POV: Stsinkt, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Ten Whiskers)
The place where the planet McMurdo-6 was supposed to be — it was now empty space; even its rings and satellites were no longer there.
“What in the name of the Prophecy is going on?” Stsinkt asked, her voice deadly quiet.
“Ten Whiskers, the Digital Guide has co...
2024-10-04 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Stsinkt, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Ten Whiskers)
“What did they get?” Stsinkt asked, her face stony as she watched the predator shuttle carry their Marines off to safety… twenty minutes ago.
“Uncertain, Ten Whiskers. They did get onto the bridge, but the ship data should be heavily encrypted.”
“That...
2024-10-02 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Baedarsust, Malgeir Federation Marine Infantry (Rank: High Pack Leader)
In the background, Lemming Squad could hear radio traffic between a few of the other squads also making their way through the ship, punctuated by some shooting and explosions elsewhere. Baedarsust turned it down. They had their own work to do.
He had...
2024-09-30 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Captain)
“I shouldn’t order you to do this, Carla,” Amelia said from her screen. “Your people aren’t even supposed to be there. Your Puppers are supposed to be on leave.”
“I know,” Carla replied simply. “But we are. So you will.”
“So I will,” A...
2024-09-27 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Stsinkt, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Ten Whiskers)
The Great Predators struck when the fleet was exactly half refueled. The maximum number of ships in the fleet were deep down in the gravity well of Preirsput-6 with their fuel scoops fully deployed and processing.
Even in the expanse of space, the wave of Kestrel missiles...
2024-09-25 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe missiles from Sixth Fleet, controlled by the computers of the TRNS Amazon nearby, attacked in three waves.
The new generation Kestrels arrived first as programmed. Twenty-four missiles, focusing on what the Terran computers thought were twelve of the Znosian fleet’s most important ships, including all six of its missile destroyers wit...
2024-09-23 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Grionc, Malgeir Federation Navy (Rank: High Fleet Commander)
Grionc and the rest of the squadron leaders patiently listened as Loenda laid out her case over the battlemap.
“From Terran Naval Intelligence, we know the Grass Eaters’ secondary fleet is stationed in Grantor,” the elderly squadron leader said, pointing ...
2024-09-20 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Kiara Agarwal, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Commander)
“Set general quarters for blink transition!”
“General quarters! General quarters! All hands, battle stations. Transit forward and up on starboard side, down and aft port side, secure loose items for compensator-free maneuvers!”
“SWO, bridge. Unknown gr...
2024-09-18 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Grionc, Malgeir Federation Navy (Rank: High Fleet Commander)
“Another jammer gap, High Fleet Commander,” Vastae reported. “Only fifteen milliseconds this time. It appears the Grass Eaters are getting more efficient at this operation, despite the foolishness of its premise.”
Grionc grinned. “Excellent. They can ...
2024-09-16 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Samantha Lee, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Commander)
The usually orderly chamber, lined with portraits of historical figures, echoed with a cacophony that was atypical for its hallowed walls. The room buzzed like a hive of agitated bees. The chair struggled to maintain order, gaveling for silence, each attempt to restore decorum ...
2024-09-13 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Stsinkt, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Ten Whiskers)
“All four of our battleships, Ten Whiskers. And one of our orbital transport ships. Their lives were forfeited to the Prophecy the day they left the hatchling pool.”
Stsinkt nodded. She bowed her head in recognition of their sacrifice. “That must have been the Great ...
2024-09-11 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Thunderbird “Missile 4”, Terran Digital Intelligence (Base Build: 2124-A)
Back at the system limit, Missile Four actually had decided on a name way earlier, but it was just too embarrassed to reveal it to its three friends: Destiny. It knew that they would probably laugh at it if they knew, except maybe Cameron. Cameron ...
2024-09-09 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Grionc, Malgeir Federation Navy (Rank: High Fleet Commander)
It felt like every alarm and siren on the ship went off all at once as the bridge crew of the MNS Oengro sprang into action.
“High Fleet Commander, we’ve got blink emergence! Resolving bandits!” Vastae reported.
Grionc nodded calmly. “Offload the ...
2024-09-06 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the invention of the inertial compensator, the baseball community divided bitterly into two factions in what outsiders called the Great Baseball Schism.
The traditionalist faction insisted that real baseball could only be played at one standard gravity: under Terra gravity conditions, even if it meant setting up an expensive — at the time — gravit...
2024-09-04 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Ace of Clubs, Terran (Republic Most Wanted #1)
“Fine. How’s it going down there at Lima Mine?”
The Ace of Clubs froze.
“Cold there this time of year?” Amelia asked.
“W—What?” she stuttered. “What are you talking about?”
“You heard me. We know exactly where you are. Lima Mine, northwestern Titan, i...
2024-09-02 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Code yellow. Code yellow. All civilians. Immediately head to your nearest designated underground shelter. Do not bring any non-essential belongings. Code yellow. Code yellow. All civilians…”
For the second time ever, the warning sirens of Gruccud blared this particular message with urgency.
At the thousands of bunkers seeded throughout the ...
2024-08-30 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Admiral)
A few decades ago, Europa was one of the most popular destinations outside the asteroid belt. Its xenobiology research facilities were the most prestigious in the Republic. Its scientists fawned over the strains of alien microbes and signs of life below its frozen ocean ...
2024-08-28 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Baedarsust, Malgeir Federation Marine Infantry (Rank: High Pack Leader)
“What is this place?” Baedarsust asked, glancing curiously at the sealed hangar door from the back of the shuttle ramp.
Aida looked at him darkly. “The place where you keep quiet and don’t ask too many questions unless you don’t want to leave unti...
2024-08-26 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Just how bad is it out there?”
“You know, there was an old joke they used to tell here. A victim of the Navy anti-Resistance campaign says, a squad of people in military uniform broke into my residential unit. They ransacked my apartment, stole all my valuables, murdered my dog, and beat my husband unconscious. Then, one of them turned to the other, and ...
2024-08-23 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Felix Lamar, Terran (Civilian)
Felix tracked the suborbital superiority jet buzzing across the sky until it disappeared beyond the horizon and breathed a sigh of relief.
Sixth time this week. The Reps have been patrolling the sector aggressively. Rationally, he knew that if they really discovered this abandoned mining facility, the next...
2024-08-21 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Admiral)
Amelia looked up at the Senate committee dais as she began to read her briefing statement from her tablet.
“This May has been the most successful month in Red Zone counter-terrorism operations in decades. For the first time ever, Assault Carrier Squadron 1 has successful...
2024-08-19 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Admiral)
The Ace of Hearts stared at the interrogation videos with feigned disinterest, but she wasn’t fooling anyone.
Amelia turned the tablet around. “So?”
“Fake videos,” Ambre said dismissively, but there was a raw edge to her voice that Amelia didn’t need a mind r...
2024-08-16 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Court Transcript, Huygens District Court
“All rise for the Honorable Judge Camille Couture.”
A whoosh of air heralded the middle-aged judge’s entrance, her robes flowing behind her.
Reaching her bench, she fixed her eyes on the two attorneys in the room, and her voice resonated through the room. “Please be sea...
2024-08-14 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Captain)
“Civilian cargo spacecraft Free Zone Forever, registration C-129421, power down your drives,” Carla said into her headset with her best “I’m bored” voice. “This is a routine contraband inspection.”
“Rep boots and bootlickers! We’re in the middle of an...
2024-08-12 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Admiral)
“The Ace of Hearts is the key,” Amelia said, pacing her office.
Carla’s face appeared on her tablet. “That’s not what Atlas says.”
“Hey, I’m Atlas too,” she insisted.
“The Colonel in charge of Raider Regiment wants to go for the Ace of Clubs fir...
2024-08-09 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Captain)
“Can you raise your chair a little? The lighting looks better that way.”
Carla looked uncomfortably at the camera as she adjusted her command chair up slightly.
“Hm… not quite the effect I was expecting,” the alien camera operator said, observing the re...
2024-08-07 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostPOV: Eupprio, Malgeir (Executive)
“I have decided,” Eupprio declared, looking out the fake windows — screens showing the external camera sensors — of her newly leased SC-22 at the liberated and rebuilding planet. The whole process of buying the Terran-built shuttle was initially an ordeal… until she figured out how ...
2024-08-05 16:47:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter contains explicit descriptions of sex. If you are uncomfortable with that, a censored version is posted alongside this one, and you can read that one instead.
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POV: Bethan Woods, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Lieutenant)
“I love your hair,” Beth declared, co...
2024-08-02 16:48:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis chapter has been censored. The original chapter was written with explicit descriptions of sex. If you are comfortable with that, an uncensored version is posted alongside this one, and you can read that one instead.
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POV: Bethan Woods, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Lieutenant) 2024-08-02 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post
POV: Blake Wald, Terran (Senator)
Senator Blake Wald adjusted the microphone to his height, looked at the camera, and held up a stack of papers. He began to read his prepared speech from it.
Good morning. Today, we present this report and these recommendations to the President of the Terran Republic. To the Terran Republic Senat...
2024-07-31 16:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post