Forward Into Midnight - I

"the history of carthage can be traced back to the early metacryptic age of wolves..." already ten minutes into the class he was a mindless drone like the other students, occasionally taking notes that were written on the board.

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The Centurion

I saw the barbarian bear i slit down the middle in gaul, the hundreds of rebellious hyenas we burned alive near carthage, and so on down to the marketer of this morning, all with a vision of jasun, sick in bed, imprinted over them.

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The Destruction part 3

"exactly, for seemly as long as humans been around they made their mark on this world, but if we were to die out tomorrow no one would know if we were around, not unlike your humans...what better example could be than what the romans did in carthage, i don't

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If-then

The message on _every_ console had read 'carthage,' with 'alert the captain' beneath it. her security code cleared the message; she'd entered that immediately.

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Chapter XIV: Plotting through the Darkness

. _"...carthage..._ warships..." "old retrofitted and most likely to be retired ships," chronos said, stepping forward and smirking at the ships. "titus was really scraping the bottom of the barrel to get these hunks of junk."

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Behavior Unbecoming

"i gave very explicit instructions that no information about this project was to leave the group authorized under the carthage protocol." "yes, ma'am," kimura agreed. "i can't do anything to keep you from being court-martialed."

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Shadow at evening

carthage?" "naw, man. right here." "at least the aft bulkheads held," klaudia pointed out. "bet that crew was counting their lucky stars the reactor didn't go." "maybe." sedlacek's voice had the quiet intensity of a child narrating a campfire story.

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