Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Silicon Avatar (1991)

Susan Diol: Carmen Davila

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• Carmen Davila : It's exciting to find a new world, but the joy comes in making it a home - building houses, having children...

  Commander William T. Riker : Very interesting. I'd love to discuss this further with you. Dinner tonight?

  Carmen Davila : If you wanna share camp rations in my tent, I'd be delighted.

• [first lines] 

  Carmen Davila : The hospital facility will be located there, facing north in that grove of trees. And the school and the arts centre will be standing there, centrally located among the residential pods.

  Commander Riker : Very good. At this rate, we'll be able to bring the next wave of colonists in in about six months. I've to tell you I envy you. This is a beautiful place to put down roots.

  Carmen Davila : Somehow, Riker, you don't strike me as the kind that puts down roots.

  Commander Riker : No? How do I strike you?

  Carmen Davila : As a free spirit. An adventurer.

  Commander Riker : An adventurer? Aren't you pioneers adventurers at heart?

  Carmen Davila : Of course. But we also have this nesting instinct.