| [After days of bloodshed and defense against the Extropian onslaught,
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| the Ironclad Army drove away their foes. |
| Having retreated, the Extropians and
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| their supposed «MechaGod» did not seem so powerful, after all. |
| That evening,
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| the Ironclad and their people celebrated their
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| victory. |
| Nirtok, the Grand Overseer of the Ironclad, stood upon a high rock in
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| the city square and shouted to his people:]
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| «My brothers! |
| Today we know glory!
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| We defend our beliefs and our families!
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| The wind is on our backs…
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| And for the Ironclad, this day is one of victory!»
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| — Nirtok, Ironclad Overseer
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| «Illustrious transcendence,
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| Steel to toil and blood.
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| Hallowed be these grounds,
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| Laced with grandeur.
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| Echoing;
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| All the reasons that they fought,
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| Monument to what they loved.
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| Fraught with deceit and rooted in terror,
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| The spoils of immortality cannot be denied."
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| — Ma'tau, Ironclad Stargazer
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| «…But we have not, heard the end of the Extropians!
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| I know they will hope for our every death!
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| Yet when they reassemble for war…
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| Fear us, for they will lie dead!
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| Then we will truly see,
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| Who will be gone, and who will live forever…
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| …And who will live forever? |
| Who will be gone?
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| (Then, we will truly see!)"
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| — Nirtok, Ironclad Overseer
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| «And now the Light Dawn is free to rise!
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| They programmed their limitations… ours end at the sky!»
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| — Cocidius, Dreadnaut Warlord
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| «Victory and defeat are each of the same price.»
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| — Thomas Jefferson
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| «We will pay, all the same, to show our enemy…
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| The power of the Light!»
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| — Elos, Ironclad Hero
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| Of the Light: |