Shannon continued..
"How long have you been online?" he asked as he watched various data fields on the report changing by them self. Most notably, a proper name now appeared in the previously blank 'Identification' field. He did not recognize the name, but it certainly...
The Engineer's Curse
Elrod had only been an engineer's mate for three days and already he had learned more than he had in five years of technical school. He had learned that what was written in design manuals rarely had any bearing on how a system worked in the real world....
Shannon
--- The Body What remained of her body, had been laid out on an examination table. Ducking his head through the door, the golden scaled dragon paused to survey the carnage before him. The once sterile morgue now smelled...
Ch. 2 -- Dragon
--- Dragon There were many protocols to be followed when working as an agent for Internal Security, the most important of which was usually to remain inconspicuous. To be as socially invisible as possible in any location or situation. To blend in...
Chapter 13 -- Varian
--- Varian. The two strangers stumbled blindly into the air gap between sets of automatic doors, with their gloved hands over their eyes, as large vent fans stripped the dust from their clothes and the air which had followed...
Curse of the Werewolf
--- Curse of the Werewolf Through the underbrush he ran, desperate to reach the clearing in time. After decades of living with the curse, he had learned several tricks to maintaining his secret. One of the most...
Ch. 3 -- Chassis
--- Chassis After ducking through the main door, the dragon was pleasantly surprised to find the interior spacious enough to accommodate his height. From his view, he could see that the ornate crystalline light fixtures needed dusting, but at least...
Chapter 23 -- Reunion
--- Ambassador. "But you two don't know each other," the dragon began, "T'kRusa of Clan Sh'kStah, may I introduce.." "Shannon Oroyo, daughter of Lucia Oroyo, rightful heiress to the Oroyo Trading Guild," finished the Krysh...
Ch. 22 -- Embassy
--- Embassy. The building itself looked like a giant plant, its central column sprouting branch like arms at regular intervals in a rising spiral. Each branch supporting a large platform like an enormous leaf, ready to...
Ch. 21 -- Thawed
--- Thawed. Shannon awoke, which was an unexpected, though pleasant surprise. The sound of beeping electronics were all around her, and the non-smell of an overly sterile room told her that she was either in a medical bay,...
Ch. 20 -- A Warm Place
Shannon could almost feel the access to the ship's control circuits crumble under her touch, as her virtual claws raked through the subroutines in the ships core. She didn't have time to target any system in particular, she just tore wide...
Ch. 6 -- Trust
--- Trust Ironically it turned out to be much easier for Shannon to get her identification updated and accepted by Internal Security than it did with the security system for her own apartment. "Voice print and retinal scans...