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Prisoners of Sol 38

Showing up at the nearest Elusian portal unannounced, I wasn’t sure what to say to the interdimensional pioneers—and I was even less certain about what they might tell us. The way Capal had said that our dimension was artificial, as if it was self-evident, stuck in my brain. Sofia had the off...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (4/7)

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Prisoners of Sol 37

Humans had three basic wishes: life, liberty, and the ability to pop bubble wrap while sinking into a mind-numbing contemplation of oblivion. Meetings and lectures had none of those things, since they deadened your soul, removed your free will by trapping you in a room, and didn’t even offer 2025-05-10 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (3/7)

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Prisoners of Sol 36

Our circumstances had shifted in the blink of an eye, as I listened to our internal chatter for any hope that humanity might not be a doomed race. I’d seen the camera drone go through the portal faster than light, and I knew what the results would be. My hands lifted away from the stee...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (2/7)

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The first thing that I found peculiar was that the dimen...

Prisoners of Sol 35

What I noticed, as I pursued Larimak’s fleet, was that they were in a holding pattern way further off than traditional engagement ranges. Precognition could only go so far, with the blinding speeds of their looping paths and the far-off distances they kept to. In dumb people words, the...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (1/7)

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The text logs stared back at me, unchanging without a...

Prisoners of Sol 34

Just because I hadn’t been on Earth in years didn’t mean that I’d lost my love for my planet. As much as I needed to escape from my parents, there were good memories on the blue marble. I remembered being the class clown, savoring the moment where I got even the teachers to crack and laugh ...

Prisoners of Sol - Derandi Chef (Prologue)

The entire artform of choreographed cooking had been my invention, with Culinary Island in its 24th season and several other spinoff shows getting greenlit over the years. My fine dining restaurants spread the breadth of the globe. As Chef Vanare, I’d gotten to cook for many important ...

Prisoners of Sol 33

As we pulled up to our base at the Space Gate, ESU Command relayed word that Larimak had gotten clapped at Temura; our favorite feathery critters lived to fight another day. The prince wasn’t getting past us, and word that we’d saved the Derandi caused both Jetti and Vanare to warm up. The go...

Prisoners of Sol 32

Getting off of Temura had been a whirlwind, as we’d grabbed Hirri and bolted out to a waiting vehicle. The car sped off to the landing pad to retrieve our spaceship; I wondered whether we should try to rescue more civilians. Back at the resort, Vanare had seemed distraught about leaving his fam...

Prisoners of Sol 31

Earth Space Union’s Prisoner Asset Files: #1284 - Private Capal 

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I found the history of humankind to be a source of complete and utter fascination for me. Earth had once had its monarchs and empires, just as we had, but ha...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (8/8)

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The end of the world felt like everything was finally co...

Prisoners of Sol 30

The Derandi diplomats, including Ambassador Jetti and Prime Minister Anpero, looked terrified as the gigantic helpings were carted out in trays. Our hosts had gone overboard with all of the options to try, wheeling dozens of entrees and side dishes in. I hoped they were keeping leftovers, because...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (7/8)

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Prisoners of Sol 29

The Derandi pampered us to the fullest degree, something I could definitely get used to—even if it was a misguided attempt to ensure that we “found our treatment satisfactory.” The luxurious, almost palatial complex looked like a getaway for the rich and famous, built to host large...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (6/8)

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Prisoners of Sol 28

The Space Force had sidelined me from active combat deployments and extended my mandatory therapy sessions, to my chagrin, despite the airtight excuse of using future vision real-time. At least it wasn’t an immediate discharge, since I wanted to stay in this dimension more than anything. After ...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (5/8)

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Prisoners of Sol 27

Nebulae were giant clouds of gasses that condensed to form stars and planets, though there were a few differences in their composition, as opposed to what humanity knew in the Sol universe. The processes that formed celestial objects functioned differently on the other side of The Gap, with uniqu...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (4/8)

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Prisoners of Sol 26

Earth Space Union’s Prisoner Asset Files: #1284 - Private Capal 

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Mikri had gone into a panicked state when Preston collapsed, with a whirring sound that seemed like screaming. The Servitor wouldn’t stand still long eno...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (3/8)

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Prisoners of Sol 25

Command had withdrawn all ground troops stationed on Jorlen, since Larimak would happily glass his world and all of its emo palaces if it cut down our limited supply of Space Force troopers; we were better off stopping him from returning to his planet by keeping our fleet in orbit. Some of the po...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (2/8)

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The fire burned in the hearth a few paces from me, ...

Prisoners of Sol 24

Spaceships in this universe, of course, could go trillions of miles an hour, but not within a narrow tunnel where they needed to watch every slight turn. Larimak wanted a clean shot to be sure; however, the craft’s turrets weren’t built for precision or a quick turning radius. The pilot’s p...

Prisoners of Sol - The Servitor (1/8)

The used Servitor listing had several red flags around it, but I recognized that it was the only way I could get one. 

As a widower who’d been tasked with raising a son alone, and a baker by profession, I never had much money to cobble together. I couldn’t afford to pay full price ...

Prisoners of Sol 23

Humanity had arranged a meeting on a derelict space station that once belonged to the Vascar Monarchy, at the fringes of Kalka’s old sphere of influence. With our android friends breathing down their necks, the brown-furred shitheads had packed their bags; the installation was ceded to tin can ...

Prisoners of Sol - Android Ambassador (13/13)

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Tollu was capable of being quite the sweetheart when it...