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njmksr
@njmksr.bsky.social
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God's silliest soldier | ND ☘️ | indie SF author God (so) loves you ✝️ Rights & Dignity for all Mt 9:12-13 He/Him #FightingIrish Co-creator of WAYBOUND with Kirkkerman. PFP by GC Art. www.waybound.space linktr.ee/njmksr
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rugaer @rugaer.bsky.social · Jun 30
factually incorrect classification mariannas
from @njmksr.bsky.social's science fiction anthology setting, WAYBOUND
read more at www.waybound.space
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · May 19
New WAYBOUND story just dropped.

LONGINUS
Amidst the rubble of occupation a Minervan aviator wars with his inheritance.

Read a story about Faith, Hope, Love, and Fighter Jets: ⬇️
www.waybound.space/p/longinus
Longinus
FEBRUARY, 2524— BAD DREAMER, WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Mar 2
Hey everyone, I'm going to be going off Bluesky for the duration of Lent, so don't bother checking here until after Easter. We're still hard at work on the next WAYBOUND story and will be trying to get that up to you guys soon. Check out the website for more info.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Feb 9
WAYBOUND is the sci-fi anthology of the Third Cold War (2343-2523) and its cataclysmic end. It is a character-focused, world-driven short story collection that looks through the eyes of the people who were there to see the worlds catch fire. Lucky them.

READ IT HERE: www.waybound.space/p/start-here
Start Here
WAYBOUND, as an anthology, is written out of chronological order and skips around a lot.
www.waybound.space
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Feb 9
WAYBOUND just passed 800 subscribers!

The next batch of short stories is in-work, exploring the end of the Fools' War (2524), and a few others that might shed some light on the mystery of the SUNRAY program. Or it might not. Who's to say?

Strap in, it's about to get crazy...
A Block III SERPENTIS-Class Guided Missile Destroyer, the USS QUILLBACK (DDG-971) passes through a stylized sort-of Swiss Internationalist 800, along with the text: WAYBOUND, the sci-fi anthology of the Third Cold War and its cataclysmic end. www.waybound.space. The background is an off-white cream color.
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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · Feb 6
Hey man sorry to hear about all your political turmoil. Would it help if I scrolled around on the computer all day and drove myself insane?
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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · Jun 19
Doomerism is chickenshit. an embarrassment to every ape that threw a rock at a bear to protect the tribe. if you actually believe this doomer shit what are you posting for? it's chickenshit and i will have no truck with it. you had something better to do with your life than make the world better?
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · Jan 29
Don't become so focused on doomscrolling and despair that you neglect your other unhealthy hyperfixations. That 16 year old video game won't play itself.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 29
Man I'm honestly really annoyed that all the political allegory I've been writing might just happen for real before I can finish writing it
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 25
The SERPENTIS family is now fully assembled, barring the ones that are from after 2525. I'm being told two of these don't exist though

shoutout @zfall99.bsky.social the shipbashing GOAT
A lineup of the SERPENTIS-Class Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG-852-Class) derivatives, with two of them blacked out due to the authority of A/RES/402/1171/REV.7, the United Nations' Espionage Resolution.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 25
Thanks man! I appreciate it.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 4
The Minervan Fleet Air Arm's No. 818 Naval Air Squadron "Flying Ripsaws" conduct a formation flight of newly received Kormoran Astronautics F23K 'Vaquero' interceptors, Minerva's first aerospace fighter, to kick off the 2522 Republics Air & Space Tattoo in Nouveau-Zahlé, Minerva.
A delta-wedge of seven fairly flat, diamond-shaped fighters are silhouetted by a sun, ε Eridani, and Minerva's rings to their left. The Republics Air & Space Tattoo is the traditional beginning to Sangju Days, a planet-wide, week-long 'Fleet Week' like celebration of the Minervan Navy commemorating the 2343 defection of the Korean Navy warship ROKS SANGJU (EKF-35) to the Minervan Independence Forces, a formative event in the history of the Minervan Navy.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · Jan 5
SSRN(X) (PARCHE)

SSGN(X) (MARIANAS/COLUMBIA)

SSKN(X) (BARRACUDA)

SSN-744i (MAKO)
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 4
This drawing was based on a real picture I found on Twitter, unfortunately I lost the attribution (if you know who took this please let me know, it's gorgeous)
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 4
Read WAYBOUND, an original sci-fi anthology by @njmksr.bsky.social and @kirkkerman.bsky.social , set against a far-future Cold War gone hot, here:

www.waybound.space/p/start-here
Under the light of distant stars, a Fools' War is brewing. It is December 31, 2522. The fate of two hundred billion people across a hundred different worlds rests heavy on two desks scattered across them in paper printouts of intelligence assessments. Two of the largest fighting forces ever assembled by mankind prepare to wage an unprecedented war as soon as they get the go order. The Bureau of Atomic Scientists has reset the Clock. It is thirty seconds to midnight.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 4
he RAST is the traditional beginning to Sangju Days, a planet-wide, week-long 'Fleet Week' like celebration of the Minervan Navy commemorating the 2343 defection of the Korean Navy warship ROKS SANGJU to the Minervan Independence Forces.

READ MORE: www.waybound.space/p/upon-my-sh...
Upon My Shield Rests the Heavens
LORE: The Federated Minervan Republics Navy and Admiral Hughes' Grand Orchestra (Pt. 1)
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 4
The Minervan Fleet Air Arm's No. 818 Naval Air Squadron "Flying Ripsaws" conduct a formation flight of newly received Kormoran Astronautics F23K 'Vaquero' interceptors, Minerva's first aerospace fighter, to kick off the 2522 Republics Air & Space Tattoo in Nouveau-Zahlé, Minerva.
A delta-wedge of seven fairly flat, diamond-shaped fighters are silhouetted by a sun, ε Eridani, and Minerva's rings to their left. The Republics Air & Space Tattoo is the traditional beginning to Sangju Days, a planet-wide, week-long 'Fleet Week' like celebration of the Minervan Navy commemorating the 2343 defection of the Korean Navy warship ROKS SANGJU (EKF-35) to the Minervan Independence Forces, a formative event in the history of the Minervan Navy.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 1
Read WAYBOUND here, and please remember that joint military authority has superseded civilian government in the affected colonies: waybound.space/p/start-here
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Jan 1
We here at WAYBOUND wish you a happy 2025! We've got big things in store for the coming year, and we hope you're ready for the ride.

And remember, if you are a FMR citizen located in: SZ URSAE MAJ., η CASSIOPIAE, GL109, OR 107 PISCIUM, please cooperate with military authorities.
The Republics Basketball League wishes you a slam dunk of a 2525! Happy new year! The Canaveral Astronauts play the Toronto Vipers at 20:00 Minervan Southern Time (03:27 GMT). The signature of the League's commissioner, Dirk Ojeleye, is even on it! There's also an emergency alert for the Piscian Republic. Uh oh!
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Dec 27
The Milsys Mark 368 EMPAC-"Mega Heavy" is capable of firing up to 2500mm rounds, but is frequently necked down to 1825mm in order to carry a larger combat load— still appreciably larger than most capital-grade spinal guns, and "a hell of a lot" faster.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Dec 27
Design studies had been floating around Hun Tian's Jiangnan Complex for some time about taking the existing LŌNGSHĒN-Class and retrofitting it with an "excessively large" main gun that could deliver accurate fire of large payloads at extreme speed. The result was the Big Stick.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Dec 27
This left the UNC with a single OLYMPUS hull and a glaring gap in the lineup. With the ban on dreadnought construction broken following the Landigal Protocols on Arms Reduction falling apart in the early 2500s, nothing stood in the way of the UN's gunnery advantage collapsing.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Dec 27
The FD2500 plan initially called for a production run of the long-dormant OLYMPUS-Class (DRN-277) dreadnought, the largest warship ever ordered, with a carrier of derived design. After pressure from critics, the dreadnought was canned in favor of the THARSIS-Class supercarrier.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Dec 27
The PUERTO RICO is a derivative of the LŌNGSHĒN-Class BBG, a battleship developed for the UN-UNC under the controversial Fleet Design 2500 plan. FD2500 had opposition from hawks and doves; many hawkish politicians questioned if the plan was suited to fight the Minervans at all.
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njmksr @njmksr.bsky.social · Dec 27
Read WAYBOUND, the series this is from, here: waybound.space/p/start-here

PUERTO RICO model by the ever talented @zfall99.bsky.social, poster by yours truly

Lore thread will start here:
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