http://www.void-dogs.com Fantasy Space Opera Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:43:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "So, yes, it looks as though I can get the food, but there's just one problem: I don't like it," Lilliana said. "As much as that speaks ill of your taste, I fail to see its relevance," Galatea said. "You aren't going to be eating it." "I mean the deal," Lilliana said. ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/109 "Sir?" Fourth Second Officer Lieutenant Commander Jacob Asher said to his commander at the end of a shift briefing. "If you recall that other matter I mentioned... the, ah, trafficking on the trade boards?" "Yes," Commander Mehoff said. "Has something more come of it?" "Well, possibly... I've had what we might call ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/108 "I have a nibble," Lilliana told Galatea when the latter approached her the next day. "A nibble? Oh, well, I suppose I should be grateful," Galatea said. "Perhaps in another six days you'll have found a morsel for me, or even a bite." "I mean, I have a query from someone about ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/107 The CSS Stability was an octohedral ship with secondary command decks located at each of its six points. The primary command deck was located in the center of the well-fortified vessel, along with the alchemy drive and most of the critical systems, though there were redundant back-ups located throughout the ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/106 "How can you coninute to fill the galley stocks up with such perverse, disgusting fare?" the statuesque "young" runaway from the Galactic Confederation demanded when she finally cornered Lilliana. "Nobody's saying you have to eat it," Lilliana said. "In fact, so long as you're abstaining there's that much more for everyone ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/105 The one area where life had inarguably improved on board the Rebellion was in the communal mess. In the freighter's original configuration, the mess area had been larger, but it had also been meant to accommodate far more people. Under Daniel Shays, the Rebellion had always made do with far ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/104 Three weeks had gone by since the crew of Shays Rebellion, using luck and skill and desperate stratagems, had narrowly escaped from the chaos aboard the Fickle Finger---now utterly bankrupt and under major quarantine for reasons that were only partly their fault---and if those eighteen days had been somewhat less ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book03/103 After taking his leave of his estranged fiancee, Fortunato made his way out of The Meadows the same way he had come... backtracking to his office, in the section of the station that had originally been his little tramp ship, so very long ago. When he arrived there, ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/102 "Mass hysteria's always a good start... what are you doing for an encore?" Lilliana asked Dick as she supported a still rather dazed Leo. "And do we have to pick Handy back up on the way?" "If it all goes according to plan, she'll be dropping in on us on the ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/101 "Hold on," Dick said. "Adams... tell the twins to drop the bombs." "Bombs?" Lilliana repeated. "I determined it would be easier fighting in than out, so I undertook to arrange for the powers that be to have other things to worry about on our way out," Dick said. "Aren't you worried you'll have ... http://www.void-dogs.com/book02/100