Sleeping in his tree-home with his wife; an ensign wakes slowly, without alarm. He doesn't know why he is awake; until about 30 seconds later, he hears drums pounding from outside. The steady “dum dum dum dum” was ringing throughout the trees. The ensign walks over to the window to see what is go…Continue Reading »
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It was a cold day on the bridge with the majority of the ship life being played out in the mess hall the captain of the GRN Nova had little to do almost alone as he gazed out to the stars. It had been three months since his ship saw action and an additional four months since he had orbited on the home planet. Life in space was long and dark when wars weren't being fought and even longer when fleet movement has ceased. His ship was the flag ship of the GRN armada but sadly the 56 million souls that called their ships home have little effect on the comfort of the captain.…Continue Reading »
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The Admiral stood on the bridge of his command ship. His was one of the few Battleships in the Armada, but with the recent increase in Naval activities of late, there were sure to be more in production soon. Most of the fleet at his command were Corvettes and Destroyers, though the Cruisers he had requested were arriving daily. The funding for the new ships came from the recent raids on the poorly managed and seemingly unattended bases of local magistrates who had tried to carve out their own empire, and had apparently failed.…Continue Reading »