I have defied Gods and demons.
I am your shield; I am your sword.
I know you; your past, your future….
This is the way the world ends.
Listen, Reach has been good to me. Time has come to return the favor… Don’t deny me this. Tell ‘em to make it count.
When I die, please bury me deep! Place an MA5 down by my feet! Don't cry for me, don't shed a tear! Just pack my box with PT gear! 'Cuz one early morning 'bout zero five! The ground will rumble, there'll be lightning in the sky! Don't you worry, don't come undone! It's just my ghost on a PT run!
Come back to class so I can school you again!
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UNSC Marine Corps Soldier - Halo: Combat Evolved
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[Excerpt] Preston J. Cole's Military Service Enlistment Application.
: WHY DO YOU WANT TO ENLIST? (answer in 100 words or less)
Preston J. Cole: Humanity's future is among the stars. There is no single more important thing than to help men and women build new lives on distant worlds. I have no illusion that this is some manifest destiny, but rather, it is the only logical place left for humanity to evolve. I plan to be a part of that, learn as much as possible, and then one day become one of those humans on some distant world, on a little farm of my own under a night sky full of stars that I have never seen before.
Just one question: What if you miss?
Sorry… were you trying to kill something?
Open up his can; I want to eat him when he’s fresh.
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Halo 3 - Brute Chieftain
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Emile-A239: Hit 'em hard, boss.
Carter-A259 (COM): You're on your own, Noble... Carter out.
All you greenhorns who wanted to see Covenant up close…this is gonna be your lucky day.
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Halo: CE - Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson
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Master Chief: Captain Keyes.
Captain Keyes: Good to see you, Master Chief! Things aren't going well. Cortana did her best, but we really never had a chance.
Cortana: A dozen superior Covenant battleships against a single Halcyon class cruiser. With those odds I'm content with three... make that four kills. Sleep well?
Master Chief: No thanks to your driving... Yes.
Cortana: So you did miss me.
There are those who said this day would never come. What have they to say now?
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Prophet of Truth - Halo 2
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And through it, the familiar shape awaits. Halo. Home.
