“I have a thing. It’s like a plan, but with more greatness.” –The Eleventh Doctor “What on Archavia happened here?” Aertimus looked around the wreckage of the infirmary which had until very recently housed Hala Nejem. The two idiot guards were just coming around from being stunned; Dr. Geen was tending to Rixie, a nasty …
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Chapter Eleven: Undaunted, True, and Brave Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will erase.” –T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” “Thank you kindly for agreeing to see us on such short notice, Representatives.” “The pleasure is ours, Representative. Thank you for being willing to meet …
Chapter Ten: Inextricably Bound Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Questions are never indiscreet; answers sometimes are.” –Oscar Wilde “And there has been no sign of them?” “No, sir.” “Lovely.” Ziah Solis sighed. “You’re sure they didn’t die on the ship?” “Kir was very clear on that, sir. They haven’t moved it, but they’ve scanned it thoroughly. I can tell you how many bacteria are …
Chapter Nine: The Gracious Favor Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“O God, that I had loved a smaller man! I should have found in him a greater heart.” –Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Merlin and Vivien” “No signal from Ted?” “No, sir,” Viktor Frieden said. “Hala?” He shook his head. “All right. You’ve got the text message ready to send if we get contact?” “Yes, sir.” “Okay,” …
Chapter Seven: What You Can’t Understand Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“The Gods favor the strong.” –Tacitus “Stanisław Lem, this is Hercules Base. Helm answers all stop, we are wheels down on Titan.” “This is the Lem, roger that, Hercules Base. Per actual you are go for whatever recon is practicable.” “Affirm Lem. See you soon, Yelena. Hercules Base out.” “It’s funny,” Ted Martínez said. “This …
Chapter Six: Whirlwinds of Revolt Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“We are more vocal about these issues because we have learned the cost of shutting up, because we constantly have to remind people, because the minute we stop, everything returns to the way it was, the status quo is reestablished, and the real structural and institutional problems that create inequality go, once again, uninterrogated.” –S.E. …
Chapter Three: The Dark and Desolate Valley Titan: Contact by D.X. Machina
“Ill news is wing’d with fate, and flies apace.” –John Dryden, “Threnodia Augustalis” Aertimus Bass simply stared at the viewscreen. There was nothing else he could do. The report from Titan Station was not itself a disaster. Disasters were far less destructive. No, the report Centurium Oden gave was a gorram black hole of awful, …
Chapter Eight: Rixie’s Bathtime Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Rixie mopped the sweat from her brow as she entered the bathroom in her apartment after successfully pulling Alex away from his strange game. “Must be fun to get paid to throw your boss around for a few hours, huh?” Alex quipped with a grin, as he climbed out from under her shirt and up …
Chapter Seven: Combat Training Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
The jungle around her was quiet. The only thing she could hear was the sound of her own heartbeat pounding in her ears. Rixie Tam, former Imperator of the Archavian Empire narrowed her eyes as she searched the dense tangle of branches for any sign of her quarry. Cautiously, she took a step forward, careful …
Chapter Four: Observations Titan: Pandemic by JohnnyScribe
Her heels made muffled thuds on the carpet as Pryvani hurriedly made her way down to the medical lab. It was time for what had become her daily visit to the sick human, to check up on his progress. She keyed in the access code and the door whooshed open to admit her. Her eyes …