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The Nature of Predators 2-32
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: June 25, 2160The next generation of humans were a third of the way through development in ectogenesis. Soon, there wouldn’t be only thousands left of my kind. When I remembered what I was fighting for, it gave me the willpower to push through the hell General Radai was throwing at us. Ever since our engagement with the Sivkits, the Resket seemed hellbent ...
The Nature of Predators - Gress’ Cases (3/8)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Gress, Krev Hostage NegotiatorDate [standardized human time]: August 4, 2156There were many different breeds of obor, some of varying size or facial appearance. Juvre’s was called the Red Obor, and was known for being a family-friendly pet; he was one of the most common. There were also lap obors, such as the Clingobor, who were much tinier and easier to carry. I found it easy enough to strap a R...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (12/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Chloe de Vries, United Nations ConsultantDate [standardized human time]: January 12, 2150As we strolled up to our humble home, Kelvanis’ teeth were chattering in the dusk wind, and the temperatures began to sink lower. This was quite mild for this time of year, so he was fortunate; I reminded myself to get him proper attire to bundle himself up in, or else he wouldn’t make it long in the Nether...
The Nature of Predators 2-31
Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem Alien LiaisonDate [standardized human time]: June 20, 2160The Sapient Coalition’s scouting party outside their space hadn’t paid dividends so far; it’d been combing potentially habitable worlds for any clues, while also searching for an opportune place to set up a listening post. If there was one thing that this incident proved, it was the value of having eyes and ears even beyond their area of of...
The Nature of Predators - Gress’ Cases (2/8)
First| NextMemory Transcription Subject: Gress, Krev Hostage NegotiatorDate [standardized human time]: August 2, 2156Rameki was able to acquire the aquarium owner’s location through the Trombil-built surveillance network; I decided against attempting remote contact, since she was close-by and I wanted a read on her body language. Soressa was the name that showed on my profile; a forty-year old Krev businesswoman who’d snapped up the aquarium ...
The Nature of Predators 2-30
Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem Alien LiaisonDate [standardized human time]: June 10, 2160Onso had delivered with the ticket into the Sapient Coalition’s doors, earning us a trial period of six months, though it could be cut short at any time by a majority vote. The Technocracy granting us that long of a leash might’ve been to ensure that we’d slip up, but despite our differences, we knew better than to show them in front of the...
The Nature of Predators - Gress’ Cases (1/8)
Memory Transcription Subject: Gress, Krev Hostage NegotiatorDate [standardized human time]: August 2, 2156It was fortunate that Juvre was so patient with Lecca, with her propensity to pull on his tail and hang on him as if he was a jungle gym. My little one had a motor that never quit, running around as a bundle of energy. I remembered how she’d chase the young obor, who was only a year older than her; the horror that I’d felt when she swung ...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (11/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Kelvanis, Terran ResidentDate [standardized human time]: January 12, 2150Being honest with myself, I never expected to make it this far. As wonderful of a prospect as it was to get off of Aafa, I had been heading up to the station as a statement, lobbying for my posterity. I was nervous about what Earth would be like, with all of the unknowns it held and the potential shock value of its customs. Si...
The Nature of Predators 2-29
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: June 9, 2160Quana and Gress didn’t mesh, even after I tried to share his story with the Jaslip. The fluffy carnivore demeaned me as gullible for buying his ignorance, though potential dishonesty was unthinkable to me after seeing the look in his eyes. My Krev exchange partner had opened up his soul to me, and I wouldn’t let the quadruped’s vitriol tur...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (10/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Chloe de Vries, United Nations ConsultantDate [standardized human time]: January 6, 2150At several moments during my journey on foot, it had crossed my mind that this was a terrible idea. This was a nightmare for my agoraphobia: it was an unfamiliar, open place from which I couldn’t escape for at least a day. Perry had accompanied me down to the surface, but was unwilling to leave the shuttle gro...
The Nature of Predators 2-28
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: May 14, 2160It had been one thing to practice at the range with Cherise, and another to have a helmet providing real time trajectory estimates and corrections. The augmented reality feed could detect my inaccuracy patterns, providing an analysis on what to adjust. Quana proved able to handle a weapon, firing almost every shot into the center ring of the hex...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (9/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Kelvanis, Kolshian Asylum SeekerDate [standardized human time]: January 6, 2150The humans returned my bag as I was herded into the shuttle. I sifted through it on the ride down, ensuring my belongings were all there. The task distracted me from the fact that I was further away from Chloe by the second. Numbness gripped me, making vibrant Aafa seem colorless to my eyes on the descent. Life quarantin...
The Nature of Predators 2-27
Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem Alien LiaisonDate [standardized human time]: May 14, 2160While Dustin’s kind hardly looked like ferocious predators, Kaisal had quite the intimidating stature. His teeth were visible poking out of his elongated snout, serrated fangs that could eviscerate a Bissem in a flash of feathers if he so desired. The forward-facing eyes were narrowed to slits, which left him with a perpetual scowl on his face. ...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (8/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Chloe de Vries, United Nations ConsultantDate [standardized human time]: January 6, 2150With a plan to fight Kelvanis’ application denial in motion, I felt good about our chances. There was no question to an outside observer that it was wildly inappropriate for a caseworker to hook up with a potential asylum seeker, perhaps seeming as if I pressured him; everyone “knew” that his species was r...
The Nature of Predators 2-26
Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem Alien LiaisonDate [standardized human time]: May 14, 2160Much like Dustin foretold in his introduction speech, it was odd how swiftly the madness of first contact became normalcy to the Bissem public.The war raging on Ivrana left Lassmin untouched, even as thousands fell amid naval clashes and shoreline battles—several cities had been devastated by collateral damage. Our diplomatic efforts were spread...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (7/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Kelvanis, Kolshian Asylum SeekerDate [standardized human time]: January 6, 2150My dreams were of Chloe and I sitting in a flowery field, overlooking a lakeside cabin on the humans’ planet—somehow, my brain just knew that was where we were. As a voice brought me away from the scene I didn’t want to leave, my first realization was that I’d never asked the color of vegetation on Earth. My mind...
The Nature of Predators - Gress’ First Encounter
Memory Transcription Subject: Gress, Krev Rent CollectorDate [standardized human time]: March 16, 2160Standing across from the masked biped, I had felt nothing but disdain. It figured that a being from Federation space would show no respect or common courtesy to us, but I’d tried to meet Taylor Trench in the middle: more than I should, and much more than he deserved. The fact that set off alarm bells in my head was that they needed to stage the...
The Nature of Predators 2-25
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: May 14, 2160Keeping one eye on the hab module’s entrance, I found myself thinking as I waited for Gress to arrive. The sudden change of our circumstances wasn’t lost on me; I never would’ve dreamed two months ago that I’d be chatting it up with an alien I barely knew, who had binocular eyes and a carnivorous palate. It would’ve defied my imaginati...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (6/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Chloe de Vries, United Nations ConsultantDate [standardized human time]: January 6, 2150The first thing I noticed when I woke was a comforting sense of warmth, as if I were secure in someone’s grasp. My makeshift cocoon was a place of safety, shielding me from all of the ills of the world. I snuggled deeper into the blankets, not wanting to leave this peaceful embrace; there was no sunlight flood...
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Hello! I formatted my chapters the same as I've been doing for two years, and woke up to find that on Android, Patreon has decided paragraphs really didn't need those spaces. The chapters are still readable like normal on browser, iPhone, or PC as far as I've been able to check, so try reading it on the web or through your email if you're having issues! Wish I could fix beyond that.While I'm making a post to everyone, figured ...
The Nature of Predators 2-24
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: May 14, 2160The Krev Consortium had been true to their promises for bringing Tellus up to their technological standards. I stood atop a cliff overhang, looking at what had once been an empty steppe. Towering skyscrapers were clustered together, more than we could ever use with our current populace; perhaps they could be filled, once the new generation the T...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (5/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Kelvanis, Kolshian Asylum SeekerDate [standardized human time]: January 5, 2150In the human’s absence, I began to notice how famished I was; my stomach rumbled for a morsel, though I knew impatience wouldn’t bring Chloe back any sooner. Part of me was hoping it’d take her a while to navigate the food halls up here. I paced across the room, questioning how I was going to live on Earth if I cou...
The Nature of Predators 2-23
Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem ScientistDate [standardized human time]: March 23, 2160Scrolling through the top broadcasts now, I saw that much like at first contact, the titles were replete with aliens. This time, every topic that we had discussed in our disclosure conference showed up in the headings. Panels debated the Tseia’s coverup of first contact, while also reenacting how the Starlight Incident played out; historians offer...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (4/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Kelvanis, Kolshian Asylum SeekerDate [standardized human time]: January 5, 2150The confines of our official interview eventually morphed into casual conversation; the human and I spent hours chatting about anything and everything. As nervous as I’d been to share my story, expecting fierce hostility, I’d found out that Chloe was petrified of me; it never crossed my mind that one of her species w...
The Nature of Predators 2-22
Memory Transcription Subject: Tassi, Bissem ScientistDate [standardized human time]: March 21, 2160What a week it had been since the aliens landed in Gray Basin. It was just a few days ago that I had no idea whether Bissems were alone in the universe, and all of the possibilities enraptured my mind. My entire life up to that moment was spent imagining how first contact would play out, and how our species might rise to the occasion. In the time si...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (3/13)
First | Prev | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Chloe de Vries, United Nations ConsultantDate [standardized human time]: January 5, 2150The door swung open without so much as a knock, causing me to almost jump out of my chair. I suppressed a groan, realizing I hadn’t gathered myself enough to read any of Kelvanis’ file; there was no time to brief myself on him now. My eyes locked onto the incoming alien, whose height rivaled my own. The gela...
The Nature of Predators 2-21
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: March 21, 2160My gaze wasn’t sure where to settle, between the six lazing diplomats from each species. Every set of eyes was on me, from the Ulchid who had her tail-leg curved beneath her like a mermaid, to the curled-up Smigli, to the Trombil, whose eye socket was evidently made of metal. I approached the table with a sheepish posture, and watched Cheris...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (2/13)
First | NextMemory Transcription Subject: Kelvanis, Kolshian Asylum SeekerDate [standardized human time]: January 5, 2150I walked down the famed streets by the School of the Flora for what might be the last time; the rot was apparent in everything I passed. Buildings once graced by exotic flowers from across the galaxy were in disarray. The campus that once drew millions with its prestige and renown—that had made the city thrive—was now occup...
The Nature of Predators 2-20
Memory Transcription Subject: Taylor Trench, Human ColonistDate [standardized human time]: March 20, 2160There was no sensation of being yanked to Avor, despite our downward trajectory. Without any view from inside the tunnel, it was impossible to differentiate between this rapid descent and any other train ride. That also meant that we couldn’t steal a peek of the passing atmosphere, thanks to the enclosure blocking our view altogether. I supp...
The Nature of Predators - Star Crossed (1/13)
Memory Transcription Subject: Chloe de Vries, United Nations ConsultantDate [standardized human time]: January 5, 2150The start of a new year was often when people on Earth tried to usher in change, though few had resolutions that took them as far away from home as I was going. When I’d applied for the position around Aafa’s orbit, I hadn’t expected to get it; my only training was an online webinar program that was the most basic requisite ...
