Halo: The Flood Quotes
"Good. The medics told me that you and your file not only pulled me off the ship—but forced the assault boat to bring me down to the surface."
"There’s no need," ’Zamamee replied. Yayap almost jumped; the Elite’s voice lacked the customary bark of command. It sounded almost. . . reassuring.
"You saw that a superior had been wounded," the Elite continued, "and did what you could to ensure that he received timely medical treatment."
"To show my appreciation I’ve had you transferred."
"Why, to my unit," the Elite replied, as if nothing could be more natural.
"Your name has already been added to the rolls. Gather your belongings, say good-bye to your cohort, and meet me here fifteen units from now."
"The human who inflicted this wound was a warrior so capable that he represents a danger to the entire battle group."
"Yes. But never fear, those days are over. Once I receive authorization, you and I will find this human."
"It’s a mess," Johnson growled. "We’re scattered all over this valley."
"Don’t worry," Cortana said over the Spartan’s external speakers, "we’ll stay here till evac arrives."
"Roger, Fire Team Charlie," Foehammer drawled, "it’s good to hear from you!"
"The whole notion of selecting people at birth, screwing with their minds, and modifying their bodies is wrong."
"Human beings will win this war. . . so you might as well get used to it."
"Looks like we made it," a private said, just before an invisible hand reached down to pluck him off the surface.
"Coming here was reckless," Keyes said, his voice harsh. The Chief was about to explain his orders when Keyes’ expression warmed, and the Autumn ’s CO smiled. "Thanks."
"It shouldn’t be too difficult," the Master Chief replied. "All we have to do is follow the bodies."
"Most, if not all of you, are familiar with my office aboard the Pillar of Autumn. In the rush to leave it seems that I left a full bottle of Scotch in the lower left-hand drawer of my desk."
"Take a look around," the instructor had advised. "Ask yourself if there’s anyone else who is better qualified to do the job."
"If the answer is 'no,' which it will be ninety-nine percent of the time, then take your best shot."
"Master Sergeant Lister and Second Lieutenant Oros seemed to materialize out of the darkness."
"Even the normally stone-faced Lister had to laugh at that, and McKay felt her own spirits lift as well."
"The Covenant owned the ship for the moment—but McKay was determined to take her back."
"Sadly, some of the dead wore Marine green, which served to remind the Chief of how many humans the Covenant had murdered."
"The Captain had been rescued, and the Covenant had been put on notice: The humans were determined to be more than an annoyance."
"Dawn had just started to break when Zuka ’Zamamee and Yayap passed through the newly reinforced perimeter."
"The truth is that the Chief would have grown up to be a remarkable individual regardless of what the government did or didn’t do to him."
"Maybe it isn’t nice—hell, maybe it isn’t even right—but if I could get my hands on a million Chiefs I’d take every single one of them."
"You wouldn’t believe me if I told you, and believe me: you don’t want to know."
"The weather patterns here seem natural, not artificial."
"The Covenant found something, buried in this ring, something horrible."
"This ring isn’t a cudgel, you barbarian, it’s something else."
"The monsters are everywhere! God, I can still hear them!"
"We should commandeer one of those Ghosts, we’re going to need the firepower."
"Proceed, you know what to do. Turn on the stealth generators, check your weapons."
"We can sure use your help—that Shade has us pinned."
"Heads up, ground team! Multiple contacts on the ground—they’re right on top of you!"
"You have no idea how this ring works, do you? Why the Forerunners built it? Halo doesn’t kill Flood—it kills their food. Human, Covenant, whatever. You’re all equally edible. The only way to stop the Flood is to starve them to death."
"I spent hours cooped in here watching you toady about helping that... thing get set to slit our throats."
"This installation has a maximum effective radius of twenty-five thousand light years, but once the others follow suit, this galaxy will be quite devoid of life, or at least any life with sufficient biomass to sustain the Flood."
"The machines in these canyons are Halo’s primary firing mechanisms. They consist of three phase pulse generators that amplify Halo’s signal and allow it to fire deep into space."
"I’ve got a good lock on Captain Keyes’ CNI transponder signal. He’s alive! And the implants are intact! There’s some interference from the cruiser’s damaged reactor. I’ll bring us in as close as I can."
"The Covenant network is absolute chaos. From what I’ve been able to piece together, the leadership ordered all ships to abandon Halo when they found the Flood, but they were too late."
"The Covenant think so. They’re terrified that the Flood will repair the ship and use it to escape from Halo. They sent a strike team to neutralize the Flood and prepare the ship for immediate departure."
"The only way to stop the Flood is to starve them to death. And that’s exactly what Halo is designed to do. Wipe the galaxy clean of all sentient life."
"If we activate Halo’s defenses we can wipe them out."
"My role in this particular endeavor has come to an end. Protocol does not allow units from my classification to perform a task as important as the reunification of the Index with the Core."