Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Peak Performance (1989)
Jonathan Frakes: Commander William Thomas 'Will' Riker
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Commander William T. Riker : You're outmanned, you're outgunned, you're outequipped. What else have you got?
Lieutenant Worf : Guile.
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Commander William T. Riker : [more than two days before the start of a battle simulation] Do you care to surrender now, Captain?
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Lieutenant Worf : I have wagered heavily in the ship's pool that you will take him past the sixth plateau.
Commander William T. Riker : And if I don't?
Lieutenant Worf : I will be... irritated.
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[Riker has challenged Kolrami to a game of Strategema]
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : So, you're gonna beat him, huh?
Commander William T. Riker : No.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Well, then it's gonna be a close one?
Commander William T. Riker : No.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : But you have got a chance?
Commander William T. Riker : Naah!
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Are you even gonna bother to show up?
Commander William T. Riker : Sure. Kolrami is the best ever at Strategema. Just to get to play him is a privilege.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : So, aside from your being privileged, is there anything else I can look forward to?
Commander William T. Riker : Nope.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : [lame] This is gonna be exciting.
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Commander William T. Riker : What's the Zakdornian word for 'mismatch'?
Sirna Kolrami : Challenge.
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Commander William T. Riker : The simulation begins in one hour.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : You'll have warp drive, Captain, though it may not be what you expected.
Commander William T. Riker : I think that deserves some kind of explanation.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : We'll have warp 1 for about...
Wesley Crusher : Just under two seconds.
Commander William T. Riker : That's not long enough for an escape, but used as a surprise, it may give us a strategic advantage.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Sir, all of this is theoretical.
Commander William T. Riker : And if your theory fails to pay off?
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Have you ever driven a Grenthemen water hopper?
Commander William T. Riker : Sure.
Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : Ever popped the clutch?
Commander William T. Riker : You're saying we're gonna stall the Hathaway?
Wesley Crusher : And the Enterprise will waltz right over and pulverize us.
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Commander William T. Riker : What is that?
Wesley Crusher : My experiment from the Enterprise.
Commander William T. Riker : Wes.
Wesley Crusher : It deals with high-energy plasma reactions with antimatter.
Commander William T. Riker : You went back to the Enterprise for that? Wes, you cheated.
Wesley Crusher : No, sir. You told me to improvise.
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Commander William T. Riker : Just remember, Enterprise - Captain Riker's never lost.
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Commander William T. Riker : [to Picard] We're all here, waiting for you to pull another rabbit out of your hat.
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Commander William T. Riker : Nobody said life was safe.