- Dana Sterling: We've got a Code One alert, and we've been ordered to go out there and show the enemy exactly what we're made of or die trying!
- Dante: Yes, ma'am! But dying under the command of a ditzy teenager isn't exactly the way I hoped to go out.
- Dante: You know our Moonbase Luna? It's been attacked by some aliens called the Robotech Masters. Southern Cross is on yellow alert. What if something happens and we're not here?
- Colonel Fredericks: [checking in with Dana, who is in the brig] Accommodations to your liking, Miss Sterling?
- Dana Sterling: Oh, uh, sure! You know, it's almost like being at home.
- Colonel Fredericks: You act as though you're living in a girls' school dormitory, Sterling. Your first day in charge was a disgrace to the service.
- Dana Sterling: Ohh...
- Colonel Fredericks: First you go for a joyride during a yellow alert. Then you willfully damaged police property. And the complaints are still coming in from the private sector! Do you have anything to say for yourself in your defense?
- Dana Sterling: Well, I think a hot shower would be pretty nice.
- Colonel Fredericks: [stunned] What?
- Dana Sterling: And if I could just change my clothes. Maybe a manicure or something?
- Colonel Fredericks: [under his breath to himself] Hmm... It's obvious I'm dealing with a moron.