Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series)

Sanctuary (1993)

Avery Brooks: Commander Benjamin 'Ben' Sisko

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Quotes 

• Commander Sisko : Ah, Major. Get everything settled with Quark?

  Major Kira : Oh, that little toad is this far from doing a 360 out an airlock!

  Commander Sisko : I'm glad to hear everything went okay.

• Major Kira : I just spent the whole day yesterday...

  Commander Sisko : ...talking to Minister Rozahn about irrigating the Trilar Peninsula.

  Major Kira : How did you know?

  Commander Sisko : It's hard to keep a secret in ops, especially when you've been shouting at a monitor for the last two days.

  Major Kira : Thought I kept it down to an angry whisper.

  Commander Sisko : Let's just say that your voice carries.

• [a Skrreean ship has arrived at DS9] 

  Odo : What seems to be the trouble, Commander?

  Commander Sisko : The computer's having a hard time translating their language.

  Odo : I can see how that would be a problem.

• Commander Sisko : We'll have to keep them talking until the computer can establish a translation matrix.

  [meanwhile, the female Skrreean is continuously and desperately trying to explain something to Kira] 

  Major Kira : Keeping them talking shouldn't be much of a problem.

• Odo : It's gonna get awfully crowded around here, Commander.

  Commander Sisko : I know, Constable, but it's worth it. Just look at them. They're experiencing their first taste of freedom.

• [first lines] 

  Major Kira : You wanted to see me, Commander?

  Commander Sisko : Actually, what I'd like to see is next month's duty roster.