/books/good-training-champions-pt-i/ Recent content in Good Training: the Champions Part I on The Deathworlders Hugo -- gohugo.io en-GB Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/4-gametime/ Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/4-gametime/ That same evening Apartment, Delaney Row, Foltcha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Melissa “And he listens so well! He made me feel…special!” “Ooh, he sounds like a keeper. You gonna lure him in and catch?” “Why do you Humans make everything so…” “Agricultural?” “Well, yes, but I already used that word today.” “Try ‘barnyard’ next time.” “Wh—my point stands! He’s not some prize beast!” Melissa chuckled into the phone. “Yes he is! /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/3-longest-prefix-match/ Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/3-longest-prefix-match/ 11y, 8m AV Outside the Alien Quarter, Folctha, Cimbrean, The Far Reaches Champion Meereo of Clan Longear Play was a universal concept. The forms that play might take varied greatly, and the purpose was sometimes inscrutable, but all intelligent sophonts the galaxy over had their own methods and preferences. Predators had similar tastes in games, it seemed. Meereo learned that as he sat on a bench outside the Alien Quarter, watching a Human and Gaoian cub wrestle and chase under the wary eyes of two adult females, also Human and Gaoian. /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/2-tooth-claw/ Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/2-tooth-claw/ Two days later Whitecrest Enclave, The Alien Quarter, Folctha, Cimbrean, the Far Reaches Private briefing with Officer Regaari Champion Genshi of Clan Whitecrest This was not the first time Genshi had visited Cimbrean on short notice, nor, he feared, would it be the last, not with what he was promised to learn. At least Regaari had dispensed with the usual pleasantries and nervous politeness. He simply marched over, led Genshi straight to his office, swept it for electronics (! /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/1-prologue/ Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0000 /books/good-training-champions-pt-i/1-prologue/ 11y, 7m AV Warhorse’s room, HMS Sharman, Folctha, Cimbrean Immediately prior to beginning of “Run” phase Sergeant Regaari (Dexter) of Clan Whitecrest The worst thing about formal letters was how short and curt they were by nature. Though given the subject at hand, and the revelations of DEEP RELIC fresh in Regaari’s mind, in-message detail was a risk he could not afford, either by his recent oath or by the prudence required of the situation.