QUOTES

I have burnt the Book of Laws, to serve the Deadman's Cause, as a Soldier of the Legion.

— Oath of enlistment

Our mission against the O's is clear — victory or death. Failure means extinction for our species.

— Veltros Training Command

'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

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

— Unknown squad leader

"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

"Deadman, Deadman

Hold me tight

Deadman, Deadman

Might is right

Deadman, Deadman

Won't you say

Deadman, Deadman

Who dies today?"

— Chorus of the Legion drinking song "One Squad, One Road"

"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

This is what the Legion does. We don't just follow orders. We disregard the orders, and liberate the hopeless, and light up the world.

— Prophet, recognizing his calling.

The past is dead and gone

The scent of flowers in a tomb,

A half-remembered tune

From a half-remembered time.

— Legion Drop Song

“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.

'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)

"Growing up in a free state is not for sissies."

— Honeyhair, to Melinda

— Milsurp

"ConFree may be at peace, but the ConFree Legion is still at war."

— Honeyhair, to Prophet

"The war is starting and attendance is mandatory for all."

— The Prof, to the exploitation staff

THEY COME IN ALL SIZES

— Sign mounted on the wall over a display of a Legion A-Suit,

Veltros Training Command, 312 CGS

"For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' 'Tommy, wait outside,'

But it's 'Special train for Atkins' when the trooper's on the tide –

The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,

O it's 'Special train for Atkins' when the trooper's on the tide.

"While it's Tommy this, an Tommy that, an' 'Tommy, fall be'ind,'

But it's 'Please to walk in front, sir,' when there's trouble in the wind –

There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind.

O it's 'Please to walk in front, sir,' when there's trouble in the wind."

– Tommy by Rudyard Kipling

Time to die

Gi' me a smile, honey

It's time to die.

A flaming sky of metal birds

A hot swarm

A mighty storm

But we have passed the word.

Time to die

Gi' me a smile, honey

It's time to die

The mission is done

Outpost Four Oh One

Is overrun

And we are done.

But we have won.

Time to die

Gi' me a kiss, honey

It's time to die

We passed the word

Our task is done

And we have won.

Now here they come.

It's time to die.

– Outpost Four Oh One

Immortals in blood

Brothers in Arms

Soldiers of the Legion

Flying black standards

Beta Two Four

Delegates to the stars

All seasoned recruits

For Heaven's wars

Now recon death's cold road.

— Legion Death Song

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

— Thomas Jefferson

Galactic Info knew damned well that prudence and moderation bred only contempt, and violent extremism bred fear and respect, and that was what ConFree and the Legion needed and wanted.

— Seeker accepts his role in history

"Love love love, waiting for news from you

Tears tears tears, waiting for news from you

My lovely soldier boy

Come home to me

I think of you all day

I dream of you all night

Wet pillows, for you

Cold tea, for you

I am lost

Love love love, waiting for news from you

Tears tears tears, waiting for news from you

Come home to me

My lovely soldier boy."

— Soldier Boy

"Archangel Michael, you try to keep up, hear?"

— Isis calls on the gods.

I'm not retired. That's nonsense. The Legion Cross is cut right into my heart.

— Prophet, to Honeyhair

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