History Quotes / ItsRainingMen

-->-- ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

->AsYouKnow, most of our battle brothers are stationed in space, prepared to deep strike! [...] We have placed numerous beacons, allowing for multiple, simultaneous and devastating defensive deep strikes. The [[BigBookOfWar Codex Astartes]] names this maneuveur 'Steel Rain'. We will descend upon the foe, [[CurbStompBattle we will overwhelm them]], we will leave none alive!

->Consider the Orbital Drop Assault. Its fury is a thing of hallowed legend writ across the histories of a hundred thousand worlds, the impact alone is more destructive then any artillery barrage, but it is nothing compared to the payload of Space Marines. Eldar hosts have fled, Ork hordes slaughtered, Rebel armies broken, and yet none have ever attempted it themselves, Xeno or Man. It is too strenuous, too uncertain, too ''insane'' a method of deployment for any save the Adeptus Astartes. Fitting, for as our enemies know to their woe, the Angels of Death come on Wings of Fire.

-->-- 82nd Airborne Division, US Army, ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAirborne''

-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- ''[[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates]]''

->After the demise of the best Airborne plan, a most terrifying effect occurs on the battlefield. This effect is known as the rule of the [=LGOPs=] (Little Groups of Paratroopers). This is, in its purest form, small groups of pissed-off 19 year old American paratroopers. They are well trained. They are armed to the teeth and lack serious adult supervision. They collectively remember the Commander's intent as "March to the sound of the guns and kill anyone who is not dressed like you" - or something like that. Happily they go about the day's work...

-->-- '''Creator/BenjaminFranklin'''

->Who do the Nazis fear the most!?
->AIRBORNE!!!

->'''Orbital Drop Shock Troopers:''' WE GO FEET FIRST SIR!

->'''Simmons:''' You have a fear of heights? Didn't you used to jump out of ships in high orbit during the war?

-->-- 101st Airborne Division, US Army, ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAirborne''

-->-- 101st Airborne Division, US Army, Medal of Honor Airborne

-->-- ''[[GauntsGhosts The Armour of Contempt]]''

-->-- [[Official Motto BadassCreed]] of the 105th Shock Troops Division ("Helljumpers"), ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''

->Feet first into hell.
-->-- The ODST BadassCreed, ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''

-->-- 101st Airborne Division, US Army, Medal of honor Airborne

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-->-- ''{{Halo}}: The Flood''

-->-- The ODST BadassCreed, ''{{Halo}}''

->I always get the shakes before a [[DropPod drop]]. I've had the injections, of course, and hypnotic preparation, and it stands to reason that I can't really be afraid. The ship's psychiatrist has checked my brain waves and asked me silly questions while I was asleep and he tells me that it isn't fear, it isn't anything important -- it's just like the trembling of an eager race horse in the starting gate. I couldn't say about that; I've never been a race horse. But the fact is: I'm scared silly, every time.

-> Consider the Orbital Drop Assault. Its fury is a thing of hallowed legend writ across the histories of a hundred thousand worlds, the impact alone is more destructive then any artillery barrage, but it is nothing compared to the payload of Space Marines. Eldar hosts have fled, Ork hordes slaughtered, Rebel armies broken, and yet none have ever attempted it themselves, Xeno or Man. It is too strenuous, too uncertain, too ''insane'' a method of deployment for any save the Adeptus Astartes. Fitting, for as our enemies know to their woe, the Angels of Death come on Wings of Fire.

-> The Imperial Guard came to Gereon, grav chuting by the thousands. They didn't wait for daybreak. They didn't wait for clement weather, or a favourable turn in the tides. They didn't wait because they were greater than the weather and more powerful than the tides. They were brighter than the daybreak.
-->-- ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-> Feet first into hell.
-->-- The ODST BadassCreed, {{Halo}}

->''After the demise of the best Airborne plan, a most terrifying effect occurs on the battlefield. This effect is known as the rule of the LGOPs (Little Groups of Paratroopers). This is, in its purest form, small groups of pissed-off 19 year old American paratroopers. They are well trained. They are armed to the teeth and lack serious adult supervision. They collectively remember the Commander's intent as "March to the sound of the guns and kill anyone who is not dressed like you" - or something like that. Happily they go about the day's work...''
-->-- ''[[AnonymousAuthor Anonymous]]''

->''I always get the shakes before a [[DropPod drop]]. I've had the injections, of course, and hypnotic preparation, and it stands to reason that I can't really be afraid. The ship's psychiatrist has checked my brain waves and asked me silly questions while I was asleep and he tells me that it isn't fear, it isn't anything important -- it's just like the trembling of an eager race horse in the starting gate. I couldn't say about that; I've never been a race horse. But the fact is: I'm scared silly, every time.

-->-- ''Juan Rico'', ''Literature/StarshipTroopers''

-> Consider the Orbital Drop Assault. Its fury is a thing of hallowed legend writ across the histories of a hundred thousand worlds, the impact alone is more destructive then any artillery barrage, but it is nothing compared to the payload of Space Marines. Eldar hosts have fled, Ork hordes slaughtered, Rebel armies broken, and yet none have ever attempted it themselves, Xeno or Man. It is too strenuous, too uncertain, too ''insane'' a method of deployment for any save the Adeptus Astartes. Fitting, for as our enemies know to their woe, the Angels of Death come on Wings of Fire.
-->-- ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- ''{{Halo}}: The Flood''

-> The Imperial Guard came to Gereon, grav chuting by the thousands. They didn’t wait for daybreak. They didn’t wait for clement weather, or a favourable turn in the tides. They didn’t wait because they were greater than the weather and more powerful than the tides. They were brighter than the daybreak.

-->-- ''[[SchlockMercenary The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates]]''


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