn...

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : I made an error in judgment, Chakotay. It was shortsighted and it was selfish, and now all of us are paying for my mistake; so, if you don't mind, Commander, I'll pass on that little game, and I'll leave shipboard morale in your capable hands. If the crew asks for me, tell them the Captain sends her regards.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : Four years ago, I destroyed the Caretaker's array to protect the Ocampa. That act of compassion stranded this crew in the Delta Quadrant. I'm not about to give that order again.

  Chakotay : This situation is a little different.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Oh, it's close enough. I'm asking this crew to make too big a sacrifice. I won't make that same mistake.