Long Fall — Chapter 05

Chapter 05, comin’ atcha.

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Chapter 05
The Stranger

Marcus and Legacy watched the gunship approach. It was one of the newest vehicles, built from the skeletons of her ancient past but hammered by human hands into new shapes. Their designs were sometimes startling reinterpretations of old ideas, but they still felt like her own kin.

Marcus’ people called this type the Humboldt, after a small and fast breed of squid. A sea creature. A cephalopod. The red devil. It was a light attack ship that could probably (by Marcus’ estimation) massacre the entire Union armada without assistance. Legacy agreed.

Sending it was to be a show of force, to let the Union know that Legacy wasn’t just a power to be reckoned with; the fleet was a boot hanging above their heads. The core message was that mercy alone held that boot back.

But they screwed it up.