Odysseus Awakening Quotes

“Erik had long recognized that technology was a tool. Even the tech that created the Drasin. One didn't get angry at a tool. One did not fear a tool. Emotions were reserved for the person handling the tool.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“They should be scared of me, ma’am. It’s the natural order of things.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“with an institutional hatred for the arrogance of the Oathers bred into Imperial children from the youngest of ages via bedtime stories and the propaganda machine that passed for an entertainment industry.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“learned weapons were not to be feared. The hand behind them, however? Well, that was another story, wasn’t it.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“One didn’t get angry at a tool. One did not fear a tool. Emotions were reserved for the person handling the tool.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“If you have to shoot someone, Greg here has been a pain lately,” he said over his shoulder with a gesture at a private. “Aim for him.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Shit. Sergeant,” Conner hissed, “it would appear we’re out of time. Bring up the twenties and the smokers. We’ll go with your plan.” “Not sure I want credit for this one, ma’am, but yes ma’am,”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“What kind of heavy weapons do we have, Sergeant?” Conner asked. “Not much, ma’am. The mission profile called for rescuing the crew, not hammering them into a pulp.” “What I wouldn’t give for a couple of twenty-mil thermobarics right now.” “May as well wish for a tank, ma’am. Those were sure as HELL not on our load out for a rescue op.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Alright, Chief, I’m going to assign a team to watch your back. I know they can be annoying at times, but I’d like them back without any extra holes in them, okay?” “I’ll do my best.” The Marines shifted and looked at each other as the gunny walked past them. “If you have to shoot someone, Greg here has been a pain lately,” he said over his shoulder with a gesture at a private. “Aim for him.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Computer counts fifteen men in sight,” he said. “Not sure where the rest are. Must be a rear guard.” “Four against fifteen,” Dow pointed out. “Hardly seems fair. Want to offer them a chance to surrender?”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“The captain of the Tetanna will be sending troops to reinforce our position, Sergeant. Please don’t shoot them when they arrive.” “No ma’am,” the Sergeant agreed good-naturedly. “Would be unneighborly, ma’am.” “It would at that, Sergeant.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“It’s always a pain when you survive something you figured was going to kill you, he thought with dark amusement. You never have a plan to take advantage of your good luck.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“He would now force himself to sit down and do what he could for the coming fight. Which was, in effect, be useless ballast holding his seat down to the deck. I want my fighter back.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“A pacifist in command of enough firepower to fry a planet, with plenty left over to do the moon for an encore. That’s oddly more reassuring now that I’ve put it into words.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“The hours of monotony on a job were probably a fixed value, whether you served fast food or your flag and planet. What made jobs really different were the smaller instances of terror and tension.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Extinction was not preferable to change, however distasteful the change was.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“A good enemy defined a soldier in ways a fool never could.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Marine Force Recon. Celer, Silens, Mortalis. Swift, Silent, Deadly.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“While traced to many apocryphal sources, the idea that quality versus quantity generally favored quality had some truth to it, but it was also very true that quantity had a quality all its own.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Aymes wished they had better information. A war was won or lost on three things: power, logistics, and information.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“Fate is another word for surrender,”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening

“That leadership was more dangerous than all the ships in the universe, than all the courage, skill, or impressive technology. Leaders could turn the weak into juggernauts of unstoppable power, ready to toll over whatever stood in their path.”
― Evan Currie, Odysseus Awakening