I remember growing up, everybody had the old pump action, spring driven bb, guns, red ryders, and that kind of thing and that was always fun. Fast forward to today and things are shall we say different. The first difference is the difficulty in obtaining ammo for...
Part 7.
Kiki. We've got an early arrival. A large ship approaching the exit of the wormhole in 30 seconds. 'Good nose Pix, are we all on station boys? Tuppy and Pongo barked in the affirmative as Pix shouted “top turret ready to bark!” Contact! 4 lights and something really...
Crazy people
“Long ago, things were different”
Drawrings…but by Yusef, not CPRM!
Otis, I have a litter, I need a den,
We carry a grudge,
We will never give up,
Goddamn it! They are negotiating? “What if we say no?”
Pictures, yes.
“You watched us, you abducted us, experimented with our entire PLANET!” Enough! As you were Mr. Cole!
When I was a young man, I learned the value of no Man left behind, Stranded on Mimas, in a suit, ready to die, and my boys came for me.
‘shrooms. Not those kind…probably.
Fin.
Part 15.
Part, the Fourteenth.
Part Lucky 13.
Part 12.
We found and occupied the Anomaly nearly 1k local cycles ago, using the station for research on the third Planet, we found out they called it Earth. At first we were discrete, only gathering and mating with close genetics, and soon we discovered that they adapted to our dNA so well they became giants of their species.
After the Diamond Dust Bollocks, I took some time off to plot, I sent off a few long distance probes based on a few hunches, then got drunk, for three months. Women, beaches and song, it took a week to get sober, but here I am.
Until now, we had enjoyed peace and Commerce. Established trade routes, Trillions of tons of Resources, Humans were on the Map! With such decentralised Governments as we had, the Free market blossomed like never before in History, with new colonies in the Asteroid belt, Ceres, Capernia and Hydra, new finds were being exploited on an almost weekly basis. Better still a consortium had cooked up a way to make cash, so we were on our way to the Gas giants, to explore and exploit, like the Explorers of old.
It all began in the early 21st century. When the great jump began. The tech was finally available to head to Mars and the race was on. At the time there were several nation states, CCP, Rus, Indo, and to a lesser degree the old US Republic, but the biggest players...
“Leopard, this is Captain Madrigal of the MS13 La Bomba, reporting on station, in cloak, it appears we have some Minor company”
We were born to the Fletcher family, rich and famous for our specialized pinpoint weapons.
Crystal Clear.