Herald of the Stars: Chapter Thirty-Two
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The next two warp jumps proceed without incident. On the third, the warp currents drag us towards...
2022-12-05 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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Herald of the Stars: Chapter Thirty-One
After an emotional rest, I walk around the thunderhawk, directing a stream of nanites to sublimate the ice and level it out. Starting with the tail, I excavate the damaged craft.
With fewer i...
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The next morning, I sit on the bridge command throne and watch the screens. Quaani stands next to me. Both of us are smiling.
Landing on a planet is a mundane, though complex, procedure in th...
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While on my daily walk, I reflect on the last four months. I spent the first month learning sufficient imperial cloning technology and designing, with the help of the research matrix, a generic ser...
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I don’t move from the bench for two days, my mind far too busy whirling with ideas and absorbing data. Eventually, I calm down and have E-SIM put me to sleep.
Good sleep puts everything in ...
2022-11-21 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHerald of the Stars: Chapter Twenty-Five
The first time I came back from the dead was a real shock, even if I knew it was a possibility.
The second time leaves me terribly confused.
Didn’t I get shot in the head?
I sit...
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Chapter Twenty-Four
I head back up the stairs. Aruna appears on a nearby screen as a cartoon cat, “Accelerating to six gravities. Artificial gravity systems online and compensating. Time to...
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While Odhran prays, I quietly limp around the auto-temple, admiring the macabre and austere beauty of the frescos, carvings, and tapestries. Examples of important technologies lie in glass cases wi...
2022-11-11 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHerald of the Stars: Chapter Twenty-Two
A heavy gauntlet rips my weapon from me and yanks a canister from my belt. E-SIM talks Odhran through my janky weapon and he sprays every tyranid with it, he grabs my last nanite canister, and driv...
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Thoughts flit through my head. Half of them are curses, the others going through a loop of ‘why’, then I realise I’ve fucked up.
I left my warp-tap on.
Well, at least I can lure t...
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My heart accelerates as adrenaline pumps through me. How the hell am I supposed to win this!? The numbers are overwhelming, my defences are barely functioning, and my only support is an injured spa...
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“E-SIM can you get the codes from his implants?”
++No. The cyborg is unpowered, nor will it power up without a command from its organic processor, which has been critically damaged.++
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I spend twenty minutes searching the thunderhawk for a screwdriver and two minutes rewiring the switch Mr Cygnus wanted fixed. By the time I’m done, Sergeant Odhran has been treated.
I appr...
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I put my helmet back on and shake out my limbs, “Alright Aruna. Please forward the permitted route to E-SIM and the passcodes for those doors. Instruct two servitors to meet me at the warp drive ...
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2022-10-31 16:53:09 +0000 UTC View PostHerald of the Stars: Chapter Fifteen
I blink. I’ve seen a lot of weird shit since I got here, but this cat is officially at the top of the list. Not quite sure what is going on, I decide to remain polite and carry on.
“Hello...
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The blasts knock me to the floor, and fill my chest with shrapnel as my valiant armour fails. With me on the floor, E-SIM opens fire with the shuttles and absolutely shreds the hanger and everythin...
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After travelling with Bola and his crew for thirty minutes, I head for my own territory. Returning to my room, I hug a few meal packs and climb into the bath of metallic beads and have E-SIM put me...
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2022-10-31 16:46:41 +0000 UTC View PostHerald of the Stars: Chapter Ten
I debate my options with E-SIM for far longer than is necessary. Eventually, I calm down from my fight. I discard options that would let E-SIM safely draw more from the warp, or improve my existing...
2022-10-31 16:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostHerald of the Stars: Chapter Nine
I stare in disbelief. Where’s my super weapon? My ‘Nope’ cannon? The plans for the Astronomicon?
My hope.
Where did it all go?
I close the file in disgust, unwilling to look...
2022-10-31 16:43:46 +0000 UTC View PostHerald of the Stars: Chapter Eight
I gear up, grab my nanite sprayer, and unlock the barricade. It takes twenty minutes to reach the drop off. A lot of noise is coming from the red-marked room.
“Where’s da ‘umie, grot? W...
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Returning to my room, I lie on my cot and stare at the ceiling. I’m still in shock. I talked to a fucking alien. Me, Aldrich Isengrund, 21st century British plumber, husband, and father of two, n...
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The STC library is huge. The scanner tells me it’s sixty thousand cubic metres; shelves are jumbled and tumbled everywhere, all blackened with soot and thick with ash. At the far end, the deep bl...
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Leaping upright, I grab my pipe and water pistol. I rush to the barricade and stare down the long, grey corridor. Beyond, a cacophony of pale white bodies twirls and prances in a grand parade...
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The corridors are dead silent. No banging and clanking of machinery, or the endless thrum of engines, just me. One quiet thump at a time. At the junction to the canteen, rather than head right agai...
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I wake dirty and refreshed, then I remember where I am an all my joy flees, screaming bloody murder.
What I want to do is curl up and cry, the constant threat of imminent death, however, is a...
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