Chapter 43
Hyperspace
Approaching the Narval System
"Are you...are you sure it's the right thing to do?"
Sarah looked up from her desk at the young woman standing in front of it.
Seria shifted her weight from one foot to the other, then back again, and Sar...
2022-03-02 21:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42
Hyperspace.
En route to the Narval system.
Sarah looked at the bulkhead, and sighed.
"Open it up."
Elteria's hologram nodded, and the bulkhead started folding onto itself. Sarah once more looked around, but the missile magazine was completely em...
2022-02-27 21:44:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 72
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
City of Rebirth, Outer Defensive Line.
Allya swore as the mercenaries began pulling back...and smiled as she heard a battle cry resound in the valley between the mesas.
"ASARIA! ASARIA! ASARIA!"
The kni...
2022-02-19 21:59:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 71
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
Dungeon Factory, Command Center.
"You know, even a single platoon of golems might tip the scales." Said Alexandra as she contemplated the screen.
"Not this again..." Emilia sighed. "Look, I know you like bein...
2022-02-18 21:04:38 +0000 UTC View PostNote : Forgot to announce it here, but chapter 71 and 72 have been written as well. They will be posted friday and saturday respectively on patreon !
Chapter 70
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
City of Rebirth, Outer Defensive Line.
"Well, h...
2022-02-17 22:06:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
City of Rebirth, Merchant District.
"There you go. Wasn't easy to do, but all the data should be there."
The merchant smiled as the adventurer set the survey scanners down onto his desk.
"Aaaahhh! Excel...
2022-02-16 17:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41
Hyperspace.
En route to the Narval system.
Silence descended upon the room.
"That is..." Began Seria.
"Illegal. We know." Said Elteria.
"Illegal? ILLEGAL? It's a freaking nanoweapon! It's banned by the Gold-Silver Concordat! The Federation...
2022-02-13 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, Silver Syndicate planetary Headquarters.
Jorge looked at his screen, and sighed.
He had a bad feeling about this from the beginning, but this was far beyond even his worst nightmares. He had expected...
2022-02-12 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Geostationary Orbit over Stuggart Prime, Defense One.
"Any problems with our hosts?" Asked Sarah as she walked onto the bridge.
Elteria snorted, before turning her hologram towards the captain.
"Captain, I'm s...
2022-02-11 20:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, Secure Berth Delta-31.
"He's dead ma'am! You're in command now!"
The officer looked up at the her communication specialist, and shook her head as she looked at the mess around her. They'd managed to ...
2022-02-04 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
Cit of Rebirth, Administration Building.
"So, in total?"
"600 of them. Maybe more, it's hard to tell. 50 in a form of advance guard. 300 as their main force. About 250 in their logistics train, although how m...
2022-02-02 18:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude 6
Imperial Protectorate of Staltor.
In flight above the Mask mountain chain.
"Captain ? We're gaining on them, but our ward is taking a beating ! Your orders ?"
Captain Salvan, of the Staltor Protectorate airfleet, frowned as his lieutenant ran over to...
2022-01-23 17:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, Secure Berth Delta-31.
The assault team leader swore, and ducked back down into the hole the fusion charge had drilled into the hangar's floor, quickly followed by his men...not all of them in one piece. 2022-01-21 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 36
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, Secure Berth Delta-31.
"You know...This is the kind of stuff of legends I was talking about."
Sarah blinked, and looked up from her tablet. She was more at ease using her implants than most people, b...
2022-01-20 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, Secure Berth Delta-31.
"Argh." Said Sarah as she held her head.
Technically, what she was experiencing wasn't a hangover -her implants would prevent her from dehydrating that badly-, but it was the c...
2022-01-19 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 67
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
Dungeon Factory, Command Center.
"You know sometimes your technology mix shocks me."
Emilia blinked as she looked up from her book at Alexandra.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I mean...look at them." Alexa...
2022-01-17 15:31:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, capital city of Central, Old Joe's bar.
"Uh. It's busier than usual." Commented Elteria as they stepped through the second set of doors, and into the main bar area proper. Although it looked more like a gi...
2022-01-12 11:45:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Stuggart Prime, Secure Berth Delta-31
Sarah's head came up as her office's door chime resonated throughout the room, and almost subconsciously pinged the security system for an ID of the caller, which was promptly sent ba...
2022-01-09 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32
Stuggart star system, inner system.
Entering Stuggart Prime's atmosphere.
"Course laid in, landing beacon coordinates locked in. Beginning atmospheric reentry....now." Said Normensk as he adjusted a few things on his display, and the ship started moving. It...
2022-01-08 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post[Gods I hate Patreon's formatting. Believe it or not but in the document all of the different terms are separated by spaces, each section title has different sizes, ect, and it looks a thousand times better than...this. My apologies for the mess. In any case, I've had this in stock for a while, a...
2022-01-08 18:31:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31
Hyperspace.
On route to the Stuggart system.
"Over your fear of hyperspace yet?" Said Sarah as she poured a measure of whiskey in both of their glasses.
Seria shook her head, accepting the glass Sarah extended to her, and leaned back in the chair in f...
2022-01-07 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30
Sidernis star system, inner system.
High Orbit over Sidernis Prime.
"Well, that answers whether or not the Silver Syndicate is here." Said Elteria bitterly as her hologram sat down on Sarah's desk.
"There's no guarantee it was the Syndicate Elty." Sai...
2022-01-06 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29
Sidernis star system, inner system.
Waterside, Capital city of Sidernis Prime.
"You're joking, right? That's....not possible."
"Oh it very much is!" Said Sarah as she gestured at the city around them. "This city is impressive, I'll give them that, but...
2022-01-05 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28
Sidernis star system, inner system.
Dominion fleet base Sidernis.
"I beg your pardon?" Said the admiral, clearly taken aback by her response.
"You heard me. No. Hell no." Sarah held up her hand. "This isn't a slight against you, your command ...
2022-01-04 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27
Hyperspace.
Approaching the Sidernis system.
"Hyperspace emergence in 3...2...1...Emergence!"
Sarah leaned back in her seat as the Eternal Seeker emerged from hyperspace. Now, more than ever, she needed to stay calm and collected. The discovery of the...
2022-01-03 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post[As usual, the canonicity of this special is debatable, although some elements of it might be referrenced in later chapters. My apologies if this special is of lower quality than usual, and written quite late, because quite frankly I'm half dead due to my allergies and having barely slept thanks ...
2021-12-25 08:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 66
Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth.
Dungeon Factory, 3rd floor test ground.
"Alright!" Said Sarah as she stepped to the side, revealing what looked nothing more than a tiny step pyramid. Well, 'tiny' was a bit of an exageration, as it was still ...
2021-12-18 22:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26
Arion star system, outer star system.
Approaching the stealth container.
"Alright, I've got a full scan of the thing." Said Elteria as her hologram reappeared on the bridge.
"And?" Asked Sarah as she leaned forward in her command seat.
"Well.......
2021-12-10 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNote that this is a prototype of a Lexicon. And believe it or not, this IS the short version. The other one ? I got started and ended up writing 3 pages on the Federation's internal politics and dynamics, plus a whole dissertation about the origin of the term 'the Verge' including a summary of th...
2021-12-10 10:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25
Arion star system, inner star system.
High orbit over Arion Prime.
Sarah sighed as she cut the communication channel and sat back in her seat.
"You know, the more I talk to these idiots, the more I'm wondering if we didn't chose the wrong side here. I...
2021-12-09 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post