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	Janeway: "Someone once said all invention is but an extension of the body of man."
	Chakotay: "This could be it, Captain. Borg space."
	Kes: "I saw Borg." Doctor: "You've had a telepathic experience?" Kes: "There were bodies. Dozens of them, dead."
	Janeway: "In the words of Jean-Luc Picard. 'In their Collective state, the Borg are utterly without mercy, driven by one will alone: the will to conquer. They are beyond redemption, beyond reason.'...."
	Chakotay: "If that moment comes. we'll face it together. And we'll make the right decision. You're not alone, Kathryn." Janeway: "Three years ago I didn't even know your name. Today I can't imagine a day without you."
	Kes: "It said, the weak will perish."
	Chakotay: "There's a story I heard as a child, a parable, and I never forgot it. A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. The fox said no, if I do that you'll just sting me, and I'll drown. The scorpion assured him, if I did that, we'd both drown. So the fox thought about it and finally agreed. So the scorpion climbed up on his back, and the fox began to swim. But halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him. As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said why did you do that? Now you'll drown too. I couldn't help it, said the scorpion. It's my nature."
	Chakotay: "You're the Captain. I'm the First Officer. I'll follow your orders. That doesn't change my belief that we're making a fatal mistake." Janeway: "Then I guess I'm alone, after all. Dismissed."
	Borg: "Negotiation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated."
	Janeway: "I want safe passage through your space. Once my ship is beyond Borg territory, I'll give you our research."

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