Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) - Quotes

Tembo: [''As Kalo suddenly breaks off their pursuit of Nell and Shad''] Why are we slowing down?

Sador: [''In "Hammerhead's" sick bay, preparing himself for surgery, intimidatingly''] Are you capable of speech?

Nestor 2: [''Unfazed''] Yes, quite capable.

Sador: Good. And do you have a high tolerance for pain?

Nestor 2: Almost none at all, I'm afraid.

Sador: How unfortunate for you. How many ships do the Akira have, and what are their capabilities?

Nestor 2: If I told you that, it would give you an unfair advantage.

Sador: This is my surgeon, Dako. Dako is expert at inflicting pain... while keeping the patient alive.

Nestor 2: It is good to have skills.

Cayman: [''Cayman's ship "Zymer" charges "Hammerhead"''] Sador? This is Cayman of the Lambda Zone. Turn around, you overaged degenerate, and we'll bump heads!

Sador: What do you make our force field at?

Yago: A ten-six.

Sador: And what do you make HIS at?

Yago: It's an elite Trianzymer - ten-two.

Sador: Of what form are you, Cayman?

Cayman: I am of the Lazuli.

Sador: I thought I had the honor of making that form extinct, long ago! I won't fail this time! Here I come, Cayman of the Lambda Zone

Yago: [''As "Hammerhead", Sador's dreadnaught, is approaching Akir''] This is Akir, a planet of stone with a single green spot.

Sador: Let's see it. What about their forms?

Yago: Comparable with ours. They have a solar technology. No known defense capacity.

Sador: Interesting. Let's check that.

Cayman: [''Shad and the mercenaries arrive on Akir, seemingly deserted''] HAIL THE CONQUERING HEROES!

Shad: I'm sorry. I think they must be afraid.

Cayman: Afraid? Of what?

Shad: Of you. They're not accustomed to violence or violent forms.

Saint-Exmin: That's a hell of a note!

Cowboy: [''Upon seeing Gelt's ship approach''] Here comes somebody else. Who's that?

Shad: [''Switching over to Gelt''] Do you want your name used?

Gelt: My name is Gelt.

Cowboy: Where ya from, Gelt? I'm from Earth. Know where that is?

Gelt: I was born in space.

Cowboy: Oh, well, put in between us. I'll cover you.

Cowboy: Okay, you keep a scanner on our tail.

Gelt: I always do.

Saint-Exmin: I could do wonders for that boy. I would recharge his capacitators... stimulate his solenoid... tingle dingle dangle prangle his transistors! You know... sex!

Nanelia: I can't imagine what it must be like.

Saint-Exmin: Stick with me. You'll get an education.

Cayman: [''Upon meeting Shad for the first time''] I'm only in this for Sador. I want his head.

Shad: [''Surprised''] Oh. Well, you're welcome to it.

Saint-Exmin: [''Having just bested Shad and Nell in a dogfight''] The Valkyrie are great warriors. In our youth, we must leave home and fight in many battles until we have proven ourselves.

Shad: Well, you've proven yourself to be a pain in the neck. So why don't you just... fly off?

Saint-Exmin: But I wish to fight.

Shad: [''Exasperatedly''] My PLANET is in danger, and you're playing TAG with me! Your ship is like a toy; you have no firepower.

Saint-Exmin: It's one of the fastest in the universe.

Shad: Well, the Varda teach us that "swift rain is little rain.

Saint-Exmin: But I WANT to join.

Shad: [''He breaks off communications with her''] But we don't want you, we don't need you, and we won't have you, so go count your coup somewhere else.

Nell: You were a little harsh, weren't you?

Shad: You saw her. She was PLAYING with me.

Nell: Yes... and she WON.

Sador: [''Nell self-destructs near "Hammerhead's" stellar converter, which backfires''] Monitor the converter axis!

Dako: Malmori: It's destabilizing, reaching critical! We're all gonna die!

Sador: [''His dreadnaught begins to disintegrate around him''; ''He vanishes brilliantly, along with "Hammerhead"''] That can't be! I'm going to live forever! I wanted to live forever!

Shad: Did you know that there's a form in the black galaxy who's children have no immune system till the age of five cycles? That means that the slightest trace of infection they would rot just like fallen fruit.

Talking Android: I have heard of them. The Huddites.

Nanelia: Who asked you?

Shad: When they reach the age of five cycles, all the relatives gather together in a special room, and they watch while the child tears and bites at this plastoid with its teeth and nails, till it breaks out into the arms of its parents, feels their skin for the first time, feels the wetness on their cheeks for the first time.

Talking Android: [''To Nanelia, realizing what Shad's up to''] It's horrible out there. Forms preying on other forms. Death.

Shad: Most of them never do develop immunities. They die shortly afterwards, but the Huddites still feel that the breaking out ceremony is very beautiful.

Cayman: [''To Shad''] See you later, hot blood.

Saint-Exmin: [''To Shad''] Yeah, see you later, hot blood.

Nestor 1: We are Nestor.

Shad: All of you?

Nestor 1: [''Speaking of himself and the four behind him''] This is but a facet. These are but facets. There are hundreds of thousands like us at home and scattered throughout the universe. We are Nestor.

Shad: You're clones.

Nestor 1: In a manner of speaking. We share identical consciousness. What one sees, all see. What one knows, all know.

Shad: And all of you want to help us?

Nestor 1: These five facets, yes. Four of us are required to operate this ship.

Shad: What about the fifth?

Nestor 1: We always carry a spare.

Akira Governor: No-no, listen to me. We don't know how. We live by the Varda; the Varda is not to fight. The Akira haven't fought for centuries!

Zed: I have fought... and I am a scion of Akir!

Akira Governor: And you are on old man.

Zed: I have lasted this long by fighting!

Akira Governor: We are all going to be killed. We are defenseless!

Zed: To fight creatures of violence, you must use creatures of violence.

Cowboy: Welcome, Nestor. I'm from Earth. Ever hear of it?

Nestor 1: No, but we are pleased to meet you.

Nanelia: The Sonar Tank. They're wearing sound baffles in case they get in front of it. Even if we plug our ears, we can't get any closer.

Cowboy: [''To the nearby Kelvin, who are trying to get his attention''] Will you two radiators stand back? It's hard enough to think!

Nestor 1: It seems they're volunteering.

Cowboy: Yeah, what can THEY do?

Nestor 1: Well, for one thing, the Kelvin have no ears.

Nestor 1: [''Eating a hot dog for the first time''] There's no dog in this.

Cowboy: Uh-uh.

Nestor 1: [[w:Hydrolyzed vegetable protein|Hydrolyzed vegetable protein; [w:soybean|soybean meal; [w:niacin|niacin; [w:dextrose|dextrose; [w:sodium nitrate|sodium nitrate flavoring] ], ], ], ], and ].

Cowboy: Yup, that's what we call "meat" back home.

Cowboy: [''After seeing Gelt blast a ship''] Beautiful. I love to see a pro work!

Shad: He's got a lot of practice. Nell, I think we may have bought ourselves a chance! Let's head to the surface!

Saint-Exmin: [''After a dogfight against the Malmori''] Shad, did you see me on the monitor? There was a drone right on my tail. I pulled out; he smashed into an asteroid!

Shad: [''Grimly''] Let me tell you something. This may just be a game to you, but these are my people.

Saint-Exmin: I'm sorry. I forgot about your Varda. I am from a warrior race. We EXIST for battle. Our creed is to live fast, fight well, and have a beautiful ending.

Shad: [''Looking her in the eyes''] NO violent ending is beautiful.

Saint-Exmin: [''Smiling''] You've never seen a Valkyrie go down.

Gelt: [''Gelt dies''] What a place to end up - a minor planet in a third-rate galaxy.

Shad: Have somebody prepare a meal.

Crew member: A meal?

Shad: Full course, then bury it with him.

Crew member: Bury it?

Shad: That was our arrangement: A meal and a place to hide.

Shad: [''In Gelt's lair and treasure chamber''] I'm hiring mercenaries to protect against an invasion, but food and shelter is all we can offer in payment. All of our wealth is in our culture.

Gelt: I could buy your planet ten times over with what I've gathered in this room: plutonium, cadmium, qualine crystals... I've been very well paid for my work.

Shad: I'm sorry. I've wasted your time.

Gelt: NO! Wait. Listen to the rest of it, I sleep with my back to the wall... when I CAN sleep. I eat serpents seven times a week. There's not a major city in this galaxy where I can show my face, or spend my wealth. Right now, your offer looks very attractive to me... A meal, and a place to hide.

Saint-Exmin: [[w:Valkyrie|Valkyrie; ''She implodes her ship''] I am Saint Exmin of the ]. It's been a very enjoyable fight.

Shad: [''Quoting Saint-Exmin, mesmerized by her action''] Live fast, fight well, and have a beautiful ending.

Sador: Hear me, beings of Akir: I am Sador of the Malmori. I have come with my forces to conquer you. If you resist, I will crush you. I possess a stellar converter, the most powerful weapon in the universe. You cannot resist me. I want your planet to be my colony. Your harvest comes in seven risings of your red giant. I will return then, and you will accept me as your master. If you do not submit, your planet and all life on it will be burned to ash.

Cowboy: [''To Lux, lovingly''] You pretty thing.

Nell: 30 seconds and counting, Zed. 29, 28, 27, 24, 15, 22... did I... did I say 15?

Nestor 1: [''Nestor explains why "he" would like to participate in the Malmor-Akir War''] You see, there is only one Nestor, one consciousness. As you might imagine, this has proven very lonely, very dull. We must avoid becoming... we believe you have a phrase for it... becoming "bored to death.

Nestor 1: While life exists, the possibilities are unlimited.

Shad: The Varda teach us that each form has its function.

Shad: The First Law of the Varda is to use greater force against itself.

Shad: Nanelia, the Akira believe that no form ends until all the lives that it has touched are ended, until all the good that it has done is gone.

Lux: [''To the mercenaries''] The Varda teach us to trust first and judge later. I'm sorry for the reception you've got. Welcome to our city, Defenders of Akir!