A story set in the Pinwheel Universe
A UNN fleet on routine patrol near the outskirts of Coalition space encounters a previously uncontacted civilization, but while the aliens seem friendly, the Betelgeusian hive fleet that's sizing up their homeworld is not. Undersupplied and months from the nearest reinforcements, the fleet must coordinate with the locals in order to organize a last ditch defense of the planet. (Please note: this is the HETEROSEXUAL edition.)
After surviving the Grojan war unscathed Varna was haunted by the memory of a human who had spared her life, and a mysterious casket she had found in a derelict ship. On the run from bounty hunters for a crime one of her crew committed. Varna becomes embroiled with a secret Grojan faction to overthrow a corrupt and failing Grojan government. Can her link with the human, the casket and the gathering rebellion be reconciled before dark forces within the Grojan government silence her forever?
This work is the conclusion of Scout, by Warlord, an unfinished story that captured my imagination and demanded a conclusion. Whether or not my conclusion is anything near what Warlord had originally planned, I have no idea, but it is what I came up with. I realize that my writing style differs from his, but I tried to maintain as much similarity as possible for as long as possible.
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