"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
— Ellen Ripley (later quoted almost verbatim by Corporal Dwayne Hicks), Aliens
"Heart...and head. Stab the heart, cut off the head. Only way to be sure."
—Dana, Damage
Dr. Weir: You can't just leave her!
Cpt. Miller: I have no intention of leaving her, Doctor. I will take the Lewis and Clark to a safe distance and then I will launch TAC missiles at the Event Horizon until I'm satisfied she's vaporized! Fuck this ship!
Iteration X has one response to suspected Nephandi operations: complete destruction of the site and all possibly infected personnel. That may seem harsh, but these guys want to rip a hole in the fabric of space-time and fuck the universe as it bleeds to death. For Nephandi, you don't even nuke the site from orbit; it's not sure enough. You deliver the bomb by hand.
—Mage: The Ascension - Convention Book: Iteration X (revised)
"Skynet says we should nuke the entire planet from orbit," said a bespectacled comtech. "It's the only way to be sure."
"This is not the first world that Ygethmor has destroyed, and unless we can halt him now it will not be the last. Should we fail, millions will die and we shall not be found blameless."
—Inquisitor Baptiste, Warhammer 40,000
