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Alexandra's Timeline

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Realized I hadn't posted this on partreon yet, so here you go ! As usual, everything in here is subject to change. To be clear, this is a timeline of major events within Alexandra's life before being sent to Alcheryos.

Also please note that Alexandra is not her true name. She is referred to as such for ease of reading and a variety of reasons, but it should be kept in mind that she was NOT born Alexandra Rousseau and that person arguably did not exist until Arcadia cook...

Chapter 318 - War Council

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Reading Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen 3) has really planted some horrific ideas about logistics in my mind if you truly do not care about your troops. Fuck the Panion.

Anyway, other than that, this may be the end of this streak. Been a bit busy because I started a relationship again ! So yay !

Chapter 318

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria Trade Route

The war council was an interesting one. Gathered...

Short - Vesta Station

Note : Apologies for the delay ! My father had decided to requisition me for lugging and then reassembling a giant piece of furniture. Whose necessity and use I am highly dubious of.

"It's her alright." Gomez smiled as he saw the lieutenant commander dart into a hallway, followed by her two marine bodyguards. "How much was the bounty again ?"

"A hundred kilocreds, boss." Answered one of his goons, awe in his voice.

Gomez's smile became strained. ...

Bonus Chapter - Movie Night

Note : Chapter 318 has been written and added to the queue !

I may integrate this chapter in the story as part of Alexandra's flashbacks, especially as I think it's a good intro to Arcadia. We will see.

Bonus Chapter - Movie Night

28th of June, 2130

Earth, Sol System

Valduc Strategic Research Base, European Federation

'Alex' sighed as she set down the report.

Delays, delays, more delays, nothing but delays...

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Chapter 317 - Fanatics

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A bonus chapter and a short to follow in the queue.

Click on the link and read the rest of the notes once you've read the chapter/the first section of it :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTFN8zGJO4Q

I'd love to write C&C Tiberium novels, it'd be a very interesting grand strategy thing and tiberium fascinates me as a resource and its implications. This isn't an easter egg in ...

Chapter 316 - Wedding

Chapter 316

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

City of Rebirth

Allya had faced a dragon, a sand demon, an army of mechanical horrors of the Old World, and waves upon waves of invaders, most of them intent upon her death or worse.

And yet she'd never been so scared in her entire life.

The doors opened, revealing the nave of the city's temple, flanked by pews packed with people and interlinked ranks of temple and city guards. An...

Chapter 315 - Lockpicking

Note : A bonus chapter and a short pertaining to Arcadia have been written and added to the queue ! That's right, Alexandra's favorite insane AI is at last coming to the story in person ^^.

Also, this chapter contains an easter egg to one of my favourite youtubers of all time, may he rest in peace.

Chapter 315

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

City of Darthar

Alexandra's hologram appeared inside the Flickerlight's engineering secti...

Book 8 Trivia and Creative Process Notes

Alright, some trivia for good old book 8.

I had moved the battle of Asaria to this book. And ended up moving it back. AGAIN. And there may, in fact, not even be a battle of Asaria at all.

A bit of trivia I wasn't sure whether to put in book 7 or book 8, but the Flickerlight was originally the Continuum, an Infinity-class cruiser (or rather, a ship made to resemble one), one of the ships Alexandra had designed to accompany the Dawnstars into batt...

Book 7 Trivia and Creative Process Notes

Notes : The Trivia notes for book 8 and chapters 315, 316 and 317 have been written and added to the queue !

As with book 6, some random trivia about book 7 and my original plans for it. Better late than never.

This one will probably be shorter, as my original story plan tapered off massively after book 6.

So, book 7. Let's start with the ending. Originally, the book was supposed to end with the battle of Asaria. I won't say more on that because, we...

Chapter 314 - Ringing Aftermath

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This is probably going to be the last chapter for a while. I aim to take a break. I'll try to see about finishing the book 7 trivia and making the book 8 one though.

Also, book 6 has just released on Amazon ! Check it out if you're interested : https://geni.us/DungeonArmada

Chapter 314

Eris Empire, Capital City of Starcore

Imperial Palace, First Empress Wing

Monst...

Chapter 313 - Moment of Truth

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And this concludes book 8 ! I hope you've enjoyed it !

Chapter 313

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria trade route

Alexandra had known from the get go that fighting a running battle was a recipe for disaster. Trying to retreat as the melee foes pursued her troops would only end in disaster, her own golems blocking the line of fire of the units they were looking to join, only guaranteeing the deaths of both.

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Chapter 312 - Relentless Advance

Note : No new chapter, though I have started writing 314, I should probably take a bit of a break.

Chapter 312

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria trade route

The UDC panicked, trying to retarget their point defence. They failed. And in their failure, ended up countering nothing, as another wave of interceptor missiles rose from the So Much For Subtlety.

This time, they struck the enemy battleship. They were mundane...

Chapter 311 - Dungeon War

Note : Chapters 312 and 313 has been written and added to the queue, completing book 8 !

Heya. Apologies for the late chapter, there was a warning on discord but I couldn't really make a patreon post about it (otherwise I'd have just put the chapter). Got distracted yesterday, finishing up book 8, and today hauling ass to get to my parents' place for my family birthday celebrations.

So yeah, the chapter is a bit late, but hey, book 8 is complete ! For a grand total of : 43 chapter...

Chapter 310 - Opened Eyes

Note : Chapter 311 has been written and added to the queue.

Chapter 310

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria trade route

Alexandra didn't even blink as the wall of flesh opened like a wound, letting her into what looked like the inside of a ribcage, converted into an office. An office with a wooden desk, and a pair of chairs.

The Earth-born had to stop herself from laughing. There was even a quill, an inkpot, and a s...

Chapter 309 - Final Preparations

Note : Chapter 310 has been written and added to the queue !

Closer, step by step...And finally a bit of further development on something I set up so long ago.

Chapter 309

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asaria trade route

Alexandra leaned forward on the table, covered in terrain charts and force deployment plans as she looked critically at the fortifications littering the landscape.

With the free trader's story ...

Bonus Chapter - To Sail The Seven Skies

Note : Chapter 309 has been written and added to the queue !

This bonus chapter takes place somewhere during the current story time, as the news of the UDC's arrival are being kept quiet. I could probably have integrated it in the main story, but it'd ruin the build up.

Bonus Chapter - To Sail The Seven Skies

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Trade City of Erakis

"Captain."

Sylvia looked up from her ardent observation of sa...

Chapter 308 - Locusts

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Today is my birthday ! So, no new chapter added in as I'm taking the day to celebrate. Though I'll probably add some shorts to continue the streak (especially since the response to them and the bonus chapter was very positive). Have fun !

Chapter 308

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Command Center

"Ma'am, we have completed the analysis." Said Glitch, before the small assembly in the command center.

...

Chapter 307 - Vampires

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Gods I am exhausted by all this shit. Elections are over, fucking finally, and the country is losing its fucking shit, as usual. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to writing despite all this crap, but no promises.

Chapter 307

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Command Center

"Hey. Alexandra?"

The dungeon core blinked as she looked away from the holographic map.

"Freya?" She said as s...

Bonus Chapter - The Scarlet Swords

Note : Chapter 308 has been written and added to the queue !

This bonus chapter takes place at the beginning of the book, before Rebirth becomes an Archduchy, but after Alexandra's main army units departed Darthar and Ghost began stockpiling gear in the city, somewhere between chapters 282 and 293.

Bonus Chapter - Scarlet Swords

Red Sands Desert, Principality of Rebirth

City of Darthar

"Sir, we have a visitor."

Gothram Edingburg...

Short - Molroy and the Punladin

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I'm putting the short here because the next chapter has something of a cliffhanger, and I don't want to leave you hanging on it.

Also the next short...might not be so short. It's already above 1k words and I'm not yet done. Ooops.

Spent most of the day recuperating. Feeling a lot better after a good deal of sleep and some good food. I really needed that.

Molroy and the Punladin

Molroy tried to stay calm as he fiddled with his drink, but it wa...

Chapter 306 - Remnants

Note : No new chapter, but at least a short. I'll probably intersped some shorts with chapters going forward, as I'd like to at least be able to finish book 8 during this streak. So probably expect a short tomorrow.

FUCK the French bureaucracy. I have spent the ENTIRE DAY jumping through bullshit hoops through bullshit hoops, and without the help of a friend to guide me through this insane madness it would have taken even fucking longer.

I'm too pissed to even write tonight.

Chapter 305 - The Gambit

Note : Chapter 307 has been written and added to the queue !

Chapter 307 is another one of the big ones (2.6k). While that seems like more stuff, having a bunch of large chapters like that is actually hurting the streak. Rearranged the large chapters I have written lately could have gotten me two more standard ones, and I'd honestly really like the buffer, especially as I'm going to have to leave for the weekend again for the fucking elections.

Honestly, I'm considering substituti...

Chapter 304 - Bloodbath

Note : Chapter 306 has been written and aded to the queue !

Apologies for the late upload, I forgot to set it up.

Chapter 304

In flight above the Starsky Ocean

Sky-Fortress of Unification, Service Level

Laria, dungeon core of the Golden Gates, darted from shadow to shadow, her eyes feverishly scanning the hallway.

A day earlier, these halls were filled with intrigue, and thick with tension. Now they ran red with blood, and were ...

Chapter 303 - Echo

Note : Chapter 305 has been written and added to the queue !

I'll edit the previous chapters with the google docs link (plus this one) once I have a bit more time.

Chapter 303

Plains of Orient, Republic Province of Eternity

Tamaria Airbase

It started, as it usually did, with a misunderstanding, and was helped along by unfortunate coincidence.

Patrols, by their very nature, had to be irregular. A predictable patrol was a useless ...

Chapter 302 - Inevitability

Note : No new chapter. Tired. Really haven't slept well lately.

Also, I fucking hate anything related to LLMs and what people call 'AI' these days, so it probably says something that I really loved this song in spite of that, and that it is part of the reason for the name later in this chapter (besides Battletech being awesome in general despite its more dubious lore and general direction later on, looking at you Word of Blake) : 2024-07-01 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 301 - Origins

Note : Chapters 303 and 304 have been written and added to the queue !

I've also started looking for alternatives for LibreOffice, since for the second time this week it crashed and completely nuked a chapter with it (since it's file recovery system just doesn't work), in this case, chapter 304. Which I rewrote. FROM MEMORY.

Chapter 301

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

Dungeon Factory, Workshop

"Wow. Just...wow." Said Allya as she entered ...

Chapter 300 - March North

Note : No new chapter, besides a Molroy short. Possibly none tomorrow as well, you can thank Macron for that.

I'll try to keep up the streak, but I might have to post shorts and stuff like that to do so, because I'll have the same damn shit next week.

Also, I hope you'll enjoy this extra long chapter, like the previous one ! It's not often that I almost reach 3k words without breaking them up.

Chapter 300

Ytakan Scrublands, Archduchy of Rebirth

Darthar-Asa...

Chapter 299 - March To Liberty

Note : Chapter 302 has been written and added to the queue !

302 also has quite the cliff. Ehehehehehehe.

Google Docs Link : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hb6KJEKfLUzh9GwM8WHcJGxpItkDlOgY05Chn9WGoxk/edit?usp=sharing

Chapter 299

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

SINS Flickerlight

Alexan...

Chapter 298 - Flickering Light

Note : Chapter 301 has been written and added to the queue !

I tried to make chapter 301 relatively short, but it ended up being 2.6k word anyway, so hey.

Google Doc Link : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5jW-F0JdAN1jS9C9fn7L4MIN9IuYT7RzNHfWOvxlIg/edit?usp=sharing

Chapter 298

Red Sands Desert, Archduchy of Rebirth

SI...

Chapter 297 - Rolling The Dice

Note : Chapter 300 has been written and added to the queue !

Well, LibreOffice has completely derped out. Not only did it crash, and take away the entirety of chapter 300 with it, forcing me to rewrite it, but it's also shitting its pants with opening my files now and takes three full minutes to open up the one for The Fallen World now. So I might need new software. Again.

On a more positive note, I decided that chopping up chapter 299 was too much of a hassle...aaaaand I ended up...