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Willco: /* Starfall IV, Big Fish */

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Willco at 18:05, 19 June 2025

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	Several large red laser lines began to pierce the fog — thin beams tracking the drones like taut kite strings.		Several large red laser lines began to pierce the fog — thin beams tracking the drones like taut kite strings.
	Their movement had revealed the Titan’s position.		Their movement had revealed the Titan’s position. A large spotlight flared from beyond the mist, aiming straight at the ship.

	A large spotlight flared from beyond the mist, aiming straight at the ship.
	Out of the fog emerged a three-winged vessel, alien in design, its hull marked in a foreign livery.		Out of the fog emerged a three-winged vessel, alien in design, its hull marked in a foreign livery.

Willco: /* Starfall IV, Big Fish */

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	'''[Location Command Deck — Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A]'''		'''[Location Command Deck — Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A]'''

	The N1 sensor site flickered to life.		The N1 sensor site flickered to life. Low-resolution sweeps pulsed from the fore array — distorted, incomplete, but persistent. Something was moving.Not weather.

	Low-resolution sweeps pulsed from the fore array — distorted, incomplete, but persistent.

	Something was moving.

	Not weather.
	Not a patrol.		Not a patrol.
	Something big.		Something big. Inside the dim-lit command deck, blue status lights cast shifting shadows across scorched consoles. Officers exchanged wary glances as silence pressed in around them. Eris leaned forward in the command chair.

	Inside the dim-lit command deck, blue status lights cast shifting shadows across scorched consoles. Officers exchanged wary glances as silence pressed in around them.

	Eris leaned forward in the command chair.

	ERIS (low)		ERIS (low)

Willco: /* Starfall IV, Big Fish */

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	'''[Cycle 1, Post–Starfall Protocol]'''		'''[Cycle 1, Post–Starfall Protocol]'''

	'''[Location: Captain’s Quarters – Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A]'''		'''[Location Captain’s Quarters – Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A]'''

	Night had settled over the Titan. The ship rocked gently in the black water. Its hull creaked under pressure — like the sea itself was pulling at the metal. Above, the clouds slowly parted, stars peeking through. Inside, most of the crew was asleep.		Night had settled over the Titan. The ship rocked gently in the black water. Its hull creaked under pressure — like the sea itself was pulling at the metal. Above, the clouds slowly parted, stars peeking through. Inside, most of the crew was asleep.
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	== Starfall IV, Big Fish ==		== Starfall IV, Big Fish ==

	Starfall IV — “Big Fish”		'''[Starfall IV — “Big Fish”]'''
	Cycle 2, Post–Starfall Protocol
	Location: Command Deck — Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A		'''[Cycle 2, Post–Starfall Protocol]'''

			'''[Location Command Deck — Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A]'''

	The N1 sensor site flickered to life.		The N1 sensor site flickered to life.

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	"Most don’t know what caused it. Some blame Pursuer tech. Others say it was the Defiant — testing something they couldn’t control. A few point fingers at the lost EndTK ship."		"Most don’t know what caused it. Some blame Pursuer tech. Others say it was the Defiant — testing something they couldn’t control. A few point fingers at the lost EndTK ship."

	~~ALICE~~ (dryly)		'''Alice''' (dryly)
	"I’ve heard them all. Still surprised you haven’t changed."		"I’ve heard them all. Still surprised you haven’t changed."

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Willco at 17:42, 19 June 2025

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	== Starfall III, Cold Water ==		== Starfall III, Cold Water ==

			Starfall III — “Cold Water”
			Cycle 1, Post–Starfall Protocol
			Location: Captain’s Quarters – Titan Wreck Site, S-3I-4A

			Night had settled over the Titan.

			The ship rocked gently in the black water. Its hull creaked under pressure — like the sea itself was pulling at the metal. Above, the clouds slowly parted, stars peeking through. Inside, most of the crew was asleep.

			Captain Eris wasn’t.

			He sat in the quiet, staring through the cracked observation window, lit only by a dim pulse from the console behind him. The conversation with the Marines still echoed in his head. After a long silence, he spoke.

			ERIS (quietly)
			"ALICE… what’s the N1 team status?"

			A soft light flickered on the nearest panel.

			ALICE
			"They are half a cycle from the target site. Possibly more if the terrain delays sensor deployment."

			ERIS (sighs)
			"At least someone’s still on track."

			He pushed to his feet with effort, limping toward the window. Wreckage from the crash floated nearby, slowly drifting. Eris watched it for a moment.

			ERIS
			"This planet has its nice moments."

			ALICE
			"It must feel different. Being on solid ground again."

			ERIS
			(smirking)
			"So you’ve been reading my file?"

			ALICE
			"I keep records on everyone. But especially those who survived Site-Solar."

			ERIS
			"I guess that makes you like Captain Selyra."

			ALICE
			"Thank you. But I’m no Selyra."

			(Pause.)

			ALICE
			"I’d like to hear it from you. What happened at Site-Solar?"

			ERIS
			"You’ve seen the report."

			ALICE
			"I have. But the reports don’t tell the whole story."

			Eris leaned on the window frame, eyes unfocused.

			ERIS
			"Eventually everyone does ask."
			"I turned of age and they handed me a rifle. Recon detail — airport unit. Nothing special. Just map the roads, log heat signatures, call it in. Same routine every day."
			"After two rotations, things got weird. Scouts went missing. Sensor readings broke pattern. Gravity shifted by microns. Command said it was solar flares. They were lying."
			"I was mid-flight over a lake when everything failed. No power, no warning — we dropped."
			"We hit the water hard. I still say I prefer water to land… but not that day. It was boiling. Steam everywhere. Like the sky had caught fire."
			"I swam, barely. Crawled to a road. Couldn’t move my arm. Lay there half-cooked while trucks drove past like I was just part of the wreck."
			"One finally stopped. Probably because the medic in back wanted help more than he wanted to save me. Threw me into a truck already packed with thirty people in a space built for twelve."
			"I got ten seconds to breathe before the medic dumped water on my face, shoved a kit into my lap, and said you need to help."
			"In front, the driver and commander were screaming at each other. Didn’t matter where we went. Every evac zone was gone. Roads broken. Fires in the sky. Just panic."

			(He paused.)

			ERIS
			"Then the pull started."
			"It was small at first. Little tremors. But they kept coming. The stars stopped lining up. Constellations drifted. Birds flew in circles. Even metal and glass began to tilt."
			"We were close to my old base. Tried to reach it. We got inside just before the first wave hit."
			"Everything… flipped. Wind screaming from nowhere. Clouds boiling. The oceans rose into the sky like claws. You haven’t felt fear until you’ve seen a wall of water moving in silence."

			(Pause.)

			ERIS
			"And then… the Titan came."
			"No call. No escort. Just a streak of fire through the sky and the sound of metal fighting gravity."
			"They didn’t ask who we were. Just shouted to get aboard."
			"I don’t remember the liftoff. Only the silence when we broke orbit. Looking back at what was left."

			ERIS
			"Most don’t know what caused it. Some blame Pursuer tech. Others say it was the Defiant — testing something they couldn’t control. A few point fingers at the lost EndTK ship."

			ALICE (dryly)
			"I’ve heard them all. Still surprised you haven’t changed."

			Eris gave a tired smirk and turned back toward the room.

			ERIS
			"Doesn’t mean I don’t feel it. Something’s wrong. With this place."

			ALICE
			"You’ve noticed it too."

			ERIS
			"Everything feels off. Too quiet. We crash-land a warship on a planet with breathable air and they barely blink. No drones. No flyovers. No patrols. Just… stillness."

			ALICE
			"No signals detected. No follow-up attempts. Passive scans at most. As if they’re afraid to come closer."

			ERIS
			"They should be."

			He leaned back against the wall, arms folded.

			ERIS
			"There’s something deeper here. Something bigger."

			The wind outside changed pitch, brushing across the hull like fingers.

			He didn’t sleep that night.

	[[Category:Story]]		[[Category:Story]]

Willco: /* Starfall III, Cold Water */

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	== Starfall III, Cold Water ==		== Starfall III, Cold Water ==


	[[Category:Story]]		[[Category:Story]]