USD: 1 Day after Cadre-S Graduation
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A Elevator
[Informative: A computronic hijacking attempt has been thwarted. Eighty-seven modules have gone offline. Physical destruction is suspected. No sensors or detectors can be remotely accessed. A faulty surveillance system outside of MJSR&D facilities indicates an evacuation is ongoing. Cascading failures attributed to over usage are present in a majority of units. E...
2023-03-16 03:11:16 +0000 UTC
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USD: 1 Day after Cadre-S Graduation
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Joint Services Research and Development complex, Heuristics Department
Thea’s eyes narrowed, her heart pounding as harrowing screams bombarded her ears, echoing through every channel. A small river of molten metal cascaded from the ceiling of the AGAI lab’s central nexus, mingling with the dying remnants of the Tau ShipCore, dissolving into a lifeless goo.
As the Tau tore ...
2023-03-15 01:29:22 +0000 UTC
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USD: 1 Day after Cadre-S Graduation
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Joint Services Research and Development complex, Heuristics Department
Thea felt a shiver rush down her spine as the heavy metal door slid shut behind her. Whether that was because of the chill in the air, or the dark atmosphere, she couldn’t tell. The walls of the room were a dull dark-gray, almost black, broken up by dozens of different mainframes and consoles that lined the wal...
2023-03-14 02:23:18 +0000 UTC
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USD: 1 Day after Cadre-S Graduation
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A Elevator
Alex stared out the crystal porthole straight ahead of her on the elevator, wishing the ride would end. In the corner of her HUD, the time showed that there was a little under an hour before their arrival to the station, and the moon had shrunk in size until it was just a fraction of its previous size.
The view wasn’t the issue, though. Rachel was in the seat on her ...
2023-03-14 02:22:47 +0000 UTC
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USD: 1 Day after Cadre-S Graduation
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Transit Hub, Restroom
Agent Fallon’s datapad let out a beep, drawing his attention from his uniform. A frown creased his face as he read the message from Thea.
‘Red Level tech violations found, data for priority forwarding follows. Mission still in progress; rogue NAI now secondary objective, attempting cessation/rescue of NAI hostile device.’
Tech level v...
2023-03-11 00:47:01 +0000 UTC
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USD: 77 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Outer System, Hades, Checkpoint Alpha, SRS Heaven’s Fire
Heeler slapped his console as another report from the MilTech security came in about hearing and seeing something unknown. As was procedure, he dispatched a squad of search drones to assist, but he had long concluded that the human contingent’s minds were unraveling at a rapid pace.
He had finished converting the building nearest ...
2023-03-08 03:51:52 +0000 UTC
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USD: 77 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Transit Hub
Thea checked her Meltisar Navy uniform one last time. The captain’s rank insignia adorned her breast with the additional pip for ‘civil’ service showing her non-combat designation. She had to spend days figuring out how to caress the system to extract the required files and perform the necessary manipulations. The old intelligence and methods made available ...
2023-03-06 00:12:46 +0000 UTC
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USD: 77 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
A vibrant display of oranges lit the sky as the sun and gas giant vied for dominance of the evening. The weak rays of the sun had already lost most of their potency and a slight briskness had enveloped everyone standing or sitting on the graduation field.
All the graduating recruits were adorned in clean white dress uniforms that almost all of...
2023-03-06 00:00:47 +0000 UTC
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USD: 72 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Outer System, Hades, Checkpoint Alpha, SRS Heaven’s Fire
Yapper’s head popped up as Amy slipped out of her quarters. The Rexxor fell in behind her quietly as she headed to join Heeler in the ship’s shuttle bay.
Repairs to the Heaven’s Fire had been completed early, but Heeler had declared that he needed more time before he began tinkering with the construct’s power and cont...
2023-03-02 23:31:19 +0000 UTC
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USD: 72 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Alex sat down across from Rachel at the mess table with her dinner. She was so distracted by a single thought that she hadn’t even realized they’d put chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy on her tray.
There were only five days left and then they were free!
With the passing of the physical tests, they’d all been dropped to a singl...
2023-03-01 02:04:21 +0000 UTC
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USD: 72 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Outer System, Hades, Checkpoint Alpha, SRS Heaven’s Fire
Amy finished the black charred connector for the fluid port to the laser heatsink with her cutting torch. A small flow of coolant poured out of the hole but quickly ran out as she’d drained the system an hour earlier. A waiting cargo drone immediately shoved its two forks under the system and made off with it to the battlecruiser’s in...
2023-02-26 23:25:37 +0000 UTC
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USD: 72 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Outer System, Hades, -175km below surface, SRS Heaven’s Fire
It did not take long for the Heaven’s Fire to plunge through the tunnel. Amy watched with growing alarm as they approached the Magma line on the display at a high rate. Before she could comment, the ship’s retro thrusters kicked on, slowing their plunge.
Heeler slapped a control with a tentacle and suddenly the hard...
2023-02-24 22:01:50 +0000 UTC
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USD: 70 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Despite not really needing to, Alex followed Tia into the showers. There was a small rush by some of the other girls who got out of PT with them, but alacrity was well hammered into all of them already. Even if it was just for a chance to go get more sleep.
Alex hadn’t really followed to get clean, however. Alex waited til it was just her an...
2023-02-22 11:11:02 +0000 UTC
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USD: 70 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Tia stared at her for several quiet moments. Alex scratched her cheek, hoping the ‘I AM OMEGA’ line wasn’t too cheesy. It had just been the first thing to pop into her head.
A sudden blinking on Alex’s HUD informed her she was going to be late for PT. That they were going to be late for PT.
[Notice: A best effort attempt will result...
2023-02-18 13:42:33 +0000 UTC
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USD: 70 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Outer System, Hades Low Orbit, A3123Y Platform
“I can’t believe you shot it with a laser.” Amy said, a frown plastered on her face as she watched the viewscreen show the station's descent into low orbit. Dozens of active probes and shuttles were shown on a sub status screen lighting up green as they prepared for an away mission.
One of the shuttles glowed orange, a unit that Amy hadn't known a...
2023-02-16 06:57:06 +0000 UTC
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USD: 70 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Outer System, Hades Orbit, A3123Y Platform
Amy stared out at the milky white moon while she waited for the turbo lift to the main command level and the CIC. She had not planned for them to remain in Nu Crateris for an entire month. Yet that was exactly what had happened.
Despite the growing urgency that she felt in ushering A31 back to 92 Pegasi and Ackman Station. The solar anti-matter operations a...
2023-02-13 07:35:34 +0000 UTC
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USD: 70 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Alex thought that the last week of ‘active’ training would continue along the course that had been laid out, namely a heavier and heavier focus on technical details and classroom learning and a de-emphasized component of physical training.
She had been wrong.
Everyone had already passed the physical requirements test, even the more r...
2023-02-09 04:21:56 +0000 UTC
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USD: 62 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Alex stopped breathing and her entire body tensed like a taut rope as Rachel’s face came impossibly close. The soft fragrance of the other girl’s shampoo filled her senses, and the confusion over… everything paralyzed Alex’s mind. There was a brief hesitation as their noses bumped.
And then Rachel stole her lips.
The taste of cin...
2023-02-06 00:22:27 +0000 UTC
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USD: 62 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Snow fell as lazy flakes in the nearly still air. Alex’s fur-lined parka insulated her from the cold, but she’d been idle for an hour and she was a white blob against the snow covered forest floor. Only her head and rifle poked out of her cover as she covered one sector, looking for any sign of the incoming hostiles.
Tia was beside her in ...
2023-02-03 04:19:04 +0000 UTC
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USD: 48 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Fort Glisson, Company S, 1st Cadre
Despite the threats from the instructors, the physical punishments and non-stop exhaustion was slowly ramped down over the course of the week. They were given a solid chunk of hours every night to sleep, and time spent in the classroom slowly eclipsed the time they spent doing drills outside.
Alex learned about the military’s unit structures...
2023-02-01 03:35:03 +0000 UTC
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USD: 41 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, Dedia IV Orbit, A3123Y Rendezvous with Space Elevator
They had arrived at Dedia IV Orbit a day earlier, but H32 had delayed their meeting for a day. Amy wasn’t sure what that was about, but Abbey had been bouncing off the walls as they got closer to the planet.
To keep the young NAI from getting into trouble, she had made Abbey sit in her lap as they waited in the lobby for H32’s arrival. The yo...
2023-01-29 23:48:07 +0000 UTC
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USD: 41 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Space Elevator
Alex felt exhausted from the encounter before they even reached the space elevator. Instructor Riley stood beside her as they watched the loading process of the other passengers fill the structure. Since they were traveling on official duty while in uniform, they, along with several dozen other naval personnel, had a dedicated space for themselves.
Alex s...
2023-01-27 06:25:05 +0000 UTC
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USD: 41 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Navy Administration Offices and Bureau of Personnel
Instructor Riley peered critically at Lieutenant Martinez. If she was intimidated by the fact he was an officer and she was an NCO, Alex couldn’t sense it.
“The time to question my recruit was the last few days, Lieutenant. I’m supposed to be moving her back to Glisson.” Riley paused for a second as she sized t...
2023-01-25 04:41:56 +0000 UTC
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USD: 41 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MIL-1A, Navy Administration Offices and Bureau of Personnel
Alex stared up at the muted light blue lines in the cell’s ceiling that cast the small sterile cell in various shades of color that hinted that it was supposed to be evening. The clean white metal walls took on whatever color the lighting gave it. Her small narrow cot was bolted to the floor and the only other furniture wa...
2023-01-24 05:35:32 +0000 UTC
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A1 – Chapter 13B – Hostile Scrap (Part 2)
Sliding in between Chapter 12 and 14.
Chapter 12: Losses
Chapter 13A: Hostile Scrap (Part 1)
Chapter 13B: Hostile Scrap (Part 2)
Chapter 14: Salute (Old 13)
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USD: ~Eight weeks after awakening, three days after ‘Carrier Drone Pod Battle Incident 2’
Location: Unknown Yellow Dwarf, L4 Lagrange Point, Nearing Debris Cloud #32
[Informative: A high probabili...
2023-01-23 03:53:38 +0000 UTC
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A1 – Chapter 13A – Hostile Scrap (Part 1)
Sliding in between Chapter 12 and 14.
Chapter 12: Losses
Chapter 13A: Hostile Scrap (Part 1)
Chapter 13B: Hostile Scrap (Part 2)
Chapter 14: Salute (Old 13)
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USD: ~Eight weeks after awakening, one day after ‘Carrier Drone Pod Battle Incident 2’
Location: Unknown Yellow Dwarf, L4 Lagrange Point, Nearing Debris Cloud #32
"I’m going to guess that’s the gravit...
2023-01-21 22:56:16 +0000 UTC
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USD: 39 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, MOR-1, Corporate Systems Embassy
Thea sat in the lounge section of the Embassy’s main meeting room holding some kind of expensive alcoholic beverage. The poison wouldn’t affect her unless she argued with herself hard enough to override her MainComputer’s objections to self-destructive activities. She wasn’t feeling that depressed, but she did examine the room with a critical ...
2023-01-21 01:31:46 +0000 UTC
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This isn't really a chapter, sorry! But I thought I would write to you all just for a bit of a chat and update on myself, the patreon, and ShipCore!
So far, I've been able to meet all my writing goals that I've set myself. We had a chapter everyday posted in November for Writathon, and I've been writing at least 1 chapter every other day, and usually more often than that! The pace has been a bit high. I'm not really feeling burned out or anything but my writing speed has slowed a bit.
2023-01-20 07:05:58 +0000 UTC
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USD: 38 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Van Biesbroeck’s star, Meltisar, Orbital Elevator Nexus MIL-1A, Somewhere
Alex groaned as she shook her head slightly, the black hood still covering her view. Her feet dragged along the ground as the two men struggled to carry her. The sound of the klaxon had faded away, leaving her disoriented and unsure of where they were taking her.
She didn’t resist and remained still. Her HUD was blaring warnings and repair estima...
2023-01-20 05:01:07 +0000 UTC
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USD: 38 Days after arrival at Fort Glisson
Location: Nu Crateris, A3123Y, In pursuit of Corporate Systems warships
The Corporate frigates had done as expected and split into four different trajectories, all aimed for the Gas Giant in an attempt to slingshot themselves while going dark to escape. SR01 had been directed toward the one they knew was already damaged in the exchange in 92 Pegasi, while A3123Y continued to burn toward another.
Both ships they were chasi...
2023-01-20 00:48:18 +0000 UTC
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