For several reasons, there will be no chapter this week. Those reasons include, in no particular order: * I had a meeting for a small local relaxicon I help run. * Surprise good weather meant going out and playing radio after that. * The election has completely devoured my brain. * I know several

Zephyr, Tau Ceti, 01.07.776 CW 26.8 megaseconds since the catastrophe Ari ben Yosef Espinoza slumped in a chair in the war room, staring at the holo with a sense of both accomplishment and exhaustion. There were similar postures and attitudes right around the table. Cadotte was also

Ganymede City, Jove Junction, Sol, 5353.11.28-12.01 CE 26.3-26.7 megaseconds since the catastrophe Important note on dates: I did some math recently and realized I was significantly off in my dating of events taking place in Sol relative to the Gregorian (CE) calendar. Like,

Zephyr, Tau Ceti, 16.27.775−01.02.776 CW 23.7−26.2 megaseconds since the catastrophe It had taken Karenski several local days to wrap his arms around the responsibility Donato had thrust into his lap. He had in fact come very close to telling Donato to stuff

Sparrow, on the Great Eastern Ocean, New Victoria, LHS 1140 24.5 megaseconds since the catastrophe They were twenty crammed in with the usual crew of Sparrow, and as bands went, they were not especially merry. A large part of their discontent stemmed from their change in status. A month

Borass Station, Gliese 581 24 megaseconds since the catastrophe Commodore Kel Haraldsdottir had the mother of all headaches. In fact, she could not have said how long it had been since she had not had a headache. She actually had her head examined, in the literal sense, just a few

Zephyr, Tau Ceti, 16.27.775 CW 23.7 megaseconds since the catastrophe One by one, the conferees returned, and one by one they stopped dead in their tracks and watched impossibility unfold in front of them. None were quite as piquant in their epithets as Espinoza had been. Karenski

Humanity's Hold, Sol, 5353.11.22 CE 23.7 megaseconds since the catastrophe The uproar in the council room went on for a few minutes, at least. Gianetta could not have given a rational accounting of the time. Despite having come freshly to the whole scheme, she was

Zephyr, Tau Ceti, 16.27.775 CW 23.7 megaseconds since the catastrophe Zephyr's boat bay was wide enough to accommodate two shuttles simultaneously, so an order was contrived whereby Karenski would come across a bit early. Donato would arrive just a little ahead of Josefilo as befit