Most of the 10th floor was taken up by a huge hangar. A number of large shuttles were parked in a row, and the continual noise of the facility falling apart still pounded in the distance, only somewhat muffled by the thick walls. “E-59! I need you right this second!” C-42 said, seeing a scrawny… Read More AotS – A-40, Part 4

The week everything fell apart had started out like every other week. Drills, tests, physical examinations, training… and then. Something changed.   B-28 moved towards the table where A-40 and A-13 were seated for dinner, settling his tray down as he made his usual rounds. He seemed… restless.   “Something happened last night in our… Read More AotS – A-40, Part 3

My early childhood is a complete blank. Perhaps we were never children at all, but merely popped out of whatever they grew us in as adolescents. But in any case, I’ll begin on an average day…   “Good morning, A-40.”   It was a long room, sterile and clean, with walls painted a shade of blue… Read More AotS – A-40, Part 2

Songbird’s crew was restless.   It was the morning after the whole… incident with Johnny Deuce. Jayna, Ash and Mari were all assembled in the dining room, trying and failing to occupy themselves while they waited for Zane to wake up. He tended to keep odd hours, even by spacer standards.   “We should just… Read More Apex of the Songbird, Episode 7: A-40, Part 1