The Odyssey: Act XVII
Their government was a mixed model, combining monarchy in the chairman, aristocracy in the senate, merchant families in the major council, and democracy in the form of allowing the free citizens of the capitol to vote for the chairman.
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 6
"Alright, you should be all set." I kept my gaze leveled at the car. Its windows were tinted, but I still felt compelled to look in his direction. I envisioned him looking exactly like he had during the drive from the luxury, cliff-side mansions to...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 1
The corridor drew on forever. Its sterile, white floors and ceilings bordered on blinding. Walls were a matte black, interrupted by the glossy gray outline of a triangle tessellation. The only disruption to the pattern were the gray, electrochromic...
Call In a Professional
And he had no desire to get tagged by the aristocracy, already having enough trouble dealing with them. it would take time before he could find the next component and let the heat die down.
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 3
Airlock sealed, stairwell ascended, Bernard met atop the mezzanine beside his office entrance. He handed me a latte and croissant--the place the analyst went to didn't offer tartines. The new teams were to arrive shortly, though Bernard already seemed...
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 2
A couple of sweat droplets fell from my muzzle onto the display. It showed a speed of fifteen meters per second, though I couldn't turn the resistance up any more. My legs were being propelled partly from just the sheer rotational inertia the bike had,...
Love's Battlefield - Volume 8
Only a small portion of the school's enrolled students fit into this strange aristocracy, but those that did were generally feared by the other students and treated with a level of respect that boarded on ass-kissing by the staff.
Maverick Hunter - Chapter 2
Auction houses were famous among the aristocracy and higher class citizens.
Madison May of the Star Patrol!
The shepherd was always enthusiastic about following orders; barry suspected the need for a strong father figure in his life, which probably meant that his father was one of the neue kassel military aristocracy.
The Auditor - Act 1, Scene 3: Two Protagonists, Two Antagonists.
Johan offered in a flat, cold voice sharpened at the edges with the accent of colonial core systems aristocracy, brooking no argument. “okay."
Supernova: Prelude, Arc 2, Chapter 5
I pushed Novikov's corpse off the console and used his sleeve to wipe up the blood. The console wouldn't have downloaded the worm just like every other device onsite. I promptly fixed that before long and checked to make sure everyone was still down...
Project R.E.D. [Chapter 4]
Not even the aristocracy decorates their homes like this, and they are champions when it comes to bad taste! “please, tell me this is _not_ your home...” i sigh as i unwillingly enter the horrible building. “ha, very funny!