THE LONG WAKE
Stories
Tales from this world.
SHIP YEAR −10
SHIP YEAR −10 — Prologue
Ten years before Holdfast departs, Elias Venn watches another ark leave the shipyard and learns what it means when contact remains but reachability closes.
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EARLY VOYAGE
RETURN WINDOW
Very early in the voyage, cutter 06 leaves Holdfast for a body that should only be a navigational problem. The return window is still open, until it is not.
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SHIP YEAR 74
THE CARTOGRAPHER'S CORRECTION
In Ship Year 74, Tessa Vale discovers that a route can be observed, usable and still not certified for the promise everyone has been making about it.
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SHIP YEAR 128
THE CLOSED GARDEN
In Ship Year 128, Bio Reserve C-17 has been closed for sixty-seven years. It is stable, isolated and unnecessary, until a dry bypass line becomes useful on paper.
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SHIP YEAR 186
DRIFT BUDGETS
In Ship Year 186, Forge Four can still make perfect parts. The problem is that Holdfast no longer fits cleanly inside its own future configuration margin.
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