Fire Warrior Quotes

“The diseased figure in the throne gurgled quietly. Thick sludge dribbled obscenely from its mouth, curled into a dour sneer of defiance. Its bright eyes, arctic blue irises glimmering in the half light, tracked him as he moved. ‘Here,’ he said, placing the final auto-deploy charge in its pus-flecked lap.”
― Simon Spurrier, Fire Warrior

“The blood drizzle didn’t fall. Where the chaotic splatter effervesced into the air it hung immobile, as if spraying across some invisible shape suspended above the ground. Like water falling on glass. –woop-woop-woop-woop– The lights went orange then yellow, flickering on and off with a dizzy, oscillating rhythm. A cold voice, piped mechanically throughout the vessel, declared: ‘Anomalous energy readings detected, all decks…”
― Simon Spurrier, Fire Warrior

“Typically, even in the most meteoric of careers, there were incremental gaps of at least four tau’cyrs between each rank. One became a shas’la upon graduation from the battledome, then a shas’ui, then a shas’vre. An elite few became shas’els and, in only the most exceptional cases, shas’os.”
― Simon Spurrier, Fire Warrior

“As if overhearing her thoughts, the dropship’s AI chimed in with a sonorous announcement. ‘General alert,’ it warned, voice lifeless and cold. ‘Enemy ordnance seeking lock. Gridzone 3-5-2.”
― Simon Spurrier, Fire Warrior

“They smelt bitter, an aroma as unvaried and unsubtle as it was unpleasant, so unlike the rich pheromone language the tau enjoyed. These creatures were a race of clones, pink, frail and moist.”
― Simon Spurrier, Fire Warrior

“If the plummeting vessel were anything other than perfect, sleek, silent and utterly efficient in every way then perhaps he wouldn’t be sitting there desperately trying to avoid the thought that was fighting for prominence in his mind. I’m going to die out there. He closed his eyes and wrestled his awareness back to the battledome on T’au.”
― Simon Spurrier, Fire Warrior