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Cultural Exchange - 3 by Orr8571, literature

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Cultural Exchange - 3

"That's the plan?" Junkers balked. Grifen paused midway through adjusting his beret. Contact with the Reivers had been made and a brief bout of terse authorisations had followed. Whatever the tribesmen thought of them, they didn't decide to punctuate it with open disdain or hostility, since they'd requested to meet the Galena's staff officers. All of them, in person, especially the captain. "Well..." Midshipman Faunin was the youngest soul on board the Galena, and at 15 technically underage for any military service. She was posted to the frigate as part of her navy scholarship - A high performer at school and earmarked for officer training,

Cultural Exchange - 5 by Orr8571, literature

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Several things happened at once. The trader dragged a pair of chemical-propelled handguns from under the table, in time with his two associates, and lifted them. Verdun vaulted clear onto the long conference table, already gathering her strength to gallop straight at them. The two bodyguards lunged for a wheeled trolley, each struggling with the long-barelled laser cannon slung across their shoulders. Two of the Imperial bipeds ducked beneath the table rather than drawing a weapon. The third, their communications chief, simply kicked his stool back and rode it to the floor as he plucked a laser weapon from its holster. Walcroft span in place

Niska - Cave Diplomacy by Orr8571, literature

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Niska - Cave Diplomacy

"Always another side..." Niska wheezed. The mercenary took another unsteady step. She stumbled, then turned the motion into an effort to sit on the dusty stone. Time for a quick rest. And, while she was there, to try and make sense of the entire sorry affair. Below her, huddled in a narrow basin between three barren hills, was a struggling mining village. Rich in iron and minerals, but very poor in food and luck. At the top of one of those hills, a dragon that had been terrorising the village. The village had laid an open bounty on the dragon, and so a steady trickle of hopeful thugs had passed through the village to try their luck. For Nis

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DuCet - The Next Best Thing by Orr8571, literature

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DuCet - The Next Best Thing

Kevin Brightkettle, only a schoolchild but with his heart set upon sorcery, triple-checked his summoning circle. He'd spent a long time on it; lines and runes buried in the most obscure corners of the internet scored into the polished wooden floor of his bedroom, the rug he used to hide it from the prying eyes of parents was coiled up against the door to keep it shut. Each and every score line was filled with chalk dust mixed with salt and another, blue-white powder he'd found in an online witchcraft shop. Cold iron in the form of a bicycle chain encircled the runes, another line of protection. He'd prepared the ritual according to a book he'

KaD - Overflight by Orr8571, literature

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KaD - Overflight

"Lupis Three passing Target B43." Itano Williams shifted in his seat, yet again. Maybe, this time, a reconnaissance flight will do someone, somewhere, some good. Not that he was bitter or anything. "I see you. Fly straight and level, you're now uploading to the signals drone." The control officer sounded almost as bored as the pilot felt, but kept his voice in a crisp baritone. "Understood." The officer wasn't part of Lupis, so Itano never took the time to learn his name, but now he was overwhelmed by a sense of kinship. They were both stuck here until the 5-hour tour was over and the flier could turn for home. Maybe he'd look the man up onc

Cultural Exchange - 2 by Orr8571, literature

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Cultural Exchange - 2

"Surely they can't be as bad as all that?" Captain Athur Tellis balked. "If anything, worse." First Officer Adrianne Verdun kept pace with him on their way from the tastefully appointed officer's mess to Tellis' preferred roost, the primary dorsal bridge. "Damned degerate bipeds can barely bang two rocks together. By my guess, even identification technology is beyond them." Bipeds, Tellis thought. He and his command staff had put a little quiet thought into the semantics of their unique situation. The indigenous race they were due to meet, the genetically modified creatures that race had recruited as auxiliaries and fellow citizens, and Tell

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Cultural Exchange - 1

The HLMS Galena (32ÆF21), a newly built Imperial starship with a trusted crew, soared forth under the command of a dead woman. Not that it mattered much to Lieutenant Yossi Conti, the Galena's sole gunner and fire coordinator. Theirs was a ship with more than one special allowance. For one thing, he was quite literally controlling his station with his mind, via a cord plugged into a small data port at the base of his skull. There were three such Implant stations on the bridge, which was otherwise deserted. On a whim the lieutenant lifted his head slightly to view his surroundings again. Very little attention to aesthetics generally wen

GtS - A Gentleman's Analysis by Orr8571, literature

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GtS - A Gentleman's Analysis

"I hate my job. Damocles would hate my job." - HM Crixin Uen The Reapers are a dangerous opponent. To even consider fighting one of the sentient machines within arm's reach is to consider suicide, but to have to fight without preparing for every such eventuality is even worse. Dimitri Ilya (ID-26364878) had been tasked with finding and refining a way to hold off a Reaper at close range, without incurring fatalities on either side and in as versatile a manner as possible. The problem was, the techniques were for his comrades Crix Belson and Til Xerin, who favoured a bayonet and crowbar respectively. A crowbar has no real purpose on the field

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An Alliance of Convenience - 1 by Orr8571, literature

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“So,” General Fararia sighed, “Let’s get to know one another.” They had no dedicated war room, not even a tent, so Fararia had simply spread her map on the ground. The other commanders had gathered a little closer to see, breaking their reserved distance. They'd been ordered to rendezvous in this portion of the forest, and in the half day that followed had barely spoken a word. Ideal allies they were not. "I'm Fararia, and this is Sasha." At her side a mountainous grey Wolfos raised its head and huffed a greeting. "We've led mixed-race armies before but I'm told you two haven't. Don't worry about integrating our

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Dec 27
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A grumpy, more-or-less employable Writerhermit of a Brit with bad hair.

Expect military-flavoured science fiction, attempted deconstructions of high fantasy settings, fanfic for things too obscure to merit fanfic, and the occasional play around in Sketchup. Please leave your standards at the door.

Current Residence: The Toon

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Guns 'N Roses, Radiohead, White Stripes, Half Man Half Biscuit

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D Abnett, J R R Tolkien, S Mitchell, C S Lewis, All my watchers!

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Orr8571

Jan 7, 2018

Inconvenient Questions about Conspiracies

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Super quick question about our fictional shadowy overlords. Whats your favourite fictional conspiracy? More to the point, what's your favourite backstory/origins for a conspiracy? Is there anything about conspiracy tropes that really annoy you, or is there a conspiracy plot you really want to see someone do something with? (you know, it's been 2 years since that last journal, time to at least pretend I'm active on here...)

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Orr8571

Jul 6, 2016

My tentative short-term plan for Cultural Exchange as it continues: 1. Galena intro (done) 2. FF intro (done) 3. First contact (done) 4. Visual descriptions of each bridge crew (framework ready) 5. Random in-person fight scene (done) 6. Galena space ...

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May 8, 2016

Today, I wrote the phrase 'oncoming drop-rodent'...

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aw, thanks hon!*^^*

Absolutely no problem!

Is there any special reason for this recent burst of art uploading, by the way?

Kansas-spy

May 20, 2018

....i didn't want to do my homework...<.< and i've had these ideas for a while now. so i just though, "why not" and drew and did my homework at the same time. I'm just really happy they're not horrible looking because i've seriously not drawn anything for a freaking long time.

Kansas-spy

Jul 10, 2017

hey! thanks bud! how'd ya like it?

Orr8571

Jul 10, 2017

No worries! I was going to post with my thoughts, but life happened and I lost track of the notification...

(insert obligatory 'Clive got there first' boast

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I very much liked it. There's some nice humour here and there (I liked the part about the glass especially),

Jason's ongoing concern over the speech and his continuing disbelief concerning events, does a great job at humanising him. His role as provider in what appears to be a nuclear family, I'm not sure about, but I remain confident you'll be able to make it relevant sooner or later.

Description is a little sparse, but that suits the piece (and the sleepy protagonist) well.

Overall, its very good and I eagerly await the next chapter!

Kansas-spy

Jul 15, 2017

ah Clive....mind if i give a small shout out to him in this? i think it would be funny. only those who know will know...gosh it would be funny...

Orr8571

Jul 15, 2017

You have my full permission to do so!