Starset #vessels Novels & Stories

The launch of the Mosaic-Fleet was meant to be a moment of triumph—a thousand ships of silver, green, and obsidian rising from the triple-world horizon. But as the flagship, The Variable, reached the threshold of Rift-Zero, the sensors didn't detect an armada. They detected a Void.

“I don’t care how much you’ve invested in my project. This woman just got here from abroad. She’s my friend and the star of my upcoming series. If you touch her again, I’ll pull your funding myself.” Ezekiel stood there, frozen, barely processing the word “star.” His eyes were locked on Vespera’s neck. In the turmoil, her dress had shifted just enough. Her collarbone was smooth and untouched. There was no scar. There was no mark. Just flawless skin. “It’s not there,” Ezekiel murmured, his voice hollow. Vespera looked at him, a mixture of horror and pity on her face, as if she were gazing at a madman. “Jerry, please... let’s go inside. I want to leave.”

Valen growled, his golden eyes burning with lethal, absolute authority. Together, we turned our eyes toward the three massive celestial warships hovering above us. "ALPHA FIRE: SUN SHATTER!" we shouted in unison, thrusting our joined power straight into the lead warship! BOOM! A beam of holy white-gold fire pierced the sky, blowing the lead warship’s engine core into a brilliant, fiery supernova that lit up the entire ocean! The remaining two warships immediately backed away, their red lights flashing in frantic alarm. Suddenly, a giant, golden tear in the fabric of space opened directly above the clouds.

"Show me." The captain bowed and started walking fast ahead. We didn't have to go too far because he pointed at a large residential apartment complex partially on fire and I saw the giant letters spray painted in red. "Death to the Moon Goddess vessel." I read the large text.

I look at the control panel and see the button I need. “Asteria, what are we doing to do? There are thousands of different species. How are we getting them out of here?” I turn and smile at her, raising an eyebrow, and she groans and rolls her eyes. “You could have just done that right. No need to come in here.” She says and I chuckle as I push the button and watch the monitor as the gate opens. Flooding the lock.

In the Grand Nexus, ripples of emerald fire and golden light danced between realities, awakening hungers long dormant in distant worlds. Vespera Voss Kane stood at the heart of the Flame Root’s master chamber, her body still humming from the journey. The sacred vessel remained anchored at the meadow’s edge, where aurora flames licked gently at the sky. Her silver hair clung damply to her shoulders, and the emerald constellations on her skin pulsed in time with her racing heart. The air was thick with the scent of sweat, musk, and blooming night flowers. Her mates circled her slowly, eyes dark with renewed need.

The seed-ships rose on pillars of blue light—gravitic drives that moved through the atmosphere as silently as a sigh. Twelve ships, shaped like silver seeds, drifted upward, their hulls shimmering as they caught the last rays of the sun. They looked like a new constellation being born. I felt Leo’s arm around my waist, pulling me close. "Look," he whispered, pointing upward. The ships reached the upper atmosphere and deployed their solar sails—vast, translucent wings of light-fiber that looked exactly like the petals of a Luna-Bloom. They caught the solar wind and began their long, slow journey toward the outer planets.

CORPORATE EQUITY — 22 LOTS. And below that, in bold, a new category: **SPECIAL LIVE LOT:** The entry beneath wasn’t like the others. There is no property description. No neat coordinates. Just a blurred female silhouette and a label: **THE LUNARIS VESSEL (LIVE)** My chest constricted. “They’re not even pretending it’s not a person,” I said. “They just… blur the face and call it justice.” “‘Vessel’ is how they sleep at night,” Kieran said. “Not *girl.* Not * woman * Just a container with a pulse.”

Tears well up in my eyes again, that is all I feel like I am doing at the minute. We part ways and we get into our positions in the ritual circle. Scarlet takes a deep breath and starts to chant the words that will start the sacrifice. This time as she chants a light blue light starts to flow through the objects which connects them all together. While Scarlet is chanting the blue light then travels around her and up it goes it even makes her hair rise like the blue light is creating a breeze and it keeps travelling into the night sky.

she replied "trust me New Fall has a lot to offer" A sick sadistic smile spread across her face, she enjoyed playing this game with him, funny how the intellect of such a legendary god could be battling hers, it made her want to scream with maddened joy. 'Just wait girls' she thought gleefully 'I have such marvelous plans for you' "Let me in on this plan!" Ven growled " and for bloody hell's sake can we please teleport, I'm getting sick of moving so slow" That was Ven for her, impatient as ever, no wonder he lost the crown, but still he was no fun to her if was so uptight, maybe a little side dish to warm him up, she stopped the car abruptly