"Maria Vinerra deserved better. She did not deserve to be slain by an inhuman monster from an unknown beyond. In honesty, we all probably deserve better. Better than the world has thrown at us. Better to be driven to the brink by monsters from another realm of existence. None of us deserve the state of world that we are currently living in."
"But the world rarely gives us what we deserve. Rarely is it that we have a future laid out for us that takes us down a path that is fitting to the lives we have lived. None of us, no matter how much we may try, ultimately choose our paths in life. In the end, each of us must look at the life that we have received, and make our own choices about how to use the time that has been given to us."
"Maria Vinerra chose to look at a world in which we all deserve better, and in the end, she chose to be better. Along with her sister Ashley and the support of every brave man and woman who dared to aid in the defense of one of the few remaining beacons of human civilization, Maria willingly stepped out onto the front lines to look oblivion in the eye so that she might punch it in the face."
"While her death was tragic, we should not remember the final moments of her life beyond what is necessary to prevent others from sharing her face and to remember that she gave the ultimate sacrifice. Rather, we should remember her for the woman she was, and for the bravery and heroism she displayed every time she choose to step into a Jaeger and in the line of danger that we might all live to see another day. And another day after that. And that we might continue to live another day in the hopes that one day, she, her loved ones, and everyone she put herself in harms way to protect might wake up in a world where her services as a Jaeger pilot would no longer be needed."
"Maria's death is tragic, another casualty of this war that none of us asked for, that none of us saw coming, that none of us did anything to deserve. But while her death – much like the death of all who have fallen prey to the Kaiju threat – is a tragedy that should not have happened, let it not drive us to sadness and despair. Let us morn her passing, yes, but let her life prove an inspiration to us all. Let us remember Maria and the sacrifice she made, and may we fight on that her death not be one in vain. And let us continue to be inspired by her life, let us continue to be driven by her service, and let us fight on in her name and the name of all who have fallen in this war."
"Maria Vinerra may no longer be with us in body. She is someone we will never be able to replace, and the hole she has left in the heart of us all will never truly be filled. For some, this hole will far greater and far more painful than it will be for others. But as long as we remember her, as long as we endure, as long as we refuse to let our enemy drive us from our world, she will always be with us in spirit. And I believe that spirit is something we can all use to continue to push on so long as we let it."
"Maria Vinerra, we salute you in your service your dedication to the cause. You may never have the opportunity to see a world free of the monsters you looked in the face and fought on against, but God willing, your death will not be in vain, but serve to ensure that those you leave behind will have an opportunity to live to see a world wrongfully denied to you."
