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Taurian Invasion: Epilogue

Epilogue

Allen crashed long before the battle ended and Sylvia had given him something to make sure he slept. He awoke to find Sylvia once again snuggled against his side. He tried his best to rise quietly but by the third gasp of pain her eyes fluttered open. “I know you didn’t get as much rest as I did, so get some more rest if you need it.”

“As tempting as your offer is, Mr. Spencer, I’m awake…

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Taurian Invasion 41: Tsunami

Part Four:

Tsunami

I awoke that morning with Sylvia at my side once more. She had rarely left my side for more than a few minutes and I had to admit, it was pretty nice. I was beginning to dream about what the future might hold for us while watching her sleep, when she stirred. “Good morning, dear one. How do you feel?”

“A bit stiff. I think I slept wrong because my neck is sore. Could you rub…

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Taurian Invasion 40:

I awoke in darkness and pain and wondered if I was at the bottom of the ocean. Then I realized that I didn’t feel Fluffy around me and wondered if I was dead. I decided that death probably wouldn’t hurt this much and decided to take the big step of moving and groaning feebly.

Sylvia’s voice seemed muffled as she said “Doc, I think he’s awake.”

I seemed to be on a moving gurney, “You’re lucky to…

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Taurian Invasion 33: Storm Warning

Section 5:

Calm Before the Storm

The next few months were very exciting to live through, but would be very repetitious to describe. We would spend a week capturing bases and killing aliens, and then we would go home and spend a week resting and healing while training new pilots. Six pilots were killed (five in battle and one in a stupid traffic accident,) and eight others were injured badly…

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Taurian invasion 32: The Date of Infinite Awkwardness

This time when we came back I got to be right in the middle of the festivities! Have I mentioned that I don’t like crowds? It was getting pretty bad until I got pulled up on stage for a photo op with the Director. At least they had food and drinks for everyone and plenty of tables and chairs set up. When I was allowed offstage Sylvia pounced on me and gave me a big hug and a peck on the cheek.…

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Taurian Invasion 31: Learning From Your Superiors

Our victory celebration that night was a big one. The only thing that I think kept it from completely getting out of control was when we heard that Maury had been lost. He had taken a pair of head shots from the initial volley from the first group of Centaurs. Unlike when we lost Zach, Maury hadn’t done anything wrong. He had just had plain old bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.…

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Taurian Invasion 30: The Right Plan

We moved out at dusk. Fifty men and women in armor clambered off the flatbeds, formed into our squads and moved toward our first checkpoint. This battlefield had about ten times the number of trees than the last, but that still didn’t add up to any real cover. The Australian scouts had found another wash that would allow us to sneak inside the Taurian perimeter and we were planning on heading in…

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Taurian Invasion 23: The Conference

I had Sylvia escort me to conference center early the next morning. My excuse was to find a small out of the way place to set up a cot in case I needed to lay down, but I really want to see who was coming and who was already there. The conference center was by the main (impress the visitors) entrance, and there were already a lot of visitors. Young men in uniform and business suits were…

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Salvar Hiatus Notice

It is with regret and embarrassment that I must announce a Hiatus for “The Story of Salvar.” Unfortunately I have been ill for several months now and can’t seem to get well. I still have plenty of story to tell and kept waiting until I felt well again to continue writing. Unfortunately, it has been over two months since I felt well, and I have no idea how much longer this will last. As soon as I…

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Taurian Invasion 20: The Giant Killers

Sniper stood up slowly and said in a tired voice, “Alright everyone, we’ve have a freaking bad day. I want each of you to give me a status report on your squads this evening. I need to determine weather we will ready to go in the morning, or we need to be withdrawn.”

I surprised myself as much as everyone else when I snarled, “NO!” The whole room froze and everyone stared at me. Now that I had…

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Taurian Invasion 19: First Casualty

The next morning, we cleared the dishes away to make our dining room a briefing room and Sniper appeared on the main screen. “Today, we are continuing on with where we left off yesterday. We should be able to complete the dirty sensor ring today, if there are no stupid interruptions. Unfortunately, the freaking Centaurs are in the middle of this ring and will be doing their alien best to make…

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Taurian Invasion 18: Politics

Taurian Invasion 18:

Once we got back to the motorhome, we racked our suits while the techs had a look at Lena’s suit which she was still in. “What’s the matter Pepe?”

“Oh, the leg is damaged and she will not open up to let her out.”

“Lena, do you think that you could just slip your leg out?”

“Yeah, but there’s nothing for me to stand on.”

“Here,” making a stirrup with my hands, “you can use me.”

“Are you sure? I’m…

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Salvar 18: Preparations

Salvar 18:

As a war leader for the under mountain kingdom, I now ride with Favla each day in the flying cart to the meet with General Moore and his warriors. I am appalled that the Fleet-Ones have created and unleashed so many of the half-living. According to what I understand, they simply unleash the half-living in the direction of a target, often without even warriors to ride herd on them. Apparently,…

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Taurian Invasion 17: Baptism of Fire

“I have approximately 50 Centaurs and Gargoyles on my tail. I thought I saw some Cyclops in the back, but I didn’t stick around long enough to confirm.”

Sniper snapped back, “What the heck did you guys do to get the demented things so mad at you?”

Joey explained, “They just came charging out of the dark at full speed. We just happened to be too close to their path to stay out of sight.”

“What’s…

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Taurian Invasion 16: First Kill

Once we landed, the crew opened up the ramp and I walked out into the bright tropical sunshine. Then the heat and humidity hit me like I had just walked into a wall. I stood there dazed for a second before someone ran into me from behind and sent me stumbling the rest of the way down the ramp. (So much for a good first impression.)

As I looked around, my respect for the aircraft pilots went up…

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Salvar 16: Clan

Camp log Director Jeff Morgan Leotaur POW Camp #1

Everything is going well. We are setting everything up for the official opening tomorrow. The houses are all changing from empty rooms to homes with prodding from Tessa. She loves taking the Leotaurs on shopping trips. If it wasn’t for the language barrier there would be no stopping her. The Leotaurs seem to love working as we continue to build…

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saturdaymorning

Capitalism is so fucked up. People literally die because medicine costs too much. Money isn’t real. It stands for some arbitrary number and people literally DIE because of that number. Because they don’t have that number so they die. That should freak us all out. We should be overthrowing the government.

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Kurt Gaubatz recalls Churchill's famous dictum: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." (from a House of Commons speech on Nov. 11, 1947)

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