Collateral Damage

June 2015 The letter wasn’t thick. It was addressed by printer, the type neat and spare. The words were frustrating. “Alec.” Alec Freeman looked up from the report he’d been checking to see Ed Straker’s face set in grim lines. He wondered what it was this time as he took the letter and skimmed it. “I’ll take care of it,” he offered, his tone polite and non-judgmental. The letter wasn’t…

20th August 2017
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Christmas Weird

1st December 2015

Author: dragon Christmas, Christmas time is here Time for Toys and time for Cheer   Paul Foster caught himself humming the old child hood Christmas song as he walked along the corridors of Harlington-Straker studios. He wasn’t entirely certain why the cheery and somewhat cheesy Christmas song in the in the squeaky falsetto cheered him, but it did. Now he caught himself humming the song a few days after the…

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Bad Company

1st September 2015

Ed Straker walked into his office, greeted his secretary, discussed the appointments of the day and took his mail into the inner office with him. He was surprised to find a large padded mailer sitting on his desk already, no postage. “Miss Ealand?” “Sir?” “Package, on my desk?” “Delivered via courier, sir. About half an hour ago. Security says it’s clear.” “Thank you.” He frowned at the package, dealt with…

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Citizen Soldiers

1st June 2015

Saturday Night Unit leader Carleton pulled another Dunhill from the pack, lit it and inhaled deeply, practically feeling the crystallization of her lungs as she did so. She knew smoking was bad, but she needed something to make sure her hands weren’t shaking. “Citizen Soldiers,” she hummed under her breath. Damn. That she didn’t jump out of her skin as the pale man approached owed more to her training than…

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Other Wars

17th August 2012

dragon watches too much anime. UFO/D. Gray-man. Nothing mine except for the OCs. *** The crash site was remote, far back in the tree shrouded Appalachian Mountains. Straker surveyed the long tree top smashing route the spinner had taken to land in the clearing where it was nearly half buried in the black loam of the region. So far, there was no indication of survivors as they moved in to…

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The Boat

2nd June 2012

One last bit to stick on. Make sure there’s not too much glue. Don’t use so much the fumes get to you. Like a guy would do that. John Rutland looked at the model his Dad brought him the last time he visited. It was a good boat and John was very proud to be able to put it together all by himself. Now, it had to dry before he…

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Leadership Exercise

2nd June 2012

Some time ago, in another UFOverse we were issued a challenge. The Challenge was as follows: Ed Straker is found dead in an alley way in London. There are no marks on the body. Toxicology has not been completed. The only clue to what has happened is a suitcase containing a red space suit.   As the protem leader of SHADO, what do you do? You have five minutes.   The…

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Glitch in the Machine: dragon

1st May 2012

Originally in response to the Glitch in the Machine challenge. Savvy Sevy In which Alec is getting used to having a family … The sound of heavy metal was deafening as Alec walked into the garage attached to his house. His car was up on lifts, a pair of long shapely leggings hugged legs ending in paratroop boots sticking out from under the engine area. He turned the music off…

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