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• Riker: "A Dyson sphere?" Picard: "A very old theory, Number One, I'm not surprised that you haven't heard of it.
  In the twentieth century, a physicist called Freeman Dyson postulated the theory that an enormous hollow sphere could be constructed around a star....
• Riker: "Sensors?" Data: "I am having difficulty scanning the object.
  It appears to be approximately two-hundred-million kilometers in diameter....
• Data: "Commander Riker, you have anticipated my denouement.
  However, the sentiment is appreciated. I will continue." -- "Schisms", Stardate unknow...
• Riker: "We should probably get you to Sickbay. Doctor Crusher will want to have--" Sco
  You've changed the resonator array!" Riker: "Geordi, I think our guest is going to have a lot of engineering questions....
• Picard: "Well done, Mister Data. Though...I don't think you got Commander Riker's hair quite right.
  Data: "I will be more observant in the future, sir." -- "Unification II", Stardate 45245.8...
• LaForge: "You were saying it's as big as life. You mean the Dyson sphere.
  Scott: "Aye, a natural Dyson sphere! Can you imagine the engineering skills needed to design such a structure?...
• Scott: "You're not quite, uh, *human*, are you?" Data
  No, sir. I am an android. Lieutenant Commander Data....
• Scott: "I bet you two bottles of scotch that they're inside the sphere.
  And that they went *in* right through the hatch....
• Picard: "Mister Data, could this be a Dyson Sphere?
  Data: "The object does fit the general parameters of Dyson's theory....