Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 4
The arms were running on artificial neural networks that had been trained in simulation to perform the operations within given parameters. Just a year or two ago we would have had to use live pilots manipulating and controlling each arm in real-time....
To Hold Him Like a Spell
"it's getting worse," he said to his friend--dickie shea, a snowdog like annie but a territory native with not even a hint of aristocracy about him. dickie snorted. "_we're_ getting worse, 'yote. fuckin' bad state we're in." "what do you mean?"
Mekid Chronicles: Chapter 6 from Patreon
"ekidna are a matriarchal aristocracy. females are seen as tacticians and commanders. they literally make armies when they have to." the tall woman crossed her legs, her toes flexing as she pointed at the demi-human with them.
Project R.E.D. [Chapter 4]
Not even the aristocracy decorates their homes like this, and they are champions when it comes to bad taste! “please, tell me this is _not_ your home...” i sigh as i unwillingly enter the horrible building. “ha, very funny!
The Furry Dead Chapter XVI - Sparks
Though svalich nobility was entirely different in character from lowland aristocracy, he was no less a noble for it - his possession of an ancestral sword and the means to procure such fine armoring was proof enough of it that even the rural forester
Beyond the Blinding Lights part 1
So he was one of them types, was he; an officer of the bloated imperial aristocracy. the man had probably never slept rough or had to steal his nosh just to survive through a siege.
Drachenmagd #7
This was a wardrobe fit not for aristocracy, not for royalty, but for _divinity_ itself! and to think it was all put together by one shortstack of a dragon. speaking of which... “i will not be late for my grand unveiling of the master's clothes!"
Bloom
Rumors amongst the oldtimers, just as he and cody had always hallucinated in the far off fantasy-kingdom of their boyhood - it strode, undaunted, a gait so majestic it seemed to carry with it a nobility that preceded any notion of humanity, an inherited aristocracy
The Halls of House Piram
And all of them were people of power within alektrios' aristocracy. just to name a few, there were mr. and mrs. scarlet; refined nobles who - outside of war - were either businessmen or people of the law.
Expedition: End of the Beginning
"very, very rare for even the most admired soldiers are almost never raised to the aristocracy. i... saesrae and kaarchan are among the very few who were, although saesrae was born into the nobility rather than raised to it."
A First Taste Of Divine Claret (18+)
And here among aristocracy again, even playing the role of a mere servant as she was.
The Dogs: Not Exactly Night - Episode VII
Andrew's bloodline of ancient conquest and american aristocracy be damned - it was bligh's genetics who were superior.