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Chapter 29 Date: November 3, 3052 Location: Steelton, Jade Falcon Occupation Zone “You are slow,” Joanna chided me as we circled each other on the sparring mats. “How do you hope to contend with those who challenge you unaugmented?” “With weight and experience,” I replied. “I wrestled with...

Chapter 28 Date: September 16, 3052 Location: Steelton, Jade Falcon Occupation Zone "Where are you going?" Joanna asked as I stood up from the desk I had been working at for the last few hours. "I have been idle for too long," I replied, stretching and grabbing my duffle bag. "I intend to...

Chapter 27 Date: September 1, 3052 Location: Steelton, Jade Falcon Occupation Zone “Star Captain, you requested information on the surgery that we would be performing, quiaff?” “Aff. I would know what it is that you are planning on doing to fix my knee and return the mobility that I once...

Chapter 26 “Star Captain,” Aidan greeted the woman Marthe had assigned to brief him. “Star Colonel, I was told that you desired to speak with me.” “Yes,” Aidan replied. “I was told that you are close with Star Commander Mark. I would seek to understand his motivations and what drives him. He...

Chapter 25 My unnamed Warhammer sped out of the bay as the extralight engine surged underneath me. Maybe it was how much newer the ‘Mech was, or maybe it was that this wasn’t my ‘Mech, but something felt off. It wasn’t anything obvious, or anything that would get me killed immediately, but the...

More aptly, it's Mark being moved up to Joanna's 2nd. But still, I think it's something more than that. Shrugs. I'll figure it out.

This is the closet thing I could find online to what I pictured Darya Pryde as in my own head. (She's a named one-off canon character in one of the books. But she doesn't have any art.)

Chapter 24 “This is not the usual Warhammer that is pulled from a Brian cache,” I said as I looked through the readout that a nearby technician handed me. “This has been upgraded.” “This is the state it was removed from the cache in,” the Tech shrugged. “It is a capable ‘Mech, even if it is...

Chapter 23 “It is good to see that you are awake,” Darya stood at the foot of my bed while Gray poked her head up by my arm and began licking my hand. “I was concerned that you would be unable to uphold your end of things.” “Sorry I worried you,” I smiled a bit. “But I am alive and well.”...

Chapter 22 "Even if we count the Ghost Bears' Victory at Spanac and consider Prezno a win for the Jade Falcons, you have still won our bargain. The Clans will press no further toward Terra than this world for the next fifteen years." Focht shook his head. "Would I sound like a hopeless...

Changed the name of the fic. Figured this fit better for those who hadn't read BOTH

Chapter 21 “I’m pretty sure I told you that I was going to do this alone,” I sighed as Darya’s Adder fell in behind me. “You know that we’re both going to die out here, right?” “Death comes for all at some point. I might as well spend my life as I desire. Not wasting it away on something not...

Chapter 20 I arose with the sun, the meager four hours doing little to rest my weary body, but I understood that needs must, so I quickly brewed a pot of coffee before drinking it and climbing up into my ‘Mech, Gray following me as I climbed the ladder and secured myself into the command chair...

Chapter 19 “Well,” I muttered as I tossed my few meager belongings back into a rucksack. “I never thought that I’d be fighting for the Clans if it ever came to Tukayyid,” I scratched Gray’s chin. “It’s a bit odd, isn’t it?” I then stood and whistled for her to follow as I headed for the...

Chapter 18 Author’s Note: I do not own the Jade Phoenix trilogy that portions of this chapter are lifted nearly directly out of. I have tweaked passages to somewhat reflect the changes, but the real change hasn’t happened yet… “What do you think, Horse? Should I have gone in and razed...

Chapter 17 "Mark Hull," a voice greeted me from where I was packing up my meager belongings into a small duffle bag. " "Yes?" I turned to where a man and woman were cautiously eyeing Gray. "I am trying to pack, is there anything I can do to assist you?" "We requested to join you in the Nega...

Chapter 16(Rewritten) "Warning, reactor compromised shutdown eminent," Betty warned as I slowly came to, the straps of my command the only things preventing me from falling to the cracked cockpit glass below. The displays were still functional, if barely, and the wire framework display of the...

Chapter 15(Rewritten) "Ricardo, how goes the training?" I asked the temporary commander of the Elementals that made up several points in Darya's Trinary. "We have analyzed the documentation that you and the Star Captain provided," the giant man replied. "We believe that you were correct in our...

Chapter 14(Rewritten) "Ugh," I sagged into the lone chair in my quarters, my knee reminding me that I wasn't young anymore as I dropped my report and the sensor data from the fight on the small desk. Thankfully, I had kept a heated rag in a nearby steamer, and opening the drawer, I pulled it...

Chapter 13 September 25, 3050 Parakoila "Gamma Trinary, remain powered down, if we are to sell this ruse, then everything must be perfect," The Star Colonel instructed as Theseus moved through with a star for an escort. "I really hope they take the bait," I tight beamed over to Darya...