This follows on from Nip In The Bud and comes courtesy of kunama_wolf and the number three.

The team from the Directorate of Public Health and Safety had their equipment set up and in place before the Illusian Sun reached orbit. Even if you knew it was there, it just looked like part of the standard scanning equipment used across human-frequented space for ( Read more... )

I wrote this to the latest Thimbleful Thursday prompt.

The unexpected transport came in hot and hard, sweating off heat shield residue as it slowed to not crash. The landing itself was a bravura piece of work that the part-time port master might have applauded, if it hadn’t been preceded by a sonic boom. The fact that the transport had been ( Read more... )