We proceeded at a reasonable pace back towards the planet, making sure that we maintained our course using conventional, STL engines so as to limit any emissions that might’ve given our very presence in this system away to any prying eyes.
With hours until we were able to resume our operations, we began reviewing what was in effect our refurbished ship; repairs done courtesy of the system’s rich mineral deposits.
“As requested, let’s do a full rundown.” Vir began, his vo...
2023-03-21 16:27:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! I just made a few edits to this chapter as I wanted to edit a few grammar bits as well as some additions to make the story flow better. As always there's nothing too major with the edits here! :D Also, of course, all edited sections will have an underline denoting them as edited! :D
Instead of the chirpy voice of the AI continuing on with some great, all encompassing plan, all I was met with after those few uplifting seconds was a strange silence.
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2023-03-21 14:23:56 +0000 UTC
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“So, does that weapon of yours have a name?” The wolf inquired with unrestrained enthusiasm. If his voice didn't already give it away, then the ferocious wagging of his tail most certainly did.
“There’s… a lot of nomenclature involved, but for the purposes of this conversation I’ll try to keep it brief. We call it a gun, Thalmin.”
The gun.
A tool as varied in complexity as the problems it was designed to solve.
An answer to a question that has been asked ...
2023-03-19 17:05:08 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 23 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“So, does that weapon of yours have a name?” The wolf inquired with unrestrained enthusiasm. If his voice didn't already give it away, then the ferocious wagging of his tail most certainly did.
“There’s… a lot of nomenclature involved, but for the purposes of this conversation I’ll try to keep it brief. We call it a gun, Thalmin.”
The gun.
A tool as v...
2023-03-18 18:25:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Just a few minor edits this time around! Mostly stuff regarding the word choice as well as just a few tweaks to make things flow better! Aside from that it's more or less the same as it was! :D As always however the edited section will have underlines underneath them denoting the edited areas! :D
My eyes remained transfixed on what was left of the watery goop that was once the null, as it continued to seep deeper and deeper into the porous cracks within th...
2023-03-18 18:17:03 +0000 UTC
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Instead of the chirpy voice of the AI continuing on with some great, all encompassing plan, all I was met with after those few uplifting seconds was a strange silence.
Though that silence didn’t last for too long.
“I don’t think I can do this.” The AI blurted out with his equivalent of an uneasy tone of voice.
This sudden shift in tone after an unexpected silence as we sat in silence above the moon was nothing short of disconcerting, but it wasn’t long before the A...
2023-03-14 18:28:14 +0000 UTC
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My eyes remained transfixed on what was left of the watery goop that was once the null, as it continued to seep deeper and deeper into the porous cracks within the Earth.
Out of sight.
But not out of mind.
“EVI, replay combat footage log 1, isolate instance: last weapons discharge to target neutralization. Maximum frame rate, footage playback speed point one.”
I kept replaying the scene. Trying to determine if I’d done it correctly. Trying to see if the ...
2023-03-12 17:05:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! So I just wanted to share some bits of the writing process with you guys since the latest chapter was one of those chapters that had a good bit of reworking done on it, to the point where the entire intro to it was rewritten. I just wanted to show how my writing process goes, and because this intro was one that I find interesting to read still, I wanted to share it with you guys! :D
Just as it was hard to get into the headspace for combat, so too was it di...
2023-03-11 17:22:17 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 22 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
My eyes remained transfixed on what was left of the watery goop that was once the null, as it continued to seep deeper and deeper into the porous cracks within the Earth.
Out of sight.
But not out of mind.
“EVI, replay combat footage log 1, isolate instance: last weapons discharge to target neutralization. Maximum frame rate, footage playback speed point one.”
2023-03-11 17:09:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! So, not much has changed about this chapter actually! A majority of the edits consisted of just rewording a few things to make the descriptions of certain bits of the story read and flow clearer! Aside from that it's more or less the same as it was! :D As always however the edited section will have underlines underneath them denoting the edited areas! :D
“Auntie Ran, what is war like?”
That was the very first question I asked my aunt, lo...
2023-03-11 16:53:56 +0000 UTC
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“The interloper.” I spoke without hesitation. “I don’t like the potential of exposing our backs to it while we head to the planet. To be quite frank, I feel as if we were correct in our decision to explore the moon first. I understand it was an arbitrary decision, but without the intel we acquired we would have most certainly been walking into a lion’s den completely unprepared. Because if we had committed to an in depth analysis of the planet, if we were to deploy anything...
2023-03-07 22:22:47 +0000 UTC
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“Auntie Ran, what is war like?”
That was the very first question I asked my aunt, long before I was put under her care.
It was a question that would evolve over time, much to her frustration.
“Auntie Ran, could you please tell me what it was like to be in a real battle for the very first time?”
The question grew more specific, more precise. As it became clear with each passing year what it was I was looking for and why.
“Ask me whe...
2023-03-05 17:05:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys! :D So this is a bit of a spur of the moment thing, but I had an idea I really wanted and needed to write out, and I wanted to share it with you guys as another fun bonus story! It might be a bit rough around the edges as I wrote this quite late into the night and early into the morning depending on how you look at it haha, but I really hope you guys enjoy! :D
Two thousand years ago, we were attacked.
We didn’t know who did it.
Nor did we kn...
2023-03-04 21:17:56 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 21 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
“Auntie Ran, what is war like?”
That was the very first question I asked my aunt, long before I was put under her care.
It was a question that would evolve over time, much to her frustration.
“Auntie Ran, could you please tell me what it was like to be in a real battle for the very first time?”
The question grew more specific, more p...
2023-03-04 16:59:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! This time around there hasn't been much changed! Just a few grammatical seams that needed to be ironed out, as well as some changes in word choice. It's more or less the same as it was! As always however thee edited section will have underlines underneath them denoting the edited areas! :D
The Transgracian Academy for the Magical Arts, Library Entryway. Local Time: 1450 Hours.
I always knew Thalmin was a wolf, or at least, eeri...
2023-03-04 16:53:09 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
I hope everyone's doing well! Another month has arrived and with the arrival of this new month, I would just like to make sure that I am here to thank each and every one of you for your continued support. I know I say this a lot, but, I want you guys to know that I mean it each and every time. You guys have seriously made a truly palpable impact on my life, and I want you guys to know that I appreciate each and every one of you guys for being here and for st...
2023-03-03 18:43:12 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers! :D As promised as always, in accordance with the results of last month's poll, I present to you the Bonus Story of the Month! There were a total of four choices again, with a majority voting for Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School Side Story 3. Let's jump right to it then! I'd like to proudly present, Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School's third side story! :D
An Investigation in the Nexus
The Nexus, Far Periphery, The...
2023-03-03 18:18:13 +0000 UTC
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Everywhere we looked we found hints at a conflicting narrative. Every square inch of this place was laden with elements of a story that just didn’t add up; puzzle pieces that formed an image that didn’t match the box set it came in. For every corner of the facility we found evidence of a concerted effort for destruction and demolition was a corner of the facility clearly meant for protracted study and long-term observation.
Two narratives soon emerged from the wreckage and bodies. T...
2023-02-28 17:20:20 +0000 UTC
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The Transgracian Academy for the Magical Arts, Library Entryway. Local Time: 1450 Hours.
I always knew Thalmin was a wolf, or at least, eerily reminiscent of one. Though there was little in the way of his actions (aside from the occasional tail-wag) that really, truly, spoke to his lupine heritage.
Not in the way he acted, walked, or carried himself. Not even in the way he spoke.
His vocalizations had always been filtered through the translation suite withou...
2023-02-26 17:05:05 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 20 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
I always knew Thalmin was a wolf, or at least, eerily reminiscent of one. Though there was little in the way of his actions (aside from the occasional tail-wag) that really, truly, spoke to his lupine heritage.
Not in the way he acted, walked, or carried himself. Not even in the way he spoke.
His vocalizations had always been filtered through the translation suite without any ...
2023-02-25 16:20:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! So I decided to add just a few more details into this chapter just because I believed it would make the overall story flow better with regards to the immediate plot line! It involves the trading of information for more details regarding the null! :D Besides that there are just the usual minor edits just to make the chapter flow better in general! As always the edited sections will have underlines underneath them denoting the edited areas! :D
What do you ge...
2023-02-25 16:10:20 +0000 UTC
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To say that we were at the end of our journey would be a complete misstep. For as much as we were well and truly at the end of the line now, so too was the story we had yet to even fully grasp. The necessity of weaving a cohesive narrative now fell upon us, and the clues that lay within this grand space we’d just forced our way into.
Like the compositions of the great contemporary works of Vanaran literature, it was only towards the end did things begin to truly come together. Indeed,...
2023-02-21 18:29:21 +0000 UTC
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What do you get when you put a fox, an owl, a humanoid bird, and an anthropomorphic wolf all under the same non-euclidean roof alongside a power armored human? If there was anyone out there who was capable of answering this then I applaud their creativity, because personally, I was at a loss for words.
There I was yet again, sandwiched within layers of synthetic weave and metal composites, staring down an owl whose eyes betrayed a look of sullen annoyance that bordered on outright disda...
2023-02-19 17:05:13 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 19 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
What do you get when you put a fox, an owl, a humanoid bird, and an anthropomorphic wolf all under the same non-euclidean roof alongside a power armored human? If there was anyone out there who was capable of answering this then I applaud their creativity, because personally, I was at a loss for words.
There I was yet again, sandwiched within layers of synthetic weave and metal comp...
2023-02-18 16:20:49 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I made a few minor changes to this chapter in order to make things flow a bit better, however I also made an edit in one of the paragraphs detailing the Nexus and the Academy's secondary goal with regards to the creation of the reason behind the ritual of duplicity. All I did was that I made that paragraph a bit shorter, condensed things to make things flow well and added a little hint at a bigger plot looming in the background that will become a plot point later in the ...
2023-02-18 16:09:48 +0000 UTC
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Hello Commissioned Pioneers!
Alright so I've been working on this for a little while now and I think it's time for yet another Bonus Content drop! And once again we're looking at some of the internal correspondences of the IAS' back on Earth!
As with the last internal correspondence, what this is, is effectively a sort of an in-universe document, meant to help expand the universe of Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School as well as to help provide greater context for what's g...
2023-02-16 21:28:09 +0000 UTC
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To say that we had a choice would be akin to asking the humans whether or not they wished to leave their homeworld to venture out into the stars. To imply that we had any other path than the one we were currently committed to, would be akin to implying that Elijah had any other path less than the one he set out to accomplish. This is all to say, if there was ever any doubt as to the path we were about to take, then this entire mission and our actions would ultimately end in a disservice to th...
2023-02-14 19:09:31 +0000 UTC
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There I was, my gaze locked with a polite looking fox that continually cocked its head from one side to the other. Causing those two, large, fluffy ears to sway back and forth with each and every swing.
“I erm.” I looked to Thacea, expecting her to take the charge but given how her eyes shot back a you’re on your own now kind of expression, I knew it was my time to shine.
“I’ll be brief, I’m just looking for a concise, succinct explanation on two subjects. One...
2023-02-12 17:05:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Here's the Work in Progress for Chapter 18 I hope you guys enjoy! :D
There I was, my gaze locked with a polite looking fox that continually cocked its head from one side to the other. Causing those two, large, fluffy ears to sway back and forth with each and every swing.
“I erm.” I looked to Thacea, expecting her to take the charge but given how her eyes shot back a you’re on your own now kind of expression, I knew it was my time...
2023-02-11 16:20:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I made a few very minor edits to this chapter, mainly just rephrasing a few minor lines! As always the edited sections will have underlines underneath them denoting the edited areas! :D
“It should come as no surprise to any within this room that this ritual was doomed from the beginning.” A thunderous voice boomed, one that was promptly isolated and traced by the drone to that of a familiar white-robed dean. Everything about the man reinforced wh...
2023-02-11 16:17:51 +0000 UTC
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