SkyPath Crusade Chapter 9

The SkyPath Crusade A Science Fiction Epic Poem Copyright by Daniel Schilling All Rights Reserved Far away from the moon where the council has just adjourned a lonely Roman sentry stands on the northern frontier of the habitable part of Mars. He sees a landing pod of sorts crash land in the frigid desert and he goes to investigate. He knows that this ship belongs to an enemy who must have snuck past the ether streams circling Mars at very high speeds in order to have escaped getting catapulted down by the Roman triremes protecting the planet. As he investigates the pod s escape hatch opens and a large hairy alien emerges. The alien and the Roman size each other up and prepare for combat. Chapter Nine Upon the Martian desert front A Roman sentry stood He watched the cold lands of the north And shivered in his hood He cooked a cautious meal with A faintly gleaming light While the purple skies above him Glimmered back their globes of white A glowing shell from heaven fell He gr! abbed his plated spear He crouched below a shelf of snow And perked an eager ear A gentle thud like falling mud Was all the noise he heard Except for quakes from seismic snakes And flittings of a bird The landing site was on his right A thousand meters hence The wind aloft was slow and soft Yet still the mood was tense Across the pocket cratered sand He crept on stealthy toes Prepared to tend a helpless friend Prepared to battle foes The landing pod was caked in sod The crashing point was deep The impact vector when it hit Was very fast and steep It fell so brisk it took the risk Of crashing into stone But with some luck instead it stuck Where healthy grass had grown The Roman soldier quick deduced The ship was not a friend This lonely spot was surely not An ether portal s end It seemed instead the craft had fled Attempting to sneak by The ether orbit up above Where Roman galleys fly The outer plate began to grate And opened up a hatch The spaceship s guide from down inside! Had just released the latch The Roman stared as something haired Began to apparate Its biped form was more than norm Its height was six foot eight The Roman in his ancient garb Removed his outer cloak He drew a sword without a word And faced the other bloke A plate of polished metal glit tered on his chiseled chest For his muscle bound exterior had Been primed to look its best The creature took his challenge and Proceeded to its spot While its lungs exuded vapors Filled with acid cooked and hot Then a plate of bony armor quick ly grew upon its fur As the tips protruded minerals That formed a deadly spur The Roman nodded to his foe But neither left his ground For both combatants took the time To quickly glance around The Martian breeze embraced the trees That dotted cratered dunes The stoic knight prepared to fight Beneath the double moons If you wish to read the entire SkyPath Crusade click here . Responses to SkyPath Crusade Chapter Feed for this Entry Trackback Address No Comments Leave a Reply Logged in as . Logout Name Mail will not be pu! blished Website XHTML You can use these tags Are there still Romans onMars Recent Posts SkyPath Crusade Chapter Are there still Romans onMars SkyPath Crusade Chapter On Planetoids Beyond thevoid Snapshot in time The Day Aliens conquered the human knights on Jupiter s moons one thousand yearsago SkyPath Crusade Chapter The Brigand Ship Was Just ABlip Archives April March February December November October September July Blogroll blogcatalog crusader The SkyPath Crusade Tags Blog Stats hits Recent Comments paisleyandplaid on In response to criticism Why schildan on In response to criticism Why penultimategurlfrien on In response to criticism Why In response to criti on The Reason We Need New Epic johnnyburroughs on Breaking News Ancient Romans Theme k by k team . Blog at WordPress.com

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