2163 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA “Did you ever think we’d be here this soon, Admiral?” “Not a chance,” Xú Mùlán said, looking at the vessel wistfully. “Not after just eleven years. You know, it was designed for sixty. Could have made 100 with refit.” “Counter-Admiral Chandrasekhar’s fault,” Ted said, following his former Commanding Officer’s gaze. “No …
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Chapter Five The Debate by D.X. Machina
2163 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA Lennox McClure was wondering what the hell he had gotten himself into. He could have been a fiction writer. Stayed home, made up stories for a living. His dad had done that, and done very well for himself. But no, he had to go into journalism. He had to seek out …
Chapter Four The Debate by D.X. Machina
2163 AD ૨૧૨૫ MA “And so, mister chair, I say it is high time that we petition the provincial and Imperial governments to recognize the human governments on Avalon and Earth as full territorial councils, and for Azatlia to recognize humans as Class One Sentient Beings, no matter what the Empire may say.” “Thank you, …
Chapter Four Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
He had gone unconscious, limp in her hand. She needed just one more good, hard squeeze, and the greatest threat to her daughter’s future would be eliminated. Inna would hate her. She knew that. But in time, perhaps, she’d realize she’d done right. She’d find a good Titan boy or girl, and have a child …
Chapter Thirty-Eight: And I’ve Seen the Promised Land Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or …
Chapter Thirty-Six: And Before I’d be a Slave Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“The truth is messy. It’s raw and uncomfortable. You can’t blame people for preferring lies.” –Holly Black, Red Glove “We will have order,” the President of the General Assembly said, as the side discussion on the floor grew pitched. “We will have order, or we will adjourn.” “Maybe we should!” the Mandean delegate shouted. “Maybe …
Chapter Thirty-Five: The Considerate Judgment of Mankind Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” –Dr. Marie Skłodowska-Curie As the mutters in the crowd turned to shouts, Xú Mùlán looked back toward her friend. She could feel the crowd turning on Eyrn, or at …
Chapter Thirty-Four: Like Going Home Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” –T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” “Eight meters…six…four…mooring. Repeat, we have mooring.” “Asimov Station, this is Stanisław Lem actual. We show mooring, please confirm.” “Confirmed, Lem. We have mooring …
Chapter Thirty-Three: What’s Up There Beyond the Sky Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“All journeys eventually end in the same place – home.” –Chris Geiger “Okay, I think that’s the last of the big stuff,” Naskia said, looking over the suite that had briefly served as their headquarters at Titan Station. “Just personal effects, some small gear, and so forth. Pryvani, anything that shouldn’t be loaded on the …
Chapter Thirty-Two: Take My Hand, Come Along Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain Depending on where you’d grown up and how you marked your calendar, either a week or eighteen days had passed since the Gyfjon had captured the Stanisław Lem. The Minatar had departed the station three Earth days before, the same day they’d moved the Lem …