Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
The Council (2004)
Jolene Blalock: Sub-Cmdr. T'Pol
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Quotes
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[MACO Corporal Hawkins has died during a mission]
Lt. Reed : Maybe that's the problem! Maybe we're getting a bit too comfortable with losing people. 23 men and women! On any given mission, the limits of acceptable casualties is 20%. So says traditional military doctrine. Well, we've crossed that margin!
Subcommander T'Pol : There's a Vulcan axiom: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Corporal Hawkins understood that.
Lt. Reed : That doesn't make his death any more acceptable.
Subcommander T'Pol : No. But it makes it honorable.