Chapter 15 - "Embarrassment" Now they have reached safety, Eldon meets his friend Telford in the HDR Liberator's garden. But when Telford asks a simple question, a rather embarrassing secret comes out. youtu.be/cAg6FcYvm5A #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
The Void
The Void
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Creator and writer of The Void, a sci-fi space opera charting the power struggles between four corporate empires, a republic and a theocracy. For more details, visit www.ratchman.com. For the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAbyssalDepth
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Chapter 14 - "Evacuation" The evacuation of Nies is going well until Skenn detects some Aleph military ships in the vicinity. This threatens to leave some of the inhabitants behind. youtu.be/5TTmHi2K8yA #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 13 - "Date Night" Eldon has his first date with Ellen Voight, still disbelieving his own luck. Fortunate for him, that Voight finds him charming. youtu.be/D62K7yiLwJ0 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
We all dance, and most of the time we don't even recognise the song. Do please visit www.youtube.com/@TheAbyssalD... #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 12 - "Career Advice" Eldon and Telford leave Nies for the last time and are glad to put the place of their incarceration behind them. A new future awaits, and new opportunities. youtu.be/YPSAChZScW0 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 11 - "Reassurance" Akari Takuma gathers together some of the residents of Nies who act as carers for the others. The intent is to help allay anxiety and fears of the current situation and encourage cooperation. youtu.be/bNJzzr0S46o #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 10 - "Aqueous Humor" Mira Candor catches up with Keir Sullen. Now at the hunter's mercy, Keir finds out why Mira has such hatred for his kind as he recollects a memory. youtu.be/W2tdjXlVYws
Chapter 9 - "A Torrid Past" Jared Naderro digs up some disturbing information about the colony leader, Marie Diaz, and brings it to Ellen Voight. However, Marie does something that she does not expect: she admits to it. youtu.be/1EJbaXrEk-U #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 8 - "Bar-Room Blitz" Mira Candor is after a depraved criminal, but if Mira wants to get to him, he needs to winnow down his gang, and there is no subtle means to do this. youtu.be/dnegHUQTv7A #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 7 - "No Angels Of Mercy" The HDR Liberator arrives at Nies and starts to evacuate everyone on the colony. Here, the crew discover just how badly the residents have been treated by their image-obsessed society. youtu.be/r9dvOthtIhg #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 6 - "Hard Bargain" Mira Candor hunts down a criminal with a decent fee on him, but his desperate attempts to avoid incarceration lead to a prospective bigger payday on a notorious criminal. youtu.be/ALywaNJD9Ps #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 5 - "A Difficult Decision" Schafer And Voight speak to Admiral Imura about the proposed mission of mercy and debate the relative pros and cons. youtu.be/JdyuYuBjEt4 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 4 - "The Cost Of Mercy" To invade another empire's sovereignty is assured to cause diplomatic tensions but, at the same time, no-one wishes to leave thousands to a premature end. youtu.be/EMXlAo-NtL4 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 3 - "Waiting For A Miracle" Eldon and Telford wait on the Republic station, longing for any kind of notification that their pleas have been heard. But will the Republic risk a diplomatic incident? youtu.be/lI1jP9GSDFo #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 2 - "Swimming On The Ceiling" Eldon and Telford make it to Republic space. Telford experiences his first O'Neil cylinder and marvels at the inverted landscape. youtu.be/W-qBods3J38 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 1 - "Hunting Rakers" On a remote planet, an abandoned colony of disabled civilians make a desperate attempt to call on help from a neighbouring empire. youtu.be/J2rS2pv6i84 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
S01E05 - O Come All Ye Faithful: The Whole Story. This is the whole fifth story edited together into a single narrative. For the uncensored version, do please join my Patreon membership (www.patreon.com/thevoidseries). youtu.be/bFNCDsHtaKM #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 17 - "Planning A Purge" Now that the UCH have stolen a brace of Aleph Corporation spaceships, Grand Harmoniser Piotr Vedek plans the next step of their false flag operation. youtu.be/LvW3RzdiPwU #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 16 - "Aleph Apex" The ruling committee of the Aleph Corporation meet to celebrate a product release. However, their day is marred by an increase in Eroi bombings and an attack on a remote shipyard. youtu.be/5RdBZwuW8uc #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 15 - "Eulogy" Voight meets with him to let him know the results of her interrogation of the Cadir, leaving Schafer questioning the sanity of the xenos. youtu.be/pKwEa4FT2JU #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 14 - "Human Taint" The battle is over, and prisoners have been taken. The slug-like Cadir are as belligerent as expected, but they have an unexpected reaction to Hanna's presence. youtu.be/r4aXj9NEkQY #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 13 - "Pyrrhic Victory" The battle with the Cadir comes to a close and both sides have taken losses. The Republic may have won the field, but there is no glory in victory. youtu.be/QCSOlTrsMfs #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 12 - "Mollusc Melee" Sanjeev Varma and Namor Skenn rush to repel the Cadir intruders and close quarters combat becomes necessary. Sanjeev is required to unsheathe his khanda. youtu.be/gy9_aJuNrfo #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 11 - "Fight Or Flight" Carter leads some people towards safety, but he inadvertently leads them directly into the Cadir. Unarmed and vulnerable, Carter is forced to think on his feet. youtu.be/uQiPg6Vhyrc #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 10 - "Fragile Lives" As the battle with the Cadir rages around them, Nikolai Sokolov leads his fighter pilots into battle, guided by one simple mantra: you're hit, you're dead. youtu.be/8gnQXLLr-Mk #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 9 - "Caduceus" The Cadir have started boarding the Liberator, and violence has broken out in multiple sectors. Doctor Akari Takuma tries to save those in the medical sector, only to find an unusual ally in Namor Skenn. youtu.be/jM0PKGDkEIQ #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 8 - "Enemy Engaged" The Republic fleet finally catch up with the two warring Cadir fleets. They're getting close to a populated world and the fallout from the conflict could devastate the colony. youtu.be/ZibHk3yHWW0 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 7 - "Storming Aleph" The UCH launch a brutal and unexpected attack on Kantor, an Aleph Corporation colony. There intent is to steal Aleph spaceships for their intended false flag operation. youtu.be/vhuV4qJB-YA #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 6 - "Remnants" The HDR Liberator jumps into a system and finds evidence of a battle that points towards an unexpected development: the Cadir are fighting amongst themselves. youtu.be/PtTXNduriJU #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 5 - "Fleet Manoeuvres In The Dark" The chase is on. The Republic fleet hunt the Cadir incursion fleet, but tracking hostile ships in the void is not as easy as one might hope. youtu.be/2w3MsbmWuIQ #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 4 - "Motivation" In advance of the battle they soon expect to have with the slug-like Cadir, Captain Schafer addresses the fleet. youtu.be/mlnrU2BCLLs #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 3 - "Under A False Flag" Grand Harmoniser Piotr Vedek needs a means of blunting the Cadir crusade when Cardinal Kigen hits upon a potential solution: a false flag operation. youtu.be/furbdmSUrLA #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 2 - "Strange Patterns" Captain Schafer and Commander Voight receive their next mission: to intercept a rogue Cadir fleet violating Republic territory. youtu.be/DRWCgr5--3I #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 1 - "Battle Hymns" The Francis chases down an invading Cadir ship. Incursions are common, so the Francis hunts down what they think will be easy prey. But they won't be that easy. youtu.be/EXH1B-iCoeM #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
S01E04 - The Fillim Perspective: The Whole Story. This is the whole fourth story of The Void edited together into a single narrative. youtu.be/tEW_sqDDQi4 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 14 - "Makeen Justice" Mira Candor takes his 'acquisition' to those that sponsored the bounty: the Makeen. However, justice on the frontier can be immediate and brutal. youtu.be/OOQ5aNhShbE #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 13 - "Chewing The Fat" Carter debates Denom on how he is adapting to a universe filled with unusual aliens that don't fit with the expectations given to him by the popular fiction of his time. youtu.be/_YkjgrrgYqo #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 12 - "Peer Review" Denom Richt and the saurian Makeen doctor debate the viability of the planet as a colony and the positive aspects of collaborating with the ecologically-focused alien species. youtu.be/ubfW61bjvZQ #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 11 - "Carter's Version" Carter speaks to Denom about his experiences working with aliens. Though he enjoyed it, he wonders if the whole universe is as sceptical of humanity. youtu.be/o0LWsmviWo0 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
I wrote this quote couple of years ago. Seems to be more relevant than ever, don't you think? Check out The Void on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TheAbyssalD... #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 10 - "Criminal Business" Cillak Ser Mosnir'Itak enters the presence of his clan's elders to discus the risks of his new business deal with Viktor Heller. youtu.be/o912NoqyzMY #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 9 - "Choosing A Patsy" Viktor Heller continues with his plan to flood the Republic with narcotics, but first he must recruit his chosen fall guy. youtu.be/LzopJ2d58Y8 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
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Chapter 8 - "Nevvon's Version" As the survey team work, the saurian Makeen doctor discovers an old probe that they investigate. Carter learns that humanity's reputation on the galactic stage is less than sterling. youtu.be/7fxADQHIF78 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 7 - "Caliban" Mira Candor, fresh from his new assignment from Conn Teel decides to capture a Teel militia officer, in contravention of Teel's wishes. youtu.be/soU8kYFRoOY #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 6 - "The Lizard King" Born on Earth before it became a poisonous husk, Conn Teel has had two millennia to hone his tyranny, refining cruelty to an artform. youtu.be/56tpUmzICug #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 5 - "Lux Pang's Version" Carter Vincent And Doctor Lux Pang, a member of the alien species known as the Fillim, converse as they collect samples. youtu.be/M5WHRvBXPyI #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 4 - "Red In Tooth And Claw" Carter Vincent sets foot on his first alien world. But he is so caught up in the wonder of it all, that he forgets a very simple rule of nature. youtu.be/hVDRBDtSZHg #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic
Chapter 3 - "Chemical Insurrection" Viktor Heller speaks to his adjutant, Caerillion Korolev about his new project for destabilising the Republic. youtu.be/N_N4aOTisH4 #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #books #comic