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Nav-System

By Matt

On 14/06/2021

In Stories

Phase-Space Drive engaged

Multiple destinations are now available, waiting for input…

Here you will find the list of stories currently, old ones will be found towards the bottom and the newest at the top.

The Fires of Calderas

By Matt

On 09/08/2023

In Sci-Fi, Stories

Somewhere in the cold confounds of the universe was a shielded world, no one had attempted to, successfully, turn those shields off. Until now.

‘Come on Yish, you’re wasting company time’

Her fingers froze over the keyboard, mid-way in entering some form of sequence, and struck dagger-like eyes at her boss. He stood in a staunch manner behind Yish, unfazed by her stare.

‘This line of work ain’t easy you know, unless you want to compile and reform ancient data?’ she retorted.

Those slim fingers resumed the dance of keyboard mashing. Her eyes were shaped of an opal, their colour- a powerful green. The woman’s skin was blue and dotted. For hair, were needles like that of a hedgehog, and some were on her forearms, yet they’d been trimmed.

This was what her people looked like.

Those That Lurk In Ursa

By Matt

On 05/06/2023

In Sci-Fi, Stories

He stood there with his morning coffee, to the same view he has seen for thirty years. It was thirty one actually as today was the anniversary of his employment, on this post. Over those years he had progressed from an ensign to commanding officer of this post. The old commander had to retire at some point, who also had a soft spot for this, at the time, young man. At fifty-eight, he may very well do the same.

The edge of his cup reached the man’s lips, and sipped. His eyes, as well as most of the man’s front body. were coated in bright blue. Beyond the observatory from whence he gazed shone a blue star, Epsilon Ursae Majoris (a.k.a. Alioth); a star that belonged to the Ursa Major constellation. No planets, no spatial anomalies, no traffic. Silence.

A World Amidst Shadow

By Matt

On 15/10/2022

In Sci-Fi, Stories

Cold, and a sharp agonising pain was what she felt. Her frozen eyelids broke asunder and saw their first light for God knows how long. The layer of glass above her lifted ajar.

‘Greetings Captain, I hope you have had a fulfilling sleep; but I have encountered an… interruption. I had to wake you early, for your immediate attention’

‘Early?’

‘Yes Captain’

She clambered her way out from the stasis pod and her eyes glanced to the others near her. No one but herself was awake. The Captain wobbled to a locker and got dressed, grabbed a calorie bar, a hot drink then headed for the bridge.

Black Pyramid

By Matt

On 14/09/2022

In Other, Stories

A group of archaeologists unearth an unorthodox pyramid. Ancient records spoke of it as a place of rebirth…

Long, dark and dusty corridors shaped into a trapezium awaited me every corner I took. It was a maze. Unlike the pyramids I had ventured into…my legs trembled where they’d stood, my mind pondered on the place where I’d entered in hope of climbing back out, however, all my eyes could see was what I had described at the beginning.

This was no ordinary pyramid as the structure was built upside-down. A pyramid that pointed down into the earth. My team and I did not know whether it was built into the ground or stood high supported by other structures and simply buried over time.

Why? We do not know either, of what or whom it entombed. But I’ve looked for a very long time by going on vague rumours, old documents, tales known only by a few and lastly; faded dreams. The information gathered pointed us to the black desert of Egypt (where else would a black pyramid be?). Those who had the dreams spoke of two statues on each side of the pyramid, one statue took the form of a crocodile whereas the other was a… snake. Both statues represent one being, one that I had not expected to be adorned with such luxury. A deity not praised; but despised.

Light-Blazer

By Matt

On 10/07/2022

In Sci-Fi, Stories

‘Command, this is Light-Blazer, we’re ready to proceed’

‘This is Command, everything appears to be green across the board on our end, prepare for pre-flight checks’

‘Copy, disengaging from docking station delta. Moving to designated co-ordinates, over’

The ship’s wings spread, its thrusters burst with furious fire, pushing its sleek, metallic body through space and to the staging point.

‘Well dear, this is it, it’s finally happening’

‘Yeah, from all our hard work…we did it’, said Deanne.

‘Oh Mark can you boil the kettle’, she added.

‘What, right now?’

The two give each other lingering gaze.

‘I don’t thing that’s a great idea Deanne, I’ll make you a coffee once we’ve made it, ok?’

The woman sighs.

‘I guess’

‘Going to be you cleaning up the mess if it gets everywhere, not me…how far till our staging point?’

‘Er, ten metres, so any moment….now’

The astronauts tap away at the terminals in front of them, running diagnostics, double checking everything.

‘Pre-flight checks out’

‘This is Light-Blazer to Command, pre-flight checks are green, we’re ready to warp, over’

‘Affirmative Light-Blazer, you are cleared for warp, Godspeed’

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Category: Stories Page 1 of 5

Nav-System

Phase-Space Drive engaged

The Fires of Calderas

Those That Lurk In Ursa

A World Amidst Shadow

Black Pyramid

Light-Blazer