Genesis Summary In the far flung future of the 19M (19th Millennium) humanity and hundreds of other species are united under the Third Empire of Mankind and it is an age of technological advancement and unprecedented peace for centuries. It all ended when a complicated coup went horribly wrong. To prevent any military response it was decided that the empire’s vast communications network had to be shut down for a few days, to ensure the succession of the new democratic government. Also a virus was planted into the warp beacon network to shut it down as well to prevent a response that way. The network of Warp Beacons is placed in each system, and by use of a warp processor a ship could jump through the warp and to a nearby system equipped with a warp beacon. It allowed the galaxies civilizations to travel across wide reaches of space. Unfortunately for the conspirators, their virus had been far to effective and not only shut down the warp beacons, but deleted all navigational data and
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Demons 1 - Out of the frying pan... by Gadrac, literature
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Demons 1 - Out of the frying pan...
Monday, 15th of April 2019
When the loading ramp of the Lockheed C-130 cargo plane lowered itself onto the heated tarmac of the runway, Owen grabbed his back-pack with most of his belongings and prepared to leave his old life behind. To leave the flames of hell, which he had lived through, behind for good. Or so he thought.
“Give it time,” that’s what they said, “Your wounds will heal, as will your soul.”
Owen could tell when someone was lying to him, he knew that what he had seen that day damaged him beyond repair and whenever he let his thoughts wander too carelessly he could still see them.
It began with the dead butterflies. The wind carried them along like dry leaves. They sank down in front of his feet and when he quickened his pace, they swirled around him – tiny, semi-translucent bodies. At first they still glittered in colorful shades, but after a while they turned to gray dust. Yet no one except for him seemed to notice. Then, the birds appeared. However, they were not crows or ravens like he almost would have expected. They were a different kind he didn't know, smaller than the corvids with gray feathers and reddish brown wings. A black line marked their eyes and looked like a mask. By now, dead butterflies collected at his feet in heaps and piles, even when he was just waiting for the tram for a few minutes. The strange birds followed everywhere he went, and finally he found a description of them online. Red-backed shrikes, he read. Known for impaling their prey on thornes or spikes as larder. He still didn't know why the birds were following
So How Did We Get Here? Part 1 by darkgoman, literature
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So How Did We Get Here? Part 1
About a good week before the Ninstels "Incident." Is that sugarcoating it a bit?
The pitter-pattering song of the rain beating down onto the windows of the castle Aietsylvainia drew on through the night, the droplets turned silver by the moon set high in the starless sky. Metsylana trailed behind Aietsylvana, flanked by general Skriss, who grumbled and danced his fingers along the handle of the axe on his hip, and Dresen, who’s robes dragged against the carpet, his grey eyes cast down to his feet. They walked down the main hall, candles on the dust filmed chandeliers lit so Dresen’s human eyes could see, the small fire