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'''Vader:''' ''(force-choking him)'' Hmm. Good point. I could just choke ''all'' of the incompetents ''half'' to death. Thank you ever so much. I'll send out a memo.|''[[Darths and Droids]]'' |
'''Vader:''' ''(force-choking him)'' Hmm. Good point. I could just choke ''all'' of the incompetents ''half'' to death. Thank you ever so much. I'll send out a memo.|''[[Darths and Droids]]'' |
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{{quote|This is unsatisfactory. The Emperor expects the best from his troopers, and we need to give him that. Lord Vader has paid personal visits to Navy flights that are not meeting their equipment readiness standards, with predictable results [[Field Promotion|in upwards mobility for junior flight officers]]. I’m sure we don’t want to see anything like that in this unit. |
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|''[https://angrystaffofficer.com/2017/01/22/imperial-executive-officer-addresses-weaknesses-in-his-armor-company/ Imperial Maintenance Memo: Circle X’d AT-ATs]'' on The Angry Staff Officer blog }} |
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Latest revision as of 03:29, 16 September 2018
Vader: What is it, General? |
The Operative: You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords. |
"Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral Pour Encourager Les Autres". (In this country, it is a good idea to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others)
—Voltaire, on the hanging of John Byng for "failure to do his utmost" to defend Minorca.
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"The Revolutionary Government gives you this chance of redeeming your failure, but this one only; if you fail again, your outraged country will know neither pardon nor mercy. Whether you return to France or remain in England, whether you travel North, South, East or West, cross the oceans, or traverse the Alps, the hand of an avenging People will be upon you. Your second failure will be punished by death, wherever you may be, either by the guillotine, if you are in France, or if you seek refuge elsewhere, then by the hand of an assassin. Look to it, Citizen Chauvelin! For there will be no escape this time, not even if the mightiest tyrant on earth tried to protect you, not even if you succeed in building up an empire and placing yourself upon a throne."
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"This organization does not tolerate failure."
—Ernst Stavro Blofeld, You Only Live Twice
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Stockman: The Mousers will be ready when I decide they're ready. My first field test was... |
Grodus: You blew it again, Lord Crump. You sicken me. |
Rita: I will not fail again! |
Grizzaka: Only three Crystal Eyes?! Keep looking! |
Belisarius: I am being generous. The Emperor may forgive the idiots if he decides they are just being stupid. |
Drakath: My lord Sepulchure, I have returned with the White Dragon Box as you demanded. The priests at the Temple of the Four Winds were no match for your undead soldiers under my command. Please, grant me the power of the Necrotic Blade of Doom as you promised. |
I wanna turn this little mistake into a big, fat teachable moment. Will you help me with that?
—Dick Roman, Supernatural, "How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters"
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HYDRA Officer: We fought to the last man! |
Motti: Look, staff competence will never improve as long as you keep killing people for making mistakes. This Moon could have been running ten years ago if I'd been - |
This is unsatisfactory. The Emperor expects the best from his troopers, and we need to give him that. Lord Vader has paid personal visits to Navy flights that are not meeting their equipment readiness standards, with predictable results in upwards mobility for junior flight officers. I’m sure we don’t want to see anything like that in this unit. —Imperial Maintenance Memo: Circle X’d AT-ATs on The Angry Staff Officer blog
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