The Corvus Operatives shuffled the last of the hostages into the station’s main security chamber, which was more than spacious enough to hold the few hundred of them. Though it was far from comfortable, it was perhaps the most defensible spot in the entire array. Dozens of them even picked up a few
“Listen, you’re not special,” said the first Triumvirate member. “Every planet, every person is paying half their earnings to the House. It was a measure that was voted in by the Gerveaux High Command - your families included! Or did you think that the Federation’s war over the colonies cost nothing
The sky above was a light and beautiful bright blue as yellow-green grass waved lightly in the wind all around. The sounds of revelry filled the air as the entirety of the Corvus Republic celebrated their recent victory. They had landed their ships on one of the many vast, grassy valleys on the pla
“Thanks!” Eva continued. “I’ll be quick - I promise! “First, I really wanna thank everyone and congratulate everyone. We completed our first agreement with a Major House!” Everyone cheered right back at her, but she continued as it died down. “That was really big for us. Really, really big. And
Amarok reared her head back and howled, but unlike the enslaved wolves, hers was haunting and beautiful. The note pushed back against the Director’s tone, and kept it from taking full control of her. And as her mind cleared bit by bit, realized that Lucifer and Freya were still by her side. They we
Worse, it caused his aim to shift towards the goon next to him, and inadvertently sprayed him down with a heap of bullets. They tore through his armor at point-blank range and riddled it full of holes. The goon himself flinched and flailed as bullet after bullet tore into his body. By the time he s
Freya and Lucifer both picked up the pace as they went down another long hallway. The sounds of animalistic yelping and crying were more evident, now that they had gone down yet another deck on the massive barge. A dark cloud hung over the both of them as the cruelties that were happening on it bec
He crashed painfully into a stack of equipment, his body a twisted, broken wreck. Jagged shards of bone punched through his skin and clothing in places, which ensured his death was slow and excruciatingly painful. Ze then grabbed the technician’s datapad as it fell in the air, and threw it at the t