By David C. Daoust   The Ark-ship, Rhea Epsilon, was the seat of the Artificial Intelligence known as ‘Noreen’. There were two other such Ark-ships, which also entailed two other such Artificial Intelligences. They were known primarily as ‘Arks’ to those in the know, though sometimes, simply, as ‘Ai’s’. The Arks’ reach was far farther…

By David C. Daoust   The young pilot, whom Noreen knew as Abdul Cairn, came in pretty fast. She was positive that if the other officers were not there as well, his charge would have led to a physical altercation. This was largely going off of the young pilot’s heart rate. The sheer rage, apparent…

By David C. Daoust   After weeks in space, rather than collecting their tank, the small crew of the space-tanker, Atlas, found themselves docked on the Collecting Station Iopa-XIX. Or, more commonly known as just ‘Nineteen’, to those that lived and worked there. Nineteen was a small, sleek station, pretty much a massive cross, floating…

By David C. Daoust   Noreen had eyes throughout the Solar System. Omnipresent, her systems touched, almost, everything. Her current interest, however, was on the small manned vehicle soaring through the Iopa System. The small ‘space-tanker’ was sent from the colonized moon, Umbrie, to a Collecting Station resting in orbit around the Gas Giant, Iopa….