Flashforge Station

By Natalia Corres

When Darrick Finnian, the 13 year old son of the Governor of the New Sydney Colony - which has just signed a contract with AgriCorp - goes missing on Flashforge station, it starts a chain of events that will include the Directorate, the AgriCorp and some unexpected players in a political game that will threaten the security of the station and all those who depend on it.
Can Hank Strangwish, station chief, rally his allies, find the boy, and save the station?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Natalia Corres
• Release date: Sep 2, 2020

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Flashforge Station

by Natalia Corres

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Contents

Waiting

The Youngster

One more thing to worry about

At the Tenebris

The Jane Doe

The Delegation

A Plan

A Chink in the Armor

A Matter of Some Delicacy

Taking a brief break

Phlorescent Leech & Eddie

About the Author

Other books by Natalia Corres

Poetry

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Waiting

Hank Strangwish, Chief of the Flashforge Station, stood on the observation deck and watched as the various ships were slowly sliding in to the docking bays. Some of the bays were empty, some were being cleared of recently offloaded freight, and a couple were currently occupied. He could call up any of the bays on the security feeds from his office but he liked to go to this deck when he needed to think or when he was waiting for the Solomon to arrive. Today he was doing both.

The station was currently playing host to some prissy muckety-mucks from New Sydney Colony and while they didn’t have any official connection to the Directorate or AgriCorp, you never knew who was working for who and he didn’t have the time, staff or compute power to vet every visitor - yet. He looked at their transport and wondered at the timing. He was expecting the changing of the AgriCorp staff any time now, and he knew AgriCorp had been courting the Colonies on Wolf 1061C, one of which was the New Sydney Colony.

Staying neutral meant he and all of the residents of Flashforge kept things close to the vest and for their assorted visitors they maintained all of the basic protocols and niceties. Hank’s recent treaty with the Tolleray would keep the flow of information unhindered, and added to the security of those he was responsible for on the station. He just had to hope the Directorate and AgriCorp never