Edward Buck/Quotes

Halo 3: ODST

Campaign

Prepare to Drop

• "You know the music, time to dance." - When telling his squad to suit up, on board the UNSC Say My Name.
• "Pods, now." - After Romeo comments on Dare.
• "This many years into the war? Who isn't?" - To Dare, who asked is his squads "replacements".
• "To me. And they're not gonna like what they hear." - Annoyed, after Dare's comment that his men follow orders.
• "Come on, Veronica! What could be more important than that carrier?" - To Dare.
• "Second to last, right next to mine." -When showing Dare to her pod.
• "Ms. Naval intelligence, our new boss. So check your mouths, find your chairs... (shoves a Sniper rifle to Romeo) and get set for a combat drop!" - Buck to Romeo when Romeo asked for Dare's name.
• Speech to ODSTs before drop depending on Difficulty:
  • "Troopers! We are green, and very, very mean!" - On Easy and Normal.
  • "Pucker up, Marines! I sure as hell ain't hosing out your pods!" - On Heroic.
  • "We are droppin' into Hell, troopers! Time to grow a pair!" - On Legendary.
• "Hey Romeo, remember when I told you to shut your mouth? Consider that a standing order." - To Romeo during the HEV drop.
• "Captain? Fifteen klicks off the deck." - To Dare, as they enter Earth's atmosphere.
• "Stabilize then pop your chutes! We're going in hard!" - To the Squad, after being hit by the EMP blast created by the Assault carrier's Slipspace Rupture.

Tayari Plaza

• "Ah! Works great." - Sarcastically to Dare, after falling off his upside-down pod.
• "Did I...do something wrong? Because the only thing I regret about you and me? Not knowing you were a spook when we first met. I would have been a lot less charming." - To Dare.
• "That was years ago, Veronica! I'm (grunt) a little (grunt) fuzzy (grunt) on the... (takes out his stuck Assault Rifle from his pod)... details." - To Dare, who stated that they both agreed to end the argument about her job.
• "Must have met a lot of other saps since then. Why pick me for this safari?" - To Dare, complaining his involvement in her mission.
• "I remember not getting an answer..." - To Dare, who mentioned his question to her years ago.
• "I said stay put! I'm on my way!" - To Dare, after sighting a Phantom flying overhead.
• "I appreciate the concern." - To Dare, who tells him about the Covenant-infested area.
• "See any more come down?" - To a Marine, who commented his luckiness of not getting killed by the drop.
• "What the hell happened here?" - After seeing multiple dead Elites and Brutes inside a building.
• "Veronica, what's with all the dead Elites?" - To Dare, after sighting more dead Elites and Brutes in the streets of New Mombasa.
• "It's like a family feud, like they were killed by Brutes. Is there something I should know?" - To Dare, who wants him to explain his question thoroughly.
• "Huh, some things never change." - After Dare said the answer to his question mentioned above is classified.
• "Got a little Jackal problem!" - To Dare, after meeting a few Jackals on his way to help Dare.
• "Gotta get through this door. Should be a switch around here somewhere." - If the player lingers around the locked door.
• "Almost there! What's wrong?" - To Dare, who urgently asks for his location.
• "Whoa! Hang on, I'll be right there!" - To Dare, who begins her "will".
• "Damn it, no! Veronica? Talk to me! Don't move! I'm coming, you hear?" - To Dare, who loses contact with him.
• "Hunters?! No, I do not have time for this! Turn around you bastards, let me shoot you in the back." - After sighting a pair of Hunters heading his way.
• "There's her pod, now I just need to find a way down..." - Upon reaching Tayari Plaza, which is Dare's crash site.
• "Arrgh! I'm here...I got ya..." - When attempting to open Dare's stuck pod, which is later found empty.
• "Aw, nuts." - After seeing an Engineer approaching him.
• "What the heck was that? You ever seen one before?" - To Romeo, who killed the Engineer.
• "Hey, Romeo! You got your ears on?" - To Romeo after he does not respond to him.
• "Oh, I get it. Permission to speak, smart ass." - To Romeo after he does not respond to his previous question.
• "Yeah, maybe. You hear from Mickey, Dutch?" - In response to Romeo's comment that the Engineer must have killed Dare.
• "We need to get above this crap, link up with the bee-net, one of our drones must have seen where they hit." - After being acknowledge that Romeo heard nothing from rest of the squad.
• "No... never. Doesn't matter. All I care about now is gettin' my men out of this city. Even you." - Answer to Romeo's question that are they abandoning Dare's mission.

ONI Alpha Site

• "Glad you boys are safe and sound." - To Mickey and Dutch, who finally receive contact with him onboard a Police-variant Pelican.
• "Long as you're offerin'. We're in the Police HQ." - To Dutch, who inquires their need of transport.
• "Alright, meet you up top!" - After an NMPD Officer's confirmation on their ride to the Police HQ.

NMPD HQ

• "Hey Rookie. You out there? Respond. That's an order!" - When activating his comm as he and Romeo descending the stairs leading to a launch pad, attempting to reach the then-fainted Rookie.
• "Oh, give up, huh? What if it were you down there?" - To Romeo, who suggests him to give up on reaching The Rookie.
• "Oh, you're a piece of work, Romeo." - After Romeo's cold response to his question above.
• "Banshees on your six!" - To Mickey and Dutch's Pelican, which is landing on the launch pad.
• "Hit the deck!" - To Romeo, as the Banshees fires their Fuel Rod Cannon.
• "Alive or dead, we're pulling them out! You hear me?" - To Romeo, after losing contact with Mickey and Dutch.
• "Make some noise. I got your back." - As he and Romeo enter the Covenant-guarded Police Headquarters.
• "Back inside! Let's find that Pelican!" - Once inside the interior of the HQ.
• "Now we get to kill them." - Response to Romeo's questions about the Covenant they evaded on their way to the launch pad.
• "Do you ever get tired of bitching, Romeo?" -In response to Romeo complaining about having to use the stairs.
• "Point taken." -Replying to Romeo's comment.
• "They haven't seen us. Pick a target, take it out." - To Romeo, once they reach the first courtyard.
• "That did it! Shoot and scoot!" - Once Romeo takes out his first target.
• "Romeo! Phantom landing on the pad!" - To Romeo, pointing out the drop ship.
• "C'mon, Romeo! Push through these doors!" - To Romeo, after the firefight in the courtyard.
• "Jackals with Carbines up top. Watch yourself!" - To Romeo, upon entering the second courtyard.
• "C'mon, Romeo. We gotta kill those Jackals." - If the player stalls with fighting the Jackals.
• "Stay put Dutch. We'll come to you." - After establishing contact with Dutch.
• "Grab some ammo, Romeo. These boys won't need it." - Entering a room littered with ammo and dead Police Officers.
• "Sniper. Up high. Make your first shot count." - To Romeo, upon entering the third courtyard.
• "More of 'em! Romeo, get to work!" - Once Romeo takes out the first target.
• "Jet Pack Brutes! Don't let 'em get behind us!" - As he and Romeo make their way deeper into the courtyard.
• "Keep pressing, we gotta get to that crash site!" - To Romeo, as they nearer the crash site.
• "Affirmative. We're almost there." - To Mickey, who stated their make-shift bridge made up with cranes and metal bars.
• "What? You afraid of heights? Get going." - To Romeo, who becomes scared when the "bridge" is merely a metal bar.
• "C'mon Romeo, follow me." - If the player stalls in front of the metal bar.
• "Let's get the hell off this thing!" - As two Banshees fly over and shakes the metal bar.
• "What's our situation?" - To Mickey, upon reaching the crash site.
• "Pick a turret, Romeo! Conserve your ammo. This is gonna get hot!" - To Romeo, as a Phantoms draw nearer to the crash site.
• "Phantom coming in left!" - To the group, defending the area.
• "Hostiles on the lower levels! Clear 'em out!" - When Covenant troops occupy the lower floor of the constructing building.
• "Phantom! Dead ahead!" - Alerting the group after more fighting.
• "Step back! Take 'em down!" - Leading the group in the intense fight.
• "Pour it on boys, we're almost through this!" - As the end of the firefight draws closer.
• "Look out! Chieftain!" - When the final Phantom approaches the crash site.
• "Get. This. Thing. Off. Of. Me." - While underneath the dead Brute Chieftain.
• "How bad?" - To the injured Romeo.
• "It's alright. I know another way." - To the squad, after Dutch's gesture that their only transport out of the city, the Pelican, is no longer working.

Kikowani Station

• "We're almost there." - As the ODSTs draw close to the Kikowanit train Station.
• "He's got a punctured lung, can't breathe." - Answering Dutch's question on Romeo's injury.
• "Trains ran underground up to the old city, we're gonna find one of the tunnels, walk on outta here." - Explaining his plan out of the city.
• "Was planning on it, but, now that you're feeling better..." - Humorously, answering Romeo's question about carrying him the whole way.
• "Get the door!" - To Dutch, as a Phantom suddenly flies overhead.
• "Wait here. We're gonna steal that ride. It's landing, now's our chance! Mickey! You're with me!" - To the squad, after realizing the train tunnels are flooded.
• "Well, let's see what you remember trooper, move!" - To Mickey, who states that it's been years that he had run a simulation on piloting.
• "They're between us and that Phantom, what do you think?" - Answer to Mickey's question regarding to kill the Engineers or not.
• "Go, Mickey. Up the lift, kill the pilots." - To Mickey, underneath the Phantom.
• "OK, I'll grab a Banshee, you go get Dutch and Romeo." - After Mickey's confirmation on the Phantom's status.
• "A whole lot of Covenant, scattering around the Slipspace crater. I wonder what they're looking for." - Buck's answer to Mickey's question. Only available if the player flies upward to the top of the train station.
• "That's the way we're headed, take 'em out!" - After Romeo alerting Banshees exiting the doors leading their way out.
• "I'll head through on foot, see if I can find a work around inside the tunnel." - To the squad, when the door in front of them is jammed.
• "Troopers, I got bad news." - To his squad, after sighting a Scarab.
• "We got a Scarab, right by our exit." - To the squad, explaining the situation.
• "Keep her steady Mickey. (to Romeo) You doin' okay?" - Upon entering the Phantom, after escaping the city.
• "Mickey, turn around! Find a safe place to set us down!" - After realizing Dare's mission to the undergrounds of the city.
• "I lost something! (whispering to himself) Now I know where to find her." - Answer to Mickey's question regarding why the need to turn back into the city.

Data Hive

• "Veronica? Where the hell are you?" - After hearing Dare's surprise shout of his name in the Superintendent's Data Center.
• "Whatever you say, just come on!" - To Dare, who tells him not to shoot anything pink".
• "Rookie? I could use a hand over here. Come on!" - When the three meet up outside the Data Center.
• "About this uh, asset. Feel free to fill me in whenever." - After meeting Vergil.
• "Door's locked. Damn!" - During the escape out of the Data Center.
• "I've seen hundreds of these things today! Why is this one so important?" - During Vergil's attempt to open the locked door mentioned above.
• "No! Well... maybe one or... two!" -During conversation with Dare, who asked him if he had killed any Engineers.
• "Well, how was I supposed to know?" -After being scolded after the above statement.
• "Elevator. Come on." - To the other three, moments away from leaving the underground.

Coastal Highway

• "Whew! Lord, that thing stinks. Kinda reminds me of my—" - Upon entering the elevator, cut off when being punched by Dare.
• "What was that for?" -After being punched by Dare.
• "What mission? You dropped off the grid! My squad was scattered—" - After Dare's explanation to his question, that he "abandoned the mission." Cut off when Dare kisses him.
• "You did good Rookie, no doubt. But we're not out of this yet." - To the Rookie, when the elevator stops.
• "Captain, how about you hang back? Let us clear a path." - Upon exiting the building that holds the elevator.
• "Flank the watchtower, Trooper! Take it out!" - to The Rookie, in the streets of New Mombasa.
• "Waterfront Highway! Fastest way out of the city." - Answering Dare's question regarding where they are heading to.
• "Can't that thing move any faster?" - As the four move down the streets.
• "Want me to give it a little push?" - Jokingly, after Dare's response to his previous quote.
• "Follow me, trooper. Double time!" - If the player stalls in the streets.
• "This way, should be an elevator right through here." - Outside a building in New Mombasa.
• "Sit tight. We'll need the alien to power on the switch." - Upon the team's arrival at an elevator.
• "Okay, we're all set. Hit it, Rookie." - To the Rookie, after Vergil re-activated the elevator.
• "They started showing up right before I went underground." - Answer to Dare's question regarding the arrival of the Covenant Cruisers to the city.
• "Oh, I'm sorry, I was a little busy. Making sure perfume (points to Vergil) over here didn't take a round and blow us all up!" - Response to Dare's complaint about not telling her about the cruisers.
• "Yeah? Well...here I am!" - Angrily, when Dare claimed that she thought she would never see Buck again.
• "I stole a Phantom. Yes. Thank you. I hid it in the shipyards down the highway. (Looks toward nearby Warthog) But I only have room for two, so...that thing's gonna have to sit on your lap." - Answer to Dare's question regarding their exit.
• "Take my advice, Rookie. You ever fall for a woman? Make sure she's got balls." -Buck to Rookie, after Dare boards a NMWD truck, and out of earshot.
• "Take the wheel, Rookie. I'll ride shotgun." - To the Rookie, beside a Warthog.
• "Get in the driver seat, trooper. We gotta roll!" - If the player waits around the Warthog.
• "Listen Marine, we ain't going anywhere until you drive us there!" - If the player continues to wait around the Warthog.
• "It's too far to walk, Rookie. Get in the Warthog!" - If the player walks instead of driving the Warthog.
• "What are you, crazy? Stop moving around, and drive this 'hog!" - If the player continues to walk away.
• "Hey, uh, Captain? Pick a lane." - To Dare,
• "You got to be kidding me!" - When the truck smashes through the cars in the highway.
• "Hey, hold up! It's a Gauss Hog. Let's change vehicles. Same deal, trooper: You drive, I shoot." - When the four come across a Gauss Canon-mounted Warthog.
• "Concentrate on driving. I got this."- To the Rookie, as he gets on to the M68 Gauss Cannon.
• "I see it. Must've dropped out one of the cruisers. Just keep driving, it hasn't spotted us." - When Dare alerts about a Scarab on the highway.
• "There weren't that many Covenant last night!" - When Dare asks how did he make down the highway the night before with all the Covenant troops in it.
• "Captain's right, trooper. We're gonna need that tank." - If the player stalls near the Scorpion tank after Dare's request on taking the armored vehicle instead of the Warthog.
• "Assault Carrier! Ten o'clock high! Look at the size of that thing!" - As an assault carrier comes into view.
• "But the dig site's on the other side of the city!" - When the carrier mentioned above begins charging its Energy Projector.
• "Damn it, no! They're gonna burn this city and then glass the whole planet! Covenant bastards! It's just like Reach all over again!" - When the carrier begins glassing the city.
• "Mickey, you read me? Change of plans. You're coming to us." - To Mickey, as they continue down the highway.
• "There's no other way. Covenant just wasted the highway. We're gonna keep rolling as far as we can. Get airborne, fly the Phantom to my beacon." - To Mickey, who debates that the "sky is kind of crowded".
• "And whatever you do... Stay clear of that carrier." - To Mickey, who confirms Buck's request.
• "Veronica! Talk to me!" -After a Scarab fires its main canon at the truck.
• "Screw the alien, what about you?" - After Dare reports that Vergil is okay.
• "Take the next off-ramp, trooper. I see a building, north side of the highway. We'll hole up there, wait for evac." - After sighting the Public Entrance to Uplift Nature Reserve.
• "Out of the vehicle, trooper! Let's move!" - Once the vehicle reaches the ramp.
• "Our vehicle won't fit through that. We're on foot from here!" - If the player stalls inside the vehicle.
• "Veronica, wait here. Rookie, let's secure that building!" - As they draw closer to the entrance.
• "Mickey, what's your ETA?" - Once the area is clear of Covenant patrol.
• "Hostile Phantoms, coming in!" - As Phantoms begins their assault at the building.
• "That's not good!" - After Dare alerts about the Wraiths on the highway firing at the building.
• "Just nice to know they really do listen. C'mon, let's get out of this city." - After Dare complimented that "for replacements [the squad] make one hell of a team."
• "Come on Rookie, get in the Phantom." - If the player stalls and not approaches the ally Phantom.
• "What are you waiting for, trooper? Phantom! Now!" - If the player continues to stall.
• "Long as it don't get hit!" - Answer to Dutch's question about the safety of the Engineer's presence.
• "What can I say...? It was a hell of a night." - to Rookie and Dutch, putting a conclusion on the ground battle.
• "Easy does it." - As he and Rookie pulls Romeo from the Phantom's Plasma Turret.
• "Give him some meds, would ya?" - To the Rookie, after Romeo expressing his frustration on returning the city.
• "It's important. It knows things." - To Romeo, thinking Romeo was frustrated at Vergil.
• "Mickey? I'm sending you a very special co-pilot." - To Mickey, after Romeo explanation he "wasn't talking about the alien".
• "It won't bite. And unlike you, it knows what to tell those cruisers to keep 'em off our tail." - To Mickey, who didn't want Vergil with him in the cockpit.
• "What about you? What about us?" - After Dare said that "[the Covenant] have found what they're looking for".
• "Whoa! Stand down, stand down!" - To the alerted squad, after Avery Johnson tosses his lighter at Vergil.

Halo: Reach

Campaign

New Alexandria

• "Command: this is Gunnery Sergeant Buck, 11th ODST, over." - Requesting emergency support.
• "My guys got caught in a firefight in the Nomolos Tower, roof collapsed. I gotta get over there and get them out." - Explanation to Lieutenant Commander Catherine-B320 on his request on air support.
  • Alternatively: "Need escort on a classified op. Send someone who can fly a tight formation." - Mission variant
  • Alternatively: "Phantom's got one of my squads pinned. I need to take it out and evac my troopers." - Mission variant
• Thanks for the assist, Spartan... I'll see you in hell." - To Spartan-B312, after completing the emergency mission.