37 (DSV Nautica) Drowning
Flare let out a sigh, overlooking the ruins below her. The natives were undergoing some kind of ritual tonight, a rite of passage that all had to follow. It was fascinating, needless to say, but she had other thoughts on her mind. She had overheard...
36 (DSV Nautica) A Plan
Ancient hallways lit slowly. Old conduits not used in a millenia began to flow with will power once again. Rumbling to life, a new section powered on, the data streaming into processing columns.Time started at 12 hours, 57 minutes, 41 seconds. Mark.The...
35 (DSV Nautica) Realization
"Lyn...Lyn! Pull it up!""Im tryin-NO! Its not going to work!"The Thanatos came out way too close to the planet. They hit something in orbit. Then something else. Then ten other things. Then a hundred. Whatever they were hitting was knocking them around...
34 (DSV Nautica) Eidolon
The world was nothing but white. In all directions, an infinity. An odd reversal of the normally black space. Just being here was toxic to the mind. So much knowledge, so much accumulated data, that it would destroy any mind that would see it....
31 (DSV Nautica) Cerebri
The Architect stood on the barren landscape of Celebri, New Ayr's lone moon. He was under pressure now. He was always under pressure of course, but this was different. He had to build a warship unlike any the universe had yet to see, or at least that...
30 (DSV Nautica) War
The Curator and The Architect stood in the matriarch's chamber, silently mulling over what they had been told. It wasn't going to be easy. They stole a glance at each other, reluctant to do as they were told."I never said it would be easy. It's really...
28 (DSV Nautica) Recovery
The FTL tunnel dissipated, the Erebus returning to normal space. The scans began almost immediately."Captain, No survivors are being detected..." De'ans voice was heavy with remorse and anger.Aki exhaled through her nose, sighing heavily. She wasn't...
26 (DSV Nautica) Stillness
It was cold. Very cold where Aki was. The sun had not moved. It was almost like a never ending twilight. Celeste stood unmoving, staring off into the distance. Would she ever be allowed back? Celeste smiled, as something moved in Aki's peripheral...
23 (DSV Nautica) Wrecked
The Erebus groaned around them. The will conduits were under huge stress. A clang and a shriek. The Draconids were trying to cut through the hull to get inside. With a single shared thought, Aki issued the order to spiral. The engineers hung on for...
21 (DSV Nautica) Unforgiven
Lyn did the best she could to stumbled out into the airlock. It was hard to move. Everything felt tight, and she was getting light headed. She tried to shake it off, forming a shield around herself so she could begin spacewalking."Ash..open...the...
20 (DSV Nautica) Together
"Zhi, hurry up!" Aki snickered, carrying the wooden slat with her. She was 25 meters ahead of the panting Zhi, crouched on a lichen covered granite boulder."Slow poke!""Shut up!"Aki rolled her eyes and got up, bounding from rock to rock with ease, up...
19 (DSV Nautica) Time
Lyn was in the worst bind yet. Trapped on the bridge and she had made a sound. Cloaks didn't block sound. This was bad...this was really bad...She got up and used her board to hover in the air. Absurdly dangerous, and the only option. She hovered mere...