- Captain Paul Rice: Tell me about your ship, Riker. It's the Enterprise, isn't it?
- Commander William T. Riker: No, the name of my ship is the Lollipop.
- Captain Paul Rice: I have no knowledge of that ship.
- Commander William T. Riker: It's just been commissioned. It's a good ship.
- Lt. Commander Data: [scanning the planet Minos] No signs of intelligent life forms. Vegetation and animal life only.
- Counselor Deanna Troi: What happened to all the people?
- Lieutenant Worf: War?
- Lt. Commander Data: Disease?
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: A dissatisfied customer?
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Relinquishing command, Captain.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: As you were, Lieutenant.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Sir?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Mr. La Forge, when I left this ship, it was in one piece. I would appreciate your returning it to me in the same condition.
- The Peddler: If you need a little something "special," be it for one target, or multiple targets, we got it, you'll see it, here on Minos, where we live by the motto, "Peace through superior firepower."
- [Data jumps 11.75 meters down the cavern and lands beside Crusher and Picard]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Data?
- Lt. Commander Data: At your service, Captain.
- Captain Paul Rice: Who sent you here to look for me?
- Commander William T. Riker: Your mother. She's worried about you.
- Lt. Commander Data: The citizens of Minos gained fame during the Erselrope Wars as arms merchants. They manufactured sophisticated and highly advanced weaponry.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Yeah? For which side?
- Lt. Commander Data: Both.
- [Picard and Crusher have fallen into a cavern]
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We seem to be pretty well sealed in, Doctor.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: No exits?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: None that I can see.
- Doctor Beverly Crusher: If you find one, go!
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Uh-huh. Tired of my company already?
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [interrupting the automated salesman's pitch] So what went wrong? Where are its creators? Where are the people of Minos?
- The Peddler: Once unleashed, the unit is invincible. The perfect killing system.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: [shakes his head] Too perfect. You poor fools, your own creation destroyed you.
- Chief Engineer Logan: In view of the present crisis, I believe you should relinquish command to me.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: No.
- Chief Engineer Logan: I outrank you.
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: Mr. Logan, I'm in command.
- Chief Engineer Logan: The Captain did not anticipate the Enterprise would come under attack. If he had, would he have left the bridge to you?
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: If he had, he wouldn't have left the ship!
- The Peddler: To be totally armed is to be totally secure! Remember: the early bird that hesitates gets wormed!
- The Peddler: Minos, The Arsenal of Freedom - perfection in highly advanced weaponry. Versatility, flexibility, and everything one hundred percent guaranteed! So lock on to my signal and beam on down! Because we don't just provide weapons...
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Shut that off.
- The Peddler: We provide complete weapons sys...
- [the screen goes blank]
- Lieutenant Geordi La Forge: That's a heck of a sales pitch.
- The Peddler: Whoever you are, wherever you're from, greetings! Welcome to Minos, the Arsenal of Freedom.
- [Riker and Yar are faced with the imminent threat of a deadly weapon]
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: We could split up.
- Commander William T. Riker: What good would that do?
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: Confuse it, delay it, something.
- Commander William T. Riker: It would still get us; it would just take a little longer.
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: It might give one of us time to get out of range.
- Commander William T. Riker: Out of *range*?
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: Forget I said it. These devices wiped out an entire planet. I don't think it has a range.
- Commander William T. Riker: Then what does that leave us?
- [Yar bites her lip]
- Commander William T. Riker: Right. That's what I thought.
- [an energy blast from the newest drone narrowly misses them]
- Lieutenant Tasha Yar: On second thought, we could look for deeper cover!
- Counselor Deanna Troi: Just remember, it's you they draw strength from. They look to you for guidance and for leadership. Help them. Show confidence in them.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Shut it off!
- The Peddler: Why? You haven't seen half of what this beauty can do.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard: We've seen enough.
- The Peddler: Does that mean you're going to buy it?