Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

To the Death (1996)

Avery Brooks: Captain Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko

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• [after a brawl between Worf and a Jem'Hadar, Omet'iklan has executed his subordinate for discipline, while Sisko has only sent Worf to his quarters] 

  Omet'iklan : You call that discipline?

  Sisko : A dead man can't learn from his mistakes.

• Omet'iklan : I am First Omet'iklan, and I am dead. As of this moment, we are all dead. We go into battle to reclaim our lives. This we do gladly, for we are Jem'Hadar. Remember: victory is life.

  Jem'Hadar : Victory is life!

  [the Jem'Hadar march out] 

  Weyoun : Such a delightful people.

  [O'Brien turns to face the assembled Federation officers] 

  O'Brien : I am Chief Miles Edward O'Brien. I am very much alive, and I intend to stay that way.

  Sisko : Amen! Let's get it done!

• Omet'iklan : [about his Starfleet allies]  They'll never succeed as long as they value their lives more than victory.

  Weyoun : There's something to be said for soldiers who aren't afraid to die.

  Sisko : I don't know, I found that nothing keeps me alert quite like a healthy fear of death.

• [Sisko fends off a fatal blow aimed at Omet'iklan with his arm and gets injured in the process] 

  Omet'iklan : [baffled]  I threatened to kill you. But you were willing to sacrifice yourself, to save my life.

  Sisko : [holding his arm]  Looks that way.

  Omet'iklan : Why?

  Sisko : If you have to ask, you'll never understand.

• Sisko : I have a few things I want to make clear. First, this is my ship and my command, which means, I give the orders, not you and not Weyoun. What's more, I'm holding you personally responsible for the actions of your men. If I have a problem with them, *you're* the one who's going to have to answer for it.

  Omet'iklan : That's as it should be. After all, I'm the First.

  Sisko : As far as I'm concerned, on this mission, *I'm* the First.

  Omet'iklan : Until the traitors are found and terminated. After that, we shall see.

• Sisko : Sometimes I wish we could have the Defiant standing guard over the station 26 hours a day.

• Sisko : There'll be a joint briefing session at 1900 hours.

  O'Brien : ...followed by a get-to-know-you buffet at 1930.

  Jadzia Dax : And I forgot my dress uniform.

• Omet'iklan : Any soldier who cannot follow orders is a danger to his unit and must be eliminated.

  Sisko : Mister Worf is not a danger to my command. But if I eliminate him for a simple breach of discipline, then *I* would be. My men would stop trusting me - and I wouldn't blame them.

• Weyoun : What would you say... if I offered to make you absolute ruler of the Federation? No President, no Starfleet Chief of Staff, just you.

  Sisko : I'd say your psychographic profile of me isn't as good as you think.

  Weyoun : [laughs richly]  Just doing my job.

• Weyoun : The Founders' ability to control the Jem'Hadar has been somewhat... overstated. Otherwise we never would have had to addict them to the white.

  Sisko : Sounds like the Dominion isn't quite as stable as you'd like us to believe.

  Weyoun : [with cold fury]  The Dominion has endured for two thousand years and will continue to endure long after the Federation has crumbled into dust.

  [calms down] 

  Weyoun : But we'll leave that to history.

• Weyoun : Tell me, Captain, are you familiar with the Iconian civilization?

  Sisko : They controlled a vast interstellar empire about two hundred thousand years ago.

  Weyoun : What's important is *how* they controlled that empire.

  Sisko : The Gateways.

  Weyoun : Exactly. Sophisticated transporters that allowed them to move, instantaneously, from one planet to another, from one solar system to another, without the use of starships.