Written in 365 Parts: 101: The Expansion
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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…
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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…
Written in 365 Parts: 96: Fill It Up
“Well I had good suspicion that they were not entirely who they thought they were. The implant was a clue as it made no sense to fit such an extensive…
Written in 365 Parts: 95: Who They Really Are
“You wanted to speak?†the virtual world enveloped them completely and Drick noticed the fine lattice work of a high level security mesh being woven into the external interfaces. Drick…
Written in 365 Parts: 94: The Night
On the high desert the suns set quickly. They lit the sky first with a bright yellow as they dipped towards the horizon. This colour faded as the first glowing…
Written in 365 Parts: 93: The Desert
The desert, which was also a plateau, stretched for hundreds of kilometres in every direction from the transport hub. This was the reason the hub was located in that place,…
Written in 365 Parts: 92: The Road to Nowhere
Hooper had brought the hover vehicle to a slow descent making sure that only the minimal number of sensors were used to land the craft. The computer seemed to be…