The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXVII

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXVII

Grugell A valuable ship lost. A mission failed. A plan proven futile. And an enemy grown stronger. The Emperor was not happy. His principal advisor, Kaxatrisk II, along with the Admirals Pokatak IX and Gilgakat XII, were now scattered vapor in the thin Grugell...

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXVII

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXV

The Rangely Retreat Director Pritchard pocketed his comm-link, a satisfied grin on his face.  “All right,” he announced, holding up his hands to gain the attention of the delegates assembled in the main lodge.  “That was Captain Jan Benton, commanding the...

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The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part XXIV

Fifteen kilometers inland The setting was beautiful.  Fifteen kilometers from the outskirts of Mountain View was the tiny community of Rangely, a farming and ranching town of about two thousand.  And just outside of that community was the Rangely Retreat, a...

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part VII 

Six The Star of Carolina, in transit “Did you ever imagine anything like it?” One of the Star of Carolina’s outstanding features was its observation bubble, a large poly-steel blister on the outer hull that offered a slowly rotating view of space – or, in this case,...

The Crider Chronicles: Confederacy – Part V 

Four High Earth Orbit An enormous disk of a ship coasted slowly towards high Earth orbit.  A slight glow of a Gellar drive under one-quarter power slowly edged the enormous disk into the parking orbit recently vacated by the passenger liner Star of Carolina, just...