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BSE Chapter 3-38
Alexander had hoped to build a bit more rapport with the woman before discussing this subject, but it seemed that Katalynn was done humoring him.He steeled himself before responding to her question. “As I said in my radio reply, this is about Harlow.”“I’m aware of that bottom feeder, get to ...
BSE Chapter 3-37
If Alexander was honest with himself, he found Loki to be a bit creepy. The person’s mannerisms seemed a bit off from normal and while he wasn’t completely still, he was eerily still for a human.He wasn’t sure if it was just this Loki, part of their training, or a complete act to throw him off...
BSE Chapter 3-36
Alexander wasn’t really sure what he was looking at. The two blobs on the scanners seemed to grow closer before one left. By now he had pretty much guessed that those blobs were fleets of ships.Were they running through some sort of training exercise?Then again, that didn’t really explain why th...
BSE Chapter 3-35
Alexander was surprisingly nervous as the fleet neared their destination. The month and a half in space didn’t really bother him, but he certainly could see the toll it was taking on everyone else. It probably didn’t help that most of his crew were made up of members of the Hawks, and they had b...
BSE Chapter 3-34
“Ungrateful little shits!” Harlow cursed as he stared at the view of the smoke-filled skies of Haven as his ship orbited the burning world.He had been forced to pull back from his campaign of expansion to deal with a damn uprising and when he arrived, he had been attacked.The attackers had quick...
Announcement
As I get ready to start posting again tomorrow, I decided now would be a good time to announce changes to my Patreon tiers. Don't worry, the prices will stay the same, but the $10 tier will now receive 5 additional chapters, bringing them up to 25 ahead of RR. They should be up shortly.Also with...
BSE Chapter 3-33
Alexander stepped into his workshop. Even though everyone was extremely busy restocking supplies aboard the ships and preparing for the next mission in two weeks, most of his work was monitoring the ongoing construction and waiting for the printers to finish.It's why he had time to go to the tra...
BSE Chapter 3-32
Yulia grumbled under her breath as Charlie passed her on the track yet again. The older boy had been spending all of his free time with the go-carts since what happened with his father, Sorin.She knew about the incident, but not what the man had actually done. It had to be something really bad thoug...
BSE Chapter 3-31
Most of the civilians had been flown down to Eden’s End, but a few of the engineers had wanted to meet Alexander and thank him in person for their rescue as well as show him around the ships.To say they were surprised to see him might be an understatement.One man even reflexively reached toward hi...
BSE Chapter 3-30
A quick update before the chapter. I will still be posting my normal schedule this entire week, but after the chapter on 12/27, I will be taking off next week from the 30th through the 5th to celebrate the holidays. Chapters will resume on January 6th.------------------------------------------------...
BSE Chapter 3-29
Alexander inspected the tests he had running to replicate the armor the Dawn was composed of. Early results were promising, but he still had a ways to go before he could shift the tests into a production capacity. He was halfway through inspecting the previous night's work when his radio beeped ...
BSE Chapter 3-4.5
After feedback from readers on RR I have decided to add this foreshadowing chapter for Sorin as well as to give better reasoning for the Council to vote the way it did. There will also be changes to 3-6, 3-7, 3-9 to align those chapters with the changes in this one. I think those are the only chapte...
BSE Chapter 3-28
Alexander stood next to Lucas, inspecting the hardware interface the man had put together. It was-“Don’t give me that look,” Lucas said before Alexander could finish his thought.“I wasn’t giving a look,” he stated, surprised that the man had called him out.Lucas snorted. “Yes, you were...
BSE Chapter 3-27
Alexander carried the very delicate instrument down to Nova’s office. He learned his lesson about not allowing his auto carts or bots to do it for him after they jostled a few of the previous devices so much that it rendered them inoperable.It's not a huge deal when you can recycle the entire ...
BSE Chapter 3-26
A nomenclature change. The processor dies have been renamed to nanoform lattices. I think that sounds more futuristic while also giving a nod to the lithography masks that are used in current computer chip manufacturing methods.------------------------------------------------------------------------...
BSE Chapter 3-25
LOCATION: HRAFNHEIM STATIONSYSTEM: BJORN’S REACHDATE: 2401The Valkyrie pounded the straggling Xin destroyer with its guns, eventually causing the ship’s reactor to breach containment. A bubble of molten material floated away into space, leaving a large chunk scooped out of the ship.Katalynn woul...
BSE Chapter 3-24
Vitor stepped out of the airlock and was greeted by a group of mercenaries which included Marine Galloway. “Team Leader Jallen,” Vitor said as he accepted the man’s outstretched hand and shook it. “I take it you’ll be my guide?”“Yes, Captain. If you’d follow me I can show you what we...
BSE Chapter 3-23
LOCATION: BA’EED STATIONSYSTEM: ZORFON’S GAPDATE: 2400Sienna would be damned if she lost this station to a handful of frigates and an old assault ship. “Fire up the station defenses!” she ordered as she ran into the command room.“But-,” that was the only word the man got out before she s...
BSE Chapter 3-22
“So all of them were indentured corporate slaves?” Vitor asked.“It appears so,” Captain Bloomright replied.“Stars above. Just when you think the corporations can’t sink any lower, they prove you wrong. Has anyone broached the subject of their families?” Vitor would have preferred to ke...
BSE Chapter 3-21
“Any casualties?” Vitor asked Captain Ramirez.“Three people injured, nothing severe though. They should be back in action in a couple of days. If it wasn’t for Mr. Kane triple-armoring the crew areas, it would have been much worse.”“How much damage did you suffer?” Vitor asked with his...
BSE Chapter 3-20
The single surviving pirate hadn’t been able to provide much in the way of information, but they were able to tell Vitor more about the strange crate.Turns out it wasn’t some trap. They were simply meant to guard it until a transport came along to take it into STO space. The captured pirate wasn...
BSE Chapter 3-19
LOCATION: OPEN SPACESYSTEM: ZK4-J92DATE: 2400Eden’s Might was the first ship to arrive in the unnamed system, but they were quickly followed by the others, with the Talon coming in a minute behind the rest of the fleet. It was better than their first jump where nearly fifteen minutes separated all...
BSE Chapter 3-18
After an eventful evening involving a brain-teaser board game between Yulia and himself, Alexander put his daughter to bed and returned to his workshop down the hallway.He didn’t run off the moment she fell asleep though. He made sure she wasn’t having any nightmares or other issues. Even though...
BSE Chapter 3-17
As Alexander watched the last shuttle leave the planet and head for Eden’s Might, he couldn’t help thinking there was more he could have done.It was an irrational thought because Alexander had been working nonstop to make this mission possible as soon as possible. Delaying it was really the only...
BSE Chapter 3-16
In case you are wondering who the heck Sorin is, that's the new name I decided to replace Harper with since Harper sounded too much like Harlow.Also, computronics is what I will be renaming the combined supercomputer and advanced chips that Alexander buys from the STO. They will now just be Adva...
BSE Chapter 3-15
Having done this once already, Alexander quickly moved through the contract process and non-disclosure document. With no surprise, all of Krieger’s people signed the forms.“Welcome to Blue Star Enterprises,” Alexander stated happily. “Now that you’re all employees I can tell you something ...
BSE Chapter 3-14
Enjoy this warm slice of Sci-fi Pi!-------------------------------------------------------------------Alexander was surprised when he got the call from traffic control. It wasn’t that a new ship had arrived that surprised him, new ships had been arriving every few days over the last month or so. N...
BSE Chapter 3-13
After completing the deal with Paresh, Vitor knew going to the new ship alone would be a bad idea. He quickly returned to the Fox and filled Kaela and his crew in on what was going on.“I told you it was a dumb idea to trust him,” Kaela commented.“I’m aware,” Vitor sighed, “but I didn’t...
BSE Chapter 3-12
SYSTEM: EPSILON INDIDATE: 2400The Fox popped out of FTL and glided into Epsilon Indi. When Vitor thought of a place where he could shake the corporate bloodhounds, he knew of only one system in STO space that fit the bill.There would still be corporate spies here, there was no doubt of that, but the...
BSE Chapter 3-11
Instead of just showing Captain Krieger arriving at Eden's End, I wanted to show the actual effort he went through to get there. I hope you enjoy this small arc.----------------------------------------------------------------------LOCATION: AURION PRIMESYSTEM: AURIONDATE: 2400Vitor kept his head...
