![]() "You really trust this guy? Come on Jarun, there's no way that he would sell you the info on a 'sure thing' when he could just as easily go and hit the place himself and pocket the credits." He was slightly younger than her, and they'd known each other for most of their lives, but he was old and decrepit while she was only just barely leaving childhood and becoming a maiden. The salarian's eyes almost seemed to be bulging out of his head, one of them milky white and unseeing while the other black orb was rimmed with a verdant green. We might even make enough to get off this stupid rock." "Ish, I'm telling you that it's a good gig. The apartment that Ishara shared with her mother was in the destitute upper reaches of Kamina, a cramped room serving as their kitchen, dining room and living room all in one and which had two coffin-like cupboards adjoining it with simple sleeping mats in them to act as bedrooms. Kamina was one of those enclosed cities, the rich living closer to the ground and thus where they would be the most shielded from the effects of the harsh planetary environment while the poor and destitute lived in the upper reaches or on the exterior of the main structure, afforded even less environmental regulation and with abodes that were sweltering during the day and freezing at night. Forty hours where outdoor activity was restricted to what you might be able to do in an environment suit while the thirty hours of cool night were a flurry of people doing anything they might want outside of the enclosed cities. The long, seventy hour long days made for a life cycle that was comparatively unique. It was the key, defining characteristic of the Terminus world that it cursed to be a perpetual oven across the side receiving sunlight, only dipping into comfortable temperatures when finally shielded from the light of the local star. Great Lords'll take all you can give and ask for ever more,Ĭause there'll never be an end to the Succession War,īlisteringly hot, across most of the surface. Planetary populations doomed with a word, ![]() The death knell of humanity was the Great Lords looking on,įor they coveted the throne, and would raise all kinds of hells,Ītomic fire, viral plagues, even just the sword, She was big and fat and slow, an example of our greed,īut it was surely a warning that we failed to heed Īcross a hundred battlefields men have fought and died,įor the ideations of a grand Star League with pride,īut would that they had known that it was all for naught,Ĭause the Generals were stealing, an example of the rot Īmaris may have been a traitor, May have killed the Cameron's īut what killed the Star League wasn't bullets, Wasn't shells, My eyes did see the glory of the launching of the 'prise,Īs it slipped from docks under tow from a dozen DropShip tugs It's not perfectly in tune, few too many syllables in some lines I think, but it's what I did in about fifteen minutes. but I wrote this to the tune of 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' after listening to the MechWarrior Hymn a few too many times. Not gonna threadmark it because it isn't part of the story. Recover HUMAN technology – list enclosed as attachment UNKNOWN HOSTILES are still aboard and have not breached armament storage facilities as of -03:91Įliminate UNKNOWN HOSTILES with extreme prejudice Maximum number of passengers carried - 694 Not expected to be capable of fighting and deemed likely to flee at first sign of Citadel reprisal. UNKNOWN HOSTILES remain unidentified, ship is a HENSA-CLASS CRUISER – primary mass accelerator has been removed and vessel is in poor state of repair. Station deemed to no longer be under Citadel control, captured by UNKNOWN HOSTILES. Reconnaissance drone dispatched and observed station. Station security came under attack by enemies coming from docking bay and was overwhelmed, automated emergency response was sent 08:54 hours. Shipment arrived late, claimed that it had diverted course and delayed due to pirate activity in the region, transmitted identification codes when queried and was permitted to dock. PINNACLE STATION – weapons research and testing siteįinal shipment of captured HUMAN technology was to be received -08:00
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