Ladon XB-6
I Sleep was sporadic at the best of times. An affliction that, Rouj de Hautevoyle concluded, was a consequence of prolonged interstellar travel. Whilst he had acclimatised to the boredom, the…
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Princeps Maigret
+++After Action Report++++Incident: Loss of Imperator Class Engine – Rubello Arcanum++For the attention of: Lord Warmaster Kincaid++Ancillary Consideration: Fleet Admiral Lanctanius, Exulted Council of Legio Cattalan+-+Interview Subjects+[Princeps Majoris Maigret —…
Taking The Blame
Sergeant Ullis had been the bane of my time as a commissar: too competent to demote but too crass and full of demerits to actually advance. Ullis knew it too,…
Gilith
‘My beloved Gilith, there is no safety hiding in the depths of your mind, for you will only find there exquisite pain and excruciating pleasure. Surrender your mind to me,…
Out of Fear
'Don’t go.'Elam froze in the doorway of their meagre hab-apartment. He looked back at the wreckage of his wife. Her skin was grey, her hair lank and unwashed, her cheeks…
Conflicting Duties
It hurt to wear her smile.She wore it every second of every day. It was like a mask she could not remove, bolted permanently into place. Yet sometimes – right…
Mine
It was a long way down from the spires of the hive. Alena shifted her skirt over the curve of her hip: not an enticement but a warning, a declaration…
Red Lines
To serve in a squadron is to live an entire life in miniature. You join like a child, with all life open and waiting for you. You start out, and learn, and grow weary, until the hourglass of youth is running dry – like a fuel tank on the red line.
Betrayal
The rain came down hard, mixing the blood and the mud together into something wholly worse than either. I stood there panting from exertion. We just barely beat back the…
Blood-Greased Cogs
Khebal Tothius was 400 years old. 400 years, 32 days, 27 hours, three minutes and four seconds to be exact. Other blessed adepts of the Omnissiah might have dismissed this…
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