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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 15

“The magic has been available since before most species ever make it to space, but cloning is still considered anathema in most cultures. Some, in desperation, turn to it as a means of procur...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 14

“If you’ve never travelled the stars, you’ve never lived. It sounds like a pilot’s bragging, but it speaks to a more fundamental truth of planetary civilization. There is a plateau that...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 13

“Do you like scantily clad members of the same and/or opposite genders of the same and/or other species? Do you like games of chance with a greater than 1 in 97560 odds? Do you enjoy drinking...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 12

“In so signing this contract, no sovereignty is ceded, nor rights abraded. Let it be known to all that any arrangement established by legal means can also be dissolved by such means if it is ...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 11

“A man who owes nothing to anybody is not free. For in his pursuit of freedom, he has instead found ascetism. Detachment is not freedom, it is simply the absence of all. It is only on the bri...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 10

“At various times throughout the development of the Empyrean, there have been crisis points when the entire enterprise could have crumbled. Times when internal disagreements or external press...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 9

“When there is a failure of the Ardent crest to preserve the lives of our operative, their death is automatically reported. From there, visual confirmation by a ranking officer is re...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 7

“When captured by any enemy, your first duty is to escape. If the opportunity presents itself to do the enemy material harm during that escape, it is advantageous, but no opportunity should b...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 1

“Quake thee with thy tyrant’s gift.

Soulless flesh bars paths you seek.

Blossom wide the heart of stone.

Starbreaker awaken what lies beneath....

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 5

“As one knows, the elves were the first of all people after the Aions vanished, ruling empires that stretched from one end of the galaxy to the other. Empires that were not born out of weakne...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 8

“How does one describe the indescribable? How does one learn the limits of the limitless? These are not idle fancies to the mage, and they are not philosophical conundrums to be pond...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 6

“The resulting century of war as the Varaelfin shook off their chains was apocalyptic. Billions were slain. Planets were cracked. Even the stars themselves were sundered. But despite the pric...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 4

“There are some things in our past that invoke true horror. Some things that we are truly, and I mean truly, not meant to preserve. Things that by just knowing about makes us…somehow worse ...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 3

“Some posit that this limitation of manifestation is simple survival instinct; they are reliant upon a common affinity with the mana of a region to maintain their physical form while on this ...

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Starbreaker: Volume 4 - Chapter 2

“The eidolon is magic given flesh. This state has not what we would call true sapience, but it certainly has imbued instinct and will to act into what should be mindless constructs. They are ...

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Oops, I Was Accidentally Transported To A Fantasy World And Taught Dragons About Capitalism - Chapter 6

I'm afraid that those of you who are looking for a more in depth recounting of my rescue from Xylera's lair are going to be disappointed, because it was around then that I passed out. One moment I ...

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Oops, I Was Accidentally Transported To A Fantasy World And Taught Dragons About Capitalism - Chapter 5

I found myself completely stunned as I stared at the shifting words and shapes that was the curse, the sheer shock of seeing what was in effect an ancient programming language here, of all places, ...

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Oops, I Was Accidentally Transported To A Fantasy World And Taught Dragons About Capitalism - Chapter 4

One of the biggest things that I’ve learned in my years away from earth, is that as a general rule dragons don’t generally scare or surprise.

And truthfully, why would they?

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 Is Now Live!

Hey everyone!

We’re back again with another super exciting announcement – the official version of Starbreaker: Volume 3 is now available for both your View Post

Oops, I Was Accidentally Transported To A Fantasy World And Taught Dragons About Capitalism - Chapter 2

“And here’s one cheesy, meaty, bread platter as ordered,” I said upon my return to Joshua and Sandra who had found the aforementioned bench I’d pointed out to them and were peacefully leani...

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Oops, I Was Accidentally Transported To A Fantasy World And Taught Dragons About Capitalism - Chapter 3

There are generally three emotions that most people experience when seeing a dragon for the first time.

Fear, as you’d expect, is right at the top of the list, for there are simply few thin...

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Oops, I Was Accidentally Transported To A Fantasy World And Taught Dragons About Capitalism - Chapter 1

So traditionally there are a few different ways a story like mine starts.

Getting hit by a truck and dying is probably the most common of them, cliche notwithstanding. Picking up a cursed ite...

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Quick Updates!

Hey everyone! I hope that you are all enjoying Starbreaker: Volume 3 as you read along! We are almost right up to the end here and I hope you enjoy the big finish next week!

As a couple house...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Epilogue

Valtoris ran his hands along the wings of the phoenix and dark fire trailed along behind his fingers, flaring off into the night sky. “There are times when I feel as though you are the only one i...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Chapter 52

“War is not considered to be one of the elements that makes up the universe. Yet we classify eidolons under that category. The personifications of combat and destruction. Never has there been...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Chapter 51

“Everything the Alliance has told us, made us believe, is a lie. They are not our protectors. They are our jailors, controlling all that we see and hear. They work to keep us blind and dumb, ...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Chapter 50

“There are many tools that one can use to further one’s goals, but none that must be used more sparingly than betrayal. When used correctly, it can allow for spectacular things, ridding one...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Chapter 49

“Planetary Annihilators, very much fortunately, are among the least numerous of the eidolons that we encounter. It requires a massive amount of mana to not only birth but also sustain them. S...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Chapter 48

“Time is not the enemy. Given time, every puzzle is solved, every problem surmounted, and every wound dressed. Triage is the difficult part, not the inevitable march of time. Which issues nee...

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Starbreaker: Volume 3 - Cover Rough

We've got some progress to share on the cover art front!! Here is the WIP of book 3's cover!

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