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EMPIRE THREATENDED

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EMPIRE THREATENDED

 

And so the battle lines are drawn as the rebel republic

makes a move on the queen’s own mountain regiment,

for it isn’t pride that is at stake but the very empire…

Forces of battle gather, rebel F-20’s, so sleek and fast,

take on the empire’s F-22’s, stealthy

and almost invincible, the devil’s chariot.

In the coming fight will evil triumph over good

smashing the old order forever, or would the rebel poison

be defeated once and for all?

If the old masters were here, just what would they think

of war in the air, of purple craft armed

with laser weapons and cyber missiles?

 

 

jet combatadvanced warplanesstate of the artdeadly weaponspilots

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