Written in 365 Parts: 106: The Strike
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The smart missile had no possibility of missing its intended target. The short burst micro transmitter was pulsing on a known frequency and guiding it to a precise tactical strike.…
2019
Written in 365 Parts: 105: The Visit
They opened the seal on the inner shell of the survival tent and pushed hard on a few locations to get the thick layer of dust from the outer shell.…
Written in 365 Parts: 104: Time To Exchange
The air was thin on the high plateau but it still had enough body to carry the dust high into the air. It was worse when the winds blew. They…
Written in 365 Parts: 103: Off Course
The largest vessels constructed were at the tail of the first wave of colonization. They were behemoths built in the floating dockyards around Titan. Twelve of them were made and…
Written in 365 Parts: 102: Colonization Futures
The very first type of vessel to explore the outer systems were built by the collective efforts of governments working with contracted companies. Civilisation, the natural curiosity to discover what…
Written in 365 Parts: 101: The Expansion
Before The Expansion, the vast colonisation of space when humanity threw itself confidently to the far reaches of imagination, little travel was done outside of the Sol system. Humanity had…
Written in 365 Parts: 100: No Choice But to Stop
“I don’t know.†“You don’t know. You just went along with their request to live birth a baby without questioning what they were going to do, or why they needed…
Written in 365 Parts: 99: His Mother
“You’re his mother?†“Yes.†“If we are talking about the same person they look roughly your age. I gather then that you have a significantly extended life?†“Of course. As…
Written in 365 Parts: 98: Nice Boots
Drick walked into the small room that was being used as a sort of holding cell. On closer inspection the ridiculousness of the disguise being used by the organic was…
Written in 365 Parts: 97: What Am I Looking At?
“So what am I looking at?†Drick took the proffered holopad from Lane and fired up the display. They were sat in Drick’s van. Lane had requested an immediate meeting…