The assistant station-master gazed helplessly into the darkness outside. Even the powerful searchlights could not penetrate the snowstorm. The thermometer showed a freezing -88.6. It wasn’t the record -128.2, but given the wind speed, it meant certain death for anyone who had lost their way in th...
The AlterWorld Division. The Analytics and Operative Planning Department. A fragment of internal paperwork traffic: "Our surveillance of Puppet and other persons of his immediate entourage has allowed us to pinpoint a number of anomalies in thei...
the next morning the internal alarm clock screeched in my ear. I'd consciously chosen the most annoying ringtone and the most eye-hurting strobe light to go with it. Here, you couldn't cover your head with a pillow or smash the alarm against the wall... it would hurt and cost you a lot of money. ...
Our purchase pace admittedly didn't keep up with the panic demand that had virtually depleted all local vendor stocks. To make up for this slip in the schedule, we've sent buying agents to neighboring clusters. We've also sent a large mercenary squad to the Rock Forest location for a week with th...
With a wave of his hand, the Fallen One cemented the powers of good within his soul, reinforcing the foundations of his personality. He would not allow the passive mindflow of the masses to transform him into tangible Evil. My soldiers themselves were no longer just the Gu...