69 - Reneging on the Charter
“Excuse me, Tech,” the Station interrupted his research download stream diffidently. “Did you wish to meet Prime in person? His shuttle is about to land.”Terry froze in his chair. What? Prime? Oh Page...
View Article70 - Feral Warbirds
“EnDarken you, Kyrus you son of a... FireDrake!” Emilien yelled and then his voice spiralled up into a shriek as his bird... Beepchick... took them into a wild dive along the canyon. It was their...
View Article71 - Injured or Drunk
Fitzwilliam dropped Darcy in front of the office with a wry smile and a shrug. He didn’t have to say that Redcap had demanded this.Darcy stood at arm’s length from the door, leaned over and knocked....
View Article72 - I Have Access
THE BEGINNING OF THE ‘SEA’From Lainz the City: “This Lin in the Great Market is now showing the much changed coast of Trovi. The river is, for the first time in our known history, making it all the...
View Article73 - What IS that?
*I am powering down ninety-six point four percent of my output.* Mom said in their heads. It wasn’t possible to change the volume in code but she still managed to imply that she was speaking in a...
View Article74 - I'm 94 Percent Sure
Prime’s throne snapped shut, enclosing him in a clear blast shield and extended a foot to lock it to the floor. “Glass Mountain,” he snapped. “Station over-ride. Fortesque, your security has been...
View Article75 - So... Can I Trust You?
“Just kill it, Kraganzh!” Sander and his warbird dropped behind Kyrus, he could see the shadow change.He let the spear dee-cline out of his hand, held his hand palm out toward the Hive Lord. “Set your...
View Article76 - You're both in Deep Guano!
Hara, surrounded by her creations that floated, soared in circles or whirred around her desk or the floor, gripped the edge of her desk with one hand and pulled the veil off her face with the other as...
View Article77 - Swear You'll Keep Me Secret
Darcy stumbled into the barracks, soaking wet, as the latest band of rain had just washed through, in the time it had taken him from the office door to his barracks. Puddles were visibly evaporating...
View Article78 - Stop Telling Me That!
“### ## #### ### #...ter agreement. We the undersign# ####!%$& $%^# and Nadi########## ...”Ilax teased the fragment of sentence out of the oozing pile of charred and soaked data he’d pulled from...
View Article79 - It's Like a Circus
“There are no intruders, that we can find, Prime, though there is an anomaly we cannot explain.” Terry’s pounding heart nearly stopped.“The CEO’s ships have all unlocked from the spine,” one of the...
View Article80 - Barrister and Solicitor 8
The woman in the white suit stood still for a moment, flung her hands into the air, her hair moving out of the way so as not to interfere with her motions, and twirled slowly in place. She laughed,...
View Article81 - With Steel Teeth
Darcy blinked at the miniature dragon on his hand. “Yeh mean that there ‘r bunches of people o’er here? That Prime’s been tryin’ t’ kill ‘em off, not just a thousand years ago but just afore he sent...
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Something has come up and I will not be able to post today. My apologies.
View Article82 - Uninkly Bastards
Everyone but the Marines froze when code spilled so abruptly into the real world, as the terraforming and support programs began showing everyone the conflict.The Marines were out, on the ground, all...
View Article83 - This Trial is Not In Session
“I, Legal Machine 8, by the Corporate Space Constitution and Legal Advisory Board, open this trial, with all data so far presented. Prime Shareholder Perrin Thurmontaler III, you are charged with two...
View Article84 - War in the Heavens
Darcy had flung the little dragon into the air when the hideous noise started outside. He’d run out, with only his filter mask and boots on and didn’t feel the tiny thing latch onto his hair.Everyone...
View Article85 - We Are So Fakked
Kyrus grounded the big old male despite his verbal protests, swooping in under a lollipapera tree. It was wonderful that he wasn’t showing any aggression, though he grabbed one of the flight-sticks...
View Article86 - Tech I Have No Physical Contact
“*Mom! MOM! MOM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? OH SHIT ON A PAG…*” Terry cried out in every mode he could as Mom lunged forward out of their hiding place, grabbed Station out of Prime's hand and bounced straight...
View Article87 - I Will Give You Water
In code, Prime and Kyrus loomed over their support. On Hinnemon every one who had the strength to help sat or lay where they were. The Great Hive all along the canyon and up to the Milari mountains...
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