Things Fall Apart: Chapter 36

Aboard Polaris Grim was certainly one valid word for it. Stepping aboard Polaris with zir small team, Alexander could see the immediate effects of the events the late Lieutenant Commander Wheeler had described. The airlock had already been open on both sides. Anyone who had been anywhere near it in

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 35

Zephyr, in orbit at the third waypoint. Shiptime 657ksecs. If Singer had ever doubted the wisdom of having the COs and XOs quarters so close to the command center, those doubts vanished when Alexander came onto the bridge, looking a little disheveled, less than one-hundred seconds after Singer had ordered

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 34

Zephyr, arriving at third waypoint, shiptime 656ksec The trip to the second waypoint had been uneventful, given the almost pedestrian time compressor ratios they were still using. They had notched up to 1000:1, which was fast relative to recent memory, but only because Bellerophon's damaged TC drive

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 33

Zephyr, outbound of Gliese-581 The outbound spiral out to the heliopause proceeded without any real fuss. Singer should have been pleased. Instead, she was antsy. Everything for megaseconds had felt urgent. Even when Bellerophon had fell into routine on its long trip "home" to Gliese-581, the possibility of

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 9, Part 1

Our Story So Far - Click here to access past entries! Forward Starship Bellerophon was minding its business, on a long return cruise from an exploration and mapping mission, when it suffered disaster, ripping a chunk out of the ship and leaving most of the senior officers and crew dead.

Things Fall Apart: Skip Week

I should have posted this earlier, but I'm taking this week off. I went home for Passover and the trip sort of ate my brain. That said, I've made a bit of noise a couple of times about starting to actually pull this together into novel

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 32

Aboard Zephyr, en route to first waypoint They had made it well out of the orbit they'd been sharing with Borass Station before the first calls of protest came in. Of the ten calls Cordé was obliged to field, three went so far as to attempt to pull

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 31

Aboard Zephyr, in orbit of Gliese-581, trailing Borass Station Singer had sort of gotten used to the idea that her superior was going to look a bit like someone who never got enough sleep. There was still a lot going on, and "normal" was a long way off.

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 30

Aboard Zephyr Singer and Saito arrived to a scene that was not...precisely...a riot. No, Singer thought as she took in the scene a second time. It was precisely not a riot. Riot could be seen just on the edge of one's vision, but it was not

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 29

Aboard Zephyr About two minutes too late, Singer realized that perhaps Saito had not yet been given the whole picture. The aghast look he gave her when she broke the news, however, clarified matters for her instantly. Of course he didn't know what was going on. When would

Things Fall Apart: Chapter 28

Aboard Zephyr They were thirty kiloseconds returning to Borass' orbit, which was more than it had taken either the workboat or Zephyr to get to Aquila. For one thing, neither had left from Borass—they had left from the dockyard further outsystem, and also closer in revolution to the

Things Fall Apart: Delay

No episode this week. My brain just...did not want to brain this weekend. It's been doing that more often that I'd like honestly...