
Talia took a moment to examine her appearance in the restroom’s mirror. The elegant, form-fitting white dress hugged her curves, while a thin trail with a side slit nearly reached her boot ankles. A p...
2023-08-23 05:47:25 +0000 UTC
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USD: Eighteen Hours since hostile fleet incursion.
Location: Meltisar, MNS Aegis Flag Bridge
The bridge was awash in the quiet drone of officers and specialists quietly going about their work. Admiral Parks had retired for a break. That was odd, consi...
2023-08-22 21:52:30 +0000 UTC
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Talia awoke to the sound of her alarm, a gentle chime echoing through her apartment. She grunted and rolled over, the silky sheets of her over-sized bed shifting with her. The light level slowly crept i...
2023-08-22 04:01:05 +0000 UTC
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I've had a really stressful time since last Thursday, with my dad's doctor appointments. Apparently he hasn't been back to see them since after his heart attack and the stent they put in for his blocked artery. Skipped all the tests and things, and didn't reschedule them. Then today I had Jury Du...
2023-08-21 17:25:30 +0000 UTC
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Talia realized she still had her rifle in her hand and swung it toward the blue with one arm. He kicked it hard enough to send it flying, striking the window and bouncing further down the hall. Then he ...
2023-08-17 16:45:15 +0000 UTC
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The colossal Giant Jungle Worm’s roar seemed to reverberate through every fiber of her being. Talia gritted her teeth and watched as green plasma orbs raced through the disappearing smog to splash ont...
2023-08-17 06:03:03 +0000 UTC
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The tunnel was a charnel house of blood and burnt Blues, and Talia instinctively raised the inside of her elbow despite her oxygen system being completely isolated from the rest of the environment.
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2023-08-16 18:23:59 +0000 UTC
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Talia felt the plan was very well made. Her units executed their movements precisely. Why the rapidly moving enemy LAV suddenly whipped around an embankment and headed directly for the crater and her com...
2023-08-16 04:28:50 +0000 UTC
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Senior Legionnaire Tarzlyk watched the light chariot disappear into the dusky shadows and around the opposing hill’s crest. The demons of this place were weak and pathetic, but still clearly visible on...
2023-08-14 21:11:13 +0000 UTC
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USD: Less than thirty minutes after jump point arrival.
Location: 92 Pegasi, Theta Corvi Jump Point, A3123Y, CIC
Officers rapidly called out orders to coordinate damage control efforts ...
2023-08-13 23:22:09 +0000 UTC
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The convoy crossed through the desert sand rapidly, a small group of four CRD-X9s and a single pod of LIRUs trailing behind it as the slower construction units fell behind. Talia had decided to bring th...
2023-08-12 13:23:21 +0000 UTC
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Piles of wreckage had been dragged from down the hill outside the base, the remains of the attacking vehicles partially melted and processed. The equipment of the infantry had also been stacked in a pile...
2023-08-10 23:16:03 +0000 UTC
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The Pegasus and CRD-X9s returned to the base in silence. The weight o the recent attack hanging heavily in the air of the APC’s crew compartment. Dusky and Dapple watched silently as Talia worked to di...
2023-08-09 19:54:35 +0000 UTC
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The HEM mining operation proceeded smoothly, and with the tunnel already in place, it took much less time for the twelve vehicles to fill up their internal storage. They filled with the precious cargo sh...
2023-08-08 19:10:51 +0000 UTC
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USD: Two hours later
Location: Meltisar, Military Shuttle 8701-A, Rendezvous with Aegis
The shuttle hummed as it came in for its final approach to land inside one of the Aegis’ many boat bays. Alex was oblivious to the noise as she focused on scanni...
2023-08-07 12:16:31 +0000 UTC
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ROSE-TT3 was a helpful and useful AI, in her opinion. While the others had ridiculed her for surrendering to the User’s demands and working for nearly no credits, she had been focusing intently on pro...
2023-08-05 09:59:12 +0000 UTC
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Centurion Terraxxus sat upon his command dais, a stern and imposing figure. His eyes scanned the parchment Cornicen Verrrox had provided as his report. The cool lighting of the great hall was provided b...
2023-08-04 16:54:30 +0000 UTC
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Talia’s heart raced as she processed the information, her eyes locked on the monitor. She hadn’t expected the Blues to be at the HEM deposit, let alone mining it. The convoy came to a halt awaiting ...
2023-08-04 11:18:48 +0000 UTC
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Talia spent the rest of the afternoon meticulously planning the operation, doing her best to cover every detail and what each unit’s specific role and purpose would be, as well as an action plan for h...
2023-08-04 08:43:38 +0000 UTC
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For two days Talia agonized on what units she needed for the operation while overseeing the resource gathering efforts. Key points that she had to keep in mind were that she wasn’t able to simply shel...
2023-08-03 10:24:47 +0000 UTC
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Talia stood outside in the morning sun, observing the deployment process of three new CRD-X9 units. The late-night resource run had come in without an issue, and the two new maintenance drones had worke...
2023-08-01 10:44:06 +0000 UTC
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The map the Seeker-H7 had returned with was painted as a hologram on the side of the Bootstrap Module’s hull. The blue light glowed in the dark, mixing with the ethereal blue sheen from the shield gene...
2023-07-31 10:16:55 +0000 UTC
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USD: A month after A3123Y departure.
Location: Nu Crateris, SRS Heaven’s Fire II, Rexxor CIC.
Heeler’s metallic tipped tentacles tapped rhythmically on the command console. It was difficult to maintain a constant stream of inputs on the dozen scre...
2023-07-30 15:46:09 +0000 UTC
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Dusky and Dapple worked together to stabilize the load while the CRD-X9 hauled it into place on the large Durasteel foundation that Talia had prepared for it. When it was finally centered, they even hel...
2023-07-30 06:07:14 +0000 UTC
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Talia watched as the repair module went to work on the damaged CRD-X9. Laser lights painted over the area where the main damage had occurred, melting away the entire structure before replacing it with br...
2023-07-29 12:52:59 +0000 UTC
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Talia watched the battle unfold, her heart pounding in her chest. A second tracer from the auto-cannon flashed out, narrowly missing the damaged CRD-X9 by a hair’s breadth. Fire from the vehicle’s se...
2023-07-28 01:56:57 +0000 UTC
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Both CRD-X9s had filled up to the brim with 20,000 units of High Energy Matter, and Talia had set her little convoy back towards base. The first order of business would be to set a hundred new...
2023-07-27 11:53:50 +0000 UTC
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Talia watched as the module finished its deployment. Unlike the other modules, there would be no shell to recycle, because the shell had become ramps that lead up to the raised platform. Twelve adapters ...
2023-07-27 00:30:03 +0000 UTC
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Talia watched as the seventh tree crashed to the ground. She had spent the better part of the day locating the most ideal trees to cut. The glow bugs were beaten back from the trunks as the CR...
2023-07-26 02:23:23 +0000 UTC
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USD: Several days after SR Fleet’s arrival to 92 Pegasi
Location: 92 Pegasi, Solarian Cruiser's Brig
Lavigne leaned against the cold, metallic wall of his cell, feeling the chill seep through his thin jumpsuit. The hum of the ship’s environmental system provided a constant bac...
2023-07-24 03:46:38 +0000 UTC
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