Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)

Broken Bow, Part 1 (2001)

Connor Trinneer: Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III

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• Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : I've heard the women on Draylax have...

  Ensign Travis Mayweather : [nods]  Three. That's true.

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : You know that first-hand?

  Ensign Travis Mayweather : First-hand, second-hand... third-hand...

• [T'Pol is attempting clumsily to cut a bread stick with a fork] 

  Capt. Jonathan Archer : It might be a little easier using your fingers.

  Sub-Commander T'Pol : Vulcans don't touch food with their hands.

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Can't wait to see you tackle the spare ribs.

• Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : Pardon me, but if I don't realign the deflector, the first grain of space dust we come across will blow a hole through this ship the size of your fist.

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Keep your shirt on, Lieutenant. Your equipment'll be here in the morning.

• Klaang : RaQo jadICH!

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : I don't particularly like the way you smell, either!

• Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : [on the prospect of having T'Pol on board Enterprise]  I don't know. I'd be more comfortable with Porthos on the bridge.

• Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : [introducing himself]  Trip. I'm called Trip.

  Sub-Commander T'Pol : I'll try to remember that.

• Ensign Travis Mayweather : Have you ever slept in zero G?

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Slept?

  Ensign Travis Mayweather : [nods]  It's just like being back in the womb.

• Sub-Commander T'Pol : It remains to be seen whether Humanity will revert to its baser instincts.

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Well, we used to have cannibals on Earth. Who knows how far we'll revert? Lucky this isn't a long mission.

  Capt. Jonathan Archer : Human instinct is pretty strong. You can't expect us to change overnight.

  Sub-Commander T'Pol : With proper discipline...

  [she finally manages to cut a clean piece off her breadstick and holds it up with her fork] 

  Sub-Commander T'Pol : ...anything's possible.

• [Klaang has been abducted out of sickbay by Suliban, a stealth-capable race] 

  Capt. Jonathan Archer : We've got state-of-the-art sensors. Why the hell didn't we detect them?

  Ensign Travis Mayweather : Mr. Reed thought he detected something right before we lost power.

  Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : The starboard sensor logs recorded a spatial disturbance.

  Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Looks more like a glitch.

  Ensign Hoshi Sato : Those weren't glitches in sickbay.

• Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : [arguing with T'Pol about Archer]  I realize he's only a simple Earthling; but did it ever occur to you that he might know what he's doin'? It's no secret Starfleet hasn't been around too long. God knows you remind us of that every chance you get. But does that mean the man who's been put in charge of this mission doesn't deserve our support? Then again, loyalty's an emotion - isn't it?