Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

Silicon Avatar (1991)

Patrick Stewart: Captain Jean-Luc Picard

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• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [on the Crystalline Entity]  If we can determine what its needs are, we might find other sources to supply it.

  Dr. Kila Marr : Its needs are to slaughter people by the thousands. It is nothing but a giant killing machine!

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Doctor, the sperm whale on Earth devours millions of cuttlefish as it roams the oceans. It is not evil; it is feeding. The same may be true of the Entity.

  Dr. Kila Marr : That would be small comfort for those who have died to feed it. We're not talking about cuttlefish; we're talking about people!

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : I would argue that the Crystalline Entity has as much right to be here as we do.

• Dr. Kila Marr : I don't understand. Why are we pursuing the Entity if not to destroy it?

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We're not hunters, Doctor, nor is it our role to exact revenge.

  Dr. Kila Marr : What do you propose? We track it down, greet it warmly, and ask it if it would mind terribly not ravaging any more planets?