M.J. Markgraf

BSE Chapter 3-10

A few days passed since the guard debacle and Alexander stood at the center of the remaining Council as the captured insurrectionists were led into the atrium. They had to use the intake area because there were too many people to fit anywhere else.A few notable people were missing from the Council. ...

BSE Chapter 3-9

Sorin had a huge grin on his face as he strutted through the Atrium. And why shouldn’t he? Blackmailing Gabriella and the accidentwith Sheila’s seeds had forced them to vote his way. His plan was working far better than even he had hoped. He had thought the council would at least balk at the fou...

BSE Chapter 3-8

As much as Alexander liked to give people the benefit of the doubt, his predictions about Sorin turned out to be spot on. He didn’t even have to wait a full week to see the first change.When he had first agreed to the Council as the political entity, Alexander had enforced a few rules. The first w...

BSE Chapter 3-7

Alexander looked over the three people standing in front of him. Damien had just finished filling him in on the new Council changes.“When I first asked the Council to look into the growing discontent issue I thought you would try and find a solution to the problem. That’s kind of the whole point...

BSE Chapter 3-6

“Settle down!” Sorin demanded to the room full of individuals.They didn’t quiet down immediately, but he could hear himself think after only a short wait.“You all know why I asked you here.”“And who put you in charge?” someone from the back of the room demanded.“Yeah!” another voic...

BSE Chapter 3-5

Alexander stood off to the side and watched as the kids raced around the track he had set up in the old parking garage.He noted Yulia’s razor focus as she pulled up behind the other kids, ready to lap them. Alexander wasn’t surprised by this. The other kids hadn’t had much time in the go-karts...

BSE Chapter 3-4

After speaking with Matthews, Alexander had the start of a plan. It would take a bit to come together before he was ready to present it to the rest of his team, but he was hopeful that it would. Hopefully, trying to work with Katalynn Char wouldn’t come back to bite him, but if he wanted to take t...

BSE Chapter 3-3

When he first came home and heard Yulia mumbling in her sleep, he went in to check on her. It was obvious from how much she was tossing and turning that she was having a nightmare. Alexander thought about waking her up, but decided against it. She needed her sleep, and she couldn’t have been aslee...

BSE Chapter 3-2

Even after a few weeks, Yulia still received comments from people asking if she was ok, and how awful it must have been. She simply nodded in reply since that was what people seemed to expect.The truth was, the first time she got a good look at her attacker, she didn’t feel fear. She felt an overw...

BSE Chapter 3-1

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-58: Book 2 Epilogue

You all really did luck out on this one. I was celebrating 100 chapters on RR with a double chapter today, and it just so happened to be the book 2 Epilogue as well. I hope you enjoy it!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LOCATION: SECRETSYSTEM: UNDISC...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-57

Alexander didn’t bother watching the man drift into space to die a slow death. Not killing the man outright was monstrous, but he would do it again without question if Yulia was threatened.He closed the cargo ramp and hurried over to the stasis pod to ensure it was still functioning. It was. His s...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-56

Dalton dragged the struggling girl out of the cargo area and sealed the door behind him. Ideally, he would keep the girl with him in the cockpit, but she seemed like the sort that would do something stupid the moment he took his eyes off her. He needed to concentrate on flying and keeping his eyes o...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-55

Jasper looked at the tablet Alexander had handed him and read through it before pinching the bridge of his nose and sighing. “I know you had a terrible naming sense, Alex, but did you truly have to name the system One Kane? I can at least understand why you named your political entity BSE but why ...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-54

It didn’t take Alexander long to meet up with the Arklight technicians outside the facility. Even though they had been briefed about how he would appear, the guards tightened their hands on their weapons.He ignored them as he moved through their cordon around the concrete pad. Only one technician ...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-53

Dalton didn’t arrive at the front of the convoy of ships, that would have been too conspicuous. Arriving near the middle of the refugee group meant he had to wait in line. It seemed that whoever was running this place was forcing the ships to land one at a time. It was an easy way to control intak...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-52

Alexander and Matthews entered a room filled with conversation. He paused in the doorway and looked around. He frowned as he didn’t see the man he expected to see. “Were you not able to get Captain Krieger?”Matthews shook his head. “The STO hadn’t court marshaled him by the time we left. I...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-51

Damien had the intake area for arrivals set up in Atrium D. It wasn’t the best place to set something like this up, it was just the easiest place to put it since A was heavily populated, B was blocked off, and C wasn’t near any of the landing zones.He glanced around at his officers. Two of his p...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-50

First off I want to thank everyone for the well wishes. The break to rest and recover was just what I needed. Without further ado, enjoy the chapter!----------------------------------------------------------------Alexander watched the Talon slide into orbit around the planet, followed shortly after ...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-49

Yi Na was harder to find than Alexander thought. The first place he checked was the man’s office. It was just a small room with a desk and a little holo terminal. Next, Alexander checked a few of the ongoing construction projects, or at least ones he thought were still ongoing.The project to clean...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-48

“Everything is loaded and secured, Captain,” Matthew’s Firstmate stated.Alexander had purchased quite a bit of supplies, both food and medical. Then there were the technological items like a smelter. That included just the stuff stored aboard the Talon. He wasn’t even including the items Cap...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-47

LOCATION: EDEN’S ENDSYSTEM: Y6X-3H2DATE: 2400Alexander couldn’t believe everything was going right for a change. There hadn’t been any pirate activity since Fury left, which was something of a minor miracle. To add to that, Shall had finally finished patching up his ship and had left the syste...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-46

LOCATION: O.M.N.I. HEADQUARTERSSYSTEM: TAU CETIDATE: 2400Theodore Pembrooke was not having a good time. Ever since returning from that disastrous arbitration on Petrov Station that he had been in charge of, his rank had been stripped away, and he had been relegated to a position as a mindless drone....

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-45

After dealing with the whole Shall incident and ensuring there were no immediate problems that needed his attention, Alexander spent the next week with Yulia during her time off of school.He would have loved to spend more time with her, but by the end of the week, he could see she was growing frustr...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-44

Alexander departed the holding area feeling a bit relieved that Shall wasn’t some spy or traitor, he was just some paranoid old man.Having to deal with this situation was annoying, but it was only a matter of time until his alien origins came out. With Krieger and Fletcher both likely having deduc...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-43

The first time Edgar Shall laid eyes on the towering black robot, he knew there was something alien about it. Maybe it was the rumors from people even more traveled and paranoid than him, but he hadn’t survived pirates, criminals, the STO, and other smugglers to get to his ripe old age without tru...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-42

The final jump into Y6X-3H2 was a relief for Alexander. Not that the trip back had been problematic or anything. It had been without issue, which was exactly how Alexander liked it. He was just glad to be home.As far as he could tell, everything looked the same as when they left, but they were still...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-41

LOCATION: OUTSIDE OORT CLOUDSYSTEM: WOLF 1061DATE: 2400Harlow waited nearly a full light day outside of the system with his fleet. It hadn’t taken long to consolidate his power back on Haven. Everyone had seen what he did to his own parents, and they respected power.He didn’t let his new subject...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-40

During the trip back to Eden’s End, Alexander slowly introduced himself to Mingyu’s family. This was after Mingyu had told them about him, and he had spoken to them through video calls. He didn’t want to startle them with his appearance, but it seemed like he was overthinking things. Much like...

Blue Star Enterprises Chapter 2-39

The contract was a rather simple affair, all things considered. There were no gotcha clauses in it that Alexander could find. Alexander was glad he had spent time over the last year and a half getting to know all the ins and outs of STO law. He even covered some of the planetary laws on the core wor...