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36 “Aldair,” Colleen said as the shuttle strove to gain altitude away from the sky city as fighting continued, “why is it that, when you take me to new planets, we get shot at?” Aldair didn’t turn to look at her but kept watch over the sensor readouts as he raised two fingers to Colleen, ‘rememberin...

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35 As the General – or whatever he was – organised the resistance to the oncoming flight, Hawle grabbed at Salara’s arm and began pulling her with him as they headed for the shuttle. She shook his hand off. “I have to help…” “You don’t have a weapon,” Hawle snapped at her as the firing began, dampen...

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Who said it'd be easy? 34 “So,” Hawle asked carefully as the tri sat around a table and looked at each other, their eyes just over the top of heightened table used, as it was, for standing Avians, “what have we learned about our hosts?” “Their leader is very agreeable,” Havakar said first, before Co...

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Takes a bow. Hlaroo makes me put it back.

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A hand pushed its' way up Selene's flank until it rested just under her armpit as David looked his girlfriend in the eye. Well, more than girlfriend. " Morning, my love, " he said, before giving her a gentle nuzzle and kiss on the mouth. " That was a good night, " he added happil...

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Meanwhile... 33. “I was beginning to think you’d forgotten about me,” the Alsan said as his door opened to reveal Jaqui and a guard outside his studio apartment, as he was calling it. She stepped in as he sat on the sofabed that slid out from the wall when he wanted to sleep and back up the wall whe...

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32 Two hours passed before it was Colleen and Havakar’s turn to be taken to a meeting and the Older Celican stayed ahead of the Collian as they walked through the passages, noting the height of the passages as they went. A nod towards their avian nature perhaps. There were wide opening doors set hig...

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Turnip

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HiraokaNettoMichio wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:08 am
Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 1:24 am The administration team is doing what they can but if you let them drive you out then they win. You need to stick around here in the forum and tough it out so you can see the other side.
Golly, I didn't think of that. Okay, I'm sticking around.

Puts chain and padlock away.

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31 Hawle stepped off the shuttle, behind Cataya, Brunton, Havakar and Una. Like the rest of them, he’d added a belt to his outfit for security purposes. An anti-gravity belt that was helping them adjust to the lower gravity of the city in the clouds. He couldn’t see them but he could hear the thrumm...

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GameCobra wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:47 pm Hey, guys. It looks like i'll be coming back around March 21st. Looking forward to seeing you guys again

Yay! We like our sickly Cobra!

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30 Hawle moved behind his desk to show it off, although he didn’t think it had much interest to the current guest, taking a tour of the ship as they approached the Schimak Homeworld. He’d decided that he was going to call the race by their official name when he was face to face with them at least. H...

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29 Hawle walked the decks, helping out where he could, lifting and patching and holding hands to give strength to those who might lose theirs shortly. Raven was in charge of getting the few pieces of the Dart that remained ready for analysis, Stikka was checking the computer files manually, Sarah ha...

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Hey, Dogey. I don't recall you singing in November like NHW does. Do you have a good voice?

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28 There was no sound of launching from here. Hawle always thought there should be some sort of ‘Shff’ or ‘thump’ whenever they launched but he wasn’t thinking on that now. He just wanted this over with. That thing destroyed or disabled. He wanted it gone as he wasn’t quite thinking straight now. Th...

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" OK, " Chip said, standing forward. " Uh, we, um, know you're considering getting 'protection', Richard. " She looked at him, all the concern showing on her face. " but, um, w...would you use it? Would you learn how to use and store it safely? It...it's a lot of stress, Ric...

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27 Sarafina picked herself up off the sofa she’d just been thrown into, face first as the shipquake subsided, the impact or blast fading into the near past. She felt a bit groggy and her ears were ringing as she put a hand to her head and felt something a bit wet on her hand. She winced and tried to...

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26 The dart came in, trying to bring a wedge between the two ships and leaving it unclear which as the bigger threat as Maze’s fighter wing launched. Hawle had ordered the Raitchian to stay back and attack only if a weakness was detected or to try and pull the enemy off the targeted ship. Maze wasn’...

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25 Tha Avian Captain – or whatever the rank was – appeared on Hawle’s screen as the moments ticked down to potential conflict. <“I see you’re ready for battle,”> he stated, flexing his thin, talon-tipped, fingers as his eyes tried to bore into Hawles soul like an Earth Hawk after a similarly planett...

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24 Hawle swept back to the command chair as, showing off his muscles, Edelmar Polva carried his wife onto the bridge and put Sarah down in the pilot’s seat. Good to see his comment about getting her there as fast as possible had been taken seriously, Hawle thought. “Nice to see you, Edelmar,” he sai...

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Repugnant

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Recursive

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23 Hawle sat back in his command chair as the evening dragged on, having exhausted the attentions of Presidents and Professors. He had his feet on Sarina’s chair as she was on dinner. He had a ball in hand that he proceeded to toss into the air and catch several times as they followed their hosts to...

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22 Stikka watched from the engineering bridge station as the ship followed the Avarra ship away from her goal, towards an exercise in bureaucracy as Havakar occupied his seat and Caltaya paced the scene, lamenting the new delay in testing his toy when he’d been so close to success. An Engineer and a...

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First Contact... 21 Changed from his environment suit, Hawle adjusted his epaulettes and made sure they were hanging correctly on his shoulders before positioning his bandolier, realising he hadn’t buttoned up his jacket and working out how to do it without removing the bandolier again. He stepped o...

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20 <“It’s all right,”> Kendall called, <“It’s all right!”> Hawle, who’d given passing thoughts to having a heart attack and breaking speed records to get down to the engine room, held up a hand to pause the others in their flight or fight reactions. “It thumping well is NOT all right, Kendall! What ...

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19 Kendall couldn’t advise using the Loper’s traction beam on the Fawren ship as, appearances not withstanding, the hull was incredibly weak here and now. The weakness of age had come into play and the mould was in the venting. She reckoned she should be able to clear the engines of the mould with s...

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18 Nothing worked in here, Hawle realised, as they continued their route around the Mican ship. This was what was optimistically called the sickbay, he figured. Something to do with the observation beds and antique tools on trays besides them. There had been no air in here so they’d felt the whoosh ...

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Cataclysm.

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17 The signal faded away as the team in department armours arrived in the cold, darkened, room. A single light flickered on the wall, casting shadows of the six whose movement broke the silence. Hawle opened up his helmet light, twin glows from the cheeks lancing out in a gentle beam that showed the...

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Tea

(Instant tea? Bleh.)

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It does give me a chance to go a little into the history of an oft mentioned but never seen conflict...

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And they're here. At the test zone. Of course it can't be this simple... 16 A brown, craggy, lump of rock some three hundred thousand kilometres wide lay in front of the Loper on the screen at five times magnification from almost a million miles away. Hawle was expecting obstacles. Interference. Som...

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Macaroni

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Sometimes Aldair likes to shirk his responsibilities... 15 Hawle stood on the bridge, facing the star spotted visage of space they were about to enter with some sort of trepidation. President Havakar, Professor Caltaya and David Brunton were with him as Hawle thought of a way to deal with the speech...

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14 Brunton watched the door as Caltraya examined the system for abuses following the intruders actions, looking to see if the program had been affected in any way. “I was told this couldn’t happen,” he complained. “I was told Council ships were secure…” “Nothing’s ever totally secure, Professor,” Da...

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12 Jaqui knew there was probably one or two targets right this moment. Apparently the Presidents daughter was with Katara and secure so that left the Professor and his toy. Brunton had the Professor in hand so that left the toy and the launcher so she was headed in there now, beginning to speed up a...

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11 Cedar walked in on the stores as the ship idled at Dawnicca and he asked the porter where the Gavalak meat was before heading over to check it. It was one of the products the colony had found running around when they’d gotten there and had become a staple until the crops and invasive meat nonsent...

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10 The Loper stretched out the time between Micanna and Dawnicca, the outermost colony in Council space. It wasn’t exactly a place that was stopped by often and had a bit of a reputation so ‘flying the flag’ was a useful thing, even on a Canine world. Commander Hawle didn’t see the logic of having a...

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Even I, curmudgeon that I can be with giving salutations, bid 'Happy Birthday to the DDeer one.

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