Tag: Humans Are Awesome
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Epilogue – What the future holds
First Contact – Part 25 – The EndMarcus sat in his Manhattan office, gazing out at the spot where Kraz’ox had landed almost four years ago. Quibble, an ancient AI, had chosen Marcus to lead one of the divisions tasked with learning more about the AI and how Ellads and other ancient civilizations had used them. Quibble had only given them a…
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Battle for Earth
First Contact – Part 24The Pegasus comms crackled to life, and Quibble’s voice sounded urgent. “On your mark, Captain.” James surveyed the radar and read the scouting vessel’s reports. He allowed Quibble to use the comms freely during the impending battle. “We wait a little bit more,” James said, his voice low and serious. “Let them fight each other.…
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Into The Unknown
Citizens Exchange – Chapter 3The night had been restless for Liam, filled with an overwhelming sense of anticipation and excitement that had kept him tossing and turning in bed. Every time he closed his eyes, his mind raced with possibilities, making it impossible for him to slip into slumber. But finally, after what felt like hours, Liam drifted off…
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The Rift
Citizens Exchange – Chapter 2Ever since humanity started gazing upon the stars, people have wondered about the possibility of aliens and the idea of first contact. Like most people, Karina had imagined that aliens would arrive in giant spaceships hovering above the earth, or at least a message from the depths of space, confirming the existence of extraterrestrial life.…
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The Riftwalker Guild
Citizens Exchange – PrologueYear 1607 Thalassar calendar | Year 1859 Earth calendar The Riftwalker Guild was one of the most powerful and wealthy organizations on the planet Thalassar. Like many other traveling guilds, the Riftwalkers owned a fleet of ships and wagons that they used to transport people and goods across the planet. However, their primary source of…
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The Far Away
First Contact – Part 22As Pegasus left the Solar System and Kraz’ox returned from the fake threat the humans instigated, things changed for the worse for humanity. As soon as Kraz’ox realized that something had left the Solar system while they were occupied with the threat and that one of their scout ships was missing on top of that,…
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The plan
First Contact – part 21James pondered everything that happened ever since they left Earth on Pegasus. The dreams, Alien artifacts, the AI. Their mission was a success but was cut short by an unexpected threat of the Void. The Void had entered the solar system they were in and was heading straight for them. The journey to the Pegasus…
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Big Boom
Unchained – Chapter 6We flew at low speed and low altitude to evade enemy radars and patrol ships, at least that’s what Guardian said to us. After three hours of flight and anxiety eating us alive we arrived at a desert with no enemy architecture or living being in sight. Guardian was adamant that he was never wrong…
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Going crazy
Unchained – Chapter 4“Do you have any idea which spices are inside?” I asked the AI as we ran towards their ship. The enemy alliance had over twenty different species, while ours had fifteen. It was rare that a two-man crew was from different species. When it came to the enemy species and hand-to-hand or gun-to-gun combat, we…
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Aim for the center
Unchained – Chapter 3“So what’s the plan, how do we get one of their ships without fully destroying them in the process?” I asked the AI. “We are going to shoot all but two down,” The AI said. “So we have a better chance of success.” “Then what?” Valeria asked as shot another one of the enemy ships…