Stories tagged “futuristic”
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Darkest Night
It is night and the planes have done their work. I can feel the power, floating in the currents of the air, lying on every surface. Doubtless the enemy is wondering what has happened, why there is grey dust everywhere. They’ve been on edge for da...
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Heaven's Applause
The missile arced into the cloud banks sharply. Shedding Machs like water, it slowed from its cruise speed to strike velocity. The satellite linkup was still (thankfully) live and satellite visuals picked out the target and the missile throughout the E...
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War Machine
The operation of a HyperSpace Advancements Military firearm starts with the simple motion of a trigger backwards into the gun casing. The gun then requests confirmation from the grip, accessing the smart glove holding the weapon. When received, a fibre...
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Thor's Hammer
They say that weapons forged in the heat of the battle can never be used outside the glory and the death of the fight. They say that weapons used in battle will never be content to rest idle. They say… I cared not what they said. My enemies near ...
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Data Ghost
Hello. Both technically and legally, I am no longer eligible to even introduce myself of Aaron Elliots, but I shall do so all the same out of habit. My physical self lived, breathed and died some 47 years ago. At the time, his will empowered his relati...
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Metropolis: The City
Years after the Earth flooded over, Humans still thrive, for they had prepared for the inevitable. Hoverfans, running on steam power, hold aloft cities otherwise forgotten. Above the ocean, several of these cities exist. Guardrail upon guardrail keepin...
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Metropolis: The Future III
As she neared the entrance to the apartment building where her family lived, Haylie pulled up her sleeve to reveal her barcode identification tattoo on her wrist. She swiped it under the door’s scanner. “Haylie Mars, 16 years old, Female. P...
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Metropolis: The Future IV
After Haylie locked her door, she pulled a book off her bookshelf. An old one, with a faded title she couldnt read. It was wrote just before the Flooding. When the sky cities were being built, and hovercraft perfected. But Haylie liked it best because ...
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Metropolis: The Future V
After waking up and carefully avoiding her family (“The Robots”, she calls them), Haylie headed off to her favorite place in all of Metropolis; the Library. The only place she can let her feelings and thoughts flow freely. She walked strai...