And if Orsethii had only half-killed anyone along her way, Colviss made sure to finish off the job. There was no sense in leaving their prey in agony, after all. In truth, she went down every nook and cranny to check each and every dead drogar, just to make sure everything was clean. That their dea
Unregistered Orbital Station, Unnamed Planet, Unlisted System, Great House de Jardin The last of the Einherjar flashed into the incoming port beacon at the unregistered orbital station. Though it had taken them a great deal of time, they had been able to escape whoever or whatever had attacked th
When she came to the spot she needed, she activated a nanite link through her DI and gained physical access to the circuit. Or, part of it anyway. She sent a quick ping, received the reply, and solidified the tap. Happy that it wasn’t going anywhere, she moved on to the next node and did the same t
All three bolted straight out of the datanode access room, through the closest panel to them. The datacoder hopped out first, immediately followed by the engineer. But neither got very far - both were knocked to the ground by a couple of running wolves after only taking a half dozen steps away. The
Helios Megastation, Sol System, Sol Federation The shop’s door chime rang out melodically. It wafted down the aisles and swept across the old Toymaker’s ears. They let him know that he had visitors. More specifically, they let him know to listen to the footsteps of whoever just came in. And it too
“What does the Republic get in return?” he asked cautiously. “Half profits? Three quarters profits? Data rights?” There was a short silence between them, as though the two didn’t know how to answer. “Now, don’t get freaked out,” Freya began, “but all we’re looking for is… some information on the B
“The last slice of cake,” Raijin said, which the Toymaker nodded at. “Exactly,” he said. “Some part of the original group would’ve remained. But they were practically erased. Oh! And that one boss who kept namedropping the Benefactor? Ended up dead somewhere. Never even got confirmation of the corp
Galactic Center of the Milky Way Spinning all around the bright glowing center was a massive cloud of dust and debris. It swirled around the center itself, and engulfed countless solar systems and star clusters within itself. More than that, the cloud helped obscure the glow from those countless st