Malik: You two really are cowboys.
Savitar: What's your problem, Ibn Rashidan?
Malik: You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous.
Savitar: That's right! Mal... ik. I am dangerous.
Zalus: This is what I call a target rich environment.
Shokhi: You live your life between your legs Zal.
Zalus: Goose, even you could get laid in a place like this.
Shokhi: Hell, I'd be happy to just find a girl that would talk dirty to me.
Shokhi: Sav's a great Runner but....
Sankhur: He's a hell of a Runner. In fact, he's so damn good he might have been picked for Bahram himself. Except for one thing. HE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO FOLLOW ORDERS!
*Sankhur moves slightly, to stand now, directly in front of Savitar and speak eye to eye at four inches.*
Sankhur: You just did an incredibly brave thing! What you should have done was land your VANDR. You don't own that unit, the Commonwealth does. Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You've been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader three times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers, and one marranr's daughter!
Shokhi: Arzu Nejem?
*Savitar shrugs*
Sankhur: And you asshole, you're lucky to be here!
Shokhi: Thank you, sir.
Sankhur: And let's not bullshit Savitar. Your family name ain't the best in the Navy. You need to be doing it better, and cleaner than the other guy. Now what is it with you?
Savitar: Just want to serve the Commonwealth, be the best Runner in the Vanguard, sir.
Sankhur: Don't screw around with me Savitar. You're a hell of an instinctive runner. Maybe too good. I'd like to bust your butt but I can't. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Jarizas. I gotta do something here, I still can't believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot! I'm gonna send you up against the best. You two characters are going to Bahram.
Alia: Excuse me, Vayshirin. Is there something wrong?
Zalus: Yes ma'am, the data on the Soono is inaccurate.
Alia: How's that, Vayshirin?
Zalus: Well, I just happened to see a Soono do a...
Shokhi: We!
Zalus: Uh, sorry Goose. WE happened to see a Soono do a 4g negative dive.
Alia: Where did you see this?
Zalus: Uh, that's classified.
Alia: It's what?
Zalus: It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
Serhan: Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is -110 degrees.
Malik: Holy shit, it's Serhan!
Shokhi: Serhan's up here, great... oh shit...
Zalus: Great, he's probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Zalus and Goose."
Shokhi: Yeah, I'm sure he's saying that.
Serhan: In case some of you are wondering who the best is they are up here on this plaque.
*turns to Zalus*
Serhan: Do you think your name will be on that plaque?
Zalus: Yes sir.
Serhan: That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in.
Zalus: Yes sir.
Serhan: I like that in a Runner.
Zus: This gives me a hard on.
Reovan: Don't tease me.
Agni: Let me ask you something, if you had to go into battle, would you want him on your side?
Serhan: I don't know, I just don't know.
Khiyai: Hey Mal you big stud!
Malik: That's me, honey.
Khiyai: Take me to bed or lose me forever.
Malik: Show me the way home, honey.
Zalus: Goose who's butt did you kiss to get in here anyway?
Shokhi: The list is long, but distinguished.
Mu'Tasim: Yeah, well so is my Johnson.
Zus: The Astral Vanguard regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid.
Savitar: The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies room.
Reovan: I feel the need...
Reovan, Savitar: ...the need for speed!
Mu'Tasim: You don't have time to think up there. If you think, you're dead.
Sankhur: And if you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo lifttruck full of rubber herdtitan dung out of Hlarai!
Malik: Yes sir!
Savitar: You can be my wingman any time.
Malik: Bullshit! You can be mine.
Sankhur: They gave you your choice of duty son, anything, anywhere. Do you believe that shit? Where do you think you wanna go?
Zalus: I thought of being an instructor, sir.
Sankhur: Bahram?
Zalus: Yes, sir.
Sankhur: God help us.
Reovan: What do you wanna do? Just drop down on the tile and go for it?
Savitar: No, actually I had this counter in mind.
Reovan: Great, that would be very, very comfortable, yeah.
Savitar: It could be.
'Ismat: What are you doing? You're slowing down, you're slowing down!
Mu'Tasim: I'm bringing him in closer, 'Ismat.
'Ismat: You're gonna do WHAT?
Jlu: I'll have what he's having. Salcra is it?
Serhan: Ice water.
Malik: Crashed and burned! Huh, Zal?
Zalus: Hey, Malik.
*Zalus sniffs*
Zalus: You stink!
Alia: So Vayshirin, where exactly were you?
Zalus: Well, we...
Shokhi: Thank you.
Zalus: Started up on a 6, when he pulled from the clouds, and then I moved in above him.
Alia: Well, if you were directly above him, how could you see him?
Zalus: Because I was inverted.
Savitar: [coughs whilst saying] Bullshit.
Shokhi: No he was man, it was a really great move. He was inverted.
Alia: You were in a 4g inverted dive with a Soono?
Zalus: Yes ma'am.
Alia: At what range?
Zalus: Um, about 2 meters.
Shokhi: It was actually about 1 and a half I think. It was 1 and a half, I've got a great Polaroid of it, and he's right there, must be 1 and a half.
Zalus: Was a nice picture.
Shokhi: Thanks.
Alia: Eh Vayshirin, what were you doing there?
Shokhi: Communicating.
Zalus: Communicating. Keeping up foriegn relations. You know, giving him the bird!
*Alia looks puzzled*
Shokhi: You know, the finger.
*Shokhi gestures apprpriately*
Alia: Yes, I know the finger, Goose.
Shokhi: I-I'm sorry, I hate it when it does that, I'm sorry. Excuse me.
*Shokhi checks out the plaque with names of the best of the best*
Shokhi: No, boys. There's two "O"s in Goose.
Zus: Yeeha, Serhan's dead!
Malik: Won this bullshit?
Zus: Didn't everybody?
Malik: Hell no, man. We got our butts kicked.
Zalus: Thirty seconds. We went like this, he went like that. I said to Malik, "Where'd he go?" Malik says, "Where'd who go?"
Malik: Yeah, and he's laughing at us, right on the radio, he's laughing at us.
Mu'Tasim: That was me laughing, dickhead.
Officer: [In the midst of the Soono battle] Both Catapults are broken Sir.
Serhan: How long will it take?
Officer: It'll take ten minutes.
Serhan: Bull shit ten minutes! This thing will be over in two minutes! Get on it!
Serhan: That was some of the best flying I've seen to date - right up to the part where you got killed.
