Winning Peace - Chapter 11
Added 2023-06-18 04:19:43 +0000 UTCSo, here's what my life has been like for the past 48 hours. Thursday night had a massive storm change direction and intensify with very little warning, so I had to get out at 1AM to drag in lawn furniture so it wouldn't get blown away by 80-90mph (up to 145kph) winds. After the storm hit, it knocked out power in the first hour. Yesterday, I got up to find that a dozen power poles had been snapped lie twigs on the street outside my subdivision and 3/4's of my city was without power. After spending the day gathering up broken branches, fixing fences, and making sure none of our friends or family were injured or without a home (they weren't, thankfully), I came home to shower in my pitch-black 90F (34C) bedroom.
This chapter is brought to you by my brother, who is out of town, and had the wild luck to have his home come through with both power and electricity. Also due to the fact that my entire weekend has cleared of social engagements for some strange reason. Thankfully, it seems like the gas stations and grocery stores are getting their power back now, so it appears the bulk of the emergency has passed.
Thank you for all of your support and patience. I appreciate it from the very core of my being. This chapter is extra-long in recognition of that fact.
Comments
Yikes. Thatβs a shitstorm of problems, but thanks for getting the chapter out anyway. Still loving this story.
TravelerOfTime
2023-06-18 16:42:23 +0000 UTCIt's also fun because Aperture Science isn't a tech tree in the normal sense, they do all kinds of wild shit.
MadGreenSon
2023-06-18 13:28:17 +0000 UTC"Aperture Science Technologies: 1-10 (New)" Best way to handle your enemies; do what you must, because you can.
MadGreenSon
2023-06-18 13:27:13 +0000 UTCAperture Science. At least there is a ethical source for test subjects. Dire and his group. And with Dire having his own version of the MC power there is a lot of potential for SCIENCE. Also tech development officially went of any common sense rails.
Jaroslaw Jarmul
2023-06-18 11:41:03 +0000 UTCThat last line... damn but this is going to change things again.
Guilherme Bezerra
2023-06-18 10:42:09 +0000 UTCOh god, he got himself the technology for _companion cubes_. More seriously, I'm liking how this is going so far. Nice to see him finally taking some time off. For all that we've seen a bunch of him, we never really see much of him having fun.
Ryune
2023-06-18 06:05:29 +0000 UTCThank God he has the Aperture Science technologies. He can now give the AIs more personality. (And a small amount of neurotoxin.)
Nick
2023-06-18 05:02:27 +0000 UTCThat very last line of his new technology has me wondering what madness he's going to unleash next. The adversary, and later the citadel races, are not going to know what hit them.
Prospero
2023-06-18 04:53:28 +0000 UTCGood stuff. I'm glad he has a handle on the terrorist problem on Earth.
Robert H.
2023-06-18 04:48:06 +0000 UTC
