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Corsairs of Callisto
02:05
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Welcome all ye scalawags
Me fine and fortuned crew
I hope you are ready for the
Venture I've got for you
We've sailed across the whole system
From Venus to Pluto
To plunder all around
We're the Corsairs of Callisto
Here I've got a treasure map
The likes you've never seen
It leads us to a wealth
That's even greater than the Queen
We'll all be set for life
No matter where we wanna go
They'll sing of the riches
Of the Corsairs of Callisto
Oh hey ho c'mon let's go
We ride among the stars
And pillage underneath their glow
Hey ho let the rockets blow
We sail through space and time
As the Corsairs of Callisto
This is where the map I've got
It becomes quite unique
It also shows the way
To a mysterious antique
They say it holds a great power
But no one seems to know
We'll uncover it for
We're the Corsairs of Callisto
Oh hey ho c'mon let's go
We ride among the stars
And pillage underneath their glow
Hey ho let the rockets blow
We sail through space and time
As the Corsairs of Callisto
This is where I ask of you
Which path you want to take
We'll put it to a vote
A true democracy we'll make
The map acts as a key
There's only one road to follow
We'll do it together
As the Corsairs of Callisto
So hey ho c'mon let's go
We ride among the stars
And pillage underneath their glow
Hey ho let the rockets blow
We sail through space and time
As the Corsairs of Callisto
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CHORUS:
You have chosen the antique of power
Prepare for a deadly quest
Time to see if you have what it takes
First you must go to the empire
Find the nearest outpost to you now
Don't back down
Once there hack into their system
Find the location of the lost piece
The missing key
The key will come with coordinates
Of the supreme treasure you desire
Must acquire
With the missing piece in your grasp
You'll be able to use the antique
Of power you seek
"The nearest empire outpost is on Ganymede
How will we enter
With stealth or with force"
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Stealthy Intrusion
04:12
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under the cover
of darkness we ride
our smallest cruiser
from the radar hides
get to the outpost
crack open the door
once in the hangar
don't know what's in store
there's still so little
we know of this power
perhaps the answer
will lie in this tower
no matter what we face
we will not cower
we are the corsairs
and this is our hour
enter the hangar
totally empty
find the terminal
and search for the key
but we can't find it
don't know what to search
instead there's a lab
for secret research
there's still so little
we know of this power
perhaps the answer
will lie in this tower
no matter what we face
we will not cower
we are the corsairs
and this is our hour
this secret lab on the moon
has two things that might help us
the gradient optimizer
or the quantum valve of flux
there's still so little
we know of this power
perhaps the answer
will lie in this tower
no matter what we face
we will not cower
we are the corsairs
and this is our hour
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Well I'm just a systems engineer on a shuttle to Luna
Delivering anomalous materials to the Omega lab
We're almost to the Martian Queen's gate
After that it's just a straight shot to Earthen Empire space
We're on a good pace
To make it by Christmas time
As long as nothing crazy happens
Like a spontaneous asteroid field
Or an attack from the Queen's robot army
Or a raid by some awful stinky pirates
Everything will be just fine
Oh no, it's pirates
Oh God, not pirates
I had the strangest dream
We were raided by pirates
That wasn't a dream?
Well what do you want?
The lab on the moon?
There's no way you pirates can get in
It's top secret for a reason
Spaced?!
Wait, hold on, c'mon on
There's gotta be something we can help with
Clearance? Access codes?
This ship may get you to the moon
But once there how will you get to the lab
I happen to have top secret clearance you need on Luna
Which means I can get all of you to the thing you need in the Omega lab
Oh please I'll do anything that you ask
I know I can help out with any task
Just do not space me please
I'm down on my knees
Oh terrifying pirates
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Lunar Heist
03:30
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here's the plan
we'll take you and your shuttle crew
to get us to the moon
we'll put on your uniforms
and you'll take us to the room
with the quantum flux valve we need
to unlock our antique
we'll nab that tech real quick
back to the shuttle we will sneak
and if you're good we'll let you live
to see another day
while we escape from the empire
and use your ship as a getaway
the plan goes off without a hitch
until cyan tist turns into a snitch
he blows the alarm, guards everywhere
looks like its the end for the Corsairs
now hold on
if you take a closer look
at the valve still in the lab
you'll see that it's just a fake
the real one we did grab
the crew you captured in uniform
were the shuttle engineers
only the sneakiest pirate
was hidden amongst your peers
we knew that you would turn us in
so we planned a switcheroo
now we got the quantum flux valve
and we bid y'all a toodaloo
just as we depart empire space
thousands of robots begin to chase
the queen's army is too fast to evade
do we surrender or fight the brigade
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Queen of Mars
02:56
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Hello Corsairs
And welcome to my Martian palace
Please do relax
I hope my robots were not callous
I'd hate if
Any first impressions of Mars were bad
Now that you're here
I will reclaim the key that I seek
For centuries my ancestors coveted the antique
It will open a powerful gateway
To the land where magic is doled out by the fae
And I will use this to conquer the system
And ensure my enemies forever condemned
Bow down to your queen
As the Corsairs
You only hold greed and not malice
I knew you'd make a fake of the key and escape
Now that you're gone
I'll track you to the true thing I seek
For centuries my ancestors coveted the antique
It will open a powerful gateway
To the land where magic is doled out by the fae
And I will use this to conquer the system
And ensure my enemies forever condemned
Bow down to your queen
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A Glimpse of Doom
02:25
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Search ship for tracker
Crawl through every inch
Look for clues in drive
Taken from the queen
Instead we find the truth
Vision of the antique
Back when Mars tried to steal
A gateway built by Earth
It ripped out the poor souls
Ne'er to be seen again
Is this the fate for us
To die for this treasure
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Pluto Facility AI
02:12
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Corsairs you have reached the concluding test
I am an AI guarding this lost lab
I've contacted the Spirit of your quest
They have kept me up to date on your tab
I only require a certain code
That answers a riddle I have prepared
If you are incorrect I will explode
From the treasure's power you will be spared
"Through all the journey's ventures you did reach
Seven keys you cannot see smell or touch
The steps you have taken from start to each
Is the code to release the entrance clutch"
You have a week to gather your insight
Only one of you needs to get it right
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Wormhole Generator
02:02
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T'Apeworm P'Stachio
You are our hero
Your genius paid the toll
We will achieve our goal
Finally we can see
What can the treasure be?
The wormhole generator
Never fully completed
Always missing the last piece
To control supreme power
The quantum flux valve we have
Can regulate energy
As it rips open spacetime
To anywhere and when we want
Think of all the lost treasures
Ancient antiques to plunder
Now within our grasp
Now within my grasp
Now you see
It's all for me
Don't take it
Personally
Less butts means less cuts
In the pie to eat
Did you think we'd all drink
In the mink captain's seat
Hell no I'm in control
Those polls were a fake
Just a ruse to get you
Get me to my big break
This key this machine
Let's me rule all affairs
It is time to say goodbye
To all my dearest Corsairs
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[I - INTRO/DRIFTING]
Here, at the end of time, I approach the last wormhole
Though, not really time, just matter
Time will go on until the very fabric of space erodes with it
But matter will seize to exist from here on out
Once I pass through I will vanish from this timeline
And all that I have experienced, my eternity, will never happen
Once an indisputable reality soon just a lost memory
But you will hear my tale and it will live on
For what is a life if not a story
[II - OVERTURE/WORMHOLE]
[III - SEIZE THE ANTIQUE]
Six months from now I revealed my treachery
Some of my crew fled, some groveled beneath me
It did not matter, the gateway claimed them all
There was one Corsair that stood out
He claimed my actions were not my own
There was an overseer controlling all of us
I did not believe him but there were records
Ancient accounts of all our tales
In the end it did not save him
All my crew were ripped from that time
Flung towards some unknown future
I doubt most would survive
But now and forever more
The power of time is mine
Through the universe I soar
An eternity divine
One hundred years ago I stole countless treasures
At the peak of wealth within the system
I singlehandedly plundered fortunes
And brought empires to their knees
I lived out the richest fantasies
I built an entire lunar paradise
I jumped forward to the point of completion
Lived countless lifetimes in pure bliss
In the end I felt nothing
With every obstacle out of my way
There was nothing to strive for
No reason to continue living
But now and forever more
The power of time is mine
Through the universe I soar
An eternity divine
[IV - ATTACK AND DETHRONE GOD]
This emptiness inside
That I cannot abide
It must have some reason
For it's permeation
Maybe that overseer
Who's records plague my ear
I'll prove that he's no god
Only a long dead fraud
He cannot control me
This is my destiny
Once I am truly free
I will rule all I see
I track these records to one thousand years ago
To a time before man barely left the Earth
Before the great empires
A prophet forsees the Corsairs
He is no god, no supreme force of control
Just a man interpreting things beyond his understanding
But still anxiety stirs within
I know that while he exists I will not be free
This emptiness inside
Continues to reside
Even though he is gone
The hollowing goes on
I meaninglessly kill
To enact my free will
Though he was just a man
I now have a new plan
He cannot control me
This is my destiny
Now I am truly free
I will rule all I see
[V - MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE]
In fifty years from now
I began my conquest
I amassed great armies
From civilizations
All across the vast intelligent universe
A cosmic empire
All under my control
With the generator
I was unstoppable
And still it wasn't enough to fill the fucking void
[VI - END OF ALL]
What is time
What is mine
What is the reason or rhyme
Cannot find
My own mind
Lost within the cosmic bind
You are nothing
Have done nothing
Will do nothing
Sum of nothing
You are chaos
Bringing chaos
Life in chaos
Death in chaos
A tredecillion years from now
I venture forth to find out how
The universe comes to a close
What are the sounds of time's death throes
It is nothing but black holes
Swallowed up all the poor souls
Every bit of matter gone
Nothing that I do lives on
Cannot fight entropy
It erodes all legacy
Even with the power of time
I cannot escape my crime
[VII - WAR WITH THE INEVITABLE]
[VIII - FORGOING THE ANTIQUE]
Three months from now I was sailing with my crew
Though the times were tough our spirits were vigorous
They were so focused and determined
Doing anything to accomplish their goal
I have explored all variations of time
Made every decision except for one
Where the crew goes on their adventure
Without me to guide or manipulate them
I cannot help them succeed
But I will not betray them
Their struggles give their lives meaning
But it will give my death meaning as well
And now and forever more
The power of time too steep
Through the universe I soar
An eternity asleep
[IX - OUTRO/DRIFTING (REPRISE)]
This is the moment
In ten seconds I will die
To ensure I do not harm the crew
I must kill my past self
Though in my eternity
I know that the universe
Does not like paradoxes
So I will likely disappear
Never to have existed at all
Perhaps except for you
Should time be so generous
To keep me in your memory
Even though I'm about to vanish
For the first time in forever
I am excited for my Corsairs
To do what I could not
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