VERSE 1 Oh, that good spaceship is blasting off, It’s taking off From the red-clad Mars. The battered A-I-L platoon Will land on Earth real soon, and treated like stars. Hard to say goodbye to Daniglia, Where they landed for exposure and media After facing all the hell of a dang’rous foe— Yet they carried out their duty, fighting toe-to-toe. VERSE 2 Hope for no further wars to fight; They took the bite From the Martian Ghosts. But Dregger is now put to death, As bad as crystal meth; Forever he was toast! If they come again to Daniglia, They will be just like an encyclopedia--- They will fight much better and score some kills that count, And achieve a happy place upon that vict’ry mount! THE BRIDGE Hard to see it go--- Sad to see it go---- But we have to know……. There will be good… Out of all this parting when the party is comin’ for them as they land the way it should! Yes, they fought a good fight, Tested their might, Now they have light For the party tonight, Because it’s over, it’s all over, it’s all over, it’s all over, and all is right!

CELEBRATION SCENE This scene happens at the AIL Base as we have seen before in the opening of the opera. As lights go on and music starts, we see on SL a ramp from the spaceship Viola, and on SR and SC, an awaiting team of celebrants, which include friends, and even family members, of the crew, with one of them with an air horn. (The celebration music goes under.) As Capt. Plenn, Pvt. Leene, and a few of the AIL reinformcement soldiers go out of the ramp on stage, the air horn is blasted, and the other people throw confetti at the disembarking soldiers. They hug and embrace each other. Viola Pilot 1, Viola Pilot 2, Mission Control 1, and Mission Control 2 personnel come in moments later onto the stage also from SR, and then they embrace the surviving soldiers in return. Finally, the Red Planet Assistants (approaching from SR also) approach the soldiers, with the assistants having lei-shaped garlands. RED PLANET ASSISTANT 1 (approaching to Capt. Plenn): – Glad you made it back, all of you fighters! For your courageous duty in the battle of Daniglia, we all give you garlands to put over your necks as a token of your honor and your bravery. (The Assistants then put these garlands on the soldiers’ necks one by one, and after the last soldier has the garland on, the Assistants help them to form a line. The celebrants then do a big round of applause and cheers for them.) Capt. Plenn then invites the soldiers to be in a victory circle, and then, they interlink arm-in-arm, and then raise their hands in the air—and down again 3 times, each of them doing a shout “Yeah!”. Then then break arms, allow Capt. Plenn into the center of the circle, and then, with help from the other soldiers, they do a group lift to catapult Capt. Plenn in the air (she screams in ecstasy as she is launched in the air), and then, as Capt. is about to land towards the ground, they group-catch Plenn (as if this was a bit of a cheerleading stunt)—a safety catch, and they all exclaim at Plenn—“A-I-L! A-I-L! A-I-L! WE HAVE WON!” (Underscore music comes to a conclusion here.)

OPENING SCENE (for “War of the Martian Ghosts”) At a remote desert area, just near Area 51. On one side, there is a fence with a sign saying “AREA 51: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. RESTRICTED AREA. NO TRESPASSING UNDER PENALTY OF LAW.” On the other side, outside the Area 51 property, are the group of Anti-Invasion League people doing drill training to get ready for combat missions on Mars. They are doing some combat techniques in a group with their broomsticks. Master Drill Sergeant Urder leads these drills. The AILs have their sticks in “order arms’ position. SGT. URDER: Present arms L to R diagonal—Huh! (They bring their sticks in front of each other, in a slant position. SGT. URDER: Overhead Double Horizontal---Huh! (They lift their sticks overhead into a horizontal position with both hands raised.) SGT. URDER: Downward D-Thrust to H-Parry…Huh! (They do a downward thrust first, and then to a frontal defense with their sticks to a horizontal position.) SGT. URDER: Round-Cut L to R and R to L—Huh! (They do a swipe L to R and R to L in an arc, ending with a L to R down-diagonal defense. ) SGT. URDER: Change to L Horizontal Thrust position…Prepare… (They move their sticks with the back of the stick with outside palm upward and the hilt of the stick resting on the top of the near the forearm.) SGT. URDER: O-to-I Circular Cut With Switch to RH. Huh! (They now use the RH to do an outside-to-inside circular horizontal cut (releasing their LHs). SGT. URDER:….And recoil back---Huh! (They now go back to their original position, switching their hands from RH to LH, as before.) SGT. URDER: Now, 360 CCW Circle LH…..Huh! (They then do a full 360 degree spin counterclockwise, with their sticks in place only using the L hand.) SGT. URDER: Now, 360 CW LH….Huh! (They now do a full 360 degree spin clockwise with their sticks, in place, also using the L hand also.) SGT. URDER: Now, we go into combos! Ready! R Out, L Out, Mid-Thrust L Hand. Huh! (They now do a swipe R, swipe L, and then center thrust with their sticks—all with their LH.) SGT. URDER: R Out Switch to RH, L Out Switch to LH, 2-Hand Thrust. Huh! (They now do a R swipe exchanging from LH to RH, a L swipe exchanging from RH to LH, and then, using both hands, RH forward, while also thrusting forward (both hands, with LH behind on stick). SGT. URDER: At ease! (The AILs now assume order arms position with their sticks.) We will now focus on longer combos. Also on my cadence! AILs (all of them, shouting together): Yea! SGT. URDER: This is called Down Strike, R Swing, Change L-R, L Swing R-L. (He does a downward strike with both hands, then a R swipe with RH (releasing LH), and boomeranging to a L swipe (releasing RH to LH hold). Okay? Ready? Go! Count! AILs (all together) – ONE!....TWO!.....THREE!.. (They do the “one” for the downward strike, “two” for the vertical angle parry, and “three” four the thrusting lariat.) SGT. URDER: At ease. (The AILs now assume order arms position with their sticks again.) We will not focus on one form that is a much-longer combo. This is called AIL COMBAT FORM ONE! Almost like a kata but with your stick as well. At my cadence. OPENING SCENE (for “War of the Martian Ghosts”) (CONT.) AILs (all of them, shouting together): Yea! SGT. URDER: Start downward at an angle, with one end of stick on the ground. (The group complies.) With me. SGT. URDER: ONE! (They shout and move LF forward and move sticks to forward thrust position.) SGT. URDER: TWO! (They shout and move RF to R side, assuming squat position and using a two-hand block at chest level with their sticks.) SGT. URDER: THREE! (They shout and step LF back so they are on a foot diagonal LF-to-RF and go into an overhead thrust with both hands.) SGT. URDER: FOUR! (They shout and then, turning ¼ L and closing up RF to LF, they then do a side defense wide to the R with their sticks on RH, going way horizontal away from their body.) SGT. URDER: FIVE! (They shout and now do a downward strike to ground with RH, and immediately afterward into a forward thrust to the groin with both hands on the two movements. No foot movement.) SGT. URDER: SIX! (They shout, and now, turning LF to side, they move their sticks to wide L to horizontal position, switch to R side with their sticks now in wide R in horizonatal position with another shout, and with both hands, they squad and drop their sticks to low horizontal position, to waist level, with their last shout there. SGT. URDER: SEVEN! (They shout and then do a side kick with their R leg with sticks back in recoil position after kick to horizontal level, and then they land the kicking foot forward. SGT. URDER: EIGHT! (They shout and then, they swing their sticks in an horizontal arc R to L and at the same times, they do an elbow strike with their R elbow. No foot movements.) SGT. URDER: NINE! (They do their shout, they throw their sticks like javelins out of their L hands.) At ease. Retrieve your sticks.)

(Underscore music before “Dissonance of Being” begins as celebration starts to wind down a little.) CAPT. PLENN: Well, we got home, this time, and I hope Pvt. Heux gets surgery to get her sight back. VIOLA PILOT 1: I found out that Lt. Floore and Lt. Lamarre died in battle. We will all miss them. VIOLA PILOT 2: But I heard that Lt. Leene survived the fighting, and you, Captain. (Both Viola Pilots hug Lt. Leene and Capt. Pleen; meanwhile, Mission Control and Nevada Control people (without the auxillary personnel this time), look at each other. MISSION CONTROL 1: Well, this may not be Apollo 11, but at least, not all of the AILs are dead. MISSION CONTROL 2: I hope those who endured all this are ready to face death again…as well as war. NEVADA CONTROL 1: Yes, it was a great mission, but I heard that there were losses. NEVADA CONTROL 2: Yea, Mars can be ajungle, but if you can survive that space jungle---you can survive any non-Earth planet! Peace or wartime.

THE BLAST-OFF TO MARS – SCENE Upon lights on, the AIL recruits come into the spacecraft, and all take their seats. They put on their harnesses and seat bealts. CAPT. PLENN: This is it, soldiers! Once we blast off to Ares, there is no point of return. It is all or nothing now….. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S.) All flight controller personnel, pay attention. It is time for the famous poll call—all of you, when your controller’s portion is called, give me the no or no-go for launch. (2 beats.). Hydraulics…… HYDRAULICS CONTROLLER (O.S.): Go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Tactical. TACTICAL CONTROLLER: (O.S.): Go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Engines. ENGINES CONTROLLER (O.S.): We’re go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): IMU. IMU CONTROLLER (O.S.) – It’s go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): GDC. GDC CONTROLLER (O.S.): We’re go for flight. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Re-entry. RE-ENTRY CONTROLLER (O.S.): Go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Orbiter. ORBITER CONTROLLER (O.S.): Yes, we’re go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Navigation. NAVIGATION CONTROLLER (O.S.): Navigation is go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Mechanical. MECHANICAL CONTROLLER (O.S.): All go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Gimbles. GIMBLES CONTROLLER (O.S.): Go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): RCS. RCS CONTROLLER (O.S.): RCS go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Cabin pressurization. CABIN PRESSURIZATION (O.S.) Cabin is a go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Main buses. MAIN BUSES CONTROLLER (O.S.): Go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Redudancy systems. REDUNANCY SYSTEMS CONTROLLER (O.S.): Go. LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Backup power supplies. BACKUP POWER SUPPLIES CONTROLLER (O.S.): Yes, we’re go for flight. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S.): Space Center, this is Nevada, we are go for launch. (Background: sound of rocket engines starting to spool up slowly.) CAPT. PLENN: This is it! In just a few moments, we will be off to Mars. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S.): T-minus one minute and counting. (More sounds of the engines spooling, a bit louder than before.) CAPT. PLENN: Soon, we will be shaking and baking, and saying “Good-bye Earth!” PVT. YEUX: But I hope we will survive and get back to Earth after this martian war crap is done. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S.): T-minus 10…..9…….8……..7………6……. (The engines start to roar, and gets louder when the countdown approaches to zero, and now, the ship seems to tremble with the roaring. Here in these two lines, they are trying to speak at the same time as blast-off is coming in seconds…) LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): We have main engines commencing……. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S.): 5…………4……3…….2…….1…………… (As the loudest thunder roar happens, here, in these next two lines, these launch control people shout out at nearly the same time….) LAUNCH CONTROL 2 (O.S.): We have engine ignition!.............. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S): And lift-off of the Spaceship Viola as it clears the tower, on its way, on its mission—Operation Viola, as it tries to save Mars from doom…….. LAUNCH CONTROL 1 (O.S.): Okay, Mission Control, take over….. MISSION CONTROL 1 (O.S.): Boost protection cover cleared. MISSION CONTROL 2 (O.S.): Get ready for third stage separation………… VIOLA PILOT 1: Ok, Roger, I get it, Stage 3 separation standby. MISSION CONTROL 2 (O.S.): You are now go for Stage 3 Sep. VIOLA PILOT 2: In one, two, three----GO! (There is a bit of a jolt inside the spacecraft). VIOLA PILOT 1: Separation complete! MISSION CONTROL 1 (O.S.): Separation complete. MISSION CONTROL 2 (O.S.): That’s a Rog. Fire retros…… VIOLA PILOT 1: Retros engaged. (There is another jolt inside the spacecraft and a bit of a shudder and a light rumble that continues.)

CHORUS: Look up right at the stars, Dance, under the stars, Yea, shinin’ at night. Look up right at the stars, Dance, under the stars, Yea, shinin’ at night. Stars also could mean that martians loom out in space, so we must be careful now. Stars also could mean that martians loom out in space, so we must be careful now. So for right now, under the stars: dance!

Here are the words - LEAD SINGER (VERSE 1)” This is the fight in space we had to bear within the fray…. (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) With the A-I-L, these soldiers on that mission day…… (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) Fighting against the P-F-F-B who are the foe….. (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) And nipping them into the bud until there is no mo’…. (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) Yes, it is war! War of the Martian Ghosts, Right in the planet Mars with vying hosts, Who fight with sticks to win supremacy…. (CHORUS: Ah, ah, ah…) And stop the enemy! Yea yea yea, stop the enemy! (CHORUS: Enemy! Enemy!) LEAD SINGER (VERSE 2): The friendly forces are called the Anti-Invasion League…. (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) On the other side are the Purple Fatales and the Forces of Bad… (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) The friendly side was led by Captain Plenn who took the rains… (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) Against the P-F-F-B group who set off blinding rains…. (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts!) LEAD SINGER (BRIDGE): It is the war in space! (War of the Martian Ghosts, War of the Martian Ghosts!) The fight is face to face! (War of the Martian Ghosts, War of the Martian Ghosts!) It is a combat stint….. (War of the Martian Ghosts, War of the Martian Ghosts!) Where you must now defend! (War of the Martian Ghosts, War of the Martian Ghosts!) LEAD SINGER (REPRISE OF 2ND PART OF VERSES) Yes, it is war! War of the Martian Ghosts, Right in the planet Mars with vying hosts, Who fight with sticks to win supremacy…. (CHORUS: Ah, ah, ah…) And stop the enemy! Yea yea yea, stop the enemy! (CHORUS: Enemy! Enemy!) Yes, it is war! War of the Martian Ghosts, Right in the planet Mars with vying hosts, Who fight with sticks to win supremacy…. (CHORUS: Ah, ah, ah…) And stop the enemy! Yea yea yea, stop the enemy! (CHORUS: Enemy! Enemy!) Yes, it is war! Yes, it is war! Yes it is war! Yes, it is war! (CHORUS: War of the Martian Ghosts! War of the Martian Ghosts! War of the Martian Ghosts! War of the Martain Ghosts!)

NARRATOR: On the planet of Mars, there seems to be tension, And the Anti-Invasion League may have to do it again at attention. Tour of duty may come now, if they’re call up to fight again, To fight against the martian ghosts; We hope the A-I-L’s are not repeat hosts! If they’re sent off into war again, the outcome is grim! The Purple Fatales and the Forces of Bad will just rout them on a whim! Tour of duty may come now, if they’re call up to fight again, To fight against the martian ghosts; the martian ghosts! The PFFBs and AILs could spar again soon! Romeo and Juliet would be just peanuts on that high noon! The PFFBs and AILs could spar again soon! Romeo and Juliet would be just peanuts on that high noon! We have seen the war of the ghosts, and it kills! We have seen the war of the ghosts, and it chills! We have seen the war of the ghosts, and it kills! We have seen the war of the ghosts, and it chills! Hope for no war of the martian ghosts! DON’T SEND THEM OFF TO LOSE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE! NOOOO!

RED PLANET ASSISTANTS Welcome to Mars, AILs, The red planet rings its bells; Time to go from spaceship’s walls; Just to go, Get ready fo’ The fight with foe, And earn your win Against the PFFBs forcing you to give in… Come down out of this old spaceship where you will b e treated To a time of an important welcome ceremony; You will see Red Planet Assistants---you won’t be lonely… Welcome to Mars, Under the stars, Welcome Mars. Ah, ah, etc.