POV: Khesol, Znosian Dominion State Security (Position: Operative)
Khesol wrapped her cloak around her tighter as she exited the ancient building, her thoughts roiled with uncertainty.
Her suspicions had all been confirmed.
What had happened to the Dominion in the last year or two… The plot was insidiousl...
2025-04-25 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Bertel, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Five Whiskers)
“Unidentified Grass Eater rotorcraft, this is the New Granti Air Force. You have breached our airspace, in violation of the Armistice of Znos. Turn around and return to your base immediately, or you will be eaten.”
She thought she detected a h...
2025-04-23 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Bertel, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Five Whiskers)
Rat-at-at-at-at-at-at.
“Good effect on target! Continue to engage! Continue to engage!”
Rat-at-at-at-at-at-at.
“Six in sight, retreating from the mortar position. Take them out now!”
...
2025-04-21 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Bertel, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Five Whiskers)
Base Commander Six Whiskers Korchaj pulled up a chair next to Bertel and Krasht. “Rewind and show that part again,” he insisted.
She did as he asked, showing him the curious — and somewhat horrifying — segment of gun camera footage from thei...
2025-04-18 15:47:13 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Bertel, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Five Whiskers)
“You looking for me?”
Bertel squinted at the source of the voice across the open hangar. It was a short, rough-looking fellow with grease on his uniform, tightening something near the tail rotor of his Light Skyfang. She approached him, shouting...
2025-04-16 15:47:02 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Krelnos, Znosian Dominion State Security (Position: Administrator)
Amidst the shock, it took two days for the Znosian Marines to re-organize and put down the worst of the fighting. In the end, her troops had the artillery, the sustained air support, and the long-term organization and logistics needed to pound the loca...
2025-04-14 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Grionc, Malgeir Federation Navy (Rank: High Fleet Commander)
“The enemy fleet has blinked out of the system,” Vastae reported. “Grantor system space is clear.”
In the past, the disappearance of about a thousand enemy combat ships from the sensor computers would be accompanied by the slowing of their cooling fans a...
2025-04-11 15:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Rear Admiral)
Carla was tempted. The temptation was deeply embedded in the tradition and institution of the Republic Navy.
Decades of its historical operations had been based around simple, easily articulated political objectives. They were mostly focused on a singular pre...
2025-04-09 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Telnokt, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Ten Whiskers)
Ten Whiskers Telnokt was horrified.
In Dominion Navy doctrine, there were seven conditions for a fleet, in descending levels of readiness. The highest level of readiness, officially referred to as Condition One in training, was known to the crews as battle stations. This wa...
2025-04-07 15:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Plodvi, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Six Whiskers)
It took almost three full months. The logistical expertise of the Dominion was put on full display in front of the predator enemy.
It was too bad it was to assist in the abandonment of one of its home system planetoids, Znos-4-C.
Shuttles ran day-and-night, li...
2025-04-04 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Cerbos, Malgeir (High Councilor of the Federation)
“High Councilor, the default penalties for that contract are astronomical. We can’t afford to shuffle that one around. Our only course of action is to take out additional loans with the Schprissian Central Bank. The Terrans have offered to subsidize a few of them, but they ...
2025-04-02 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Sprabr, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Eleven Whiskers)
“Eleven Whiskers, there’s been an update from the temporary division commander,” Dvibof reported nervously.
“What is it?”
“He seems confused, but some of his vanguard troops have encountered heavy direct contact.”
“This soon? Shouldn...
2025-03-31 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Sprabr, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Eleven Whiskers)
“Enemy orbital support ships are rising out of range!” Dvibof reported. “Frontline division still retains effective command and control.”
The most elite units of the frontline division of the day had been sacrificed, driven forth to bait out the enemy...
2025-03-28 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Mgnistr, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Four Whiskers)
Bang.
Mgnistr jumped back in shock as the State Security officer toppled over where she stood.
“You— you—” she looked at the unharmed Spazglu. His paws were empty. She looked around in confusion. “What?”
“One of my sharpshooters,” he rep...
2025-03-26 15:47:14 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Mgnistr, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Four Whiskers)
The first sign of friendly losses Mgnistr saw as they drove towards the temporary frontline was not from the effects of the nuclear weapon detonated by the predators. Rather, they took a break at an improvised resupply station about a dozen kilometers away from the front, where sh...
2025-03-24 15:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Baedarsust, Malgeir Federation Marine Special Warfare Team (Rank: High Pack Leader)
If he hadn’t been briefed and prepared extensively about his objective, High Pack Leader Baedarsust would not have noticed the difference between his current mission and any other routine exercises. Indeed, the pre-mission briefing was longer than al...
2025-03-21 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Sprabr, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Eleven Whiskers)
Now in full, uncontested control of the orbits over the central command of the Dominion Navy, the rest of the predator fleet made their way over Znos-4-C. What concerned Sprabr most was that they didn’t seem to be in any specific hurry.
The many sensors of th...
2025-03-19 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Minesweeper, Terran Digital Intelligence (Base Build: 2124-A)
Oh. Oh my.
So many mines.
So many targets.
Target 1,201 of 152,018. Gun #1, orbit calculated, gun ready, burst starting… burst complete. Cycling. 150,817 targets remaining.
Target 1,20...
2025-03-17 15:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Sprabr, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Eleven Whiskers)
“What appears to be the problem, Eleven Whiskers?” Dvibof asked nervously as the grand fleet commander hovered over his shoulder, watching him operate his console.
“No discrepancies at all, Six Whiskers?” Sprabr repeated his question.
“None— n...
2025-03-14 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Zaernust, Malgeir (Wanted: Tax Evasion)
Zaernust closed his eyes in bliss, savoring the flavor of his steak as his tongue sampled its texture thoroughly. The meat itself was from an animal native to Datsot, but the aromatic seasoning was imported from off-world.
Rosemary.
It gave off an odd scent but a pleasant one… ...
2025-03-12 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Fleet Admiral)
“We stand here on a lonely, windswept basin, near as we can to the south pole of Gruccud. The air here is soft and crisp, but just three hundred days ago, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of battle. Four hours before dawn, 450 brave Federation Marines landed ...
2025-03-10 15:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Monvu, Malgeir (Detainee)
“Why don’t you tell me the story of how you got here… with four Znosian plasma-incendiary bombs embedded in between the third and fourth ribs in your chest?”
“How— how did you know?” Monvu asked with a mouth drier than a southern Plorve desert.
“We’ve known ...
2025-03-07 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Monvu, Malgeir (Civilian)
As the spacecraft approached their destination, the young pilot’s voice came over the intercom. “Good day all. It is currently midnight in Malgeirgam and 4:32 Atlas Universal Time. We have been given final docking clearance, and we are beginning our final deceleration burn into our d...
2025-03-05 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Irtisl, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Five Whiskers)
Fire detected in main server room. All personnel, immediately evacuate the facility by descending order of importance and rank. Fire detected in the main server room…
The intercom blared out the urgent-sounding warning in a calm voice as ...
2025-03-03 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Irtisl, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Five Whiskers)
“Say that again?” Irtisl looked at her Chief Engineer Stultam in utter disbelief as he made his report over the loud server rack fans humming their labor outside her office. She’d gotten so used to their noise that, most of the time, she could ignore them w...
2025-02-28 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Rear Admiral)
“We have a problem.”
“A problem, exec?”
“A problem of plenty.”
“Ah. The prisoners.”
“We’ve taken on too many prisoners. Our efforts at extracting updated information from them have been fruitful, but now we have too many of the...
2025-02-26 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello loyal readers, I’m going to be PUBLISHED!
I’ve submitted my first book, First Strike (Grass Eaters: Book 1), this week. It’ll be available for pre-order on Amazon for about a week, and then it’ll come out on March 6.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DYGKVK15...
2025-02-26 16:45:53 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Dvibof, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Six Whiskers)
“Central Command to ZNS 3420. Central Command to ZNS 3420. Report in.”
There was some scratching from the speaker as the other end of the FTL radio activated.
“ZNS 3420 reporting in,” the other end of the call replied, her face showing up on the scre...
2025-02-24 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Fleet Admiral)
Amelia tried her hardest not to glare at the covert operative on her screen. Kara was sitting in a dimly lit basement bunker, somewhere in occupied Grantor.
She was barely successful.
“I’m sorry for your loss, operative,” Amelia said.
“Thank you, Admi...
2025-02-21 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Martina Wright, Terran (Executive)
“This is not just another ship. Not just another procurement program. The Joint Strike Missile Destroyer is the largest-scale defense development program in the entire history of the Republic,” Martina said into the microphone. “A project in cooperation with the Malgeir Federation and othe...
2025-02-19 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post