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Brockton Bay's Marvelous Mage - Chapter 124 - Cauldron and PRT Director Meeting

Cauldron

Alexandria stepped through the floating portal into the clean, almost sterile meeting room inside the Cauldron Compound. It was a familiar room, one where she met with her peers at least once a week, usually more, as they desperately put out fires that sprouted up across the Earth-Bet and beyond.

Air flowed steadily through the Doormaker portal, pushing from the positive ...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 273

We dropped out of hyperspace at our deployment point a day and a half later. Once there, we quickly organized our fleet. My team, as well as Corvak's team and Lieutenant Rider's clone crew, were all riding inside the Chariot, so we piled into the ship. Most of our passengers stayed in hangar bay, which usually contained ground vehicles, though it was now empty. Corvak, Rider, and I, ho...

Headquarters (Poll)

So, eventually (not necessarily the next time) Connor will come into enough cash to start upgrading the HQ on the Horizon world. The general rule (as of now) is that each extra HQ will have various standard upgrades and one unique. Horizon world unique upgrade is allowing the purchase and ownership of unique Zoomorphs for Connor and his men. what sort of Robot will they get?

These robots ...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 272

We ended up staying on Nirn long enough to watch 4th Group leave for their mission with the Rebels, though not through any sort of plan or choice.  Ahsoka and I personally saw our friends off, before heading back home to enjoy some downtime before starting to look for our next mission. 4th group would be gone for a full two weeks, as that was how long before their window into the raid open...

Headquarters: Capital Wasteland - Chapter Twenty Eight

Once I finally decided I wanted to purchase the market building before the grow house, I quickly added the structure to the tablet interface's cart. The fact that I was buying these things like I would something from Amazon was endlessly surreal, especially when moments later, Maxwell held out a small metal box, just like all of the buildings I had to place so far.

After handing me the sm...

The Brink and Back - Chapter Eighty Eight

Over the next two days, I built four more starships, each more technologically advanced than the one before. With this strategy, I managed to leapfrog through the starship branches, making considerable progress toward the higher-tier ships. I consistently switched back and forth between civilian and military ships, which helped clear and unlock a wide variety of vessels, from military shuttles ...

Brockton Bay's Marvelous Mage - Chapter 123

Waking up the following morning was like waking up after a long case of the flu, only to find that the mental fog and daze had finally passed. Except in this case, the fog had been around for my entire life, and now I could see past it, through it, like it never existed in the first place.

I didn't feel like I was all that smarter. Instead, my mind felt precise, clean, and uninhibited. It...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 271

Hello Everyone! As I said, Grammarly has failed once again, but I can't delay posting forever, so here is the rough draft. Note there is no PDF, that will be included in the final, which will replace this once Grammarly decides to fix their product. Please, those of you who usually post corrections, do me a favor and hold off until the final version.

Alright, so this had finally been edi...

Grammarly issues once again!

Hello everyone! so Grammarly is once again struggling to do its job, which again unfortunately means delays. Same as last time, if the delay is too long I will manually edit it and post as a rough draft, but for now just bear with me. Apologies again!

The Brink and Back (Poll)

Hello everyone! Lately I have been toying with the idea of loosening Jackson distaste for creating living, sapient beings, not to necessarily expand the main cast because that's already to big, but to flesh out his growing group with "Citizens." I would like to hear what people have to say about that, so please, respond to the poll, and if you have any further thoughts on the idea, comment as w...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 270

As we feared, it took an unfortunately long time for the hermit group to reach back out to us, with an entire day and morning passing before we heard from them again. Thankfully, they did not contact us just to say that there was no deal and that we should fuck off, which was honestly already better than I had feared at that point. Instead, they invited us back into their home.

After repe...

Headquarters: Capital Wasteland - Chapter Twenty Seven

After transferring everyone over to the HQ, since I had no plans to upgrade the barracks within the next few days, we settled in to give my new soldiers an in-depth briefing. It took about an hour to get them filled in, during which I began to notice just how simple and incomplete they were. They talked, but there was no uniqueness in their voices, at least not yet. I knew they would develop mo...

The Brink and Back - Chapter Eighty Seven

When I was done chuckling at Samwise's response, I turned back to my workstation, focused on the task at hand.

"Okay then Mr. Made Ready, out of everything I now have access to, what is the most important?" I asked, mostly rhetorically, as I made my way to my computer station, sitting in my chair as I mentally hooked into my systems.

"FTL," Samwise said easily and without hesitation...

General check in (Poll)

Hello everyone! So, I wanted to use this weeks poll as an opportunity to check in with people and see how they are enjoying the content. I like doing these every once in a while to hear everyones opinions, so please, leave a comment with your thoughts, concerns or questions!

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 269

Hello everyone! Just a quick warning, there will be no new posts on Monday and Tuesday the 13th and 14th. Normal scheduled posting will return on Wednesday, the 15th.

Thank you!

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Landing the 1st Group on the icy planet was relatively easy, with the most challenging part being a slight storm we had to avoid as we closed in on the fuel plant. It was heading ...

Headquarters: Capital Wasteland - Chapter Twenty Six

As we stepped out of the HQ, the various guards watching over the caravan spotted us almost immediately. They tensed, their weapons ready, but thankfully, no one pointed anything lethal at us. We made our way around the medical building, waving as Adam stepped out from the cleared, dilapidated structure behind it, with Reed, the head guard, following right after him. 

"Adam, Reed, go...

The Brink and Back - Chapter Eighty Six

The two Night City skyscrapers had officially begun their above-ground construction, with their foundations now poured and complete. Despite the fact that the building had barely started, I couldn't help but look up and smirk, just imagining what they would look like. Both of the towers were going to be massive, the area of their f...

Brockton Bay's Marvelous Mage - Chapter 122

While I was eager to test out my new weapon, Kali would be very cross with me if I started vaporizing trees and boulders like a maniac. I was also running late for my morning duties, something I realized when I looked up to see that the sun was much higher in the sky than I had anticipated. I mumbled out a curse, quickly cast my anti-sleep spell, and spent about ten minutes cleaning up, not jus...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 268

Hello everyone! Just a quick warning, there will be no new posts on Monday and Tuesday the 13th and 14th. Normal scheduled posting will return on Wednesday, the 15th. I'll be making more posts to remind everyone, but I wanted to let everyone know ASAP.

Thank you!

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Dropping out of hyperspace in distant reaches of the system turned out to be right on the mone...

Brockton Bay's Marvelous Mage (Poll)

Hello everyone! Its interlude time! I'm going to break the chapter up into two parts, one from a POV I've already chosen, and one you guys get to choose.

Keep in mind, due to there being no post on Monday the 13th, it may take some time for this interlude to come out!

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 267

Hello everyone! Just a quick warning, there will be no new posts on Monday and Tuesday the 13th and 14th. Normal scheduled posting will return on Wednesday, the 15th. I'll be making more posts to remind everyone, but I wanted to let everyone know ASAP.

Thank you!

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Unsurprisingly, when I brought up retiring and replacing the Talos Chariot and the 2025-10-03 14:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Headquarters: Capital Wasteland - Chapter Twenty Five

By the time that Joseph and Carlos woke up and joined us outside in the main hall, Maxwell and I discovered two interesting things. First, the system interface computers could be pulled out of the wall to reveal a thick tablet, allowing Maxwell and I to sit down at one of the tables rather than huddling around the front desk. Unfortunately, a quick walk through the main hall had proven that the...

The Brink and Back - Chapter Eighty Five

After walking the two Nomads back to the campground, I placed orders for the shades, heavies, and power armor that I had offered to enhance their security. I told them to coordinate with Murtaugh for marching orders regarding shifts or any other details. I also warned Murtaugh that they would be around to talk to him. No sense letting them ambush him.

By the time I had finished the tour w...

Brockton Bay's Marvelous Mage - Chapter 121

It took me about nine hours in total to complete the alchemy station in its entirety. Considering that this station, and the branch of knowledge it represented, was its own brand of defying the laws of physics, nine hours to set up a one-stop shop for all the metal and gems I needed was pretty impressive. Though in all likelihood, I would almost certainly need to expand and upgrade a good porti...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 266

Although the conversation stuttered around a topic as heavy as Vader and the crimes he committed against the galaxy, we eventually recovered and moved on to lighter topics. First, it was the type of ships we managed to salvage from almost certain defeat, which led to discussing the Fury's current role above Nirn. When that shifted to Vercopa itself, it wasn't long until they were asking about t...

Battlemage (Poll)

Hello everyone! So, the CIS intel recover mission was, eventually, a rousing success. Now the Date Core is going to take some time to crack, but the black box is designed to be easily readable, so its info is already available. What is the first target suggested by Sheora from data pulled off the black box?

Keep in mind these locations are significantly less secure, there is no telling wh...

Star Wars: Rise of the Battlemage - Chapter 265

The spontaneous feast had a very Saturday barbecue and block party feel to it, with people mingling and socializing around the food while doing their best to politely stuff their faces.

That familiarity was only enriched by the simple grilled fare we served, since we didn't have the right tools to cook more advanced dishes. Despite that, we didn't hear anyone complaining, especially since...

Headquarters: Capital Wasteland - Chapter Twenty Four

I stared at the otherworldly being, a messenger for entities more powerful than anything I could ever imagine. He was clearly content to wait until I confirmed I was ready to continue, which was good because I needed a moment to collect myself.

I was perfectly aware that this situation, from how I arrived at the HQ to how HQ was set up and how it continued to function, was at the behest o...

The Brink and Back - Chapter Eighty Four

The week following the press conference was busy, but not precisely in the most exciting way. The morning following my talk with Jackie and David, I tested out my mass assembly system. I started by picking a few minor, mostly inconsequential items from the tech tree to blueprint and then assemble, testing various variables in the process. I wanted to make sure I understood the entire process pr...

Brockton Bay's Marvelous Mage - Chapter 120

The rest of our meeting went relatively well. Piggot was tight-lipped about what she thought, simply repeating that this was above her pay grade and that she would work on getting the people together who needed to see my presentation. I had a feeling that this was likely a group of her peers, or just Chief Director Costa-Brown, but she refused to confirm.

Armsmaster, on the other hand, wa...