The Ballad of Skip Hayden, version 3

Seventeen! Space battle calls! Admiral's son! Father falls! Victory! At deadly cost! War is won! Father lost! Peace his quest! Diplomat's way! Find the lost! Come what may! Colonies! Thrown through time! Ambassador! In his prime! Slavery found! Treaty void! Assassins strike! Portal deployed! NO MAN'S LAND! Running through the killing ground! NO MAN'S LAND! Where strange humans can be found! King and mage! Guard beside! Arctic waste! Nowhere to hide! NO MAN'S LAND! Four souls making final stand! Magic real! Science lost! Zappers seized! Any cost! Direwolves attack! Tyrants rise! Giant beasts! Battle cries! Ice and snow! Never yield! Sword in hand! Zapper's shield! Undefeated! Heart of steel! Death surrounds! Will not kneel! Friends defend! Fight until the end! Soul to find! Leave the past behind! NO MAN'S LAND! Running through the killing ground! NO MAN'S LAND! Where strange humans can be found! NO MAN'S LAND! Battle-tested, battle-scarred! NO MAN'S LAND! Fighting till his soul unmarred! NEVER BEND! NEVER BREAK! His legend none can fake! NO MAN'S LAND! NO MAN'S LAND!