Here is a list of Easter Eggs I couldn't help sneaking in to "Fog of War"
Did you catch any of them?
Title of part 1;
“This Far, No Farther”
Borrowing Picard’s rant in “First Contact”. “The line must be drawn here. This far, no father. And I, will make them pay, for what they’ve done.”
It’s not just the obvious either. Yarain, and others, have every intention of exacting revenge upon Polaris for their actions.
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Top of page 25;
“No street generators?”...
“We have the parts, finally. We were going to install them Tuesday.”
“Why is it always Tuesday?”
Do I really need to explain this one?
Okay I will. It's a running gag from Star Trek Generations. Three different times, something wasn't going to be added to the Enterprise B until Tuesday. It's a well known meme now, especially among Trek fans.
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Bottom of page 176
Harrison had to stifle a laugh. “No, Ma’am. Hers is, ‘No boom today? There’s always boom tomorrow.’ You stay safe out there, ma’am.“
At the end of the Babylon 5 Episode “The Grail”, Commander Ivanova had this line;
“"No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow...
What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here.
Boom.
Sooner or later.
BOOM!"”
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Bottom of page 273
“And standing on the deck of a carrier in enemy territory isn’t? I must read the rule book again. Well, the sooner begun the sooner it ends. Get me a landing vector.”
More Ivanova, this time from “Soul Hunter”.
“This is not a clear and present danger? I must read the rule book again.”
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Middle of page 283
“The Alamo will be returning to base to prepare for her next operation. You’ll go straight from there to Laney PSC base to begin your training. I have to say, if you continue to perform like you have, you may be one of the rare ones to come out leading a team.”
“Laney PSC Base” is named after a fan that gave me someone to write for when it seemed like I’d never be published. I didn’t want them to not get the book they were still wanting to see, so I kept plugging away at it.
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Chapter 13
Your Shoe, My Size Three Paw
Referencing the name of a mission in Halo 2, “Your ass, my size 24 hoof”.
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Top of page 367
“So say we all,”
The new Battlestar Galactca often used this phrase after a speech, prayer, or other situations.
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Top of page 410
If we let this coup happen, we’ll be burying a lot more in the coming years. Prefect Colark is our last, best hope for peace. We can’t let him fail.
A bit thin I admit, but Babylon 5’s intro always talked about it being “the last, best hope for peace”. In season 3 I think it was, it changed to noting how it had failed.
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Top of page 496
*All right. When in doubt, violence.* Tillman gave the main connectors a hard smack with his wrench. The space lit up, followed by the usual even beeping of the sensor console.
In the movie “Armageddon”, at the end, the shuttle won’t work. So the Russian they picked up grabbed a wrench and started banging on something until it started working. Our family calls this “The Russian Method”.
“This Far, No Farther”
Borrowing Picard’s rant in “First Contact”. “The line must be drawn here. This far, no father. And I, will make them pay, for what they’ve done.”
It’s not just the obvious either. Yarain, and others, have every intention of exacting revenge upon Polaris for their actions.
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Top of page 25;
“No street generators?”...
“We have the parts, finally. We were going to install them Tuesday.”
“Why is it always Tuesday?”
Do I really need to explain this one?
Okay I will. It's a running gag from Star Trek Generations. Three different times, something wasn't going to be added to the Enterprise B until Tuesday. It's a well known meme now, especially among Trek fans.
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Bottom of page 176
Harrison had to stifle a laugh. “No, Ma’am. Hers is, ‘No boom today? There’s always boom tomorrow.’ You stay safe out there, ma’am.“
At the end of the Babylon 5 Episode “The Grail”, Commander Ivanova had this line;
“"No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow...
What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here.
Boom.
Sooner or later.
BOOM!"”
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Bottom of page 273
“And standing on the deck of a carrier in enemy territory isn’t? I must read the rule book again. Well, the sooner begun the sooner it ends. Get me a landing vector.”
More Ivanova, this time from “Soul Hunter”.
“This is not a clear and present danger? I must read the rule book again.”
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Middle of page 283
“The Alamo will be returning to base to prepare for her next operation. You’ll go straight from there to Laney PSC base to begin your training. I have to say, if you continue to perform like you have, you may be one of the rare ones to come out leading a team.”
“Laney PSC Base” is named after a fan that gave me someone to write for when it seemed like I’d never be published. I didn’t want them to not get the book they were still wanting to see, so I kept plugging away at it.
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Chapter 13
Your Shoe, My Size Three Paw
Referencing the name of a mission in Halo 2, “Your ass, my size 24 hoof”.
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Top of page 367
“So say we all,”
The new Battlestar Galactca often used this phrase after a speech, prayer, or other situations.
************************************************************************
Top of page 410
If we let this coup happen, we’ll be burying a lot more in the coming years. Prefect Colark is our last, best hope for peace. We can’t let him fail.
A bit thin I admit, but Babylon 5’s intro always talked about it being “the last, best hope for peace”. In season 3 I think it was, it changed to noting how it had failed.
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Top of page 496
*All right. When in doubt, violence.* Tillman gave the main connectors a hard smack with his wrench. The space lit up, followed by the usual even beeping of the sensor console.
In the movie “Armageddon”, at the end, the shuttle won’t work. So the Russian they picked up grabbed a wrench and started banging on something until it started working. Our family calls this “The Russian Method”.
