Uncertain Freight – Part One: The Payoff

     It had been a long time since Rudy woke from his sleep in a fearful sweat. The nightmares had almost completely vanished in recent years, but this past week had seen them return for five nights in a row. He stumbled into the ‘fresher and splashed a little cool water on his face, and … Read more

Uncertain Freight

A story by Hot4Darmat Prologue    A dozen ships hung silent and motionless in a jumbled formation over the Mohawk L-point. The largest of them was a heavy corvette, that looked as though it had been constructed from a dozen different ships each of different liveries and markings. In fact every ship in the group, from … Read more

Out in the Cold

A story by Hot4Darmat The gentle chime of an alarm from the navigation panel startled him from his light dozing. He almost spilled the cup of coffee still in his hand on the armrest of the captain’s seat. There was still a little warmth in the cup, so he hadn’t been asleep for long. It … Read more

The Pleiades Incident. Act One, Chapter One – The Awakening

The Awakening Incoming communiqué coming from the I.G.C.P.F. (Inter Galactic Commercial Police Force) addressee Jimbocop IGCPF hereby authorises an extended deep space ‘investigatory’ mission to the Pleione star system in the Pleiades star cluster, you have been granted access to all law enforcement and military hardware found in the category seven mandate this includes the … Read more

The Pleiades Incident

A story by Kr4z3d Prologue It is the year 47241 After the Great Plague (AGP), it has generally been accepted that during the time of the Great Plague some three hundred years or so of wars, famine, disease, general wanton destruction and pandemonium that humanity had to change its ways. As did several other juvenile … Read more

Short Stories

Just Desserts, by Issalzul Syde I had just acquired my new Advanced Patcom, and wanted to test it out, so I targeted Baal’s L-point for my run. Not wanting to start off overconfident and get myself killed, I set my sights on a Maas convoy, two escorts, two freighters. With all the upgrades I had, … Read more

The Big Chase

The Big Chase – Real story, by Avi “KnightDelta” Dorf After chasing down some cargo, and getting enough equipment to really start my adventures, I decided to start by doing something thats in my blood. Stealing some high-quality, expensive, luxurious, Maas Corporation loot from a mega freighter, just under their noses in their own security … Read more