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Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (9/11)

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Progress back in Caelum was lightning fast, with the first efforts to open a 5D portal beginning within a few weeks of our arrival back in that dimension. The Earth Space Union floated the idea of Sofia and I heading through the human-made portal on their own, once it began to look like a manned ...

Prisoners of Sol 54

Our trip to Earth flew by in the blink of an eye. Mikri visited a variety of landmarks, not impressed at all by “falling water” at the Niagara Falls, a “slanted building with no practical purpose beyond being a hazard” at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Disneyland, which he called “yucky...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (8/11)

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Prisoners of Sol 53

It was my turn to choose where to take Mikri on Earth, and the real question was how much I could get away with. There were three sets of criteria I judged my ideas on: that the cultural event I’d drag his metal tushie to was loud, crowded, and most importantly, would allow me to make fun of hi...

Prisoners of Sol 52

There were many excellent tourist destinations to choose from on Earth, once we landed in Toronto. The Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, Times Square, or the Great Pyramid: all wonderful displays of human ingenuity throughout our past, despite the adversity of Sol physics. There, Mikri could have the ...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (7/11)

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Moonfarers, as they were called on Earth, had a bit of a reputation for preferring a more rustic lifestyle. As I would know from being an astronaut, it took a special kind of person to be able to cope without seeing sunlight for months on end, even with sunlamps to counteract deficiencies and SAD...

Prisoners of Sol 50

The teleportation experiments continued full steam ahead after the first manned test, with similar demonstrations conducted back in Sol and Caelum’s initial results verified by multiple launches. Curiously enough, the other organic races were able to use the 4D portals without mental ramificati...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (6/11)

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Prisoners of Sol 49

Capal’s breakthrough on the teleportation tech was the final piece of the puzzle—sending nanobots up our ship’s ass did have a point. What was it about the Elusians and liking that entry angle? Anyhow, our scientists adjusted variables bit-by-bit, after covering the entire hull in ...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (5/11)

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Earth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal 

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After the teleportation probe hadn’t reappeared, I had gone off to interview the station’s occupants to see if there were any precognitive clues. Along the way, I...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (4/11)

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Prisoners of Sol 47

Despite our finest calculations, the teleported probe seemed to have been blinked out of existence. The onboard instruments never sent a signal back, unlike our instantaneous reappearance courtesy of the Elusians. Given how staggering the speed of light was in Caelum, with each minute passing tha...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (3/11)

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Prisoners of Sol 46

Earth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal 

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We were gathered today in a detached research laboratory for the first teleportation test. Months of research had allowed for the capture of negative ene...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (2/11)

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Prisoners of Sol 45

It was unclear whether our mission to the Girret homeworld was a success, but I was shocked to learn that Capal and Ficrae had come away with an agreement to cooperate on teleportation technology. Asscar scholars and researchers had joined, though they were under close supervision with how fresh ...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (1/11)

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Initial training was said to be grueling, but I found myself cool a...

Prisoners of Sol 44

Mikri acted like a small child, and I only had myself to blame; where else could he have learned to be so petulant? The android scooted his chair away from mine, then rotated his seat to turn his back on me. The reaction was not matching the severity of my offense at this point. I mean, I underst...

Prisoners of Sol - Girret Storm Riders (Prologue)

The Storm Riders recruitment office smelled of windswept air, yet its shadowed interior was a safe haven in the middle of the sweltering desert. Simply reaching its doors on the land of a military base, where vehicle travel was permitted, was a test of character in itself. I tested the air one mo...

Prisoners of Sol 43

Dr. Sofia Aguado was an actual saint; it was the only explanation for her unflinching response to the sight of the waiting Girret posse. How much help could we really need to copy the technology of literal gods? Surely Mikri and company could crack it without any creepy-crawlies. We coul...

Prisoners of Sol 42

Space. I was out in space, though it was impossible to look out the window beyond a peripheral glimpse. I couldn’t remember how I’d gotten here, since it was like I was thinking at the tail end of anesthesia…or Larimak’s sleeping gas. No, don’t go down that pathway. Focus.

Prisoners of Sol 41

Earth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal 

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I was grateful that my friend, Dawson, and several other humans were among the landing party; I didn’t feel safe in Ficrae’s line of sight. It was all I could do...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (7/7)

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Prisoners of Sol 40

Ficrae needed to be unplugged, like a toaster that was burning a perfectly good bagel. It was all I could do not to throw hands with her, since a single backhanded slap would smack her open like a piñata. Actually, it wasn’t like she could feel pain, so would stuffing her with candy and lettin...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (6/7)

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Prisoners of Sol 39

Earth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal 

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The humans were taking the news that they were an artificial contrivance of the Elusians—which just dropped a few hours ago—with varying levels of shock and denia...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (5/7)

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