The bridge of the Gyfjon rocked just a little as the ship was strafed by a wing of Insectoid fighters. They passed across the front of the bridge and off to starboard. There was just a glimpse of an explosion as the Gyfjon’s fast tracking turrets clipped one of the fighters and then opened …
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Chapter Forty Nine: A Flaming Sword Which Turned Every Way Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
Navarchos Bass paced back and forth across the bridge of the Gyfjon watching the number on the viewscreen countdown. In under a minute the fleet would make a combat entry into the Tau Ceti system. They’d done this before, rehearsed it and his crews knew what they were doing but they’d never done it live …
Chapter Forty Eight: Under the Shelter of Each Other Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
“Steady men, steady…” Lokagos Numenapolos said to her platoon. “Fire on my order.” She lowered her radio and looked out from the rooftop down to the street below. There were two columns advancing either side of their building and behind it was hiding an injured Titan. She had hoped not to reveal her platoon’s …
Chapter Forty Seven: Thrust in Thy Sickle Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
“Report!” Navarchos Bass called from a commandeered science station at the rear of the bridge. He was frustrated. Frustrated and impatient. Had he been back on the Xifos he would be standing with Lemmer in the CIC and the tactial console in front of him with a full readout of the situation, and …
Chapter Forty Six: As So Often, The Few Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
“Pane, what is it?” Forna Qorni said, looking over the latest status report from the Federation. It was going better than she’d hoped, really; the rump council meeting on Kembror had declared Cesil a traitor and thrown him out of office; while the Empire didn’t have shipping lanes opened up yet, Kembror and Diona were …
Chapter Forty Five: Behold a Pale Horse Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
Ted was impatient. It’s not that he looked forward to combat. He hadn’t even been in many combat situations. Life threatening, yes. But all out combat, no. He just hated the waiting, the uncertainty. Somewhere out there was a ship so big it had its own gravity well. It was heading their way. Its intentions …
Chapter Forty Four: The Strongest Tower Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
Things were looking fairly decent. Well, comparatively. There were still five thousand people in the canteen but the rest had been rehoused. Another positive was that all of the buildings with faults in them had been identified, deconstructed and rebuilt and were now all stable. When the Imperators cleared all of her staff she would …
Chapter Forty Three: The Fifth Trumpet Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
The Pygmalion touched down at Vorsha Alpha Starport just after the Sea of Icouse, and Rixie stepped off the ship, trying very hard not to be angry. Anger wasn’t helpful here. And she was old enough to know that. She nodded to Vanser as she approached the military shuttlecab, and slid in next to him. …
Chapter Forty Two: Honesty, at last Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
Izzy drummed her fingers on the table and gazed off out of the window at her home planet below the Gyfjon. She had given up even feigning an interest in the negotiations. They had now entered their third day. Third Arachavian day that was. As she drummed on the table and stared out the window …
Chapter Forty One: A time for words and a time for deeds Titan: Hybrid by Openhighhat
“Sorcha!” Alesia shouted as she exited the vehicle she’d driven up from the city to the Titan compound. “Sorcha!!” Sorcha was standing outside the main entrance, her head buried in her pad looking over the design that she and the Avalonian engineers had put together. Joseph, Joran and Centi were busy piling up a huge …