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Topher Lydon

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  1. The Signature Flight Support terminal at Toronto Pearson International Airport was a masterclass in sterile, insulated luxury, designed specifically to isolate the global elite from the chaotic miseries of commercial air travel. At five-thirty in the morning, the expansive lounge was bathed in the soft, ambient glow of recessed halogen lighting. The air was perfectly climate-controlled, carrying the faint, expensive aromas of roasted Ethiopian coffee, polished Italian leather, and the sharp, und
  2. Tweek would never have allowed Hollis to beam down. "Sorry sir, fleet reglations! Captain's aren't allowed to beam down into potentially hostile situations..." "They're twinks, Tweek..." "I never said THEY'D be the hostile situation!" Tweek gets :: the eyes::
  3. Ensign Tweek has his own Prime Directive, no one touches his man.
  4. My Internet is down sorry for the late post
  5. The away team trekked through the dense jungle for twenty minutes, following a crude, winding dirt path that clearly indicated intelligent life. Guy jumped at every snapping twig, Park continued to aim his heavy ordnance at every passing butterfly, and Doc complained bitterly about the humidity ruining the leather of his signed-out jacket. Eventually, the trees broke, revealing a sprawling, primitive settlement situated on the banks of a crystal-clear river. The village was comprised
  6. The plate-glass windows of the rented campaign storefront on Church Street were completely opaque, coated in a thick, dripping layer of interior condensation that blurred the neon signs of the Village into abstract smears of amber, violet, and electric green. Outside, a punishing October drizzle was falling over Toronto, freezing as it struck the cracked pavement, turning the sidewalks into sheets of treacherous black ice. Inside, the air was hot, stale, and smelled overwhelmingly of cheap deliv
  7. Liam might object. the two of them have the old Sociopath vs Psychopath debate well in hand.
  8. Crewman Guy trying not to die... again.
  9. 'cause nothing bad ever happens on away missions....
  10. The main viewscreen of the Zodiac was, for the first time in over a month, not filled with the soul-crushing, endless black void of deep space. Instead, it was filled with color. Brilliant, vibrant, impossible color. A planet hung in the center of the display, slowly rotating on its axis like a massive, swirling gemstone. It possessed deep, cerulean oceans that caught the light of its nearby parent star, vast continents draped in rich, emerald greens, and a delicate, wispy atmosphere of sta
  11. The Langevin Block, situated directly across from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, housed the Office of the Prime Minister. It was a massive, imposing structure of heavy sandstone and dark wood paneling, designed to project permanence and stability. On this particular late October afternoon in 2008, stability was the single most valuable and elusive commodity on the planet. Prime Minister Robert Hesston sat behind his massive desk, staring at a stack of macroeconomic reports that read like a loc
  12. Ensign Tweek is currently winning Captain Hollis knows this. The whole crew know this. Even the ships AI knows this
  13. Someone has to be competent
  14. 02 The chronometer on the bulkhead of Captain Hollis’s quarters read 0200 hours, ship-time. It was an entirely arbitrary measurement. Time, much like the structural integrity of the Zodiac and Hollis’s own will to live, had become a fluid and deeply unreliable concept since the accident. Hollis lay flat on his back, staring up at the beige ceiling panels. He was wrapped in a standard-issue synthetic blanket that managed to be simultaneously too thin to provide warmth
  15. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 5

    I will do more of these, keeping them as short adventures. It's set up as a Dungeons and Dragons party, each role clear. So it fits to short, episodic adventures. Plus we need to explore the 12 kids Gabe fathered, the naughty monk.
  16. Will's retail political approach, with his blatant honesty resonates with people. It's what Trudeau needed, that credibility of a man known to sit down, say "Look this is all screwed up, here's why it is screwed up, and here's what I am going to do to try to fix it. If you want that, vote for it. If there is a better option for you, vote for them. But get out there and decide." It's why, in Carter's Order, Trudeau is relying so heavily on Will to bail the party out of scandal. And why, when it backfires on the Prime Minister, things go badly.
  17. The border
  18. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 5

    Next Week:
  19. Boris Petrov was not a hero. He was thirty-eight years old, possessed a mild astigmatism that required him to wear thick, wire-rimmed glasses, and had spent the last fifteen years of his life writing backend financial routing code in a series of increasingly bleak office buildings. He had a wife named Elena who taught primary school mathematics, a twelve-year-old daughter who desperately wanted a horse, and a profound, bone-deep desire to remain entirely unnoticed by the world. He worked o
  20. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 1

    Jacob is from a Line of Carters. Liam Carter who served in Crimea circa 1885 (from the Frost Faire) Jacob Carter who served in WWI and WWII and earned a Victoria Cross (From Blackwater) David Carter who served in the Iraq War and died defending his men (saving West's life) (Army, Vanguard, and Recourse) I have half a mind to have Jacob attend either West Point or Annapolis, it seems something he would want to do. given his Grandfather, Andrew's and his Uncle West's example. It runs in his blood.
  21. Each Episode is structured after a Star Trek cliche: The Cave Episode The Holodeck Episode The Away Team Episode I was just having a bit of fun with this, to clear my head, have a laugh, and write some chaos as I figured out what I wanted to write next.
  22. Topher Lydon

    Chapter 5

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