Angela Stein was on one of her few breaks from attending to the Admiral’s needs, and was using it to stretch her legs and walk the corridors of Titan’s Whisper. Since the admiral had come aboard, she had been a difficult task master, and Angela had been on the go every waking minute of her day. When she’d been tapped to fill the role of the admiral’s aide during this operation, she’d understood that it was going to be a very demanding job, and was no stranger to hard work, but did like some down time.

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“All hands! Initiating conspace transition!” Stacy announced. It wasn’t usual practice on the Elegance to announce every transition between conventional space and hyperspace, but this wasn’t a normal transition. There was a good possibility that we’d be met on the other side by either the rogue corporates of The Untangled Knot Co. or the transformed crew of a long range survey ship named…

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“So when we get to the coordinates, we might not just have a derelict full of newly spawned ktonshi, but we could have the corporate demon and his minions to deal with too?” I asked, after sipping from a cup of graptak in Jo’s ready room. It was our usual evening ritual if there was nothing urgent demanding either of our time.

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Jo was nowhere to be seen when I got out of the tantaja tube a minute or two behind her. She came out of the tube and was running as soon as her feet hit the deck, hustling off to the bridge in a mood fit to tear someone’s throat out. That Admiral LeBeau might be in for a rather curt conversation, I just hoped we didn’t end up with a diplomatic incident.

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The thing a lot of holovids don’t show you when it comes to the aftermath of a starship being damaged, is the sheer amount of mess that needs to be cleaned up afterwards. All they ever show is everyone scrambling to get systems functional again, especially if it’s in the midst of a battle. There’s sparks flying everywhere, small explosions, personnel being sent flying across the deck, maybe even blood, guts and toenails.

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Content Warning:  Spider-like alien creatures, forced body transformation,  There was no sound within the ktonshi vessel, just the pulse and vibrations of its life mechanisms felt through its internal surfaces. Gentle air currents that reeked of fetid tissue and digestive fluids wafted along its web strewn, darkened corridors, a sensory delight to the denizens that dwelled within those silken threads and undulating walls.