Oh my goshhh finally someone Who feels the same as me, like sure Below Zero is good and polished now, but the old dialogues/storyline during the EA1 days were IT, they just had so much more depth and personality! I still got a lot of them from working with the italian translation team, here’s some I love:
1) Alan proposing on the spot the second he saw Robin
AL-AN: for you to stay here
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AL-AN: I can think more efficiently when we are not sharing your language processing unit.
ROBIN: Are you asking me to shut up?
Al-AN: That is another way of putting it
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AL-AN: On our worlds it is not necessary to work, nor possible to starve.
And there is a free flow of information in the network.
ROBIN: So there's no conflict, no pressure... is it as peaceful as it sounds?
AL-AN: Anxiety stems from unpredictability. When we are anxious, we seek greater control.
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4) Alan being butthurt because Robin's not pampering him enough
AL-AN: You are impatient. You dislike my presence.
ROBIN: No, I just value independence. For both of us.
AL-AN: Then why have you not inquired about my status recently?
ROBIN: I'm sorry, Al-An. How are you doing?
ROBIN: How else are you doing?
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5) Savage Marge being savage
PILOT: I don't trust anyone who's too big to fight, or too greedy to buy. Alterra's both.
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6) Interesting Architect beliefs
AL-AN: I am an idea, not a set of physical components.
ROBIN: Then why not just stay safe inside your computers?
AL-AN: The same reason you did not stay safe on your homeworld.
ROBIN: Then why don't we just copy you into a fish?
AL-AN: First, that would reduce my capacities further. Second, you may enjoy having a passenger, but I prefer to drive.
ROBIN: It sounds like you need your independence, and you're asking if I'm willing to help you?
AL-AN: No, I am telling you what to do.
ROBIN: Sam could tell you how rarely that works. Fortunately for you, our needs overlap.
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7) THIS. WHY WAS THIS NOT IN THE GAME
ROBIN: Al-An, can you hear me?
ROBIN: I've been wondering. You came here to extract a cure from a creature that would have gladly given it if only you'd listened to what she needed. Why didn't you just ask for help?
AL-AN: It did not occur to us to listen. We knew how to extract.
AL-AN: We did not want to die. It was too important.
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8) Also just- Jeff and the old storyline. SO much better.
ROBIN: Sam, something's happening in the sky. *The rocket hits the shield and explodes* It's a shield! The rocket's gone!
DIRECTOR: What is happening down there?!
JEFF: Vesper, I am now in control of the planet.
JEFF: Approaching vessels will be destroyed.
DIRECTOR: What do you want?
JEFF: You will remove the Vesper to the next solar system. My colleagues there will supply you with enzyme 42.
JEFF: Because I have destroyed your existing enzyme stores, cut you off from acquiring more, and released the kharaa bacterium onboard your station.
DIRECTOR: Run a medscan! What do you hope to gain by killing us?
JEFF: Don't pretend we're not all here for the same reason.The living architect. You know Robin's been harboring it. You've been waiting your moment to grind it up into profit.
DIRECTOR: You'd risk infecting the whole galaxy?
JEFF: Don't pretend you would not.
DIRECTOR: Then you know I won't retreat.
SAM: Sir, the scan's positive.
DIRECTOR: Cut the transmission. I want that shield down and I want the marines in orbit.
DIRECTOR: And YOU.The moment that shield is down you will be under arrest.
ROBIN: Sam, I had no idea. I'd never put you at risk.
SAM: You've literally done nothing else.
ROBIN: How long have you known?
SAM: I have to go right now.
ROBIN: No, Al-An, there are no sides.
Believing there are is why these idiots are ready to kill each other.
