Honorverse favorite one-liners

KNick wrote:

munroburton wrote:That's what I thought too - as of SoF's end, Commander Kaplan, Lt. Commander Tallman, Lieutenants Fonzarelli and O'Reilly are senior to Abigail. She is the fifth ranking officer and depending whether the XO has a backup bridge to be manning, third or fourth on the Bridge during GQ.

Which brings up the question of restricted and unrestricted line officers. In some navies an engineering officer such as Fonzarelli would not be eligible to take command of the ship until he was the last officer left. (This is the restricted line version.) In others, he would assume command as soon as he was the senior officer (unrestricted line version). I do not recall ever seeing a discussion of which version applies to the RMN. Does anyone else?

bunyipbelle wrote:"Assassins, blades, bulletts and bombs come with the job, My Lady," he replied solemnly "diapers - and the surprises they so often contain- wern't listed anywhere when I signed up"

Andrew LaFollett to Allison Chou Harrington in Mission of Honor

LaFollet took two or three more strides, then grinned wryly. "In case I've never mentioned it before, My Lady, you're not very much like a typical Grayson lady. Guns, unarmed combat. . . . Maybe I should hide behind you the next time it hits the fan."

timmopussycat wrote:

bunyipbelle wrote:
"Assassins, blades, bulletts and bombs come with the job, My Lady," he replied solemnly "diapers - and the surprises they so often contain- wern't listed anywhere when I signed up"

Andrew LaFollett to Allison Chou Harrington in Mission of Honor

And lest we forget Andrew's great on liner from HAE:

LaFollet took two or three more strides, then grinned wryly. "In case I've never mentioned it before, My Lady, you're not very much like a typical Grayson lady. Guns, unarmed combat. . . . Maybe I should hide behind you the next time it hits the fan."

timmopussycat wrote:

KNick wrote:
Which brings up the question of restricted and unrestricted line officers. In some navies an engineering officer such as Fonzarelli would not be eligible to take command of the ship until he was the last officer left. (This is the restricted line version.) In others, he would assume command as soon as he was the senior officer (unrestricted line version). I do not recall ever seeing a discussion of which version applies to the RMN. Does anyone else?

It appears the RMN goes the unrestricted route. Ginger Lewis was Terekhov's acting exec in SoS

“What part of ‘Manticore and Haven are holding a real grudge’ do you not understand?”

“whoever gave the order is not going to live to a ripe old age to endure the pangs of conscience.”

timmopussycat wrote:

cthia wrote:"Want a little help in that alley, skipper?" OBS

Theisman to his first officer.

Great admirals don't make wars great, bad admirals make great admirals' wars great.
-cthia

Actually that's the FO speaking to his commander.

SWM wrote:]I'll be bach......wait, what, huh, who said that?!

"And Hamish’s delightful phrase about excreting bricks is probably a pretty fair description of how ACS is going to react when Theisman starts bringing two or three hundred Republican podnoughts through the Junction!”

Amaroq wrote:From ART.

"And Hamish’s delightful phrase about excreting bricks is probably a pretty fair description of how ACS is going to react when Theisman starts bringing two or three hundred Republican podnoughts through the Junction!”

I would've liked to see Admiral Grimm's reaction to that transfer! I wonder how long it's been since a Havenite warship has transited a wormhole junction what with the closure of the Manticoran Junction for the entire war? I don't think there are any wormholes in the Republic aside from Trevor's Star and their warships wouldn't necessarily be traveling to any other wormholes.