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Strongbeard's ECM
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Ryan Gaynor
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this song is about the eve online pilot gordaine strongbeard, who is known for daring saves using ecm to cripple the enemy targetting and let his friends escape, he is the number 1 griffin pilot of all time, and specializes in ECM of all types.
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Male, EDM, Excited, fast-paced synthesizer arpeggios, heavy use of sidechain compression, glitchy ECM-inspired sound effects, pulsating bassline at 128 BPM, bright digital textures
Scanners show red on the edge of the void
Hostile fleet painted, their weapons deployed
Warp disruptors humming, our escape looking grim
Just burning metal if we can't break free from them
Then a signal cuts sharp through the frantic comms feed
"Gordaine's inbound!" in the moment of need
A Griffin appears, small and fast, taking heat
His signature move, making hostile tech obsolete
Strongbeard flies,
ECM high, jamming the frequencies, darkening the sky
Target locks break in a static-filled scream
He blinds the hunters, fulfills the escape dream
The Griffin's his throne
ECM his crown
When Gordaine rolls in
The tide's turning around
He dances through fire, a ghost in the fray
Modules cycling, disrupting their aim
Each burst of static, a calculated blow
Confusion his weapon, letting wounded friends go
A master of noise,
of the electronic art
Playing the enemy,
tearing their systems apart
Strongbeard flies, ECM high!
Jamming the frequencies, darkening the sky
Target locks break in a static-filled scream
He blinds the hunters, fulfills the escape dream
The Griffin's his throne
ECM his crown
When Gordaine rolls in
The tide's turning around
They call for primaries, they scream out his name
But his ship's just an echo, denying their claim
The number one pilot in Griffin's command
A legend forged saving the fleet on demand
Sabotage sings through the wires he commands
The strongest of beards
In the cold, starry lands
Just static... and silence...
Where targets once burned...
Strongbeard flies, ECM high!
Jamming the frequencies, darkening the sky
Target locks break in a static-filled scream
He blinds the hunters, fulfills the escape dream
The Griffin's his throne
ECM his crown
When Gordaine rolls in
The tide's turning around
Safe in the warp tunnel,
the fleet breathes anew
Salute the Griffin pilot, forever true
Gordaine Strongbeard... ECM's might...
Fading to static...
Into the starry night...