Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)
Peak Performance (1989)
Brent Spiner: Lieutenant Commander Data
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[Data explains his strategy during his rematch of Strategema against Kolrami]
Lt. Commander Data : I was playing for a standoff, a draw. While Kolrami was dedicated to winning, I was able to pass up obvious avenues of advancement, then settle for a balance. Theoretically, I should be able to challenge him indefinitely.
Doctor Pulaski : Then you *have* beaten him.
Lt. Commander Data : It is a matter of perspective, Doctor. In the strictest sense, I did not win.
Counselor Deanna Troi , Doctor Pulaski : Data!
Lt. Commander Data : I busted him up.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : For over nine millennia, potential foes have regarded the Zakdorns as having the greatest innately strategic minds in the galaxy.
Lieutenant Worf : So, no one is willing to test that perception in combat?
Lt. Cmdr. Data : Exactly.
Lieutenant Worf : Then the reputation means nothing.
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[Data has lost his first match against Kolrami]
Doctor Pulaski : How can you lose? You're supposed to be infallible!
Lt. Commander Data : [puzzled] Obviously... I am not.
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : If the warp engines fail to function, the result could be... unfortunate.
Lieutenant Worf : Very unfortunate. We will be dead.
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[despite Data's reservations, Dr. Pulaski has suggested that he play Kolrami in a game of Strategema]
Sirna Kolrami : Play against a machine - hmm... Why should I wish to?
Doctor Pulaski : I don't blame you. It's no fun going into a game when you know you're going to lose.
Sirna Kolrami : But I wouldn't lose. Now you're no doubt going to tell me that I have to prove it to you.
Doctor Pulaski : Come on, Data, you can't let that pass!
Lt. Commander Data : Indeed, I...
[Pulaski, imploringly, mouths "please" to him]
Lt. Commander Data : ...cannot.
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[Data is taking on Sirna Kolrami in a game of Strategema and getting some last-minute advice from Dr. Pulaski]
Lt. Commander Data : In the present context, what did she mean by "bust him up"?
Counselor Deanna Troi : In her own way, Dr. Pulaski was instructing you to take the shortest route to victory.
Lt. Commander Data : As opposed to what?
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[Data and Troi are analyzing Riker's tactical abilities]
Lt. Commander Data : The weaker his position, the more aggressive will be his posture.
Counselor Deanna Troi : And he won't give up.
Lt. Commander Data : Then, despite whatever... options he is given, he must be...
Counselor Deanna Troi : ...the man that he is, exactly.
Lt. Commander Data : Hm... Is that a failing in humans?
Counselor Deanna Troi : You'll have to decide that for yourself.
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[the Enterprise is facing a real battle with a Ferengi ship]
Lt. Commander Data : Our shields will not withstand another assault, sir.
Sirna Kolrami : Then there are no options. Retreat - or die!
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Lt. Cmdr. Data : If the warp drive fails to activate, the results could be... unfortunate.
Lieutenant Worf : Very unfortunate. We will be dead.