The First Of Many (pt 7)
Captain Young studied the freighter in his ship's port hanger bay. It wasn't particularily large but it looked to be in good condition despite the small battle that had resulted in its capture. His right hand reached up to unconsciously touch his...
Wrulov (pt 12)
"WAKEY WAKEY EGGS AND BAKEY!" The yell startled Gahn awake and for a moment he couldn't figure out where he was until he saw Roger's muzzle only a few inches away from his with a devious smile painted across it. "What was that for, Roger?" he said...
The Death of Roger Keene (pt 13)
Roger looked around the room at the dozens of Rukot in grey robes seated in five circular rows around the perimeter with her and Captain Rels standing in the large space in the middle. Apparently this was the Council of Conglomeration, called to an...
The Escape 1/2 (pt 9)
Captain Young sat at his desk and stared at the screen in disbelief. He could not make sense of what he'd just watched on the vidfile and replayed it from the beginning. Once again the events unfolded in a way he had not expected and he paused the...
Venison (pt 19)
The sound of only the breathing of three hundred or so rukot assembled in the pitch dark room of the colony was unsettling for Leina. She wanted to say something, anything, to break this silence but Gahn, who was standing next to her had said no one...
The Icefalls of Imos (pt 14)
\<\<I know it smells bad, I've done it dozens of times, but we handle the supply side of the ship's operations and cleaning the water filtration units is part of your duties as my assistant, Leina,\>\> Gahn said. \<\<It's disgusting! How do they get...
Ship Thief (pt 21)
The first thing Leina did after shutting the door to the truck was step back and study it for a moment. Years had passed since the serval had seen her vehicle parked behind a building instead of between rows of cargo containers back on the Teshar....
Tooth and Claw (pt 17)
Commander Mahim struggled against the straps that held him to the bed in the lab they'd taken him to. When he'd entered the barracks the room appeared empty and he had cautiously entered it. It was then that several men grabbed him from behind and the...
Bopp V (pt 18)
Leina stretched and yawned before shutting down her computer at precisely 5:00pm and not one second before or after, as was her habit. Her office chair creaked and groaned as she stood up and pushed it under the desk in her cubicle in the Design Farm...
Test Day (pt 20)
Leina stared in complete disbelief at the screen in front of her on the desk in the quarters she shared with Gahn. She hadn't just failed the aptitude test, the computer had even seen fit to insult her over it. \<\<Limited understanding of foundational...
Space Between the Stars (pt 8)
The gravity wave around the ENS Retribution dissipated, bringing the ship to a halt somewhere in the interstellar medium far from any solar system. The ship was only about a third of the way to Haskel, the Capital world of the empire. Inside, a...