Expedition: First Day
> Director's Log, Ripple Gate Station _Charles_, June 23rd, 2550: > > There's a certain irony about isolation, at least in the era of modern and instantaneous communication: no matter how far you are away from the outside, it always manages to...
Expedition: End of the Beginning
SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _ **Searcher** _, September 23rd, 2555: I've read historical accounts in which the writer, usually someone who's personally involved in a battle, speaks of a point at which the battle is still raging but they can...
Sisterhood
(Inspired by [http://www.sofurry.com/view/328183](http://www.sofurry.com/view/328183)) The hood and cloak bore down on her as Kaerlyn stumbled along the stone passage. The reek of the oilcloth that had been wrapped around her muzzle, pressing...
Expedition: Into the Breech
> SAFES Liaison Log, Science Ship _Searcher_, May 23rd, 2555: > > Well, all of the Admiral's command assets have been gathered and we're on our way. I guess it's true what they say about Admiral Williams: she does indeed have the gift for command...
Welcoming
"One step, down." Elena said quietly to herself, doing the first forward step of the exercise sequence and bringing the but of her spear down on the flagstones with a sharp _crack_. "One step, back." She accordingly took a step back, flipping the spear...
Expedition: The Face of My Enemy
> SAFES Liaison Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, May 25th, 2555 > > I believe we've officially crossed a major threshold. This is the furthest that the people of the Solar system have been from their mother world or even imagined being. As near as...
Familiar
Kayeriilyic stretched out in a yawn as the first light of morning fell on him from behind the northern ridges. He could already see that it would be a good day: the only clouds were a few airy wisps and the frigid gales of the heights were cool and...
Expedition: Guards and Archivists
_SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel **Searcher** ,_ _September 19th, 2555__:_ I admit to being surprised at how easily we gained access to the Royal Archives. Just a few honeyed words, some half-baked excuses, and the Kaa appeared willing to...
Expedition: Before the Storm
> SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, Aug. 14th, 2555: > > It has been approximately two months since we began our surveys in the Viis system with the approval of the Kaa and the curious unconcern of the Grand Admiral. It is an...
Expedition: Diplomacy
_((Slightly longer segment this time, readers dear. Enjoy!))_ > SAFES Liaison Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, June 6th, 2555 > > I admit that I have never been very impressed with the practice euphemistically known as "diplomacy at the end of...
Expedition: Conferences
_SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel **Searcher** , September 18th, 2555:_ I must admit that with all my experience doing my obligatory service, I have never been party to a formal interrogation. Ample informal ones but never in the room with...
Expedition: Intimacy and Exposure
_SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel_ Searcher_, September 19th, 2555:_ Well, it was certainly inconvenient getting back to the fleet. I would have expected the Grand Admiral to have done something much more clever than trapping us behind a shield and...