“I'll leave you two alone. Morality might be contagious.”

“Maxim 34: If you're leaving scorch-marks, you need a bigger gun.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”

“Maxim 28: If the price of collateral damage is high enough, you might be able to get paid for bringing ammunition home with you.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”

“So you're a fellow mercenary, then.""Does this mean you'll afford me some professional courtesy?""Don't ask for that. All it means is that you might get to face the person who kills you. . . But only if it's convenient.”

“Right now I've got just two rules to live by.Rule one: don't taunt elephants.Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants.-Sergeant Schlock”

“Two minutes worth of signal analysis told me all I needed to know. This station "talks" to the dark matter universe about what goes on inside.""How did you cobble together a jammer so quickly?""I had one on me.”

“New orders: Make sure everybody who doesn't want to live here is aboard in five minutes. We are leaving.-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn”