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isn’t the most goddam beautiful sight you ever seen. Better 'n sex. Better 'n <em>anything</em>. | isn’t the most goddam beautiful sight you ever seen. Better 'n sex. Better 'n <em>anything</em>. | ||
<strong>It could'a gone real real bad though</strong>.<nowiki> </nowiki>When | <strong>It could'a gone real real bad though</strong>.<nowiki> </nowiki>When [[Mezer Juul|Commander Mezer Juul]] and the Fleet grabbed us off Callisto, we didn't know what hit us. All 1600 of us, man and woman both, were scared<nowiki> </nowiki>shitless, 'cept maybe Cap'n Maddox - nothing seems to get to that man. | ||
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We thought we were<nowiki> </nowiki>tough guys and women, because all of us were killers, but the Fleet taught us that we didn't know shit about killin'. They sure wanted to make sure we knew it too. Every day, we lost at least one of us in training, whether to some squathead trying to show his dick's bigger in the sparring ring, or just accidents playing with tech they thought it was funny to give us without telling us how the hell to use it. Nobody said life in the Fleet was gonna be safe! | We thought we were<nowiki> </nowiki>tough guys and women, because all of us were killers, but the Fleet taught us that we didn't know shit about killin'. They sure wanted to make sure we knew it too. Every day, we lost at least one of us in training, whether to some squathead trying to show his dick's bigger in the sparring ring, or just accidents playing with tech they thought it was funny to give us without telling us how the hell to use it. Nobody said life in the Fleet was gonna be safe! | ||
Those of us who made it, <strong>we're Omega Company</strong>, 'cause there ain't no humans but us. We're the last. We built ourselves quite a reputation too, these 10 years. | Those of us who made it, <strong>we're [[Omega Company]]</strong>, 'cause there ain't no humans but us. We're the last. We built ourselves quite a reputation too, these 10 years. | ||
<strong>And Cap'n Maddox?</strong> Well with all respect to Commander Juul, bless his hairy hide, <strong>Cap'n Maddox is god</strong>. Wouldn't be standing here today without 'im. Saved us all multiple times... and if he's god, then Akari's his angel of death. | <strong>And Cap'n Maddox?</strong> Well with all respect to Commander Juul, bless his hairy hide, <strong>Cap'n Maddox is god</strong>. Wouldn't be standing here today without 'im. Saved us all multiple times... and if he's god, then Akari's his angel of death. | ||
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<strong>If he says a flagship needs taking down, I ask how many pieces he'd like it blown into</strong>, | <strong>If he says a flagship needs taking down, I ask how many pieces he'd like it blown into</strong>, | ||
<nowiki> </nowiki>and then I and the good men and women of Omega Company make the enemy on that ship wish their parents never screwed (or whatever damn way the freakier ones like the Decheerans or Grensuhlians get their business | <nowiki> </nowiki>and then I and the good men and women of Omega Company make the enemy on that ship wish their parents never screwed (or whatever damn way the freakier ones like the [[Decheerans]] or [[Grensuhlians]] get their business | ||
handled). And then we really go to work on them. | handled). And then we really go to work on them. | ||
<strong>Cap'n Maddox made us who we are</strong><nowiki> </nowiki>- the most goddam dangerous fighting force in the whole sorry history of mankind, and pretty damn renowned in Starmourn Sector too. He taught | <strong>Cap'n Maddox made us who we are</strong><nowiki> </nowiki>- the most goddam dangerous fighting force in the whole sorry history of mankind, and pretty damn renowned in [[Starmourn Sector]] too. He taught | ||
us duty, and honor, and discipline, and even with all the shit we've had<nowiki> </nowiki>to eat since being sent off to the Callisto colony, I wouldn't trade it. | us duty, and honor, and discipline, and even with all the shit we've had<nowiki> </nowiki>to eat since being sent off to the Callisto colony, I wouldn't trade it. | ||