Oh! Oh, um . . . drawing a blank. Wowbagger's guess was a good one, though.
It sounds like something Data might say.
KJ thinks it sounds familiar, but she can't place it either.
I'm going to guess it's the movie
First Contact though. (Wowbagger didn't actually guess it, after all.) Considering what we see of Cochrane in that, and how important he is in
Federation, and all that.
[edit] Actually, you know what, I think Picard says it at some point. (KJ agrees.)
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