Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 6
"Alright, you should be all set." I kept my gaze leveled at the car. Its windows were tinted, but I still felt compelled to look in his direction. I envisioned him looking exactly like he had during the drive from the luxury, cliff-side mansions to...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 5
I pushed Novikov's corpse off the console and used his sleeve to wipe up the blood. The console wouldn't have downloaded the worm just like every other device onsite. I promptly fixed that before long and checked to make sure everyone was still down...
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....
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 2
I eventually got back with the group, going through and touring various experiments much like the XW3. It was now oh-six-thirty hours give or take. Taliya and Minister Allen talked up front for the majority of the time, Tali occasionally turning to me...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 3
I put my phone back on my utility belt and fastened it onto its clip before I turned my attention back to the group. Elaenor had her paw pressed against her temple, likely so that she could better hear something coming in over her implant. Taliya and...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 1
The corridor drew on forever. Its sterile, white floors and ceilings bordered on blinding. Walls were a matte black, interrupted by the glossy gray outline of a triangle tessellation. The only disruption to the pattern were the gray, electrochromic...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 3
Airlock sealed, stairwell ascended, Bernard met atop the mezzanine beside his office entrance. He handed me a latte and croissant--the place the analyst went to didn't offer tartines. The new teams were to arrive shortly, though Bernard already seemed...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 2
A couple of sweat droplets fell from my muzzle onto the display. It showed a speed of fifteen meters per second, though I couldn't turn the resistance up any more. My legs were being propelled partly from just the sheer rotational inertia the bike had,...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 3
I put my phone back on my utility belt and fastened it onto its clip before I turned my attention back to the group. Elaenor had her paw pressed against her temple, likely so that she could better hear something coming in over her implant. Taliya and...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 1
Polaris Camp, the biggest and most expansive military base the world over, is championed as a bastion of freedom and hope to all but those who are assigned there. We moved through the base while sitting in the back of a HAAPV (Heavily Armored Ambush...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 4
They stood inside of it, and once they were clear, the door sealed shut behind them, a rubber tube running along it inflating to create an airtight seal. A mixture of steam and chemicals hissed out from a series of tubing lining the walls, sterilizing...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 1, Chapter 5
"This is Taipys," the voice rang out. Each syllable was stressed with a sharp accent. "It is eighteen-hundred. Aelmerian Central Time. Five days have passed since the worst terrorist attack the world over, right here in the Federation's capital. Death...