Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series)

The Arsenal of Freedom (1988)

Vincent Schiavelli: The Peddler

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• The Peddler : If you need a little something "special," be it for one target, or multiple targets, we got it, you'll see it, here on Minos, where we live by the motto, "Peace through superior firepower."

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [interrupting the automated salesman's pitch]  So what went wrong? Where are its creators? Where are the people of Minos?

  The Peddler : Once unleashed, the unit is invincible. The perfect killing system.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : [shakes his head]  Too perfect. You poor fools, your own creation destroyed you.

• The Peddler : To be totally armed is to be totally secure! Remember: the early bird that hesitates gets wormed!

• The Peddler : Minos, The Arsenal of Freedom - perfection in highly advanced weaponry. Versatility, flexibility, and everything one hundred percent guaranteed! So lock on to my signal and beam on down! Because we don't just provide weapons...

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Shut that off.

  The Peddler : We provide complete weapons sys...

  [the screen goes blank] 

  Lieutenant Geordi La Forge : That's a heck of a sales pitch.

• The Peddler : Whoever you are, wherever you're from, greetings! Welcome to Minos, the Arsenal of Freedom.

• Captain Jean-Luc Picard : Shut it off!

  The Peddler : Why? You haven't seen half of what this beauty can do.

  Captain Jean-Luc Picard : We've seen enough.

  The Peddler : Does that mean you're going to buy it?