Justice League (TV Series)

Starcrossed: Part II (2004)

Victor Rivers: Hro Talak

Quotes 

• [Shayera tries to convince Hro to relocate the hyperspace generator] 

  Hro Talak : Have you forgotten why we fight? Of what horrors the Gordanians are capable of? Have you forgotten my long years rotting in their stinking prison camps?

  [takes off his headdress, revealing the scars on the side of his face] 

  Hro Talak : I haven't!

  Hawkgirl : I have forgotten nothing. But this war is no excuse to...

  Hro Talak : I am your commander! You will not question me!

  Hawkgirl : I don't even know you anymore.

• Hro Talak : You've lived among them. Do you think they'll cooperate?

  Hawkgirl : I think they got the message, but what about the Justice League? What are you going to do with them?

  Hro Talak : For special guests, I have made very special arrangements.

• Hawkgirl : Humans working as slaves?

  Hro Talak : Unfortunate, but necessary. We are on an unforgiving schedule, and if we're going to finish the hyperspace bypass in time...

  Hawkgirl : Bypass? I thought we were building a force shield.

  Hro Talak : That was merely the cover story.

  Hawkgirl : So when were you going to tell me your real plans? Or didn't you think you could trust me?

• Hro Talak : For decades, the Gordanian homeworld has been protected by an impregnable defensive line, but this chain of hyperspace bypasses will allow our armadas to jump behind their defenses and make a direct assault on the heart of their empire. Earth is the last link in that chain. Once the chain is completed, we can attack and wipe out the Gordanian threat forever.

  Hawkgirl : But if we open a hole in hyperspace, it will destroy this entire planet.

  Hro Talak : Sadly, yes. For Thanagar to live, Earth must die.

• Hro Talak : This is Commander Hro Talak. In the name of the Thanagarian authority, we claim your planet as a garrison and have instituted martial law. Your world faces a crisis from which only we can protect you. But to be effective, we must be free to act and move without interference. Cooperate and our stay will be brief and without incident. Stand against us and our wrath will be unforgiving.

• Thanagarian Soldier : Commander, there's been a security breach aboard the prison shuttle. The Justice League has escaped.

  Lt. Kragger : How did it happen?

  Hawkgirl : They're the Justice League, that's how it happened.

  Hro Talak : Take a strike squad back to the surface. Search every house, every building, look under every rock. Find them!

  Lt. Kragger : By your command.

• Diplomat : Commander, we ask that you release us immediately.

  Diplomat : Ask? We demand. You have no right to keep us here.

  Hro Talak : You are the ones without rights. Your militaries are useless. Your Justice League is defeated. Your only options are cooperation or death. Choose wisely.

• Paran Dul : The construction proceeds as scheduled. We have added humans to the workforce.

  Hro Talak : Are they of any use?

  Paran Dul : They have no technical expertise to speak of, but they can lift and carry as well as any animal. We should complete the project by the target date.

  Hro Talak : Be aware that the Justice League has escaped. Stand ready for an attack.

  Paran Dul : Let them come. It would only be suicide.

  Hro Talak : Keep me informed of your progress. And, Paran, let nothing delay you.

  Paran Dul : By your command.