Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Repentance (2001)

Ethan Phillips: Neelix

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• Warden Yediq : What's this?

  Neelix : Dinner. Since you can't bring the prisoners to the mess hall, I brought the mess hall to them.

  Warden Yediq : What is it?

  Neelix : Talaxian spice stew, served over leola rice pilaf. It's an old family recipe.

  Warden Yediq : Take it back.

  Neelix : [sniffs at the food]  Too spicy?

• Joleg : It's common knowledge that all Benkarans are criminals; so, when I was found in the vicinity of a murder, I was immediately arrested.

  Neelix : Are you saying you didn't do it?

  Joleg : I told you - I'm Benkaran. What I say... doesn't matter.

• Joleg : After you're convicted, the family of the victim sentences you.

  Neelix : Well, shouldn't you be sentenced by someone less partial, like a judge?

  Joleg : Vekto valek k'vadim. It's ancient Nygean; it means 'favor the victims.' What if... I stole your game board? What right would a judge have to assign a value to your loss? To him, it's just a game board, but to you it might be a priceless family possession. And what if I murdered your child?

  Neelix : I think I get your point.

• Neelix : Did you know the Nygians govern a sector of space occupied by several different humanoid species?

  Tom Paris : If we say "yes," will you feed us?

  Neelix : One of those species is the Benkarans. They occupy just 10% of Nygean space but take up nearly 80% of the space in Nygean prisons.

  Tom Paris : Maybe they commit more crimes.

  Neelix : Not according to Joleg, one of the prisoners.

  B'Elanna Torres : You think he was given a harsher sentence because of his species?

  Neelix : According to this, Benkarans are ten times more likely to be executed for their crimes than Nygeans.

  B'Elanna Torres : Where'd you get that?

  Neelix : I contacted the Nygean government. Told them I was interested in a cultural exchange. Among other things, they let me access data on their criminal justice system. It all supports what Joleg told me.

  Tom Paris : Neelix...

  Neelix : I know what you're thinking.

  Tom Paris : That you're the softest touch in the Delta Quadrant.

  Neelix : These are the transcripts from Joleg's trial. He was convicted on circumstantial evidence.

  Tom Paris : Let me guess. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  Neelix : Apparently.

  Tom Paris : Neelix, when I was in the Federation penal colony, everybody had a story. I never put much stock in them. Neither should you.

  Neelix : How many of those people were sentenced to die?

• Tom Paris : D'ya have to be a criminal to get something to eat around here?

  Neelix : Sorry. Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes.

  B'Elanna Torres : You said that fifteen minutes ago.