Of the Same Coin

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Caireann Station and USS Olympic

One order. Three hundred dead. And now Valdes stood outside her door, waiting to explain herself. Displeased wouldn’t have covered half of it – Cressida Brennan was furious, and the fact that she’d been sitting with that feeling for several weeks had done absolutely nothing to alleviate it. [...]

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 [...]