Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994 Video Game)

Julian Reyes: Lt. Mitchell 'Vaquero' Lopez

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Quotes 

• [Blair sits down in front of Vaquero, who is playing his guitar] 

  Vaquero : [quickly putting the guitar down and saluting]  Oh, uh, good day, sir.

  Blair : At ease, Lieutenant, carry on.

  Vaquero : Sorry, sir. It's Rockero from the Celeste system. You can tell a lot about a system from its music, you know? Some places, it's all minor chords, makes you just wanna run out and do a suicide mission. But this is bright, heats your blood, makes you want to live a long life.

  Blair : Yeah, are you a pilot, Lieutenant, or a musician?

  Vaquero : Oh, I'm a pilot, sir. Pretty good one, too, check my kill scores. But my family, they made guitars for many generations. I've got one that's almost two hundred years old. The sound just keeps getting richer... Someday I'm going to open a cantina and bring in the best to play that guitar, a place for old fighter jocks like you and me.

  Blair : Well, you better line up some other customers. Might not be many of us left.

  Vaquero : Oh, yeah, it'll be open to one and all. And me, I'll just sit back, gaze at the beautiful women, and listen to the music.

  Blair : It's a nice dream, Vaquero. Hang on to it.

  Vaquero : You bet, sir. Some of these guys, they actually like the killing. Me, I'll just walk away when this is all over.

• Hobbes : [trying to explain Thrakhath's message]  Kilrathi believe always that war is psychological. It is a contest of wills as much as weapons.

  Vaquero : Talking trash is all I call it.

  Hobbes : It is the politics of superiority. Not perhaps one of my race's more admirable social constructs.

  Cobra : Social constructs! A pack of animals with admirable social constructs.

• Vaquero : [whenever he destroys a Kilrathi fighter]  Eat shit and die, Gato!