Bao: "Get ahold of yourself. Your own army had twice as many men, and we defeated you easily when we were just a fraction of what we are today!"
Lu Pai: "You-you're comparing my army to General Tung's?! Have you never heard of the Kansu Braves, the Muslim soldiers of southern China? They are the fiercest, most disciplined soldiers in the Empress's service! If the Ch'ing have sent the Kansu Braves after you, they don't want you arrested! They want you wiped off the face of the Earth!"
Lu Pai: "You-you're comparing my army to General Tung's?! Have you never heard of the Kansu Braves, the Muslim soldiers of southern China? They are the fiercest, most disciplined soldiers in the Empress's service! If the Ch'ing have sent the Kansu Braves after you, they don't want you arrested! They want you wiped off the face of the Earth!"
"Superior training and superior weaponry have, when taken together, a geometric effect on overall military strength. Well-trained, well-equipped troops can stand up to many more times their lesser brethren than linear arithmetic would seem to indicate."
— Colonel Corazon Santiago, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
