military-science-fiction

A night in space can last a long time _ or maybe it never ends.

Caleb shoved back from the table and stood to retreat to the kitchen. __o. Find another plan.___here is no other plan. This isn__ even a plan, merely a nugget of an idea for the start of a plan that__ certain to fail and end in your deaths.

Nisi flashed his charismatic, mysterious smile. __ow, with this in mind, are you ready to take the next step?__espite Caleb__ attempts at caution__t circumspection and even suspicion__he man__ words stirred his blood. They teased the possibilities of the power within his reach, real power extending far beyond parlor tricks and personal protection to a place where the course of life itself could be changed.__ am.

What happens," called out Max, "if you win?""We die anyway, but I become legend" I explained

That__ the difference between good military commanders and good politicians, John Geary. You__e shown me that a good military commander spends the lives of their people reluctantly and with regret, but does spend them when necessary. The good politician does the same thing with principles. There aren__ any fine burials for sacrificed principles, though.

He relaxed into the dirt, it was all right, he was infantry and the dirt was home. He felt warm liquid all over his left thigh and wondered if he__ peed himself, it didn__ matter, none of it mattered, the stars were out in the blackness overhead and that was where he was going.

That__ it. Keep that edge. Fight like there__ no tomorrow.

Never diagnosed the enemy before.

I,_ he said, a faint note of derision in his voice, __m the least favored scion of our ruling house, House Mara Sant._ He was from Brontes, then. Which might explain the eyes_she thought again of certain differences, and suppressed a shudder. __ am a Prince of the Blood,_ he continued, sounding both embittered and proud, __hird in line for the Dragon Throne, and grand nephew to the Emperor. Owing to a_political dispute, I am now also an exile. Presented with a choice between resigning my commission in the na-vy and leaving to become governor of a mining planet and staying to face my uncle__ as-sassins_._ He shrugged slightly, as if the choice were of no consequence.___political dispute?___ gambled,_ he said bluntly. __ lost.___ou seem_sanguine,_ she remarked, surprise blunting the instinct to guard her tongue.__e shouldn__ have let me live._ That anyone could discuss their own murder with such cold calculation horrified her. He horrified her. She chewed her lip, digesting all that he__ told her: not merely a naval officer, but a prince__nd a maverick one at that. She wondered what he could have done.__o you see,_ he finished, ____ no more free than you._ He laughed, then, but without humor. __e can be prisoners together. I am en route to a wretched planet called Tarsonis to assume governorship and as you have no other, more pressing engagement, you are coming with me.

I have been and always shall be your friend.

Food__ the killer. The clock starts as soon as the troops are on the ground. You wouldn__ believe how fast they consume what they__e carrying, and then _ if I don__ get them more, if I don__ find them more _ they die.

An illusion is when everyone is in on the joke, a delusion is when you are the joke.

Laches faded away, leaving Miriam standing facing Hyperion, the Metigen who had orchestrated the slaughter of over fifty million people a short year ago.There were limits to even deals with the devil, lines which should never be crossed_but she was beginning to wonder when she might find one.

She returned his salute with a sly smile__ rare enough event that he eyed her suspiciously.__dmiral Solovy, are you wearing a shit-eating grin because we won here today, or is there something else I should know?___here__ something else you should know.

This is what I hate most about guys like you. You didn't even try.

There's not a hell of a lot of difference between bravery and stupidity." - Commander Boaz Aurigae

Any Earth Alliance military personnel who, whether through affirmative acts or by inaction, assist these seditionists are guilty of treason and will be held accountable. To all present military personnel: you have five minutes to respond accordingly.__he chuckled. __et more than one scuffle just broke out on board those ships.___ny second thoughts?__er head shook tersely. __e__e all traitors now.___t__ not traitorous to want to be free.

This is a Spartacan fighting knife. Heard of the Spartacan Scouts? Rough boys. This knife belonged to one of them. He died saving my life.