Topher Lydon

"Not in my waste-hole!"

One thing has changed, Isaiah doesn't give up. Dimitri has a parent that isn't going anywhere.

Book TWO

The Veth are mildly annoyed... Mickey being Mickey, has somehow managed to create an interstellar incident... AGAIN

oops

The pilot's chair of the Vega Vixen III had molded itself to Isaiah Bell's body over eighteen months of constant use. The cracked leather had softened in all the right places. The armrests bore the faint impression of his elbows. The seat had conformed to his spine in a way that was almost, but not quite, uncomfortable—like a hug from someone who wasn't entirely sure you wanted to be hugged. He wasn't sitting in it. Dimitri Ryder-Bell was. Eleven years old, all elbows and knees

The Alcubierre drive was, theoretically speaking, a masterpiece of higher-dimensional physics. A marvel of spatial folding that allowed a vessel to slip the surly bonds of light-speed and ride the very fabric of the universe itself. An instrument of precision, requiring delicate calibration, profound mathematical understanding, and a gentle, coaxing hand at the helm. Mickey Ryder drove it like a stolen cargo skiff with a stuck throttle and a busted transmission. *"You are riding the

A washed-up captain steals an alien saucer, crashes it into a pre-spaceflight civilization, and accidentally abducts a terrified teenage local. Now he's stranded with a hostile hostage, a sarcastic AI, and a teleporter that turns livestock inside out. To make things worse, his estranged husband is tracking him across the galaxy—and the real owners of the ship want everyone dead. A chaotic sci-fi romp about bad decisions, found family, and learning that running from your problems just creates bigger ones.

I would also draw attention to Darien's mental state, and his exhaustion through the chapters. Wylan is beginning to realize that something is wrong with Darien, I've received some DM's of people asking, and I am confirming, Yes there is. Good catch to those folks that spotted it early.

It's rare that Lloyd is the clueless one. I think it's because he doesn't really see Stephan as a sexual being, just his Kid/Squire. I mean he'd immediately pick up on it if it were Ashot, or Julian... but not the "good" one.

hah, read on, find out for yourself. The Emir is far from done.

well he is a bit delicate, femboy might be a good descriptor

The Emir, Ashot, and Stephen are really important to the main plot. Comedy aside, Jerusalem wouldn't have fallen were it not for those three. As you will see.

Ashot's professional disdain over their technique. He's outraged not at what they are doing, but how poorly they are doing it. All the while reminding Stephan that there's a much better option in the garden.

The Emir of Tyre has a fascination with Stephen *ahem* poor boy is so sheltered he has no idea... much to Ashot's sheer delight and profit.

Darien's kingdom grows. Mamistra, the Celician Gates, St. Simeon and down the coast with Tripoli, Beruit and Tyre all under his flag, and bending the knee. At this point he has taken more cities than the other Lords of the Crusade combined. While the others sit and squabble in Antioch, the Prince of Galilee closes his grip over a massive haul of treasure, land, and supplies.

Why to I hear bad, slow country, horses riding across farms, and a scarecrow. Bo Burnham singing, and turning the label outwards so you can definitely see it, wearing 3000$ boots that have never seen a fleck of mud. "Denver Lite" that kind of guy's beer.

I'll get there, just need to develop a story for it, that's the tough part. It's proving tough to figure out one that fits. I'll get there, but remember it's only been half a year.

"Don't massacre the musicians, Val." Good morning.

The ancient, island city of Tyre did not cower behind its massive fortifications when the Vanguard of the Silver Boar arrived on the mainland coast. It did not shutter its windows, barricade its heavy timber doors, nor did it send out a sweating, hyperventilating envoy dressed in yellow silk to beg for mercy on the dusty plains. Instead, as Darien Haskal brought his thousand heavy infantrymen and three hundred Friesian-mounted knights to a synchronized, thunderous halt at the landward edge

tomorrow I am deciding between a murder mystery I am working on, or Carter's Asset, or Vega Vixen 2.0... not sure which way I want to take slot 2. I have a few other works, deeply psychological ones, not much by the way of humour... and I do like to keep Slot 2 more on the lighter tales.

I mean, it's already declared itself Captain of the ship

He was a man who got stuck. He never intended to become the leader of the Hegemony. He merely wanted the GN-2 Emperor out of the way for Edward to ascend. When Edward was killed he got stuck in limbo, it's funny Tripp's fate was the same as Rikard's. He was bored, waiting, trying to figure out what to do next. Stuck in the ruins of his own failure. Then along came Elias, and Lukas. And suddenly his 'passion' was reignited. This takes place in that gap between The Falcon Banner and Sigil... it's where Rikard realizes that there is something more important to him, more important than legacy. And he decides to ascend Elias and start again. Lukas's small act of rebellion, of free will, or breaking the programming and shooting his father. Something no other construct/GN has been able to do before that point. Showing him there's hope.

beware the quiet ones. They may be small, they may seem docile, but they hold fire and fury.