- [when being shot at, Archer leaves the Vulcans behind to reconnoiter]
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: No offense, but my ears are less likely to draw fire than yours.
- [disappears]
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: What is their fixation with our ears?
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: I believe they're envious.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: The ball's in your court now.
- [Soval looks inquiringly at T'Pol]
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: It's a Human expression. It means the next move is yours.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: Obviously I'm here at the request of the Andorians. Shran believes he can trust me. I don't intend to prove him wrong by going down there, with a Vulcan officer in tow. If you insist I bring a Vulcan along, I'll take the one I know *I* can trust.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: I believe someone once defined a compromise as... a solution that neither side is happy with.
- Commander Shran: In that case, these talks have been extremely successful.
- Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Put the ship on tactical alert!
- [the bridge panels turn red and a very soft alarm klaxon starts]
- Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I don't like pushing the engines this hard. The injectors are running 110 percent.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: They're rated for 120.
- Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: Yeah, and my underwear is flame-retardant. That doesn't mean I'm gonna light myself on fire to prove it.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: [just before the shuttle crashes] We need to reduce our speed.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: The ground is gonna do that for us.
- Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: We wanna be involved in any rescue operation.
- Muroc: We have more experience in these matters.
- Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: I know. I once saw one of your commando units blast the hell out of a rebel compound during a rescue mission.
- Dr. Phlox: I served as a medic in the Denobulan Infantry. If I learned anything from that experience, it's that battlefields are unpredictable places - even under a flag of truce.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: I imagined my first diplomatic mission would involve sitting around a big table, toasting with champagne, signing things with lots of pens...
- Commander Shran: The pink skin sense of humor.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: Maybe we're not out here to just... scan comets and meet new species. Maybe... we're out here to prove that... Humanity's ready to join a much larger community. I intend to do that - whether the Vulcans like it or not.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: [about her position on Enterprise] I find the work gratifying.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Gratification is an emotional indulgence. You disagreed with our recommendation that Archer's mission be canceled after the tragedy at Paraaga II. Why?
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: I was on board Enterprise at the time. I felt my opinion would be welcomed.
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: You believed you knew better than the High Command? That sounds a great deal like another emotion: arrogance. Perhaps it's time for you to consider another assignment.
- Sub-Commander T'Pol: Just because Captain Archer has earned my respect doesn't mean I've been contaminated by his emotions.
- Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III: T'Pol said that territorial compromise they were talking about... took eight years to work out.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: I'll try to speed things up this time.
- [last lines]
- Vulcan Ambassador Soval: Captain - your presence here has not been... overly meddlesome.
- [he leaves]
- Commander Shran: I think he likes you, pink skin.
- Capt. Jonathan Archer: I wouldn't go that far.