"Well, shit," thought T6557, overriding his invective inhibitor, "I don't need this today, or any day, ever, for the rest of my operational life." He angled the matte snout of his sensor pod at the nearest hovering bulk.

Actually, in English it's perfectly standard to use an adjective (e.g. 'quick', 'lost') coupled with a definite article ('The') to create a noun phrase: 'The Fallen', 'The Lost and Damned', 'The Quick and The Dead', 'The Free and The Brave'