Epilogue

Enemy

Caireann Station

Everything has changed, and Caireann Station still smells like smoke. It’s a reminder of what happened here – and how our survival wasn’t thanks to the alliances, ingenuity or diplomacy,  but a quirk of the universe that ruptured the apertures and forced the Vaadwaur to retreat. The dead [...]

Requiem

Enemy

Caireann Station

“How?” Ceix asked, looking down at the dead body of Gant, the Vaadwaur who had helped them survive. Who had provided the intel that had made them hold their ground until the attackers withdrew.  Who had surrendered himself to the Federation’s justice, but never met it. The man’s body [...]

Finale, in C minor (Pt. 2/2)

Enemy

Caireann Station

“Prepare to be crushed.” For a moment, Ops went silent. Surrender had never truly been an option, but it had been a consideration, a choice, the first real choice in all of this. And now that they had made it, there was nothing left but to face whatever lay ahead. The waiting Vaadwaur closed [...]

Finale, in C minor (Pt. 1/2)

Enemy

Caireann Station

There was no smalltalk, no discussions. Just an eerie silence that seemed to suffocate the occasional beeping of consoles and hushed murmurs of the crew. Yellow alert bathed Ops in a soft amber light, having lost its urgency after weeks of expecting the worst, and hoping for the best. Ceix, at the [...]