- Commander Jonathan Archer: What's your name, Lieutenant?
- Lieutenant Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Charles Tucker, sir. But... everybody calls me Trip.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: 'Trip'?
- Lieutenant Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: My dad's Charles Tucker, and so is his dad; that makes me the third, so... triple - 'Trip'.
- A.G. Robinson: You still don't understand. Starfleet doesn't just want a great pilot. They want a great captain.
- [last lines]
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: I believe there's a Human custom that says when you discover something of merit, you earn the right to name it.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: What would you suggest? The T'Pol/Archer Nebula?
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: I was thinking the 'Robinson Nebula' would be more appropriate.
- Ruby: [trying to comfort Archer] They'll need a pilot for the next flight.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: D'you remember what Buzz Aldrin said when he stepped on the moon?
- Ruby: No.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: Nobody does. Because Armstrong went first.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: NX Beta to Commodore Forrest. You might wanna check your sensors. You'll see we're holding steady at 2.5.
- Commodore Maxwell Forrest: Congratulations. Now get the hell back here!
- A.G. Robinson: Every time there's a problem with this project, you blame it on pilot error, or gravitational anomalies or some technical malfunction. But you're gonna have to face the truth this time, because there's nothing left to point a finger at: your father designed a lousy engine!
- Commander Jonathan Archer: You're right sir. We were reckless. We knew there'd be consquences. We knew we'd probably be thrown out of Starfleet.
- Commodore Maxwell Forrest: You may have been right.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: A.G. and I may never fly again. But it's a small sacrifice to make if it keeps this project going. We didn't build this engine to make test runs around Jupiter. We built it to *explore*. If my father were alive today, he'd be standing here asking, "What the hell are we waiting for?"
- Commander Jonathan Archer: Don't worry. You'll get out there someday. If I had my own ship, I'd sign you up in a second.
- Lieutenant Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I'm gonna hold you to that.
- A.G. Robinson: To Jonathan Archer, first skipper of the Starship Enterprise.
- [they drink]
- A.G. Robinson: And one lucky SOB.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Luck had nothing to do with it.
- A.G. Robinson: It couldn't have been talent. I'm just waiting for Forrest to realize what a horrible mistake he made.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Captain Robinson clearly wanted to command Enterprise as much as you did.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: He wasn't alone. But by the end... A.G. and I were the only two candidates left. They made the final selection six months before we launched... Maybe I just got lucky.
- [A.G. has been granted the first warp 2+ flight]
- Commander Jonathan Archer: Congratulations.
- A.G. Robinson: You mean that?
- Commander Jonathan Archer: Of course not. I'm waiting for Forrest to realize what a horrible mistake he made.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: This is a new engine. It's bound to have a few bugs to work out.
- Vulcan Advisor #1: Those 'bugs' just scattered your ship across 5,000 kilometers of space, and nearly killed your pilot.
- A.G. Robinson: You wanna talk about taking risks? You're a great pilot - maybe as good as me. But you're never gonna get out into deep space by playing it safe. When the first warp 5 starship is built, its captain won't be able to call home every time he needs to make a decision. He won't be able to turn to the Vulcans - unless he decides to take one with him.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: You obviously admired this man.
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Quite a bit.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: And yet he cracked your molar?
- Captain Jonathan Archer: Yeah... Humans can have funny ways of forming friendships.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: To say the least.
- Commander Jonathan Archer: NX Control to NX Alpha. You have permission to go to warp.
- A.G. Robinson: See you in a few light years.