Things Fall Apart

Union City, Cherryh's World, Tau Ceti, 16.14.775 CW 21.6 megaseconds since the catastrophe Elyah could not have said how long she stood there in her mother's arms melting down, save that it was both too long and not long enough. Emotionally, she needed

Union City, Cherryh's World, Tau Ceti, 16.14.775 CW Esmé Singer considered the bags of groceries as she hefted them off the checkout counter from the distribution center with a certain resignation. Cherryh's World had, fortunately, not wholly given up agriculture with the advent of

Zephyr, pacing Robinson Station, Tau Ceti, 16.12.775 CW 21.5 megaseconds since the catastrophe Donato's followup would be nearly one-hundred kiloseconds in finding its way to them. Objectively, this was not too long to wait. After all, it was altogether possible that the investigation itself would

Okay, straight talk, folks. I still have a fair chunk of story to tell. I even know how a lot of it's going to go, although I'll admit I'm having a little trouble with some of the connective tissue. That said, I also started

Better Nate than lever, a chapter for this week after all! Robinson Station, Tau Ceti, 16.12.775 CW 21.5 megaseconds since the catastrophe Karenski had taken advantage of both the communication lag and the travel time to dither over whether he wanted Zephyr's command crew to

Sorry, folks. I'm feeling a bit fried, so no chapter this week. If you've fallen behind, this is a great week to catch up! If you're fuzzy on what's gone before, it's a great week to read from the beginning!

Captain's Office, Zephyr, Inbound Tau Ceti, 16.9.775 CW 21.2 megaseconds since the catastrophe Despite that only a small portion of the crew had been directly involved, the rescue of the Thessalian freighters had made a serious dent on flagging morale. Arriving in-system, the crew had

Tau Ceti, Robinson Station, 16.8.775 CW 21 megaseconds since the catastrophe Karenski had expected long silences between volleys of communication between himself and Zephyr. In fact, he had barely managed to get a word in edgewise. Rather than waiting on him, or indeed, on much of anything, a

This week is a bit of a short chapter, arguably only about half a chapter honestly, because I was at Supercon 2026 this weekend. I wrote what's here, there (because Supercon is basically 60 or so nerds in a ballroom parallel-playing) but now I'm pretty well

Robinson Station, Tau Ceti, 16.8.775 CW 21 megaseconds since the Catastrophe Vadim Karenski's alarm sounded. He silenced it and rolled over. He did not rise immediately, the way he ordinarily would have, the way he had almost every wake-shift over two gigaseconds of his career. Today,