- Col. John 'Slim' Griffin: The rulebook is very clear about tinkering with Starcom property.
- Col. James 'Dash' Derringer: What does it say?
- Col. John 'Slim' Griffin: It says: Don't!
- Col. James 'Dash' Derringer: We can't just let the SHADO force steal our satellite.
- Col. Paul 'Crowbar' Corbin: Let 'em have it! It didn't work anyway.
- Gen. Von Dar: I'm through taking orders from him.
- Prof. Malvanna Wilde: [stops him going; murmuring] I too am tired of taking orders from Emperor Dark. But there is a way to break free of him.
- Gen. Von Dar: Starcom's defense satellite?
- Prof. Malvanna Wilde: With it we can smash Starcom. Then we'll use their vehicles and weapons to break free of Dark.
- Col. John 'Slim' Griffin: [arguing over their disconnecting the satellite for repairs without permission or backup procedures] According to the book, we...
- Col. James 'Dash' Derringer: According to the book it shouldn't have been firing at us in the first place.
- Prof. Malvanna Wilde: [of the stolen property] How dare they give me a broken satellite! I'll make them sorry them ever invented it.