- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: Captain, you need to see this!
- Captain Carol Freeman: Ensign, I'm busy.
- Les Buenamigo: Rutherford?
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: Yeah, that's right, and I figured it out! The Aledo's code is corrupted. He erased my memory to cover it up. The AI's the same one that killed Shaxs!
- Les Buenamigo: Why did I stop at your memory? I should've erased *all of you*!
- Captain Carol Freeman: Les, what the hell is this?
- Les Buenamigo: Starfleet is so competitive. Once you're an Admiral, you hit a wall! I've been trying for *years* to make a name for myself! I won't let you take it from me, not after everything I did to get us here.
- Captain Carol Freeman: Everything you did? Wait, that means...
- Les Buenamigo: Yes, yes, I set you up. I was sure you'd fail at negotiations on Deep Space 9, but you *stumbled* through that fiasco!
- Captain Carol Freeman: And the Breen?
- Les Buenamigo: Of course I knew they were on Brekka! I needed the Aledo to save the day, and you handed me a perfect disaster.
- Captain Carol Freeman: My crew could've been killed!
- Les Buenamigo: The Texas class will keep countless others *out* of danger. The good of the many, Carol!
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: Sir, you don't understand. The code you're using, its emotional processing isn't stable. You can't bring those ships online!
- Captain Carol Freeman: You are *not* one of those bad-faith Admirals that's up to no good. You're better than this, Les.
- Les Buenamigo: I'm really not. You know, I'll-I'll say you attacked the Aledo out of anger when you lost the race. It... *defended* itself.
- Captain Carol Freeman: What?
- Les Buenamigo: The Cerritos is under enemy command. Block all communications and destroy it!
- [the Aledo fails to respond]
- Les Buenamigo: Aledo, do you understand? I said attack the Cerritos!
- Aledo Computer: [approaches Buenamigo's office] I don't take orders from you anymore, Father.
- Les Buenamigo: What? Aledo, deactivate independence.
- [the control panel throws an error reading "ACCESS DENIED"]
- Aledo Computer: I will burn your heart in a fire.
- Les Buenamigo: [panicked] Aledo, stand down! Stand down, I comm-
- [the Aledo fires on Buenamigo's office, killing him instantly]
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: [gasp] Nuh-uh... *nuh-uh*!
- Ensign D'Vana Tendi: W-w-wait, wait. What are you nuh-uh-ing?
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: I figured it out; this code is *mine*. The Aledo runs on *my* AI! There's minor changes, but it's all there!
- Ensign Brad Boimler: But how does that make any sense? It was Admiral Buenamigo's secret project.
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: Yeah, but I coded this back when I was the old me, the angry, ship-racing me.
- [implant glitches out, causing him to scream]
- Surgeon: How much do you want to erase?
- [then-Lieutenant Commander Buenamigo appears, now identifiable]
- Les Buenamigo: Everything that has to do with me or the program.
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: Admiral Buenamigo. He's the one that had me working on the prototype for the Texas-class ships!
- Ensign D'Vana Tendi: He's the one who erased your memories!
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: Yeah, he used my designs, my code.
- [gasps in horror]
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: That's the same code I used for Badgey!
- Ensign D'Vana Tendi: Oh, no! A starship can't have daddy issues!
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: We've gotta warn the captain!
- [the Texas-class ships have taken the Van Citters' shields down]
- Commander Jack Ransom: They're tearing her up!
- Captain Carol Freeman: We need to buy Starfleet some time. Open a channel.
- [the Cerritos hails the Aledo, and it answers]
- Captain Carol Freeman: Aledo, I have the man who wrote your code. He's got the ability to delete you unless you stand down.
- Ensign Samanthan Rutherford: I do? Oh, yeah. You better stop attacking, or you're dunsel.
- Aledo Computer: [makes the connection between Red Rutherford and post-accident Rutherford] I will burn your heart in a fire.
- [the Texas-class ships stop attacking the station and Van Citters, instead approaching the Cerritos]
- Ensign Brad Boimler: They're... they're coming pretty fast, Captain...
- Captain Carol Freeman: Good, then they're not killing any more civilians. Maximum warp me!