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Published on Kiith Iopia in 1999  Kehlia walked down the plankway towards the bridge as the engines of the Kushan heavy cruiser fired up. Small in stature (around 5 feet 3 inches), she was in her lower twenties, with shoulder length brown hair. She was well f...

Chapter 1 --- "Gentlemen, start your engines." The three serpentine craft hovered five feet above the ground, the low hum of the repulsor jets being replaced by the increasing whine of the ion engines, in the otherwise dark and empty hangar. I checked my ch...

Chapter 2 --- Even after months of training, I still couldn't believe my eyes in the briefing room, among all the new squadron members. Out of ten, four people in the original squadron died, and one resigned. Now, we had a full squadron (twelve men, women an...

Chapter 3 --- I sat down to lunch on our last day on-planet with the commander of our Troop Transport (the military's response to the Support Frigate.) She smiled. "Hello, Jake. It has been a long time." I nodded. "It has, Commander Paktu." She flicked her h...

Chapter 4 --- Day 3 "Whoa," commented Nolan. "It's beautiful." "You've been saying that for the past three days," Tengo replied. Thinking quickly, he added, "Uh, sir." I grinned. It was beautiful, though. It really was. In the past seventy-two hours of ou...

Chapter 5 --- "Halen Chell is a very powerful, yet little-known bounty hunter," May began. "Guess what race he is?" I shook my head and looked at Jacyn. No one else was in my quarters. This was a very big secret. "Great. We've seen more than one too many Tur...

Chapter 6 --- Day 19 "The Kadeshi, huh?" inquired Commander Paktu. I, her, Jacyn and Nolan were all sitting at the same table in her conference room. "Should we tell the others?" I asked. The leading Intel expert, Jacyn, answered me. "No. Information this s...

Chapter 7 --- In all, there were twelve Swarmers, and one craft that resembled a Multi-Beam Frigate, pursuing us. As the makeshift captain onboard, I had ordered the Endeavor's pilot to engage thrusters away from the small but deadly fleet. Not that it would...

Chapter 8 --- Day 22 I had trouble sleeping. I couldn't stop thinking about the actions of the squadron from the other day. Man, even though I was shocked, I think I always saw it coming. I would have hit the boiling point with them at some point, either d...

Chapter 9   --- Day 34 The attack came at a good time. Not that I welcomed the Kadeshi task force, but at least all of our fighters were making patrol runs at the time. I had led three of my squadron; Myla, Tengo, and Hal, in a diamond formation around th...

Chapter 10 --- The Angel Base exited hyperspace in a crowded sector of space. We had arrived at someone's personal junkyard. The place was littered with all sorts of ships, from Fighters to Frigates, Autoguns to Resource Collectors, all of them from many dif...

Chapter 11 --- Day 52 I looked around the mess hall, and wasn't very pleased with what I saw. At one table in the mess hall, Myla and Tengo talked to each other, laughing. At another, Iliom Se, Krrra'k, and Hal were discussing inter-species relations. And, ...

Chapter 12 --- A very slimy substance was being applied to my eyes. It was slippery, cold, and unpleasant in several other ways. I squirmed in my seat, but the head medical officer of the Angel Base ordered, "Stay still. This will be over sooner if you let m...

Chapter 13 --- I woke up on the bridge, hearing the shrill alarm of the mission chrono. I checked my console, and noticed that we had five minutes until reversion. I thought, This is it. Acquiring this vessel and tracking their location was the easy part. Th...

Chapter 14 --- Day 62 "The Krekkin-Na is what the Kadeshi refer to as an Arkship. We usually associated these Needleships as being Mothership-class vessels, but, as we know, they really only have as much interior space as a regular Destroyer-class ship. It ...

Chapter 15 --- Day 67 Aryl and I looked out at the Krekkin-Na. I had just told him about my experience in the Worship Ceremony, and he appeared understandably sullen. "Have you been to one yet?" I asked. He shook his head once. "Captain, if what you're s...

Chapter 16 --- "So, let's hear it again. What is your name?" "I told you, the first time. Fuck off." As the guard's palm slapped against Jacyn's cheek, I winced in sympathy. The two guards pulling me into the small room shoved me into a chair, where they t...

Chapter 17 --- Day 71: 10 hours to attack My head banged on the small stool when they threw me into the cramped cell. The others followed, and though I couldn't summon up the strength to look up at him I could hear Merinin say, "You'll wait here until the L...

Chapter 18 --- I flailed my arms wildly as I plummeted into the void. Everything seemed to move in slow motion: the screams of my companions became distant and hollow, the Swarmers passing by moved sluggishly past, paying us no attention, and all my fear see...

Published on Kiith Iopia on the 07 August 2003 The expansive Karos Colony Station stretched as far as the eye could see, towers jutting from it's surface like enormous trees on some alien planet. Docking bays and hangars kept a constant flow of fighters and s...