Chapter 5 - "Fleet Manoeuvres In The Dark"
The chase is on. The Republic fleet hunt the Cadir incursion fleet, but tracking hostile ships in the void is not as easy as one might hope. Jumpgates offer a few clues, but it is usually destruction that offers the best indications. And if the Cadir are sparring with a third fleet, then that might provide Schafer enough evidence to hunt down the invaders.
Chapter 4 - "Motivation"
In advance of the battle they soon expect to have with the slug-like Cadir, Captain Schafer addresses the fleet. He knows there will be a cost to this venture, as there always is with any Cadir incursion, and so he needs to inspire the men and women under his command.
Chapter 3 - "Under A False Flag"
Piety, Throneworld of the UCH theocracy, and Grand Harmoniser Piotr Vedek consults with his most trusted military advisor, Cardinal Orvol Kigen. They need a means of blunting the Cadir crusade when the cardinal hits upon a potential solution: a false flag operation.
Yes, Shallow Trenches/Open Skies takes place in Belgium during WWI in 1918, but scifi can take you to some pretty strange places. This one in particular also lends itself to the elements of body horror appearing in the manuscript...
Anne McCaffreyβs 100th birthday today!
Chapter 2 - "Strange Patterns"
Captain Schafer and Commander Voight receive their next mission: to intercept a rogue Cadir fleet. Given the rather violent history humanity has with the Cadir, this is unlikely to be resolved with anything else. They might be upright slugs with tentacles and a xenophobic attitude, but they are not to be underestimated.
Moe, the cobbler rob(ot) turned green-bottle jelly wrangling farmhand, is without a doubt one of my favorite characters.
He's suffered to get where he is, and he's not about to give it up without a fight.
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