Tim Russ credited as playing...
Lt. Tuvok
- Commander Chakotay: Can I ask you to be honest with me, Lieutenant?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: As a Vulcan, I am at all times honest, Commander.
- Commander Chakotay: That's not exactly true. You lied to me when you passed yourself off as a Maquis to get on my crew.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: I was honest to my own convictions within the defined parameters of my mission.
- Commander Chakotay: You damned Vulcans and your "defined parameters."
- [last lines]
- Lieutenant Tuvok: How may I be honest with you today?
- Commander Chakotay: I'd just like to know - from someone else who pulled the wool over my eyes - was I particularly naive? Was I not paying enough attention? What the hell was it that let all you spies get by me?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Like all humans, you depend on feelings and instincts to guide you, and they invariably let you down. But "particularly naive?" No, Commander, and I've always considered your attention span to be adequate.
- Commander Chakotay: Did you ever see anything about Seska that made you suspicious?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: No. She quite expertly pulled the wool over my eyes as well.
- Commander Chakotay: Well... that makes me feel a little better. Thanks.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Curious.
- Commander Chakotay: What?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings.
- Commander Chakotay: Misery loves company, Tuvok.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [discussing the Kazon as they walk toward the turbolift] How could they possibly have Federation technology?
- Lieutenant Tuvok: There are only three alternatives I can discern at this time. One: it is not Federation technology at all, but something similar.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: [boarding the turbolift] Bridge.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Two: another Federation starship may have been brought to the Delta Quadrant prior to our arrival, and they interacted with the Kazon Nistrim.
- Commander Chakotay: Were there any other reports of missing starships?
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Not to my knowledge.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Three: someone from this ship has covertly given technology to the Kazon.
- Captain Kathryn Janeway: Computer, hold turbolift! I don't like Number Three at all, Tuvok.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: Nevertheless, it is the most probable explanation.
- [Tuvok has beaten Chakotay in another round of gin rummy]
- Commander Chakotay: I never knew Vulcans had such a talent for cards.
- Lieutenant Tuvok: It is simply a matter of logical discards, which give a false impression of my own requirements and deny the needed cards to your hand. I believe that's ninety-four points to me.
- Commander Chakotay: If you ever need a sponsor in a gin tournament, let me know.
