The colonization of the outer solar system was, in contrast to that of the inner solar system, a haphazard and disorganized affair. It occurred in fits and starts, beginning shortly after the colonization of Mars, but failing to pick up steam until the closing decades of the 21st century. Reaching the moons of Jupiter and … Continue reading Gravity War
Newton Class Starship MSCV Destiny of Light Hyperbolic Stellar Escape Trajectory 1 AU from Ross 154 November 2219 Forty-nine seconds after the annihilation of Magellan station, the light of the event reached the Destiny of Light during their pre-warp burn and reality skewed itself apart. The planetoid exploded into a massive system-spanning dendritic fractal structure, … Continue reading Perverse Instantiation
Dirge Singer class Heavenly Container of Life i34_2015 Lament for Lost Worlds Hyperspatial Transit Trajectory Hyperspace November 2219 The Gate of Hrururen led through another vacuum chamber, an identical mirror of the one Jean had passed through between the human habitat and the Aunjin habitat. On the other side, Jean and the Aunjin contingent entered … Continue reading The Idea That Kills Worlds
Main Server Bank Command Level UNDFS Oculus Station Ceres November 2219 “Alright then,” the android said to the datamancer, “let’s talk.” Jacob Chryse’s mission completion bar ticked one step further at the android’s words, and chains of mission orders updated on his HUD. “The reshapers?” Jacob asked, quickly pulling up the rehearsed lines the data … Continue reading Integral
Constellation Project Colony UNDSV 15-18 Jericho Ridge Hyperbolic Stellar Escape Trajectory 1.96 Light Years from Sol November 2219 The pickup truck tore down the interplate highway on one of the first warm days of spring in the colony. The thick coating of snow had finally broken up into a ragged patchwork of white and brown, … Continue reading Pushing Salvation
Dirge Singer class Heavenly Container of Life i34_2015 Lament for Lost Worlds Hyperspatial Transit Trajectory Hyperspace October 2219 The great procession had begun the day after Jean’s discovery. The High Leader, whose name she’d learned was Hrathar, had sent her and Msipek back up to the ridge to collect the alien rucksack that also apparently … Continue reading Parallel Graves
Newton Class Starship MSCV Empiricist Hyperbolic Stellar Escape Trajectory 12 AUs from HD189245 October 2219 The Empiricist fell back into spacetime after forty-three days in warp. The technicolor warp tunnel vanished from the wallscreens to reveal a pale and troubled young sun wandering by itself in the dark vastness of space. The system was empty … Continue reading Particle Tracks
Fabrique Intersolar Deep Space Station FI-ISCU Pioneer Elliptical Orbit 30,000 kilometers from Aldebaran b, Aldebaran October 2219 Kaito Pendragon was not happy. He paced the observation lounge with its long row of fake windows, watching the light of the Better Margins' departure as the little exploration ship performed its pre-warp burn. His wife was on that … Continue reading Missed Connections
The Allegra Bar and Grill Standrest Plaza Sacra Mensa, Martian Socialist Republic Mars September 2219 The datamancer was enjoying himself; at the rate Jacob Chryse was burning credits, the least he could do was enjoy himself. His partner for the evening, Tess, he thought her name was, was beautiful of course. And, the profile matching … Continue reading Pity for the Devil
Shinobi Network Systems Headquarters Building 8th Avenue and Lenora Street Seattle, Salish Sea Administrative Zone Earth September 2219 Dorian Valetti was, at age forty-eight, one of the youngest billionaires on Earth. His company, Shinobi Network Systems, was one of the fastest growing multinationals of the recent decades. They’d been sweeping through the fields of computer … Continue reading Depth of Field
