They slammed into the Hegemony ships with great force. The orange energies that encased the mortars spread out, then sunk down into the armor itself. There, the energies tangled with the hyperionization submodules and canceled each other out. And that allowed the dark metallic nuclei to burst open
Lucifer shivered as ze watched the Erinyes’ main capital ships crumble under the power of the devastator’s weapons. Ze could hardly blame Eris or the Discordians as they ran far ahead of the fleet, as fast as they possibly could from the battle itself. Against a beast like that devastator, there wa
Their capital ships were all but utterly destroyed, and the Star Dragon was dead. More importantly, behind the dying capital ships of the Erinyes was the rest of the fleet - the cruisers and destroyers and frigates and corvettes and fighters and mecha… And it seemed that the devastator was hardly
And as hir mind filled its body, so too did its body fill hir mind. The body that was designed for destruction, but without its own mind, or own consciousness, or own thoughts. All it had was a kind of lingering, simmering, multidimensional rage at what was at its operational core. As though intri
The galaxy swirled back into existence as the remainder of the Erinyes fleet flashed back into Hegemony space. With the exception of the Discordians, all of their capital ships had been annihilated. Beyond that, nearly a quarter of all the rest of the ships had been destroyed or neutralized. Everyo
Not that there weren’t any issues - they fought and argued and quite literally smacked each other around at times. But they always grew out of those battles, big or small. And both understood the value they gave each other. Learning and growing and building in tandem… It was a kind of togetherness
“We aren’t about that,” said Claire. “You know we aren’t. We just barely escaped complete disaster only what, a few cycles ago? And you think going back into that mess is the answer?” “We understand that you’re angry,” said Aurora. “Many of us are - I know I am! But we just lost so many. Losing eve
Freya leaned back and slugged the alcoholic drink down her throat. It burned so much as it went down that it felt like she was breathing fire. It tasted like an old whiskey, barrel aged and everything. When she set down her old-fashioned glass, Eris immediately poured another splash into it. She th