August 30th, OE 102
Mars Atmosphere Descent
"Cydonia. That's where you'll find what you're looking for."
Those were the words spoken by the Database, the artificial beings who seemed to be the first to fully grasp who, or rather what she really was.
The great "Face on Mars", it had once been...
Trees. Carols. Presents. Giant battleships with drills on them.
Oh yeah. It's Christmas time. That means it's time for the annual SRW Ignition Secret Santa!
If you're interested, here's the rules and guidelines:
What are the limits? Gifts should range from $25 ~ $70 dollars total, not...
August 28th
The Crystal Forest
7:18 PM
The ever-encroaching halls of the Crystal Forest, as it had come to be called, were characteristically quiet. None of the organisms that had, in the wake of the eruption of Dimensional Power that had transformed it, which called it home, were stirring -...
August 27th, OE 102
Artemis Outskirts
Reconstruction Area 42C
10:18 PM STD
Hope.
That was the word on Queen Selene's lips, what she had sought to spread across all of Luna. The Kingdom was gone, but Endymion endured. Lunarian and Terran hands alike worked to rebuild, slowly but surely, what...
September 7th, OE 102
Bern, Switzerland
Jericho Faction Advanced Forces Temporary Camp Outskirts
8:18 PM
So far, so good.
As the Jericho Faction had made its way north in parallel with the efforts of its equally ambitious Lunar-sympathizing rival in the east, there had been surprisingly...
August 28th
Armored Train "Pelegri"
West Siberian Plain
En route to Germany
The rattling of the traincar around them would have made anyone a little nauseous, but after a little while? It wasn't so bad. It was definitely a far sight better than the rattling the orbital forces were taking, so...
September 18th, OE 102
Citadel City, Perindor
Perindor Citadel Garden
The hour was late.
A cool breeze filtered through the gardens of Perindor, past the bridge, the only sound being the distant hooting of owls, the chirping of crickets, and the gentle babble of a stream. A man sat cross...
September 1st, OE 102
Prosperity Outskirts
3:18 PM
It hadn't changed at all.
The wind rustled her hair, dust lapping at the end of her boots as Eris Pseudea moved past the creaky, wooden gate. The mid-day sun hung over the ranch, located just outside of Prosperity. Behind her, the gangly...
UE ???
Time: Unknown
The Center of the Universe (?)
A sea of faces, all of them like her own, all standing to attention. Observers, doing what they - what she - had been designed for: recording, cataloguing, inspecting.
A sphere of jet black in a sea of white. That was what her "eyes"...
August 28th, OE 102
Mars Airspace
En route to Deimos
Five days of silence had reigned across the communications array of the Valstork in its lonely mission as it crested the void, like a silver arrow cast from the blue planet in defiance of the red. Not a soul had passed them on the way back...
August 28th, OE 102
Bunker 48 Factory Area
Residence of Exiled Former Lord Thane Ashford
9:09 PM
It could hardly be called the executive suite.
As the artificial evening settled in among the Colonies, at least one area remained quiet in comparison to the ceaseless, factorial churning of its...
September 5th, OE 102
A great scar, sliced across the stomach of the Moon. The Lunar Maw, from whence all EOT had come, and still more was excavated every day. Metallic forms scrambled out of its way, the once colossal mining equipment rigs that had littered its surface now conspicuously clear...
February 11th, OE 102
8:00 PM DST
L4 Shoal Zone
Some places, not even the Space Pirates would tread.
The outskirts of L4 had been subject to numerous cleanup efforts over the course of the years, but never had they been full-throated. The looming half-cylinder of a semi-completed Colony...
L5 Cluster
Time: Unknown
The Nest
An ancient, creaking room, abnormally large in the distorted sunlight. Dust and debris littered the interior, as a small figure stood in the doorway, infinitely tiny compared to the scale of the place.
Home,
Or... The closest thing they had ever had to one...
August 28th
L4 Colony Branch Outskirts
"Gladius" Storage Facility
3:18 AM DST
A nice, peaceful night.
Desmond Terell kicked back in his seat, and gave a sigh of contentment. This was the kind of position people dreamed of being assigned to: head of a low-security, strategically irrelevant...
August 21st
University of London, Converted Dormitory 5-11A
London
7:18 AM
Cold.
Eliza Kruger let out a tiny sigh as the first rays of dawn peeked through the blinds, shining directly into her eyes, her platinum-tressed head peeking over the oversized covers in a fashion not unlike a pen in...
August 6th, OE 102
Sana'a, DEI Headquarters
2:00 PM
"Tilde Cortaine, was it?"
Bertram Kestler's voice drawled out across the interior of his office. In the mid day heat, his tie was worn loose, and even with the fan churning rapidly overhead, he frequently dabbed his forehead with a...
Name: Matilda "Tilde" Cortaine
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Ethnicity: Mixed Nordic / French descent
Appearance:
Other Information: Full potential brought out through contact with the Origin Unit twelve years prior, restored voice and use...