Space Empires Haiku.

[Quikngruvn]

Wistfully he yearned
For the old days, when his tribe
Was alone in space.

He sent spaceships out
To explore, expand, exploit,
So the tribe would thrive.

His worldview was dashed
Upon seeing the strange ship--
Other tribes exist?

These people looked strange,
Breathed methane, not oxygen,
And smelled funny, too.

They spoke words of peace,
of trade and diplomacy,
cooperation.

He believed their words,
Forged an alliance with them,
Perhaps not so bad?

Till the day their fleet
Entered his homeworld's system
Hell-bent on conquest.

How could he have been
So gullible, and not have
Built up defenses?

In desperation
A fleet was built, but too green,
Too few, and too late.

Now he looks down on
The charred, smoking ruins of
His once-proud planet.

One recurring thought
Fills his mind: "Somehow, sometime,
Vengeance shall be mine!"

Quikngruvn

[geoschmo]

The fleet assembled
Waiting at the warp points edge
The foe awaits them

The enemy's there
Just out of sight, out of range
In numbers unknown

The enemy probes
They send ships in ones and twos
Testing our resolve

Now the order comes
Engines fire, ships spring to life
The portal opens

The fleet has gone now
Beyond the swirling blue door
What does their fate hold

The Emporer waits
He knows the battles over
Victory or not

[Growltigga]

Haiku to reflect the way I feel when the cats beat me at SEIVG (again!! - where the hell did they learn that tiered echelon maneuvre!!??)

My life has been like a bowl of rice pudding
Thick and creamy
And full of lumpy bits

[Cyrien]

One by one they come
One by one they come to die
Sometimes two by two

TDM save me
Save this game from poor AI
Thank you TDM

[Cyrien]

Brilliant ships flare forth
The end is come now, today
Wave after wave, no pity

Last System stand strong
A gift, death, for us, and you
Flare bright star, burn all

Wave after wave, no pity
Last stand, we fall, by own hand
Wave after wave, burn bright

Our end you bring now
Last breath flaring forth, die now
Your end we begin

Death shall we embrace
Today your fleets follow us
Tomorrow Others finish you

Yah. You know who this is for. Feel the burn of suicidal star destroyers! (I don't think he reads this forum, but its the thought that counts)

[Cyrien]

Though we fall now, Doom for you
Temporal we see forward
Star flare fills the sky

Locked us away
Our only warp point closed
Star instability

Thirty turns only
Perish now in the burning
You will get yours soon


To the same person. His strategy got him killed this time. Cheers to a happy ending.

[Tsukku]

On a withered branch,
One world clings without hope,
No plans for the Spring.
Jackals await in orbit
Who will cry for the blossoms?

[I hope you don't mind a tanka in among the haiku.]

-Tsukku-