Quotes for
Lt. Shane Vansen (Character)
from "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995)

"Space: Above and Beyond: R & R (#1.19)" (1996)

Capt. Shane Vansen: Lookin' for action. I'm a dead-stroke player going strong for the cheese. Won't fade with the nits or sharks. Got no time for hustles, lemonading, or stalling. Now, *who* in this room has the... *heart* to show me their speed?
Handsome Alvin: [like Clint Eastwood] They call me Handsome Alvin. This is my house. And in my house, attitudes like yours... get spanked.
Capt. Shane Vansen: Sounds like you got the plums... Alvin. Rack 'em.

Lt. Nathan West: I'm a hot pilot. Best there is on this ship after...
Capt. Shane Vansen: Me.
Lt. Nathan West: McQueen.

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"Space: Above and Beyond: Pilot (#1.1)" (1995)

Gunnery Sergeant Frank Bougus: Your current orders are to take 48 hours leave.
Lt. Nathan West: Ship us out, sir!
Capt. Shane Vansen: Sir, why have we been under accelerated training if we are not going to be used?
Gunnery Sergeant Frank Bougus: Listen! All we know is what you found last week! We have no idea what lies ahead! We know basically nothing about the enemy - numbers, weapons, tactics! That is why we have been LOSING and LOSING BADLY in every battle of this war!
[quietly]
Gunnery Sergeant Frank Bougus: Don't be in such a hurry. My advice: go home. See your families. It could be the last time.

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"Space: Above and Beyond: Sugar Dirt (#1.21)" (1996)

Lt. Vanessa Damphousse: Saratoga, this is Demios. Request response to request for air cover. Situation deteriorating... Many units in retreat... Airfield in jeopardy of being taken. Many casualties, request response.
Lt. Price: Demios, this is the Saratoga...
Commodore Glen van Ross: [interrupts the LT to speak to the troops being left behind] Lieutenant. Marines, this is Commodore Ross of the USS Saratoga. We remain proud of you. Due to security reasons, I am unable to explain this painful directive. Due to the fortunes of war... Black Forest. I say again, Black Forest.
Capt. Shane Vansen: [Vansen interprets the code] No air support.
Commodore Glen van Ross: Red Sea. Red Sea...
Capt. Shane Vansen: [Vansen interprets again] No ground reinforcement.
Commodore Glen van Ross: You are encouraged, but not so ordered, to continue to engage the enemy. If, however, your positions become untenable, you are authorized to surrender. Semper Fidelis, and may God be with you always.

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"Space: Above and Beyond: Hostile Visit (#1.8)" (1995)

Capt. Shane Vansen: It's November 19th. Sunday back home. Sundays this time of year, I used to lay in bed and watch the morning football game. And then I'd go out when the sun was just... right. Golden. Autumn. I grew up in San Diego, and people say that there are no change of seasons in California, but... there are. I could always feel it. Always. There is just this... cold, inevitable edge in the air. The light, the colors... it's as if the Earth were letting you know that Summer was gone. There's no getting it back. Winter's coming and there's nothing that you can do to escape it. A lot of people say that they fall in love in the Spring. Not me. I always fell in love in Autumn. It is just the most... romantic... sexy... desperate... And I'll never see it again. This enemy could kill every last person on Earth and there would still be Autumn. But I'm going tomorrow morning to make sure that there is always someone there to feel it.

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