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A Mercurian sunrise

Greets the worshippers from the skies.

The long trek across the wastes

Separates the true from the apostate.

The hostile planet surface

Has ensured that humanity

Only live where dawn and night meet,

Forever circling Mercury.

The humans built a city

A marvellous construction,

It moves across the surface

Using solar fluxion.

City of gold

City of dreams

The cult of sun-seekers

Lives in the extremes

City of gold

City of light

Terminus moves

Following the night

Ritualistic sacrifice

As the sun-seekers leave the city

To venture out into the wild

Communing with the universe

The tech-priests have decreed

That there will be one worship

All will bow at the altar of

The powerful Sol

The city has grown mighty,

Its people proud and strong.

Ships land in its ports

Loaded with tribute

Railguns protect the skies

As the city's shields deflect

Impervious to earthly dangers

Complacency settles in.

City of gold

City of might

A shining jewel

Reflecting Sol's light

City of gold

City of plunder

Built on the backs

Of innocents without number

Sabotage kills the outer shield

Rocks sent down the gravity well

Heat shield damaged by the impacts

Alarms blare in Terminus

Evacuation

Starts removing

Citizens

But there are too many

The hubris of man

Systems fail

Systems fail

City of gold

City of wonder

Destruction of Terminus

Has torn our dreams asunder

City of gold

City of fire

Implosion of the planet

Leaves all in its mire