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The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part XIX

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part XIX

Aug 24, 2026

Near New Albion “We may have to withdraw from this system, Commander.” The destruction of the Grugell’s last remaining ground base on the planet had been a major blow, and there wasn’t another Occupation ship available to take up the duties of the one mysteriously...

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part XIX

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part XVII

Aug 10, 2026

SixteenMarch 2253 Next morning Mike Crider Junior woke up slowly, blinking at the bright morning light glancing in through the blinds.  His condominium apartment was on the sixteenth floor of a building only a kilometer from his Senate offices; the morning sun...

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Semi-notorious local political gadfly and general pain in the ass. I’m firmly convinced that the Earth and all its inhabitants were placed here for my personal amusement and entertainment, and I comport myself accordingly. Vote Animal/STEVE SMITH 2028!

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,...

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part V 

Oct 27, 2025 |

Four High Earth Orbit An enormous disk of a ship coasted slowly towards high Earth orbit.  A slight glow of a Gellar drive under one-quarter power slowly edged the enormous disk into the parking orbit recently vacated by the passenger liner Star of Carolina, just...