Alpha Centauri

Having settled point two of the agenda before point one, the council resumes its discussion of how to slow the Planetary Security Force. Blocking Miasma Pass seems to be the direction they’re leaning in, though some people express interest in disrupting supply lines. “I feel like you have to disrupt supply lines first,” Roze opines, … Read more

When the council convenes the next day, it’s actually in the same room where Astrid and her splinter group were plotting. Now Cleve is seated at the head of the table, with Tenoch and Roze on his right and the Ekes on his left with Chloe. Dr. Citali is at the other end of the … Read more

I ask around for Astrid, and it doesn’t take long to learn that she’s talking with some of her close associates in the conference room, one of the larger spaces in Data Haven. I listen at the door before I go in, but I can’t make out much of what the voices are saying. What … Read more

“So what’s this about the food being low?” I ask Shilp, hooking on to one of his earlier comments. “When we left a week ago there was plenty.” There are people here who want to return to life in the domes, and Shilp here talks with them often enough to be considered their best representative … Read more

Shilp and Astrid Eke are arguing with each other when Cleve and I come across them seated at a table in the common room. “No! We have to do something. Ambush them, come to a deal with them, whatever. But something!” Astrid is saying. She slaps her hand on the table to punctuate her point. … Read more

Cleve’s checklist has two more names on it, the Eke siblings. But before we go talk to people who might be happier returning to life in a dome, I have some ideas I want to explore with Roze. They have evidence that Morgan was the last person to leave Captain Garland’s quarters onboard Unity. It’s … Read more

The tension is gone from the room when Louisa returns for the next batch of equipment. Marina loads her down with a larger electronic device, maybe some sort of EKG. When Louisa is once again on her way outside, Marina asks me and Cleve about her. “So I talked a little bit with Louisa, but … Read more

Since everything went so smoothly patching up Cleve’s scalp, I decide this would be a good time to get Dr. Citali outside to measure what happens when I’m healing something. In this case, me. When Cleve and I get down to the medical center, she’s leaning over a seated Arx, stethoscope to their chest. “Yeah, … Read more

The rover drives up with a pleasantly quiet hum as Cor and I return to Data Haven’s hidden entrance. Cleve and Tenoch have been hard at work while we were on our stroll. I wave goodbye to Cor, who has to clean Mr. Fuzzy’s claws, and join the others outside the car. I stand casually … Read more

///On his second day of recruiting for the council, Cleve meets with Tenoch. The first priority that day is the rover, not the future of the colony. Tenoch is pleased to see that Cleve is back and well, but the same cannot be said about their view of the vehicle. They verbally document each difference … Read more

The next morning, I bump into Cor in the hallway, far earlier than I normally expect to see her up. She’s got Mr. Fuzzy with her, and they’re headed toward the elevator. “Hey, wait up,” I call after her. I’d be happy to go outside for a bit, myself. Data Haven isn’t as bad as … Read more

Chloe is studying a Stepdaughters of Chiron zine when we track her down. She’s got the little booklet open to a page with a sketch and description of a type of native life I haven’t seen yet, fool’s fungus. Cleve jumps straight into business. “We just talked to Roze,” he announces. “Basically, the short of … Read more

If I let things stand where they are, Roze will press for Data Haven to do nothing in the upcoming conflict. I need to get the hackers to a more favorable position before Cleve convenes this council. “This Morgan Industries move against the Stepdaughters of Chiron, the one that’s going to march an army overhead, … Read more