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[Kyle Polulak]

"Communication is the key... and the lock... and the door"
-ComStar catchphrase.

Whether you find them in the books, on the cards, or anywhere else in Lore:
Let's hear your favourite BattleTech Quotes!

[Nathan Foxbane]

"... if I cataloged every 'Mech on both sides that had some sort of unofficial modification, it would take a terabyte of data."
- Colonel Felix Blutcher, Measure of a Hero

"Toga, toga."
- Avanti's Angels, Double Blind

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 29 November 2013 - 01:42 PM.

[CyclonerM]

Love this thread! Maybe someone from PGI & IGP can spare some time for the lore, which seems dramatically absent from this game..

"From this day, the Dragoons are at war with you and your House, Takashi Kurita! If you think you can take us, go ahead and try. We'll see you in ruins. Watch your border!" - Colonel Jaime Wolf (Wolves on the Border)

"We do not have Mad Cats, we have Timberwolves" - Phelan Kell


"Shilone aerospace fighters are called "boomerangs" because Shilone pilots always come back home" - One of Tyra Miraborg's first instructors (Lethal Heritage)


"Wife, in honor of our marriage, in addition to this morsel i give you a vast prize. My love, i give you the Capellan Confederation!" - Hanse Davion

"Here, with the Strana Mechty wolf, we see what may be the epitome of a warrior, cunning matched with instinct and stealth, joyned with a final, terrifying attack. For this mighty creature, I name you. You are Clan Wolf." - Nicholas Kerensky, 2810

"We are Clan Wolf, children of Kerensky. We carry the honor of his name on our shoulders as our fathers did before us. The remembrance speaks to us about the evil in men's will, and the reasons for Exodus, and the rights of the traveller. Arcadia is our destiny and our right. Enlightment is our gift. By the Bloodnames of our founders we must return, return and protect that which is unique among the stars. Terra awaits us as it was written. We are the last of the Wardens, the sole hope for Earth".

-Clan Wolf Remembrance

"Sons and daughters of the blood legacy,
inspire me as i sing,
Of the deaths dealt out on Tukayyid and of what our warriors faced and bravely fought;
help me paint a portrait of an apocalypse.
The Remembrance, passage 328, verse 1, lines 1-5

"And the IlKhan gave us his final words,
charging us to protect those with whom we found refuge
in our time of need.
In this final duty, we shall not fail."
Clan Wolf-in-Exile Remembrance, Passage 411, verse 16, lines 1-4.

Edited by CyclonerM, 29 November 2013 - 02:03 PM.

[Thunder Child]

Oh No..... You DIDN'T!
*Pulls out his folder of Btech cards.* I always knew I'd have a use for these someday....

"The only thing faster than the Dasher is the heartbeat of the pilot facing it"
- Dasher Prime, Battletech CCG, Commanders Edition

"Fast, Furious, and terribly fragile, the Koshi B embodies perfectly the concept of 'an eggshell with a hammer' ".
- Koshi B, Battletech CCG, Commanders Edition

"So there I was, between rock and a hard place, when suddenly I thought, 'What am I doing on this side of the rock?' "
-Star Commander Karra, Clan Ghsot Bear, Constance, Apr 3050 (Move to Partial Cover, Commanders Edition CCG)

"You haven't seen slow till you've seen an Urbanmech trying to move Uphill through a rock field."
- Difficult Terrain, Battletech CCG, Commander Edition

And the list goes on......

[Sharp Spikes]

My current signature is a quote from "Impetus of War".

"An order? Tis been a while since I ignored one of those."- Captain Spillman

[Stonewall211]

"Information is ammunition" Adam Steiner

[Tesunie]

joshownage, on 22 December 2013 - 07:18 PM, said:

"Information is ammunition" Adam Steiner

"Sorry sir, but sometimes, ammunition is ammunition."
Same Cartoon, can't recall which one said it.

[Lance McRaven]

"Never forget that it is always darker somewhere else." Rudolf Shakov.

"If you become the enemy, the enemy wins, no matter what the outcome of the battle. We must be ready to fight the Clans, and we must be ready to fight the other Successor States, but we must fight them our way..." Captain-General Thomas Marik

[Tsula]

"Wife, in honor of our marriage, in addition to this morsel I give you a vast prize. My love, I give you the Capellan Confederation!" -Hanse Davion to Melissa Steiner-Davion at their wedding reception on Terra, also sparking the Fourth Succession War, August 20, 3028 Best ever

[CyclonerM]

CyclonerM, on 29 November 2013 - 02:02 PM, said:

"Wife, in honor of our marriage, in addition to this morsel i give you a vast prize. My love, i give you the Capellan Confederation!" - Hanse Davion

tsula, on 28 December 2013 - 12:49 PM, said:

"Wife, in honor of our marriage, in addition to this morsel I give you a vast prize. My love, I give you the Capellan Confederation!" -Hanse Davion to Melissa Steiner-Davion at their wedding reception on Terra, also sparking the Fourth Succession War, August 20, 3028 Best ever

2nd!

[DevlinCognito]

'The first rule of jungle warfare is of course to eliminate the jungle'

- Unnamed Smoke Jaguar Cluster commander.

[ValdnadHartagga]

CCG is full of 'em!

"You know, for 5 tons, I'd expect more than 256 colors!" - Targeting Computer Retrofit

"Up is easy. Down's sort of unsettling." - Shujin Mortus Lawler, Atlas Pilot (Jump Jet Retrofit)

"I've heard it said that specialization is for insects. In my view, insects have done pretty well." - Balthar, Ghost Bear scientist (Scientist Caste)

"Sir, you'll never guess what we turned up during inventory..." - St. Ives Operations Officer

"The first rule of jungle warfare is, obviously, eliminate the jungle." - Star Captain Glen Osis, Clan Smoke Jaguar (Long Tom Artillery)

"So there I was between a rock and a hard place, and I thought to myself, 'What am I doing on this side of the rock?'" - Star Commander Karra, Clan Ghost Bear (Move to Partial Cover)

"Please give these humble warriors the coordinates. We will prepare a glorious welcome into Hell for our honorless foes." - Shujin Okada Nikei (Disguised Coordinates)

"It says 'The Primus wishes you to share your wisdom.' I guess I'd better record my wisdom for my children before I go." - Adept Epsilon-V Coldagh Roche-Kelly (First Circuit Summons)

"You've got to be pretty suicidal to pilot a Spider anyway." - Taking the Hit

"It's like brain surgery, but you want the patient to die." Cadet Katiara Kylie, 1st Somerset Strikes (Pinpoint Air Strike)

"We know they're coming. They know they're coming. But they don't know that we know that they're coming." - Lieutentant Peer Kroger, House Kurita (Tactical Advantage)

"There's a time for delicacy and a time for yelling. This is one of those times." - Mercenary Relations Division

[dal10]

Hanse Davion murdered 100 million people and left another half-billion casualties in the Fourth Succession War alone! And if that were not enough for him, ten years later he went to war again. - Sun-Tzu Liao.

[Vanguard319]

Tyra of the Rasalhague led,
Forth her fiery flying Drakøns,
Gallant in bronze. A warrior woman whose hands
Were unskilled in the ways of hearth and home,
In skills of war she was hard and trained
To leave behind the airy winds and fight
Where the void is eternal and life fleeting.
Tyra and her warriors fought
Like crazed demons above Radstadt.
When her fighter was crippled by ours,
And her life leaked away into the endless night,
She chose to die
And sent her fighter like a spear
Through the Dire Wolf, claiming as isorla
Our mighty ilKhan's life. Sing of our loss, warriors!
Sing, but of Tyra also,
For though an enemy, her courage none can deny.
The Remembrance, Passage 294, Verse 8, Lines 17-33

With falcon sight we choose our foes.
On falcon wings we harry them.
With falcon claws we smite our foes.
And with falcon tenacity we win.
-- The Remembrance, Passage 97, Verse ??, Lines 6-9

Edited by Vanguard319, 28 December 2013 - 09:46 PM.

[3Xtr3m3]

"I've never seen so much raw power on anything so fragile."

Archie McCarron, 3035

"It's all mine now. Damn."

--Sun Tzu Liao, 3052,

after the death of his mother, Romano

"These are your prices? Who do you think you are,
Wof's Dragoons?"

I could make some comment about that last one and the forum postings on Clan Mech pricing, but your mind probably already went there.

[Nathan Foxbane]

"Peace of Blake, indeed. Come on in boys. We'll dispense all the peace you want. No waiting."
Star Commander Phelan Wolf, Lost Destiny.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 29 December 2013 - 02:55 PM.

[Thom Frankfurt]

This looks fun.

"What do you mean I'm fighting The Grim Reaper?"
- Leftenant Pablo Lotto, Solaris, 3055

"Son, there ain't enough room in this here canyon for the four of us."
- Cowboy Payson, Camacho's Caballeros

"You can't always get what you want, but if you know the right people, you just might get what you need."
- Tai-sa Naramasa Asano, 1st Genyosha

[Blood Rose]

"A 'Mech as powerful as possible, as impenetrable as possible, and as ugly and foreboding as conceivable, so that fear itself will be our ally"-Aleksandr Kerensky, on the designing of the Atlas.

[CaptGensman]

"Exodus"

General Alexander Kerensky 8 July 2784

Edited by CaptGensman, 06 January 2014 - 09:41 AM.

[Thom Frankfurt]

"I've never seen so much raw power on anything so fragile."
- Archie McCarron, 3035, on SRM Carriers