Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
I Borg (1992)
Jonathan Frakes: Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker
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Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge : If this works the way I think it will, once the invasive program starts spreading, it'll only be a matter of months before the Borg suffer total systems failure.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Comments?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : A question. What exactly is "total systems failure"?
Lt. Commander Data : The Borg are extremely computer-dependent. A systems failure will destroy them.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : I just think we should be clear about that. We're talking about annihilating an entire race.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Which under most circumstances would be unconscionable. But as I see it, the Borg leave us with little choice.
Commander William T. Riker : I agree. We're at war.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : There's been no formal declaration of war.
Counselor Deanna Troi : Not from us, but certainly from them. They've attacked us at every encounter.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : They've declared war on our way of life. We're to be assimilated.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : But even in war, there are rules. You don't kill civilians indiscriminately.
Commander William T. Riker : There are no civilians among the Borg.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Think of them as a single collective being. There's no one Borg who is more an individual than your arm or your leg.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : How convenient.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Your point, Doctor?
Doctor Beverly Crusher : When I look at my patient, I don't see a collective consciousness, I don't see a hive. I see a living, breathing boy who has been hurt and who needs our help. And we're talking about sending him back to his people as an instrument of destruction.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : It comes down to this: we're faced with an enemy who are determined to destroy us, and we have no hope of negotiating a peace. Unless that changes, we're justified in doing anything we can to survive.
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[an away team has found a badly injured Borg on a moon]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Away team, prepare to return to the ship!
Doctor Beverly Crusher : Captain, we can't leave him here, he won't survive.
Commander William T. Riker : I think the Captain understands that.
Doctor Beverly Crusher : I don't.