Lieutenant Valeris Quotes in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Lieutenant Valeris: A Bird-of-Prey?

Captain Spock: A Bird-of-Prey.

Commander Pavel Chekov: Cloaked?

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: A Bird-of-Prey cannot open fire when she's cloaked!

Captain Spock: All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree with you. However, all things are not equal. This one can.

Captain James T. Kirk: Valeris, know anything about a radiation surge?

Lieutenant Valeris: Sir?

Captain James T. Kirk: Chekov?

Commander Pavel Chekov: Only the size of my head.

Captain James T. Kirk: [to himself] I know what you mean.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [referring to Gorkon's daughter, whom he believed killed Gorkon] That Klingon bitch killed her father.

Captain Spock: Her own father?

Lieutenant Valeris: It is an old story, sir.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: They don't place the same value on life as we do, Spock. You know that. Mark my word, she did not shed one bloody tear.

Captain Spock: Hardly conclusive, Mr. Scott, since Klingons have no tear ducts.

Captain Spock: The lieutenant was the first Vulcan to be graduated at the top of her class.

Captain James T. Kirk: You must be very proud.

Lieutenant Valeris: I don't believe so.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: She's a Vulcan all right.

Lieutenant Valeris: We must inform Starfleet Command...

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Inform them of what? A new weapon that's invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us! They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the captain that we'll say anything.

Captain Spock: And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts.

Captain James T. Kirk: [Valeris has just engaged thrusters to take Enterprise out of Spacedock] Thank you Lieutenant, ahead one quarter impulse power

Lieutenant Valeris: [spins in chair to face Kirk] Captain, may I remind you that regulations specify thrusters only whilst in spacedock.

Commander Leonard 'Bones' McCoy, M.D.: [the bridge crew cough loudly, Chekov shakes his head, Uhura tuts softly. McCoy leans in to tease Spock] Jim?

Captain James T. Kirk: You heard the order, Lieutenant...

Lieutenant Valeris: Aye, sir!

Captain Spock: [to Lt. Valeris] Lieutenant, the torpedo hit, once again, please.

[Valeris replays video]

Captain Spock: Hold.

[replay pauses]

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: It *is* Enterprise. *We* fired.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: That is *not* possible! All weapons *visually* accounted for,

[to Spock]

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: sir.

Captain Spock: An ancestor of mine maintained that if you eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: What, exactly, does *that* mean?

Captain Spock: It means that we can not have fired those torpedoes, someone else did.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Well, they dinna fire on themselves, and there were no the ships present.

Captain Spock: There was an enormous neutron energy surge.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Not from us!

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: A neutron surge that big could only be produced by another ship.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: Kronos One?

Captain Spock: Too far away. Very near *us*. Possibly *beneath* us.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: If there were a ship beneath us, the Klingons would have seen her.

Captain Spock: [pause] Would they?

Lieutenant Valeris: A bird-of-prey.

Captain Spock: A bird-of-prey.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: *Cloaked?*

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: A bird-of-prey cannot fire when she's cloaked.

Captain Spock: All things being equal, Mr. Scott, I would agree. However, things are not equal. This one *can*.

Lieutenant Valeris: We must inform Starfleet Command.

Captain Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: Inform them of what? A new weapon that is invisible? Raving lunatics, that's what they'll call us. They'll say we're so desperate to exonerate the Captain, we'll say *anything*.

Captain Spock: And they would be correct. We have no evidence, only a theory which happens to fit the facts.

Cmdr. Nyota Uhura: Assuming you're right, Mr. Spock, why would they fire on their own president?

Captain Spock: Indeed.

Captain James T. Kirk: Names, Lieutenant!

Lieutenant Valeris: I do not remember.

Captain Spock: A lie?

Lieutenant Valeris: A choice.

Captain Spock: This ship will be searched from bow to stern, Lieutenant Valeris, you'll be in charge.

Lieutenant Valeris: Aye, sir.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: I do not understand. If there *was* a ship underneath us, surely the assassins beamed aboard from *that* vessel, not Enterprise.

Captain Spock: You're forgetting something, Mr. Chekov. According to out databanks, this ship fired those torpedoes. If we *did*, the killers are here. If we did *not*, whoever altered the databanks is here. In either case, what we are looking for *is* here.

Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov: What *are* we looking for, sir?

Captain Spock: Lieutenant?

Lieutenant Valeris: Two pairs of gravity boots.