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CopRit Empire, Halfil Sol 14 Of Race 4 Year 4958 Frostal Secondary, New Baltimore Sitting down in the chair across from the Principal’s desk I nervously swallowed and tried to calm my heart. The Principal could probably hear it, and smell my perspiration. Which was only making me more nervous. “Thoomaas,” squeaked the principal from
CopRit Empire, Halfil Sol 25 Of Race 4 Year 4958 Monty Publishing House, New Baltimore Slowly gathering myself I stepped into the hologram chamber, the projection flickered and the simulation automatically paused as I stepped in. I quickly looked around to get my bearings, I appeared to be on a starship bridge enduring greatly exaggerated
CopRit Empire, Halfil Sol 78 Of Race 3 Year 4958 Suburbs, New Baltimore I looked back up at the shopkeeper, the small Human was trying to appear unconcerned. Not that I could really blame ‘him’- glancing over at the human I checked the chest. It was a male, the chest did not protrude and there
CopRit Empire Sol 77 Of Race 7 Year 4957 PackRat IV, 5 Months out from Halfil I slammed into to deck plating. Coughing, I rolled over onto my side and vomited on the floor, trying to get over the fact that everything was spinning around me. “You know, Humans have perhaps one of the most
CopRit Empire, Halfil Sol 78 of Race 3 Year 4958 Athletic Complex, New Baltimore I jumped to the side, dodging the attack. I felt the breeze as the weapon passed my abdomen; it missed me by only a few millimeters. Twirling to the side, I brought my foot up. Reacting with amazing speed, my opponent
CopRit Empire, Halfil Sol 78 Of Race 3 Year 4958 Divsion 3 Police Station, New Baltimore “What?” The officer frowned and pushed the circular data tablet across the table to me. On it was an image of the woman I had met at the bar last night. She had green skin, of a shade that
Sneaking forwards Kalif slowly tilted his ears to either side and waited in the darkness. Not sensing anything he slowly crept forwards towards the statue, and the artifacts in its base. Slithering as silently as possible Kalif focused his eyes on the objects, as if afraid they might disappear at any time. Reaching the statue
Mother Earth. She’s a bitch. A hard ass bitch who tortured every form of life that she brought forth onto her surface. Every life form on her surface had to fight, feed and fuck. After that she didn’t care about what happened, only that they had improved on themselves perhaps a little bit. Life on
Nyx fired off another shot from her rifle and the Prod nearly 800 meters down the street jerked and ducked into an ally. She frowned and sharpened her gaze on the point where the purple mass had disappeared, looking for the telltale red fragments on the pavement. “More of ’em?” asked Iyo, he was whispering
Adam, Artemis, Atlas, & Icarus Part 2
The data streams slammed into me. With practiced ease, I pushed them aside and forced myself to view the data from afar. To not see it as billions of lines of code, but rather as the small white room that any other human would see. Floating in the center of that white room was Artemis,
Adam, Artemis, Atlas, & Icarus Part 1
0 days Adam “You’re insane.” “Your point is what?” She rolled her eyes and tightened the straps holding me to the chair. “The point is that someone who can’t move shouldn’t really be this snippy.” She gestured at the plethora of medical equipment around us. “I’m sure I can do some interesting things with all
We had begun with the standard shock and awe tactics, bombarding their population centers from orbit with kinetic weapon strikes. One moment a city was standing, and the next it was ash through the power of pure physics. No radiation to clean up and minimal collateral damage to the atmosphere. It was standard procedure, one
“Well little Hunin?” “Human, It’s pronounced human.” said the woman as she sipped at her drink. The two Yinhin looked at her for a moment not sure what to make of her interruption. “What do you think?” asked the larger of the Yinhin as he raised and dropped the sword onto the bar, attempting to
“You’re going to die. You know that right?” I ignored her and slowly opened my eyes, I was in the middle of the module and the emergency lights were the only source of illumination. She was floating over in the corner, glaring at me despite her own injuries. “Just die already, to keep fighting is
Humanity is horrifyingly, unendingly, foolishly committed. It makes them one of the most dangerous alien races I have ever encountered. They are small creatures, pale and without much color or ornamentation. Pit them against the monsters in the betting pits of the outer colonies with nothing but their own skin and they will fall in
“Everyone ready?” asked Wek as he held his pulse rifle up and let the capacitor charge. The weapon’s hum filled the back of the small tactical military transport as they moved through the space station’s atmosphere. “We’re going up against humans, right?” asked Nilnet one of the newer members of the tactical assault team. Wek
Long before crawling out of the gravity wells of their home stars, most species of the Galaxy understand what lay above them in the heavens. Before history even began, they named the stars, found patterns and meaning in them, looked at the specks of light in the sky that moved and took pride in being
Staring at the creatures for a moment Mary sighed and folded her hands behind her back. “Just kill me.” The creatures in the room looked at one another and then back at Mary. “What?” asked the unnaturally Tall and impeccably dressed creature in the center of the dark room. Mary glared back at it, “I
Settling in the chair I looked across the embassy office at the alien, and tensed. Large the creatures were vaguely humanoid in shape, two legs, two arms a torso and a head. Beyond that general shape it was different from a standard human. Its legs had two knees and claws that curved upwards. Its skin
“No.” Praetor Hahac looked up and ruffled her feathers. “What do you mean by no General?” “We’re not going to give you children, no matter how you promise to treat them.” Said General Han as he crossed his arms and glared across at the table at the creature. Praetor Hahac’s feathers puffed out slightly and
“Kiyi! Kiyi! Look!” The older sister smiled and extended her talon towards the moltling trundling towards her across the smooth stone floor his three legs pattering as moved towards her. “Yes Oler, I see it,” said Kiyi as she grabbed the moltling in her talons keeping him in place. Oler puffed himself out, looking like
Looking around the corridor Tulgif gripped the gun he was wielding more tightly and slowly began to advance. The creatures had taken everyone else, he had seen what remained after the Humans had finished with them, little sacks of entrails and gore, gray bones sticking up through it splintered at odd angles. The air vent
<Fireworks> Outside my window there was a muffled explosion, looking up at the sky I leaned back on my haunches. Humans really did like explosions, but then it was Unification day for their planet I supposed some merriment was in order. Already dark outside I glanced at the time piece, even after having been on
We are peaceable out of necessity, and because of it we are the most powerful race in this galaxy. For a Human to kill another takes but a moment, a sharp knife or even just a few ounces of pressure and a man can be easily killed, his corpse discarded as a worthless sack of
0 Seconds Leaning over the small fence around the domicile, I carefully tied to lead to appropriate peg. The creature on the end of the lead, an Earth ‘pig’, let out an odd sound but otherwise didn’t protest to being fixed in place. I continued down the row of domiciles, fixing other animals in place
Rolling his multiple sets of shoulders Ponif settled into the fighter, she was a beauty of modern engineering. Quad plasma thrusters with an antimatter injector for an extra kick when needed, adaptive g-force negation generators so he could pull maneuvers that would have otherwise been impossible. Four Ionic plasma cannons tunable to multiple frequencies for
“What the hell are you doing?” I asked as another round of explosions went off around us, my small companion seemed to be struggling with something in the wall. “My arms stuck!” growled my Human partner. Moving over to him I looked at the mess. I had avoided the collapsing wall but he had taken
Humans are odd, introduced into the Galactic community only about 110 of their years ago they have already made themselves one of the most important species in the Galaxy. From a biological standpoint they are a fairly standard with tolerances for heat and cold, pressures and vacuum within the midrange for most species. They are
“Why do you insist on continuing this?” asked the Captain, addressing the smaller creature on the ground in front of him. The thing scrambled forward on its limbs moving at an unnatural gait unable to raise itself back up to the stance he had seen in the rest of the species. It hit and bounced
I raised my gun and fired. The young Captain’s face exploded outwards in a spray of blood and gore. The Princess shrieked and fell backwards into a pool of blood from one of the guards. Jumping at that she stumbled up to her feet, eyes going wide bloody hands over her mouth and tears in
Category: Star Sailor Leaning back in the chair at the circular table I looked at the hologram above it, the Ophanim was slowly pulling away from us. She was a much larger and newer ship by far, with three quantum-fusion plants compared to the single old-style reactor of the Patch. But even full bore, her
Heri poked at the chunks of meat in his bowl with a tentacle, trying to look as if he wasn’t hungry. He was molting though, his feathers sticking out in odd directions. Last year when he had been growing, he had devoured anything I had put in front of him. The same glint was in
The Deathworlders – Chapter 66: Unbowed Part 5
Date Point: 17y5m4d AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Ian Wilde Wilde learned three things that afternoon. First, never play rugby with Hoeff. Short he might be, but he was quick, relentless, insanely strong, and absolutely willing to use his heft and low center of gravity to ruin a man’s day. He didn’t quite manage
The Deathworlders – Chapter 66: Unbowed Part 4
Date Point: 17y5m3d AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Daniel Hoeff, bodyguard to Tarzan or whatever Run done, sparring done, morning slab…done. One last set of bent-over rows, some lighter accessory work to cool down a bit…and that was his work put in and his free time earned. He’d really been enjoying his caveman time
Alin turned on the park bench to face the silver Humanoid shape next to her. The creature was unmistakably synthetic, unnaturally still and unmoving against the waving greenery of the surroundings. With a sigh Alin turned to Silver and hand and waved it at the flowers and trees in front of her. “What do you
The Deathworlders – Chapter 66: Unbowed Part 3
Date Point: 17y5m AV Clan Firefang headquarters, The Great Isthmus, Gao Tooko Clan meant politics. And Tooko hated politics. Oh, he was definitely good at it, like he was good at most things—a Brother needed to know his strengths—but that didn’t mean he reveled in it. He’d much rather be out there, doing what he
The Deathworlders – Chapter 66: Unbowed Part 2
Date Point:17y4m2w AV High Mountain Fortress, the Northern Plains, Gao Daar, Great Father of the Gao “That will almost certainly be a bloody campaign, My Father.” Daar nodded sadly. “I know. Gotta do it, though. We ain’t got no right ‘ta come along, stick our noses’n their business, an’ leave ‘em so unstable they can’t
The Deathworlders – Chapter 66: Unbowed Part 1
Date Point: 17y4m2w AV Relay world, deep uncharted space Ferd Given-Man Hand signals only. No words, only silent footsteps, glances, gestures. Tail-flicks and crest-waves, which the Humans had long ago learned to read. They didn’t have tails to flick back, but they could say much with their faces the People couldn’t. Ferd and his men
Sliding across the smooth metallic floor I just barely dodged under the beam of the phase disrupter. The cloaking field around me flickered but continued operating. I had been a little too close. Rolling up to my feet I jumped over the second beam that was sweeping across the floor. Silently jogging down the rest
The Deathworlders – Chapter 65: Leaps of Faith Part 5
26th day of the first year of freedom The “Clawhold,” above the old-bent-leg tunnels Ukusevi The “Clawhold” was… Uku hadn’t realized that a place could be so clean, even while it was alive and working. Not even the hydroponic farms in the warrens were so well-kept. The light was a little too bright for her,
10 Years, 01 Months, 10 Days After Eridani Landing Chront Derrick stumbled into the cell, his eyes half open and his body screaming out in so much pain he didn’t notice his own impact into the concrete of the cell. “Ucabej!” shouted Hala as the bars swung shut. The guard grunted several harsh words back
The Deathworlders – Chapter 65: Leaps of Faith Part 4
Date Point: 17y4m1w3d AV Chiune Station, west of Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Julian Etsicitty Misfit was a lot smaller than Julian remembered, but damn if she wasn’t a welcome sight. And he’d have to be ten years dead not to smile at the way Allison was practically sparking with happiness at working on the
The Deathworlders – Chapter 65: Leaps of Faith Part 3
Date Point: 17y4m1w2d AV The Clawhold, a liberated world, former Hunter space Ginn, aide-de-camp to Grandfather Vark of Clan Stoneback With the endless global industry halted, air quality was soaring. There was still a haze of carcinogenic particles in the air, but it was thinner than ever before, to the point where Ginn could actually
The Deathworlders – Chapter 65: Leaps of Faith Part 2
Date Point:17y3m3w5d AV Planet Akyawentuo, the Ten’Gewek Protectorate, Near 3KPc arm Julian Etscitty Yan’s armpits were just as lovingly smelly as ever, which Julian learned as the monstrous chief of the Ten’Gewek wrassled him into all sorts of vaguely pretzel-like shapes. But that was the price of his friendship, when they hadn’t seen each other
10 Years, 01 Month, 08 Days After Eridani Landing Species C1764 Home World [Vann] turned his gaze to the man next to him, inspecting him for what felt like the millionth time. He was close to his own age and looked utterly comfortable at the controls of the vehicle as they moved across the face
The Deathworlders – Chapter 65: Leaps of Faith Part 1
Date Point: 17y3m3w AV Kansas, USA, Earth Six/Cynosure “Shit, shit, shit, fuck…” Earth was outside of dataspace contact. There was no signal from the Irujzen relay at all. That could mean only one thing: Six had fucked up. He’d fucked up badly. The plan had been so simple. The Humans were supposed to find the
The Deathworlders – Chapter 64: Survive Part 5
Date Point: Opening days of the first year of Liberation. Library bunker at Old-Bent-Leg, a freeed world Ukusevi The schism was complete. In fact, Ukusevi’s proposed additions to the Chant had been met with acclaim from one side and outraged violence from the other that only ended when the two factions of Keepers were dragged
The Deathworlders – Chapter 64: Survive Part 4
Date Point: 17y2w AV Asteroid belt, liberated system, former Hunter space Brigadier General Rylee Jackson When Hunters didn’t want to fight, they were about as slippery as a bar of soap in the bathtub. When they did want to fight, they threw everything they had into it. No middle ground. It was dismayingly sensible of
9 Years, 11 Months, 25 Days After Eridani Landing Chront Megan let out a low whistle as she stepped into the hanger that contained the remains of the Canada. The security personnel who could be spared from the Russia, moved in to join the Seninon troops who were standing guard outside the building. “He got
The Deathworlders – Chapter 64: Survive Part 3
Date point: 16y11m3w AV The Clawhold, Liberated world, former Hunter space Ginn, Foot-soldier first class, Grand Army of the Gao One could only play so many games of Ta’Shen before they lost their mind. It wasn’t that Ginn was particularly eager to face down cloaked Hunter death machines or a slavering horde of crazed monsters
The Deathworlders – Chapter 64: Survive Part 2
Date Point: 16y11m2w2d AV Leadership’s Gymnasium, Stoneback Chapterhouse, High Mountain Fortress Arthur Sartori The Great Father was in a bad mood from the word go. That was easy to tell of course, partly because Daar wasn’t one to hide his feelings, but mostly because aside from his many noble and civilized qualities, in his heart
The Deathworlders – Chapter 64: Survive Part 1
Date Point: 16y11m10d AV Hierarchy Cleansed Session 508 ++0020++: Full retreat. Every Hunter asset in the system is being withdrawn or scuttled. ++0004++: <Aghast> So quickly? The Gaoians only launched their invasion days ago! ++0020++: Correct. Their maximum leader personally intervened on a key asset in close orbit around the star, and this was apparently
10 Years, 01 Month, 05 Days After Eridani Landing Species C1764 Home World Pursing his lips [Vann] looked down at the C1764 planet. The oceans took up most of its surface, almost a direct inverse to that of the Home world with its proportions. The first wars on the Home world thousands of generations ago
The Deathworlders – Chapter 63: Torn Part 5
Date Point:16y11m6d AV Starship Destroying Fury, Mordor system Daar, Great Father of the Gao It was only Daar’s unbreakable discipline that kept him afloat. All he wanted to do was rip and tear and pillage and destroy, over and over again, endlessly, until everything was a haze of red and he’d stacked a pile of
The Deathworlders – Chapter 63: Torn Part 4
Date Point: 16y11m5d AV Hunter stellar array, mordor system, Hunter space Regaari The hard part was the light. It was everywhere, and stepping out in it meant being exposed to a flood of radiation and enough heat to melt lead. The shadows meant life, but with the suit’s eye protection turned almost fully opaque to
9 Years, 11 Months, 24 Days After Eridani Landing Chront Derrick continued the staring match with the Seninon outside the cell, his gaze locked on the other sentient his eyes drying out despite the humidity. The Seninon man was dressed in what looked like an ancient Earth uniform. Straight heavy cloth with protective plates inside
The Deathworlders – Chapter 63: Torn Part 3
Date Point: 16y11m4d AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Julian Work done, head hosed down, feet clean, hair toweled dry. Babies blissfully asleep, and a long and very welcome bout of fun with Al and Xiù, while Amanda and the boys went shopping for supplies. Then a pleasant evening walk to escort her home, and
The Deathworlders – Chapter 63: Torn Part 2
Date Point: 16y10m3w AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Leemu There weren’t many Clanless who could claim a personal friendship with the Great Father of the Gao. That had enjoyed (and survived) cuddly afternoon naps with him. Or really knew that the pictures or even videos didn’t do the in-person experience any justice, not even
The Deathworlders – Chapter 63: Torn Part 1
Date Point:14y1m AV, two years prior to the invasion of Mordor Planet Akyawentuo Ferd Werne-Breaker A Man. A tall, strange man, with a strange spear in his hand. Fire falling from the sky. That had been his vision on the day Ferd became a man and was Given his name by the Singer. He’d earned
10 Years After Eridani Landing Home World [Charles] took in a shaky breath, turning he looked up at the star hanging above him in the sky. It was the same star that his ancestors had looked at for generations, his genetics were pure Dorvakian. Going all the way back to the dawn of civilization, before
The Deathworlders – Chapter 62: Tooth and Claw Part 5
Date Point: 16y11m5d AV Starship Silent But Deadly, Planet ‘Mordor,’ Hunter Space Tooko, Pilot and Stud of Clan Firefang Combat was infinitely more stressful when it was your friends doing the fighting, and there wasn’t a Daar-damned thing to do about it. Tooko had a commanding view of the factory, though that by itself wasn’t
The Deathworlders – Chapter 62: Tooth and Claw Part 4
Date Point: 417th Year of the Punishment Library bunker at Old-Bent-Leg, the Great Ruin Ukusevi, Librarian and Keeper of the Long Chant “Keeper?” Ukusevi woke at her desk. She’d only put her head down for a moment…. But no. The fire-safe oil lantern beside her had burned dry, and was going to need a new
The Deathworlders – Chapter 62: Tooth and Claw Part 3
Date Point: 417th Year of the Punishment Library bunker at Old-Bent-Leg, the Great Ruin Ukusevi, Librarian and Keeper of the Long Chant For the first time in living memory, the library was in uproar. Libraries were silent, not just out of reverence for the knowledge they protected, but out of fear that the Punishers might
The Deathworlders – Chapter 62: Tooth and Claw Part 2
Date Point: 16y11m3d AV Planet ‘Mordor,’ Hunter space Ginn, Foot-soldier first class, Grand Army of the Gao Ginn’s protective gear itched. In fact, it itched maddeningly, to the point where he could kind of understand the idiots who’d taken it off for a good scratch, even though they were now enduring all the wonders and
9 Years, 11 Months, 23 Days After Eridani Landing Home World [Howard] smiled at the Consul and nodded, “Whatever it is you would ask of me and the resources I command are the disposal of the Empire.” “I’m very glad to hear that,” [Marcus] trailed off scowling as [Howard] turned away from him to look
The Deathworlders – Chapter 62: Tooth and Claw Part 1
Date Point: 417th Year of the Punishment Library bunker at Old-Bent-Leg, the Great Ruin Ukusevi, Librarian and Keeper of the Long Chant The Chant had always promised a day when the Punishment would end, but Uku had never imagined she would live to see it. Perhaps she hadn’t, yet. But there had been a bright
The Deathworlders – Chapter 61: Violence Part 5
Date point: 16y11m1d AV Starship Silent But Deadly, Planet Mordor, Hunter Space Sergeant Ian Wilde The thing that Wilde never got his head around was the idea that a spaceship could be as quiet as a breeze. Deadly could fly supersonic, and that obviously wasn’t quiet, but at low speeds she could be pretty much
The Deathworlders – Chapter 61: Violence Part 4
Date Point: 16y10m2w AV Wi Kao city, Planet Gao Xiù Chang Yulna’s pyre was huge, and fierce. And, in a mark of Daar’s considerable respect, it was a wooden pyre rather than the industrial, gas-fired thing that was how the Gao usually said farewell to the dead. Wood, to the Gao, was about as valuable
9 Years, 11 Months, 23 Days After Eridani Landing Home World [Vann] groaned as the Senate leader run the bell for afternoon recess. The few members who had attended the general meeting got up to leave, most them continuing to deliberate with one another. Several larger groups moved towards the doors that led to the
The Deathworlders – Chapter 61: Violence Part 3
Date point: 16y10m1w4d AV Gateway Station 2, Ugunduvur System, the Guvnuragnaguvendrugun Confederacy Fiin, Champion and Stud of Clan Stoneback Fiin’s paws met the gateway station’s outer hull with a solidity that reverberated through his whole body, eerily loud in the soundproof confines of his suit. Electrostatic sticky fields in the palms and soles stuck him
The Deathworlders – Chapter 61: Violence Part 2
Date Point: 16y10m1w AV Planet Mordor, Hunter Space Ferd Given-Man Ferd was trying not to shiver from a mix of the cold and… Wilde called them ‘hee-bee-jee-bees.’ This more-door world was sick, and Ferd could feel the creeping illness all around him, even through the safe-clothes. The mud was stained, dark with slime and bright
9 Years, 11 Months, 20 Days After Eridani Landing Bellona Colony Tapping at the computer console embedded in the bench Megan leaned back to look at the pair of small cubes that sat on the medical examination bed, two small metallic cradles feeding them power the only comforts. “Anything Yern?” asked Megan as she looked
The Deathworlders – Chapter 61: Violence Part 1
Date Point: 16y10m1d AV Cloaked Hunter observation ship, Spacelane BlueSquare-552, the Guvnuragnaguvendrugun Confederacy The Builder Alpha-of-Alphas Things… collapsed. Spectacularly. In one instant, the battle had been at a deliciously productive impasse. The Hunters’ own ships were grappling with the Humans’ and Prey-Species’ war vessels, neither side had a clear advantage and for the first time
9 Years, 11 Months, 20 Days After Eridani Landing Home World [Vann] stood up and moved away from the small stone bench as the young woman stepped out of the back entrance of the palace and into the garden that dominated the space behind the ancient building. Smoothing his formal robes [Vann]’s eyes quickly roved
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 7
Date Point: 16y10m1d AV HMS Violent, Armstrong Station rally point, Cimbrean-5, the Far Reaches Admiral Sir William Caruthers “Caledonia reports the HEAT are aboard, sir.” Caruthers acknowledged the update with a nod. Things were moving quickly, but not quickly enough by half for his tastes. The Hunters had hit the convoy on a relatively remote
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 6
Date Point: 16y10m1d AV Starship Silent But Deadly, Hell system, Hunter Space Tooko, Brother and Stud of Clan Firefang To Tooko’s mild surprise, Ten’Gewek did not, in fact, stink. Oh, sure, they had a certain… physicality that extended to their aroma, but it wasn’t unpleasant. Just… Well. Strong. Strong enough that the scent still lingered
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 5
Date Point: Halloween, 16y10m AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Champion Fiin of Clan Stoneback It was good to be reunited with the HEAT. The joint training exercises, the sport and play afterward, carousing at Rooney’s, the bonds of Brotherhood they were re-forging after too long a time apart…all were important for what was coming.
9 Years, 11 Months, 14 Days After Eridani Landing Olyn, Karskara Rolling out of the small bed in her apartment Diana dropped to the floor and luxuriated in the cool temperature of the faux stone for a moment. The bruises, scrapes, and cuts covering her body temporarily dulled by the cold. Not waiting for the
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 4
Date Point: Halloween, 16y10m AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Allison Buehler Halloween was Allison’s favorite holiday. An entire day devoted to minor rebellion? Awesome. And these days she knew exactly what her favorite part was: she could coax Julian into a skin-tight superhero costume, one custom made to show off that comic-book build of
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 3
Date Point: 16y9m AV High Mountain Fortress, the Northern Plains, Gao Brother Tooko, Stud of Clan Firefang The door closed, and Tooko was left alone with a male who was, in a very biological sense, practically his opposite. Tooko was proud to be a first-degree male. It was his charm, his calling card and his
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 2
Date Point: 16y8m3w AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Ava Ríos “I’ll just need a minute to set up the recorder.” “Take your time. I mean, we haven’t seen each other in a while anyway, it would be nice to catch up, not just be all business.” Ava shot Xiù a sorry smile and stopped
9 Years, 11 Months, 13 Days After Eridani Landing Home World [Vann] rubbed at his temples trying to suppress the pounding headache that was beginning to form behind his eyes. [Sonten] oblivious continued to drone on, “So after we crashed the transport on the side of the mountain, it took another two hours for the
The Deathworlders – Chapter 60: The Calm and The Storm Part 1
Date Point: 16y8m1w1d AV Wi Kao city, Planet Gao Yulna The painkillers weren’t working so well any longer, and Yulna had taken to wearing several thin layers of loose robes to hide her missing patches of fur. Her natural eye was almost useless thanks to a cataract, and without the replacement she’d had installed after
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 7
Date Point: 16y8m1w AV Broodship of the Thirsting-Brood, The Coreward Marches, Kwmbwrw Grand Houses Alpha Limbs destroyed. Cybernetics…neutered, somehow. Prey so powerful, they tore apart even the Augment-Betas with ease. The Alpha couldn’t move, couldn’t issue orders, could hardly think– An armored figure kicked a nearby corpse aside, and the Alpha felt the deck under
9 Years, 11 Months, 13 Days After Eridani Landing Home World [Vann] grimaced at his reflection in the mirror. Slowly he turned side to side examining his visage. There was something different in his reflection, and it was not the ridiculous clothing he was being forced to wear for the night. “This, is what the
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 6
Date point: 16y8m1w AV Planet Rauwryhr, the Rauwryhr Republic Scrythcra, Rauwryhr ambassador to the Dominion Security Council Rauwryhr tradition symbolically put important things higher up. Leaders and visionaries flew higher, saw further… and stayed there. Climbing up the trees from the bottom was hard work after all. For this occasion, and these leaders and visionaries,
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 5
Date Point: 16y7m3w2d AV Quarterside Park, Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Ferd Given-Man The ‘hostel’ had other guests staying, though there was room for Ferd and his men. They were given room keys (and then a quick lesson on how keys and locks worked). Ferd kept the intricate little steel shape in a pouch on
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 4
Date Point: 16y7m3w1d AV Ninja Taco, Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Sister Leela, proprietor Folctha was a strange and protected place, one where the great and powerful of the galaxy could freely intermingle with everyday folk. Presidents and Prime Ministers had wandered its streets. Premiers and Potentates had visited her shop to purchase her tacos.
Guarded Titans – Chapter 0: C1764 Recap
The Year is 2290. Recovering from the first truly interplanetary war the Earth and Martian governments feel that it is necessary to disarm one of the deadliest weapons developed by both sides. Antimatter. All antimatter is given to a cooperative scientific endeavor between the two planets, the Longboat Program. The result of the program is
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 3
Date Point: 16y7m3w1d AV Planet Akyawentuo, the Ten’Gewek Protectorate, Near 3Kpc Arm Julian Etsicitty The best part about hunting, was that Julian didn’t need to think about anything else for a while. He’d come over on the jump with Hoeff and Claire, which was honestly a nice distraction; the two were so completely in love,
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 2
Date Point: 16y7m3w AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Xiù Chang Maybe it was hormones. Maybe it was the Cruezzir… Maybe it was learning that one of her oldest friends was dying. Either way, try as she might, Xiù couldn’t quite pull herself together. Her parents had taken Allison and the babies to the park
The Deathworlders – Chapter 59: New Life Part 1
Date Point:16y7m2w AV Folctha General Hospital, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Allison Buehler Xiù had a Caesarian, in the end. She needed it. Harrison just didn’t want to come out, and he was so overdue that when the obstetrician came to consider whether it was time to induce she took one look at the ultrasound and
Ruck, Willinkree Year 3042 Day 37 [Sil] guessed that it was one of the more ornate chambers the class C had. Hand stitched rugs covered the stone floor, the bed was stuffed with something the class C probably considered soft, and most importantly to [Sil] the chamber had an extremely large hearth with a roaring
The Deathworlders – Chapter 58: Gjallarhorn Part 6
Date Point: 16y7m2w AV Clan Starmind monastery, Alien Quarter, Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Champion Gyotin Gyotin was enjoying a rare quiet day. At least, relatively quiet. He’d had breakfast with the Bishop of Folctha that morning, but that was a weekly event anyway. And of course he’d spent some time at the Faith Center,
Waters of Babylon – Mitzvah Part 4
Date Point: 14Y 6M 2D AV Great Father’s Cabinet, High Mountain Fortress, Northern Plains, Gao Champion Gyotin, Clan Starmind Gyotin found that the brisk air at this altitude made getting around just a bit less enjoyable than it might have at a younger age. The comparatively much warmer temperature of Folctha and his monastery made
The Deathworlders – Chapter 58: Gjallarhorn Part 5
Date Point:16y7m2w AV JETS training camp, New Albion Island, Planet Akyawentuo, Ten’Gewek Protectorate, Near 3Kpc Arm Sergeant Ian Wilde Akyawentuo was a big planet, bigger even than Earth. And her native population would have utterly vanished just in Wilde’s home city of Sheffield, which was only the seventh most populous in the UK. The Hierarchy
Waters of Babylon – Mitzvah Part 3
Date Point: 14Y 5M 1W AV Office of the Great Father, High Mountain, Gao Champion Yeego, Goldpaw Yeego had never been invited to the Great Father’s private chambers. Most of the Champions hadn’t, and to have been so was considered somewhat of a dubious honor; Daar preferred to do his business on the move. In
RUCK, WILLINKREE YEAR 3042 DAY 36 [Sil] took the water from the class C, Piral and holding her breath to avoid the smell of the bag the acrid tasting liquid was in took a few quick gulps choking them down as quickly as she could. She had yet to have any of the food from
The Deathworlders – Chapter 58: Gjallarhorn Part 4
Date Point: 16y7m1w1d AV Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Daniel Hoeff I don’t deserve her. It was a wretched thought, and Hoeff hated it, but it kept popping up in his head as unwelcome and as persistent as door-to-door evangelists. Because, that was the thing: He didn’t. Daniel Hoeff was a stone-cold murderer. Stone-cold murderers
Waters of Babylon – Mitzvah Part 2
Date Point: 14M 4M 3W 5D AV Three Valleys FOB, Gao Fang Leader Vuutyo, Grand Army of the Gao The Stoneback Claw and their Human companions that had been their instructors, guides, and battle-brothers had moved on to their newer recruits, and for the first time, his Fang had been approved to conduct independent operations.