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The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part III

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part III

Apr 27, 2026

March 2251 On the Frontier Light years away, on the Grugell frontier, one of the less publicly known bits of Senator Crider’s funding agenda was at work. The Star Ship Shade Tree was a privately owned vessel, but in spite of its small complement – three officers and...

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part III

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part II

Apr 20, 2026

January 2251 "Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world are so formidable as the will and moral and courage of free men and women. It is a weapon adversaries in today's world do not have".  - Ronald Reagan, President of...

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part III

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part I

Apr 13, 2026

The First Galactic War Rear Admiral Isaac Gauss, Commander, Task Group One, Confederate Navy, is overseeing a Fleet exercise near the Confederate world New Albion.  The Confederate battle cruiser CSS Orleans, Gauss’ flagship, is under way at sublight speed when...

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The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXIV

Mar 9, 2026 |

Fifteen kilometers inland The setting was beautiful.  Fifteen kilometers from the outskirts of Mountain View was the tiny community of Rangely, a farming and ranching town of about two thousand.  And just outside of that community was the Rangely Retreat, a...

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part VII 

Nov 10, 2025 |

Six The Star of Carolina, in transit “Did you ever imagine anything like it?” One of the Star of Carolina’s outstanding features was its observation bubble, a large poly-steel blister on the outer hull that offered a slowly rotating view of space – or, in this case,...