# Picard Tells Wesley Crusher That Starfleet's First Duty Is to the Truth

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2116938391459688857
- Source account: [@TheSWPrincess](https://x.com/TheSWPrincess)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:36
- Published: 2026-11-02
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth

## Transcript

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth?t=2) The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth.

[0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth?t=10) It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based.

[0:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth?t=13) Now, if you can't find it within yourself to stand up and tell the truth about what happened, you don't deserve to wear that uniform.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth?t=19) I'm gonna make this simple for you, Mr. Crusher.

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth?t=22) Either you come forward and tell Admiral Brand what really took place, or I will.

[0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/rlhiUw2ORRFn/en/picard-tells-wesley-crusher-that-starfleet-s-first-duty-is-to-the-truth?t=28) Captain- Dismissed