Twilight Company Quotes

“Victory always brings infighting.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“Fear was like heat applied to steal: Applied correctly it might forge a blade; overused, it turned metal to slag.”
― Alexander Freed, Twilight Company

“In Namir's experience, what the Galactic Empire didn't name to inspire terror - its stormtrooper legions, its Star Destroyer battleships - it tried to render as drab as possible.”
― Alexander Freed, Twilight Company

“Fear was like heat applied to steel: Applied correctly it might forge a blade; overused, it turned metal to slag.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“Out here, when someone above you gives an order, you follow it. When someone tries to teach you something, you pay attention. When someone shoots at you, you shoot back.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“Namir snorted. “What is it with you people and Vader?” he asked. “It can’t be the helmet that scares people. Stormtroopers have helmets.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“You die a legend, your followers are set with an excuse to keep warring for generations.”
― Alexander Freed, Twilight Company

“When our objectives become purely military, we’ve already lost the larger fight.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“Twilight Company is fighting a battle for the heart of the galaxy.” His voice softened to a whisper, as if he were sharing a secret. “For the spirit of every ordinary man and woman and Imperial stormtrooper. Stealing food won’t help us win. Killing enemies won’t, either. Against might on the scale of the Empire, conventional victory is impossible—when our objectives become purely military, we’ve already lost the larger fight.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“My point is, you survived and climbed out of a scum pit most people never escape. That’s all well and good, but you’re so grateful for the scraps you’ve got now that you’ve quit striving for anything better.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“The Empire is a force unprecedented in any age, poised to end history itself. No one should confront it alone.”
― Alexander Freed, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“When our objectives become purely military, we've already lost the larger fight.”
― Alexander Freed, Twilight Company

“His voice was metallic and deep and resonant, his breath a rasping hiss underneath the impact of his words.
"Where is Skywalker?"”
― Alexander Freed, Twilight Company

“They deserve better.”
― Alexander Freed, Twilight Company

“a two-legged, box-headed All Terrain Scout Transport”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“By now, Darth Vader himself should be in pursuit. Whether that’s his flagship out there, I can’t be sure; if not, we may be spared so he can kill me personally.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“Can’t have another Tseebo, or a Death Star incident…”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“The Empire is a force unprecedented in any age, poised to end history itself. No one should confront it alone.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“To Namir’s surprise, Brand looked at him and spoke in a low, somber tone. “You should know these people,” she said. “Darth Vader. General Tulia. Count Vidian. Look at their faces, and memorize every one.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“As evening approached in Pinyumb, the obsidian of the cavern roof slowly lost its refracted iridescence.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“hidden behind yellow-gray clouds. “There was a war.” “Well, you’re not fighting clones,” the man said. “You’re fighting the lowlifes who took the quarry last week and want our territory. That exciting enough for you?”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“I know all about them. Their soldiers are clones. They make them in batches.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company

“His father had said the Malkhanis were no different than any other faction on Crucival, but his father was wrong. No one else had such food or took so much joy in victory. No one else was as strong as Malkhan, or had the wisdom to procure such a trove of offworld technology. Donin’s new clan would build a better planet.”
― Ballantine, Battlefront: Twilight Company