"Commander Hiro! Are you alright?" Phoebe awakens to find a pair of exosuit-wearing soldiers standing over her. One of them props up the back of her head, allowing her to cough out a few words. "Kah! Ugh… yeah. I don’t know. Maybe. What happened?" "Your ship got shot down, Commander," The soldier on her right…
It’s been a couple weeks and I’m still here on Earth, that pathetic mudhole the higher-ups are preparing to excavate. This planet is absolutely LOADED with diamonds, gold, and dirt! Wow, you would not believe how much dirt this planet has. We’re gonna strike it rich! But that’s not why I’m writing you. Nah, I…
It’s been a couple weeks and I’m still here on Earth, that pathetic mudhole the higher-ups are preparing to excavate. This planet is absolutely LOADED with diamonds, gold, and dirt! Wow, you would not believe how much dirt this planet has. We’re gonna strike it rich! But that’s not why I’m writing you. Nah, I…
First Day: Second Hour. Mephisto darts out of the ground and zips through the Tarus II warpgate with hatred burning in his eyes. Thanks to the undead flooding through Tarus II’s portal, his disappearance goes unnoticed from the battlefield. His minions continue to flood out of the two Death Gates located inside the Labyrinth, as…
"Admiral!" Soren says, her voice containing a note of alarm. She and Megla trot toward José as he rolls down the Bloodbearer’s primary connective corridor, arriving at his position after a few moments. "Are you alright? Your body seemed to be heavily injured when I last saw you." "I’m dandy," José grumbles. "Just wonderful." The…
José Rodriguez, the last living Terran, slowly opens his eyes. A plain metal ceiling, covered in plexi-steel tiles, sits some twenty feet above his face. The Admiral lays motionless on his back, his arms and legs held limp in a straight pose. A strange sensation swallows him, akin to floating on a gently undulating ocean…
[Hello, Admiral. The first stage of the Level Four Surgery is complete. You barely survived. How are you feeling?] Umi, the Bloodbearer’s synthmind, speaks telepathically to Admiral Rodriguez as he lays motionless on the cold, metal surgery table. The Admiral’s eyes slowly open and close. A thin, grey film covers his iris, making him see…
Three hours pass like the wind. José and Soren work together to repair over a hundred holo-transmitters throughout Medbay 003. By the time Umi finishes defragmenting the two doctors’ memories, the Admiral and his Kraktol assistant have already cleaned and sterilized the Medbay as well, putting it into pristine shape for the surgery. Umi speaks…
For the hundredth time, a violent screeching of rusted metal resounds throughout the crew-quarters area. José tears a door open with brute strength and gasps for breath as another cloud of dust explodes in his face. After stumbling backward, the Admiral disengages his Dermal Armor and coughs violently. "Kaff! Kaff! By the Divine Emperor… I’ve…
First Day: First Hour. The darkness of night grows ever omnipresent within the warpgate encampment. Mephisto orders his undead to smash and destroy the lights around themselves while they rampage, causing the terrifying swarms of rotted flesh and bones to melt together in the darkness, making it difficult for the humans to distinguish them from…
