Got a whole file full of these..
"In some places, adepts have begun praying to the machines again!" - ComStar Precentor Brian May to Exarch Jonah Levin about the non-working HPG stations
It's a Masakari. Keep your guard up, lead with your left, and aim for the faceplate. - Unknown Pilot - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
What we need here is a level playing field. - Unknown Aerospace Pilot - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
If your using an AC/20, you only need to hit the target once. If the targets still standing, you oughta be somewhere else anyway. - Unknown - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
So there I was, between a rock and a hard place, when suddenly I thought, 'What am I doing on this side of the rock? - Star commander Karra, Clan Ghost Bear, Constance, Apr 3050 - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
The first rule of jungle warfare is, obviously, eliminate the jungle. - Star captain Glen Osis, Clan Smoke Jaguar, Albiero, July 3050 - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
I can set fire under any mechwarrior, Captain. All I gotta know is how hot do you want it. - Sgt. Carol Ann Klemens, Gray Death Legion - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
The object of war is to hurt the other guy, and in that pursuit, any weapon is a good weapon. - Sergeant Kenton Parker, 12th Donegal Guards, Trell 1, 17 Apr 3050 - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
Sometimes the battlefield itself is your worst enemy. - Precetor Martial Anastasius Focht The Gallant Defense of Mankind - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
Kings of the battle field? Hah! From where I sit, Mechs are nothing but targets. - Pilot Carew, Clan Wolf - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
If brute force doesn't solve your problem, your not using enough. - Marshal Daniel Bishop, aide to commander of the Wyatt Theater, Federate Commonwealth - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
Dead? Soldier, you're not dead till I say you're dead! - Leftenant Lenoir Wiggins, Commonwealth Medical Corps - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
All she needs is a little paint, a little wiring, and duct tape- lots of duct tape. - Joseph MacDonald, Astech Rhonda's Irregulars - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
It's like brain surgery, But you want the patient to die. - Cadet Katiara Kylie, 1st Someset Strikers - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
Excuse me, Commander, But what exactly do you mean by 'draw their fire'? - Anonymous Mech Pilot - BattleTech Collector Card Quotes
"And now for the bad news: you've made quite an impression. The Jaguars have mobilized fresh companies of heavy and assault-class 'mechs in your honor and more Elite pilots. So, the party's over..."
"If one were to take the totality of human existence and add up all our collective triumphs and failures, one would be left with a single, inevitable conclusion: that we have come so far, and yet, learned so little. Such a shame our lives can be summed up by such a stupid proverb." - Archon Alistaire Marsden.
Flashpoint? That's one way to put it, another is a million tons of shit hitting the fan at the same time. - Bill "Wet Willy" Kossacks
Suddenly I was between a rock and a hard place, then I thought....Why am I on this side of the rock? - Uknown Ghost Bear warrior
Warriors die before the battle is won, Leaders die before their goals are achieved, Khans die in flames. There cannot be an afterlife for warriors. How could it satisfy them? - SaKhan Samantha Clees, Jade Falcon poet laureate
Honor is a thin cloak against the chill of the grave. - Theodore Kurita
"There will be no sympathy for the devil." - General Aleksandr Kerensky
"Lady Romano, have you heared nothing I have said? Kerensky's people have returned. They are the Clans."
"It's over, Woodstock. This was a test of the Emergency Terrorist Suppression Network. This was only a test. In the event of an actual emergency, we would have faced more than hasbeen mercenaries and the Bean-Sprout Liberation Army. We now return you to your regulary scheduled lives." - Larry Acuff
"The nail that sticks out furthest asks to be pounded." Jade Falcon Sourcebook
The Star League never retreats. It will fight to the last Kurita soldier. -Hikaru Missata, Kurita Ambassador to the Star League, 2582.
"Magestrix Crystalla Centrella, you are now my prisoner..." "Given your reputation, my Lord, I am looking forward to it." "Your planet is, at this very moment, occupied by four elite BattleMech regiments." "Things have been a little dull around here lately." "All your Magistracy government offices are hereby closed. All your government's functions will hereafter be directed from my command post here." "Good, you can deal with the actor's guild rep in the morning." "And I intend to establish my headquarters in these apartments." "Seems we're going to see a lot of each other from now on." "As the new military governor of Canopus IV, I expect you to obey my commands without question." "Coffee, tea, or me, governor?" -Conversation between Magestrix Crystalla Centrella and General Ian Marik, reported by Lasanna LaRue, lady-in-waiting to the Magestrix, 2596.
"You will fight to the last soldier, and when you die, I will call upon your damned souls to rise and speak horrible curses at the enemy." -Stefan Amaris to his troops defending Terra, 15 January 2779
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close semblance to the first." -Attributed to General Alekandr Kerensky
"May i remind you gentlemen, that we are an army, and the purpose of an army is to kill people and break things." - Ariana Winston
"What weighs 95 tons, runs 86 kph, jumps 120 meters, and carries a Gauss rifle?"
"I don't know, but I'm getting out of here!"
Davion Light Guard Company Commander: This is the Davion Commander to Liao mech forces, you have entered our minefield. Surrender and I will have my people safely guide you out of it. DLG Company XO (on different frequency): Once they are gone, should I have the combat engineers recover our other two mines? DLG Compay CO: Certainly. Waste not, want not.
"Banzai Base to unknown forces, please identify are you the incoming dropship?" "That we are luv, that we are." "Damnit who the hell are you and whats that caterwauling?" "We're the best of the best banzai base and those are the warpipes you're hearing. We're the Northwind highlanders and courtesy of Prince Hanse Davion we've left the service of Maximilian Liao. The Northwind highlanders are finally coming home. -Excerpt from the transmission of the northwind highlanders upon beginning their descent to Northwind.
BLUE CITY TRACKING: This is Blue City Tracking-Priority One. I have unidentified traffic inbound. Please advise. DELOS CONTROL: Can you get a profile, Blue City? It might be an unscheduled freighter run. BCT: Negative, Control. I have profiles. I read six ... no -seven..seven JumpShips. Two Monoliths, three Starlords...all fully loaded ... Jesus Christ, Control. DC: Blue City, I will not tolerate profanity on this channel. Now remain calm. You say seven JumpShips? BCT: Possibly more. Strong aerospace escort... Christ, Control, it looks like an invasion. DC: I don't care what it looks like, Blue City. I repeat, there will be no profanity on this channel. BCT: Sorry, Control. DC: Can you get a vector triangulation? We need to know where they're coming from, Blue City. BCT: Coming in now. Jesus, there's more of them! DC: Blue City, if I have to warn you again... BCT: Sorry, Control. I've got a second sighting... triangulation confirmed. Bogies seem to have originated from outside the Inner Sphere. Repeatoutside the Inner Sphere. DC: Jesus Christ. -- From transcript of Delos AeroSpace Control Station, April 11, 3005
"So it's everyone against us as usual?"
"I am today what I always have been...A man noting more or less." - Franklin Sacamoto
"Ejecting!" "And straight into the lava, he's not coming back." - MW3
How do you measure centuries of war? Do you count bodies, or empty ammunition shells? Can you quantify the screams of the dying in decibels? How many reservoirs would you need to hold the blood of men, women and children alike? For myself, the best measurement is the squandering of our own precious resources. So much has been devoted to the spilling of blood, so little to improving the lives of the survivors. My children's generation will lead lives far less prosperous than those of their ancestors fifteen generations past. -Anastasius Focht, Comstar Precentor Martial, 3058
I salute your genetic superiority. Now, get off off my planet! - Adam Steiner to Nicolai Malthus on winning their Trial of Possession for Somerset.
"This is Khan Natasha Kerensky of Clan Wolf. With what forces are you attacking this planet?" "Uh, aren't we supposed to be asking that part?" "Normally, but I would like to know how many of my warriors I can leave sleeping. "