Lieutenant Quotes

“The Vulture recognized him, and the driver’s door swung up. Ryck slid inside, the nanos in the seat molding it around him. He’d only had one beer, so the hover allowed him to take control. The hover was almost silent as it rose off the deck with just the low, almost subsonic rumbling giving any indication of the horsepower under the hood.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Janes: The short name for a civilian database of all things military. They often have more quality information on unit weapons and equipment than government intelligence agencies.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Eliminate the impossible, and what remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth,”[40]”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“and can you blame them?  I mean, look at me,” Cal said, one hand sweeping to take in his frame.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“He hated the regen process.  He hated being a gen hen.  Then there was the rehabilitation, or authorized torture at the hands of the physical therapy terrorists. ”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Ryck wasn’t fine.  His leg was no longer working at all, and he was lightheaded.  The pain, thankfully, had faded a bit, probably because the nerves were just too mangled to transmit the signals.  But he had only ten meters left, and nothing was going to stop him.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Security was very tight.  They had to show their badges and were scanned no less than three times.  That did not include any number of discreet surveillance methods that Ryck could not even begin to list. ”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Uh, look Ryck, you’re the lieutenant and all, and with all due respect, but are you fucking crazy?”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“What’s with these things?” Sams asked.  “In the scifi holos, aliens are reptiles, or dragons, or even big bugs, bent on eating all of us.  But when we finally get contact, all we’ve got are teddy bears that just sit around doing nothing?”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant

“Ryck jumped as the first Tamika emerged from the dark forest into the sunlight.  It looked huge.  Ryck knew it was nowhere close to a match to the Marines’ M1 Davis, but Ryck didn’t have a Davis in his back pocket, so the Tamika looked pretty impressive.”
― Jonathan P. Brazee, Lieutenant