From “Empok Nor” (5x11)
As the shuttle approaches the abandoned station
O’Brien: Take us out of warp. Run a full scan. I’ll take the helm.
Nog: The station’s main power supply and life support systems are off-line. No life-signs.
O’Brien: I’ll take us into transporter range.
Garak: Oh, I don’t think we can risk beaming aboard. There are probably pattern scramblers rigged to go off if they detect a non-Cardassian transporter signal.
O’Brien: That could be messy. We’ll have to dock. Landing pads are sealed. We’ll have to try an upper pylon.
Nog: Won’t the airlock have booby traps?
Garak: You can count on it. And someone’s going to have to disarm them before we dock.
Nog: I volunteer, sir.
Garak: The scanner in the airlock might mistake your enthusiasm as Cardassian but not your DNA. No, I’m afraid I’m the only one who has a chance of getting through.
Three things:
- “That could be messy.” Nice understatement there, Miles.
- Nog is pretty brave. (But actually his father is too.)
- Garak is respectful toward Nog here and on other occasions, even if later in this episode the drugs make him tie up the Ferengi with space duct tape.
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