By D.X. Machina The wedding ceremony had concluded, and Lessy and Moze were still a bit dazed, not only because they were finally married, but because of the trouble their friends had gone to. Sorcha had called Lessy shortly after they left to ask for a delay of an hour or so, one she blamed …
Author: D.X. Machina
Chapter Sixteen: Promises Alliance: Intelligence by D.X. Machina
11 July 2176 – One Year, Five Months, and 13 Days after the Battle of the Embassy ૯) ૧૩) ૨૧૨7\ Эшεκ эεyjonι εnιz ૨૦ jαtι αnv мvf Oπzαпpαшιэмi Bfyιtopo The only thing that made it bearable was his respect for the man at the podium. He had grown weary of the congratulations from politicians and …
Chapter Fifteen: Remembering Alliance: Intelligence by D.X. Machina
Mpola Vidol was exhausted. Her ankle had been too shattered for a simple bone-knitter to fix it, and it was currently encased in a boot that was providing support for the composite to set; it was filled with lattice gel, which would hopefully do a good enough job at healing the area where the bone …
Chapter Fourteen: Return
Glyta had watched Hercule float in his pod for what felt like forever, though in fact it had been no more than ten minutes. She had finally shaken off her torpor, and realized to her chagrin that she had duties to attend to. “Um…I should…I need to report in,” she said, to nobody in particular. …
Chapter Thirteen: Ignition
Nasti didn’t need the ship’s gauges to tell her that the relay had come online; the kick from the engines sent a shudder through the ship, and she had to fight against the ship’s sudden lurch to port. “Frak yes!” she shouted, as she pushed thrusters to full. “Nice work!” she called back, as she …
Chapter Twelve: Altitude
The Rusely was climbing as fast as it could, which was quite fast by any rational measure, but not quite fast enough. You might think that getting off of Hive Prime, with its relatively low mass, would be easy, but it is a tiny world, less than half the size of Earth; escape velocity there …
The Promise: Chapter Ten
Tatenda Marechera was a bit surprised at the invitation he’d received. He’d been in New York already for negotiations with North America and latinoamerica over creating passport-free travel between there and Africa. The negotiations had gone smoothly; the only real hang-up was over extended-stay visas, and even there, they had the broad outlines down. He …
This Torch that I Found (Chapter Four)
“Do you ever try to figure out what year it is?” Alex asked. “It’s 2113,” Zhan said. “No, he means Earth year, and it’s…2081, I think?” Nick said. “You’re both wrong. I mean…there’s gravel roads, the Lethior Motorcoach is like a souped-up model T, we’ve got electric lights and phones, but everything’s wired for holograms, …
The Promise: Chapter Nine Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Lyroo Prenn walked through the empty barn slowly, reverently, as if at any moment she might be stopped by Aerea Herself, and called to account for her family’s crimes. Lyroo was not particularly religious, but she felt the weight of those crimes most keenly here. Strange. This used to be her favorite place in the …
This Torch that I Found (Chapter Three) by D.X. Machina
“So here’s what I don’t understand,” Rixie said. “Why did you take the bait?” “I was mad,” Liss said. “I wasn’t thinking of it from his perspective, I….” “No, no, no,” Rixie interrupted, smiling inscrutably. “Liss Peten. The White Shaar. You’ve been smuggling for years. You’re very good at what you do, and you haven’t …