ABSOLUTE ASCENDANCY

Commencing operation . . .

Overview

I felt like doing something a little different for this entry, to end the month. I have played many games of Twilight Imperium over the past month, and so I decided to write a little poem, showcasing the seventeen races.

Twilight Imperium Poem

Let’s kick things off with Initiative Zero

We always strike first like a true hero

Hybrid Crystal Fighters not snakes on planes

Coil up close and leave you in chains

You can try to break free and fight

But we will slip away with Foresight

We are the ferocious Clan of Saar

And we have travelled from oh so far

Chaos Mapping in Asteroid Fields

Untouchable in our protective rock shields

Constant production creates a massive Saar ball

I hope you are prepared for an all out brawl

The Jol Nar would like a few words

We are the technological space nerds

Research Agreements to build alliances

And spread far and wide, all the sciences

But watch out for an Anti-Intellectual Revolution

As the foolish masses halt the galaxy’s evolution

It is time for humanity to shine

Military Support for all who align

We may have been late to the galactic race

But we have spread rapidly throughout space

Our Spec Ops soldiers know how to flex

Orbital dropping dudes on Mecatol Rex

We are the L1Z1X Mindnet

Back from the brink, a true threat

Half flesh and half machine

One-hundred percent all mean

We will take back the Imperial Throne

None can stop our advance, let it be known

 (Translator in use)

Only half machine, what a joke

You’ve got to go all in to provoke

Nekro Virus unleashed to contaminate

For one single purpose, to annihilate

A Galactic Threat, that is correct

We are the epitome of perfect

Hacan here, roar out loud

Money in the bank, so proud

With our Production Biomes

And our Transit Diodes

We have merchants everywheres

Pawning off all our wares

Step aside, the Baron is here

Engulfing the galaxy in everlasting fear

We will amass the mightiest fleet

Behold, the power of the elite

With our armada of invincible dreads

We will obliterate all of the dregs

This sermon is now in session

The Yin will teach you a lesson

We know well the power of emotion

Especially when it comes to Devotion

For the vast Brotherhood of Yin

Will use Indoctrination for the win

Shadows of the galaxy, the Yssaril Tribes

We espionage elsewhere for hefty bribes

Reconnaissance, subterfuge, infiltration

That is the nature of our fixation

Mageon Implants spy with our many eyes

To see through your bull**** and lies

The intergalactic bugs are on the case

The Sardakk N’orr, punching your face

We march onward, Unrelenting

Our combat prowess, augmenting

The aftermath of our Exotriremes

Nothing but our enemies screams

The Embers of Muaat turning up the heat

We built a War Sun, now that’s a feat

None are safe behind Planetary Shield

Against our War Sun it will yield

Plasma Scoring War Sun Bombardment unfurled

We will Make an Example of Their World

Great, but that all sounds a little too violent

The Xxcha Kingdom likes it nice and silent

Conflict and chaos is not the way of peace

Nullification Field making your attacks cease

Our Space Cannons are purely for defence

I promise you that is not a pretence

G’ day mates, it’s the Mentak Coalition

Yarr harr, we are on a mission

Just as pirates raid and plunder villages

We will bleed you dry with multiple Pillages

The stash of cash we be looting

Doubled through Mirror Computing 

The Ghosts of Creuss have materialised

Enter our territory and be etherealised

Slipstream, moving at the speed of light

Be surprised, in shock, and with fright

Light/Wave Deflectors, In The Silence Of Space

Conquer The Weak, take your home base

The ecosystem forests of the Arborec

Ensnaring planets in a tangled wreck

Letani warrior killer weeds

Strangulating life, everything bleeds

Plant the seed with the oft forgotten Mitosis

Spreading far and wide with Bioplasmosis

The Winnu claims the best is saved till last

To make best use of our powers, act fast

Building massive fleets, says various sources

And training massive invasion forces

We will be first to set foot on Mecatol

Because we do not pay the Token toll

Conclusion

Like I said, a bit different from the usual, but I enjoyed busting out some rhymes and getting those creative juices flowing.

Mission complete – Overlord Drakow signing out.