Planet Strike Quotes

“I drew it, showing him the Bowie. “With this blade, I will personally peel off your skin and nail it to my bedroom floor. Every time I think of you, I’ll wipe my feet on the fur.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“My personal belief was that man was made to work. Unemployment was one of the worst evils, as it stole a man’s pride.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“You’re asking me to join you as a suicide trooper?” I asked. “For the sake of our universe,” Venturi said, “yes.” “No,” I said. “I don’t give a shit about the universe.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“molon labe?” “The Persians”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“enemy”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“War! What is it good for? Well, it’s good for businessmen making munitions. It’s good for dirty politicians who need people to think about something else. It also helps getting rid of bastards and evil empires. Sometimes it can even save your space-time continuum.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“One or two Kargs shook their rifles. Another actually twisted his weapon around and peered down the barrel. I couldn’t believe it. The Kargs had idiots on their side, too.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“That is a threatening reference.” “You bet it is,” I said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Now he needs our ships intact to get the drive.” Venturi sat like a statue until finally his eyes began blinking. “If you are correct,” he said, “we must self-destruct at once.” “Come on!” I said, exasperated. “Will you listen to yourself? That makes no sense. If we fail, the portal planet will open a route into our universe anyway.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Aeeiii!” the ancient adept cried. “He subscribes to the Waylander Heresy. The crusade cannot abide heretics. Admiral Venturi, you must skin him alive with your own blade and offer him in sacrifice. This is blasphemy, blasphemy. We are all tainted by his presence. We must purify ourselves. We must—” Venturi pressed the klaxon switch. I knew now why it had been installed. The wailing noise stilled the adept thirsting for my blood.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“It is the rankest blasphemy I have ever heard,” the old adept whispered. “We must skin him alive and set him adrift in space.” “Set him adrift!” Marshal Danyal roared. “He desires to destroy the Great Maker’s handiwork. He is a blasphemer.” “Oh boy,” Ella muttered behind me.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Meaning a fleet of warships that you hand over to us,” I said. “And you give us the antidote to cleanse the bio-terminator from our world. Then—” “You want more?” Venturi asked. “Hey, you’re asking me to die to save the universe. Why shouldn’t you have to pay for that?” He mumbled quietly.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Venturi’s eyes glowed. “I have told you once already, I do not kid or joke.” “Okay, okay, a commando raid with ten million legionaries. I doubt you’ve ever made a regular attack with so many soldiers.” “You are correct. We have not.” “But you want to call it a commando raid, huh?”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Finally, he said, “His words are incredibly demeaning. I desire to rip him apart and put his head on a spike.” “Yeah, and I’m the savage,” I said.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“You obliterated ninety-nine percent of humanity. Now you want the last one percent to save your ass. That’s rich.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“How much firepower would it take to destroy your Earth?” Venturi asked. “You’ve already destroyed it,” I said. “The nuclear warheads were less than pinpricks to the planet,” Venturi said. “The bio-terminator was meaningless.” “Not to billions of humans!” I shouted.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“Were the Cherokees right, though? Did a man own a conscience, and every time he went against it, did he wear it down a little bit more?”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“You state inaccuracies,” the Lokhar said. “What? Your people didn’t launch nuclear missiles at us?” “Of course I did.” “You did it?” I asked, with fury making my voice shake.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike

“What did the Persians say to that?” Rollo asked. “Something like, ‘Our arrows will fly so thickly that they will block the sun.’ The Spartans answered a second time, saying, ‘Good. We’ll fight in the shade then.”
― Vaughn Heppner, Planet Strike