“You sure you’re up for this?” John asked. “You could have asked one of your deputies to take on this responsibility instead.”
Blackwood grunted. “I’ll be fine. Are you sure you’re up for a second round?” Wyatt nodded towar...
2024-07-22 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe old artificer pushed the auto-wagon as fast as it would go which wasn’t very fast on the uneven terrain. The automatons were designed to run on paved streets or packed roads, not rough grassland. The roughness of the return trip was hell on ...
2024-07-19 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostWith his progress delayed until Lucas finished checking over the code, Alexander wasn’t just going to wait around. He spent that time assisting in the facility repair efforts and preparing for when the Hawks would leave.
That date was comi...
2024-07-19 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander sat down at the table a few minutes before the meeting was set to start. With the delivery from Jasper, the defense project wrapping up, and the repairs on the facility well underway, he finally had time to start the project he had been ...
2024-07-17 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAfter completing the last of the tour with his friend, he did just as Jasper suggested. “I need some people willing to unload some supplies from shuttles,” he said as bluntly as possible to Damien.
Over the last few months, Alexander rea...
2024-07-16 15:33:43 +0000 UTC View PostJohn would be lying to himself if he didn’t admit he was a little apprehensive about riding this automaton. It wasn’t fear, just a healthy respect for what the construct might be capable of. He had seen more than one accident back in New Gata ...
2024-07-15 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Zephyr jumped into Y6X-3H2 alongside one of the Hawks’ gunships. He wondered if Alexander or the locals would ever bother renaming the system as they did the planet. It just felt so impersonal to call it by the scientific designation.
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2024-07-15 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: EDEN’S END
SYSTEM: Y6X-3H2
DATE: 2399
“Test forty-three,” Alexander called out. Everyone in the launcher control room let out a collective groan at that.
Getting the Low Orbit Launcher to even function had t...
2024-07-12 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: PETROV STATION
SYSTEM: GLIESE 667
DATE: 2399
Harlow luxuriated in the plush chair as he bit into the ripe apple, savoring the sweet juice as it ran down his throat. The members of the Council sure did know how to live c...
2024-07-10 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostYulia kept shifting her feet nervously as she stood next to Alex. He said her friends from Petrov were coming to visit. She was so happy she didn’t even wonder why they all traveled so far just to see her.
She was startled as a boom shook ...
2024-07-08 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time Captain Matthews reported to him that Na was in orbit around Eden’s End, Alexander and the engineers had completed the first railgun installation. This was thanks to the additional help from some locals and the simplicity of assembli...
2024-07-05 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI went ahead and changed Damien's attitude toward the guns in the previous chapter. I agree, it didn't make much sense to have someone who was acting as the head of security before Alexander arrived to be against other ways to defend the facility....
2024-07-04 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander finished setting up the last plate of armored steel against the backdrop of a rocky outcropping. They were about half a mile from the facility, and nowhere near where any people or mining was taking place.
He quickly crossed the di...
2024-07-03 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt took the Hawk’s engineers less time than he would have imagined to reroute power from a working area to the blast door that led to the Low Orbit Launcher.
Once power was restored, the facility codes worked to bypass the security lockout...
2024-07-02 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter is dedicated to a depressed robot! Don't forget your towel!
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Alexander found Jasper in the atrium. The large space was much quieter now that most of the people h...
2024-07-01 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: Y6X-3H2-4
SYSTEM: Y6X-3H2
DATE: 2399
Alexander monitored the printer terminal. It was only one of half a dozen that were constantly in use. It had taken two months, but the manufacturing center was finally back to opera...
2024-06-28 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostJohn fought running battle after running battle throughout the night. The Harc’otti were relentless in their attempts to attack the town until suddenly everything was quiet again.
He took the moment of peace to run and rearm. During the fi...
2024-06-28 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: PETROV STATION
SYSTEM: GLIESE 667
DATE: 2398
Mingyu moved with purpose down the corridor, not quite jogging, but close to it. The trial for Kovalenko and Hoffman had been scheduled for the previous week. Then both men s...
2024-06-27 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander arrived outside the doors to the manufacturing hub along with Travers and his men. Jallen had to return to his duty.
He liked Jallen, the man was good with children and seemed to know just what to say to calm Yulia. He wasn’t qui...
2024-06-26 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI read the feedback and I agreed. So I edited the chapter to reflect a more take-control stance from Alexander. The changes start when he meets with Damien and his people.
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2024-06-25 12:00:34 +0000 UTC View PostJohn did not run into any more Harc’otti as he retrieved his hat from the stable. He did notice that someone had removed the bodies of the warriors he killed though.
That was strange enough that he decided to follow the drag marks.
H...
2024-06-24 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“This the room?” Travers asked over the radio.
“Yes,” the field operator aboard the ship replied.
Travers grunted and gave a hand motion to his team. They split up and flanked the door. “Any idea how many we are dealing with?...
2024-06-24 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander stood in the conference room aboard the Zephyr, watching a live recording of the Talon disgorging drop shuttle after drop shuttle to the surface of Y6X-3H2-4. The Zephyr didn’t have any convenient windows to look out of to see this goi...
2024-06-21 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing John, the man rushed over to assist.
“Pull the spear out of my arm, I have the room covered.”
“A- Are you sure? Shouldn’t you go to the Doc?”
“I’ll be fine, just do it.”
The man slung his rifle over h...
2024-06-21 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: Y6X-3H2-4
SYSTEM: Y6X-3H2
DATE: 2398
Martinez sipped his cup of caff, or what passed for caff on Eden’s End. He longed for the real stuff, but no self-respecting Captain came this far outside STO space. And he was gla...
2024-06-20 12:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: ROSS 154
SYSTEM: GANOS
DATE: 2398
Travers made his way down to the briefing room. He knew they had a new contract already but not what it entailed. It wasn’t rare for the Hawks to have contracts close together, but it...
2024-06-20 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, crew! Everything is loaded, it’s time to go. Sierra!”
“Yes, Captain?” his sensor operator turned.
“Notify the station we wish to depart.”
The woman nodded and turned back toward her terminal. He waited for...
2024-06-19 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander’s comm beeped. He looked at it and saw it was the boarding message from Jasper. It was finally time to leave Petrov Station. It was about time. He had been receiving daily messages from the Captain, so he knew there was some trouble wi...
2024-06-18 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJohn strolled back into Ember Creek, dragging a pile of weapons on a sheet. He would have carried them across his back but he wanted to be able to discard them in a hurry if he was attacked.
Nobody attacked him and there were no signs that J...
2024-06-17 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Jasper, it’s good to see you!” Alexander extended his hand and the Captain shook it.
“You as well, my friend. I see you repaired your robot.”
Alexander made his avatar look chagrined. “An unfortunate necessity that also ha...
2024-06-17 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post