Of the Collective, Chapter 3
All three of my selves retreat into my cabin after that confrontation with Ricardo. The difference between our two civilizations seems insurmountable, how could a group mind and a society of singletons coexist when singletons not only accepted, but...
Judy Hopps, Corporate Cop Part 2
Nick and Judy had been given an address in the Rainforest district, a multilevel community based around trees transplanted all the way from Mars on which the residents had built apartments and shops. Progenitus owned the district and had designed the...
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, Ch.9
Princeps was showing a document on an e-paper sheet to the Stouton representatives, they looked somewhat uneasy about whatever was written on it. Elected Colonel Meline scrolled down to a particular clause in the document and tapped at it with...
Horizon: Rebuilt Chapter 2
Time slowed almost to a standstill, the drops of blood streaming out of Horizon's stomach floated idly in the air. The raccoon's mind raced as she frantically queried every status sensor she could find on the drone carrier, hearing naught for a painful...
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, Ch.10
The _Resolution_ retreated to Tiere's Hills cloud while MechRat digested the data that he'd been granted access to by their reluctant commander. They entered orbit around a kilometer-long asteroid that had long ago been deemed too far from the star to...
Horizon: Rebuilt, Ch. 14
Horizon looked over her shoulder anxiously as she attached the portable hydrogen tank to the pump. Her paychip should still have had enough sacs on it to pay for the fuel, this was technically completely legal, but she still couldn’t take the chance...
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, Ch.4
The opossum in the perfluorocarbon tank stirred, took a quick look around, then made a call on his BCI. Both Brom and Tanya saw the call notification on their HUDs, Horizon, who'd been exploring her own BCI, picked up first and subvocalized her...
Horizon: Rebuilt Chapter 9
Snow was a regular occurrence on Surtr, once a month the frigid moon would slip behind the gas giant Surt and the whole moon would be hidden from the sun for a full day before its orbit would take it back towards the light. When the long night came...
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, Ch.12
Horizon spent the next week contemplating the strange orb she'd found in her pocket. She was certain that MechRat had left it there, though she'd never seen his handwriting, but still had no idea what it could be. For all she knew it could be anything...
Horizon: Rebuilt, Ch. 15
Horizon and Shawn picked over the wreckage they’d created. The snowmobiles had only sustained some minor damage, so at least they had new vehicles for themselves. Finding and disabling the transponders was the hardest part. Stripping the drivers...
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, Ch.8
Horizon regained consciousness back in the medical bay of the_Resolution_, a quick glance around confirmed that she was in a perfluorocarbon tube again based on the curved visuals. She brought up her BCI communications. Horizon: I'm awake, you guys...
Horizon: Salvaged Heroes, Ch.11
Just as the first of the AKV sensor packages was leaving the fabricators Horizon laid down in the pilot's chair and integrated her nervous system with the _Resolution_'s controls. She scanned the starscape around them, zeroing in on a cluster of small...