Five-Minute fiction - 21:17-21:22
Cresa peered over the shield and tried to focus on the singular device strapped, bolted, welded, and just about every other ed necessary to attach it to the table. The two previous test units had launched themselves, one with considerable force, off of the table and either vanished, the first unit, or exploded upon contact with a hard surface, the second...
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Cresa peered over the shield and tried to focus on the singular device strapped, bolted, welded, and just about every other ed necessary to attach it to the table. The two previous test units had launched themselves, one with considerable force, off of the table and either vanished, the first unit, or exploded upon contact with a hard surface, the second...
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Five-Minute fiction - 21:52-21:57
The G.R.Id suit system was a revolutionary marvel. A fully-enclosed armoured suit capable of sustaining pressure in a vacuum as well as being bullet-resistant and generally durable.
The system was developed by the Innovation branch of Explorer Corporation under the guise of a fully-functional armoured spacesuit. And while the initial prototypes were used as such later models were quickly adapted into...
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The G.R.Id suit system was a revolutionary marvel. A fully-enclosed armoured suit capable of sustaining pressure in a vacuum as well as being bullet-resistant and generally durable.
The system was developed by the Innovation branch of Explorer Corporation under the guise of a fully-functional armoured spacesuit. And while the initial prototypes were used as such later models were quickly adapted into...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:01-23:06
That fall was a little more hazardous than I had expected! Doughtery said as he stowed his slickchute and unslung his rifle.
Around him, in twos and threes figures dropped into the interior courtyard of the compound. Light glinted off metal as weapons were unslung and slickchutes were stored.
Orders, Sergeant? someone called.
I should need to give em, Hank, Doughtery...
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That fall was a little more hazardous than I had expected! Doughtery said as he stowed his slickchute and unslung his rifle.
Around him, in twos and threes figures dropped into the interior courtyard of the compound. Light glinted off metal as weapons were unslung and slickchutes were stored.
Orders, Sergeant? someone called.
I should need to give em, Hank, Doughtery...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:34-22:39
Grim pitched the ladder over the wall and waited for the inevitable crash, but it never came.
What happened? he called over his voice rising to an audible point just above a whisper.
Wheres the ladder? Darkers voice called from the other side of the wall.
Grim glanced around the street before darting back across to the alley opposite the wall....
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Grim pitched the ladder over the wall and waited for the inevitable crash, but it never came.
What happened? he called over his voice rising to an audible point just above a whisper.
Wheres the ladder? Darkers voice called from the other side of the wall.
Grim glanced around the street before darting back across to the alley opposite the wall....
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:20-23:25
Who do you have on detail in Tongo? Cresa said as he sifted through the stacks of reports that littered his desk. And I thought you said you were going to do something about all this waste paper?
Yes, Im sorry, sir, but were still trying to set up the two tele-screens in your office, and the technicians have been delayed,...
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Who do you have on detail in Tongo? Cresa said as he sifted through the stacks of reports that littered his desk. And I thought you said you were going to do something about all this waste paper?
Yes, Im sorry, sir, but were still trying to set up the two tele-screens in your office, and the technicians have been delayed,...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:55-23:00
Danube, Christopher Danube, my name should be on the clear to travel list.
Im sorry, sir, but your ident-code is showing up as restricted, the security guard said from behind his plasteel glass wall.
Chris Danube, flight engineer, and head technician of the Arcamades Project sighed and flipped through the set of documents he held in his hands.
Look, can you...
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Danube, Christopher Danube, my name should be on the clear to travel list.
Im sorry, sir, but your ident-code is showing up as restricted, the security guard said from behind his plasteel glass wall.
Chris Danube, flight engineer, and head technician of the Arcamades Project sighed and flipped through the set of documents he held in his hands.
Look, can you...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:04-22:09
This isnt how I imagined spending my evening, Grim said as he swung one leg over the wall and settled on top of it.
The lush gardens of the Manse de Chambrey stretched out into the distance. The fading light giving the thick brush an almost eerie quality. Shadows stretched from tree to tree. The estates of the rich in the...
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This isnt how I imagined spending my evening, Grim said as he swung one leg over the wall and settled on top of it.
The lush gardens of the Manse de Chambrey stretched out into the distance. The fading light giving the thick brush an almost eerie quality. Shadows stretched from tree to tree. The estates of the rich in the...
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Five-Minute fiction - 21:25-21:30
I dont know what exactly you expect to find, Talia Loam said from where he reclined in the hospital bed.
Two, large, burly men tossed sheet after sheet and piece of clothing after piece of clothing into the air as they ransacked the room. Whatever they were searching for, Talia, was sure they wouldnt find it. He suspected what they were...
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I dont know what exactly you expect to find, Talia Loam said from where he reclined in the hospital bed.
Two, large, burly men tossed sheet after sheet and piece of clothing after piece of clothing into the air as they ransacked the room. Whatever they were searching for, Talia, was sure they wouldnt find it. He suspected what they were...
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Five-Minute fiction - 04:11-04:16
Its a certainly an issue we need to examine, Cresa said as he closed the media window on the holo-device. And youre telling me he wont be up for making the flight?
Not at all, Samuel Sorrinson said as he reclined in a chair opposite Cresass immense desk. I have no doubt that hed be able to make the trip once...
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Its a certainly an issue we need to examine, Cresa said as he closed the media window on the holo-device. And youre telling me he wont be up for making the flight?
Not at all, Samuel Sorrinson said as he reclined in a chair opposite Cresass immense desk. I have no doubt that hed be able to make the trip once...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:23-22:28
Alabaster! What are those things? someone screamed as Thanus heard the heavy bolts on the door slam home.
People, men, women, children were frantic as they desperately tried to get away from the door. Even as Thanus watched some of the Servants clambered away from the door as the heavy wood buckled slightly under the force of a blow.
Theyre Ghuls,...
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Alabaster! What are those things? someone screamed as Thanus heard the heavy bolts on the door slam home.
People, men, women, children were frantic as they desperately tried to get away from the door. Even as Thanus watched some of the Servants clambered away from the door as the heavy wood buckled slightly under the force of a blow.
Theyre Ghuls,...
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Five-Minute fiction - 22:38-22:43
Gizzik dropped down onto to the plasteel grating of the corridor and winced as the cold metal snapped at his feet. He danced from foot to foot vigorously trying to warm both this feet the and requisite pieces of plasteel that he seemed to be landing on.
Around him the bulk of the Arcamades hummed through the vacuum of space, the...
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Gizzik dropped down onto to the plasteel grating of the corridor and winced as the cold metal snapped at his feet. He danced from foot to foot vigorously trying to warm both this feet the and requisite pieces of plasteel that he seemed to be landing on.
Around him the bulk of the Arcamades hummed through the vacuum of space, the...
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Five-Minute fiction - 23:43-23:48
Griff never liked Jonah. There was just something about the smallish kid that never gelled with Griff. Its not that the kid was bad, or that he and Griff ever really interacted. Something just bothered him. And now he knew why. It wasnt so much that he understood on a mental level, it was more a primal, prey, level that he...
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Griff never liked Jonah. There was just something about the smallish kid that never gelled with Griff. Its not that the kid was bad, or that he and Griff ever really interacted. Something just bothered him. And now he knew why. It wasnt so much that he understood on a mental level, it was more a primal, prey, level that he...
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