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Creator and writer of The Void, a sci-fi space opera charting the power struggles between four corporate empires, a republic and a theocracy.

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S04E03 - Basilisk: The Eyrians have noticed what has been happening to their allies, the Kollomeen, at the hands of the Teel Corporation, and they are incensed.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S04 E03 - Basilisk — The Void
The Eyrians have noticed what has been happening to their allies, the Kollomeen, at the hands of the Teel Corporation, and they are incensed. The retribution that Conn Teel had budgeted for is now bea...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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S04E02 - Para Bellum: Conn Teel spies an opportunity in the wake of the Republic’s weakened position, and attempts to bring together a coalition to wipe out what is an ideological threat to all of them.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S04 E02 - Para Bellum — The Void
Conn Teel spies an opportunity in the wake of the Republic’s weakened position, and attempts to bring together a coalition of the corporations to wipe out what is an ideological threat to all of them....
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December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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S04E01 - The Lamentation Of Pyrrhus: The Republic have taken heavy losses fighting for the future of humanity, but the corporations seek not to laud them, just take advantage of their weakness.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S04 E01 - The Lamentation Of Pyrrhus — The Void
The Silent War is over, and at a colossal cost, changing the unipolitical balance of the universe. The Republic have taken heavy losses fighting for the future of humanity, but the corporations seek n...
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December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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S03E15 - The Unending Scream Of Nyarlathotep: The final confrontation of the Silent War takes on a new twist with the emergence of the Graav’Gaal superorganism: an amalgamation of all the dark gods.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E15 - The Unending Scream Of Nyarlathotep — The Void
The final confrontation of the Silent War takes on a new twist with the emergence of the Graav’Gaal superorganism. The unified grand fleet had started to gain some momentum at a terrible cost, but thi...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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S03E14 - Blind Idiot Gods: The Graav’Gaal are decimating planets and murdering billions of sapient creatures, and the grand allied fleet is hunting them down in an attempt to end the slaughter.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E14 - Blind Idiot Gods - Science Fiction Series — The Void
The Graav’Gaal are decimating planets and murdering billions of sapient creatures, and the combined fleet is hunting them down in an attempt to end the slaughter. After some hard fought early success,...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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S03E13 - Republican Shoggothic: The Republic send a fleet to assemble with the pan-species grand fleet, the largest gathering of warships in the universe's history. All with one purpose: to stop the Graav'Gaal.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E13 - Republican Shoggothic - Science Fiction Series — The Void
The mobilisation of forces against the Graav’Gaal has begun. The elder species are forming the largest fleet that has ever been assembled. Some of the species are actively hostile to each other, and o...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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S03E12 - Home Is Where The Forest Grows: Mira Candor returns home to meet her Makeen family, and recalls the chain of events that brought them together, starting with her rescue from a slave ship.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E12 - Home Is Where The Forest Grows — The Void
As the Kollomeen conflict starts to escalate, Mira Candor returns to visit the family that adopted the former slave, and we learn more about the history of the prolific bounty hunter and how the Makee...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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S03E11 - The Kollomeen Sorrow: As the Eyrians are distracted with a growing crisis, Conn Teel invades Kollomeen territory, expecting an easy victory without their protectors.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E11 - The Kollomeen Sorrow - Science Fiction Series — The Void
As the Eyrians are distracted with a growing crisis in unexplored space, Conn Teel takes advantage and invades Kollomeen territory, expecting an easy victory without their protectors. However, the Ju’...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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S03E10 - Foundation Day: The Republic celebrates the birth of their democracy, and the HDR Liberator crew finally get a chance to join in the festivities.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E10 - Foundation Day - Science Fiction Series — The Void
The Republic celebrates the birth of their democracy, and the HDR Liberator finally get a chance to join in, the crew dispersing to join their families on this momentous day. But Captain Carl Schafer ...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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S03E09 - The Girl In The Box: Hanna and Skenn venture to Caliban partly to steal tech and partly to rescue the 'girl' she encountered before, as she is linked to the project.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E09 - The Girl In The Box - Science Fiction Series — The Void
Namor Skenn and Hanna Ilyas venture to Caliban, homeworld of the Teel Corporation, in an attempt to steal technology relating to their anti-telepathy countermeasure. Hanna has the additional objective...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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S03E08 - No Good Deed: The Okkarren Tallallian war spills over into Republic space and fighting places Republic citizens in danger. Captain Carl Schafer is forced to intervene.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E08 - No Good Deed - Science Fiction Series — The Void
A nearby xeno war spills over into Republic space, one fleet chasing another. The Liberator is forced into a standoff with the Tallallians before they back down. But with the bad blood between the two...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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S03E07 - Redemption: The HDR Liberator continues to work on saving the Naled colony from disease, but the Naled are paranoid of humanity after the genocide perpetrated upon them.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E07 - Redemption - Science Fiction Series — The Void
The HDR Liberator continues to work on saving the Naled colony from the ravages of a disease, but the Naled are understandably paranoid of humanity after the genocide perpetrated upon them. But, if su...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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S03E06 - Ronin: Wild Space has many pirate clans, and when Kang Si-Woo’s Dokkaebi clan are hit by a rival clan, she seeks some assistance from Admiral Arturius Volt.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03E06 - Ronin — The Void
Wild Space has many pirate clans, and when the Dokkaebi clan are hit by a rival clan, Kang Si-Woo seeks some assistance from Admiral Arturius Volt. There is an opportunity to build an alliance between...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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S03E05 - Soluble Blue: The children of both Wade and Hadrian Heller are kidnapped by a terrorist group and addicted to some of the corporation’s more dangerous drugs.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03E05 - Soluble Blue — The Void
The children of both Wade and Hadrian Heller are kidnapped by the terrorist group Freedom From Chemical Bonds and addicted to some of the Heller Corporation’s more dangerous drugs in an ironic form of...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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S03E04 - Vox Machinae: The Nova Sapien revealed, Schafer and Voight have the task of convincing Orin to help defend their section of the universe from The Silence.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E04 - Vox Machinae - Science Fiction Series — The Void
The Nova Sapien revealed, Captain Schafer has the task of convincing Orin to help defend the universe from The Silence. Major Varma and Namor Skenn lead a rescue mission deep in UCH space. Thousands o...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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S03E03 - Machine Gods: The Nova Sapien have been 'liberating' AI's from the organic species, and they are all drawn to the border of their space to elicit answers.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E03 - Machine Gods - Science Fiction Series — The Void
The Nova Sapien have always been an enigma to humanity. It is suspected that they are a machine civilization, but no-one can confirm this. All that is known is that they are responsible for the disapp...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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S03E02 - Aphrodite: Mira Candor returns to Aphrodite, burned out after such an extended term hunting criminals and fugitives. Aphrodite is a sanctuary and the reason for Mira's trade.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E02 - The Long Road Ahead - Aphrodite — The Void
Doctor Akhona Dzana is the caretaker of the tiny colony of Aphrodite. Crewed by a population of a few hundred people, the population have two items common to them all. The first is their dedication to...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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S03E01 - The Long Road Ahead: The Silence are a threat humanity has never known before. Even their biology is dangerous, and the Eyrians deny access to any samples for analysis.

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The Void - The Long Cold Dark - Episode S03 E01 - The Long Road Ahead - Science Fiction Series — The Void
Following the battle with the Silence, the HDR Liberator returns to Triskele. Recuperation and reflection are needed, but the threat has only been temporarily abated. Denom Richt, keen to analyse this...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM