For Goodness Sake: For Pete's SakeMost of the week had resulted in nothing more than junk food binging while consistently failing to work out the issues with Odin. Maul had concluded on the second day or the 6th burrito, whichever came first, that the stubborn droid was likely impossible...
Episode 130, Interrupted Paths and New TrailsEstrellas de la Mirage (M3Q-W9Z) _____________________________ The holographic message hung above my desk, its pale glow casting faint shadows on the room. I let it linger as my gaze drifted past it to the window, where the vast emptiness of space...
The Next PhaseCol 285 Sector BA-P c6-18 The rescue vessel near Titan Cocijo, hiding by its body, calmly awaited a break in the patrols around it to continue its work of rescuing captives from it, when suddenly all of the Thargoid ships uniformly abandoned their...
VENDETTA - Chapter 3: The LeadNOTE: This story contains mature themes. Previous Chapter 《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《 》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》 DATE: 3rd of December, 3310 LOCATION: T.O.C. Solaris Q4V-40N, Tionisla Aurora Adair-Levine With a hiss, the door to the Solaris operations center...
The Soul of Our Homeland, 1: Amongst the Sirens( 03.12.3310 ) ( EV Lacertae - Sol ) Today, I shot a Thargoid. Nothing really new, you may say, "you do this for a living". Partially, it's true, and I'll get to that later. So, this one was in Sol. On the orbit of Jupiter. Today I shot...
Congrats to HumanityWell, I just got the news. It takes a little bit to get to me all the way out here so this might come a bit late, but it sounds like you all got that whole Thargoid mess dealt with. You're taking out Titan after Titan by the sounds of it, and according...
Earth remembersMars High is chaos. Evacuation orders echo through every corridor, lights flicker as overwhelmed systems push to their limits, and people crowd the docking bays, clutching what little they could carry. Every face is the same—a mix of fear and desperation....
The Ringed Quest for the Legend, part 2 - The ship...continued from The Decision. One week before the 30th of November, date of the departure of the expedition I enrolled in. Not much, but enough, as everything seemed clear in my mind. First, my squadron. I'll be off grid for them in the next...
The Ringed Quest for the legend. Part 1: the decisionWednesday 27th of november 3310. Well, looks like I turned up early... Let me check my pocket terminal. Yep, actually, even earlier than I thought: a new notification just informed me that the departure has been delayed to the 8th of december. ...
VENDETTA - Chapter 2: AmbushNOTE: This story contains mature themes. Previous Chapter 《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《 》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》 DATE: 30th of November, 3310 LOCATION: The Lakehouse, Undisclosed Location Isabella Adair-Levine Soft, gentle wind brushed through green trees,...
Revisiting the Past - A Tribute to the Kingfisher [and Taranis]The Kingfisher. Humanity's only known attempt at establishing any kind of direct contact with the Thargoids, as informal and, perhaps, deludedly hopeful it was. It was destroyed by Taranis, or the Thargoids accompanying it, just over two years ago,...
Earth stands!When Cocijo made its move toward Sol, the choice was no longer mine to make. Mars High turned into chaos overnight—evacuation orders blared through the comms, docking bays flooded with civilians, and ships of all sizes scrambled to make room for refugees....
Episode 129, Faded TrailsEstrellas de la Mirage (M3Q-W9Z) _____________________________ It took an hour to get everyone back onboard and the course plotted, and another hour to jump halfway to the source of the distress call. At this range, the signal should have been detectable...
A Friend's VisitA few days after previous events... "... and like, she walks into the medical room which Aegis put me into after I was knocked out, going 'You're still big'." I scoffed theatrically. "Like, what did you expect? Of course I'm still big....
Whispers of the HiveMars is a world reborn, its red deserts long buried under engineered blue skies and sprawling green plains. From here, aboard Mars High, the planet looks almost peaceful—a cradle of human history transformed into a model of Federation ambition. Yet I...
VENDETTA - Chapter 1: BreakoutNOTE: This story contains mature themes. The Story 《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《《 》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》》 DATE: 12th of August, 3310 LOCATION: Hydrus Supermax, Tutumu 5 Tyrese Waters "Tyrese!" The incessant tapping on the metal strut of the...