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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (13/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Sovlin, Gojid Retiree

Date [standardized human time]: May 14, 2151

I could feel myself shaking, nausea bubbling just as much as the first time I saw Tyler with long surfer hair. M...

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The Nature of Predators 2-88

Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist

Date [standardized human time]: February 14, 2161

The Krev Consortium was still a point of contention to much of the Sapient Coalition, after the attacks in Orion space had clobbered three worlds and assailed their fleets. If there was any link between the KC and the ghost Farsul, it was going to blow up the peace I’d pivoted and begged for, as soon as I learned it was humanity on the ...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (12/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Sovlin, Gojid Retiree

Date [standardized human time]: May 12, 2151<...

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The Nature of Predators 2-87

Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist

Date [standardized human time]: February 14, 2161

Gress’ belief that the Krev Consortium was that insidious hadn’t quite landed with me, after witnessing the depths of evil within the Federation. Learning how even the herbivores were subdued and tampered with, from the Sivkit we found on Tellus, had made shady surveillance and false flag operations seem tame by comparison. I could al...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (11/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Cilany, Harchen Reporter

Date [standardized human time]: January 27, 2130 View Post

The Nature of Predators 2-86

A/N - Apologies for the day’s delay and a bit of a shorter chapter, I’m unfortunately sick. Wanted to be sure I got something to you guys! Going to push each chapter this week back by one day, just because posting 3 days in a row (Tuesday-Thursday) would be a bit too much. Won’t leave the typical note at the bottom, but I hope you guys enjoy some speculation about the findings at the end—and thanks for reading and supporting!

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (10/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Talpin, Gojid Activist

Date [standardized human time]: March 3, 2150 View Post

The Nature of Predators 2-85

Memory Transcription Subject: Elias Meier, Former UN Secretary-General

Date [standardized human time]: February 11, 2161

Sitting in Secretary-General Osmani’s office, ready for General Jones to waltz into her dismissal, I hoped that she wouldn’t weasel her way out of this. I liked to think that she was a patriot, in her own mind, and wouldn’t sabotage the interests of her planet over a personal matter. Any information she had to take out th...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (9/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Sovlin, Gojid Retiree

Date [standardized human time]: May 10, 2151

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The Nature of Predators 2-84

Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist

Date [standardized human time]: February 11, 2161

It was a relief that I didn’t have to make a decision about which world—and which people I loved—that I wanted to stay with on a permanent basis. The time at home with my biological family had been an absolute treat, learning about my immediate relatives and what life in sunny Nevada was like; it would be moving from one desert to t...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (8/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Anton Kozlov, Human Lawyer

Date [standardized human time]: October 3, 21...

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The Nature of Predators 2-83

Memory Transcription Subject: Elias Meier, Former UN Secretary-General

Date [standardized human time]: February 11, 2161

The shock at the emergence of the hidden ships, which made the heavy-handed force we’d sent look insignificant, was evident in the faces of the SC leadership. The other humans within our section were buzzing with chatter, trying to determine what to do; losing tens of thousands of ships wasn’t something we wanted to commit ...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (7/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Anton Kozlov, Human Lawyer

Date [standardized human time]: October 1, 21...

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The Nature of Predators 2-82

Memory Transcription Subject: Quana, Jaslip Soldier

Date [standardized human time]: February 10, 2161

Esquo’s Hope was the Jaslip enclave on the Ulchid world, and also the nearest to our prior engagements on the Smigli homeworld. I couldn’t get used to having the Arxur breathing down our necks; my biggest hesitancy was over taking anything that qualified as food to them. Cherise expected to have a rather incomplete diet, but that friendship-e...

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The Nature of Predators [Book Chapter #1]

A/N - Putting the A/N up here! I'm trying to work in some rest days to my schedule so it's a bit more sustainable, and to be honest, I just needed one. People often ask me what's changed about the book rewrites, so I thought that I should put this here for you guys, the patrons, in a clear and easy to access format. Hope this is a welcome substitute and change of pace. Sovlin will return on Wednesday for the back half of his series!

As always, thank you for reading and supp...

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The Nature of Predators 2-81

Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem Alien Liaison

Date [standardized human time]: February 10, 2161

Returning to the Sapient Coalition after a reprieve on Ivrana, I tried to set realistic expectations for what I could accomplish. Elias Meier’s temporary control over the Secretary-General position had lapsed, and there was no telling whether Osmani would fulfill the idealistic promises that his digitized predecessor pledged with such cer...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (6/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Rumi, Gojid Refugee

Date [standardized human time]: December 16, 2136 View Post

The Nature of Predators 2-80

Memory Transcription Subject: Elias Meier, Former UN Secretary-General

Date [standardized human time]: February 10, 2161

With the pressure off of my shoulders, tied only to an advisory capacity for Secretary-General Osmani, I found myself living in 2136 in my head. The fate of the SC no longer rode on my actions, so I could afford to contemplate a past which felt more real than any of this. I remembered my first time boarding a spaceship for an a...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (5/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Rumi, Federation Fleet Comms Technician

Date [standardized human time]: ...

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The Nature of Predators 2-79

Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist

Date [standardized human time]: February 9, 2161

It was a goofy suburban one-story home, with baby blue shutters and a few garden gnomes scattered about—like something out of a television sitcom instead of reality. After exiting the vehicle with Gress and double checking that this was the right one, I began the long walk down the driveway. It was nothing compared to crossing the entire...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (4/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Srissi, Verin Exchange Participant

Date [standardized human time]: March 14, 2138...

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The Nature of Predators 2-78

Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist

Date [standardized human time]: February 9, 2161

Earth. The Blue Marble in the viewport brought tears to my eyes, seeing the birthplace of my species in person. There were many conflicting emotions that whipped around my head, jockeying for control. I’d spent so many long nights mourning the loss of our civilization, and here it sat, stronger than ever. When the United Nations passed a...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (3/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Srissi, Verin Exchange Participant

Date [standardized human time]: March...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (2/13)

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Memory transcription subject: Captain Sovlin, Federation Fleet Command

Date [standardized human time]: May 7, 2125

As a father myself, it felt weird to have a Kolshian who was only a few years older than Hania...

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The Nature of Predators 2-77

Memory Transcription Subject: Quana, Jaslip Soldier

Date [standardized human time]: February 5, 2161

There was a brief delay in arranging our meeting with Chief Hunter Kaisal, since Aulan wanted the encounter to be in an open forum. As rotten as the Krev Consortium was, the Arxur’s reputation preceded them; they held sapient livestock, glassed dozens of worlds and raided more, and subsisted on heartless cruelty. The Esquo Massacre was a hug fes...

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The Nature of Predators - Sovlin’s Transcript (1/13)

Memory transcription subject: Captain Sovlin, Federation Fleet Command

Date [standardized human time]: August 21, 2136

“I suppose I did give you my blessing for this expedition, yet it still feels like you defied me,” Prime Minister Piri stated, a worried look on her face. “Would you have ventured off without my permission?”

I hadn’t been able to rush over quickly enough to get a Federation response in motion. Many of my crew were...

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The Nature of Predators 2-76

Memory Transcription Subject: Elias Meier, Former UN Secretary-General

Date [standardized human time]: February 5, 2161

It hadn’t taken long to nominate a proper Secretary-General to succeed Kuemper, and I was pleased to learn that General Osmani would be taking up the mantle. I didn’t have any wish to reacquire my former role, for a great many reasons—for starters, I was both a science experiment and a security risk thanks to my digitized ...

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The Nature of Predators 2-75

Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human Colonist

Date [standardized human time]: February 5, 2161

After a rather long voyage cooped up on the spaceship, it felt strange to disembark on the Sapient Coalition’s center of operations. Gress and I had signed plea bargains to help with negotiating the peace, instead of facing charges for our mishaps during the war. The precedent of roping in war criminals—and that’s what I was—to fix...

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The Nature of Predators - The New Arxur (10/10)

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Memory Transcription Subject: Raza, Arxur Diplomatic Minister

Date [standardized human time]: May 12, 2160

I’d known Ambassador Cedric Flynn—or the Butcher of Grenelka, in some circles—for a half dozen y...

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The Nature of Predators 2-74

Memory Transcription Subject: Quana, Jaslip Soldier

Date [standardized human time]: February 4, 2161

Even with the local government on Omnol turning a blind eye to the open rebellion in the enclaves, I wasn’t sure that the Jaslip Independence Brigade would enjoy much success without outward support. Our heads hadn’t cooled off one bit toward the Consortium, since the downfall of the Federation equated to our forcible relocation and Esquo’s ...

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