And then look a new lifeform in the eye and murder it
Janeway
“Why murder it when you can travel back through time and murder it while also murdering the timeline?”
— Janeway
For those unfamiliar, what is each frame referencing?
Left-to-right, top-to-bottom:
From the TNG episode "Darmok", where Captain Picard has to learn how to communicate with an alien through shared danger.
From DS9, the decades-long Bajoran resistance to the brutal Cardassian occupation.
From the Voyager episode "Message in a Bottle", where the holographic doctor has to go outside his comfort zone in order to recapture a federation starship from the Romulans.
From TNG, the friendship between human Geordi and the android Data.
From DS9, the friendship and subsequent romance between Odo and Kira
From Voyager, Janeway's insistence that Borg drones are still people.
Borg drones deserve the right to choose whether they're still people. They shouldn't have to be people if they don't want to. I'm people and it's really really hard, so I understand if someone doesn't want to.
Janeway
“Why murder it when you can travel back through time and murder it while also murdering the timeline?”
— Janeway