The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part II

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part II

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 II

The Crider Chronicles: The Orleans Incident – Part I

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...

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXVIII

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXVIII

Settlement, fourteen months later As Bob Pritchard had predicted, ratification was swift.  On a specified Standard Date, the new blue banners of the Confederacy were being raised on all thirteen worlds, not excluding Earth; the old United Nations building in New...

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A Glibertarians Exclusive: Breaking Out, Part V

A Glibertarians Exclusive:  Breaking Out, Part V Thunberg-121 - Outside Almost as one, the crowd turned on the two Security troops and the Disinformation Control bureaucrat, who had followed them outside. Denver found a handy rock sticking a meter or two out of the...

A Glibertarians Exclusive: Breaking Out, Part IV

A Glibertarians Exclusive:  Breaking Out, Part IV Outside the dome Denver tried the edge of the hatch experimentally.  It moved.  “Well, the hatch is still open.” “Told you.” “They’ll be looking for us by now,” Romano pointed out. “Let them.”  Brietta laid a hand on...