"Death is certain, its hour uncertain"
- Unknown Author

"In war, risk. So too in life"
– Analects of the Raata Empire

"Let the stars be the target of your arrows, that you may strike all your foes under them."
– Analects of the Raata Empire

"High command need more time to complete the evacuation. We shall provide."
- Admiral Yakiya Tovil-Toba's personal log entry #21A231. CE 23155.3.7

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.”
- Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104

"So it goes somewhere in the Analects. In other words, make sure of your own info before committing, and if you can stop the other guy from knowing what the hell is going on, so much the better. It's basic but you'd be surprised how often people will jump into a fight without thinking it through."
– Muryia Mordu, quoting the Analects of the Raata Empire

"Use a cloak of deception whenever it suits the purpose of power. The corrupted faith holds deceit to be among the greatest of sins. In this, as in so much, they are false to themselves and to the system of this world. The truth of power is all that we need. Use that truth alone and care not for pious prattle of those who are weaker in spirit and purpose. If you must hide for the greater work, hide. If you must lie for the greater work, lie. If you must deny me and our truth for the greater work, deny me."
– Omir Sarikusa, Meditations on a Crimson Chalice

"Terror and murder are tools that serve our great work well but only fools mistake them for ends in themselves. When an atmosphere of unremitting fear is to our purpose, by all means we should horrify and cow the weak with the ferocity of slaughter we bring to their pitiful communities. Even still, the greatest terror can be evoked with the hidden blade and subtle whispers from the shadows unseen. The Great Truth can only be approached by those who master all the ways of power: bloodthirsty fools and unreasoning murderers can never make progress on our path."
– Omir Sarikusa, Meditations on a Crimson Chalice