OMG! OMG! Quotations! They brought back quotations! (w00t) :D (w00t) :D
The quotations were one of the best touches from SMAC. Of course, they were mostly quotes from the leaders of each faction (complete with their own voice actors), but all the other ones (which were curiously almost entirely quotes from philosophers, saints and scripture) were good too. I expect there will be a few nods to SMAC here and there in the quotations.
"That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise."
--Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Datalinks