Post "Three Square Meals Ch 80 - Complete!" by "Tefler "

Wookey

Interesting term that "AssGuradian"

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Well, since they guard High Command, perhaps AssGuardians would be better? :-)

I have to agree with Donovan and Tim, the term ComGuard sucks.

There could be high guard, or elite guard. Or sol system patrol... comm sounds like communications guard. (Open comms) (I need comms up)

keen_FlattendHedgeHog

so why's the stage so big? oh i see, that makes perfect sense...

Tefler

They guard High Command. :-)

ComGuard Really? Are you going to have him report to ComStar? Couldn't he report to TerraGuard instead? Next we will have a Kerensky show up.

Jedi Khan

John's a boy scout, so he's not about to go stealing...er, "requisitioning" the stuff when he can get it legitimately and help out a friend at the same time. I just hope Dana has the chance to examine the goods before they finalize the deal to make sure that the heat sinks are indeed superior to what they had before.

Let Faye drive the mech. Lol. The ultimate in humanoid powered armor!!

Wookey

Good point

Benj

I agree. I wonder if she might be able to see the past, like Alyssa. She already has pyrokinesis. Maybe she can feel where fires have been or emotional residue.

ETNSosa

But there's a very real possibility that as he's prepping the Ashanth and Maliri, he's going to want the backing of the TFed for the fight against the BSP. I would want all of the help I can get (or barring useful help, at least plenty of cannon fodder) to defeat what currently seems to be a vastly superior enemy.

Master Laurent

Looking forward to discovering Tashana's gifts after her two weeks are done.

Master Laurent

Any thoughts on posting Part 1 and getting the patreon viewers to help with the editing. I will openly admit I suck at spelling & grammar, However, continuity is something that I am very good at maintaining. I can watch movies and find mistakes.

Master Laurent

As far as the Heat Syncs - I think that Irillith should go and get the designs from the Terran's so Dana can compare with the tech they got from the captured Drakkar weapons. John can still be a trader with Vice Admiral Harris for fun, and it will also make sure that John and the team are able to get all of the info found. After saving the Terran home world, One would think that they would be going overboard to be cooperative. The irony is how close the Terran's attitudes hit a little "Close to Home".

Master Laurent

Can you tell I have a fixation on Assassins - they are a great wild card - what about poisoning? The Maliri royalty said they have learned to cook because of the fear of poisoning. Sakura needs to deal with her old boss!

Master Laurent

Dana's new psychic abilities, can they be used with Psychic Shaping for added benefits? What about a shield during battle - thinking of a situation where they are relaxing and an assassin fires a projectile weapon and she is able to stop the projectile?

Master Laurent

OK, The Progenitor does not typically like to share Tech and I also feel reserved about sharing the tech with the Terran because of the history of expansion. I can understand giving them "Watered Down" versions of things. I am sure that Dana can redesign the tech in such a way that it works well above what they currently have, however, does not offer a path to what John has as a result of Dana's Magic redesigns based on her Progenitor Knowledge. I think that the Ashanath and Maliri can be trusted for obvious reasons - even then I would Temper the tech that is released. From a Style stand point I will keep my comments to a single topic and post several to allow others to comment.

Tefler

Hey Laurent, Thanks for the long and detailed feedback, as well as all the glowing praise! It's wonderful to hear that you've been enjoying the story so much. :-) I'm amazed you managed to get through the entire story in one binge-reading weekend! Hopefully you'll continue to enjoy the rest of the story as it unfolds! Tefler

Master Laurent

Also can see the Valkyrie landing in the middle of the awards ceremony doing cartwheels across the stage! - and it would give Sakura the ability to still be the protector in the event that someone would try to assassinate John. And it would be really cool if the Valkyrie had the cloaking device from Sakura's ship. The Foreshadowing of Sakura's "Spider-Sense" in the Ashanath shipyard is great.

Evan

Tefler, I missed this on my last read through, but if you want to update your copy, an earlier section reads: "There’s a few of things I wanted to..." which you might want to fix.

Master Laurent

Keep up the Good Work, Looking forward to Dana's Full Belly and the improvements she is able to make on the Progen Tech with John Feeding her and the Improvements he has already made to her intelligence. And Loving the Legacy Power Couplings, great breadcrumb.

Tefler

Yeah, Dana's a bit squeamish about the blood and guts, it's one of the reasons she was so overjoyed to hand over autopsy responsibility to Rachel!

Tefler

Glad you enjoyed it, they were fun to write!

Tefler

No, the wife's first name doesn't begin with the letter A. :-) The vast bulk of the story comes from me, apart from the ideas I've mentioned that were gathered from Patron suggestions or from Editor feedback.

Tefler

I've been making good headway on chapter 81, I just had a few days off before getting stuck into it. :-)

Tefler

No, he's definitely not knocked her up yet!

Tefler

hah! Yeah I could see that happening. :-)

Tefler

Twincest? That's outrageous! I've no idea where you got the idea that I might be planning something like that! ;-)

Tefler

I wrote 6k today, bringing Chapter 81 up to 11k now. I'm hoping to finish part 1 tomorrow and part 2 should be done by about Tuesday next week!

Tefler

Thanks Anthony! It was awesome to see the numbers jump up like that! :-)

Anthony Kester

Congrats Tefler on hitting $1700!!!

Hinterlands Man

I missed the ol' haggling with Harris and there you go and bring him back in. Way to go Tefler! I enjoyed this chapter, now, how many more chapters are you gonna tease it before Tashana and Irilith help themselves to some lesbian incest with a side of Progenitor?

bigdawguw65

Think John would know , it's pretty much up to him & both Rachel & Alyssa could pick up the subtle changes in her body & mind . While she seems to revile in ship to ship battles & enjoy blowing shit up she hasn't really done much in Melee combat & hasn't even liked blood & guts while helping Rachel in surgery .

I use Google Drive to read chapters, you should be able to do the same with your mobile devices.

Florida Reader

Hey Tef. It would be nice for you to also post in PDF format so I can view on my mobile devices without Word. Thanks for the good work.

Muledrvr

ooh.... I like the additional scenes :D That's some funny shit there :D LOL

Tefler

Oh, and I've commissioned some artwork! I'm hoping to see the preliminary sketch tomorrow and the final results in a week or two's time. If the artist does a good job, I'll pay him to do lots more! I'm thinking about making a $2 tier and then commissioning at least one piece of artwork a month and making it available for that tier and all the higher ones. I'm also working with another guy on an awesome secret project, so hopefully you'll get to see the results of that soon, too!

Tefler

Hey everyone, Sorry I haven't been active on here for a couple of days. I wanted to get stuck into chapter 81 and I've written 5k today. There's been lots of interesting comments, so I'll go back and respond to them tomorrow (or more accurately, later this morning!).

By the way, what might be the given name of your good lady? It doesn't begin with the letter A does it? And do you collaborate with her or anyone else or is all this strictly come from your very fertile mind?

Tefler, One of the most difficult things to do in a situation like yours is to develop the dedication to sit at the keyboard and type without allowing distraction to persuade you to stray from your tasks. I have faith and patience sir.

Master Laurent

Greetings Tefler; I wanted to take a moment and say thank you for your tremendous efforts. I have been a long time consumer of the amazing content that can be found on literotica. Your contributions are a cut above. The imagination that you bring combined with your ability to create meaningful dialogue and avoid the pitfalls of repetition is beyond compare. I so enjoy the character development in TSM. Also your ability to lead the reader down the path were one can speculate on how things can work out and then you provide an offering with just the appropriate twist to create excitement and angst at the same time, Bravo! For some reason when you started down this path, I was not drawn to TSM. Two weeks ago, on a Friday afternoon, I finally decided to check out your work. Needless to say I got nothing accomplished that entire weekend other than reading chapters one through seventy-eight . Saturday morning I awoke and was so captivated I could not stop until 4am Sunday I started at 10am and the finished at 1 am, looking for chapter 79 like an addict looks for their next fix. Bravo! LOL, Chapter 79 delivered better than Heroin ever could. It has been an absolute joy to witness your writing style evolve through this process. I’m amazed at the number of story arcs that are currently still in process, you say you have 30 chapters, I’m thinking more like 130. (soft smile) Your ability to create frustration over why certain things have not evolved yet is amazing. And I have to remind myself how John is still coming into his own. For example, my frustration over the fight with the Drakkar Dragon royalty and the weapons pack on his back on the prison planet caused me fits. I kept on yelling at the screen “Why don’t you use your telekinesis and just rip it off his back?” And then chapter 79 delivers! Speaking of open arcs, I think it would be interesting to find out what happened to the female dragon royalty. I can only imagine that killing one of the members of royalty would cause a great stir on through the empire. Speaking of getting a fix, I have learned the approximate times when literotica posts the next day’s stories. I watch the comments almost daily for when you announced that you have submitted to the moderators. At which point my need for a fix becomes almost unbearable. I also would like to give you extra credit for the effort you are putting into the character development with Faye. I feel the reader can feel her pain. Hell, for that matter, all of the characters are evolving in such tremendous ways it is intoxicating to witness. Your ability to define a personality for a character and carry it through the entire story arc is a pleasure to experience. The breadcrumbs that have been dropped over the chapters are such a gift, they allow the reader to speculate on what is going to happen and create anticipation looking forward to the gifts that come from your amazing mind. I am really looking forward to the “heart to heart” that John and the girls are going to have with the Ashanath. I cringe every time I think about it. The foreshadowing of the fear that the Ashanath have of the Progenitor combined with the chapter 79 revelations should prove for a truly epic confrontation of the minds, all puns intended. Bravo to all of the great commenters that have provided such tremendous insights, from the debates over the ships weaponry and design, to the understanding of the human id is a profound statement on the class of people that you have been able to attract. I am not going to add my $.02 to these discussions except to quote the great Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor - “ MORE POWER, rrrrrrr, rrrrr , rrrrr” ( okay so I suck at writing grunts, lol) I can see the twinkle in Dana’s eyes as she thinks the same thing. Your foreshadowing of how she looks at the Ashanath designs and know something is inherently wrong is spot on. That being said, I have grown attached to the Invictus, and the thought of it being replaced by another ship brings a bit of sorrow to my heart. I so enjoyed the chapters on the retrofits, hoping for many more. And yes to all of those commenters out there, I truly understand that the age of the ship, and the retrofitting of the infrastructure does create a great cause for concern of the overall structural integrity and the sometimes you just have to start from scratch. Enough for now, Just wanting to say thank you again for all the amazing effort you have put into this epic adventure. Waiting breathlessly for my next fix. Master Laurent

Grimlakin

I could see Tefler making it khaki. That would be hilarious. "the dockers class attack ship."

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Dana is about to bring the Invictus, Raptor, Mech, Battlesuits, and hand held weapons into the future with the Progen tech she has aquired. I just hope she is able to add one of the new steels she aquired from the Trankarans into the mix along with the crystal alyssium compound to make armor plating that is even more resilient against mass weapons and even more reflective against energy weapons than the Progen base armor. And please let it remain white...

Hey, Tefler could Dana's sickness be Morning Sickness. She normally isn't queasy about blood or bodies

Tefler

Nice catch, thank you!

Yes it includes several new scenes

Log out and then back in. I have had the same issue on my iPad and iPhone. It should do the trick

Can't open the file on my iPad

andrew finlayson

Umm Page 85 "The column of energy had melted a deep trough across the Elerium plating, before the beam had touched the black surface of the original hull. " Isn't the Ashanath armour called Etherium?

Does the final version contain new content compared to the previous release, or does it "just" fix grammar and spelling mistakes?

Sid1712

Final version is out now :)

Tefler

Thanks! I've updated my master document for this.

Tefler

Ah nice, well spotted! :-)

It says complete... Is it the final version?

He's got to finish Chapter 80 first.

GrandPaM

Page 57: "John stayed silent while Ularean inclined his head in gratitude to the Latina, frowing as he mulled over the Senior Councillor’s revelations. " frowing = frowning

Youkai-sama

Hey Tef, did u mean to have Ularean talk to Rachel telepathically in the hospital? Cause that's what the font suggests.

Evan

John, by the same token, why not compress the Nova Beam down to the diameter of a pencil? It doesn't matter how large an area it's covering, so long as it can penetrate the shields, no?... or make it even smaller, going for even greater range - say, the limit of the ship's sensors - and penetrating power? Given the duration of the Nova Beam blast, at a greater range, a small shift in the positioning of the Invictus could wipe out an entire fleet with an invisibly thin beam of energy... and they'll never know what happened or where it came from...

Evan

Tefler, I'm sure you or the editors will catch this, but where it reads: 'the various crewmembers that they John and the girls had personally saved..." - remove either 'they' or 'John and the girls' - no? Also, when Jade says that she's already heading that way, John's response of "Of course you did..." should probably be "Of course you are...", I think. I think you're missing a comma between nodded and looking in "She nodded looking a bit" Great additions, Tefler! I really enjoyed reading the rest of this chapter! Thank you!

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Ok, I have an idea for cracking the BSP ship. Have Sakura, in her Mech, attach to the BSP ship's hull and use cryokinesis to make a large portion of it brittle....the part right where there is a critical ship system underneath, then use the rotary cannon to blast away the hull plating. Repeat until the critical system is more exposed and then have the Invictus hit it with Nova Lances and singularity rounds. Also, the Crew needs to refocus the lenses on the Nova Lances from a 100 meter wide beam to a 10 meter wide beam. This would make the Nova Lance have more penetrating power by a factor of 10 even without any other upgrades since ten times the power would be applied per square meter than the original. This may be beyond the crystal lense capability, but there is a way. Laser beams are affected by gravometric fields. by shooting the Nova Lance beam through a tube of antigravity, the beam can be compressed upon itself into a smaller diameter. This would also dramatically effect the range of the Nova Lance, with an original effectivness level a factor of 10 times the distance.

Jedi Khan

That one new scene as they leave the Ashanath port for the Legacy, I can't help but imagine the Ashanath version of traffic cops sitting off to one side of the traffic lane with a radar gun and clock the Raptor going so fast they just go "nope, not going to try."

Tefler

I've added another 6k words to the end of the chapter, but it's ridiculously late, so I haven't properly proofread it yet. I've handed it over to the editors and the final version should be up by the end of the day (or very close to it). Feel free to read the new bits now if you don't want to wait. :-)

Wookey

Maybe Tefler's decided to add another 10,000 words to Chapter 80. Yippee

Wookey

Good point. Thank for reminding.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Tefler: Did John ever pay the Trankaran merchant who escorted the Underworld survivors?

GrandPaM

...speaking of addictions... any word on chapter 81 status yet, Tef? (said while rubbing his "3SM needle tracks" nervously)

John Jameson

I hope Tefler has not lost his mojo. It is a big deal when your hobby turns into your job.

Anthony Kester

Welcome to 3SM anonymous

David Shmilowitz

I feel like soon the DEA is going to classify any of teflers' stories as a schedule 1 addictive drug.

Mark Hall

Most likely I'm trying my best to be patient

That would work even better with John's longsword.

Sid1712

I guess it'll be one more day till the final version of chapter 80

Wookey

Can imagine Sakura with the 3 London terrorists doing a Paul Hogan "You call that a knife?"

It was addressed already, when Alyssa was convincing Irillith to try taking it in the butt.

Glad you and family are safe, Tef

Youkai-sama

Hey Tef, glad you're safe. There's one question that's really bothering me and I can't wait any longer. With the womb penetration, how's it sposed to work when they get knocked up? I mean, I've seen the hentai. His daughters will get REAL acquainted with daddy. If he has sons, "Ugh, Dad! Really!?" XD

Tefler

I'm just working on the tail end of chapter 80 at the moment. :-)

Tefler, glad your safe. Any status on final edits of 80 and how is 81 coming along?

Jared

That's good to hear Tefler, TBH i was starting to get a bit worried about you, stay safe man. Well as safe as you can be in these crazy times :(

Tefler

I'm fine , thanks for the asking. I try and avoid going near London whenever possible, so I was nowhere near any of the latest craziness.

ETNSosa

Tefler, hope everything is okay over there for you and your family.

Sid1712

Hope you and the family is safe and sound Tefler. Sad to see such terrible incidents :(

Wookey

Amazing job by UK Police in killing terrorists within 8 minutes of being notified of incident. Only Sakura could match that!

Evan

Welcome back.

Mjk154

Tef take care of family and loved ones BE SAFE and make sure you are all sAFE

Lord Winter

Got my shit sorted, and I'm back.

Mjk154

where is John when terra needs him

Wookey

Saw the news in London this morning. Hope your family & friends are ok, Tefler

Daniel Sifrit

I would not take that impact seriously. It was most definitely played for humor and to transition to the other progenitor's viewpoint. The odds of a ship randomly hitting another stealthed ship in a solar system are pretty much astronomical. (pun intended) Unless the Progenitor did it on purpose and put himself in the path, of course.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Well...Calara and Jade and Sakura need prescience...even if only for one minute into the future, the tactical advantage would be insurmountable.

DCM

If Alyssa could turn The BSP's ship pink it would be hilarious.

DCM

Grimlakin. Maybe Dana will discover this when she starts building the new device. Wonder if John will be offered a seat in the council.

Grimlakin

Why has nobody mentioned Dana building a shaping booster powerful enough to enhance Alyssa so she can shape 8 times like shaping twice in effort? I mean Dana is already building a stronger one. With her new understanding of materials and such I bet she could build one that Alyssa could use.

DCM

Excellent point. The BSP didn't have reported issues with a ramming by a black armored Dakkar. But John and company always seem to be worried about having something hit them. We need find out how BSP's armor is different than the Dakkar's. Wonder what color the new Ashanath armor will be? Mostly though I am saving up for the $175 pledge. Awesome!

If they could fire a singularity at ships it would rip them apart. That would be a really devastating weapon. We do not know if the black armor is psychically shaped, I don't think so. It only became psychic when Dana added it to the ashanath armor making invictium. Then allysium and finally crystal allysium. They may actually be ahead of the progenitors in that way. Dana will need to compare it to the progenitor section of the legacy to be sure. The next few chapters should definitely produce some new tech.

DCM

Thinking about how powerful Alyssa is when she's angry I can imagine reshaping an enemy's psychically shaped armor. She could peel BSP's ship like a banana. Thinking back to the shipyards and installing weapons, what's to stop a super strong psychic squad from landing on a hull and diss-assembling a ship's weapons? I am imagining that a draw back to psychic power is greater psychic power, the counter to psychic shaping is a more powerful psychic unshaping. I've got to think about something else.

CJ Mora

Interesting concept! Taking it one step farther, there could be other applications, too...Quantum Physics theory says there's 2 ways to create a wormhole: using one or more singularities to bend/link points in spacetime, or holes that occur naturally in the Quantim Foam that cause particles to suddenly appear/disappear in different parts of the multiverse (both of which rely on quantum entanglement, but the first requires a strong gravity source...which they conveniently have on-board as the Singularity Driver). If they could create the singularity, why not just create it inside the enemy ship and cause it to implode? Alternately, how about sending a big bomb (nuke warhead) through, bypassing the enemy shields to blow them up?

Sid1712

Yeah, wanted to know this. I have held off on reading the chapter as i want to read the Final version

CJ Mora

Since Irilith can short out shields with her electrical surge, any thought about combining that with the Ashanath focusing machine (used to make armor) as a weapon?

Hey Tefler, Dont mean to bother you. Just want to ask one question, When you will be posting final version of the chapter.?

keen_FlattendHedgeHog

also space and time are intertwined so if you bend space you can bend time. could result in cool effects/powers (thinking small stuff like seconds)

keen_FlattendHedgeHog

you wouldn't need to project a wormhole just bend space a few manometers and the circuits would fail.

DCM

You only have to move things a few feet and the results would be pretty crazy!

DCM

I love the concept...project a wormhole at a ships command area or propulsion room...could it defeat shielding, super metal / crystal hulls?

I'm seeing a hint of a potential new Wunderweapon. Synthetic wormholes. Mael'Nerak is mentioned using his wormhole tech to devastate a system and destroy a rival resulting in new wormholes randomly opening in that system to the present time. A variation is to deliberately open a wormhole within an Enemy vessel and rip out a chunk of their hardware, tossing it to an unknown location. Extending on this idea is to open a small wormhole of only several meters across in front of the enemy vessel causing them to fly over it, ripping out a long cylinder of their ship like an apple corer. Since the event horizon is a gravity effect the defense would be really powerful and responsive artificial gravity, something only Faye would be able to manage. Sensing the distortion in local gravity.

Ziggy

They absolutely did.. But, it was more like, John and the girls having revelations with the Ashanath as spectators. But, to be fair, John and the girls didn't ask that many questions. It was the content of which was large, rather than the quantity. Asked much less than expected.

Jedi Khan

Is it just me or did John and the girls end up sharing more information with the Ashanath than the Ashanath shared with them?

Or, perhaps, the monoliths showing the thralls other than blue, were actually Progenitors and other thralls conquered by Mael'. And the one with Mael' and the Maliri was more like, "We are the conquerers, bow before us or die," family "photo" sort of carving... :) just a random thought

bigdawguw65

When the Ashantha showed john & crew the Monoliths about the Progenitors we saw the oldest depicting a Progenitor killing red skinned males & taking the females , later we see we I thought was Mael-nerak with the blue skinned white haired Maliri conquering worlds but the Ashanta now say that rather than gathering the monoliths from destroyed worlds they were all in a "museum" showing Mael's conquests . So does that make the red skinned females the ancestors of the Maliri & not a different species/progenitor ? Did along with making them his thralls did he change their skin color ? The Maliri were already serving Mael when he created Nexus to assist in created the other races in his cloning tanks so did he simply change their DNA thru Cumm manipulation ? New questions for Tefler to untangle .

Faye is AI and AI tried to blow Earth.

Dennis Aston

Call me greedy but I want a "Death Blossom" moment from "The Last Starfighter"

Magnus Wittstrom

Tefler, about Johns the call to Charles. Not counting Faye as part of the crew? "...but my crew is up to eight now.” John usually includes her as a crew member. And you could have John say “Sorry for the short notice, but one won't make it and I’m not sure if another two will.” or something

Morningfrost

Can't be. During the interlude, she mentions being with the Progenitor for millennia, which means she cannot be Jessica Blake.

Tefler

Fantastic, thanks!

Tefler

It was quite a fun break actually. I took Tefler junior to see his grandparents.

Tefler

I hope its an interesting scene! :-)

Tefler

Hah!

Tefler

Sounds fantastic! :-)

Tefler

I had quite a bit to cover and wanted to try and clear up a bunch of the outstanding questions regarding the Ashanath. The chapter after a big battle is always an interesting one, because of the abrupt pace change.

Tefler

Cheers Anthony!

Tefler

Thanks Hans, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. :-)

Tefler

Ah nice, great catch!

Tefler

I'll do my best. :-)

Tefler

You're welcome!

Tefler

A reference to that was practically obligatory at this point... :-) I'm glad you found it funny!

CJ Mora

I wonder if the enemy Progenitor's matriarch is Jessica Blake? John doesn't behave like a "typical" Progenitor, and maybe that's exemplified by how he doesn't color-coordinate his girls, either.

CJ Mora

Actually, they could start rotating the Maluri through, 300 at a time, like a tour of duty in the military. He's starting to fall behind and pretty soon he risks having him and a handful of the "core" girls face an army of enemy Progenitor thralls! At this rate, all the girls are gonna need to grow dicks,too!

andrew finlayson

What's the bet that Captain Scott becomes pivotal when the Terran Federation tries to sequester/abduct/hijack the crew at the awards ceremony.

Any chance John is actually Mael, like Baby Groot is Actually Groot?

Anthony Kester

I am kinda thinking that the rest of the girls will become Progenitors.

MJHSharkbait365

Anyone else see John and the girls forming a psychic collective like the Ashanath have. Seams the inevitable conclusion following the path of progression they are all on.

Anthony Kester

$75/ch Alyssa will come over and clean your house in her bikini.

Wookey

Tefler, you need to update your Pledge goals. A few suggestions 1. Once we reach $2000/ch I will re-release the early chapters 1-60 2. If I reach 1500 Patrons I will run around my backyard naked (LOL) 3. If I reach $1700/ch I will buy my wife a nice dinner 4. If you pledge $100/ch I will send Dana over to upgrade your home entertainment system 5. If you pledge $200/ch Jade will come over to your child's birthday party and do animal impressions 6. If you pledge $50o/ch Sakura will come over in her schoolgirl uniform and scare the sh*t of your boss with her knife work. 7. If your credit card is declined Rachel will extract your gonads 8. If you pledge $1000/ch the twins will attend your Halloween Party Any others?

Tefler, spelling mistake on page five paragraph one Valyrie's should be Valkyrie's.

bigdawguw65

We've been told Mael seemed to have blown up his ship to stop the invasion , but there is no proof he was killed . The ship Jessica & crew found was badly damaged ,, so it might be the remains of Mael's ship & the Progenitor on it might still be Mael .. Having blown up the worm drive the other parts of the ship might have popped up anywhere . Still holding onto idea John's dad in Mael-nerak .

Mjk154

enjoy your time. relax smell the roses then give us more TY

Wookey

Wow, thanks Tefler. So much to absorb. After waiting, waiting, waiting I became so busy at work that only just finished chapter now. On the unfinished business, have no idea at all why the Terran Captain Scott (I think) was promoted. Something for ch 82 or 83 am sure. Looking forward to the final version.

Wookey

Blame me, Steve

bigdawguw65

Nymph creation : I was thinking the other day how much easier Jade made it for John to "spread the wealth" among the Maliri engineers & wondering why Mael had created a race of slaves when he already had the Maliri & then a "ah ha " moment . I imagine they were used for the exact same reason as Jade , working at a Thralls recruiting station . Once Mael stopped conquering other worlds & didn't need a thrall army ( at Valada's influence ) he didn't need them any longer & to make her happy he freed them to their own world , Lenarra . Hopefully if there are any Nymph's left John will be able to recover & free them .

Thanks Tef! Seeing Dana checking out the Progenitor craft ought to be good!

Open Office has a Compare function that highlights the differences between two files that is neat to see the edits.

andrew finlayson

If all that is still to come, I'll never live to see the end of this story.

VycronDyz

John sees Ashanath piece on the ground and puts it back on the Board. "There that's better"

Which is why it surprised me that John was hit, as I don't recall his shields being taken down by laser fire. I may have to re read that part of the battle.

Dana already developed shields for the Paragon armor, not too long after the first Drakkar boarding.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

27. The creation of next generation torpedoes that utilize already realized technologies: Programmable tractor beams to pull them into the ships so there are no thrust blooms to give them away and to eliminate any possible effective evasive maneuvers or even trying to outrun them. stealth technology like the skin Shinatobe wore which required little to no power so there is no tracking them. shielding to ward off both mass and energy weapon point defense systems as well as help rebound and contain shaped charge wave energies upon initial explosion. a miniaturized Progen power core which acts as a customizable shaped charge warhead (The U.S. already has anti-armor mines/rockets with this target informed, instantly custom shape-able, warhead tech) to either blow inwards in penetration mode or radially outwards in DE-shielding mode as the situation requires. A common tactical coms interface to allow for shared target recognition, prioritization, and platform coordination capabilities with the Invictus battle coms matrix making them truly fire and forget weapons. Armor piercing Maliri Crystal (or Progen shield technology) tips with its own impact activated, shaped charge to penetrate shielding and blow a hole through it (like a HEAT round) with crystal plasma for the Progen power core payload to move into as it overloads and explodes. (Combined with the shape-able blast of the power core primary payload this could involve a three step customizable combination of penetration, penetration, penetration or penetration, radial blast and penetration or penetration, radial blast, radial blast to set up another torp for penetration, penetration, radial blast....the potential is almost limitless.)

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Some loose ends that need tying up: ---Feel free to add--- 1. All those Drakkar who were left out in space without means to retreat or survive 2. The Valkyrie upgrades 3. Sensae 4. John's Speech to the Maliri Techs through Edraele 5. Alyssa investing John's money 6. The working with Ceradine to run Rachel's skin care products line 7. The setting up of merchandise endorsements (to include kid's toys like “The Lion of the Federation Armored Suit” for boys and “The Lioness Armored Suit” for girls) 8. The invisibility fabric Sakura brought on-board the Invictus as a suit upgrade. 9. Shinatobe's master assassin ex-boss 10. The issues with Rachel's father (asking for her hand). 11. Calara catching up with her family (and Rachel with her father) 12. Brimorian Shields 13. Improved Heat sinks 14. The Quantum weaponry 15. The Progen ship armor (Dana can now 'see' how the elements work together to make the Progen Armor and incorporate it into the existing Invictus matrix of Crystal Alyssium so it will be an improvement over the existing Progen shield plates.) 16. The Progen capacitors (for the ship's plating and for storing energy for weapon's use without having to create more power cores and to smooth out energy spikes in the power system which would allow the cores to be run in parallel...making the whole system more efficient) 17. Body shields (the Kintark and Drakkar already have them...and Dana has access to the Drakkar shields now...so there is no excuse) 18. John's mother 19. John's other darker half. 20. The Kintark's second front 21. Bodies for both Athena and for Faye (I still say Rachel needs to start with Stem Cells, a nutrient rich incubation cylinder, and John's sperm and have John just build some bodies for them...although, Rachel may be able to do it now by herself) 22. Faye's PTSD 23. The two destroyer class weapon's platforms 24. The Astral plane Behemoth 25. The Ashanath Fleet rebuilding and new ship models 26. The creation of stealth ships as gravity well and mine layers (along with a massive build up of said gravity wells and mines).

Tefler, enjoyed the new chapter, as always. Keep up the good work. I just have a beef with our protagonist that I'd like to address in a letter to him... Dear John. WTH? How many potentially Empire ending conflicts where the AARs can be summed up by... "we did alright in the end, but we were severely understaffed" does it take before the light dawns? Let's not take until the 7th trip to Maliri Space, or god-forbid when BSP shows up with a Thrall Army, before some steps are taken. Have Edraelle gather the Matriarchs and put together a Ship's Crew to staff the Invictus. Also, you know that big empty hole in the middle of the new and improved Battlecruiser that you are wondering how to fill? Why not pick a corner and put back the Marine Barracks and staff it with 300 soon to be white haired Maliri? A Paragon Suit building program and some combat operations training should go along way to getting ready for big old bad BSP. And coincidently the next intra-species war... ps. don't feel too bad for using the Maliri in this way, you are already sending girls into Ashana Space to help defend them. Just upgrade them to White hair while you are at it.

Mick Peaper

Just downloaded now going to sit on the balcony and enjoy it after a snorkel in the Med this morning. What a life.

Kim Biel-Nielsen

Really enjoyed this chapter - it was slow and thoughtfull and gave a very good balance to the previous action packed chapters.

Anthony Kester

Don't have too much fun!!!

Tefler

Hey guys! Glad you enjoyed it. I'll be incommunicado until tomorrow and I'll wrap up the last couple of scenes then. :-)

Tefler

I haven't quite finished yet, there's another couple of scenes I want to add, but I'm away today, so I won't get a chance to work on it!

Muledrvr

Sleep? What is this sleep you speak of?

Anthony Kester

Great chapter Tefler. Keep them coming.

thanks tefler wonderfull chapter keep on the good work

andrew finlayson

"You’ll be able to use them to make much strong Etherium for when you start repairs to your fleet. " p.65. 'stronger'?

Jim lynch

Is it me or did that chapter seem smaller or am I just getting faster at reading lol great chapter though I enjoy these type of chapters more than the big battles especially Dana working on her tech I love that.

Just proves how complex and diverse the English language is. Wait til he starts throw some colonial english from NZ or OZ in there, that'll not confuse the Americans but also the Brits, such a "Jeez cobber, fair suck of the sauce; don't come the raw pawn with me" ≈ "Aww come on mate get off the bottle and stop pulling my leg; no need to get up set and angry"

John (PLRU) a very soothing wind down chapter to prime us for then next few frenetic chapters as the Kintak, Kirrix, or Eshunnu kick it up a bit. Perhaps John may get to Brimmonian space for those shields :-) before then.

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

This chapter is working out just as I had hoped. Finally the T-Fed will be relieved to get some of his tech...and just in time for when the Kintark attack again. I suspect they will get the same suite that the Ashanath got, except for the Crystal Alysium. I wonder if they will just get the Maliri crystal tech...Which they can use to increase the power on their laser tech. The whole fleet will soon be at the level of Invictus 2...except for the armor plating.

great thanks keep it up

Chundering - Ha! T you probably lost a lot of us from the States and others, but the way you used it made it pretty understandable for puking, etc., for those who have spent sometime around some Brits. (spanner, turtle, boot, etc.) love it and enriches the English language everywhere.

Dennis Aston

I can't get the mental image out of my head of Sakura answering some kind of page or hail when piloting the Valkyrie dressed in a school girl outfit and pulling off a giggle behind the hand move. I know she would always be wearing armor but I wonder if Dana can make that a camera overlay for the cockpit camera that does some kind of green screen thing on her. Yeah, it seems like a waste but a completely Dana move.

Dennis Aston

Tefler, have you ever thought of making a second post after the chapter is posted to contain just fixes and edit suggestions?

Dennis Aston

Here is one bap recipe... <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/10/traditional-british-baps-recipe.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/10/traditional-british-baps-recipe.html</a> For the record I had the same question

Dennis Aston

"I'm sorry John I'm afraid I can't do that."

Derek B

Spectacular as usual Tefler I found a couple things and a question..... "It give us more utility. We could use the Valkyrie to help with refits," Should be gives then handed over a couple of breakfast baps Pardon my ignorance what is a Bap? You'll be able to use them to make much strong Etherium for when you start repairs to your fleet. I think you meant stronger

Thanks Tefler

John Jameson

Please please please do not make Faye into a neurotic AI cliche who wants to imprison the crew for their own protection.

i enjoyed the anime cliches as well. I agree with Alyssa that the way John handled Dana being "grounded" was done very well.

Malthe Mørk Mejlby

Just got to the point with with the anime cliches and I had to take a break to stop laughing... Japanese schoolgirl and tentacles,.. I didn't see that one coming at all.

oh no I'm screwed