Adam GaffenOct 27, 20218 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter SevenThe discovery of Lemnos was probably the most immediately impactful encounter of the entire first mission of the Enterprise. Why? Well,...
Adam GaffenOct 20, 20216 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter SixAnd here we are, continuing our tour of Tau Ceti, and Dawn Zihal got to make the big discovery this time. Of course, she then went and...
Adam GaffenOct 13, 20214 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter FiveAh, Niflheim. The garden spot of Tau Ceti. It’s better now, of course. It took a few years to get the terraforming up and running, and...
Adam GaffenOct 6, 20218 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter FourOoh, a couple notable occurrences in this chapter! First, Cass very nearly spoils her line of immortality, like Neil Armstrong’s famous...
Adam GaffenSep 29, 20218 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter ThreeI still don’t know how Alley was so calm! I know, naval professional, thirteen years in submarines, blah blah blah. But when you emerge...
Adam GaffenSep 22, 202112 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter TwoHello again, and welcome back to the maiden out-System voyage of the TFS Enterprise! It’s funny; I still wish I had been there for this...
Adam GaffenSep 15, 20215 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter OneNo, you didn’t fall into a time warp. Since each volume of my story is divided into ‘books’, when there’s a new book the chapter...
Adam GaffenSep 8, 20216 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter Twenty-OneAnd this is where we started to put it all together. We knew that the Solarian Union was pissed at us for launching a starship. Maybe we...
Adam GaffenSep 1, 20218 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter TwentyI’m so glad I didn’t know any of this when I first met Nicole. We’ve all done things we aren’t proud of, right? I mean, I was an...
Adam GaffenAug 25, 202112 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter NineteenThere was only one problem with the first operational cruise of the Enterprise. I wasn’t aboard. This would be the problem for many, many...
Adam GaffenAug 18, 20217 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter Seventeen & EighteenAlley can be a complete bitch; what makes it worse is her sense of humor. Low, it is, and black. She knew I’d been sweating over what her...
Adam GaffenAug 11, 202114 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter Fifteen & SixteenThese two chapters could have been posted separately; the first one is just long enough to stand alone, but they work beautifully...
Adam GaffenAug 4, 20215 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter Fourteen“Venomous snake” are the first words which leap to mind when thinking of the Primus. “Egomaniac” and “paranoid bitch” are close in the...
Adam GaffenJul 28, 20217 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapters Twelve & ThirteenToday brings a couple shortish chapters, which is why I was able to get it past our faithful watchdog. Everyone wave hi to Adam! The...
Adam GaffenJul 21, 20217 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter ElevenWelcome back! And the streak ends at 5 days, boo! What streak? Well, I managed to convince Adam to allow me to post multiple chapters for...
Adam GaffenJul 7, 20217 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter EIGHTYou’ve been listening to me long enough now to know I’m not dramatic for the sake of being dramatic, right? Well: the conversation we had...
Adam GaffenJun 30, 20217 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter SEVENHello Dogfish! Richard Percoco. One of my favorite people ever! He was simply a no-nonsense type who got in and got the job done, no...
Adam GaffenJun 23, 20218 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter SIXRight after we got back from that epic first flight I had to come back to Earth, as it were, and talk with Mya Hartman. Talk about a...
Adam GaffenJun 16, 202111 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter FIVEFirst Flights are special. This one was truly memorable; it was the initial departure for the Enterprise from the construction yards, and...
Adam GaffenJun 9, 20214 minThe Road to the Stars – Chapter FOUROh, Vasilia! She was such a piece of work. Yes, I know, she was a product of her environment, she had no choice but to respond in the...