Science-Fiction

Chapter one Making a name All my life I have fought for everything I had, food, clothing, education and finally my position as a space pilot. I shifted the power setting again as the huge barge glided above the third asteroid belt towards the next ore dump, “the second reactor just died Lorenz.” “What else is new? This bucket of scrap is lucky it can stay in space.” I glanced at her holograph in my display, “having both and the other half of the gravity generators would be nice when we reach the ore.” She continued to work, “you are asking the impossible again.” I smiled, “I can always ask.” She snorted and sat back, “okay the feed is back online.” I changed the power settings again, “only half the dead gravity generators are back.” …

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My name is, James William Silver. My mother had been a platoon leader for one of the space marines elite commando units on a detached mission. My father had been a starship captain. They both made the mistake of crossing paths with and embarrassing several heads of very large corporations. I was born shortly after mother was asked to leave the services. She had to go into hiding in the Maze right after my father was assassinated. They finally caught my mother when I was four. She took over thirty professional assassins with her before she was killed. From that time on I was raised by several former commandos and they started my education. By the time I was six I was running errands in the Maze for high level fences. By eight I was …

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Chapter 1 Getting a sponsor War had been going on for almost five years. I was eighteen and had completed both regular school and a advanced school in engineering. I was home on Cloud before I submitted an application for the fleet marines. A lot here was still being researched because of the properties. I was three quarters amer indian and my father was the head warden for the major preserves. I was sitting in his headquarters when the Mayday from a shuttle came in. I moved to the holograph board and watched the shuttle track down out of the atmosphere. I shook my head, “it is going into the Sky Islands.” I looked at dad and he nodded, “and we do not have a ranger to go after them.” I should mention my father …

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