Tag: space combat
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The Shattered Empire Second Sample
Here’s the second sample from The Shattered Empire, picking up where I left off in the first one, here. “Command, Azure Actual, targets down, we are black on primary ammo, new orders?” Garret asked. His gaze went to the developing battle as the enemy capital ships closed with the Warwagon. They had launched their fighters…
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The Fallen Race cover and upcoming release
The Fallen Race, my Military SF / Space Opera novel will be released tomorrow at noon on Amazon and Smashwords. Blurb below: Baron Lucius Giovanni, Captain of the battleship War Shrike, finds himself without a home or nation, his ship heavily damaged, and crew in bad shape. The odds against their personal survival are slim.…
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Free Short Story! (and an update)
I’ve added a short story to the Free Fiction area. The story is called “Runner” and it is something of an origin story on Run from the Renegades series. It was interesting and challenging writing from his perspective, and I hope that you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Feel free…
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Free Space Opera / SF Novella
For a limited time, I’m giving away free copies of the first novella of my Renegades series. For the next five days, if you use the coupon code MG57A when you check out, you can get Renegades: Deserter’s Redemption for free from Smashwords (link). Mike doesn’t want to be anyone’s friend. He doesn’t want to…
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Space Warfare: I Have the Power!
I’m continuing my blog post last week Friday and discussing space warfare technology. More specificially, I’ll address what I see as one of the big issues: power generation and density. The big issue with any kinds of space technology is the power source and power density. If three quarters of the vessel is taken up…
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Space Warfare: the present and future
As a science fiction author, I’ve got a particular interest in current and future space operations. Since I also write Military Science Fiction, that interest is a bit more sharply defined. So I’ll address a couple of points regarding combat in space, and then leave a couple other areas open for your interpretation. The first…
Kal Spriggs 