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Imprudent: Chapter 19: Wonders

Since it is such a normal part of life, most people do not question where this Rising Breath comes from, and in truth, I do not believe...

Imprudent: Chapter 18: Plots

Chapter 18: Plots Traditional prophetic magic, forecasting, depends on a number of factors. Foremost of these are the Rising Breath,...

Imprudent: Chapter 17: Discoveries

Chapter 17: Discoveries It’s the height of irony that I need to write this all down, but I need a place to put my thoughts and my notes...

Imprudent: Chapter 16: Interludes

Emuund glared up at the Night-Light as if it had personally offended him, and then returned his eye to the telescope’s eyepiece....

Imprudent: Chapter 15: Knowledge

Whatever happened, we can only conclude that it happened a long time ago. And due to the fact that there has been no attempted relief...

Imprudent: Chapter 14: Mysteries

Again, we have no idea why the mirror arrays and a few planetary structures survived when everything else we have been able to find has...

Imprudent: Chapter 13: Emissaries

In the entire system, we have found two space-based installations which are still operational—the two solar mirror arrays at the inner...

Imprudent: Chapter 12: Encounters

The system’s Gateway is intact, but currently not operational. Due to its orbital position at the edge of the system and a significant...

Imprudent: Chapter 11: Losses

What else remains of exo-atmospheric infrastructure and installations is abandoned, inert, or incommunicado. We have found the remains...

Imprudent: Chapter 10: Destructions

Furthermore, after considerable analysis, we have managed to resolve two anomalous points with a theory that we consider to be nearly...

Imprudent: Chapter 9: Contacts

Other anomalies that have been spotted are less exceptional. We have detected numerous examples of animate undead, but specifics of how...

Imprudent: Chapter 8: Outsiders

Other anomalies keep mounting as we continue to observe. While our instruments are not specialized for this form of observation work, we...

Imprudent: Chapter 7: Plans

Regardless of what has happened to Nephaas specifically, it is abundantly clear that something catastrophic has happened to our society,...

Imprudent: Chapter 6: Quests

According to Lt. Alphonsoni, large urban areas of the planet have been reduced or entirely obliterated, a fact that is corroborated by...

Imprudent: Chapter 5: Instigations

The current reigning theory for our failed transit is centered around our pilot and navigator, Lt. Alphonsoni, as Nephaas is his...

Imprudent: Chapter 4: Collisions

Based on our observations, it appears that the human population on Nephaas is dominated by a locally adapted Hibernaramus variant,...

Imprudent: Chapter 3: Questions

Our observations have revealed that the planetary population is considerably lower than recorded, and has apparently regressed. The...

Imprudent: Chapter 2: Arrivals

All communication bands are completely silent. Optical survey of the planetary surface shows significant anomalies in comparison with...

Imprudent: Chapter 1: Nightfall

We have identified the system and the primary planet after our failed transit attempt, although there are anomalies that we are...

Imprudent: Prologue

The machine breathed. It should have been impossible, that this construct of cut gemstones and shaped pieces of metal the size of a...

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