Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994 Video Game)

John Rhys-Davies: Gen. James 'Paladin' Taggart, Prince Thrakhath, Kilrathi in-flight voices

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Quotes 

• Paladin : [observing the wreckage of the Concordia]  May they rest in peace.

  Blair : Peace. Have we ever known anything like that, Paladin?

  Paladin : Not for a long time, laddie.

• [Angel has been captured and is brought before Prince Thrakhath in the Emperor's giant throne room, in front of crowds of Kilrathi] 

  Prince Thrakhath : Still defiant, Colonel Devereaux? If we were to offer co-existance with your kind, would you not accept it?

  Angel : The Kitrathi do not co-exist.

  Prince Thrakhath : No, and now that the tide has turned in this war, your defiance is pathetic and useless gesture.

  Angel : You bore me, Monsieur. Disintegrate me so I might join my comrades.

  Prince Thrakhath : Disintegration is not for you. Your fate... will be different.

  [she spits at him and he bristles] 

  Prince Thrakhath : The human cannot appreciate the honour that I am about to bestow her. She is not only a great warrior, but her lairmate... is The Heart of the Tiger.

• Paladin : [at the briefing for the crucial mission of rescuing Dr. Severin, an important scientist]  I know you hear this all the time, because I used to hear it all the time too, but this may be the most important mission you'll ever fly. I wish I had the reflexes I had 10 years ago, laddie, I'd be flying on your wing. It's going to take all the self-control I have not to strap myself back into the cockpit. Because if we fail here, God help humanity.

• [Paladin comes aboard the Victory shortly after Blair has discovered Angel's fate] 

  Blair : You missed all the fun.

  Paladin : I wish I'd been there. I'm tired of flying a desk. I hear you had a little run-in with Thrakhath.

  Blair : Yes I did. You son of a bitch.

  Paladin : It pains me that you had to found out that way.

  Blair : Have long have you known?

  Paladin : Ahh... since the Concordia went down.

  [Blair punches Paladin hard in the jaw] 

  Paladin : Well! You haven't lost your touch!

  Blair : On Vespus, you stood there and lied to me!

  Paladin : I was under orders, laddie.

  Blair : All those missions we flew together, you on my wing protecting me?

  Paladin : I was protecting you by not telling you! You just see what you nearly did when you found out! I was protecting you from yourself.

  Blair : You know how much she meant to me.

  Paladin : I do. But this is war, laddie. All of us have lost someone dear to us. That does not make you special.

  Blair : Yeah, I've heard that before.

• Prince Thrakhath : Tell me this system continues to be worth raiding. I fail to see it.

  Melek : The natural resources are utterly depleted. It remains a source of slave labour, but the population has never been particularly malleable.

  Prince Thrakhath : Slaves we have no shortage of. The Terrans want this system, they shall have it.

  Melek : Nevertheless, my liege, I bristle at the thought of... they will call it... Oh, what is that strange word they have?

  Prince Thrakhath : Surrender.

• [the Kilrathi have jammed the Victory's communication systems, accompanied by a threatening video message from Prince Thrakhath] 

  Prince Thrakhath : I have read your Terran Bible with its predications that there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. It is about to be fulfilled. We will tear your tongues out, we will scoop out your brains...

  Cobra : That ain't all they'll do if they ever get their paws on us.

• Kilrathi Pilot : [retort to a taunt during gameplay]  Die, you furless freak!

• Kilrathi Pilot : [retort to a taunt during gameplay]  I shall eat your heart and spit it out, Terran!

• Fireclaw : [retort to a taunt during gameplay]  You are worth less than the dung on Rikar 3!

• Kilrathi Pilot : [retort to a taunt during gameplay]  The Confed ape dares to attack?

• Paladin : You can't live your life for the approval of one man.