Tyr quotes from Andromeda

It always boils down to genetics for you, huh, Anasazi?

Tyr

My silly child, that's what we all boil down to.

I guess that's why they call space a vacuum

No. They call space a vacuum because-

-space is a vacuum.

Dylan

Count of three?

Tyr

No, let's just shoot them.

Tyr, have you ever wished that all your yearning for power and empire would just be silent for a moment? Have you ever wished this? A moment of peace?

Tyr

I am at peace. That's what bothers me.

Tyr

[to Gaiton] I am so very sick of you and every Nietzschean like you. I'm sick of your rancid stink of failure and inferiority. I'm sick of your souls that have grown so stale.

Gaiton

It is only a mask to hide a sweeter purpose.

Gaiton

Oh to be all powerful, traveling slipstream in total confidence, no fear of disaster or detection. Remarkable, our people created this. The detail and beauty.. it's science, art, and poetry unified. Our people created this. And yet I can't even recognize myself.

Tyr

There you are. There you are, reflected in the mind of Drago Musevni.

Gaiton

How could I have convinced myself... how could I have let them convince me that he was just some rich old man?

Tyr

He was a poet... a scholar, a magnificent warrior. He was a living god.

Gaiton

What happened to us?

Tyr

Time happened to us. Time changed the universe! But, Gaiton, if the ancestors could do that, you and I... we can change the universe again, if we will it.

Gaiton

Are you Neitzschean?

Tyr

Are you an idiot?

Tyr

You're searching for water, while you're drowning in the depth of the sea. Your only love is enlightenment. Love, desire, enlightenment, revenge... these are not emotions, simply traps to ensnare your will.

We have long ago learned to overcome our emotions.

Tyr

But the will to overcome an emotion, is merely the will for some other emotion to triumph.

What does this mean?!

Tyr

Uh.. enlightenment... is not found in spiritual leaders or in [shrugs] meditation. Take care of your followers. Enlightenment will find you.

[bows awestruck, and leaves with his brethren]

Tyr

Anything to be rid of these clowns.

Intruding vessel, stand down and prepare to be boarded. You have 15 seconds to comply [breaks connection]

Tyr

Ship, how many missiles can we fire in 15 seconds?

Approximately three-thousand six-hundred.

Tyr

Communicate our desire to comply.

We have arrived in Heimdall. I’m detecting several Genite scouts within our combat radius.

Tyr

Still licking their wounds, no doubt.

Beka

No doubt. And I’m more than happy to dump a little salt on them. Andromeda, offensive missiles, all tubes, full load out.

Offensive missiles are approaching the Genite formation.

Beka

Have they seen us yet?

That is uncertain.

Tyr

The suspense is killing me.

Beka

Oh, it’s not the suspense that’s gunna kill us.

Yeah, well, the suspense already owes me a fresh pair of shorts.

The Genites have detected us. They’re firing.

Beka

Defensive missiles; PDLs on standby!

Incoming hail from the Genites.

You clearly didn’t get the message the last time. I’m afraid you’ve left us no choice but to explain it to you—in excruciating detail.

The Genites are still with us, and more of them are inbound.

Beka

You know, you can never have too many Genites inbound. Time to slipstream.

Awaiting your order.

Beka

Consider yourself ordered. Let’s get the hell out of here.

You know, I thought I knew you, Tyr. And it turns out all the long you've been waitin' to betray us. What did I ever do to you?

Tyr

You made me laugh.

No I didn't.

Tyr

Yes, you did. Just not out loud. And I hope you get the chance to do it again.

Yeah, well, we'll double-cross that bridge when we get to it.

Rhade

You're an embarrassment to all Nietzschean prides.

Tyr

I am the reincarnation of Drago Museveni.

Rhade

The progenitor would not shoot a blind prophet. You are what's wrong with the Nietzschean race... selfish, self-absorbed, unaware of your own limitations... your career will end here. I will end it.

Beka

Hmm. King of the Nietzscheans, and you still want more.

Tyr

Not more, Beka. Everything.

I love the look. It's so, uh... Earth. [Although the scene is set on an alien planet, it was ostensibly filmed on Earth].

Tyr

I didn't allow you here to insult me.

That's what you think. Last time I saw you, you shot a defenseless blind woman- awfully brave of ya.

Tyr

I could have you shot as well. And I just might if you don't mind your manners.

If this conversation goes on any longer, then I'll demand it.

Tyr

[pause] You'd be a waste of ammunition.

Now you care.

Tyr

[laughs]