“I am the Mistress of Time, bow before my might,” Maya stated as she stood in the center of the milling Cage. Bell paused from where he was carrying a crate of items and glared at her.
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2020-10-29 00:37:53 +0000 UTC
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“Well, shit,” Maya said as silence reigned within the Cage.
“At least… at least all of the flying rogue AIs have left the area… and well, pretty much every rogue AI in a ...
2020-10-26 22:48:40 +0000 UTC
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Tension filled the Cage as Maya stepped up to the control panel. She looked out at the twenty-seven faces that stared back at her, the Tarvana, Badblood, Bell, and Yosi. Fear was evident, but they ...
2020-10-23 18:03:23 +0000 UTC
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“We do technically over-level the rogue AIs,” Maya said chewing a ration bar. The crew were gathered in the mess hall, a standard day passing since Bell and Maya had returned.
Weariness w...
2020-10-19 18:39:41 +0000 UTC
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Ideas were running wild in Maya’s head as they made their way back to the Hanganathorie. An entire standard day had passed since the rogue AIs had chased them from the watering hole, but...
2020-10-14 18:25:19 +0000 UTC
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The roars of the rogue AIs filled the air, a trumpeting sound that announced her doom. Maya stood firm, taking a moment to summon the mana pulse mines that she had packed for such an occ...
2020-10-12 19:59:09 +0000 UTC
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“I must say that’s the most insane thing you’ve said in the last few months,” Bell said. “I thought you had gotten better in your decision making.”
“What’s insane about headin...
2020-10-09 18:11:49 +0000 UTC
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Maya had to give Yosi credit where it was due. She had been the main face of the trading in Ibadan and although Maya hadn’t gone over what she had purchased or traded or even sold, one...
2020-10-08 15:15:24 +0000 UTC
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The armored beetle screamed as Maya shoved the sawed off railgun into its abdomen and fired both marsani slugs. The resulting explosion knocked her back, slamming her hard against ...
2020-10-05 23:14:04 +0000 UTC
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“How do these assholes know exactly when to crash our party?” Maya demanded as she exited the Cage onto the bridge of the Bonita’s Revenge. Bell looked up with relief as she entere...
2020-10-02 18:34:59 +0000 UTC
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Maya flopped down onto a comfortable chair as the last customer exited the shop. It wasn’t that there weren’t anyone else interested in buying stuff, she had just run out of things t...
2020-09-30 18:13:36 +0000 UTC
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Maya rapped her knuckles upon the marsani block and grinned. “Solid work, Scotty,” she said.
“Thank you, Maya. I had trouble with the tolerances, as the cutter is not a...
2020-09-28 20:41:40 +0000 UTC
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Rogue tech programming was difficult. Maya stared at the tablet screen once more and then grumbled. The Rogue AI manufacturing module before her rumbled as it received the block of marsa...
2020-09-25 19:18:18 +0000 UTC
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“I’m not going to cheat you out of your labor and possessions,” Maya stated. “Do you know the value of this stone?”
Maya lifted a mana stone from the pile that sat ...
2020-09-23 16:01:37 +0000 UTC
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“I bet there’s an achievement for losing consciousness,” Maya muttered as she sat in the dark. She had been only out for ten minutes, according to her computer’s clock. When it c...
2020-09-21 17:49:26 +0000 UTC
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“Well, the existence of other life in this place shouldn’t be a surprise,” Maya said. She pulled open a window, picked up a scout rat and set it down upon the hood of the buggy. Th...
2020-09-18 20:45:24 +0000 UTC
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Maya dropped down onto the deck, the aged metal creaking beneath her armored boots. She stopped, crouching low and peering around a corner. In her HUD she spotted the outline of me...
2020-09-16 19:42:03 +0000 UTC
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Maya groaned and opened her eyes. She immediately shut them. The world spun for a moment, turning the overhead lights into a kaleidoscope of color and nausea.
“Ah, you’re awake,” ...
2020-09-14 18:34:55 +0000 UTC
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“Tender!” the small robot screamed out in… joy?
George turned his head to see the small robotic creature suddenly tearing through the modules toward the Pris airlock. &...
2020-09-11 18:01:31 +0000 UTC
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Roci knew they had been something else before. Something different than what they were now. Roci could still remember some of that life before they became Roci; a life of constant fighti...
2020-09-10 01:50:31 +0000 UTC
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Boom!
The heavy blast door protecting Captain Huvano’s personal suite hit the deck in a loud crash, sending delicate decorative figurines tumbling to the floor. Maya ste...
2020-09-07 13:10:35 +0000 UTC
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Kignarva Class 3 Deep Scanning Module System Liquidation - All the equipment to get a Kignarva Deep Scanner up and running, mid grade, Tier 1 - 300,000
5 metr...
2020-09-04 16:51:38 +0000 UTC
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“What are you?” Pegarios demanded.
“Dude, this is the Integrated Multiverse, touched by the System themself; I’m sure you’ve run across weird ass things in your day,” Maya s...
2020-09-03 18:59:46 +0000 UTC
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“Awesome,” Maya grinned. “This is system tech, not crazy mana channeling required crafting.”
“They’re cheap and easy to build,” Bell said. “Although crafted p...
2020-09-02 12:48:35 +0000 UTC
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16 - Networks
25.5 MXP absorbed
Level up! (Level 20)
You have reached Level 20! You have 2 Pending Occupationa...
2020-08-31 23:13:40 +0000 UTC
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15 - Economic Foundation
“Oof, remind me not to ask how the sausage is made,” Maya said as she and Tender examined the black goo manufacturing device, which was a large m...
2020-08-28 23:28:34 +0000 UTC
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The flowing mass of Tier 2 system tech components moved across the gray dirt, bearing their two prizes like ants bringing back food to a hive. Maya watched as the amorphous blob moved th...
2020-08-26 14:00:56 +0000 UTC
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It was the first time that Maya had ever seen Bell laugh hysterically. Sure, he had chuckled, on occasions guffawed, and once even let out an amused grunt, but a full on belly clutching down from t...
2020-08-25 02:06:20 +0000 UTC
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“Wow, oh, wow!” Maya exclaimed as the cast was removed from her forearm. Everyone was there, watching with semi-boredom. Bell was still on bed rest, sorting through loot. Tender was ...
2020-08-22 13:38:10 +0000 UTC
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“Once, long ago a wise woman, living in a dark cave, hinted that I would gain fortune and salvation by defeating the dreaded Peacock Turtle,” Maya said as she, Tender, and Bell sat b...
2020-08-21 13:24:44 +0000 UTC
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