Online EviEvgeniya acted as patrouilleur, flying high above the misty grey ring and scanning all the ships in the area. Her ship was the fastest in the wing. She could quickly scan all the ships, and retreat if she had to. The mining site was several thousand kilometres...
FantasiaEvgeniya arrived in Can Qing and piloted toward William Sargeant Hub. The space-station was dark, an infernal mill spinning in space like the top of a pepper grinder, huge and durable and adamantine. It was a blotch on the pure landscape of space, yet...
A Fever of HerselfWhen she came to, Evgeniya felt sick and dizzy, as if she was waking in the middle of the night after a heavy drinking session. Her mouth was dry and her ship was stopped dead in space. She was in the middle of nowhere. She was not in any solar system,...
Close Encounter“What the hell are you doing out here?” “Looking for something, girlie.” A deep laugh came through the channel and made Evgeniya shake her head with disgust, while her eyes remained fixed on the dashboard and the view through her canopy. Her handsome...
Tight RopeThe two suns wandered millions of years in their gravitic embrace, in a loving swirl of secret communion, unaware of humans and our petty ambitions, illuminating the darkness of space, irradiating a romance whose scale we cannot comprehend. In compact...
2,568.66 light-years from homeThe silver fins on Evgeniya's hull glinted in the raw brilliance as the ship swivelled and drew away from the gravitational swell of the system's sun. Evgeniya was the first person ever to have seen that sun, the first to have ever felt its gravity. As...
The SistersThe Keep was a mess when Evgeniya went inside. At first she wandered if the place had been found by some pirates who had robbed some of her stuff, but she could see no sign of any forced entry. The only entrance was through a blast-door, which was...
Heading for the KeepIt was in HIP 63835, under the lustrous sapphire glow of the immense star, in the mouldering wreck of the ancient exploration vessel, that Evgeniya found the unique Euphorbia crystal. Yes it was there, as if by Fate's decree, that she found it. On which...
Evgeniya travels to HIP 63835 with Countess Ganeva“Shit!” said Asimova. A huge burning white disc filled the view through the canopy. She cut the thrusters. The ship was still creaking as it came out of the jump. It soon came to a near-stop. They were still slowly falling toward the sun, but at such...