Assault Troopers Quotes

“Wise decisions have not given us this position of freedom,” N7 said. “Wild, nearly insane decisions have proven best so far. Perhaps we should stick to what works.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Join the Army, see the world. Meet new and exciting people, and kill them.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“they were strong and they had good tech. What they lacked was imagination.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“It’s a Saurian,” Rollo muttered. Oh, I saw what he meant. The alien had a bubble-like helmet. The creature was a walking lizard, or looked like one, a giant gecko from those insurance commercials. That widened my smile, and for a second I wondered if this Saurian would speak in a British accent.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“You desire to become a pirate?” N7 asked. “No,” I said, “a Viking.” “I do not understand your reference.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“A key to success in battle was to make a decision—good or bad—and to stick with it. Being wishy-washy during a fight led to death or defeat or possibly both.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“They had powered armor and heavy caliber rifles. We had bio-suits and pure hearts, oh yeah.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“He had the stamp of perfection: not of a Nietzsche superman but of the ultimate butt-kissing underling.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“The man who considers himself beaten is beaten. The man that still strives, no matter what the odds stacked against him, has a chance.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“It reminded me of the story of Achilles,”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“henchmen nodded. “You’re”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Instead of a Flying Dutchman—the ghost ship of the space lanes—we were the Flying Battlejumper, limping our way through the star systems.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“planetary genocide,”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Why would I do anything so foolish?” Claath asked. “I don’t know,” I said, aiming the laser at his forehead. “Maybe to keep on living would be sufficient reason.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Therefore, I have brought him here because I anticipated your desire to destroy him in an amusing manner. The pit—” “That’s enough, N7,” Claath said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Human casualties do not matter,” N7 said. “You were brought here to fight. You must continue the attack.” I laughed at him. Human casualties certainly mattered to the humans. I told him, “I doubt your troops are going to do much advancing at the moment.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“he smashed a lizard’s head clean off the body. Blood jetted from its neck, while the Saurian jerked like a slaughtered chicken and ran against a wall before flopping around on the floor.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers

“Would they be like the grotesque creatures from the movie Alien, or maybe like zergs from Starcraft?”
― Vaughn Heppner, Assault Troopers