"Tholia"
It shines like a big black ball…
Inside full of life…
Big enough for trillions…
Making starships for the fight.
A whole community from another world…
A long time they'd waited…
From another galaxy…
It was Klingon space they'd taken.
It took some getting used to...
For the Holdfast so weak…
Perfectionists as they are…
Now they have their little piece.
"Stalwart"
As if it was prepared…
It went into space…
To defend the Planet Tholia…
With an enemy to disgrace.
How could it be…
So beautiful to the eye…
A crew so subordinate…
Never a want to die.
The starship so young…
May it never fall…
Its only enemy the Klingons…
Ruining it all…
"Damage"
It came out of nowhere…
A most cowardly act…
Only the ship's phasers…
Could thwart such an attack.
They were outside Tholian territory…
Fighting a Klingon foe…
They had to leave quickly…
To get themselves home.
They would not make a stand…
It was not the Tholian way…
Instead they went into warp…
To fight another day.
"Webs"
They were used for many things…
A teacher once spoke…
Against ships they blocked others…
For repairs to invoke.
To capture a derelict…
Before it was found…
For ships as good as dead…
Mocking alien clowns.
That's why Tholians strike in twos…
They are all over the place…
For ships so small…
It could save your race.
"Discovery"
The humans are an ally…
For reasons unexplained…
One of their blessed ships were taken…
It was thought they'd go insane.
The peace they offered…
Was too great to resist…
It actually made the Klingons…
More than a little pissed.
Many were there…
When the treaty was signed…
They were all in their spacesuits…
Humans full of pride.
"Harenda"
He found a second planet…
For Tholia to conquer…
He contacted home…
And waited a while longer.
Name it after me…
He told Holdfast Command…
They decided they would do it…
It was part of the plan.
But for now he must protect it…
From an attacking battlecruiser…
They got waned up good…
But were still not the loser.
"Equal"
A ship alongside…
Needing to be free…
It said this in a distress call…
But it would never be.
They opened fire…
Advanced as they were…
The Recluse they called themselves…
The decks started to burn.
A fight to the death…
Who was the bigger coward…
The captain who ran…
Or the one with the power.
"Home"
Coming back to Tholia…
To put away their sails…
For them to enjoy a nice meal…
And tell of tall tales.
Impossible to say…
If they'd launch again…
It was thought they would stay…
By an underclassman.
When it was all said and done…
The ship would be repaired…
They could see the stars…
If only they dared.
"End"
The captain acted badly…
His ship so bold…
While being sealed in a web…
Surely the captain was that cold.
It could not blast out…
Almost sealed in completely…
Transporters allowed its crew…
To beam out as need be.
The captain chose to stay though…
On board the Recluse...
Locked in a web forever…
Happy in its muse.