Avon quotes from Blake's 7

Dayna

Don't you ever get tired of being right?

Only with the rest of you being wrong.

Vila rescued me?

You were injured trying to rescue Cally. He rescued you. Suddenly I am hip deep in heroes.

Stay here.

Vila

You wouldn't like to leave the gun?

That's right, I wouldn't.

Dorian

The name's Dorian. And in case you hadn't noticed, I just saved your friends' lives.

You know what they say: no good deed goes unpunished.

[as the surface of the planet Terminal is being rocked by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions] All pilot systems are green. Count is two minutes and running. Better strap down tight, I haven't lifted these into orbit too often.

Dayna

How often?

...once.

Vila

When was that?

...in about one minute and forty five seconds.

If we last that long.

Dorian

You're going to kill me anyway. Sooner or later.

You would prefer it sooner?

He who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken. Cally once told me that that was a saying amongst her people.

Dorian

Cally?

Cally was murdered. So were most of her people.

Dorian

Who designed it?

His name was Ensor.

Dorian

I should have known. He was never a gracious man. Orac reflects his personality.

Orac was the culmination of his life's work. [Avon removes Orac's key] He bequeathed it to an associate of mine who bequeathed it to me.

What's the tally of challenges?

Twenty-five dead and one missing, sir.

Oh, come on, Cato. Don't quibble. Marquin fell backwards off the cliff.

Yes, sir.

So he's dead. Like, you can't say someone's missing as such. Not when they've taken a dive into a bottomless gorge.

No, sir.

So, it's twenty-six dead.

The council ruled it was twenty-five, sir, and one missing.

[turning to face Avon] Twenty-five men lie dead who tried to stand against me. And one, if he's not still falling, is no more than a greasy spot on the rocks, right?

Impressive.

You killed two men.

If I'd known we were keeping score, I would have brought more ammunition.

Pick a weapon.

I'll have a neutron blaster.

No neutron blasters.

In that case I'll have a glove.

That always was the easy answer for the man - the Hommik!

If you didn't want the answer, you shouldn't have asked the question.

[musing to himself] It's a problem, isn't it? You can have war between races, war between cultures, war between planets. But once you have war between the sexes, you eventually run out of people.

It is beyond my humble capacity to offer an opinion, Master.

[smiling] Oh, that's very good. You may turn out to be my kind of computer after all.

What is it, Orac?

You asked me to report any extension of the Federation Command Network. Magnetrix Terminal 406 is now programmed in.

What planet does the terminal serve?

Helotrix.

[Astonished] Helotrix?!

It is the main terminal for the planet Helotrix. The fact is checked and confirmed.

That means the Helots are back in the Empire. But they aren't the sort to cave in so quickly. It took the Federation years to subdue them on the first expansion.

Dayna

They've retaken Lubus and Porphia Major in the last few weeks. If Helotrix has gone, that means the Federation now control most of Sector 4.

Vila

If they keep expanding at this rate, Avon, we don't have as much time as you thought. They'll be knocking on the door in a couple of years!

How are they doing it?

Vila

I don't know. But maybe we should start running now.

Soolin

[Discussing Vila] He doesn't have much time for Tarrant does he?

Ah, well. Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.

Soolin

[Discussing Orac] I thought he was keeping unusually silent.

Probably sulking. One of the almost human things about Orac is that it does not like to work.