30 (DSV Nautica) War
The Curator and The Architect stood in the matriarch's chamber, silently mulling over what they had been told. It wasn't going to be easy. They stole a glance at each other, reluctant to do as they were told."I never said it would be easy. It's really...
26 (DSV Nautica) Stillness
It was cold. Very cold where Aki was. The sun had not moved. It was almost like a never ending twilight. Celeste stood unmoving, staring off into the distance. Would she ever be allowed back? Celeste smiled, as something moved in Aki's peripheral...
47 (DSV Nautica) Respect
Aki's gaze was lost in the forward display of the Erebus. So much had happened recently, and she was handling it rather well, she thought. From a normal star ship commander to a reader of the Eidolon scrolls in less than two days time. When was the...
29 (DSV Nautica) Three days
Three days later...Lieutenant Chrys sat at his station, bored out of his mind. A tiny stellar outpost on the edge of the wild lands didn't get that much action, despite the way the media portrayed this place. It you couldn't get more bored with a...
45 (DSV Nautica) Storms brewing...
"Flare! Flare!" Lyn began calling excitedly. She ran toward the excavation, her heart pounding in her chest with joy. "Lyn? Whoa, calm do-" "They are here!" Lyn began to laugh, full of joy. There was a roar overhead, as a figure on a large elongated,...
49 (DSV Nautica) Remains
Zhi sat in his quarters, wringing his hands together, glancing around. He had expected Aki to be here when they had gotten back but she, not to mention Ka'ya and De'an, were nowhere to be found. He had a lot to talk to her about, but first she had to...
44 (DSV Nautica) Quaking
Long tense silences. These were getting old. Loki stood slowly, standing before the seer. "These scrolls are old artifacts. Beyond that, I am not able to tell you anything. I can, however, arrange for a visit from someone more....qualified to answer...
24 (DSV Nautica) Lost in Time, Lost in Space...
Aki opened her eyes to blue skies. She frowned and raised her head ever so slightly. She was lying nude in a clearing of trees. Feeling herself and the surroundings for anything that might be with her, finding nothing. It was weird. The clearing was...
48 (DSV Nautica) Newcomers
The Mors exited FTL, very close to the Ayr'ese city, maneuvering to dock in one of the bays that normally held a Dreadnaught. The procedure was long and arduous, but was finally completed to let the crew off. Flare moved up to the central command...
50 (DSV Nautica) Fight or flight
Aki laid in her private quarters aboard the station, all Elites got their own quarters, though the enlists got put into communal housing. She liked the privacy that was afforded by a room, but missed the social connections she had made during her time...
46 (DSV Nautica) Secret Treasures
"Matriarch....we must talk about the Bifrost gate." "Oh?" "Yes." The Architect was quite stern in his assertion. "The Bifrost has served its purpose, but also has lit up like a flare across the galaxy. We need to shut it down." This was sudden,...
51 (DSV Nautica) Rest
"Mors, you have clearance to dock." The giant behemoth limped into dock 12. They had seriously underestimated the power of those attackers. They had already sent ahead word of what had happened, and it had the high command and inner council in a bit of...