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Hmmmm...interesting to see where this will go.

The humans would love to get their hands on some of the tech and would love to bring the Loroi to Earth. In fact, it's probably their directive - to get back ASAP once they got something.
Getting deeper into unknown territory and risking crew and current gains wouldn't seem enticing.

On the other hand the Loroi would want to get back to their space to report about the recent development in the war.
An impasse.

Honestly, if he plays it right, the captain could bargain well.
The stricken ship in exchange for carrying the loroi home.

Alternatively, contacting another scout to do both - one takes a few Loroi to Earth, the other takes a few home.

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Alternatively, contacting another scout to do both - one takes a few Loroi to Earth, the other takes a few home.
Not with an Umiak vessel coming their way.

The way I see it the humans will have to pick between running home and possibly exposing Humanity's core worlds (not to mention being overrun), or running toward the relatively closer Loroi frontline/border.

92 extra people is a lot for a scout ship (with a complement of 80-90 people) to hold. I'd guess the humans will end up dashing towards the loroi border and giving pretty free reign to their newfound sisters (allowed to travel around most of the ship apart from reasonably restricted areas) in order to curry some goodwill. With both cramped space and most life-support systems understandably strained, I'm sure (and fervently hope) quite a lot of integration and cultural blending will happen between the two crews.

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Logannion wrote:
Alternatively, contacting another scout to do both - one takes a few Loroi to Earth, the other takes a few home.
Not with an Umiak vessel coming their way.

The way I see it the humans will have to pick between running home and possibly exposing Humanity's core worlds (not to mention being overrun), or running toward the relatively closer Loroi frontline/border.

92 extra people is a lot for a scout ship (with a complement of 80-90 people) to hold. I'd guess the humans will end up dashing towards the loroi border and giving pretty free reign to their newfound sisters (allowed to travel around most of the ship apart from reasonably restricted areas) in order to curry some goodwill. With both cramped space and most life-support systems understandably strained, I'm sure (and fervently hope) quite a lot of integration and cultural blending will happen between the two crews.
It is possible that they will cannabilize the loroi vessel for some parts in order to extend the hunan scout ship's life support capabilities. And rob the larder of loroi edible food. Fleeing to loroi space may become a bad idea if they are cut of from those jump points. I am curious about where this will go.

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Logannion wrote:
Alternatively, contacting another scout to do both - one takes a few Loroi to Earth, the other takes a few home.
Not with an Umiak vessel coming their way.

The way I see it the humans will have to pick between running home and possibly exposing Humanity's core worlds (not to mention being overrun), or running toward the relatively closer Loroi frontline/border.

92 extra people is a lot for a scout ship (with a complement of 80-90 people) to hold. I'd guess the humans will end up dashing towards the loroi border and giving pretty free reign to their newfound sisters (allowed to travel around most of the ship apart from reasonably restricted areas) in order to curry some goodwill. With both cramped space and most life-support systems understandably strained, I'm sure (and fervently hope) quite a lot of integration and cultural blending will happen between the two crews.

There are no other vessels in-system.
There is NOTHING stopping the scout from turning back, and there's no one to follow them.

But granted, I haven't taken into account the crew complements. Do we even have the exact number of loroi survivors?

Hmmm....graft the loroi ship to the human one, have it pull/push? :P

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TrashMan wrote:
There are no other vessels in-system.
There is NOTHING stopping the scout from turning back, and there's no one to follow them.

But granted, I haven't taken into account the crew complements. Do we even have the exact number of loroi survivors?

Hmmm....graft the loroi ship to the human one, have it pull/push? :P
I have taken the liberty to give the Umiak's farsense in the story and the Umiak ships have far better accelaration than TCA ships. Can't take the Loroi aboard, the Umiak will hunt the ship down with far sense. The human crew wouldn't be in danger since they can't be detected with farsense but they don't even know that an Umiak ship is coming.

The question is: When would Matveyev have to turn to leave the system before before the Umiak ship that will go to investigate the 93 life signs catches a glimpse of it?

Before first contact with the Loroi is a safe bet.

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dragoongfa wrote:
I have taken the liberty to give the Umiak's farsense in the story and the Umiak ships have far better accelaration than TCA ships. Can't take the Loroi aboard, the Umiak will hunt the ship down with far sense. The human crew wouldn't be in danger since they can't be detected with farsense but they don't even know that an Umiak ship is coming.

The question is: When would Matveyev have to turn to leave the system before before the Umiak ship that will go to investigate the 93 life signs catches a glimpse of it?
So what are the Umiak waiting for?

If they could sense the Loroi the entire time and from those distances (farsense has limits, assuming that is what the Umiak are using and not just a hidden sensor net or something), then:
- how did the Loroi lure them into an ambush if they could detect their exact position?
- the Umiak know exactly where the loroi ship is and are doing nothing.
- decided to only send one ship after it, with others so far behind as to be pointless (given the Loroi speed and distance/time advantage)

The Mateyev has been in system for a while (a day or two?) and it detected nothing. No energy discharge. So the battle was fought before they arrived. Meaning the Loroi were waiting there all this time.
That basically means that the Umiak sent one ship and then decided to send another one 2 days later. Which itself would be pointless, since they couldn't catch that Loroi ship anyway.

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TrashMan wrote:
dragoongfa wrote:
I have taken the liberty to give the Umiak's farsense in the story and the Umiak ships have far better accelaration than TCA ships. Can't take the Loroi aboard, the Umiak will hunt the ship down with far sense. The human crew wouldn't be in danger since they can't be detected with farsense but they don't even know that an Umiak ship is coming.

The question is: When would Matveyev have to turn to leave the system before before the Umiak ship that will go to investigate the 93 life signs catches a glimpse of it?
So what are the Umiak waiting for?

If they could sense the Loroi the entire time and from those distances (farsense has limits, assuming that is what the Umiak are using and not just a hidden sensor net or something), then:
- how did the Loroi lure them into an ambush if they could detect their exact position?
- the Umiak know exactly where the loroi ship is and are doing nothing.
- decided to only send one ship after it, with others so far behind as to be pointless (given the Loroi speed and distance/time advantage)

The Mateyev has been in system for a while (a day or two?) and it detected nothing. No energy discharge. So the battle was fought before they arrived. Meaning the Loroi were waiting there all this time.
That basically means that the Umiak sent one ship and then decided to send another one 2 days later. Which itself would be pointless, since they couldn't catch that Loroi ship anyway.
I can answer all of the above easily but that would give some very big spoilers, suffice to say that the Umiak don't have far sensing capabilities anywhere near the same level as the Loroi. For reasons that are both tech and skill based.

As for the initial Umiak ambush against the Loroi Squadron, that wouldn't have happened if certain Umiak fleets that recently received some new classified equipment weren't doing shakedown cruises in space that was considered wholly abandoned and away from wandering eyes. The fact that such shakedown fleets happened to run into two minor Loroi flottilas that were there for some reason was considered both a bonus and an extra proof of concept for the new equipment.

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TrashMan wrote:
dragoongfa wrote:
I have taken the liberty to give the Umiak's farsense in the story and the Umiak ships have far better accelaration than TCA ships. Can't take the Loroi aboard, the Umiak will hunt the ship down with far sense. The human crew wouldn't be in danger since they can't be detected with farsense but they don't even know that an Umiak ship is coming.

The question is: When would Matveyev have to turn to leave the system before before the Umiak ship that will go to investigate the 93 life signs catches a glimpse of it?
So what are the Umiak waiting for?

If they could sense the Loroi the entire time and from those distances (farsense has limits, assuming that is what the Umiak are using and not just a hidden sensor net or something), then:
- how did the Loroi lure them into an ambush if they could detect their exact position?
- the Umiak know exactly where the loroi ship is and are doing nothing.
- decided to only send one ship after it, with others so far behind as to be pointless (given the Loroi speed and distance/time advantage)

The Mateyev has been in system for a while (a day or two?) and it detected nothing. No energy discharge. So the battle was fought before they arrived. Meaning the Loroi were waiting there all this time.
That basically means that the Umiak sent one ship and then decided to send another one 2 days later. Which itself would be pointless, since they couldn't catch that Loroi ship anyway.
The Umiak farsense sensor is some kind of living organism. It have sensed the loroi vessels crew but so far not been asked to volunteer this information to it's operator. If the operator does not ask, the information may not come to the Umiak crews knowledge. Regarding taking survivors on board the scout ship, the Umiak are not supposed to have farsense ability and as such there is no no need to take that into account. Once the realise the possibility for ghis, if ever then they will need to make soom hard decisions. Maybe the loroi faarser can confuse the enemy or something. Perhaps the crew can be placed in a drug induced coma to appear dead? Let's see where this goes.

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Chapter 4, part 3

The Mizol had done plenty of stupid things since Razormist was assigned as her bodyguard; in fact her actions were so ridiculous that two more Teidar were assigned to Shadowcloud to keep her safe. This however had to easily be at the top 4; even higher than the time she abducted that Barsam religious leader, who to her credit was indeed acting as a proxy for the Nissek Hegemony’s attempt to come in contact with the Hierarchy. It was to Shadowcloud’s further credit that her crazy stunts almost always worked out; still as her chief bodyguard Razormist didn’t like this and if the situation had been any different she would have protested for longer, perhaps even try to stop her but she knew that when Shadowcloud got something in her head there was almost nothing that could stop her.

“Is there something bothering you my Sezon?” Teidar Longblade reached out telepathically to her.

“Shadowcloud.” Razormist replied without thinking.

“Mizols are known to be like that.” Her subordinate replied.

“You have no idea.”

“Some say that they like to hide and talk so much because they are afraid.” Longblade commented.

“Afraid?” Razormist asked although she already guessed the answer.

“Afraid that without using these cheap tricks the other castes would see their cowardly nature and strike them down.”

“Spoken like a Teidar fresh out of training.” Razormist commented, her message carrying both amusement and chastising for her subordinate’s comments.

“But Sezon…”

“We Teidar developed and adopted Lotai not because we were the first to be targeted in battles but because we were hunted down at times of ‘peace’ because of our ‘cowardly’ powers.” Razormist cut her off and reminded her.

“No warrior from other castes would ever best a Teidar!” Longblade protested.

“Really? How many warriors are you able to take out on your own? 4? Maybe 8? When we were still fighting with swords and spears hundreds of warriors would gang up and murder lone Teidars for any perceived slights, real and even made up. Don’t overestimate you strength and you will live long enough to learn the true history of our caste when you become a senior warrior.” Razormist scolded her.

“I…am sorry my Sezon.” Longblade relented.

“The fun thing is that I thought the same way even after I became a senior warrior a century ago and that's why I loathed the Mizols.” Razormist replied calmly. “It didn’t help that the only Mizols I knew were the intelligence and diplomatic officers on the ships I served. They always advised caution and restraint; regularly objecting to the actions of our most exemplar warriors and commanders.”

“Warnings and calls for caution are the tools of a coward.” Longblade commented almost mechanically.

“And all of those exemplars died early in the war, their defeats bringing long lasting shame to their castes.” Razormist continued as if she hadn’t heard her subordinate. “I was assigned to Shadowcloud right after Greywind’s ascension to the throne. It was unheard of at the time for Teidar to act as mere bodyguards to protect Mizols, no matter how high ranking they were. Our caste leaders immediately protested but Greywind somehow convinced them to accept those orders and when I voiced my displeasure to Shadowcloud about me serving as her bodyguard she told me exactly what Greywind said to our elders.”

“What was that?”

“A Teidar’s life is to overcome adversity and always speak the truth. We were needed not as mere bodyguards but to tell the other castes what was really happening in the shadow war that the Mizol were fighting.”

“Mizol lies and trickery.” Longblade commented.

“Our Elders didn’t think so but what Shadowcloud said next was what led me to accept becoming her bodyguard.”

“What do you mean?”

“She told me that if I could defeat her in a non lethal duel then she would make sure that I would get a promotion and be sent to whatever assignment I wished.”

“An obvious Mizol lie.” Longblade said with open contempt.

“She didn’t lie Teidar and by now you should know that it is something within her influence to grant.”

“Then why didn’t you fight her?” Longblade asked.

“I did fight her and I lost.” Razormist admitted.

“Impossible…”

“I know, no warrior from another caste can defeat a Teidar.” Razormist joked reminding her subordinate what she herself had said earlier.

“But the Mizol telekinetics are weaker than Teidars!”

“Everyone knows about the understanding that the Listel and the Mizol have come to regarding telekinetics. Everyone who is born to a Listel mother and is both telekinetic and eidetic goes to the Mizol, no matter how strong they may be. Such telekinetics are rare and usually weak but there are the few odd monsters among them.”

“How strong is she?”

“Probably on the same level as the 'Beast of Seren' in terms of raw strength.”

“Teidar Sezon Razormist and Teidar Longblade, I have need of you.” Shadowcloud addressed both of them before Longblade could reply.

“What do you need Mizol?” Razormist asked.

“I have come to an agreement with the aliens. They will allow two of our number to inspect their positions.” Shadowcloud replied.

“It’s our ship and they dare ‘allow’ us to move freely on it?” Razormist commented angrily.

“Hold your temper and listen to me.” Shadowcloud snapped back. “The alien told me that there are six of them and they are only lightly armed, I want you to verify their story and inspect the airlock they installed. Then I want you to extract Thunderspear and the Farseer as well as the unconscious Passet.”

“Then what?”

“After that; these ‘humans’ will transmit the full biological information about their species, information that we will in turn use to heal the one that the knocked out Passet injured.” Shadowcloud replied with an air of accomplishment.

“What do they want in exchange Mizol?” Razormist asked.

“We will have to transmit our own full biological information in turn.”

“Not a lot of people will like that.”
Razormist commented.

“It’s something that the Shells already have and we need their biological information to see if they are indeed a natural species and not a construct of the Shells.”


“And we will be able to cross reference that information with a living specimen as well; we will also be in a position to ‘accidentally’ touch them and scan them in depth.” Razormist thought.

“We will see for sure if they are indeed naturally immune to our telepathy that way.” Shadowcloud commented.

“What’s our next move if they are indeed what they say they are?”

“They said that they are here to offer assistance; I asked if they have some sort of small emergency generator and if they are willing to trade it for some of our equipment.” Shadowcloud replied.

“And what are the odds of such a generator being powerful enough to support the Farseer’s amplifier?” Razormist asked with a hint of hope at the back of her thoughts.

“Very good if what the human said is true, we will supplement it with our shuttles if need be but we will alert the empire about this new Shell trick.” Shadowcloud replied.

"If we indeed offer them some equipment you will have to go through Darkwing about it and you know the condition she is in." Razormist added.

"Don't worry about her, I will have her fixed even if I have to drag her to the med bay myself."

"We will need a lot of energy to do everything you said and we don't have a lot of fuel to power the shuttles." Razormist reminded her.

"It's a risk we have to take, if the humans are a Shell trick we are dead anyway but if they are genuine then we will have a way to send a warning to the empire and ask for help." Shadowcloud said reassuringly but something in her telepathic tone bothered Razormist.

“What is it Mizol?”

“I dread to think what will happen to the Union if the Listel are proven right.”

Chapter 5, part 1: http://www.well-of-souls.com/forums/vie ... 819#p18819
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With the end of chapter 4 I realized that there is a limit of 10urls per post, I will try to think of something to keep the parts of the story coherently archived.

Yet an other part of the story that was extensively rewritten after the fact btw. Also for some reason I am still not comfortable with the way this came out. I guess I will rewrite this part whenever I finish the story and gather it all in one place.

Anyway I am torn between naming this chapter the end of Act 1 or if the next one should be it; well time will tell.

EDIT: On further thought this should be the end of Act 1 since the setting has been thoroughly established, the major characters and their goals have been outlined (most of the characters anyway), the impending crisis has been shown to the reader and the way out of the initial kerfuffle has been decided.

So this is the official end of Act 1. Chapter 5 will be the start of Act 2 and I hope that by chapter 6 someone will have established a plausible preliminary explanation about the human Lotai and it's something that will really scare the Loroi.

Because of the URL problem I will collect all the parts, edit them and release them all together as a stand alone PDF file and if the conversion is easy enough in some form of ebook format for ebook readers.

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Why not post it to FanFiction.net or AO3 as well?

Also, I assume Leinnol is the Beast of Seren? :3
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Carl Miller wrote:Why not post it to FanFiction.net or AO3 as well?
Will probably do it when the story is finished and properly cleaned up. A handful of the parts I have put up here are placeholders that may change radically after I finish it.
Also, I assume Leinnol is the Beast of Seren? :3
Maybe, who knows; all I know is that the Beast is scary :P

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dragoongfa wrote:
Carl Miller wrote:Also, I assume Leinnol is the Beast of Seren? :3
Maybe, who knows; all I know is that the Beast is scary :P
You know, fuck it, I will use this as an opportunity for yet an other Author's random ramblings:

In this installment I give you:

Creative adaptation of canonical material and breaking away from it

To begin with let's make it clear, yes as background information to my story the 'Beast of Seren' is indeed Teidar Pallan Leinnol a.k.a. Fireblade. For more info see this: http://well-of-souls.com/outsider/image ... eblade.png

This is a straightforward and easy example in regards to giving a gentle nod to the original story while still keeping the statement open to interpretation. However as simple as this simple statement sounds it's not something that I take lightly to just put in there; to put it bluntly I don't know how the conversation will go when I write it and as such I have to have a broad enough base of knowledge/assumptions to draw from in order to insert such small nods inside the story.

As such I made some assumptions in regards to Fireblade's past; the first assumption I made was that the occupation of Seren found Fireblade in the middle of her diral training period but the occupation of Seren happened 4 and a half years into the war and the diral group training starts when the child is six years old. This shot down the initial assumption but opened up a far bigger avenue for background story possibilities. The possibilities are endless with such an open backstory.

This is the assumed background I based the above 'Beast of Seren' statement.

Fireblade was stranded on Seren with her caregivers who were unable to send her to a Teidar academy at Deinar before the Umiak occupied the planet. Some time later the Umiak begin to gather Loroi children, especially those with unique powers (telekinetics and farseers) but the caregivers protest and violently oppose this throughout the planet, resulting in extended bloodshed throughout the planet. Fireblade and other children escaped to the wild, essentially becoming ferals with a deep seated hatred for the Umiak.

These ferals scrounged for food and in time banded together in their own unofficial diral bands, bands that soon begun to harass the Umiak occupiers. The Umiak occupiers having already taken whatever they needed from the Loroi occupation begun a policy of extermination against the Loroi population and soon the feral bands were joined by other bands made up by stranded warriors and civilians who wanted to escape.

A particular feral band gained extensive notoriety because of their leader, a very strong telekinetic child. This band was responsible for extensive damages and casualties to the Umiak occupiers and the Umiak soon became obsessed with destroying that particular band. The attention the Umiak gave to that particular band allowed other, less prominent bands to remain hidden and largely escape Umiak retaliation. Despite the Umiak attempts that band regularly escaped entrapment, inflicting heavy casualties to the pursuing forces and because of their monstrous leader it became known as the band of the Beast.

Five years after the fall of Seren, in the height of the Semoset campaign the Loroi fleet under Sunfall succeeded in liberating Seren and unearthing what the Umiak had done at the planet. From the 50 million Loroi that called the planet home before it's fall, less than 600.000 remained alive in roving bands that remained hidden even after the planet's liberation. It took some time for the Loroi forces to convince these bands to come out of hiding but the Feral bands that knew only war were troublesome, although they didn't kill any Loroi they didn't know anything else than surviving in the wild and any attempts to convince them to come out were met with non lethal violence. With substantial effort the feral bands were pacified and the band of the Beast shocked everyone with its story and its leader.

The Beast of Seren as that leader became known was an powerful telekinetic, made even more powerful when enraged; the treatment that the Umiak reserved for her band made sure that she would always be enraged against the Umiak. The band was hounded for years, its members picked out one by one, surrender was not an option because the Umiak slowly tortured and butchered any prisoners from that particular band; at its height the band had more than 2.000 feral Loroi but when it was pacified it had less than 200. Survivors proclaimed that they only survived thanks to the Beast who's accomplishments in battle easily equaling if not surpassing the legends of Firestorm and Tempest.

The Loroi government was unsure of what to do with the Beast, few of the other ferals were telekinetic and even those were easy to integrate into the Mizol and Teidar castes. The Beast and the survivors of their band however were deeply scarred by war and many considered them unstable. It was only thanks to the most militant of the Loroi warriors that the members of that band were allowed to choose which caste they would join, their time in the Feral band recognized as an exemplar diral band and the Beast herself was inducted into the Teidar, her accomplishments being lauded throughout the empire and her monicker as the 'Beast of Seren' becoming a legend.

Due to her feral history and her stubborn nature the Beast wasn't an ideal student and certain techniques that required a serene mind eluded her altogether. Despite these failings extensive leniency was given to her due to her accomplishments in battle and unnatural telekinetic strength. When she graduated from the Teidar academy the Beast, having taken the name of Leinnol/Fireblade, was bombarded by requests to join particular units and ships but she chose a particular fleet commander who in turn was known for her stubbornness and aggressive nature.


Of course I added some details as I wrote the above but the gist of the assumptions I made are pretty straightforward and add some depth into Fireblade and perhaps give an extra dimension to Fireblade's actions in the original story. Also it establishes her as a very high point of reference.

This was a creative adaptation of what is known about Fireblade but I know that it is something that will soon break away from canonical material when Arioch deepens her background which is part of the reason as to why I only wrote 'Beast of Seren' in the story, the other part being that if someone in the story doesn't ask about the Beast when a PoV character is nearby then there should be no mention of her.

In my mind I have similar background assumptions for a couple more characters, Loroi history and politics and even future human history.

In the end why did I write all of the above?

Because no one can write a story that they haven't thought through in their head and the above is just an example of creative assumptions I have to take in regards to this story and others I have written in the past.

EDIT: No one said that I went overboard; need to go deeper...

Next up: How Beryl cured Loroi cancer.

EDIT2: I don't want to imagine what Arioch has done in the past to train you people not to bite the bait...
EDIT3: In my defense: It's Sunday and I was bored.
EDIT4: You know, after sleeping and reading it again, it does make some sense but I still think that it goes to far, oh well, it was a productive 20 minutes when I wrote it.

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Hey, that was a good read, but it was posted on a busy day. :P

I don't know about most people, but I usually just check up the forums on a weekdays, in between uni classes and whatnot. Furthermore, that last part about beryl was a bit too outlandish and out of character for you to just post without any follow up whatsoever.

Pretty sure everyone saw it decided to wait and see. Much to your consternation. :roll:

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Logannion wrote:Hey, that was a good read, but it was posted on a busy day. :P

I don't know about most people, but I usually just check up the forums on a weekdays, in between uni classes and whatnot. Furthermore, that last part about beryl was a bit too outlandish and out of character for you to just post without any follow up whatsoever.

Pretty sure everyone saw it decided to wait and see. Much to your consternation. :roll:
I did write it as half serious-half bored fun passtime which is what most of my random ramblings tend to be.

So in short, not to be taken overly serious despite the fact that it does have some merits.

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Chapter 5, part 1

To be just an outside observer to the first impromptu negotiation between two representatives of Humanity and the Loroi was at first aggravating. In fact he nearly cursed Lieutenant Allerberger at a couple of instances for his approach but he had to concede that things went far better than he initially expected. He would have done things differently but results are results and he had to give the marine at least that much. For the moment the alien diplomat was silent as she ‘talked’ telepathically to the rest of her kind in order for them to prepare their equipment and to inform the two officers that would inspect the marines and the airlock.

A communications alert at his console drew his attention and he let out a sigh when he saw the caller’s ID, knowing that it was something that he had to get over with he accepted the call and the face of Lieutenant Commander Miranda Jacobson, Matveyev’s medical officer, appeared on his screen.

“Captain, I have just been informed that Private Gomez will be treated by the aliens.” She immediately said with an accusatory tone.

“Yes doctor, that is correct.”

“Let’s not play games here captain; everyone was briefed about the potential risks that exposure to alien viral and bacterial micro organisms entail. It’s true that cross species contamination is only a distant possibility but the severe allergic reactions that several Orgus and Humans had when they were infected by alien bacteria are well documented and known. The private’s life will be at risk if he suffers such a reaction at the condition he is in.” The doctor said with enough force in her voice that he was surprised that she didn't jump out of the screen to start yelling at him.

“Lieutenant Allerberger raised that point with the alien diplomat and he was reassured by her that they have the necessary equipment and know how to prevent such a reaction.” Captain Asteios replied almost mechanically.

“I must also inform you that the treatment of abdominal wounds is a very delicate procedure, the biological information that we will send won’t be enough to teach them how to treat such a wound.” Doctor Jacobson insisted.

“The Loroi diplomat has reassured us that the information will be more than enough to properly calibrate their medical equipment.” He hoped that she would take the hint this time.

“We don’t know what kind of medical equipment they have and we can’t put the private’s life on their hands just because they said so. I fully believe that this course of action puts Private Gomez’s life at risk and as ship’s medical officer I request that you belay his treatment by the aliens.” He knew that this was coming and yet for some reason he felt relief at her words.

“Doctor in any other circumstances I would agree with you but let’s not play games here…” He begun dryly.

“But Captain…”

“Doctor, these aliens, the Loroi; are one of the two major combatants of the interstellar war that humanity will soon be flung into. They are telepaths and they are looking an awfully lot like us. In fact ‘Blue Elves’ is the best way to describe them. In addition to this similarity they say that we are somehow immune to their telepathy, we can’t say if that’s true or not but both sides have to address our similarities before we can even begin touching that subject. We have a temporary advantage in our current situation but that doesn’t mean that we can ignore the fact of how much they must distrust us if our telepathic immunity is indeed real; this distrust may turn into something nasty later on unless we set things straight here and now. I would also like you to know that I , the marines and private Gomez himself know that the Loroi insisted on treating him because they want a guinea pig.” He managed to say with a stable but straight voice.

“I know that captain but as a doctor I have to put the well being of Matveyev’s crew at the forefront. For this reason alone I want it put on record that I object to the treatment of Private Gomez by the aliens.”

“That’s your prerogative doctor and I won’t hold it against you. If it makes you feel any better Lieutenant Allerberger will be overseeing the Private’s treatment and you will have a direct line with him.”

“That doesn’t put my mind at ease captain.” The doctor replied dryly.

“Neither does it put mine. In any case I want you ready to analyze the Loroi’s biological information when they send it to us.”

“Yes sir.”

“Is there anything else doctor?”

“No Sir.”

Closing the call he cursed himself for this whole situation. The decision to have Private Gomez be treated by the aliens wasn’t an easy one and he couldn’t say that he agreed with Lieutenant Allerberger completely about it. It was the marines call however and they took it while looking at the big picture.

“It will take a couple of bimas to bring the necessary systems online.” The Loroi diplomat said, drawing his attention back to the screen in front of him.

“How long is a bima?” The Lieutenant asked.

“A Bima is 64 Solons and a Solon is a moment of time, a heartbeat.” The Loroi explained.

“So a couple of minutes, more or less.” The Lieutenant commented. “You systems must be amazing if they can be activated so quickly.”

“Thank you; the Loroi Union prides itself for its advanced technological level.”

“Indeed, do you trade your technology with your allies?” The Lieutenant asked.

“Of course, it’s one of the founding pillars of the Loroi Union, alongside mutual defense and free trade between the Union members.” The Loroi diplomat replied.

I don’t need to be a telepath to sense the buts in that sentence… Captain Asteios thought when he heard that.

“That sounds admirable.” Lieutenant Allerberger replied.

“Many in the Union believe so as well, the same cannot be said about the Hierarchy however.”

“Indeed.”

At least they can sell themselves well to a potential ally even when they distrust them... The Captain thought as he put everything that he heard in order.

“I have to ask about your space suits, do you breathe a different mix of air or are you afraid of an infection?” The Loroi asked.

“The latter, some of the Orgus suffered from severe allergic reactions when they came in contact with some common bacteria, the same happened to humans as well when they too came in contact
with bacteria that the Orgus brought with them.”

“As I already told you, our medical equipment fully negates the risk of cross species contamination and any possible allergic reactions your people may suffer will be quickly dealt with.” The Loroi commented.

Knowing where this was going Captain Asteios activated his comm line to the Lieutenant.

“It’s your call lieutenant, private Gomez will already go through decontamination, one or six won’t make any difference to the procedure.”

The view wobbled a bit as the Lieutenant nodded in acknowledgment and begun to take off his helmet. Thankfully the suit’s micro camera was located at the suit’s torso and the image stayed as it was.

“The air… is stale.” The Lieutenant commented after he took a deep breath and the Loroi diplomat looked perplexed for a second before speaking.

“We had to take measures in order to conserve what little energy reserves we have and as a result our life support systems are working at half capacity.” She replied.

“In that case why have the gravity systems on? If they are anything like ours they consume more energy that the life support systems.”

“Our gravity systems are very efficient, consuming even less energy than our life support systems. As to why, our enemy is known for their monomaniacal pursuit of their target, we use the gravity systems to anchor us in place in case they would bombard the asteroids from a distance in an attempt to find us or even out of spite.”

“In theory the tremors from a nearby explosion would be enough to lift even a ship of that size due to the low gravity.” Captain Asteios commented and the Lieutenant just nodded as the corridor’s lights were suddenly turned on.

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It's midnight, I am sleepy and it's the last couple of days of VAT submissions at the office.

Will clean it up tomorrow and I will try to make this chapter a 2 parter.

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Good continuation. :)
Lets see how marines react when they inevitably meet their loroi counterparts.

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Logannion wrote:Good continuation. :)
Lets see how marines react when they inevitably meet their loroi counterparts.
That's exactly why I chose the next PoV character :P

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Author's Random ramblings...

Naming stuff for a second time.

So I am kind in a weird situation...

At first I was ambivalent in having a formal introduction between characters (the first introduction was impromptu, not a formal introduction with the explanation of the caste, warrior rank and spoken name), mainly because of the Loroi Trade names and their literal meanings, at first (for the first few minutes of thinking about it) I intended to use the literal names in the case of an introduction but thinking about it I think that the story would loose some flair if I didn't have a Trade Name (like Leinnol for Fireblade, or Dellasoni for Stillstorm) for some of the Loroi; not mentioning how ridiculous the following would sound: 'Hello my name is Shadowcloud and it means Shadowcloud'.

In case no one has noticed it, no human has called Shadowcloud by her spoken name, in fact the only time they heard of it was at the first impromptu introduction that was covered by Shadowcloud's PoV who knows that Shadowcloud means Shadowcloud (of hell, my head is spinning just thinking about the rewrites that went in that part of the story since at first I intended to just have a formal introduction but as the situation was that would be stupid).

Now that I am about to write a quick formal introduction I have run into the small snag of needing three Trade Language names, in particular for Shadowcloud, Razormist and Longblade.

So using the lexicon I found out the Fireblade's 'Leinnol' trade name is the combination of Fire (lein) and Blade (nol). Stillstorm's name is a little archaic but the Storm (soni) indicates that the only archaic word is the Still. In short I believe that the more colorful names are combinations of the simpler words of Trade.

So here is what I have come up with so far.

Shadowcloud : Combination of Shadow and Cloud which means 'Tigomer' + 'Nial' = Tigomenial. I took the liberty of cutting off the 'r' because the name sounds more fluid and more 'namely' this way.

Razormist : Combination of Razor and Mist which means 'Rimil' + 'Mires' = written as Rimilmires but pronounced with a soft vocal 'i' between the 'l' and 'm' so Rimilimires.

Longblade: Combination of Long and Blade which means 'Sosa' + 'Nol' = Sosanol which is great in and onto itself.

So in short I am at an impasse because of two missing words.

Thanks Arioch

Do I ask Arioch for the trade words for 'Mist' and 'Long'? Or do I come up with something and make a fool of myself later?

EDIT: *Evil laugh*

My plans for word domination continue unabated...

*chokes*

Damn, I guess I will just settle for this:

Arioch wrote:
dragoongfa wrote:What are the Trade words for 'Mist' and 'Long'?
mires and sosa.

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