PorridgeLord Royston Batty, Duke of Baal sector wasn't a bad person. He was just a player. He could pilot a ship well enough but where most made their fortunes in the commerce of the Human Sphere of the Galaxy, Roy focused on gaining true power. Knowing who...
Hair of the Dog"You know what your problem is?" said Roy, sitting at the table across from me, Sir Richard, the ADC, was to his left "I let you talk me into doing stupid shit too easily?" I ventured, not raising my head from my arms that were crossed...
Whistle StoppingMy eyes cracked open just the tiniest amount and the searing beam of the nuclear inferno blazed in to savage my exposed retinas and send my cerebral cortex into overload with a throbbing agony that threatened to explode out of my eyeballs. I felt the...
Talking with the Topgun"Jesus H Christ, lady, yer damned lucky you didn't git dat sweet little ass of yer's shot clean orff!" he exclaimed in a heavy Federal accent "Who in Hell goes into combat, wit'out even knowing how to fire da guns? Yer crazy! Da T'argoids...
Worth ITGod knows how many jumps and scouring through ruins later here I am, all loaded up with the kit I have to give the Tech fellow and he'll give me the Guardian Drive Booster. Although I did all the leg work in Tiny Dancer, I'm going to put the upgrade...
This better be worth itI'm pretty confident when I say that the thought process for pretty much every bad decision I have ever made has begun in a bar. This time it was "Rachel's" on Nexus737, Aztaln System or as I call it ..... home Yeh she was kinda cute if...
A new beginning"DAC where is the fucking coffee!" I shout at the house computer. 3 days into my new home and I am still trying to work out where things are. After a fairly big night last night at one of the local hot spots I'm in need of a stiff shot to...
Taking my seat IIIThe rest of the day was a blur. The meeting with Holden was, predictably, a long list of "who's who in the zoo" and the do's and don't's of hob knobbing on Aztalan. Then more time than was necessary with a hairstylist, doing their best...
Taking my seat Pt. IIAn Orbis Space Station, like Tannhauser Gate, Consists of a central hub with the starship dock at one end and the fusion powerplant at the other. Around this are 2 rings, one 4 km across the other 2 km across. On Tannhauser Gate the smaller rings...
Taking my seat (No not at the bar)-Well, no delaying it further.- I don my Offical Imperial Navy Uniform and head to the helm Snap to Aztaln in the Galmap and lock it into the nav. A single jump and I'm there; Tannhauser Gate at 493ls -Nice ... I'd best make an "arrival"...
