- Maj. Eugene Denton: Tanner this is Denton! This whole town is infested with killer cockroaches. I repeat: KILLER COCKROACHES!
- Tanner: [while being held captive at gunpoint, Billy arrives, and sneaks Tanner a revolver] How about a P.L.C.A. 99...
- Maj. Eugene Denton: [recognizing their old code to prepare to launch nuclear missiles, moves to shield Billy from the impending gunfire] I agree...
- Tanner: So where are we heading for?
- Maj. Eugene Denton: Albany.
- Tanner: Albany? You have relatives there?
- Maj. Eugene Denton: It's the only place we ever got a signal from. Albany is the place to aim for.
- Tanner: Sort of the objective of the operation, right?
- Maj. Eugene Denton: You could call it that. See, there's a way across... well, not really a way across, but the screens show it to be the path of least resistance. It's not good, but it's the best we've got.
- Tanner: What happens if we make a wrong turn?
- Maj. Eugene Denton: There are areas of radiation we couldn't get through. It's not a matter of wrong turns though - "Damnation Alley" is a hundred miles wide a lot of the way.
- Tanner: "Damnation Alley?" Who named it that?
- Maj. Eugene Denton: I did.
- Launch Officer #1: [looking at a large satellite image screen] Looks like a satellite re-entry to me.
- Launch Officer #2: [after checking data on computer] Negative on satellite...
- Loudspeaker Voice: [Soviet ICBM missile launch indications appear on a large computer screen, alarm sounds] Blue Square One, Blue Square One, Blue Square One. Alpha, Tango, Foxtrot, Sierra, Delta. Two. Omega, Zebra, Six, One. Authentication Sierra Alpha.
- Launch Officer #3: Jesus...
- Maj. Eugene Denton: Don't go making something personal out of this. Perry is dead. That doesn't make you right and me wrong. It just means Perry is dead.
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