QUOTES

"I have burnt the book of laws
To serve the Deadman’s cause
As a soldier of the Legion."

Chant of the Legion

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"We fight evil. That’s what we do. That’s all we do!"

Antara Tarantos-Hanna

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'We are starstuff, riding the milky sea of the cosmos into the icy mouth of eternity. Immortal for an instant, we rush into the infinite dark, lost and alone, and wink out forever, leaving not a trace of our passing.'

Last entry, recovered from the ashes of the personal journal of an unidentified Legion trooper killed in action in the Plague War.

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'She cares nothing for politics, and knows nothing of history. She makes dinner for her children, and kisses them good night. And she is why we fight.'

Why we Fight, Duties of a Legion Trooper, Legion Handbook, 310 CGS.

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“They say we fight for ConFree, for justice, for the future. What crap! Give me that E! I fight for my people.”

Unidentified Legion trooper, overheard just before the drop onto Andrion 3.

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'We stood the night watch together, you and I, against the rest of the universe. Call out for me, in two hundred years. Do you think I’ll have forgotten?'

Night Watch, Born in the Outvac

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'He’s been wounded so many times he’s probably more artificial than human. He’s seriously crazy – some of the troopies whisper that he’s not quite human, anymore. But I don’t care about that. He’s our One, he’s the bravest man I’ve ever known, and we’ll follow him anywhere. We’ll go straight into Hell if he wants, and shoot Satan right between the eyes.'

'Our One' – excerpt from the personal journal of Thinker (Beta Three).

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"The first duty of every ConFree citizen is to fight tyranny. If ConFree itself ever becomes tyrannical, it is to be violently overthrown. Don’t ever forget the citizens of ConFree are at the top of the chain of command, not at the bottom. You are at the bottom!"

Legion Handbook, Duties of a Legion Trooper, 310 CGS

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"Mom, I know you miss me. I miss you too, but you must understand. Beta One says that what we are doing is important – more important than any individual person. He says billions will live in peace and comfort, because of the Legion. ‘Because of you,’ he said. We’re soldiers of the future, fighting for children not yet born. I think of those children a lot. All those children, growing up in peace and comfort while I’m way out here. Beta One says we’ll not survive, but the race will survive. Oh Mom, I’m not unhappy I did this. Please don’t be sad if anything happens. I know I’m doing the right thing."

Priestess (Beta Nine), personal star tracer home, 312 CGS

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"Our mission against the O’s is clear -- victory or death. Failure means extinction for our species."

Veltros Training Command -- Weapons Introduction, 312 CGS

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"The DefCorps trooper is tenacious and skilled. He does not fight for the System, but for himself and his comrades. In most cases he will not stop until you kill him. Respect your enemy!"

Veltros Training Command -- Weapons Introduction, 312 CGS

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"We don’t have medals. Your recognition comes when your name shows up on the Legion Monument to the Dead."

Snow Leopard (Beta One), 312 CGS

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THEY COME IN ALL SIZES

Sign mounted on the wall over a display of a Legion A-suit. Veltros Training Command, 312 CGS.

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"Where the hell else do they pay you good money to destroy entire neighborhoods and terrorize the inhabitants? I love the Legion! If I tried any of this at home they’d throw me in jail!"

Psycho (Beta Five), reflecting on his good fortune after the Alshana raid, 312 CGS.

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"Pity the poor psycher! You can’t live with Deadheads and you can’t live with psychers. Perhaps you should join your colleagues, who took the easy way out with a laser track in the brain – all you bastards are dead now!"

Gravelight, personal journal, 312 CGS

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"Our mission is to die, for the Legion."

The Second, briefing on the cruiser C.S. Spawn, en route to Andrion 3, 312 CGS

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"The future is as clear as the past, my King. I am a slave of the past, and you are a slave of the future. We worship the same Gods."

Moontouch, the Guardian, speaking to Thinker (Beta Three) in the Tomb of the Kings on Andrion 2, 312 CGS.