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ST:HMB Episode 9, Love is Many Stars, Pt 6
Security Officer’s Log, Intergalactic Date 676955.61 The software cleanup and assessment of vulnerabilities on the Impulsive continues. Ensign Sisco is doing an excellent job managing the operation. It’s about time we got him promoted before the Union Fleet offers...
ST:HMB Episode 9, Love is Many Stars, Pt 5
Captain’s Log, Intergalactic Date 676952.94 The first wave of shore leave went reasonably well – a note of commendation for Ensign Gel O’Tin for handling any problems over the shift. Commander Smythe and I got a full night’s sleep for once. Good thing, too, because...
ST:HMB Episode 9, Love is Many Stars, Pt 4
Gel enjoyed his first night managing security on his own. Before the LT had commandeered him for the Impulsive, he's served station security on Starbase 119, mostly on bouncer duty. Handling stationside security on the starship side was much easier. Back then, he'd...
ST:HMB Episode 9, Love is Many Stars, Pt 3
Certainly, you remember Ellie's almost love, Raoul. Yeah, she gets over him fast. Back on the starbase, Ellie and Company were also enjoying a wide range of beings, having eaten, drank and flirted at several of the establishments on the entertainment ring. Around...
ST:HMB Episode 9, Love is Many Stars, Pt 2
Remember how Dolfrick kept appearing and disappearing in the last episode? Now we learn why. We also get to meet his sister! Captain’s Log, Continued Shore leave and the resulting down time will also give the crew some time to truly process the loss of Lieutenant...
ST:HMB Episode 9, Love is Many Stars, Pt 1
Captain’s Log, Intergalactic Date 676952.89 After a couple of very difficult missions, we’re finally getting a break – literally and figuratively. The Impulsive will dock at Organa Station, Europa, for a week of R&R while the ship is thoroughly scoured to remove...
The Old Man and the Void
I write serious science fiction, too! Behold, The Old Man and the Void, a hard SF with hints of space opera.
ST:HMB Phantom of the Cybersphere, Part 13
Since we started with Ellie's romantic interest, let's come full circle. Captain’s Log, Intergalactic Date Finally! We’ve eradicated the Cybersong virus! It was truly a team effort. While Ensign Doall and Lieutenant Lumier kept the Janbot distracted, Lieutenants Perez...
ST:HMB Phantom of the Cybersphere, Part 12
Ellie didn’t know how much longer she could keep resisting. Her arguments and entreaties to Janbot flowed from her mouth in perfect harmony to his demands and wheedling. Meanwhile, the code around her flowed closer, like walls closing in. Before, she could see past it...
ST:HMB Phantom of the Cybersphere, Part 11
Once again, Ellie found herself in the dream world of slowing code, but this time, there was no comfort in it. Janbot was nowhere to be seen, but as before, she felt his presence. Only this time, she understood what it meant. “Please, Janbot, let me go. What am I...
ST:HMB Phantom of the Cybersphere, Part 10
When last we left, Ellie was rushing down the halls like the heroine in a gothic horror, haunted and hunted by the ghost (or should we say phantom) that wants her. For reasons unbeknownst to them, anyone she passes breaks out into a chorus: He’s here - the phantom of...
ST:HMB Phantom of the Cybersphere, Part 9
The realization that her mind had in fact been altered somehow broke Ellie of her spell, at least for the moment. She calmed down enough to apologize to Enigo and to lay quietly. She refused a sedative, saying she needed to know what was going on, and with the Enigo’s...