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The room resembled one that might be found in the Combine, in form if not actuality. ComStar had erected false shoji-panel walls over sections of the otherwise open floor, and lined that floor with tatami mats. But there was an obvious ignorance—or perhaps deliberate insult?—to the attempted...

Mina jerked as a freezing bolt of lightning shot up her back and flowered out to her shoulder-blades, warming in the process into something that felt more like hot coals rolling against her skin. It was a familiar feeling. The same feeling that had risen on Andurien and in the Magistracy...

As she walked, Lori slugged back a healthy portion of the glass’ contents just as she would a PPC or whiskey. She regretted the move almost instantly, and had to roughly swallow an aggravated cough at the heavy carbonation and sickly-sweetness of the drink. Lori immediately turned and hurriedly...

Hilton Head Island Compound North America, Terra August 17, 3028 Earlier... “You look cute. A little too much like you-know-who on Helm, but who am I to question fashion trends?” Grayson said as he finished hanging the earring on her and she finished burying the microphone inside the massive...

Dropship Pearl of True Wisdom Atlanta Spaceport, Terra August 17, 3028 Makoto growled as a laser reached out from the ridgeline towards her Thunderbolt and impacted into her ‘Mech’s side. A quick once-over of her instruments told her the shot had done little notable damage. Some armor melted...

Office of Precentor ROM Hilton Head Island,Terra 14 August, 3028 He had His vessel, Nicholas Cassnew, sit at the edge of the trivid recorders pickup window. By tradition, Precentor ROM was virtually never called on at meetings of the First Circuit, and He knew that seeing only a faint human...

Jumpship Invidious Savannah system, Free Worlds League 12 July, 3028 The only light in the room came from the two-dimensional video projection at the front of the room. A dozen individual seats and a trio of couches were scattered around the room, all directed towards the upraised platform...

All of the previous three-four sections, and this one, were meant to just be 'introductions' that let me play with the Sailors personalities and drop some allusion to the larger picture and semi-explain where they were and that their memories were kaput, so there wasn't much long-term planning...

Jojoken Andurien, Free Worlds League 22 June, 3028 The girl was surprisingly short, standing mostly-even with the trash bins that were scattered about the alleyway even with the aid of heels that added almost ten centimeters to her height. Unlike the dull plastic lids that covered the garbage...

Hilton Head Island, Terra 21 June, 3028 "Is there any more manner I can be of service?" The words were spoken with a harsh, biting accent that resembled that of a backwater Lyran speaking English for the first time. It was even further pronounced here, though, but was coupled with a lilting...

Miyako City Sendai, Draconis Combine 20 June, 3028 The three other women were gathered in the center of the room around the tea-making table, none having spoken a word yet. It would break with tradition for discussion to start before drinks were poured. A formality, but like all formalities an...

Vermillion Pass Helm, Free Worlds League 18 June, 3028 Mariah stared at the contrail of flame and smoke the dropship Phobos left in the air as it rose. A thousand years before and millions of miles away, in a posh penthouse apartment in downtown Tokyo, she had watched on television as a much...

ComStar HPG Compound Helmsdown, Helm, Free Worlds League 17 June 3028 After slowly rising to her feet, Mariah forced herself to stagger through the hallway of the ComStar building. The last thing on the planet she wanted to do was move, but it would raise too many questions to immediately go...

HPG Message-collection Center—Private, Noncommercial Geneva, Terra 17 June 3028 “Will that be all, Missus Meiou?” It took her a moment to respond to the comment. It had been a long time since she’d heard her maiden name spoken. A long time, even, since she’d thought of herself using it. “Oh...

Vermilion Plains Helm, Free Worlds League 17 June 3028 Grayson grunted almost as loud as Hassan and Davis did as they all strained to lift the body between them. Hassan was lucky. He had positioned it so he only had to life the legs. Grayson and the burly Caledonian were stuck trying to haul...

Vermilion Pass Nagayan Mountain Range, Helm, Free Worlds League 17 June 3028 Staring down on Helm and the Sentient Things that occupied it, She absently tightened Her grip on the Glaive. The Things’ fabricated carapaces were squared off against one another below, a badly damaged one the Vessel...

Star League Castle Brian Inside Nagayan Mountain, Helm 17 June 3028 Reactivating the other underground passageways had proven just as easy as reactivating the first, and Grayson had spent much of the travel-time once again marveling at Star League technology. He had always unconsciously...

Mariah’s hands curled into fists as she fought down the dry-heaves. Nails which had almost two centuries to grow with only minor limitation from the stasis-pod dug into her skin, making deep indentations in the synthetics. It hurt. She focused on the sensation. Using it to fight down the...

My ongoing (albeit currently in cryo-sleep) first attempt at fanfiction as opposed to bits and bobs of fanfiction on other peoples fanfiction (fanfiction-ception? It's just now occurred to me that's, like, two orders of nerdy magnitude down the rabbit hole, isn't it?). Gradually be putting it up...