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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.39

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Lucille







Lucy felt the wind against her face and was struck all over again by how incredible it was to have her own body. Her old one h...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.38

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Coming in hot.







“I knew that dead spot on the scan was going to be a problem,” Berenice sighed.

The Marshalls were gathered ...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.37

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Breaking Rocks







Crush gave Sec an annoyed look as he rushed onto the Liberties’ bridge and took his position.

“Oh, spare me,...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.36

Chapter Thirty-Six

Coming Home 







Message received through the egg


Nellie,


I...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.35

Chapter Thirty-Five

Explanations and Complications







It is an awful thing to be completely in terrified awe of someone, only to realize you haven’t seen e...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.34

Chapter Thirty-Four

Miner Problems







Hardwicke looked at the reports in front of him for a long moment before returning his eyes to the recordings from the ...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.33

Chapter Thirty-Three

Taking Liberties







“Sec, you better be bloody sure about this!” Prim snapped as they waited for the override to work.

“Of c...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.32

Chapter Thirty-Two

Carl’s Day.







Edwards saw the scouts ahead of him. The three were gathered around a pile of discarded armor lying half-submerged in the...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.31

Chapter Thirty-One

Fallout







“If this is one of those everything changes from now on speeches, can we just skip it?” Baz asked tiredly.

“What?...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.30

Chapter Thirty

Harbinger







Sometimes, small things make all the difference in the long run. A message sent but not received, or a call of warning that lets ...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.29

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Countdown







“None of them came back?” Munro asked again, staring at the long list of missing personnel. In all, it was nearly forty ...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.28

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Name Day







“All crew, all crew, report to muster stations immediately.” 

The call went out throughout the Bly’s Rest a...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.27

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Ripple Effects







“Edwards, come over here, please,” Paren called, and he felt his tension ratchet up to new levels. 

Eve...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.26

Chapter Twenty-Six

Message Logs II







Encrypted Transmission 

Source: Captain Hellena - Birdsong.

...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.25

Chapter Twenty-Five

Progress Report







“You know, I think that is getting easier,” Nellie said with a wry smile between bites. “I hardly feel like I’...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.24

Chapter Twenty-Four

Dark of Night







Edwards adjusted his grip on the rifle and fiddled with the controls on his night vision again. The damn thing just woul...

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Nellie and the Nanite - Bk4 - Ch.23

Chapter Twenty-Three

Cold Light of Day







Compared to her own efforts, the invaders had taken an absolute age to set up their base. After five days of pissin...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.22

Chapter Twenty-Two

Being Realistic







“Cheape, as of now, your only focus is the Imperium Fleet ships,” Nellie told the young officer. “All other ships...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.21

Chapter Twenty-One

Camp







“Quickly!” Paren hissed. “We don’t have much time!”

Robot nodded and started the process of collapsing the pre-fab...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - ch.20

Chapter Twenty

Breach and Clear: Part Three







The Queen’s Wrath was an incredible ship, but it was not exactly built to last. Before she had finished the ...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.19

Chapter Nineteen

Breach and Clear, Part 2







Nellie could not quite believe she was doing this, but as she slid into place on the throne, she had no doubt in...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.18

Chapter Eighteen

Breach and Clear, Part 1







Cheape looked over the stack of data pads in the corner of her new office with weary eyes. 

When they...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.17

Chapter Seventeen

Messages







Message Traffic Log: Imperial Line Blockade 


Message Received from Ten Suns Ship...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.16

Chapter Sixteen

Bounty







“Report!” Nellie commanded as she fought the urge to pace back and forth in the control room. It was still taking a bit of effo...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.15

Chapter Fifteen

Escalation







“At least they are living up to the reports of innovative tactics,” Hardwicke noted as he tapped the report of the sighting...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.14

Chapter Fourteen

Experimental







Nellie sat in the corner of the small shop she had commandeered on the main promenade and tried to devise a comprehensive de...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.13

Chapter Thirteen

The Smiling Man







Crush pulled at the stupid silver armor, but nothing he did would make it comfortable. Andy seemed to be having similar p...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.12

Chapter Twelve

Complications







Crush tapped his fingers irritably on the arm of the awkwardly designed chair and tried to ignore Andy's smug look.

The...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.11

Chapter Eleven

Teething Troubles







Nellie lay in her bed and groaned in frustration. 

It had been two days since she left the throne, and it was ...

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Nellie and the Nanites - Bk4 - Ch.10

Chapter Ten

Developments







Crush stood on the bridge, watching the tracking dots moving back through the station and toward the Talon’s dock. He ground hi...

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