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    Starlight Brigade: Starlight Century Episode One
    Starlight Brigade: Starlight Century Episode One
    Starlight Brigade: Starlight Century Episode One
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    Starlight Brigade: Starlight Century Episode One

    By Brett P. S.

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    Three centuries after first contact, the squids own almost everything. I'malar commands the senate and supplies the lifeblood of Terrace ships with Phantom Drives, a benevolent gesture to smother a quiet unrest building within the Galactic Union. Striving for economic independence, backers fund the manufacture of a technology that, if used properly, would challenge I'malar's hold on humanity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrett P. S.
    Release dateJun 9, 2016
    ISBN9781310920332
    Starlight Brigade: Starlight Century Episode One
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    Brett P. S.

    Brett Sawyer (1986), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is an indie author who writes short stories & novellas, from science fiction to heroes. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in education and currently teaches game design at Lake Land College.Short Change arrived at retailers in November of 2014, the start of a hero series where ordinary people gained powers over oddly specific domains, following the story of a shorter than average hero who can telekinetically manipulate small units of currency.Short Change is free on “smashwords.com/profile/view/BrettPS” and Barnes & Noble along with other samples and short fiction.Brett’s popular releases in science fiction include “Dark Station” and “Tales from the Colony: An Interstellar Saga.” Dark Station is a deep space thriller set aboard an abandoned orbital science station where Ben Gebbley and his crew secretly investigate the disappearance of the original staff before others come to claim the lost assets.

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      Starlight Brigade - Brett P. S.

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER 1

      CHAPTER 2

      CHAPTER 3

      CHAPTER 4

      CHAPTER 5

      CHAPTER 6

      CHAPTER 7

      CHAPTER 8

      CHAPTER 9

      CHAPTER 10

      CHAPTER 11

      CHAPTER 12

      CHAPTER 13

      CHAPTER 14

      EPILOGUE

      Part One

      Botched Drop Off

      Chapter 1

      In the Lion’s Den

      Maiiar Station, Gemini Sector

      When OTO first made contact with the I’malarians, some small skirmishes did take place, but these quieted quickly. The species possessed powerfully advanced technology, despite the fact that their home world was nearly completely covered in water. – Old Terrace Order (OTO) Archives

      Elijah Adamson, age 27, strode through the bustling crowds of tourists and marginally annoyed commuters that comprised Maiiar station. Maiiar floated noisily above the fourth planet in the Maiiar System, a somewhat habitable world in Gemini Sector. Violent crimes seldom took place in Gemini, but when they did, authorities managed them well enough. Maiiar was a towering titan of titanium, looming overhead in more than a handful of stories, each level of curved architecture containing its own economy. Transit and traffic flew below. Merchants and local sellers set up shop on the bottom stories. The embassies and GU government offices occupied the highest tiers of the station. He watched carefully and noted the expressions on faces he passed. If a disturbance occurred, he’d be the first to know and his head would be the first to roll.

      How would one go about looking inconspicuous? He’d have asked the crew earlier if the thought hadn’t sounded ridiculous. Elijah did the best he could in an unfamiliar situation. He held his head high and walked with a sense of urgency but not too urgent. He needed to appear annoyed but not distraught. Damn the GU and its clogged transit routes. There weren’t enough Phantom Drives in Gemini to handle the constant influx of busy merchants, business executives and other commuters in transit. He ran his fingers over his head and slicked back his dirty blonde hair while shortening his stride. Elijah carried himself in a black business suit fitted to his specific dimensions, though he doubted he received anything more than a handed down article. The seams ran too tight, especially in the shoulders. The restrictive fabrics hardly breathed, and they allowed for minimal flexibility. He’d have to deal with it for now, but he’d have a talk with Miss Dubois before long.

      Nothing so far, he said.

      His concealed earpiece noticed his personal voice pattern and switched on communication. The discreet mechanics were virtually undetectable, and anyone who might have noticed would assume him hard of hearing. Many GU citizens donned implants, some detachable, like his earpiece, but Elijah was a Full Blood. He lacked a fundamental quality of connectedness to the networks and web feeds. He couldn’t shoot fast or hack terminals, but being a Full Blood held advantages in this crew, especially for those who specialized in his line of work. Elijah was virtually untraceable in this new technological age, leaving behind little more than his own biology. With the gaps between sectors and the fractured flow of information, incriminating him would require more resources than most divisions of the Galactic Union cared to muster. As a point man, he served his purpose with healthy anonymity. Even more, however, was the fact that his faculties were completely non-hackable, harmoniously functioning pieces of machinery, which made him far more valuable than a cyborg in the right situation.

      Keep your eyes open, Miss Dubois said. Your target will set down his briefcase near the south-east rest station. You remember the protocol?

      You know I do. Rest easy.

      Don’t get cocky, she replied sternly. This isn’t about you or our crew. This is bigger than all of us.

      Elijah gritted his

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