Showing posts with label The Prophets of Bajor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Prophets of Bajor. Show all posts

Monday 6 December 2021

I am No Longer Sure.




 


 

 




WORF: 
I have spent most of my life among humans. 
It has not always been easy for me. 
And since the destruction of the Enterprise, 
it has become even more difficult. 
I am No Longer Sure I belong in this uniform.

SISKO:
Mister Worf, if I told You We didn't 
Need You Here, I'd be lying
But if you don't want to take 
this assignment, I'd understand.


WORF:
Thank you, sir. 
But until I make My Decision, 
I intend to do My Duty.

SISKO:
I'm glad to hear that.




SISKO:
I'm sorry, Mister Worf, but 
I can't accept your Resignation at this time.

WORF:
I do not understand. 
What further use could I be here?

SISKO:
I'm Not Sure yet. 

But as long as the fighting continues 
between the Klingons and the Cardassians, 
I Need You HERE on The Station.


[The Jaw gets going.]

WORF:
If you think that is Wise.

SISKO:
I don't know if it's WISE or Not. 
But I DO know that 
You're a Good Officer, 
and right now 
I Need EVERY Good Officer I can get





WORF:
Sir, if The Klingons are right, 
if The Cardassian Government 
HAS been taken over by The Founders --


SISKO:
-- Then we'll be helping Them to escape. 
That's The Chance we'll have to take. 

I know you want to be out of that uniform 
but right now I Need You with Me.


WORF:
I Understand.

[Corridor]

SISKO:
Make sure The Chief double checks all our new systems. 
We May Need Them.

KIRA: 
I'll tell him. 
But knowing The Chief, he's probably doing it already.

SISKO:
Keep The Station on Yellow Alert. 
And just to be on the safe side, I'd recommend 
that you send some of the civilian population down to Bajor.

KIRA: 
I was planning to. 
I wish I was going with you.

SISKO
So do I, but I Need You here
 

Tuesday 6 July 2021

We Do Not Agree.


Honor Blackman as Hera, Queen of The Gods







[Bridge]

(Inside the wormhole.)

SISKO: 
Full stop. Chief, divert all power to forward shields and weapons.

DAX: 
Captain, I'm reading multiple warp signatures ahead.

SISKO: 
On screen. 
Maximum magnification.

(Here comes the enemy fleet, but no more than three abreast in the narrow tunnel.)

SISKO: 
Lock phasers. 
Prepare to launch quantum torpedoes.

[Limbo]

SISKO: 
Why have you brought me here? 
Show yourselves. 
What do you want?

[Promenade]

ODO: 
The Sisko has returned to us.

[Quark's]

JAKE: 
He arrives with questions.

[Ops]

KIRA: 
There are always questions.

SISKO: 
I didn't ask to come here.

[Captain's office]

DUKAT-PROPHET :  
You desire to end the game.

SISKO: 
What Game? 
I don't understand.

[Wardroom]

WEYOUN-PROPHET :  
You seek to shed your corporeal existence.

[Bridge]

DAMAR-PROPHET :  
That cannot be allowed.

[Promenade]

ODO-PROPHET :  
The Game must not end.

SISKO: 
The Game? You mean My Life? 
Is that what this is about? 

You don't want me to die?

DUKAT-PROPHET :  
The Game must continue.

WEYOUN-PROPHET :  
You are The Sisko.

SISKO: 
Believe me, I don't want to die, 
but I have to do everything I can to prevent the Dominion from conquering the Alpha Quadrant. 

If that means sacrificing my life 
and the life of my crew, 
so be it.


JAKE-PROPHET :  
We Do Not Agree.

KIRA-PROPHET :  
We find your reasoning flawed.


ODO-PROPHET : 
Insufficient.

SISKO: 
I'm flattered you feel that way, 
but it doesn't change anything. 

Now send me back to my ship.

[Bridge]

SISKO: 
This isn't what I meant
I want to return to my reality.

DAMAR-PROPHET : 
You are The Sisko.

SISKO: 
I am also a Starfleet Captain. 
I have a job to do and I intend to do it.

WEYOUN-PROPHET : 
The Sisko is belligerent.


DUKAT-PROPHET
Aggressive.

DAMAR-PROPHET
Adversarial.

SISKO: 
You're damn right I'm adversarial. 
You have no right to interfere with my life!

[Ops]

KIRA-PROPHET
We have every right.

SISKO: 
Fine. You want to interfere, then interfere. Do something about those Dominion reinforcements.

ODO-PROPHET
That is a corporeal matter.

DUKAT-PROPHET
Corporeal matters do not concern us.

SISKO: 
The Hell they don't
What about Bajor? 

You can't tell me Bajor doesn't concern you. 
You've sent the Bajorans orbs and Emissaries. 

You've even encouraged them to create an entire religion around you. 

You even told me once that you were of Bajor
So don't you tell me you're not concerned with corporeal matters. 

I don't want to see Bajor destroyed. 
Neither do you. 
But we all know that's exactly what's going to happen if the Dominion takes over the Alpha Quadrant. You say you don't want me to sacrifice my life? Well, fine, neither do I. 

You want to be Gods, 
then be Gods. 

I need a miracle
Bajor needs a miracle. 

STOP Those SHIPS.

WEYOUN-PROPHET : 
We are of Bajor.

DAMAR-PROPHET : 
But what of the Sisko?

ODO-PROPHET : 
He is intrusive.

DUKAT-PROPHET : 
He tries to control the game.

JAKE-PROPHET : 
A penance must be exacted.

WEYOUN-PROPHET : 
It is agreed.

DUKAT-PROPHET : 
The Sisko is of Bajor, 
but he will find no rest there.

KIRA-PROPHET : 
(touches Sisko's left ear) 
His pagh will follow another path.

SISKO: 
What path is that?

[Bridge]

(Back to reality.)
O'BRIEN: Phaser banks fully charged.
NOG: Forward shields at a hundred percent.
O'BRIEN: Torpedoes ready. Targets locked.
DAX: Here they come.
SISKO: Fire on my command.
NOG: There must be thousands of them.
GARAK: And half of them have locked targets on us.
SISKO: Steady, people. Make every shot count.
DAX: Benjamin.
(Energy crackles in the wormhole and the Dominion fleet vanishes.)
O'BRIEN: They've cloaked.
DAX: I'm not picking up any neutrino emissions.
GARAK: Then where did they go?
SISKO: Wherever they went, I don't think they're coming back.
(The ultimate Deus ex Machina cop-out.)

[Ops]

DAMAR: Sir, the wormhole is opening.
(WHOOSH)
DAMAR: The Defiant.
DUKAT: Our reinforcements must be right behind.
(The wormhole closes.)
DAMAR: No, sir. There's no sign of them.
WEYOUN: That's impossible. Check our listening posts in the Gamma Quadrant.
DAMAR: They're not there either.
DUKAT: But they entered the wormhole. Where are they?
DAMAR: I don't know.
(BOOM)
DAMAR: The Defiant has opened fire on us.
WEYOUN: Obviously.
DUKAT: Can you get our weapons back online?
DAMAR: Not for a while. Sir, two hundred enemy ships have broken through our lines. They're headed this way.
WEYOUN: Time to start packing.
FOUNDER: Contact our forces in the Alpha Quadrant. Tell them to fall back to Cardassian territory. It appears this war is going to take longer than expected.
WEYOUN: We'll meet you at airlock five.
(The Founder and Weyoun leave. Dukat's jaw is still on the floor.)

DAMAR: 
Sir?

DUKAT: 
Victory was within our grasp.

DAMAR: 
We have to evacuate the station, sir.

DUKAT: 
Bajor, The Federation, the Alpha Quadrant, all lost.
DAMAR: 
We have to go now, sir.

DUKAT: 
Go?

DAMAR: 
The Federation ships, they'll be here soon. 
We have to get back to Cardassia.

DUKAT: 
I have to find my daughter.

DAMAR: 
I'll send someone for her.

DUKAT: 
That won't be necessary.

DAMAR: 
You're wasting your time.

DUKAT: Promenade.

DAMAR: 
She won't go with you.

[Bridge]

O'BRIEN: 
Sir, the Dominion forces are leaving the station.

SISKO: 
Let them go. 
We're in no shape to stop them.

BASHIR: 
Captain, we're getting a message from the Cortez. 
The Dominion fleet has broken off the fight. 
They're in retreat.

SISKO: 
Tell the Cortez and the rest of our fleet to rendezvous 
at Deep Space Nine.