Shattered Union Prologue
Each mission results in catastrophic failure after encountering local forces. it is later discovered that the nuclear weapon that was detonated in france came from iran, and each us faction declares that no un troops will be permitted in their territory.
Furnace of Stars, part 1
Yet his tone never changed, not like a living thing's voice would upon a catastrophic failure. it did, however, lose all personality, like a machine failing to read a configuration file and returning to default settings. it scared me.
Diplomacy
Most of his dreams in the years after were about that fateful day, as if his subconscious was unwilling or unable to let him forget his catastrophic failure as a leader.
Starfire Snipers
The shot easily buries itself into the sensitive inner components of the industrial scale battery, and sure as you predicted, causes catastrophic failure.
On A Silent Night
"the beams buckled, before the old bridge suffered catastrophic failure, falling into hughes creek, and during the worst winter storm in the past thirty years! only thirty minutes earlier, this bridge was still standing."
Slip and Sleep
This night went from great success to a catastrophic failure. he abused of the one he wished to keep close to his heart and he alienated himself with his mentor. but at least, the deer had it coming unlike the innocent and sweet vulpine.
Addiction - Chapter Five: Southern Boredom
All the recent talk of sex with my brother, with bryn, and that catastrophic failure with gareth had left me thinking, 'what if i was missing out?' if there was one thing i hated in life, it's being left out. i hated it when my brothers left me out.
Room Service II: The Meeting
It was probably allison, here to berate him on the catastrophic failure. tail between his legs, he trudged to the door, unlatched it, and pulled it open. instead of an irate otter, he saw hooves poking out from beneath black dress pants.
The Dawn of a New Age: Trials and Tribulations - Act2/Chapter3
The shirt had no sleeves and had been sewn back together too many times to properly tell quite where the original seams had been, and her pants had suffered a catastrophic failure just below the knees and trailed off into a tangle of loose threads.
Collar 14 -- Numbers and 1 Corinthians
I felt my heart thudding heavily in my chest, wondering if this is what it felt like just before a heart attack or some catastrophic failure of the body.
Beyond the Stars - Chapter Seven
You have at most another two or three years on board, alone and safe, before some catastrophic failure occurs and you are killed." "i'll at least be alive that long, and i won't be alone, i have you sampson."
Bibliophile
There was an alcove on the left containing a rather impressive filing cabinet, a dusty index of every book in the library to be used as a physical back-up in case some catastrophic failure afflicted the building's computer network.