Reckoning: Outsider

A planet faces destruction as the dying of the stars sustaining it begin to fade. The residents of the planet fight for control of the remaining resources and engage in a fierce war. Conflict and deception continue as Hyylion Academy helmed by the council of 9. The planets most prestigious academy fights to preserve the remnants of their civilization. By sending off a prototype being known as a gearheart to neighboring celestial bodies that could sustain life. One is sent to Earth where he struggles to understand local society. Born into the new world he must navigate his way through treachery, betrayal and exploitation. As a prototype of an advanced war machine many seek to harness his unknown power. While trying to gain an understanding of his new world and human nature. Can he find his own way to accomplish the task entrusted to him while seeking individual purpose?

Manicmallow · Sci-fi

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7 Chs

The Lovers: Introduction

Az' Chaira... a once a beautiful and prosperous planet became a war-torn battlefield on the brink of total collapse. The last war as it was called, exhausted most of the already dwindling resources in the war effort. An effort that showed even an intelligent advanced society wasn't immune to indifference. A civilization that had thrived for millennia was coming to an end.

Az'Chaira was a planet that revolved two suns, known to the people of Az'Chaira as the lovers and soon they would fade into black dwarfs (dead stars). The White dwarfs were nearing their end of days. All of Az' Chaira was powered by charge crystals, these crystals absorbed the suns' energy which could then be extracted and used as a power source.

Each year the days grew colder and their crops were only sustained by bio-domes that could amplify the dwindling sun. Survival became the focus of the warfront as famine spread across the land and factions fought for control of the bio-domes and charge crystal mines. As the suns faded the days became darker each year and soon they would be subject to an endless night.

The prestigious academy known as Hyylion was amassing a new technology that would turn the tides and end the war once and for all. The cutting edge fighting machines known as the gearhearts were pushed to the warfront. They were the first wave of prototype soldiers synthetically created as a combination of liquidtech, advanced hardware and genetically altered biological material. Gearhearts were a meld of man and machine. Capable of tapping into an endless cache of knowledge, real time battlefield uplink to central command, and battlefield tracking. The gearhearts knew when and where to strike to devastate enemy forces. A squad of four was able to level an entire battalion of fighters. With overwhelming firepower attained by Hyylion Academy through production of gearhearts the war was ended.

The council of 9 prepared for the conference of continuance.

Monitors lined the conference room which looked more like a war room then an academy conference room. Hyylion was an institution that led the world in academics particularly specializing in technology and medical advancements. Scholars selected could attend the college for free as the academy relied solely on production for income. However students accepted would be subject to a contractual obligation to work ten years following graduation at the companies production and development facilities or one of their cutting edge medical facilities.

Perian entered the conference room to begin the forum.

"Welcome council" the Grand Provost pronounced as he entered the conference room.

"Welcome Grand Provost Perian" the council responded in unison.

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