The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part V

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part V

July 2251 Tarbos, six weeks later “Gawd almighty, would you look at that?”  Horace Hamilton gaped at the sight. The Mountain View’s Pilot Lounge offered a good view of space to the starboard side of the ship, and it was there that the newest ship in the Fleet was...

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part V

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part IV

June 2251 The Confederate Star Ship Mountain View, Tarbos high orbit The Mountain View’s hangar bay was truly cavernous, but it wasn’t hard for Lieutenant Commander Andrea Crider to find her personal A-66 attack fighter.  Her squadron, VS-66, Hunter Squadron, was...

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part V

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part III

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...

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Barrett’s Privateers – Unrepentant Sinner XIII

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...