Traders Tale II - chpt 16 completed- 2/08/03

Mercenary · Post by **Mercenary** » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 10:44

SteveMill wrote:Things are becoming clearer, nice one.

Steve

Just over 90,000 words to begin to answer the question raised in the first chapter and to tie some threads together.

Al · Post by Al » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 10:58

Great twist and certainly unexpected by me. Good stuff Merc. I think that Tor is about to get tested for real

Al

KiwiNZ · Post by **KiwiNZ** » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 11:03

Mercenary wrote: Just over 90,000 words to begin to answer the question raised in the first chapter and to tie some threads together.

Uhh, so there we are in the story line. I wondered what sort of a mission it would be. Mind you, somehow Tris must have gotten out of it. For a moment I thought that was one way of getting rid of one girl in the story

Mercenary · Post by **Mercenary** » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 12:12

KiwiNZ wrote:
Mercenary wrote: Just over 90,000 words to begin to answer the question raised in the first chapter and to tie some threads together.
Uhh, so there we are in the story line. I wondered what sort of a mission it would be. Mind you, somehow Tris must have gotten out of it. For a moment I thought that was one way of getting rid of one girl in the story

Urr, not the first chapter of the first Traders Tale...

... more the "Where's the Khaak?" type question in TT2 first chapter...

The mission should Tor choose to accept it is to get home, preferably alive, and if possible with as many of his crew as possible...

Al · Post by Al » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 12:20

Nah his mission, should he not be a wimp, is to kick some Alien butt and get back home in time for smoked kippers at breakfast.

Al

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 12:49

Well folks, he's got to stay, think about it, if he didn't, it would be a rather short story lol.

Mercenary · Post by **Mercenary** » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 13:02

Al wrote:Nah his mission, should he not be a wimp, is to kick some Alien butt and get back home in time for smoked kippers at breakfast.

Al

I'm sure there will be plenty of fighting...

The Doctor wrote: Well folks, he's got to stay, think about it, if he didn't, it would be a rather short story lol.

But of course, only he's not going to be too pleased when he finds he can't leave...

Al · Post by Al » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 13:13

But it could open the way for TT3 "The Return of Torr" where he conquers the Alien race and then finds a way of fixing the gates and returning to normal X space

Al

Mercenary · Post by **Mercenary** » Fri, 15. Aug 03, 13:59

Al wrote:But it could open the way for TT3 "The Return of Torr" where he conquers the Alien race and then finds a way of fixing the gates and returning to normal X space

Al

Been thinking about it, I still have quite a few chapter headings to go which means I'm about half way..

Mercenary · Post by **Mercenary** » Sun, 24. Aug 03, 23:21

Part 3 added under the =======

Back from hols and it's going to take a while to get back into the flow...

Rapid change of pace.

Merc

Quetz · Post by **Quetz** » Sun, 24. Aug 03, 23:51

Good job merc, nice part

Does anyone else sense a large conflict coming up???

Quetz

Moss · Post by **Moss** » Mon, 25. Aug 03, 06:42

Welcome back Merc, I trust you had an enjoyable break.

Nice continuation of the chapter and tension still rising i'm expecting the Khaak any moment now.

I do wonder tho if the loss of communication timing was just coincidence, or were the Khaak onto him that quick? bad news if they were! hehe bad news I guess if they wern't and it was just a coincidence!

Cheers, looking forward to more, soon I hope

Adamskini · Post by **Adamskini** » Mon, 25. Aug 03, 12:41

big fight! big fight! big fight!!

\o/

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Mon, 25. Aug 03, 13:31

Wow!

This isn't looking good is it. We going to be fightingthese in X2?lol

KiwiNZ · Post by **KiwiNZ** » Mon, 25. Aug 03, 15:19

Welcome back from your (short) vacation!

Excellent read! Shows that you made proper use of the days you had at your disposal (or not had)

Like Moss, I wonder if the communications problem is indeed result of Khaak activity or coincidental ... or the ancients trying to 'sandbox' the Khaak again? Plenty of scope for further developments!

I am looking forward to the next part!

SteveMill · Post by **SteveMill** » Tue, 26. Aug 03, 10:19

Danger and excitement

More.

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Tue, 26. Aug 03, 17:10

Bump.

Mercenary · Post by **Mercenary** » Wed, 27. Aug 03, 20:49

Completed under the +++++++

...and things are beginning to look bleak for... well just about everyone in the X-sectors really...

Gandalf The White · Post by **Gandalf The White** » Wed, 27. Aug 03, 21:23

Oh Mummy! Can I go home now?lol

Excellentt stuff there Merc, really good stuff. More please!lol

KiwiNZ · Post by **KiwiNZ** » Wed, 27. Aug 03, 23:26

Yay, now the cards are on the table ... well, sort of. I don't think two LT's at a gate will provide much of a defense. Yet, it may buy a few seconds. I guess they better get the Silicon mine moving. With the help of the Roamer - if it makes it through the gate - they may even be able to accelerate the motion of the mine to more than the thrusters are capable.
Fingers crossed Sweety can extract some more really helpful things from those crystals. Otherwise they all will be locked away in an asteroid for some time. Mind you, Trish has to make it back somehow ...

Excellent read, Merc. Would you please read through the last two paragraphs again. They confused me a bit with advantages turning to and from the Khaak etc..

Looking forward to the next chapter!

"fire at anything that’s hostile?" - you made this an order, not a question

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Traders Tale II - chpt 16 completed- 2/08/03