You know what, I’m getting really tired of this, I thought to myself as I pulled out another blanket from the co-pilot’s storage locker.
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Tag: Fiction
First Class
A young man with unreachable dreams may be closer than he thinks.
Just Another Day in the Corps
“Red alert! All staff report to their posts. All staff - …“ came an unfamiliar wounded voice over the base’s intercom system before disappearing into static. As gunfire barked somewhere close by, echoed by the concrete and metal plating that made up the walls of the underground base, Ben raised his rifle and instinctively started …
The Dark Maddening Space
Today we send our intergalactic ship, The Dawn Treader, on its long voyage into the stars - to discover new hospitable worlds and possibly intelligent life. Its crew will look upon this vessel as their home and the world to which they live. They will care for it as it will care for them and …
Act 4 – Stand, Chapter 24
Antara was sprinting as fast as her servos would allow, trying to keep up with Záakesh as, in his crazed state, he ploughed through the mass of red-skinned Tyranids, their white exoskeletal armour giving them no protection them from his warscythe as it carved its path. Without any thought of self-preservation, Záakesh had dived into …
Act 4 – Stand, Chapter 23
“They’re our allies for the foreseeable future,” came Farseer Aramën’s thoughts telepathically through to Exarch Sarinah, the various spirits residing within him becoming conflicting voices over the meaning of the message as a host of Necron Warriors appeared in a flash of green in front of his Dire Avengers. As an Exarch of the Fallen …
Act 3 – Rise, Chapter 22
The ground underneath Aramën’s boots shook as a bright light lit up the sky in the east as the traps the Eldar had left behind were set off by the first wave of Tyrandis crashing onto the planet. A cry of pain from the creatures caught in the blast soon followed, filling the air with …
Act 3 – Rise, Chapter 21
It had been many passes since Aramën had seen the Hive – since she had created the Hive, and she felt no less guilty now as she had been then. Its rate of growth had been faster than she predicted, much faster, and the velocity of its trajectory down to Fifé was staggeringly quick. As …
Act 3 – Rise, Chapter 20
“Autarch, the Humans are attempting to contact us.” “Let them speak,” Hama replied, striding into the centre of the Xamath’s command bridge as a short rotund Human appeared on the holo-screen. “This is Governor William Thorpe, requesting an audience with Farseer Aramën.” Adjusting his jaw to speak in the primitive Human language, Hama replied, “Farseer …
Act 3 – Rise, Chapter 19
First orks, then Eldar with news of an army made of living metal, and now a Tyranid Hive on its way to consume the planet… If this is all true and I survive, my grandchildren will have some of the most fantastic bedtime stores, William Thorpe thought to himself. As he sat in a corner, …
