Naval Tradition

[sheff]

Typically, when you get soldiers, or sailors, an intoxicating substance, cash on hand, and breakable objects all in one place, you get....songs. Here's a little ditty I wrote after watching a kids movie. If you're over 20 you might remember it from your childhood.

Tune: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVEqGH6MAL8

Shiver in your heart, shudder in your soul
Yo Ho He Ho
The Cadar Pirate is comin for your hold
Yo Ho He Ho

He sails through space with a flag of blue
A bloodthirsty capt'n and cut-throat crew
Every man on board will take your life
For a handful of crystals or a bag of spice.

Shiver in your heart, shudder in your soul
Yo Ho He Ho
The Cadar Pirate is breakin in our hold
Yo Ho He Ho

That fool of a catain orders you
To fight them off, to save our loot
The fights now done and your crews all dead
There's a blade to your back and a gun to your head


Shiver in your heart, shudder in your soul
Yo Ho He Ho
The Cadar Pirate is in our hold
Yo Ho He Ho

You watch them loot and you watch them leave
Your captains head falls to his knees
You have no fuel and no where to run
One last torpedo and your days are done

Shiver in your heart, shudder in your soul
Yo Ho He Ho
The Cadar Pirate is comin for your hold
Yo Ho He Ho

He sails through space with a flag of blue
A bloodthirsty capt'n and cut-throat crew
Every man on board will skin you alive
For a handful of crystals or a bag of spice.

If you like, I do a few more, or better yet, add your own.

Also, if you actually know which movie I took this from, without looking it up...
Then I guess your parents bought you video-cassettes for your VCR too, huh?



PS. Also, flames and criticism welcome. I watched a kids movie and made a parody based on a game. All's fair on da interwebs. Edits get my thanks too.

[bookworm21]

Nice lyrics!

I think that the Cadar syndicate would use military commissioned privateers, rather than pirates. At least thats what I'm playing through anyway!

[sheff]

Military Commissioned Privateer is indeed the proper designation for any civilized nation.

But with this particular method of psycological weapon, we need to reduce the amount of mental energy required for the listener to process it.

Can anyone in the class tell me why?

[topper4125]

Apr 11, 2015 15:36:22 GMT -5 sheff said:

Can anyone in the class tell me why?

Ummm... Seven?

[sheff]

Close. The actual answer is three. All three clans have shown that they have incredibly inept school systems. Therefore, for a Cadar Soldier of Fortune, he feels it only honorable to descend to the level of his prey.

It makes them feel like they have a chance.

Also, big words aren't easily remembered by houses Thulun and Song. Javat might remember and even pronounce them, but only when sober. And let's face it, that probably won't happen. They only sing when they have one foot in the spice and the other in the vudka.

[Deleted]

Steel Song only has to remember the name of your ship. Oh, and three other little things...close, board, destroy.

We don't need torps or teapots.

[sheff]

Remember it well, and shudder in fear...

[Deleted]

The Captain gives a little shiver. "Can someone hand me my jacket? There's a slight draft in here."

[Electric]

Now I know what goes on inside the minds of the Cadar captains... makes total sense.

[Wolfasaur]

Apr 13, 2015 18:22:34 GMT -5 sheff said:

Close. The actual answer is three. All three clans have shown that they have incredibly inept school systems. Therefore, for a Cadar Soldier of Fortune, he feels it only honorable to descend to the level of his prey.

It makes them feel like they have a chance.

Also, big words aren't easily remembered by houses Thulun and Song. Javat might remember and even pronounce them, but only when sober. And let's face it, that probably won't happen. They only sing when they have one foot in the spice and the other in the vudka.

No the correct answer must be MCP Military Commissioned Pirate.

[Officer Genious]

Wow, I haven't even seen this one. Its beautiful, sheff... KEEEERRRMMMMIIIII!!

[ntsheep]

No matter what their rank.
No matter what their job or title.
No matter how many battles they've faced and won.
Every Cadarian fears the coming of the Great White Wool
and the rain of edibles and toiletries that follows.

[dayan]

[sheff]

Apr 11 -> Post

Apr 12 -> Officer Genious enters, begins to stare at abstract art piece

Aug 12 -> Officer Genious Leaves, profoundly moved by the complexity of muppet based fanfiction and the complete lack of talent required to compile it, writes thank you letter

Aug 14 -> Check account for the first time in months and... (Why is ntsheep singing a drinking song while dressed as Jean-Luc Picard while imbibing dayan brain juice)

I swear, I leave for work, come back and find you all standing there waiting for me...
Like you're all cats...
Crazy, wooly cats...

[slayernz]

Hey ... if you're mistaking ntsheep for a cat, you've had too much Vudka. No wonder you're singing songs.

Apr 13, 2015 18:31:10 GMT -5 Chance said:

Steel Song only has to remember the name of your ship. Oh, and three other little things...close, board, destroy.

We don't need torps or teapots.

You only close quickly because cardboard is not very air-tight, and you have no weapons that can do more than make a tepid cup of weak tea.

Also - I think you were mistaken ...

You close
You board.
You get destroyed.

It's an easy enough mistake to make. Steel Song aren't good with words.