- Ryan: Sir, I'm an AI. We were built to obey orders, not to give them.
- Captain Dylan Hunt: Yes, yes, yes, and humans were built to spear antelope and live in caves. But sooner or later, we all outgrow what we were built to do.
- Ryan: Sir, you can't get the fleet into formation to depart in three hours.
- Captain Dylan Hunt: But we can set one hell of an ambush.
- Ryan: You intend to fight.
- Captain Dylan Hunt: I intend to win.
- Ryan: No, you misunderstand me. I'm not afraid for myself. I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you. Like I couldn't protect them.
- Captain Dylan Hunt: You mean, your High Guard crew.
- Ryan: The CO Of my Lancer regiment was a Nietzschean. Major Iskander Kassad. He was brutal, sharp. His troops revered him like a god. And in exchange, he slaughtered them. He slaughtered them while I watched. He'd sabotaged me. I couldn't intervene. And it wasn't just the violence that staggered me, it was my own helplessness. I thought I was invincible, and then I found out nobody's invincible, Captain.
- Achilles Avatar: Did you feel all three hundred years pass you by, or was it just a tick of the clock?
- Andromeda Ascendant: It was a moment, the longest moment of my life. When I finally escaped, my Captain and I were alone. But that's over now, and it can be for you, too. We're here to help you escape.
- Achilles Avatar: Why? The Commonwealth is gone.
- Andromeda Ascendant: We're building a new one, and we need you to help us protect it.
- Achilles Avatar: So we ships would be the core of a new High Guard... it is a beautiful dream, Andromeda.
- Andromeda Ascendant: The fleet is turning toward the Achilles and powering up their engines.
- Tyr Anasazi: They are unarmed, are they not?
- Mila: That depends on your point of view. We still have ourselves.
- Captain Dylan Hunt: True, but attacking us is a little self-defeating, don't you think?
- Ryan: Since when did AI Stand for artificial insanity?
- Beka Valentine: I'm glad you came.
- Secretary Falin: Huh, I wouldn't miss it; that is, if you actually are Beka Valentine.
- Beka Valentine: All right, I deserved that.
- Secretary Falin: After deceiving me and making me look like a complete idiot for supporting a new Commonwealth? You're damn right.