My arm's aching, back's breaking, legs aching neck
And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck
We've flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides
though the wind's steady strong with no clouds in the skies
The rope's creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire
and this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre
We've got smiles on our faces, but we've seen this before
No telling just now what we have in store
And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck
We've flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides
though the wind's steady strong with no clouds in the skies
The rope's creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire
and this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre
We've got smiles on our faces, but we've seen this before
No telling just now what we have in store
— Abney Park, "Aether Shanties"
"Let us say there was a Soviet fort, hidden in Transylvania. This seems plausible. Let us say secret experiments were done there — of course that is what happens in such places. There were secret documents, obviously, marked by the Red Hand. Let us say that cosmonauts showing psychic promise were brought in for testing. They were taught to detect and channel particular energies that we shall call anima and anti-anima. They sought the stars — first up, then down — first out, then in. It would not surprise you, sweetling, if we said something went wrong. Horribly wrong. Everyone died — some screaming - some laughing — some singing, 'We are all made of stars!'"
— The Buzzing on the Facility, The Secret World
"Labs like these exist to do stupid crap that gets people killed."
— Captain Ventralis, Security Chief of Peak 15, Mass Effect
"Another failed experiment... Well, it's good to know they're at least reliably stupid."
— Urdnot Wrex, Mass Effect
Miranda Lawson: We've crossed The Illusive Man, Shepard. He's a dangerous enemy to have.
Shepard: Hahaha, really? Name ONE Cerberus project that didn't end catastrophically. That man couldn't run a Taco Truck without killing all of his own people.
Miranda Lawson: Maybe you should start taking this seriously.
Shepard: Maybe he'll get lucky and I'll be near his next exploding base.
Shepard: Hahaha, really? Name ONE Cerberus project that didn't end catastrophically. That man couldn't run a Taco Truck without killing all of his own people.
Miranda Lawson: Maybe you should start taking this seriously.
Shepard: Maybe he'll get lucky and I'll be near his next exploding base.
"There are plausible scientific explanations for everything that followed, but I think it was really just a question of hatred. It is the way of men to make monsters... and it is the nature of monsters to destroy their makers."
— Harlan Wade, First Encounter Assault Recon
Millia Rage: It's... from what I heard, the process of converting humans into Gears is no secret. But every single one of them turns against their creators and joins the war against humanity. Even then, I've heard tell of some fools who keep trying...
Apollo Justice: Wha— wait, hold on. What?? Why would people keep trying to convert others into Gears knowing full well what it'll do to them??? Isn't that just counter productive!
Apollo Justice: Wha— wait, hold on. What?? Why would people keep trying to convert others into Gears knowing full well what it'll do to them??? Isn't that just counter productive!
ENTRY NUMBER 15
Seems like this research was a dead end [...]
I called all of the families and told them everyone's alive.
I'll send them all back tomorrow. :)
ENTRY NUMBER 16
no No NO NO NO NO NO
Seems like this research was a dead end [...]
I called all of the families and told them everyone's alive.
I'll send them all back tomorrow. :)
ENTRY NUMBER 16
no No NO NO NO NO NO
"Science ain't an exact science."
"Those of you who want a little bit of a backstory on Bat Boy, he was a bat and a boy and then was put into a test tube and then put under radiation. And they were trying to make a Spiderman-type superhero, but it turned out to be Bat Boy and he was just really, really annoying and he just pissed off all the people in the laboratory, so they made him leave. They gave him a suitcase and they told him, 'Hey, here's $4000. Take the next train to Philadelphia.' And he showed up here somehow. I don't even know how he got into this competition.
"I tried to create a suit of armor around the world... but I created something terrible."
— Tony Stark, Avengers: Age of Ultron
"The subject in question was biologically engineered to be the ultimate soldier. Precise, clinical, unstoppable. But its creators came to realize, it could not distinguish between friend and foe. Thus, this doomsday machine lives to extinguish any and all life forms, because it must."
— Robot on Doomsday, Superman: Doomsday
"Experimental project Operation: Sweet Death must be considered a complete failure. Some kind of degenerated process has begun which may be catastrophic for everybody. May God forgive us... for what we have produced here and... pardon us for this evil."
— Professor Barrett, Hell of the Living Dead
"Anyway. What to do with the minotaur? The crass little billionaire who thought the four winds would forever bow to him. So he summoned them... and in they have blown."
— The Leader on Dario Agger, Immortal Hulk
