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Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 2.5 – Persons of Interest!
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Published: October 31, 2026 15:42
With all hands sheltered in the shielded core, the baryon sweep rolls across the Enterprise, a red glow moving section by section from the nacelles to the engineering hull, then finally up and over the saucer.  The subspace organisms burn and flake away…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 2.4 – Hitchhikers!
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Published: October 30, 2026 15:34
Garak enters the briefing room carrying two cups of tea, Early Grey, hot, and takes a seat across from its sole other occupant, Algernon.  Garak smiles amiably and notes: “Forgive me, I’m a tailor by trade and can’t help but notice.  That armor is…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 2.3 – The Mercs!
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Published: October 29, 2026 15:32
The Enterprise is en route through the Klingon corridor, bound for the rendezvous. While Data works on Dunsel down in engineering, you check in on your two other guests. In the briefing room, under guard, sit the two mercs you rescued from the black hole’s…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 2.2 – Close Quarters!
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Published: October 28, 2026 15:51
The Enterprise is on her way, and Starfleet’s orders remain thin: deliver Harven Zax to a set of coordinates on the far side of the expanse before the deadline and hand him over to whoever is waiting there.  The orders don’t say who. With time to kill, the…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 2.1 – The Route!
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Published: October 27, 2026 15:33
The Enterprise shudders against the gravitational pull as Thor’s counter-field takes hold.  Her main deflector brightens, projecting a cone of light ahead of the ship. Inside it, the warped starlight straightens, and a corridor of calm space slowly opens,…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 1.7 – Escape Velocity!
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Published: October 26, 2026 15:35
With an assist from the tractor beam, the jumper and its passengers make it safely back into the Enterprise’s shuttlebay.  But the rescue has come at a cost.  The Enterprise has been drawn dangerously close to the black hole. “Captain, the hull is under…
Sharky Sunday! And Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 1.6 – Point of No Return!
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Published: October 25, 2026 15:30
Bubbie tells Sharky to “Sit!” Impatient with the slow service… Sniffing out a treat… Doing laps… Throwing a tantrum… Sharky wants some pasta… Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 1.6 – Point of No Return Jack considers the robot for a moment,…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 1.5 – Dunsel
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Published: October 24, 2026 15:30
Over Robespierre’s protests, Jack orders everyone to fall back to the bay.  You’re abandoning ship. Once there, you’re about to board the puddle jumper, when you hear something from out in the corridor.  You throw a look to the open airlock. The ship’s…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 1.4 – Dramatis Personae!
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Published: October 23, 2026 15:30
Jack eases off the throttle and noses the jumper into the debris field, following Data’s plotted course one fragment at a time.  It’s careful, painstaking flying, and by the time they clear the field without a scratch, the cruiser has drifted noticeably…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Delivery, Part 1.3 – The Crossing!
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Published: October 22, 2026 15:41
The jumper leaves the shuttlebay and swings toward the cruiser. The black hole’s pull keeps dragging it off its line, and O’Neill has to keep correcting to hold course. Data informs Jack: “Colonel, I am detecting fourteen fragments of debris from the…
Amalgaverse Second Mission: The Deliver, Part 1.2 – Sending the Puddle Jumper!
https://josephmallozzi.com/2026/10/21/amalgaverse-second-mission-the-deliver-part-1-2-sending-the-puddle-jumper/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amalgaverse-second-mission-the-deliver-part-1-2-sending-the-puddle-jumper
Published: October 21, 2026 15:39
You’re sending the puddle jumper.  You’ll need a pilot and someone who can bypass and shut down the cruiser’s anti-abduction shroud so that everyone can beam back and spare the jumper a fully loaded return trip. Who are you sending? A) Sheppard and McKay…