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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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