Short SciFi Stories on the go

Around him, junior officers shifted in their seats, their scales scraping lightly against their uniforms. What they don't understand is that they've just jabbed a sleeping predator with a sharp stick. This is from what they called their Second World War. Lieutenant Perry raised her hand carefully, but Commander reports also say humans value peace. In less than 48 standard hours, Vax said coldly, the Jurassic Empire will no longer exist as a functioning power.

Around him, junior officers shifted in their seats, their scales scraping lightly against their uniforms. What they don't understand is that they've just jabbed a sleeping predator with a sharp stick. This is from what they called their Second World War. Lieutenant Perry raised her hand carefully, but Commander reports also say humans value peace. In less than 48 standard hours, Vax said coldly, the Jurassic Empire will no longer exist as a functioning power.

Around him, junior officers shifted in their seats, their scales scraping lightly against their uniforms. What they don't understand is that they've just jabbed a sleeping predator with a sharp stick. This is from what they called their Second World War. Lieutenant Perry raised her hand carefully, but Commander reports also say humans value peace. In less than 48 standard hours, Vax said coldly, the Jurassic Empire will no longer exist as a functioning power.

Around him, junior officers shifted in their seats, their scales scraping lightly against their uniforms. What they don't understand is that they've just jabbed a sleeping predator with a sharp stick. This is from what they called their Second World War. Lieutenant Perry raised her hand carefully, but Commander reports also say humans value peace. In less than 48 standard hours, Vax said coldly, the Jurassic Empire will no longer exist as a functioning power.

Around him, junior officers shifted in their seats, their scales scraping lightly against their uniforms. What they don't understand is that they've just jabbed a sleeping predator with a sharp stick. This is from what they called their Second World War. Lieutenant Perry raised her hand carefully, but Commander reports also say humans value peace. In less than 48 standard hours, Vax said coldly, the Jurassic Empire will no longer exist as a functioning power.

You need our experience, our markets, our protection, protection from what, Alina asked, from yourselves, J-Own replied smoothly. The economic shockwave hit quickly, species that depended on human trade through the council suddenly found themselves cut off. Within one year, forty systems had abandoned the council to join humanity's new network, called the Terran Commonwealth. Free from the council's bureaucracy, corruption, and arrogance, they built something different, not a government, but a true partnership of equals. Five years after Alina walked out of that meeting, the once mighty Galactic Trade Council was a shadow of its former self.

Your latest proposal is, as always, unacceptable, he declared, humanity will surrender the Epsilon sector, reduce your fleet by 40%, and pay reparations for defending yourselves against what were clearly our misunderstandings. Williams didn't move, she didn't even blink, behind her the other human delegates went completely silent. Have spent those two centuries studying every single one of your wars, every tactic, every weakness, every assumption. Surely you don't mean, I mean, Vesher said quietly, that we've made the worst mistake of our existence. The peace that came after word lasted forever because the council finally understood humanity's greatest strength wasn't their power to destroy.

Though I don't know if they'll hire someone who's been gone for two years doing military service. Veltar, if these are just their students, then what are their actual soldiers like. Veltar's eyes widened as he heard Geo casually mention his calculus exam, while planning their next assault on a galactic empire stronghold. Because if this is what their students can do, we need to surrender before we ever face their real military. One of the alien advisors tilted his head and asked, how do you make such devices.

Though I don't know if they'll hire someone who's been gone for two years doing military service. Veltar, if these are just their students, then what are their actual soldiers like. Veltar's eyes widened as he heard Geo casually mention his calculus exam, while planning their next assault on a galactic empire stronghold. Because if this is what their students can do, we need to surrender before we ever face their real military. One of the alien advisors tilted his head and asked, how do you make such devices.

Though I don't know if they'll hire someone who's been gone for two years doing military service. Veltar, if these are just their students, then what are their actual soldiers like. Veltar's eyes widened as he heard Geo casually mention his calculus exam, while planning their next assault on a galactic empire stronghold. Because if this is what their students can do, we need to surrender before we ever face their real military. One of the alien advisors tilted his head and asked, how do you make such devices.