Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact, Chapter 1
"Republic Commando 1136 studied every face in line waiting to board the gunships.
Some were helmeted, and some were not, but -- one way or another-- they all had his face. And they were all strangers."
While I do not feel particularly friendly toward Karen Traviss, I will give her credit for her skill in writing military-related topics. She used to be a journalist, or so I hear, so that tracks.
"The loadmaster turned to him. He was one of the very, very few outsiders whom Darman had ever seen working with the Grand Army, a short, wrinkled Duros with a temper to match. 'Are you embarking or what?'
Darman continued wiping his helmet. 'I'm waiting for my mates.'
'You shift your shiny silver backside now,' the loadmaster said irritably. 'I got a schedule.'
Darman carefully brought his knuckle plate just under the loadmaster's chin, and held it there. He didn't need to eject the vibroblade and he didn't need to say a word. He'd made his point."
I'll forgive this one. Darman's just come out of an extremely stressful situation, training or no, and I'm pretty sure he's subconsciously aware that the rest of his squad is dead. Small wonder he's reacting badly.
I'm making note of this because of certain moments in future books. (Jaing's gloves, anyone?)
"The field of barq flowed from silver to ruby as the wind from the southwest bent the ripening grain in waves. It could have been a perfect late-summer day; instead it was turning into one of the worst days of Etain Tur-Muken's life."
Etain, honey, you have no idea.
"'I got bottle of urrqal. You want to have party?' He had a remarkably large vocabulary for a Weequay, all of it centered on his baser needs. 'I fun when you get to know me.'"
Either Etain has some prejudices she needs to sort out, or Hondo is an exceptionally well-spoken and eloquent member of his species.
"'...later, but right now, di'kut, I need you to...okay? Or I'll cut...'"
This is purely to kick off the Di'kut Count.
Di'kut Count: 1
"'I'm Fi,' he said, and held out his hand for shaking. 'So you lost your squad too.'
'Niner,' RC-1309 said without taking the proffered hand."
I just wanted to show Fi and Niner's introduction.
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