Begin The Tale Here With Chapter – 1. 11 Jacinta The truth is, by the time the Imperial Marines had proffered their invitation to join them, Jacinta had already put me behind her. I was sixteen years old; she was fifteen. It was the last week of the summer before my final year of secondary … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 11
Start The Story Here With Chapter – 1 10 Promotions The freed hostages were tended to, interviewed and allowed to send messages to their home planets. The majority of them were citizens of the Union of Free Worlds, the nearest galactic power. They were survivors of the plundered caravels out of Caraquador. They told us they … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter 10
The Tale Begins With Chapter – 1 9 Surrender! Buoyed by the respite from enemy fire, we made short work of reorganizing for the climb up the crater wall. We ascended in three columns. It was rough going at first, but the higher we went, the firmer the ground grew under our boots. The Mechs were … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter 9
The Saga Begins With Chapter – 1 8 A Hellish Pit The collapse of the defile forced the bulk of our assault group back down and off the precarious remains of the defile. Several, less fortunate marines and troopers toppled backward and plunged to their deaths on the hills sprawled out nearly a kilometer below the … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 8
The Story Begins Here With Chapter – 1 7 Technical Difficulties We could not help ourselves. To a man, I’m sure, we turned our gazes to the sky. Our visors automatically polarized themselves to block out the harsh brightness. Even at full occluding, stinging light still seeped through. I couldn’t see anything at first but white … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 7
The Story Begins Here With Chapter – 1 6Ground Assault As if to drive the captain’s point home, our Halberds and Hussars loosed a cannonade of bright, white-hot plasma overhead. The Spontoons lurched forward to meet the incoming threat. On the ground, the Kuvasz tanks raised their turrets and laser guns to the sky and loosed … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 6
The Story Begins Here with Chapter – 1. 5 Boots On The Ground “...Blessed repose and eternal memory.” I kept an eye on the tactical display even as my fellow marines and I prayed for the souls lost on the Lionheart. The closer our fleet approached the enemy, the more damages our … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 5
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The Tale Begins Here With CHAPTER – 1 4 The Battle Begins “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war,” Chaplain Prata recited the Imperial battle prayer which began with the opening verses of the 143rd Psalm, prayed by Christian soldiers down the ages. His raspy tenor came … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 4
Start the tale at the beginning by clicking FAITH & EMPIRE — Chapter – 1 3 The Hard Nut “The planet’s atmosphere is composed of seventy-six percent hydrogen, fifteen percent helium and the rest is mostly methane which, the last three days of observations have shown us, can erupt in fiery geysers from beneath the … Continue reading FAITH & EMPIRE – Chapter – 3
