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An Engineer in Night City - ch 10.4

Race for Arasaka Tower (4)

The Red Blue Twins take their distance from Rebecca. The Blue twin discards the broken submachine gun, pulling out a pair of oversized handguns from her hips, one painted black while the other is silver.  The Red Twin’s blade sparkles with electricity as she prepares herself to fight. While readying themselves, the pair repositioned to keep Rebecca between them.

“Well little brother, let’s play more seriously now!” The Red Twin says...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 10.3

Race for Arasaka Tower (3)

Ahead of the crew, the kidnappers run through the streets and back alleys of Night City with ease, jumping over obstacles without slowing down. One of their numbers even finds time to perform parkour tricks during their escape.

“How can they run so fast?”

Rebecca’s scream of frustration still rings in Maine’s ears, but he has to admit he should have paid more attention to that aspect of their training. He vows to rectify that deficiency o...

Chapter Delay - AEINC and N:R

Update News

I woke up too late today, and will likely not update any stories today. Both An Engineer In Night City and Nier:Revengance will be delayed to tomorrow.

If I manage to pull it off, I can at least update An Engineer in Night City 10.3 today, but I make no promises.

An Engineer In Night City - ch 10.2

Race to Arasaka Tower(2)

Returning the clock to before the chase for David, Lucy, and Kiwi have infiltrated one of Faraday’s safe houses after receiving the intel from Mark. Currently, the pair are looting the safe house with a toothcomb using the modified Netrunner model Power Armor, with an improved cyberdeck, extra inventory storage space, extra RAM, a cooling system to help them in a deep dive, and even extra protection in case of an emergency.

Lucy makes her disple...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 10.1

Race to Arasaka Tower (1)

On top of an anonymous skyscraper in Night City, a silhouette stands still overlooking the busy street life on the ground. Eventually, the person receives a call from an anonymous number.

Nervous, Faraday suppresses his emotion with his hard-won discipline and checks the caller. “Moshi Moshi, this is Faraday.”

The contact is an executive from Arasaka, one of the high-ranking members of the Kiji, green pheasant, Faction within...

Nier: Revengeance - ch 2.2

Big Human on Earth (2)

The androids in the base are almost all gathered together on the base's patio, whispering amongst themselves about the rumors of a human in the base, with most of the androids being skeptical of the news. When Jack and Anemone arrive at the improvised palanquin, the soldiers turn silent.

Jack stoically regards the assembled troops with a neutral expression, allowing them to use their sensors to confirm his claims of humanity before addressing them. “You ...

Status Update and another Chapter Delay

Update News

I have both good news and bad news. The bad news is that the chapters will be delayed once more. While writing the outline of the events, things went away from me, and I ended up with nearly 6,000 words of almost pure outline, which will become a beefier chapter afterward.

That means the next chapter will be Chapter 10.

The good news is that the next chapter of Nier:Revengeance (N:R) will be released today since I have already finished it....

An Engineer in Night City (AEINC) Chapter Delay + Triple Feature Post

Update News

The next chapter for an Engineer in Night City will be delayed until tomorrow. However, it is shaping up to be a three-chapter-long mini-arc that hopefully will catch the attention of the readers.

Spoilers

A certain someone will bite more than they can chew...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 9.2

Production is out of this world! (2)

In the production graph, the lines showing the various intermediary products and the Modules steadily rise as new machines, smelters, and miners come up online.

Still giddy, Mark looks at the numbers going up, recalling what made him play Factorio and games like clickers, idle, and certain forum games under the quest format, especially the gamer quests. Some players get tired of the excessive math, but Mark plays those games because of...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 9.1

Production is out of this world! (1)

A letter sits on Mark’s desk, marked for David to pick up. The letter reads, “I am going to Mercury and will be back as soon as I can. Hold the fort while I am away.” Later that day, David picks up the letter and sighs at its contents.

Mark, on the other hand, comfortably sits on the newly rebuilt and improved spaceship that’s ready to travel the solar system. At first, Mark wasn't sure which planet he should visit first if he ...

An Engineer in Night City - ch 8.4

New Outposts (4)

The newly signed agreement with Biotechnica sits on Mark’s desk, detailing the results of the joint venture. As a concession to keep quiet about the issues with Biotechnica finances, the megacorporation gave access to several projects to Wube Inc., allowing them to ‘cooperate’ with research. Other concessions include the difficult-to-obtain licensing of exclusive plants meant for consumption or as raw materials for other industries and the licensing of an...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 8.3

New Outposts (3)

The MH04, or Megabulding Hospital Number 4 is the main hospital inside the Megabulding 4, an arcology style build constructed to solve the housing crisis in Night City. In each of them, there are hundreds of thousands of inhabitants crammed together in the space of a single city block. Meant to be self-sufficient, these megabuildings have shops, malls, clinics, schools, and hospitals inside them. 

Rumors say that the architects who proposed those fac...

An Engineer in Night City - ch 8.2

New Outposts (2)

In another place, the European Space Agency and its directors discuss the feasibility of imposing sanctions on Wube Inc. 

The Executive Director glares at his peers. “There must be something we can hit Wube Inc. with! They are encroaching on the ESA territory and authority!”

The Director of Groundside Operations adjusts his glasses, making the light reflecting the lens hit one of his colleagues. “It is difficult. Normally we would prevent...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 8.1

New Outposts (1)

A familiar buggy drives through the roads of North California at top speed, occasionally dodging the remaining debris on the ruined road and the various potholes in the way. Far away from the vehicle, a caravan of Nomads accelerates to come closer to the Engineer.

Mark looks back at the small collection of motorized cavalry hot on his tail. “Did I offend one of them, or is this another hit from the corporations?”

As the minutes pass the pursuers...

Nier: Revengeance - ch 2.1

Big Human on Earth (1)

The androids are stunned, frozen in place as their processing is overloaded by the sight of a human in front of them.

The newly revealed human smiles at the assembled androids and introduces himself. “Hello, my name is Jack S. Wily. I am your new General of the Army of the Army of Humanity, dispatched by the Commander-in-Chief to stabilize the war between the Androids and the Machine Lifeforms.”

The androids finally acknowledge Jack’s words and...

Chapter Delay: Late Editing

Update News!

Today I managed to write over 6000 words across the three chapters I need to post, unfortunately, I still need to edit them. For now, I will release the Nier Revengeance in half an hour, while chapters 8.1 and 8.2 of An Engineer In Night City will be released tomorrow morning. The Wednesday update won't be affected.

An Engineer In Night City - ch 7.4

Base Number Two (4)

The image on the map shows a space station in orbit around Earth, one of the many that grew between 2020 and the current year. Initially a dilapidated space station that was abandoned after an atmospheric breach, currently the space station has nearly a hundred inhabitants and has grown its size to nearly five times its original conception as new modules and patches grew around it like a cancer.

Mark almost admires the construction, seeing a fellow spa...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 7.3

Base Number Two (3)

The final rocket section finishes construction signaling for the rocket silo gates to slowly open to bring the completed spaceship into the open. Steam comes out of the open gate while the rocket tip slowly rises from the underground construction site. Eventually, the massive rocket emerges fully from the ground, the electronic lights signal that all pre-flight checks have finished and the space-capable vehicle is ready for its voyage.

Mark feels the r...

Patreon Update: November Schedule and other news

Update news!

Here is the schedule for November. It is a bit plain, but it should help clarify how this month will proceed. Each weekly poll will have two updates per week, with each update having at least 2000 words.

As the Patreon page evolves further, both the schedule image and its content will change.

I will also occasionally make author blog posts to document the journey to develop and improve my technical skills as a writer, the quality of content as an author, and t...

An Engineer In Night City - ch 7.2

Update 2

Base Number Two (2)

“Hey Maine, how are you doing?” Mark asks the large man at their usual booth in the Afterlife. “Adapting well to your new chrome?”

“You finally started using Streetslang? I’m surprised it took you so long, Grandpa.” Sasha teases Mark when he arrives, standing up and planting a peck on the man’s cheek.

The rest of the group cheered on their companion for the bold move, while Mark appeared uncharacter...

An Engineer In Night City, ch 7.1

Book 2

First update of the day.

Base Number 2

“It’s about fucking time!” 

Mark exclaims as the last construction robot finishes placing the assembling machines, concluding the final part of his new factory in the Badlands. Creatively named BN2 Complex, or Base Number Two Complex, it’s a base that closely resembles the design philosophy of the game Factorio. With a main bus style running through the middl...

An Engineer in Night City - Interlude: The Engineer's Influence (5)

Update News

This was meant to be posted yesterday on Halloween, but it's 1:31 AM here so I will count it as being posted 'yesterday' for the purposes of my daily streak. Some extra answers at the end of the episode. For now, enjoy.

I.5 Kiwi & Lucy & Gloria

Kiwi puts the finishing touches on the newest update to Wube Inc.'s server, turning it into a true data fortress. Despite her initial inexperience, she’s proud of her wo...

An Engineer In Night City, Interlude: An Engineer's Influence (4)

Update News

This is the penultimate interlude before we return to Mark' exploits in the world of cyberpunk. Stay tuned!

I.4: Militech & NUSA

Solomon Reed stands in front of several important members of Militech staff of Night City, and once he has everyone's attention he starts his report on Wube Inc.'s observed defenses.

“As you can see, the Factory defenses have been updated to include flamethrowers. The fuel used is a type o...

Martial Arts Encyclopedia - Chapter 16

Paradigm Shift (5)

“You got another Jack Bird.” My advisor asks flatly from his seat.

“I got another Jack Bird,” I answer him just as flatly.

We stare at each other for a few minutes before he sighs in annoyance. “Go hit the showers, you stink. I will have your payment processed.”

Taking his dismissal I go to the showers provided by the Guild and I can’t help but marvel at the magical engineering offered. The showers are no different from a moder...

An Engineer in Night City Interlude: The Engineer's Influence (3)

Another update. Let's keep the streak of longer, consistent updates!

I.3 Arasaka & Biotechnica

The Arasaka Corporation came to power after many years of struggle after the Second World War, when Saburo Arasaka brought the old Zaibatsu to new heights. The ruthless leader used all their advantages, learned everything he could, and partook in any evil necessary to bring his vision to fruition. Despite previous setbacks, Arasaka managed to remain ...

After Being Reincarnated as Yamcha - Chapter 1

Update News

I'm still a bit behind my self-imposed daily goal, but let's improve together bit by bit. Here is the last chapter from the last poll, and I just forgot that I didn't give the last poll a closing time. Anyway, please enjoy the weekly poll story! I'm also increasing the chapters to 3 per week, so you guys are still due another chapter, and the minimum word count will be raised to 2000 words.

Call me Yamcha!

The ...

Martial Arts Encyclopedia - Chapter 15

Starting this week, there will be three stories having an update. Martial Arts Encyclopedia, An Engineer in Night City, and the winner of the previous weekly poll. I am also soon releasing the chapters for a private commission, available only to Patreon. I hope you guys enjoy it.

Paradigm Shift (4)

After what felt like months, I finally opened the door to the outside world and was immediately tackled by my goddess into a tight embrace. “Hey, kep...

An Engineer in Night City - Interlude: The Engineer's Influence (2)

I'm trying to make longer chapters and improve my update rate. Here is the hopefully first update of the day. Please enjoy!

I.2 Maine's Crew

A short figure watches the road that exits Night City from over a thousand yards at the top of a building in Santo Domingo. She grunts in annoyance for being left on sniper duty away from the action while the rest of the crew are in the thick of the action.

“Can anybody remind me why I am here...

After Being Reincarnated as Yamcha - Prologue

Battle of Destiny, Yamcha vs Perfect Cell!

In a remote region away from prying eyes a group of fighters stares at the greatest enemy they have ever faced. A threat from the future that blindsided them more than once, until he decided to hang the destiny of the world on the result of a martial arts tournament.

The name of this threat to the world is Perfect Cell. To oppose his cruelty a group of martial artists stand against the creature, and their names are Son ...

An Engineer in Night City - Interlude: The Engineer's Influence (1)

I just realized that the latest chapter finished my writting goal for the first book! With just 500 words left to be a valid NaNoWriMo entry, I decided to start Book 2 with a series of Interludes instead of jumping straight into "chapter 7." If you have a suggestion to which character you want to see an interlude of, leave a message here or on the discord server. Now, enjoy the story!

I.1 Rogue Amendiaries

The living Legend and Queen of the Afterl...