Alexander stood at the back of the bridge as Mingyu limped the still-crippled ship back to the refueling station. The reactor had come out of the attack miraculously unscathed. Power cables had to ...
2024-08-21 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA yellow light flashed on Alexander’s belt and he started wrapping up the work he was doing outside the ship. He knew things were going too well. Three days had gone by without so much as an aler...
2024-08-20 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNot one to sit by while others did the hard work, John joined in on the digging. By the time the sun was setting, they had covered an area of about a hundred feet to the east of town with randomly ...
2024-08-19 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Alex had told her she would be staying with Sarah for a month, Yulia was more apprehensive than happy. It wasn’t that she didn’t love her friends, she did. She was just worried about being...
2024-08-19 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the late chapter, got wrapped up with other stuff this week.
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Once they were fa...
2024-08-16 23:31:19 +0000 UTC View Post“You sure you’re up for this?” Alexander asked the older woman.
Eva gave him a dirty look. “Just because I’m old, doesn’t mean I’m senile. I’ve probably forgotten more about s...
2024-08-16 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“As you can see from the model, this shows the optimal output for any specific configuration,” Lund pointed to the twisting hologram.
True to her word, the woman had returned a few days l...
2024-08-15 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Damien left, Dr. Lund turned back toward Alexander. “That man doesn’t have much of a sense of humor does he?”
“I don’t believe so, no. So you were an activist at one time?” ...
2024-08-14 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Uh, Boss, I’m gonna need some help with these new arrivals,” the security man he sent down radioed in.
“I’ll be there shortly,” Damien grunted in reply. Before he left the securi...
2024-08-13 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJohn jerked the ostrich to the left as an explosion of dirt appeared on his previous heading.
After their first attack, the three had repositioned to the next farm, but the mercenaries hadn...
2024-08-12 12:00:26 +0000 UTC View Post“Fight checks, ok,” Branston said over the radio.
It had been a few weeks since Alexander had met the man, and his speech had improved quite a bit since then. His ‘fight checks’ were ...
2024-08-12 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the whole unwanted visitor issue resolved itself, Alexander realized it was getting late. Not wanting to disappoint his daughter, he headed home to spend time with Yulia.
The Episilon’s Dawn jumped into the system known as Y6X-3H2, coasting at a relatively sedate pace of .1c. They were here to surveil the system, so there was no hurry. The trajectory they were on ...
2024-08-08 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander exited the facility and headed toward one of the shuttles. All of the intact ones had been moved to one landing pad, the closest one to his workshop. As he walked across the pad, he could...
2024-08-07 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLOCATION: EDEN’S END
SYSTEM: Y6X-3H2
DATE: 2399
“Alex, what color is the sky supposed to be?”
“Hmm?” Alexander paused his work to look over at Yulia who was...
2024-08-06 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostA third pirate ship jumped into the system. Much like the previous two who had arrived a few hours earlier, it was venting atmosphere, but to a lesser degree.
The Epsilon’s Dawn watched all...
2024-08-05 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostJohn hurried over to his ostrich but waited a minute for the chaos outside to die down and the mercenaries to split off after his two acquaintances. Once the sound of shouting got softer, he made h...
2024-08-02 23:51:16 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, the implied threat was enough to make the man spill the beans. It disgusted Alexander that someone could be so cold and callous enough to sell someone out for what amounted to less mone...
2024-08-02 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostYou'll notice this chapter numbering is off. After reading comments, both on here and RR, I decided to add in a Yulia chapter after chapter 40 to show how she is adjusting to life on Eden's End. On...
2024-08-01 22:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostAlexander had been notified of the arrival of the new ship. Due to their uplink to the satellites being offline, it wasn’t clear who they were until they started firing on the pirates in orbit. I...
2024-08-01 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Talon was pushing as fast as possible back to Eden’s End. They had been halfway to Varlen when Matthews was woken up by a high-priority ship comm. He would have preferred a hostile attack to ...
2024-07-31 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's this? A new chapter on Tuesday! That's right. In celebration of completing Book 1, I will be posting 5 chapters this week. Enjoy!
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2024-07-30 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Alex!” Yulia shouted as she ran into his workshop in a panic.
He wasn’t there though. The place was as quiet as everywhere else. She had been heading home from classes when the lights ...
2024-07-29 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostJohn turned to look behind him as he heard wood creaking. Seline was hurrying over while crouched.
“You got a better angle on the walker.” She held out the gun she named Bertha. “Aim fo...
2024-07-29 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI heard your feedback and reworked the chapter a bit. The guns still get knocked offline, but now they manage to do something before that happens. As a bonus, the chapter is now almost 700 words lo...
2024-07-26 23:42:31 +0000 UTC View Post“It’ll be dark enough in a few more hours. Last time to change your mind.” John stepped up beside Sheriff Blackwood who was watching the forest from the roof of the saloon.
The man just...
2024-07-26 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe small two-man ship floated silently in the system, its passive sensors watching and waiting. Their little vessel stank after having to play scout for two weeks. It probably didn’t help that t...
2024-07-26 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI've seen a few people bring this up so figured I would ask. Would you rather have a Mon-Wed-Fri release or Mon-Tue-Wed?
2024-07-24 12:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post“It's that day already?” Alexander asked Matthews over the video conference.
“We have a few days yet. But we are going to begin pulling our people back to the ship. I just thought you c...
2024-07-24 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe next week went by rather quickly for Alexander. The station was starting to take shape with his new robotic drones being run through their initial tests.
He did have to make some design i...
2024-07-22 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post