Currie Chapter Six Parithalian Alliance Ship Noble Venture “Munitions away, Ships Master.” Reethan nodded. “Very good. Signal the Lucians with the estimated impact time.” “Yes, Master.” The Master of Ships for the Parithalian flotilla looked out on deep space, the planet he’d just sent several do...
he told her as he opened the door.She smiled at him. “For another few hours.”He lost his smile, shaking his head. “It is bad for someone to joke so easily about their own mortality, take it from an old man about to meet his.”“Take your own advice, Master Heron. But first, would you mind if we mak...
WEIFANG, EARTH ORBIT “WHAT IS THE status of our repairs?” Sun asked tiredly, still thinking about the Confederate transmission. “Damage is, of course, extensive. We’re down by half our engineering section, Captain.” “Most of those systems were covered by redundancy, yes?” He could see the relucta...
Hawk could sympathize, as he felt that same itch whenever he was in a new place. It was a combination of things, really. The training they’d all received from their government, a sort of instilled paranoia that kept them alive in the field, compounded by the realization that they were always, alw...
Currie Chapter XIII USV Legendary Outer Hayden System Nadine Brooke stood in the center of the observation and command deck, deep space surrounding her on all sides and below her feet. Task Force Five, Valkyrie, was arrayed around her and she found the feeling of being in space beside them to be ...
To teach a man to wield sword and stave was such work that only the richest could afford to have it done, and the job never ended until the man retired or died on the battlefield. Luckily for Sorilla and the survivors of Hayden, those times had come and gone with the invention of the firearm. A m...
The New Mexican counterweight was built in three separate stages, the first being the primary tourist attraction, which was established at 35,000 kilometers above the planet, where the force of gravity was entirely canceled by the centrifugal force of the rotation. Visitors liked to spend a few d...
“Collision imminent!” The yell was calm, at least as calm as one could expect, and Johan was proud of his crew in that moment. They had done all he had asked of them, all he could have asked, and he only wished that he had done as well for them as they had for him. It was easy to see the mistakes...