Taylor Miles/Quotes

Campaign Quotes

Prepare to Drop

• "'Course they did. It's Earth." -First line, to Michael Crespo after commenting the Navy fought well.

• "How 'bout you show some respect, Romeo?" -After Romeo comments the Navy had a lazy streak.

• "Well gonna be close-quarters." -After Romeo scoffs at him choosing a silenced SMG.

• "Relax Rookie. He don't mean nothin'. Besides, now's one of those times, pays to be the strong, silent type." -After Romeo taunts The Rookie after waking him up in a rude manner.

• "What did she just say?" -After Dare tells the dropping squad that she's about to change their drop trajectory.

• "Radiation!" -After the Solemn Penance opens up a Slipspace rift.

Uplift Reserve

• "Good hunting boys. I'm keeping my boots on the ground." -To several passing Wombats.

• "Affirmative." -After assisting several held-down Marines.

• "ODST reporting for duty, sir!" -when reporting in a UNSC Colonel.

• "Roger that, I'm Oscar Mike." -After being told by the Colonel where to head.

• "Scattered, dead. I don't know." -When asked where the rest of his squad is.

• "What is the objective, Colonel?" -After being told to push to the primary objective.

• "Where's the Colonel?"

• "What the hell just happened?" -After the New Mombasa Orbital Elevator collapses.

• "Uh, Lord? I didn't train to be a pilot. Tell me I don't have any more flying to do today!" -After crash-landing from his vehicle onto a lower plaza.

• "So... was that a yes or a no?" -When a Drone Fighter crash-lands into the plaza, seemingly in response.

• "Amen." - After Dutch's response is given by his vehicle exploding behind him.

Kizingo Boulevard

• "Relax, Marine, wait 'till they're in the kill zone!" -

• "I said hold your fire! Concentrate on the Wraiths at the end of the -" -To a panicking Marine trying to shoot down a Zurdo-pattern Wraith.

• "Ah, hell. Back blast clear, let 'em have it!" -After the panicking Marine is killed.

• "I'm outta rockets! Kill that Wraith!" -To Mickey

• "Okay, dismount, get up to my position." -To Mickey, after destroying the Wraith mentioned above.

• "Mickey! Over here!" -To Mickey, who dismounted his Scorpion.

• "Aw crap! Watch the door!" -After Mickey reached his position.

• "Those Covenant dropped in behind us, they must know this is our rally point!" -To the Marines at the rally point.

• "Come on, we got weapons and ammo on the high ground. Move it! Move it!" -To Mickey

• "Phantoms! Everyone find some cover!" -To the Marines at the Rally Point

• "Negative, I'll draw its fire, you try and board it!" -To Mickey, who asked if they had a heavy weapon to kill the Wraith.

• "Fire an overcharged plasma shot at it, then stick it with grenades!" -A variant of the previous quote.

• "Kill those runners, Mickey, they're tryin to flank us!" -To Mickey regarding several Jackals.

• "Keep it up Mickey! We almost got 'em beat!" -To Mickey

• "That's all of 'em. Way to go Mickey! Come to my position." -To Mickey, after the battle at the Rally Point.

• "You heard from Gunny?" -To Mickey, who reached his position as he requested.

• "Huh, guess it's just you and me." -After Mickey's response to his previous quote.

• "Your vote? Just got overruled." -To Mickey, after an NMPD Officer begged for their help.

ONI Alpha Site

• "Hurry up!" -To Mickey, as he arms explosives.

• "That do it?" -After Mickey armed the first detonator.

• "What about those Wraiths?" -To Mickey, who told him to arm the rest of detonators.

• "Yeah, what gives? I thought we were supposed to protect this building?" -Reaction to the armed detonator inside the ONI building.

• "Where the heck did these buggers come from?" -When a swarm of Yanme'e appear and attack the squad.

• "Likewise Gunny, you need a pickup?" -To Edward Buck, who was glad to hear from them.

• "Can you take us there?" -To the NMPD Officer on their Pelican, after Buck's response that he and Romeo are at the Police HQ.

• "What?" -To Mickey, who tries to show him the detonating Alpha Site.

• "Heh" -After seeing the building destroyed.

NMPD HQ

• "We're losing her! Watch out!" -After their Pelican is shot down by 2 Banshees.

• "We're down, Gunny. On a rooftop north-east of your location." -To Buck.

• "Bird's wasted. Lost the pilot on impact. The rest of us are okay." -To Buck and Romeo, who arrived at the Pelican's crash site.

• "Look out! Banshee!" -To the Squad (minus Dare and Rookie) and the Police officer at the crash site.

• "We got one more Phantom, Gunny!" -To Buck.

• "Not by air, we're not." -Referring to how they couldn't take the wounded Romeo out of the city on air, as their Pelican crashed.

Kikowani Station

• "What's wrong with him?" -To Buck, referring to the wheezing Romeo.

• "Better get going, Gunny. The sooner we get him out of here, the better." -To Buck, who was planning to escape the city with a Phantom.

• "Affirmative. Romeo, let's man these turrets." -On board the stolen Phantom.

• "Well, look at that. I think we found us a squid house." -Upon encountering a Huragok Recharge Station.

• "Like the good book says, payback's a bitch!"

• "I'm paraphrasin', ya heathen!" -When Mickey comments that he doesn't remember the Bible saying that.

• "Go on in Gunny, we'll cover the door, make sure no one gets in behind you." -To Buck, who headed into a jammed door.

• "Take out its legs, and it'll stop moving, Gunny!" -To Buck, giving him directions to destroy a Scarab.

• "Get behind it! Shoot it in the ass!" -To Buck, referring to the Scarab.

• "Oorah Gunny, let it burn!" -To Buck after he destroys the Scarab.

• "Take 'em out Gunny so we can get through." -To Buck, referring to the multiple recharge stations.

• "I'll do it, Gunny. Move back!" -To Buck, if the player stalls.

Coastal Highway

• "Romeo, take the one on the left." -To Romeo as their Phantom ambushes several Zurdo-pattern Wraiths.

• "That thing safe?" -Upon seeing Vergil gathered with the rest of the squad.

Halo Legends

The Babysitter

• "Contingency. It's an important mission. If the first sniper misses the target, they take the shot." - To O'Brien, who complains about having a back up for sniping a San'Shyuum in Heian, onboard the cafeteria of UNSC destroyer DD-933.
• "We lost Checkman in the atmosphere, and we almost lost you too." - To O'Brien, who was freed from his sinking SOEIV by Cal-141.
• "That's twice! Twice he had to save you dumbass already. At least you should have said 'Thank you'!" - To O'Brien, who was saved from Cal-141 twice during the mission, once from sinking into the forementioned swamp and other from a Brute Chieftain.
• "Shut up!" - Annoyed, to Berger, who shows his disrespects to Cal-141's death.

Gameplay Quotes

• "This is not going to plan, gorram it!" -When an ally is killed (Firefly reference).
• "Woah, this sucks!" - When sniping Grunt fails then reloads.
• "Man, this sucks!"- When an ally is killed.
• "Oh God, no!" - When an ally is killed.
• "Lord, you've got a good man knocking on your door." -When an ally is killed.
• "Reloading." - When reloading.
• "Cover me, reloading!" - When reloading.
• "Changing mags." - When reloading.
• "Swappin' mags." - When reloading.
• "Fantastic, swappin' mags." - When reloading after killing Covenant fantasticly.
• "On my last mag." - Having no reserve ammo.
• "Runnin' low." - Having no reserve ammo.
• "Low on ammo." - Having no reserve ammo.
• "You ungainly, floundering, monstrous bag of horse crap!" - When seeing a Mgalekgolo or a Chieftain.
• "You great big blot on the landscape!" - When seeing a Mgalekgolo or Chieftain.
• "You overgrown, pounderous, waste of mass, scumbag, runaway, jackass!" -When seeing a Mgalekgolo or Chieftain.
• "Roll over, Mike-Foxtrot, and get yourself foxtrotted!"
• "Mike-Foxtrot. Is. Foxtrotted!" -After an enemy is killed.
• "BAM!! Right in his sense of smug satisfaction!" - When getting a headshot or power weapon kill.
• "That all you got?!"
• "That's it!?"
• "Alright!" - After a kill.
• "GOT 'IM!!" - After a kill.
• "I hope you bought return tickets, because otherwise you're goin' home in a cosmic ambulance!"
• "Dear Diary, today, I taught some aliens about the relative foolishness of messin' with ODSTs!" - Firefly reference.
• "Ooh-rah!" - After a kill or a stunt.
• "You think you can just barge in here and bend us over these- Well that ain't gonna happen! They told me to hurt ya, but they weren't real specific as to the how! OK?!" - This may be a Firefly reference.
• "I'm gonna make sure that when we win, everyone's gonna know what a beating we gave you!"
• "I will rip off your arms and play bongos on your head." - A rare quote, when engaging a grunt.
• "You guys ever seen Full Metal Jacket?" or "Hey scumbag! You seen Full Metal Jacket?"
• "Headshot!" - When getting a headshot.
• "Boom, headshot!" - When getting a headshot.
• "Enjoy that extra nose hole." - When getting a headshot.
• "Bim-bam in the brainpan." - This may be a reference to Firefly.
• "Go arou- oh wait, you're dead." - When splattering an enemy.
• "(Oh) Sorry, didn't see you there." - When splattering or run over an enemy.
• "(oh) Sorry, didn't see you there heh. Give me cover, i'll squash them all" - When run over an enemy.
• "You malodorous leadfooted nimrod!" - When killing a Jiralhanae.
• "You're gonna wish you picked on someone your own size!" - When killing a Jiralhanae.
• "Laser up." - When picking up a Spartan Laser.
• "Charged and ready." - When picking up a Spartan Laser.
• "Don't nobody cross my stream..." - This is a reference to the "Don't cross the streams" rule in Ghostbusters.
• "If ya see red... heh... move." - When picking up a Spartan Laser.
• "Everybody take a big step back!" - When picking up a Rocket Launcher.
• "Time for a spanking!" - When picking up a Rocket Launcher. Reference to the SPNKr text on the side of a rocket launcher.
• "Rockets up!" - When picking up a Rocket Launcher.
• "Backblast!" - When picking up a Rocket Launcher.
• "Frag out!" - When throwing a grenade.
• "Here's Vera!" - When throwing a grenade, Firefly reference.
• "Suck it!" - When throwing a grenade.
• "Play ball!" - When throwing a grenade.
• "Take it baby!" - When thowing a grenade.
• "Here's medicine!" - When throwing a grenade.
• "Time for medicine!" - Same as above.
• "What a throw!" - When sticking an enemy with a Plasma or Spike grenade
• "Relax, we'll be fine" - Conservation with Mickey while at elevator goes up at ONI Alpha Site.
• "Quick get inside Mickey, We got work to do.." - When cutting Mickey's talk after elevator arrives.
• "Ha ha ha ha" - When enjoying killing covenant.
• "I had them trying and ready for vengeance" - When start riding Warthog, break Brute's Power Armor and away for a bit to pick up Marines.
• "Target down!" - When killing Covenant with Spartan laser.
• "What, do you want a real man fight!?" Rare quote when Dutch gets out from vehicle and about to attack enemy in very close range or want to take them head on at melee combat.
• "Heh, I know, I got bright pretty eyes, huh?" - When stared at.
• "Hey, we got work to do, and you are making this an uncomfortable environment." - When stared at.
• "Yeah, well, I'm a frighteningly handsome young man, what of it?" - When stared at.
• "It ain't logical. I mean, hell, I'll kill a man in a fair fight... or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight, or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman... (sniffs) or if I'm gettin' paid - mostly only when I'm gettin' paid." - When stared at. Serenity reference.
• "What? They don't have awesome heroes back where you come from?" - When stared at.
• "You're gonna blink before I do." - When stared at.
• "Uh... what exactly is on your mind, if you don't mind me asking?" - When stared at.
• "Hey, hey! You awake in there?" - When stared at.
• "I know, you're trying to figure out what makes me so awesome. (chuckles) Good luck." - When stared at.
• "Don't make me write you up to HR. You were at the seminar." - When stared at.
• "You know, if there's something you want to tell me, uh, it should really wait until after this galaxy-devouring conflict." - When stared at.
• "Hey, don't worry, everyone finds my chiseled looks hypnotic at first." - When stared at.
• "What, you never saw a real lady's man before?" - When stared at.
• "Well, you know, it's okay to have those feelings about me. I'm a handsome handsome man, but, uh, your timing is lousy." - When stared at.
• "You are one powerful ugly creature." - When stared at.
• "Well... uh... like, you know, so you know, it's a major city, so... we have to assault with, uh, Scorpions. So they send us in, first squad, make sure, you know, the little Grunts waiting with, uh, you know, like, the plasma cannons that blow the tanks away, so... you know, we clear it out, roll the hogs in... basically blow the place to hell." - When stared at. Full Metal Jacket reference.