All Chapters of Ravens of Eternity: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20
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Gaea
Eva watched through the personal viewing screen in front of her as the Gaea-bound tourist shuttle she was on took off from a small Helios hangar bay. The shuttle itself wasn’t too large, perhaps about twice the size of the lifeboat she had piloted not too long ago. Although it wasn’t quite as cramped, it held about the same amount of people - 12 passengers, a pilot and a copilot. Each of the passengers had a personal viewing screen at their disposal, which displayed live feeds of space around them as they traveled. They all exited the hangar bay rather gently and went out to open space with very little fuss. All felt their little shuttle detach itself from the megastation’s gravitational pull as it traveled further and further away. Not that they manually traveled to Gaea - at their speed it would have taken months. Instead, they went towards a large pleasure barge waiting patiently out just beyond Helios’ orbit. There, all manner of shuttles and smaller craft lingered around the ba
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Potential
Eva eventually took her hopper back to Washington DC, but didn’t quite head back to her tourist shuttle. She still had plenty of time left on the clock to view the city and its surroundings, but decided that there wasn’t much she could actually do out there. Most everything cost an unbelievable amount of money. Money that she barely had. So she decided to take the first steps into earning something, anything. Since she was most valuable as a pilot, she figured that going to get her piloting accreditation was the best thing she could do. Her DI immediately pointed her towards the closest Federal Starpilot Licensing Bureau located in the heart of DC proper. Her hopper parked itself in one of the designated zones as usual, and she walked over to the massive FSLB campus. The Bureau in DC was a sprawl of numerous buildings surrounding an open courtyard, and spanned numerous city blocks. And since it was midday, the entire place was buzzing with activity. There were literally thousands
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Ravens
Eva spun around quickly to face Nightmare, hatred etched on her face. The last person she wanted to see was Nightmare. She immediately blocked all comms from him on her DI. Preemptively. "What the hell do you want?" she asked. Her tone dripped with venom. "Nothing terrible," he said. "I was just here to get my CCI, and then I saw you two." Although his tone was nonchalant, his eyes were incredibly predatory. He stepped closer, a wicked grin plastered on his face. "I think," he continued, "I mean, we think you ought to join us. We can have a grand old time, you two and us boys." Eva's eyes turned cold as she looked at the people behind Nightmare. He had a small posse behind him, roughly a dozen others. All of them men, half of whom wore lascivious grins, their intentions obvious. But what truly got to Eva was that Nightmare and a couple others kept glancing at Miko, their eyes were unmistakably filled with hunger. Her eyes shone with a predatory gleam. Eva had never really car
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Resilience
The Red Planet, Mars. Named after the Roman god of war, it was the fourth among all the planets in Gaea's solar system. And true to its namesake, humanity had made it their primary military base and the heart of their military might. Thanks to Sol being mostly enclosed by Helios, its solar winds could no longer wreck havoc on the planet, and this allowed its frozen waters to melt. Humanity helped Mars' redevelopment along by terraforming it purposefully and restored its atmosphere as it used to be countless millennia ago. This covered half of Mars with an ocean of water, where its crystalline blue was a strong contrast to its reddened, oxidized earth. Littered everywhere on the surface were multiple bases and training yards, while the planet itself was surrounded by
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Persistence
Eva and Chengli had sprinted the entire rest of the way back, and so were red-faced and panting heavily when they arrived. This seemed to have appeased the sergeants, so they continued to the next lesson of the cycle. But not everyone was happy about the 'wonder duo', and a few jealous glares had come from a handful of cadets. Everyone was then ushered into a large sparring gymnasium, where the floor was covered in shock-absorbing mats. But before they could start any exercises, the sergeants instructed all the cadets to partner up and form into duo wings. "Choose well, because it's all about trust," said sergeant Elyn. "You gotta be able to truly rely on each other, 'coz your lives depend on it." It was the single best
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Gravity
The next cycle, the two sergeants came into the bunk to shock all the cadets awake, as was mandatory. They were completely surprised to see Eva and Chengli tidying up their spaces, while already dressed and ready. But that didn't stop the sergeants from flashing the lights and sounding an airhorn. "Get up, cadets!" they yelled. "It's time for your daily run! You got one hundred seconds to gear up. Let's go!" Many of them grumbled as they woke, but still suited up rather quickly. Luckily they only had to go on a run for an hour rather than last cycle's two. Many still stumbled, but they persevered to the end. At the end, they took a very quick shower then switched into their flightsuits and grabbed their pressurized flight helmets. They then headed towards the hangar
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Fervor
The fourth cycle was virtually the same as before. An hour run, followed by five hours of training, an hour for food, and three hours of sleep. The pattern and the habits were slowly being absorbed by all the cadets, Eva especially. She had never had such a demanding schedule in her entire life. In her old life, she woke up whenever she felt like it, and went to sleep when she got too tired to keep her eyes open. She ate, played, and lived to no-one's beat but her own. It was incredibly hedonistic, but ultimately damaging. That lack of care or discipline made her soft, lazy, and apathetic. It didn't help that she didn't have anyone who uplifted her. But this new life, these new experiences, new friends, this academy… They all helped her break out of that old mindset.
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Endurance, Pt 1
When the sergeants roused the cadets on the ninth cycle of the week, they had especially merciless looks in their eyes. This was a special cycle. "Everyone up! Now, now, now!" yelled Sergeant Elyn. This startled everyone onto their feet. The sergeants' energetic cries were far more forceful than before. "Get into your flightsuits on the double!" yelled Sergeant Akim. Eva was taken aback, but quickly slipped out of her uniform and into her flightsuit. She then grabbed her flight helmet and held it to the side before she stood at attention. She didn't realize it, but she also wore a slight grin on her face. It had become a part of the flightsuit at some point, when she wasn't
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Endurance, Pt 2
By the six-hour mark, the cadets had started to feel exhaustion creep into their core. The sergeants had usually dismissed everyone and had them return to their bunk around this time. But things were different, since they were in a practice sortie. One of the cadets hailed the drill sergeants, his voice was dry and raspy. Though it wasn't just because of thirst, but also out of fear. "Sir, ma'am," he said, "we cadets are pretty worn out and wish to request a break. Sir. Ma'am." The two sergeants took a moment to think before denying the request. "Cadets!" yelled Sergeant Akim. "You will perform your drills for one more hour. And then we will see if you deserve to rest." Many
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Jealousy, Pt 1
When they were awoken the next cycle, the sergeants skipped the run and allowed the cadets to get cleaned up and have a relatively slower start. They all had endured their lessons incredibly well, and so were afforded this little luxury. Afterwards, they jogged over to the sparring gymnasium, where they once again got into their duo wings and started to spar lightly. The atmosphere was rather relaxed, even though they were all still training diligently. The two sergeants had approached Eva and Chengli, and discussed the matter of their training. Since they were above the rest in terms of raw physicality and talent, they didn't have anything that could challenge them properly. That worried them, as they did not want them to leave less prepared than the others. Great s
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