"Hah! You say this thing's a plane? I've never heard of a plane consistently designed to explode above fifteen thousand feet."
-Third-Party Engineer commenting on several failed test flights

"One day we were running a ground test on the seperated engine. We'd just programmed a new detonation solution into the computer and engaged it. Some poor groundtech was clearing behind the jets for residue fuel-S.O.P. prior to ground tests, we don't want the hangar blowing up after all. The poor tech got flung-like a frisbee-literally twenty feet back into a titanium blast wall."
-Aurora Technician at Conoco-Altair

"...further analysis, the PDW technology employed within the Aurora is not applicable to any other market besides defense. In short, pulse detonation has no business outside of military application..."
-Internal Conoco-Altair brief discussing commercial sector applications of the PDW.

"...unique flight system, due to the unique conditions in the upper regions of the mesosphere the protective canopy had to be installed...a liquid crystal matrix projects the external scene above the internalized cockpit...a pseudo-virtual experience."
-Conoco-Altair brief on the merits of the protective canopy.

"The aircraft is designed to fly within the thermosphere, however we've been unable to penetrate the mesosphere ceiling yet. We're investigating an alternate design that ultimately increases the size of the boa platform, but increases the propulsion power up to tenfold. That should allow operation within the exosphere if we so want."
-Engineer commenting on flight performance of the Black Boa.