“There was no missile that I could see, the only thing that lit up the dark were the sparks from ricocheting darts and the fires that burnt from within the city. It seemed such a stupid question, since any smart missile would have hit us before I could even open my mouth. ‘Where?’ ‘Launcher,’ Daniels corrected””
“To do something like that a man must have had either nerves of steel - or a few screws loose.””
“Imagine the maddest rollercoaster on Earth and then get thousands of people to shoot at it, and that still wouldn’t even come halfway to a drop!””
“Since our straps prevented our bodies being thrown about the crew compartment, our vital organs just threw themselves about inside our rib cages instead.””
“The funny thing about heavy weapons is that everyone wanted to fire them, but nobody wanted to carry them.””
“I always checked my respirator first, because there wasn’t much use in me having a rifle that was loaded and comms that worked if I was choking to death.””
“Check, check and check again, because you can’t check when you’re dead.””
“Just be glad you’re not melting, the engine works at over five hundred degrees, and its right above you.’ A loadee flicked his head upward as he checked our straps were secure. Nobody answered, but I knew we were all thinking the same thing … Cheers for that bit of useless information, mate!””