Adam Murton (aka Vardos Cadix) has his own Antares fiction blog where he has a number of continuing stories. We’re delighted he was inspired by the new panhuman heads for the Concord and wrote us a serial on the Vyess and the Gyohn. Fall from grace, by Adam Murton Read Part I Read Part II …
The Hükk Hunts What do Hükk do? Part 2, Antares fiction by Tim Bancroft. Ban Stass wiped his hands down the front of his coveralls. The hold stank – whether it was from the cargo of rotting flepods he’d just unloaded to the Ghar or from the filthy Outcasts themselves he didn’t know. The stars…
The Hükk Hunts What do Hükk do? Part 1, Antares fiction by Tim Bancroft. ‘I don’t like it.’ Fen Mahr tapped the table with a fingernail. ‘He may be insulted.’ ‘He?’ Across the table, Commander Es Thal had a faint smile on his face. ‘It, then. And it’s not something to scoff at, either. The…
Heads up: Baray meets a Mandarin Chryseis ‘Beyond the Gates of Antares’ short fiction by Tim Bancroft Dated some time while after ‘The Claiming of Shamasai’, ‘Batu and the SITAI’. Batu and Baray were kidnapped by an Isorian Senatexis (NuHu councillor) and taken back to Senatex space. During the NuHU’s experiments, the Shamasai Shard was…
Continued from part 2: Squad Kale Part 2 A maelstrom of ash engulfed them. Kale’s visor flickered with static as the tunnel entrance cascaded down, shutting them off from the Boromites and the desolated planet beyond. She switched to night vision and the darkness dissipated into an emerald glaze, flecked with the hazy outline her…
Continued from part 1: Read Part 1 Kale “Open fire!” Her squad regrouped and sent a volley into the new enemy. The ambush had downed two of her squad she noticed immediately, but those who remained enacted revenge with swift, practiced efficiency. Maynn and Usta she noted, warriors of a dozen campaigns, gone in…
Kale Radiation. The whole planet was saturated in it. Vegetation had turned brown and wilted, the primitive cement blocks of outmoded settlements were corroded, and vast fields that once produced crops for outlying systems scarred black with iridium poisoning. A crimson sky streaked with acidic grey cloud generated a dense atmosphere. The planet’s single sea…
Soft light; gentle sounds of breakers on a nearby shore; a musty, slightly spicey smell. He opened his eyes to see a smile, dark eyes. ‘Baray.’ ‘Welcome home, sire.’ ‘Where are we?’ ‘On board the Vard of Delhren, sir, amongst the Home Fleet. We’re in a hospital recovery room. You’ve been in intensive care for…
The rapid stuttering of distant lugger gun fire coincided with the tuneful roar of plasma grenades sending pillars of dust and rock into the air. Shaltok grunted in appreciation. The humans had been deceived, were struggling with identifying his camouflaged Outcasts. A pity there aren’t more of the local animals to drive towards them. His…
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