posted 03-05-99 09:20 PM ET        

Derek
posted 03-05-99 04:32 PM ET

Now sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip, that started on this dying world
aboard the Unity ship!

The mate was a Chinese dictator,
the Captain died real quick,
though no one knows who offed the dude,
they did it really slick.

The reactor started blowing up,
the tiny ship was tossed,
if not for the efforts of the engineers,
the mission would be lost.

The pods wound up on the surface
of this crazy alien world,

with Zahkarov,
the Gaian too,
the CEO,
and despot,
the survivalist,
Santiago
and Miriam

posted 03-05-99 09:56 PM ET            

"Hitherto Unknown TV Influence" in this forum
"The Ballad of Alpha Centauri" in Non-SMAC

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from the Planet Earth
Aboard the Unity Ship

The mate has a knack for thought-control
The Captain's dead for sure
The crew's fighting each other for
A pla-a-net azure, a pla-a-net azure

A cryobay has blown blown up
So many lives were cost
And now that the crew's fightin' tooth and nail
The Unity'll be lost, the Unity'll be lost

The ship's flyin towards the surface
Of the Planet Chiron
With Miriam, the Surgeon too
The C-E-O, and Prokhor
The ecologist,
Santiago and Chairman Yang
Here on Alpha Centaur

So this is the tale of our colonists
They're here for a long, long time
They'll have to make the best of things
It's an uphill climb

The mind behind this Pla-a-net
Will do its very best
To make them all uncomfortable
Inside a mindworm's nest

No comms, no comps, no rover cars
Not a single luxury
Its worse than it was back on Earth
More primitive than can be

posted 03-06-99 06:26 AM ET            

Ah, Look at all the Faction Leaders!
Ah, Look at all the Faction Leaders!

She-Eng Yi Yang Uses his mind to subvert
those of all of his peers
he has no fears
Our Santiago, Good with a gun and she shoots
what she sees, what she likes,
Or stabs the with spikes.

All the Faction Leaders, Where do They all come from?
All the Faction Leaders, Where do they all belong?

Sweet sister Miriam, Seems a bit mad and quite dumb
both to me and to you
(And to god too...)
Old Pravin La-al, Thinks he can make peace where Garland
(the captain) Could Not
Stupid or What?

All the Faction Leaders, Where do They all come from?
All the Faction Leaders, Where do they all belong?
Ah, Look at all the Faction Leaders!
Ah, Look at all the Faction Leaders!

CEO Morgan, Uses his cash as a prop
when he knows he can't feel,
cold heart of steel.
Proktor Zakharov, He really loves the machines
that he makes with his boys,
they are just toys!

All the Faction Leaders, Where do They all come from?
All the Faction Leaders, Where do they all belong?
Ah, Look at all the Faction Leaders!
Ah, Look at all the Faction Leaders!

Lastly dear Deirdre, She's ecocentric but that's
not so whong, quite okay,
That's what I say.
All of the leaders, think they can rule, but they're pawns
here in destiny's game
Ain't that a shame?