Anarchist Eco-terrorist Amelia Chen has finally been captured and imprisoned by the Planetary Consortium, her ego forcibly uploaded to a VR prison while she undergoes personality realignment. Unknown to the Consortium, an Alpha Fork of Chen has been resleeved from an old backup and has approached Firewall with an offer …
The Visitors arrived in 50 gigantic motherships, which stunned the world with their monumental size and power. A Visitor Youth program was formed, encouraging teenagers to join their ranks. The Visitors were quickly assimilated into our culture. But there were some who were sceptical, too inquisitive, they began to quickly …
In 1951, massive meteorites fell to destroy the twenty largest cities on the planet. London, Paris, New York, Beijing…all gone. The indirect damage in the aftermath was incalculable, and included the use of atomic weapons by both east and west as both sides blamed the other for the calamity. Then …
The crew of the Svartulf are delivering a mundane consignment to Cotapaxi Orbital. Upon docking for unload they receive a level one coded transmission chit from a courier dressed as a cargo-rat. Drop to Cotopaxi planetside, research station 9 (“Jungleland”) and pick up an unnamed passenger for return; instructions on …
“Welcome to the International Space Defence Fleet! We recruit members from the elite Special Forces, scientific think tanks, arts academies and special government departments. We are truly international having members from US, UK , China, Timbuctoo, France, Italy, Europe and Iceland! You are now part of a special fleet that …
It’s the year 2100. You are the crew of the Interesting Times, a cargo vessel based in the asteroid belt, a vast no-man’s land with bases of many different nations and corporations. You make a living here, transporting cargo for all paying customers, few questions asked. One day you get …
Revelation 12:7 Common English Bible (CEB) “Then there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back.” Chief Inquisitors Log – 19th October 2293 23:12 ship time: About an hour ago I was deep in prayer when I heard a loud …
The City of Ur was one of the cities of ancient Mesopotamia, near the river Euphrates in modern day Iraq. Over 5000 years old it is considered by many the cradle of human civilisation. Unlike other sites of great historical value in the region, such as the ruin of Babylon, …
IPX G12 is 6 weeks overdue reporting in, as a precautionary measure you have been assigned the task of visiting them, kicking their arses, before continuing onto the mission you’ve spent the last year training and prepping for.. Sheesh!
Hellion IV was a world ripe for the picking. Weyland set up shop and started taking resources hand over fist. Some military investment was needed to keep the indigenous insectoids in line, but that aside it was a no-brainer. System wide anomaly, terrorist activity, rival company action, who knows – …
To: 74th I&S Team out of Gentility Base (Morgan / Zvukimu) en route to Ajeux Station MINDJAMMER PRIORITY COMMUNICATION THIRD URGENCY – MIND ONLY NCE62.94.7.147.193 THOUGHTCAST BEGINS Local node confirms kidnap of Amidan heir-to-throne and transport to Venu space by agency unknown. D-field trace indicates 98 % probability of Space-2 …
Life in the ‘verse can be hard and dangerous, especially when you are transporting a bunch of stolen cargo through alliance space and particularly with a bunch of civilians sitting on it. You already managed to escape one Alliance cruiser and reached Persephone but now Badger has stiffed you. You …