Terran from Eloquent NERD by PREZ

INTRO
The year is 2736. Humanity has reached the stars. But there are other species out there who don't take too kindly to human presence in what they consider their space. In response, the Terran Empire formed the Imperial System Defense Force to protect the nascent colonies on the far-flung worlds on which they have managed to get a foothold. The workhorse of the ISDF is the TD-6, a fighter affectionately named by its pilots, the “Terrordome”.

VERSE
I sat alone in my Terrordome
Thinking on my Terran home
And how long it's been since I've seen it last
The light-years whip past
Surfing on this solar gas
Rays glaring off my AR mask
Story of an interstellar warrior
Wishing I was back at Alpha Centauri or
On the moon, closer to that living womb called Earth
Smelling seas, seeing trees, feeling dirt
Talking to Her
Extraplanetary, my profession is hereditary
Raised and trained not to find space scary

But I still fear it
The void is crushing my spirit
Swear that I can almost hear it
Forget it when I ain't near it
But when I'm out here, it sounds clear
Never dissipates or disappears
Reverberations racing in my inner ear
The soundtrack to the final frontier
I never asked for this life
All I wanted was a wife, kids and a home
On Terran loam
Suddenly, something breaks my reverie
Patrol Leader is hailing me
I wonder what she needs

And she said

The Entamari are upon us
We'll be goners if they catch us in this corner of the galaxy
So start your engines and follow me, young fry
Unless you want to die
Or end up someplace where you'll never see blue skies
Or the moon rise
What about the fleet, I squeaked
She laughed, said the carrier's been turned into quarks
Comms are down, fleet is falling apart
Lookie, Rookie
I'll tell you our best bet
Aim for the nearest star-step, and jet

Parsecs later
Orbiting a planet with no name
Praying we're out of scanning range
Unfettered, the thoughts came
What if there's no escape
Maybe this is my fate
Patrol Leader on the intercom, projecting calm
No yelling
Her voice was sub-Kelvin
The attack is losing momentum
Once we're clear we can push out of here
Power at top tier
I said in fear, And if the enemy appear
Don't have the weapons to take them on
Fighting's a lost cause
She said, we don't have to kill them all
Just make a hole and we'll get back to our goal
3 Sol

On the horizon
Six ships, well equipped
She said, start your reactor, Rookie, it's time to dip
We were fast, but they were quick
Before I knew it, contact was imminent
Gotta stay vigilant
Pumped up with stimulants
Fire was indiscriminate and intimate
And then I saw the star-step in my nav-sys
Something you couldn't miss
Gold around a center that was black as the abyss
Close enough to kiss
She said, go ahead, I'll cover you
But you gotta make haste
What they're dishing out, Rookie, you don't want to taste

Sweat poured down my face
I hoped beyond hoping
And punched the nav-code in
Behind me, a ship exploded
Who it was, I didn't notice
I floated into the rift
Stars started to shift
Prayed that I didn't drift
But the fear didn't persist
Dispelling the apparitions
Knew that I couldn't give in
Had to bring this to fruition
(And then I saw it)
Completed mission
Home was in my vision
I wondered if I should wait for her

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• abstract hip-hop
• afrofuturism
• electronic rap
• interplanetary boom bap
• psych hop
• space rap
• Pennsylvania