22 February 2013

SciFi Fantasy Saturday



Welcome to another edition of SciFi Fantasy Saturday - our little web-ring of fab SciFi & Fantasy writers and posters. Check out snippets from other SFFS authors here: scififansat.blogspot.com

This Week: Posting from "The Girls From Alcyone II: Freelancer."

Skipping ahead a bit (to dodge nasty spoilers), but still on board the TGV on Bellatrix, we get to know a little more about the 'fat man' - because I think he's growing weary of having me refer to him thusly.


Only once he'd received confirmation of the doctor's safe extraction, only once Farrington was on his way to the facility that would become his new home, did Admiral Henry Thomas Mirren allow himself to relax. Extracting the doctor directly from the moving TGV had been a risk, but waiting to disembark at the station was perhaps even more problematic. Even here on Bellatrix, far removed from the core systems, there were always eyes about; spies, ever watchful.
Freelancers. That was the kindest word for that kind of vermin. Rogues, ronin, thieves, outcasts. Not even the most disreputable of the Mercenary Clans would associate with them. At least, not publicly. But there was always a market for information, and these freelancers abounded everywhere. Especially on fringe worlds like Bellatrix where the Council's influence was stretched thinner than cat gut.

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13 comments:

  1. Starr O'Hara22 February 2013 at 22:40

    Mercenary Clans! Sweet.

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  2. T. M. Hunter23 February 2013 at 06:07

    Great stuff...and of course, those all sound like my kind of people. :-)

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  3. Anonymous23 February 2013 at 06:20

    Love that last line... LOVE it.

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  4. JC Cassels23 February 2013 at 07:42

    Awesome! Love Freelancers! You have NO idea how much! They's my PEEPS!!

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    1. Cary Caffrey23 February 2013 at 09:35

      That's just because they all excel at Fizbin.

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  5. Patrick Stutzman23 February 2013 at 08:14

    Freelancers? Ugh! Who would want to associate with them? ... Ah, who am I kidding?!

    Great snippet!

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  6. S.A. Check23 February 2013 at 09:53

    Cry Freelancers! Lower than a mercenary! I love the whole fringe world atmosphere. What happens on Bellatrix stays on Bellatrix!

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  7. S.C. Wade23 February 2013 at 13:51

    I'm intrigued!!!

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  8. Sue Ann Bowling23 February 2013 at 20:46

    Hey, you've insulted cats!

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  9. Sue Ann Bowling23 February 2013 at 20:47

    Oh, Jarn's here, btw. Usual place; I just forgot to sign him up.

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  10. Unknown23 February 2013 at 23:50

    "Rogues, ronin, thieves, outcasts." My kind of people! I'm glad the "fat man" finally gets a name.

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    1. Cary Caffrey24 February 2013 at 07:07

      Yes, he wasn't happy at all about that. He much prefers the term 'well built.'

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