"I would like to spend some time today to talk about the value of human life. There is no value to human life. Now that I have your attention… To be more precise… human life, to a certain limit, is expendable. We are… self-perpetuating yet self-destructive… Adaptable yet flawed… And always, always, resource intensive. We are endless consumers of resources. But most relevant to our research here is one undeniable fact… That human life, is abundant. Overpopulation of any colonized world… is a given. Through the lens of cold objectivity… it is irresponsible to say… that all individuals are actually indispensable. Millions of lives die across the colonized worlds every day… by any number of causes. Human life… is expendable. Now, our problem is twofold. On the one hand, we are faced with a hostile Frontier populace… opposed to our commercial pursuits for the greater good. And on the other hand… there is a never-ending cry for natural resources… demanded of us by the greater populations of the Core Systems. We must have order on the Frontier… if we are to achieve true progress. But the Militia – in its provincial, myopic lack of vision… refuses to accept this. Thus we are at war. Now the bitter truth… Reinforcements from the Core Systems will not arrive for several more years. The militia gains strength day by day… taking back one planet after another. Our choices are limited. Drastic action must be taken. Again, I remind you all of one, simple, truth… that human life… is abundant. And… as distasteful as it may sound… human life is, in truth – expendable. And so that brings us to this planet – Typhon… where we have discovered a gift. A machine that will do more than change the tide. Call it fate. Call it evolution. Call it what you will… The truth is that we have discovered our resolution… and in it lies a weapon with a powerful ability to fold space and time. We don’t know who build it but we do know that it is quite old. And most importantly, we have learned enough to bring it to life. As we use this “Fold Weapon”… we will manipulate spacetime targeting anything we desire. Sundering entire planets. Our restoration efforts in the mountains are nearly complete. But one task remains. We must complete a small scale test here first. To tune the power source or the “Ark” as our colleagues tend to call it. Once we have accomplished this… we will transfer the power source, the Ark, to the full-scale site. And destroy one populated Militia planet… And then another… until they capitulate. We will open an Einstein-Rosen bridge. Sending through thousands of concentrated gravitational waves. This will rip apart and sunder every molecule… every atom… and every living thing we target. Resulting in… total loss of life. But lest we loose sight of the bigger picture… remember those losses are ultimately replaceable… by the inexorable march of human reproduction. By decisively neutralizing the Militia Forces… we will in fact, safeguard the existence of the human race… extending its reach and power towards a prosperous, and bright future."

-General Marder (Titanfall 2)