{"id":36,"date":"2016-09-09T00:20:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramforth.net\/galacticvikings\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2016-09-09T00:20:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T22:20:08","slug":"the-battle-of-four-stars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/poems\/the-battle-of-four-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Four Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

The Battle of Four Stars.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

From the Stars of the Sea, to the Sea of the Stars.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Trade East. Ravage West. Explore South. Come home to the North.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Compass of the Norseman<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It seems like Aeons ago, when the last great Fleet of the Vikings clashed with tyrants from the Empire. The last great battle of the Norsemen, before they were forever lost amid the Gods and Jotunns in Valhalla.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Come, have a listen to the tale from beyond the Veil of Time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amid eight suns in the Maia system, the norse fleet awaited.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jotunn battleships and heavy Cruisers, with clouds of fighters surrounded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Naglfar and Sleipner, our greatest glories.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Innherred and Steinkjer will live, in song and stories<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Gugnir Fighterwing, counting hundreds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Seemed indeed a fleet of abundance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Trading travel was their mission status<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fleet amassed from prior animus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rumors of aggressors assembling force<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Made Vikings choose a defended course<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Dreading massive hostile incursions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Traders were winged by outfitted champions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Though traders were the old Norse folk,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Their lust for battle best not invoke<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Skill with weapons are taught to babes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Be it beam lasers or shield and blades<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rarely seen is their match in war<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As they ever strive to appease T\u00fdr and Thor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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On their starlit way to journeys end<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Opposing ships began to apprehend<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The last Jarl of Viking warband<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Halted convoy to make a stand<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In deep space of Maia system<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They hope pursuers may pass them<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alas,the tyrants found their quarry<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

But norsemen ensured a dear-bought glory<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Battle commenced with taunts and much bravado<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lasers flared like a shimmering, savage tornado<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As eight suns burned in bright vicinity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Foes were dispatched to dark infinity<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Proud majesties of opposing crews<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Took instruction from each violent muse<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

New solutions to age old quandaries<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gave way for many new atrocities<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Souls were torn in every way asunder<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As humanity’s essence itself went under<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Battle of Four Stars. From the Stars of the Sea, to the Sea of the Stars. Trade East. Ravage West. Explore South. Come home to the North. The Compass of the Norseman It seems like Aeons ago, when the last great Fleet of the Vikings clashed with tyrants from the Empire. The last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galacticvikings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}