Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

State of Flux (1995)

Robert Beltran: Cmdr. Chakotay

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Quotes 

• [Seska has been unmasked as a possible Cardassian spy] 

  Commander Chakotay : [to Tuvok]  You were working for her, Seska was working for them. Was anyone on board that ship working for me?

• Commander Chakotay : Can I ask you to be honest with me, Lieutenant?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : As a Vulcan, I am at all times honest, Commander.

  Commander Chakotay : That's not exactly true. You lied to me when you passed yourself off as a Maquis to get on my crew.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : I was honest to my own convictions within the defined parameters of my mission.

  Commander Chakotay : You damned Vulcans and your "defined parameters."

• [Neelix gives Chakotay a leola root to taste; after one bite he immediately spits it out] 

  Commander Chakotay : You expect us to eat this?

  Neelix : B... This is the reason I brought you here, Commander! There's no better source of vitamins and minerals in the quadrant than in this... this ugly little root.

  Commander Chakotay : I'd find the second-best source acceptable if it tasted better.

  Neelix : [laughing]  You humans, ah! You're not used to roughing it, are ya? Well, you take it from one who knows. The day may come when you'll relish every last crunch of leola. Stewed for a few hours in a light herbal broth, ah, you wouldn't even notice the mildew.

• [last lines] 

  Lieutenant Tuvok : How may I be honest with you today?

  Commander Chakotay : I'd just like to know - from someone else who pulled the wool over my eyes - was I particularly naive? Was I not paying enough attention? What the hell was it that let all you spies get by me?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Like all humans, you depend on feelings and instincts to guide you, and they invariably let you down. But "particularly naive?" No, Commander, and I've always considered your attention span to be adequate.

  Commander Chakotay : Did you ever see anything about Seska that made you suspicious?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : No. She quite expertly pulled the wool over my eyes as well.

  Commander Chakotay : Well... that makes me feel a little better. Thanks.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Curious.

  Commander Chakotay : What?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings.

  Commander Chakotay : Misery loves company, Tuvok.

• [Seska reveals to Chakotay that she has served him food stolen from Neelix's kitchen] 

  Commander Chakotay : Thanks for including me in a criminal conspiracy. Does he know about this yet?

  Seska : Well, the morale crisis ended a few minutes ago, so I'd say...

  Neelix : [over communicator]  Neelix to Chakotay!

  Seska : ...that he probably does.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : [on Lt. Carey's alleged involvement in an anti-Federation conspiracy]  What do you think?

  Commander Chakotay : He had the motive and the opportunity.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : He's also had a distinguished Starfleet career. Seska's spent most of the last two years as an enemy of the Federation.

  Commander Chakotay : So have I.

• Seska : What's wrong with you? Talk to me, Chakotay. You owe me that much.

  Commander Chakotay : What would you say I owe to a Cardassian who infiltrated my crew?

• Commander Chakotay : I'd almost say it was a Maquis operation - if I didn't already know you were a Cardassian.

• Commander Chakotay : The one thing I still can't understand is... why?

  Seska : I did it for you. I did it for this crew. We are alone here, at the mercy of any number of hostile aliens, because of the incomprehensible decision of a Federation captain - a Federation captain who destroyed our only chance to get home. Federation rules. Federation nobility. Federation compassion? Do you understand, if this had been a Cardassian ship, we would be home now! We must begin to forge alliances. To survive, we must have powerful friends. The Kazon-Nistrim were willing to be our protectors, in return for some minor technology.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : [discussing the Kazon as they walk toward the turbolift]  How could they possibly have Federation technology?

  Lieutenant Tuvok : There are only three alternatives I can discern at this time. One: it is not Federation technology at all, but something similar.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : [boarding the turbolift]  Bridge.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Two: another Federation starship may have been brought to the Delta Quadrant prior to our arrival, and they interacted with the Kazon Nistrim.

  Commander Chakotay : Were there any other reports of missing starships?

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Not to my knowledge.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Three: someone from this ship has covertly given technology to the Kazon.

  Captain Kathryn Janeway : Computer, hold turbolift! I don't like Number Three at all, Tuvok.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : Nevertheless, it is the most probable explanation.

• Captain Kathryn Janeway : Any unexpected life signs down there, Commander?

  Commander Chakotay : Nothing but bloodworms. Neelix wants to bring some back for a tartar he wants to make. I'm trying to talk him out of it.

• Commander Chakotay : Chief Inspector Tuvok leaves no stone unturned.

• [Tuvok has beaten Chakotay in another round of gin rummy] 

  Commander Chakotay : I never knew Vulcans had such a talent for cards.

  Lieutenant Tuvok : It is simply a matter of logical discards, which give a false impression of my own requirements and deny the needed cards to your hand. I believe that's ninety-four points to me.

  Commander Chakotay : If you ever need a sponsor in a gin tournament, let me know.