Spacefaring Cultures - Ailians
Many of the advances in spaceflight technology of the past several thousand years have originated within the ascendancy, driven by a desire to avoid falling to the rapidly advancing pteryd, whose technology is now considered to be on par with that of the ailians
Wet Cement: Chapter 13
The sun made Rika squint as she stepped into the unit's parking lot, despite being low in the sky. [Thank god,] Gamun said, the door to airframes banging shut behind them. "You said it," Rika said. "I was starting to worry about what we would do...
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-2: Sleep
"After you," Echo said, holding the door open. "I still can't believe he made you give them your key. Now I'm paranoid. What do you think they're going to come in here and do?" She collapsed into an easy chair. "I don't know. They live upstairs....
Chapter 4
Rika sighed and set her PDA down, glancing at the troubleshooting tree on the display one last time. She did NOT like where this gripe was going. Grabbing a tool from her box she set about unlatching the grip pad from the floor the crew quarters. It...
The Curtain of Stars (a Tale of Furry Spaceflight)
#1 of tales of spaceflight **-the curtain of stars-** **f** lint hobten clipped on his helmet, glancing down at his instruments to perform a final systems check. "this is commander hobten. fuel mix is go. engine temp is go. power is go.
Chapter five
They were cryogenic beds, designed with the purpose of preserving life for long-term spaceflight, and four of them were present.
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-3: Calculus
There was a jostle and he opened his eyes. The lights were on, the red circle was gone, and he could move again. Mallet was standing and stretching. "Awake, sunshine?" "Yeah," Pearson mumbled, sliding out of the bunk and scooting to the side in...
Interstellar Dissonance: “Elements”
The 3_ _civilizations __of the skoll'zhat system,_ _collectively known as the skoll'zhatis,__ rebuilt their civilizations, rediscovering science and technological knowledge, eventually learned spaceflight, reestablishing contact with each other in the system
Wet Cement: Chapter 14
Shepard stared at the ground as she walked back towards the hanger, helmet bag in hand. She'd have to speak with Mallet and Flatface tonight. They kept pushing. It was unintentional and she couldn't blame them, but even from her silence they were...
Chapter 10
Rika blinked a few times, staring at her hands while she tried to remember the way they used to look like. Were they hard and calloused, or tender and soft? Or were they like Eve's: slightly calloused yet retaining their femininity? What were her...
Chapter 9
1940 Hours - Artillery and Air Interdiction Range Bravo Lieutenant Commander Sadok glanced up in awe as the black outline of an Air Force B-52 lumbered by. Black rivulets of smoke poured out of the four engines on each wing, leaving long darkened...
Wet Cement: Chapter 12-1: The Bigot
Rika set the test unit behind her and plunged back into the open panel, straining down until her waist was against the edge of the hole. She reached down, attempting to grab the probe while her weight shifted, threatening to send her tumbling into the...