Just a quick post–Collisions of the Damned is in the final stages of post-production as an audiobook. Hopefully it will be available by Black Friday, with the collection On Seas So Crimson being shortly behind. If you know someone who would enjoy alternate history but may either have difficult finding the time to sit down with […]
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Though Our Hulls Burn Teaser 2: Meet the Spartans
Well folks, Nano Wrimo has begun. I’ve broken ground on the sequel/prequel to An Unproven Concept, and here’s the first bit in rough draft form. Chapter 1: When Next We Meet Spartan Man of War (SMW) The Taken Umbrage 0345 Spartan Military Time (SMT) / 0145 Standard Spacefarer’s Time (SST) Ellylon /Yankee 975 System 15 December […]
Though Our Hulls Burn… Teaser 1: Tentative Chapter Titles
Part I: On the Nature of Scorpions Chapter 1: When Next We Meet Chapter 2: A Grave Error In Judgment Chapter 3: A Baseball Bat…In the Dark…To the Face Chapter 4: Lessons Observed…As Opposed to Learned Chapter 5: Mr. Oppenheimer Gets Prison Swole Chapter 6: Sledgehammer Resistant Walnuts Chapter 7: Dead Carl and the Angry […]
Warship Wednesday–Stalingrad Class
The Stalingrad-class (3045) are intended to be commerce raiders / protectors mounting 15 Class ‘A’ railguns with a Class C maser secondary. Projected to be a class of 25 BCs, the recent success of the Constitution-class has caused some analysts to ponder if the Stalingrad order will be curtailed to 15 ships or less. […]
Warship Wednesday–Eggshells With Triphammers
BATTLECRUISERS (BC) Battlecruisers are allegedly big enough to kill anything they cannot run away from in sublight space, fast enough to run away from anything that can kill them, and capable of wreaking havoc amongst commerce in an interstellar conflict. BCs are considered capital ships, and are the lightest vessels of this type in the […]
Warship Wednesday–Battleships
BATTLESHIPS (BB) Maulers. MoWs (Manifestations of Wrath). Death Castles. While the Carrier faction speaks of their ability to destroy entire systems, Line officers point out that battleships have actually gone out and done it. Although not impervious to modern weapons, the “Grand Bitches of the Fleet” are the celestial equivalent of a hungry Kodiak showing […]
Warship Wednesday–Ark Royal Class
Welcome Chris Nuttall readers. Please check out the front page: https://vergassy.com The Ark Royal-class are the largest and most modern supercarriers in the Confederation Navy. First projected to carry a full air group of 3 fighter and 3 attack squadrons, the air group’s composition was changed in 3051 to 2 fighter, 2 attack, and 2 […]
Warship Wednesday–Carriers
CARRIERS (CV) Confederation Fleet carriers are commonly known as “The Fist of the Fleet.” Typically carrying 3-5 squadrons of Starfighters, usually escorted by an additional capital ship or formed into strike groups of 2-3 “flattops,” modern supercarriers are capable of laying waste to entire star systems by themselves. All carriers are horrifically vulnerable during their […]
What's In A Name?
So, as noted by The Prolific Trek, your humble narrator went to go see Star Trek: Beyond (Note: Spoilers) with the better half and a group of friends as a break from his *censored* dissertation. It was a needed break–I feel the urge to be snarky in response to some differing points fading to a […]
Unproven Concept Sample Chapter
From An Unproven Concept Titanic 1825 SST As he approached yet another hatch to Corridor C, Marcus found himself thinking back to his Marine officer basic course. His drill instructor, a tall, wiry Warrant Officer nicknamed ‘The Spider’ had been feeling rather benevolent one day after trying his damndest to kill them all in […]
Quick Update
In the middle of Con / Book Signing season, as well as trying to get Collisions of the Damned, the sequel to Acts of War complete by 1 July. I’ve managed to complete the first few drawings, with the winners being as follows: Planet Comicon—Mr. James Webb was the winner for the Planet Comicon drawing. […]
Audio, Audio, Audio…
So at the moment I’m in the midst of getting the Vergassy series turned into audiobooks. “Ride of the Late Rain” is 95% complete, while I’ve received (and approved) the first 15 minutes for each version of An Unproven Concept. Here’s a listen for each: An Unproven Concept (Kraken Edition)–First 15 minutes. An Unproven Concept […]