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Warning meets with rejection

Reputation discredited Allies found on the fringes

Pariah, saviour, pays the debt

Look to them rules discarded

Criminal minds, an asset prized

Secret stores futurity guarded

Shot at glory, victorealised

Crux Victorialis

Inter partes conflict

Mobilise the fire-ships

Manned by the heroic

Weapons of mass destruction

Adapt for another role

Combined to form a blastnet

Clandestine, private goal

Ostensibly sound, credible tactic

Hell of a time to test the code

More than a little luck is needed

Cracks appear before the load