Matthew Gideon quotes from Crusade

Gideon

They don't want us leaving with what we know. Too bad we don't know anything.

Gideon

Captain, I have five years to cure the Drakh plague. Do I believe in God? I'll get back to you on that in five years and one day.

Gideon

Plato once said that for everything that exists, there is a perfect form of it somewhere. A perfect Human being, a perfect chair, a perfect stick; so that everything is a Shadow of that one perfect form. Now, if we follow that train of thought, that means that somewhere in the universe there exists the perfect form of an absolute and complete idiot. And he left here an hour ago.

Gideon

This is my command. I'll do whatever's necessary. If that means turning the entire galaxy upside down and shaking its pockets to see what falls out, then that's what I'll do. I'm not subtle. I'm not pretty, and I'll piss off a lot of people along the way. But I'll get the job done.

Matthew Gideon

He may be a pain in the ass, but he will be our pain in the ass.

Gideon

It's now three days since our visitors arrived on behalf of Earthgov's political affairs office. There's apparently some concern with how our work here is being perceived back home. They've been assigned to help us. Before their tour is finished, I may have to kill them, assuming Lt. Matheson doesn't beat me to it.

Gideon

Eilerson was right about all of this. I hate it when he's right. He'll be insufferable for days.

Gideon

I look like a bellhop.

Galen

I was just thinking on whether or not a comment would be 'most wanted or least needed'.

Gideon

I thought you said you don't hold a grudge?

Galen

I don't. I have no surviving enemies. At all.

Galen

In the end, it's all the story of Job, isn't it?

Gideon

Some days, it feels like our faith is being tested, same as his.

Galen

Where do you put your faith, Matthew? In science? Your luck? This ship?

Gideon

I haven't decided.

Galen

Well, then, if this is the story of Job, a great deal of people are being inconvenienced for your benefit. Hope you appreciate it.

As a Doctor, I have to say that's totally unrealistic. An alien life form like the Pak'Ma'Ra is not biologically equipped to interface with humans in that kind of...

Gideon

It's an amazing thing, technology.

Gideon

I may have an idea.

I don't think you've recovered from your last good idea.

Gideon

That would explain it.

Galen

I want you to know that this thing just made a very large dent in my ship. Did you ever think about looking outside before you start throwing things overboard?

Gideon

Maybe next time you'll let us know when you're coming. So what brings you here this time?

Galen

An attempt, in all probability foolish and useless, to prevent you from going down to that planet.

Gideon

Galen, my people have been looking for this place since we left Earth. Now that you're here, what could you possibly say that would change that?

Galen

Well, how about if you go down there, the odds are that none of you will return alive? [pauses] Clear me for docking. Put away the breakables. Turn on the landing lights. I'm coming in.

Eilerson

Where are you going?

Gideon

To follow a friend into hell.

Do not trust.

Gideon

Do not trust who?

Galen.