These first two episodes have had opening Quotations from Yin Man-Wei. I personally like these quotations they are quite interesting and set an intigueing background for the series. And since the official Andromeda site changed the quote to the one from the second episode, it seems that they are here to stay. I say hooray.

I like the quotes myself and thought they were a good edition to the series.

I like the quotes, too. Not to mention that Dylan's opening narration is pretty good, too. "The long night has come..."

"Angel Dark, Demon Bright"

"An Affirming Flame" is misquoted.

It should read:
"Some scholars argue that the Commonwealth might have fallen even without Nietzschean treachery.

In one breath, they underestimate both the Nietzscheans and the Commonwealth."

Yin Man-Wei
The Rise and Fall of the Systems Commonwealth
C.Y. 11942

No wait, that's interesting. The website (the official one) and the screen cap are different that's wierd.

The official website has some miquotes from the opening quotes. I forget which episode, but one of the more recent ones has a quote that is totally different from the one in the episode.

THE PEARLS THAT WERE HIS EYES

Wealth is too precious
to be entrusted
to the rich.

Anonymous Kalderan Proverb,
Circa CY 500


THE MATHEMATICS OF TEARS

"If hope is the engine of the soul,
then duty is the navigator...
and love is the fuel."

High Guard Supreme Commander
Sani Nax Rifati
"Persuasions and Exhortations"
C.Y. 4279


<FONT COLOR="ff0000">MUSIC OF A DISTANT DRUM

<CENTER>Kludge (Klooj) - N. Disparaging
term for genetically unmodified
human being. See also "Uber"

A Concise Dictionary of Slang
and Euphemism
C.Y. 9021</CENTER></FONT>


HARPER 2.0

<CENTER>"One head cannot
contain all wisdom."

The Olduvai Cycle

Systems University Archives,
C.Y. 8550</CENTER>


<FONT COLOR="0000ff">FORCED PERSPECTIVE

<CENTER>Humans say the Road to
Hell is paved with
good intentions.

Why? Do they think there's s
shortage of bad ones?

Karm'Luk P'an Ku,
"The Joy of Lucidity"
C.Y. 8633</CENTER></FONT>

<CENTER>The long night has come. The Systems Commonwealth, the greatest civilization in history, has fallen. Now one ship, one crew, have vowed to drive back the night and rekindle the light of civilization. On the starship Andromeda, hope lives again.

Dylan Hunt
</CENTER>

Not from an episode, but I thought that I'd put it up here, for the record.

Of course, I can't spell today, so my typing of Dylan's quote ended up being incorrect.

SUM OF ITS PARTS

Oh, no. The Honey Offering quote is supposed to be attributed to Drago Museveni, not Frago Museveni.

{FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE MILKY WAY

There, of course, should be no { before the word FEAR.

Also, for the Star-Crossed quote, the second part of it should read:

Do you really want a warship incapable of loyalty? Or of love?"

DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST

ITS HOUR COME ROUND AT LAST

Screams of a billion murdered stars
Give lie to the night's peace,
While we cling in desperation to the few
fragile spinning stones we call worlds.

Wayfinder First Order Hasturi
AKA "The Mad Perseid"

Dat on that last on was somewhere around 241 AFC.

Should have said "Date". Darn typos.

We are not the masks we wear.
But if we don them, do we not become them?

Keops Tsumai, "Fortunes" CY 9683

Forgot to mention that the above quote is for the episode "PITILESS AS THE SUN".

For "D MINUS ZERO" it should read "Somebody wins" not "Somebody win."

Oops. That should have been:

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Which is a problem.
If you are powerless."

Oops, the episode title for "THE SHARDS OF RIMNI" should have had quotation marks around both ends.

DESTRUCTION OF ILLUSIONS

"Welcome to Olivares Trust. If you can't fix it here, it can't be fixed."

Oops... Giles's quote should have been in italics.

The trick isn’t to be a hero when a cat is stuck up a
tree. The trick is to be a hero when the cat goes into
the tree willingly, and will kill you if you try to get
it out.

- Efraim Karfol, “Musings on the Art of Soldiering,” CY 9778


“We can do this one of two ways. There’s the hard way,
which involves hours of discussion, tons of negotia-
tion, half a dozen bribes, and no guarantee of success.”

“What’s the easy way?”

“Liberally placed high explosives.”

- Maje and Klimnos, On the Run, Episode 97:
“Go West, Old Man,” 287 AFC


That which is impossible is only impossible until it is
accomplished, at which point it becomes possible, if
not necessarily probable.

- Wayfinder First Order Hasturi,
A.K.A.“The Mad Perseid,” 217 AFC


The problem with a work of true genius such as this is
that the people who appreciate it most are the ones who
already knew what the genius was trying to convey, and
the people who most need to know what is being con-
veyed are the ones who don’t appreciate it at all.

- Hammond Markinson, Review of
“The Collected Sayings of Drago Museveni”
in The Commonwealth Literary
Supplement, Vol. 782, #14, CY 9669


Restorians are people who fly around in ships in order
to stop people from flying around in ships. Of course,
by that logic, they should blow themselves up, which
would certainly make the rest of us happy.

- Kant Korblan, Stand-up routine, 300 AFC


The best things in life cost money. The worst things
in life cost more money.

- Aridar Lothmanhir, CY 8822


The best laid plans of mice and men usually go about
the way you expect when you involve a rodent in the
planning process.

- Jackson Fiorello,“Aphorisms,” CY 9876


There are always choices. It’s just a matter of finding
the one that sucks the least.

- Captain Janzen Giannini,
“On Soldiering,” CY 8999


The surprise isn’t that the Commonwealth fell. The
surprise is that such a bloated entity managed to sus-
tain itself for as long as it did. And the Nietzscheans
quickly discovered the same thing the Visigoths found
out after they sacked Rome: it’s a lot easier to topple
an empire than build one.

- Anonymous, 57 AFC


Patience is a virture, and I have never considered myself
to be a virtuous person.

- Professor Karistova Marj, Retirement speech,
All Systems University, CY 9112


Those who do not learn from history are doomed to
repeat it. Those who do learn from history are
doomed to make new mistakes. And those who only
learn selected lessons from history are doomed to do
both.

- Professor Saamm, Royal University,
Malani’s Haven, 288 AFC


The Aronberg Company accepts no liability for suits
not checked prior to usage.

- Tag on all extravehicular suits
Manugactured by the Aronberg Company.


The biggest mistake we Nietzscheans made was
betraying the Commonwealth. Not because it brought
on the Long Night, though that’s hardly something to
celebrate. No, what it did was shift our arrogance in
the wrong direction. As long as we were part of the
Commonwealth, we could concentrate on how much
better we all were than everyone else. Once the war
and the Magog invasion wiped out all remants of civ-
ilization, all we had left was to focus on how much
better individual Nietzscheans were than other Nietz-
scheans. It’s not wonder we turned on each other….

- Arturro Bolivar,
“Divided We Stand, United We Fall,” 235 AFC


Don’t ever get into bed with a Nietzschean. Their
expectations for performance are always way in excess
of what’s realistic.

- Kant Korblan, Stand-up routine, 300 AFC


As hatchlings, they literally eat their own siblings to
survive. As a result, their society is ruthlessly competi-
tive, with little or no check on even the most despica-
ble behavior.

- Entry for Nightsiders,
All Systems University Database, CA.
CY 9780


The universe has changed, and we must change with it.
The High Guard must become leaner and meaner, tak-
ing advantage of technology to fill in the gaps left by
our diminished numbers. We must embrace new, non-
traditional missions that are ideally suited to our supe-
rior organization and resources. We must apply our
knowledge, our capabilities, our traditions of service
and sacrifice to operations other than war. And while
we must maintain our readiness to fight when the need
arises, we should oour equal energy into offering a
hand to those in need and those who seek to push the
frontiers of science and technology for the betterment
of sentient species everywhere. We must become more
than what we are-not just soldiers, but diplomats.
Not just engineers, but scientists. We must do more
than patrol the wastes between the stars; we must
explore them and share what we learn so that we may
grow wiser and more humble in the face of Creation.

- Admiral Costanza Q. Stark,
“Watchers on the Walls of Paradise,” CY 9764

The above series of 16 quotes are the others from DESTRUCTION OF ILLUSIONS.

Technically, the "THE RIGHT HORSE" quote should be next, but I don't have it yet. So I will start with the next available quote:

By the way, "CUI BONO" should not have a question mark.

Other quotes from All Systems University:

"I am The Sacrifice. We are the Altar."
--Tora Mol,
Reflections in Shadow,
CY 8842

"Of course Nietzscheans love their children. That's not the problem. The
problem is, they don't love anyone else's."
--Unknown Master Sergeant, 505th High Guard Lancers
CY 9785

"You are the Center of the Wheel."
--Kodiak Pride paternal blessing
Date uncertain

"No plan of battle ever survives first engagement with the enemy. Except
for mine."
--General Cuahtomec Hutu, Drago-Kazov Pride
295 AFC

"The difference between Pride Jaguar and the Drago-Kazov? A Jaguar will
stab you in the back to gain an advantage. a Dragan will stab you just to
see if his knife is sharp."
--Charlemagne Bolivar,
Pride Jaguar Archduke
299 AFC

"He is the last guardian of a fallen civilization; A hero from another time. Faced with a universe in chaos, Dylan Hunt recruits an unlikely crew and sets out to reunite the galaxies. On the starship Andromeda, hope lives again."

-- unknown narrator, unknown year

"The universe is a dangerous place. But in our future, my crew and I fight to make it safe. I am Dylan Hunt, captain of the Andromeda Ascendant, and these... are our adventures."

-- Dylan Hunt, unknown year

I've decided in the interest of copyright protection and the such that I will stop publicly posting this quotes. However, I am maintaining my own personal list on my computer. If you would like a copy, e-mail me at JamiLeeD@hotmail.com.