Ballad of the Starcrossed Miner

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"The Ballad of the Starcrossed Miner" is a poem from the Infocom interactive fiction game Planetfall. It appears at a critical juncture in the game's plot.

O, they ruled the solar system
Near ten thousand years before
In their single starcrossed scout ships
Mining ast'roids, spinning lore.
Then one true courageous miner
Spied a spaceship from the stars
Boarded he that alien liner
Out beyond the orb of Mars.
Yes, that ship was filled with danger
Mighty monsters barred his way
Yet he solved the alien myst'ries
Mining quite a lode that day.
O, they ruled the solar system
Near ten thousand years before
'Til one brave advent'rous spirit
Brought that mighty ship to shore.

The ballad itself refers to another Infocom interactive fiction game, Starcross, and sets the timeline relative to that earlier title.

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