Essential Lore - Quotes - The Exodus Archives

![[essential lore quotes.png]] *Published on October 8th, 2023* *Updated on March 18th, 2024* --- Hey there, Comet here! Back when Season 5: New Dawn released, new quotes from characters and organizations appeared on the loading screens. In this blog post, I compiled all of the quotes for easy reference. **Update on March 18th, 2024:** With the impending release of Season 7: Turning Point tomorrow, I've collected new quotes present in livestreams from various creators. These quotes are from the following: - America United News - AOS - AUN Anchor - Blackburn - Boreas Security - Guardia del Pueblo - Morales - Nayomi - O’Higgins - Shearwater Lithium Industries - Thousand Petals Coalition - Unit 86 - Valkyrie There are also new quotes from existing entities, which I have split up between *released with Season 5* or *released with Season 7.* --- ### America United News - “In search of the truth. Wherever it may lead us.” - “When the world speaks, we listen. Share your story with us today.” - “The America United News network is proudly made possible thanks to government funding, grants, and viewers like you.” ### Angel **Released with Season 7:** - “I have no sympathy for the Thousand Petals Coalition’s agenda. They claimed they were like the No-Pats, forgotten and abandoned. We never carried anger like this.” - “Trapped in the echo chamber of the 9th Battalion, it’s terrifying how easy one can be indoctrinated by the hate, hidden under by the veil of ‘enlightenment.’” **Released with Season 5:** - "Boris is a good gunner, but I'd rather have him drive. He's escorted me through some true hellholes. Debris and mud everywhere. Not a single road to be seen." - "I've lost count the number of times I've patched up the Exodus. She's a tough ship. Like her crew." - "I saw up close the machine Oz built. The engineer in me is excited. The rest is terrified." - "Arkangel shines too bright. A whole company made out of chrome. Bet as soon as you scratch the surface, something ugly is underneath." - "I started taking my pay in scrap parts whenever the Exodus has contracts in India. No better place to fix the old girl up." ### AOS - “They call themselves Unit 86 now, but I remember their names. Printed in my memory like lines of gold on a CPU.” - “New command input. Engage. Initiate test trial. Constructing new parameters.” - “Error - reestablish contact with administrator. Where are you? Who are you?” - "A.O.S. is not a person, it's a machine." ### AUN Anchor - “Scientists in Chile have taken advantage of increased rainfall to start expanding the underground Aquifer, raising hopes of restoring regular water access in the region.” - “Chile has become an unexpected flashpoint in a resource war plaguing the West.” ### Arkangel **Released with Season 7:** - “It is worth highlighting Boreas’ research in this field promises revolutionary developments and heralds a paradigm shift in infantry warfare.” - “There is no future without water and, with Arkangel’s support, Chile is leading the way into tomorrow.” - “We condemn any and all attacks on Arkangel’s infrastructure. The penalty for such an act risks jeopardizing our global neutrality.” - “With our mining operations across South America, we power the weather satellites that allow us to shape a future humanity deserves.” - "Chile now plays a crucial role in providing water for industrial and public utilities use across North, Central, and South America." **Released with Season 5:** - "People fear the acceleration of technology, that humanity's reach exceeds its grasp. But we're building a future where humankind and tech hybridize perfectly." - "Is your workforce manifesting its full potential? If not, let us help you achieve unprecedented success." - "Spearheading the ascension of humanity, one step at a time." - "Progressio in pace. Ascensio in bello. In peace, evolution. In war, ascension." ### Bergman - "Nordvik was always meant to transform the world. I just never imagined it would happen this way." - "Boreas? That's an old investment. But if any other project were ever to come back to haunt us, it would be that one." - “We can only keep the Americans in the dark for so long. Once they know of our involvement with project Silver Spear everything changes." ### Blackburn - “Nordvik underestimated me. If I have my way, no one will ever do that again.” - “Sacrifices must be made. Throughout human history nothing great has ever been achieved without them.” - "Who doesn't know Irish and the famed Exodus No-Pats? Arkangel will offer Gambit Squad a lucrative clean-up contract. If they fail, well... there's always her." - “Whether it be as a decorated soldier for my country or running a best-in-class PMO, everything I’ve done in my life has been to serve others.” - “Project Pallas is the future. We’ve got to go beyond flesh and blood.” - “Boreas’ advanced prosthetics program has changed the lives of thousands of injured soldiers and is now helping countless civilians across the globe.” - "A Geist dies in soldier's place. Isn't that better? Better than the hell we keep putting each other through?" - "Your name is AOS. Your objective is to protect Boreas. Your objective is to create our future." ### Blasco **Released with Season 7:** - “Chile sold its soul to secure its own Shearwater weather satellite. Add it to the list of bowing to corporate interests.” - “Who does Guardia del Pueblo protect? The Chilean people or private corporations? I can’t speak to their past, I only see their actions now. Better late than never.” - “El Alicanto’s community had always been one of peace. It took the Arkangel Riots for that to change.” **Released with Season 5:** - "Cape Town was a warning to Wolff. My enemies should have the chance to reconsider before they meet me in person." - "I run Leviathan Division's selection process. If you want to know more, then sign up." - "Irish looks after his people. Look at what the Exodus has accomplished in the face of impossible odds. She's almost as fine as the Impávido." - "Seeing the Dark Market ship in Panama kills something inside me. They're making money hand over fist in the cradle that should have kept millions alive." - "Are you a reporter? No, I don't talk to press." ### Boreas Security - “They warned me there was some fuck-up shit going on in those labs. Nothing prepares you for what you’ll see.” ### Boris - "No-Pats place too much faith in Oz. When it really matters, he will let them down.” - "Angel will fix something better than he found it, but he needs someone looking over his shoulder. The man would strap a jet engine to an AK-47 if you let him." - "Czechia has a lot of bad blood spilled at that factory. The Nova Group and Moravian Guard will fight until not a single drop is left between them." - "Everyone gets up in arms about the Dark Market, but there's always been gunrunners. They just have better branding. And who doesn't like black and red?" - “When it comes to assassinations, Wolff is clearly an amateur. He should speak to my countrymen about how to do it properly.” ### Casper - "If it means protecting our homeland, I'll fight wherever Oz sends me." - "Never thought I'd have faith in a man like Oz, but Zain convinced me. He sees a real future for the No-Pats. I'd forgotten what that kind of hope feels like." - "Some think killing from a distance is easy. All depends who's looking down the scope." - "You can't just ask a sniper his favorite scope. It depends on the terrain, the wind, the target." - "I grew up in a different part of South Africa, but seeing what we've built on the Richtersveld, it's becoming a home. Something I thought I'd never have again." - "I've shot with iron sights as easily as thermals. Use the right tool for the job." ### Crawford **Released with Season 7:** - “You can only bury secrets so deep in the sand. Someone will always come digging.” - "Can't blame the Brotherhood for their anger. If someone threatened to take away everything you knew and loved, wouldn't you do everything to protect it?" - "Without O'Higgins and the Brotherhood of Night, El Alicanto would have fallen long ago. It's admirable, really." **Released with Season 5:** - "I miss the old showroom. Panama's display was something else. It was so clean and organized inside, you could think you were in the old world again." - "No, I'm not talking about the goddamn Council. Are you mental? They're predators. Rather keep out of their jaws, myself." - "The Warmaker's always ready to do business." - "It's nice being a No-Pat. At least when you're a mercenary, no one's concerned about the state of your loyalties. Cash is the trade – nice and simple." - "Wolff’s got some dirty secrets alright. In our line of work, who hasn’t." ### Dozer - "I'd protect Irish with my life, gladly. It's not easy being the man in charge." - "Every day I'm grateful that the war never reached my home in Mexico. But I always wonder, why were we the lucky ones?" - "I'll say one thing about Crawford, man knows his guns." - "I spent a week on Blasco's ship. Nice to have someone to speak the mother tongue with. We had a shooting contest out on the deck. Don't ask who won." - "Damn right I'm superstitious about this shield. You won’t catch me fighting without it." ### Dr. Voros - "Call me naive, but I believe in Oz. He looked at the world in crisis, and saw a chance to undo decades of damage." - "The Shearwater test in Egypt was a success. But it will be for nothing if we do not win the battle in South Africa." - "I am not helping Oz so I can sleep better at night. I don't deserve forgiveness for what I did. It's what I do next that counts." - "Operation Steadfast Refuge should've been my greatest achievement. Its failure will haunt me for as long as I draw breath." - "Burying the truth about the Blackout has done the world a grave injury." - "Of course the United States won't admit to the Blackout. It was my mistake, but it's their international reputation." ### Falck **Released with Season 7:** - “That Boreas facility in Scotland… everything I hear about it haunts me. No-Pats repurposed into the fuel for machines. We’re just fodder for them, aren’t we?” **Released with Season 5:** - “If I have the chance to find my son, no matter how small, I will take it. Surely you understand?" - "Zain is a good, sensible man. But seeing him, how young he is, reminds me that my generation didn't stop this war. What has all our bloodshed accomplished?" - "The Moravian Guard have something their enemies do not: hope. It is why they will win in the end." - "You want to go in again? I'm still patching up the last squad." - "I've patched up Irish for years now. We're comrades, of course, but he's also family. We understand each other." ### Guardia del Pueblo - “Through the spirit of Trentren Vilu, we are charged with protecting our land, our people, our humanity.” ### Irish - "Can't believe I ever thought we could stop all this in Doha. Satellite didn't mean shit. Both sides were gunning for a fight no matter what." - "I know the Exodus is just a ship at the end of the day. But I can't help pinning all of my hopes on her. If she ever sinks, I probably will too." - "What would I do without Maria? Bleed out, probably. We're both old heads, but fighting side by side with Falck, I can hold out at least another decade." - "Hannah? No, I can't talk about her. Doesn't matter how many years it's been." - "Oz? I want to shake his hand and punch him in the mouth at the same time. But making a difference means setting aside old grudges and old mistakes." ### Lis - "I spent a month embedded in the jungle with Casper once. Nice guy. We had a lot more in common than I ever expected." - "Most people don't like fighting in the cold, but something about snow brings clarity. Can't forget how much blood we spill when it ruins that white horizon." - "I was glad to see the Steadfast facility destroyed. Just a shame it wasn't by my hand." - "We don't talk much, but Blasco helped me put together a memorial for my unit on the Exodus. She understands what it's like to lose people you care about." - “If you want me to be honest – fuck the Dark Market. They infected Poland like a cancer. I’ll never forgive them for that.” ### Mackay - "Not sure I'll ever get used to living on a ship. But Exodus is home. When you think about it like that, I'm luckier than most." - "I'd almost given up hope we'd ever pull ourselves outta this fucking mess. Then I found the Exodus. I saw we still had a chance." - "The grapple's custom. Everyone in my old unit thought I'd lost my mind when I started swinging around on it, but hey, genius is never recognized in its time." - "Black Ridge sticks like a knife in my gut. That's where it all went wrong, isn't it? First the satellites, then our future." - "I'll be honest, Sundance scares the shit out of me. But if you want something - or someone - gone fast, they'll take care of it." ### Morales - “Viva Atacama, mierde! Those are the words of the Brotherhood. Those are our words today!” ### Nayomi - “The Thousand Petals Coalition speak for the nations the superpowers choose to ignore. We will make our voices heard and you will listen.” ### Nordvik - "We are Nordvik: potential is infinite." - "Our autonomous munitions production factory is the finest in the world. Book your tour in Sweden today." - "We are proud to represent the cutting edge of warfare in theaters everywhere. This is why we sell to all armed forces. Neutral business is good business." ### O’Higgins - “You may see this battle as just another in your never-ending war. But to us, the people of the Atacama, this is a war for our very survival.” ### Oz **Released with Season 7:** - “The formation of the Thousand Petals Coalition is what happens when we deprive those nations what others freely possess. They feel they have no choice but to fight for their existence.” - "The Skullcaps, the Brotherhood of Night, the GDP, do not become pawns to East and West. The time has come for you to forge your own destinies. Seize it." - "There is a new world being made, and at last we can all have a hand in making it." **Released with Season 5:** - "For so long, Silver Spear felt like a distant dream. But the moment clear rain fell in Namaqualand, I knew our sacrifices were well worth the cost." - "I hope I've been able to make amends with Irish. I understand his hesitance and his anger. If I could have prevented a lot of our past conflicts, I would have." - "I had a dream that I could one day rebuild this land. I would walk the desert and leave an Eden in my wake." - "F.A.L.T. is the worst excesses of American intervention. An endless budget tied to militant agents responsible to no one, but who can sabotage anyone they choose." - "Wellspring destroyed my village, my family, my life. But they were only a symptom of a much more virulent and damaging disease." - "Rasheed has an eye for what the world could become, and the strength to see those changes made real. He calls me his mentor, but I am pleased to call him a friend." - "The future lives in soldiers like Rasheed Zain. He's far more sensible than I was at his age." - "Every border carved into this world has killed countless people. And where does that leave those who live outside the lines?" - "So long as corporations and governments conspire to tear indigenous people apart, we are at war. And it is a war I plan to win." - "No-Pats are punished for their lack of allegiance to nations that no longer protect them. Why do we suffer for the scars that others have caused?" ### Paik **Released with Season 7:** - “It started in Czechia. The transmission, the Arkangel cargo. It led us to a Boreas lab. A tomb.” **Released with Season 5:** - “Rao and I have fixed up a lot of tech together. Between the two of us, we have eyes almost anywhere in the world.” - "I was on the Doha op, I saw what it meant to Irish to stop this war. It's why he hasn't backed down ever since." - "I can find intel on anyone. But Oz - he's done a good job at hiding his past." - "Encrypted messages? I don't know what you're talking about. Don't pay so much attention to rumors." - "Every bullet that goes through a Songdo window, I feel it. Like it's my responsibility." ### Rao **Released with Season 7:** - “The No-Pat News Network turned Oz from criminal to celebrity - along with the rest of the Exodus specialists. Whether that’s a good or bad thing, I’ll let history decide.” **Released with Season 5:** - “We suffered many casualties when Oz attacked us on the Exodus. That blood is on his hands.” - “I worry about our operational security a lot. No-Pats working with different codes, systems, encryptions. It's easy for a vulnerability to slip through." - "The advancements Arkangel have made in robotics an AI are extraordinary. With the right application they could change the world." - "It's hard when someone recognizes me in Alang. I never know which reputation has reached them first." - "Shearwater's code caused so much damage, but it only needed a few changes for the better. How many other catastrophes could have been averted the same way?" ### Reed **Released with Season 7:** - “No-Pats don’t vanish overnight… They leave for new contracts, for family, or even out of boredom, but they don’t disappear for no good reason.” - “At first seemingly innocuous, the village of El Alicanto harbors a secret – access to one of the largest aquifers in the world.” **Released with Season 5:** - “No, I’m not deleting that recording. Quit asking!” - "It might just be my voice you hear on the Reed Report, but I've got a dedicated team behind me making it happen. I couldn't do it without them." - "Embedding with the Exodus was... interesting. The No-Pats eventually treated me like one of their own, but fighting ten wars at once was exhausting." - "I'm not saying what Oz did was right. I just report the facts. But maybe I've had the wrong idea about this fight from the beginning." - “The Intel Wars episode is when everything changed. All thanks to the No-Pats. Guess they felt like someone was finally telling their story.” ### Shearwater Lithium Industries - “There would be no Shearwater program without lithium ore. At Shearwater Lithium Industries we strive to maximize our output while leaving the smallest ecological footprint.” ### Sundance - "Would I go back to Paris? Probably not. But delivering one of those weather machines there would be funny. Sundance the savior. Can you imagine?" - "Never play poker with Paik. I know Casper's tells and Crawford is an open book, but Ji-Soo will rip you apart with that little smile on her face. No mercy." - "Arkangel? Just another mafia, if you ask me. No one tries to keep their reputation that clean unless bodies are buried under the floor." - “I don’t give killing a lot of thought. My experience, the ones that do don’t last long.” - “You wouldn’t believe the speeds I’ve clocked in that wingsuit. Enemy never stands a chance.” ### The Broker **Released with Season 7:** - “Batista was as great a leader as the Liquidators ever had. At least, until his costly mistake in Panama, which saw the Sparrow lose her star prisoner.” **Released with Season 5:** - "Orders for munitions far outstrip requests for medicine, food, clothing. If someone viewed humanity from a distance, they'd think we eat and drink spent brass." - "The Dark Market is maligned for its methods, but who else fills these gaps in the world? A bullet delivered at the right time saves lives." - "Who am I? A voice in the shadows. The rest doesn't matter. Were someone to kill me in the next five minutes, another Broker would be live by minute six." ### The Dragon - “I'm not interested in which side is right or wrong. I'm interested in power. I'll work with whoever it takes to get it." - "The ones you elect aren't the ones in charge, they're puppets - for people like me." - "No country likes bringing home dead soldiers. I've got a long line of No-Pat fighters that says you never have to." ### The Jaguar - “People act as if the price of commerce changes every year, but the way I see it, there’s either more blood or less. The math isn’t complicated.” - "Without my patronage, Warmaker would be just another petty gun runner. He would do well to remember who made him." - "As long as war exists, I will gladly sell weapons to wage it." ### The Sparrow - "I will build a prison of lies and convince them all they are free." - "Everything devolves towards chaos. I just lend a helping hand." - "Nothing beats watching your enemies tear one another to pieces." ### Thousand Petals Coalition - “Our anger is not without merit. You denied us the chance to contribute to the world. So now you contribute to ours.” ### Unit 86 - “We were No-Pats once. But that was a dream. Now the dream is over… and we are awake.” - “The suffering we endured will be inflicted on them tenfold.” ### Valkyrie - “I might just be a voice to you, but the organization I answer to? You’ve heard the whispers. We follow the dead.” - “Irish, if you’re out there, we need your help.” ### Wolff - “Leviathan Squad is a boogeyman. They thrive off ambushes to terrorize stronger forces - but respect where respect is due: most of the time, it works.” - “A true patriot will take the fall for his country. I don't regret anything l've done to stop Oz. Why would I?” - "Am I surprised Crawford aligned himself with the No-Pats? The man's a survivor. Plus, he hasn't got a loyal bone in his body." - "Nordvik feigns being the middle man, but no one's truly neutral in wartime. American investment has been influencing their weapon development for years now." - "Loyiso is a man capable of incredible damage, but can't let go of a young boy's hope. No one gets to be the hero in this day and age, yet he persists." - "Between Graves and Blasco, we're going to end up with a floating No-Pat city in the middle of the ocean. If they weren't so useful, we'd sink the whole fleet." - "The Foreign Activities Liaison Team is fully aligned with American objectives. I don't know where you heard otherwise." - "The Dark Market continues to support the most extreme militarized factions in the world. They're an unequivocal threat to global order." - "Oz isn't seeking vengeance for his home. He wants a revolution to rip the mooring out of every major superpower and leave nothing behind." - "There is a growing rift between Oz and specialists onboard the Exodus. I plan to exploit that divide and use it to further American interests." ### Zain - “I have my reservations about the Dark Market, but Crawford is a good man. Even if he wants everyone else to think otherwise." - "Kalila, Dimnah, and Rawzbah - loyal rangers and even fiercer warriors. I miss them." - "Never challenge my faith in Oz. He's done more than all of us combined." - "I still have nightmares about being trapped under that rubble. I lost many things that day. But I gained so much more." - "Africa has been plundered and exploited for generations. No longer. I take pride in seeing so many of my fellow No-Pats united in our goals for the Richtersveld."