Ship’s Sublieutenant (Engineering) Lawrence Banks would hotly contest any claim that his men weren’t efficient, but he had to concede that his command was not exactly a quiet one. The engine room was one of the largest open spaces on … Continue reading
War is a nasty business. The endgame is, however, near. Notice the new favicon at the top, courtesy of a friend of mine who is welcome to name himself in the comments if he wants. Oh, and I don’t know … Continue reading
Readers, I have been remiss in not saying anything here for the past three and a half months. Unfortunately, I can’t offer you any actual writing at the moment: We Sail Off To War is still in progress. It’s only … Continue reading
Six hundred kilometers separated Reprisal and Warspite as they slowed, running side by side until they were steaming at just over one gravity. Warspite‘s R turret, foremost on the ship’s underside, was one of her baby turrets, mounting a … Continue reading
Yes, it’s been a while. Rather than force myself to finish this monster of an entry, I’m going to split it up into bits of about this length as I said I would only start doing after We Sail Off … Continue reading
For the tiniest fraction of a moment, Winston saw the lights in CIC glow brighter. Then they shut off, and the crew stations and repeater screens flickered out an instant later. The darkness lingered for more than the second or … Continue reading
I really am trying to put out more than one entry a month. We’ll get there. Here’s a taste of battle to fire you up for the next one in October. There will be more blathering later in a weekend … Continue reading
Hello, dear reader! There are great things afoot. The first and most obvious is that the theme has changed to something still more minimalist than before. This is a consequence of the second: Many Words is now self-hosted via virtual … Continue reading
The wall computer chimed an alarm, and Winston wriggled his arm out from under his acceleration webbing to silence it. He freed himself and sat up, and from the acceleration figured that Warspite was on her final approach in toward … Continue reading
Much like war in space, my writing takes forever to get anywhere. I do feel sort of bad about how my last period of regular updates ended in early December of last year. Really, I do. Yes, you have met … Continue reading