A new update for The Serpent’s Garden. The talks between the Calnians and Red One continue, with both sides getting some surprises, though the Calnians get a few more. Red One will certainly get some larger surprises from her erstwhile allies as the story continues, including [FRAGMENT DELETED] and just what a ‘core release system’… Continue reading

This month’s first TLA update comes from The Last Angel: The Serpent’s Garden. I was bitten by the writing bug for it and wanted to get out the conversation/confrontation between Iljta and Nanil, as well as give a glimpse of Depot 15, which is definitely just fluff and has no relation to greater events going… Continue reading

Children of Heaven: Choir of Silence, Chapter 35

Chapter 35: December 5th, 4233New MozambiqueOuter Reaches – Line of ControlUnited Terran Concord UTCNS Avenger This is the moment, Vater thought to himself. There was no turning back, no reconsidering, no second opinions. The 812th had arrived in New Mozambique, and as his last-minute intel had predicted, he’d stumbled into a hornet’s nest. Whether the… Continue reading Children of Heaven: Choir of Silence, Chapter 35

Children of Heaven: Choir of Silence, Chapter 33

Chapter 33: November 25th, 4233Hyperion HiveOuter ReachesUnited Terran Concord UTCNS Avenger Eighth Fleet moved slowly, heading farther away from the warmth of Hyperion into the darker outer reaches of the system, passing asteroid belts, moons and planets. Minelayers went about their business, sowing fields of SLIPs in bands thicker then planets, OWPs and fortresses drifting… Continue reading Children of Heaven: Choir of Silence, Chapter 33

Children of Heaven: Choir of Silence, Chapter 14

Singh was under no illusions about what was happening to Archer right now, but he wouldn’t let that stop him. The commodore was a loyal officer of the Concord. She would understand that sacrifices had to be made. If the price was one life ended in order to save thousands or millions of others, that was a trade-off he was sure she’d make. It might cost him some sleep, but Hunt had been right: this wasn’t a war of ideology. They didn’t have to be ‘better’ then the Lefu. They just had to survive.