Quotes / Shoot the Hostage

Kolyat Krios: All of you, back off! I'll kill him!
Renegade Shepard: No, you won't. (BANG!)
Kolyat: (horrified) Oh, my gods...
Shepard: Hostages only work when your enemy cares if they live.
Thane Krios: Interesting solution.
Shepard: You wanted to stop Kolyat from taking a man's life.
Thane: I don't dispute the logic. Just the morality.

— Mass Effect 2

"Is that it? Vasir, I sacrificed hundreds of human lives to save the Destiny Ascension. I unleashed the rachni on the galaxy. So for your sake, I hope your escape plan doesn't hinge on me hesitating to shoot a damn hostage!"

— Paragon Shepard to Tela Vasir, Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker

Opium Farmer: (having just taken Ying Ko's accountant hostage) Even your men are not marksman enough to shoot around him!

Ying Ko: You're right. (to the accountant) Wu, you're a wonderful friend. You're like a father to me.

Accountant: Thank you, Ying Ko.

Ying Ko: (to his marksmen) Shoot through him.

—The Shadow

(Dinobot enters, holding Tarantulas)
Dinobot: Do not fire, Megatron! I have a hostage!
Megatron: Why, so you do!
(Megatron shoots Tarantulas)

—Beast Wars

"No use using her for protection. They will rip right through her to get to you."

Alexandra, The Defenders (2017), "Worst Behavior"

ARMY: your nickname reflects poorly on us all. we're changing it to something like "raven" or "switchknife"
ME: no. "hostage killer" is good

— dril

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