Star Trek: Lower Decks (TV Series)
The Stars at Night (2022)
Eugene Cordero: Ensign Samanthan Rutherford
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Quotes
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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?
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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!
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[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!