Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
First Flight (2003)
Scott Bakula: Capt. Jonathan Archer
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Quotes
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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'.
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[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.
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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.
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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!
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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?"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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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.
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Captain Jonathan Archer : [quoting A.G] You're never gonna get anywhere without taking risks.
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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.
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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.