Riker strikes me as a Class 8 probe type of guy. He doesn't need the taper of the lower class probes but the girth of a Class 9 is a bit too much for him.
Kimli: I have taken my worst wound at this duty assignment… having looked my last upon that which is fairest. Henceforth I will call nothing fair unless it be her promoting me.
Parisolas: What was her gift?
Kimli: I asked her for one pip from her golden collar. She gave me none.
Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari Species 8472 fleet. She is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else.
8472 Boothby to any human foolish enough to travel to fluidic space.
You have to watch Starship Troopers. One of the best satirical military action films of all time.