Starship Troopers (1997)

John Cunningham: Fed Net Announcer

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Newsreel announcer : Young people from all over the globe are joining up to fight for the future.

  Soldier #1 : I'm doing my part.

  Soldier #2 : I'm doing my part.

  Soldier #3 : I'm doing my part.

  Young kid dressed up as a soldier : I'm doing my part too.

  [Soldiers laugh] 

  Newsreel announcer : They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship.

• [last lines] 

  Newsreel announcer : We have the ships. We have the weapons. We need soldiers. Soldiers like Lieutenant Stack Lumbreiser...

  Lt. Lumbreiser : Over the target area now, Captain.

  Newsreel announcer : ...and Captain Carmen Ibanez.

  Carmen : This is the captain speaking. All personnel prepare for drop.

  Newsreel announcer : Soldiers like Private Ace Levy and Lieutenant John Rico.

  Johnny Rico : Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?

  Newsreel announcer : We need you all. Service guarantees citizenship.

• Newsreel announcer : Join the Mobile Infantry and save the Galaxy. Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?

• [Inside an Arachnid study laboratory] 

  Newsreel announcer : Every day, Federal scientists are looking for new ways to kill bugs.

  Carl : Your basic Arachnid warrior isn't too smart, but you can blow off a limb,

  [shoots an Arachnid warrior's limb off] 

  Carl : and it's still 86 percent combat effective. Here's a tip: Aim for the nerve stem, and put it down for good.

  [demonstrates] 

• Newsreel announcer : Young people all over the globe are joining up to save the future.

• Newsreel announcer : Everyone is doing their part. Are you?

• [reporting on the failed invasion of Klendathu] 

  Newsreel announcer : Crisis for humankind. Fleet officials admit they underestimated the Arachnids' defensive capability.

  [switch over to the Federal council] 

  Newsreel announcer : Accepting responsibility for Klendathu, Sky Marshal Dienes resigns. His successor, Sky Marshal Tehat Maru, outlines her new strategy.

  Sky Marshal Tehat Meru : To fight the bug, we must understand the bug. We can ill afford another Klendathu.

  Newsreel announcer : Would you like to know more?

• Fed Net Announcer : Citizen rule. People making a better tomorrow. A murderer was captured this morning and tried today. Sentence, death. Execution tonight at 6:00. All net. All channels. Would you like to know more? Federal studies are being conducted in your community. Would you like to know more? Every school kid knows that Arachnids are dangerous. However, Mormon extremists disregarded Federal warnings, and established Fort Joe Smith deep inside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone. Too late, they realized that Dantanna had already been chosen by other colonist, Arachnids. Would you like to know more?

• Fed Net Announcer : The devastation we are seeing is unparalleled. Judging from early estimates, millions dead, a city in ruins. The meteor was shot out of orbit by bug plasma that derived from Klendathu, the Arachnids' home planet. Nothing lives in what was once called "The Latin Paradise", Buenos Aires has been wiped off the Earth. The Federal Council met moments ago and voted unanimously from mobilisation to destroy the Arachnid threat.

• Fed Net Announcer : Young people from all over the globe are joining up to fight for the future. They're doing their part, are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship. The Bug sent another meteor our way, but this time we're ready. Planetary defenses are better than ever. Klendathu, source of the bug meteor attacks, orbits a twin star system whose brutal gravitational forces produce an unlimited supply of bug meteorites in the form of this asteroid belt. To ensure the safety of our solar system, Klendathu must be eliminated. We break Net now and bring you live to Klendathu where the invasion has begun.

• Fed Net Announcer : Crisis for humankind. Fleet officials admit they underestimated the arachnids defensive capability. Accepting responsibility for Klendathu, Sky Marshal Dienes resigns. His successor Sky Marshal Tahat Meru outlines for new strategy. Would you like to know more? Federal scientists struggle to explain the intelligent military actions of the Arachnids.

• Fed Net Announcer : Out of the ashes of Buenos Aires comes first sorrow, then anger. In Geneva, the Federal Council convenes. Sky Marshal Dienes announces plans for an offensive against Klendathu, source of the bug meteor that destroyed Buenos Aires. Every day Federal scientists are looking for new ways to kill bugs. Would you like to know more? Everyone's doing their part? Are you? The war effort needs your effort at work, at home, in your community. We now break net and take you live to Fleet Battle Station, Ticonderoga, deep inside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone, where the men and women of The Federal Armed Services prepare to attack.

• Fed Net Announcer : What mysteries will the Brain Bug reveal? Federal scientists are working around the clock to probe its secrets. Once we understand the bug, we will defeat it. We have the ships. We have the weapons. We need soldiers. Soldiers like Lieutenant Stack Lumbreiser. And Captain Carmen Ibanez. Soldiers like Private Ace Levy and Lieutenant John Rico. We need you all. Service guarantees citizenship.