Quotes / Gunship Rescue

Let it never be said that a Chooser of the Slain doesn't know how to make a good entrance.

— The Dresden Files

"This is Bullhead Four-Seven-Niner, contacting Professor Goodwitch. Did somebody call for fifteen tons of badass?"

— Ash, Jaune Arc, Lord of Hunger, "Fear"

"An AC-130, eh? Haven't worked with one of those in a while."

— Gaz, Modern Warfare

#36: When the going gets tough, the tough call for close air support.

— Schlock Mercenary, "The Seventy Habits of Maximally Effective Mercenaries"

#4. Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.

— Schlock Mercenary, "The Seventy Habits of Maximally Effective Mercenaries"

#5. Close air support and friendly fire should be easier to tell apart.

— Schlock Mercenary, "The Seventy Habits of Maximally Effective Mercenaries"

"Sir, there's another starship coming in... it's the Enterprise!"

— Star Trek: First Contact.

"You know me, General. I've always got a card to play."

— Jim Raynor before three Banshees fly overhead, incinerating the oncoming Zerg

"Legs": Tagon wouldn't loan us the refitted longboat. "You don't need a gunship" he said.
Schlock: How can anybody ever NOT need a gunship?

— Schlock Mercenary

Legs: Small arms fire. Three hundred clicks away. Transponder says it's Tauparlin. What's he fighting?

Chell: Heat up the cannons and divert to Tarp's position. I know what he's not fighting: Alone.

— Schlock Mercenary

Utena: Where the hell are -our- reinforcements?
Klaang: Ask, my Captain, and ye shall receive! Challenger and support vessels inbound at high warp!
Utena: ETA?
Klaang: Would now do?

— Undocumented Features, Valiant Rose

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