Quotes from Heavy Gear

General

"Nice thing about pack guns...when you're finished, they make nice grave markers."

"I know littering is illegal here in Westphalia blam! but I don't have time to hunt down a proper receptacle for trash like you..."

"Tallyho!! zzzzap!!! Cascade!" (any haywire equipped soldier, anywhere, and yes, this one isn't original)

"It ain't dead until you can't build a Hunter from the wreckage..."

"Revise this, northie-boy!!! blam! blam! blam!"

"Yeah, the Blitz Jager's only got one shot, but nobody wants to be the first in the line of fire..."

"You can't buy respect. But you can always buy more ammunition, so who needs respect?"

"Welcome to the Badlands. During the day, the temperature soars to 50 degrees. During the night, it plummets to minus ten. A tempest can blow out of nowhere and strip you to the bone with wind-driven sand. Water can be all but impossible to find. The good news, ladies and gentlemen, is that there are only half as many deadly, man-eating creatures here as the jungles you know and call home. What? Oh, you're from the city??"

"After four thousand kilometers of desert, sighting the enemy is a welcome break in the tedium."

Ortillery

"Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."

"I'm sorry, but we can't fulfill your request for orbital fire support. All our spotting sattelites are currently over Ashanti..."

"Here at orbital command, we don't kill anybody. We just drop titanium bars, and gravity does the rest."

"Yesterday, we made it rain glass over the equator."

"We've never had any friendly fire incidents. One hundred twenty megawatt lasers are nobody's friend."

NBC Crews

"So you want that nice, healthy glow...?"

"Geez, Major, what are you worried about? It's only anthrax."

"Your suit ripped? Bummer, pal, step into this booth here..."

"No, ma'am, the area isn't contaminated. The suit? Just a precaution. Please go about your normal daily business."

"Hey, sarge, are you supposed to be turning purple?"

"We don't start sweating until the needle hits the red zone...a few hundred rads won't hurt you..."

Bomber Pilots

"Delivered right to your door..."

"Pinpoint accuracy? Not us. Shotgun accuracy, maybe."

"Until you've made the drop, you're just a flying firecracker."

Johnboy

"I came all the way from Port Oasis and all I get to shoot at is this?"

"I GOT TOoo....ooONE!"

Blitz Jager

"So I figured 'what the hell?' and took a chance on the shot."

Longbow Blitz Jager pilots

"They figure I can go dollar to dollar against my target and come out on top. Wait... did they say Aller?"

Probe

"So maybe my Target Designator's for real and it's got your ass tagged a bright cherry red, or maybe it's not really a target designator bulge at all... the question is... do you feel lucky?"

"What can you get for ten cents and an Armored Hunter?... A pay toilet."

"It ain't over till the Den Mother Singes."

Club and Organization Mottoes

Forward Observer Club
"Tag! You're it!"
Artillery Command Motto
"We can't make it rain, but we can make it pour!"
Sniper Rifle Association
"Ignore me, I'm just a fly on the wall... with a 15mm!"
Quartermaster Corps
"What's it to ya?"
Legion Noire
"Morning always follows the Night... Except today."
Orbital Artillery
"I can see your house from here!"
Gear Engineers Teamster's Union
"There's always gonna be a few 'leftover' parts...."

Pilot Quotes

Chameleon Pilot in a traffic accident
"What the hell do you mean you didn't see me coming?"
Assault Hunter
"Damn! Well, third time's the charm for sure!"
Water-Viper Pilot
"Surf's Up Dudes... so's your time on Terranova."
Spitting Naga
"Sure they're just bottlerockets, but do you really want to charge into 128 of them all at once?"
Long Fang Naga
"Here you go! WHABOMP! Here's one for your mother too! WHABOMP!"
Gila
"Why me? Just BeCAWS!" (I Know, I pirated this one)
Aspic Pilot
"Hey baybee... I'm too damn expensive to be sent into battle!"
Chatterbox Pilots
"What? I can't hear you, speak up!"
Snakeye Pilots
"Darn... I was aiming for the left sensor-eye."
Kodiak Pilots
"Zap Crackle Pop! NNet-Crispies!"
Verder Pilots
"Just wait a cotton-picking minute, will ya?"
Rapier Iguana
"You call that a Vibroknife? Shink! This is a Vibroknife!"
Artillery Cobra
"If you're on the map, you're probably in range... Though if you're in range, you won't be on the map for long...

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