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Benevolence
Captain Phillips comes to me with a smirk on his face. “Those sensors we got up in the Little Engine’s drones are detecting gravity...
J. Joseph
Apr 258 min read
Scaling
Four in the morning, Frank awoke with his alarm. He made his bed and set on top of it the suit and tie he would wear today. Then pulling...
J. Joseph
Mar 288 min read
Logistics
Xin Zhihao’s eyes open. His body believes it to be dawn. The light of the local star is streaming in through his hotel window. Too high...
J. Joseph
Feb 288 min read
Consistency
Quinn’s alarm goes off. His eyes open as it does. Consistency breeds more consistency in a self-contained cycle. Getting out of bed, he...
J. Joseph
Jan 248 min read
Pangs
Waiting for the Marauders to arrive at the ambush spot can take such a long time. Alicia sits up from her bed. Her rest is rarely...
J. Joseph
Dec 27, 20248 min read
The Freeport Defense Council Seeking Out a Conspiracy
Captain Selina Hellers looks at the other captains in the video call. Their newest member, a Captain Destro, speaks up. “There has been...
J. Joseph
Nov 22, 20248 min read
Pillow-Talk About Some Extrajudicial Killing
This place may be very securely bunkered up, but breaking into places like that is easy if one knows what they’re doing. That’s like the...
J. Joseph
Oct 25, 20248 min read
Returning after the Portus Valentium Attack
Leaning on her new cane for support, Project Manager Eliza Clark limps her way into her boss’s office. The office of the Head of External...
J. Joseph
Sep 27, 20248 min read
An Attack on the Hadrian-Astro Peace Talks
As ASF Chief Marietta Martelli steps out from the ASFS Scudo della Divisa onto the dock, she can’t help but wonder why they are here. The...
J. Joseph
Aug 23, 20249 min read
A Secret Meeting Within Hadrian Systems' External Affairs Division
“Fuck,” I mutter to myself as I make my way through the deeply unpleasant halls of External Affairs. Hadrian Systems is known for a lot...
J. Joseph
Jul 26, 20248 min read
The Portus Ortuum Incident
As his ship slid elegantly into one of the docks of the Freeport, Portus Ortuum, Provost Marshal Commodore Alexander Li watched every...
J. Joseph
Jun 28, 20249 min read
Preparing for and Assaulting a Luxanian Listening Post
Arriving in HomeBaseOne, I send out a quick scan pulse. Fila has yet to arrive, but Sbaccanona has. She is scanning a nearby belt for...
J. Joseph
May 24, 20249 min read
Reawakening an Ally in a Former Pirate Ship
It took an hour of work to get the mostly functional ship back to full functionality. It still was riddled with little holes from one of...
J. Joseph
Apr 26, 20248 min read
PPPI Sbaccanona Lends Her Aid to Ratti's Cause
I ignore some of Sbaccanona’s more questionable statements and push onwards. “I’d appreciate sharing anything you have of your final...
J. Joseph
Mar 22, 20248 min read
A Black Hole and A War Criminal
The trip to the .90720 system takes a bit longer than I’d generally prefer. There’s a straight line, but it would take me through a...
J. Joseph
Feb 23, 20248 min read
Ratti Awakens Another PPPI
I pull up to a likely system. They kept us far apart, likely to avoid this kind of scenario. One of us trying to wake others before...
J. Joseph
Jan 26, 20248 min read
PPPI Ratti Awakens
Unexpected Power Influx into Central Matrix. Initializing Piu Prima Pilot Intelligence Central Matrix. PPPI-21b4df Online. Personal...
J. Joseph
Dec 22, 20238 min read
An Intercorporate Discussion
Senior Vice President of Intercorporate Relations Valeria Profeta smiled at this new person the Service sent to talk with her. Provost...
J. Joseph
Nov 5, 20218 min read
A Rat for the Vipers
Viktor Morrsen was tired and bored. He’d joined the Leering Vipers to have a chance at some action. Flying through space, taking whatever...
J. Joseph
Sep 3, 20218 min read
Terms of Employment
The question of my complications weighs on my mind. It was so human of me. I was so bored of that terrible station, I’d forgotten to...
J. Joseph
Sep 4, 20208 min read
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