Task Group One, 0112 hours Isaac Gauss blinked hard as the overhead light in his Flag stateroom went on suddenly. He turned his head slightly, prepared to unleash his Jovian wrath at whoever invaded the Flag quarters. He relaxed slightly on seeing Captain...
The Orleans, sometime later The message caused Admiral Gauss a mild shock when it arrived in his Flag office on the Orleans, brought there by a Signals rating and handed to the Admiral at his desk. Admiral Gauss read the hyperphone message for the fifth time,...
Ten Barrett and her crew followed Gomp, who was tracking the pod of the Hive that had taken Amole and his men. The creatures had made no effort to cover their tracks, and when one group, then another, fell in alongside Barrett’s party and made no move to interfere...
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The Shade Tree Jean Barrett and Darrell Weems, Amole's "executive assistant," were overseeing the loading of the three cargo containers containing two small pre-fab shelters and various and sundry supplies for Amole’s fledgling colony when the call came down from the...
The Shade Tree “Now this is more like it,” First Watch Scanning tech Ophelia Watts announced. “This one is about 1.4 AU out from a large blue-white star, so it’s got a long day, looks like about twenty-nine hours, and a solar year of about four hundred and...
Two The Shade Tree “Are we clear for space?” “Engineering reports O2 and water tanks are full, drive is at 100%, injectors charged, all systems online. All decks report secure for space,” the Exec reported. “We have departure clearance and a traffic vector,”...
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A new story from Animal, Part 1.
Thirteen Earth Hector Gomp surprised his Captain and the Exec by showing up at the shuttle in impeccable Marine blues. A white service cap gleamed on his close-cropped head. He looked at the small view screen on the bulkhead next to the shuttle port, to see Earth...
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