57 Leaf Clover
It was a massacre. The orbital probes had incinerated both the battalion and the enemy– as well as the entire plateau. There was no life left to be found - except for one lone soldier.
The soldier trudged through the scorched plains, numbly looking for any survivors.
But he found none.
The soldier tried to find water – he had only just noticed how thirsty he was, and how much his head hurt.
A Moment, Fractured
My brother, it is done. Come! See! Look to the moon... the first beacon shines brightly on the other side! There was no gap in its sequence - it has traveled instantaneously. We can cross the dark sea without succumbing to its sickness if we simply do not travel through it at all - is it not a brilliant light of hope? Only your hands could have realized my design, brother.
A Moment, Whole
It is sealed… you do not have the skill to release this - it is a lock of my design. MY DESIGN. It will not break, and it will not yield. The alignment of the gate cannot now be changed by one such as you. It will persist for as long my treacherous brother lives. I have wasted my time in teaching you to operate it.
A lock… MY lock… crafted by the hands of my betrayer!
Abandoned Aqueduct
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Day 0
Nightmare. I find myself in the middle of a desert - with no other survivors in sight. I scavenged for resources, but soon giant insects began to crawl out of the earth and take aggressive stances. Once they gathered their numbers - and presumably their confidence - they charged me.
Abyssal Depths
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Day 0
We have landed a few minutes ago and I have no time I must log as quickly as possible I hope the speech-to-text works many died on impact inside hollow cavern chains great chains fire the ground they come from the ground the burning they breathe fire we are hiding beneath the caverns groans they coax metal from the surface with song giant snakes made of fire they collect the security chests the death god we are in hell here chains keeps the ground from splintering they breathe beneath and above and around us punishments it must be forgive me I cannot see too dark deep thunder goodbye
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Acrid
Theoretically, the true contents of the cell were just a mess of atoms. The structure of the contents in each cell – living, weapon, whatever - was categorized, sequenced, and then turned to juice and cured into solid gems. An incredibly efficient and lossless format.
And yet when the cell containment broke – and emergency protocols re-sequenced that mess of atoms back into the creature known as Acrid – he already knew.
Aegis
Order: Artifact E-8EE572
Tracking Number: 490******
Estimated Delivery: 08/10/2056
Shipping Method: Priority
Shipping Address: Titan Museum of History and Culture, Titan
Sorry about the delay, we've had a flood of orders come in from this site. But it was exactly where you said we should look - there was a sealed off room where you marked the excavation diagram. I finished translating the engraving too, so consider that a bonus for the time we took to get to it:
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Alien Head
Order: "Alien Head"
Tracking Number: 76******
Estimated Delivery: 07/13/2056
Shipping Method: High Priority/Biological
Shipping Address: Solomon, ???, Backwaters, Mars
Shipping Details:
Important sign from the spirits. Passed down for many generations. Must be used for high noon ritual to ward off sickness and fatigue. Must be kept cool or will rot. Helps energize the kinfolk and can be used for extra human strength and agility. Important.
Alloy Vulture
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Karl: "STOP! Everybody stop!"
Astrid: "Karl? Why are you out of breath, did you /run/ all the way here? What's wrong?
Alloy Worship Unit
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11321; YES I AM OUT-OF-ORBIT OPERATIVE
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11321; YES THE MOTHER UNIT CAN BE REPAIRED
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11321; YES I CAN PILOT THE MOTHER UNIT
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11321; YES I LOVE YOU TOO