Tactics of Transience

Tactics of Transience

TreeYllana and Drey thought it would be a simple op. Just plant an audit port on a fellow first class passenger on the uberzeppelin Reichgeist and enjoy the rest of the her maiden voyage in luxury. But their plans spin out of control when a band of mercenary pirates hijack the Reichgeist deep in nulspace. Soon they are fighting for their lives and their freedom against the well armed and armored pirates.

Author:	Fritz Freiheit
Type:	Novel
Genre:
Published:
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Story ID:	ToT
World:	CftN
Status:	third draft.
Length:	Novel
Word Count:	132,000 words

The first novel from the Chronicles from the Nexus by Fritz Freiheit.

Description

My first novel and a Chronicle from the Nexus.

The elevator pitch: "Die Hard, on a zeppelin, in space." (here)

Teaser

TreeYllana and Drey thought it would be a simple op. Just plant an audit port on a fellow first class passenger on the uberzeppelin Reichgeist and enjoy the rest of the her maiden voyage in luxury. But their plans spin out of control when a band of mercenary pirates hijack the Reichgeist deep in nulspace. Soon they are fighting for their lives and their freedom against the well armed and armored pirates.

Character Teasers

TreeYllana 

This cool dark woman is on a mission. Backed up by a crack team she seeks a prize worthy of her skill and daring, pirates not with standing.

Drey 

The mysterious muscle behind TreeYllana. What will this disciple of Transience cook up to throw defeat back into the teeth of the pirates?

Gyr 

What does the foppish exterior of TreeYllana’s target hide? Will he give away the location of the windfall that has cost him so much?

Bella 

The beautiful young Spirean debutante who finds herself in the middle of a commando assault. How will she survive?

Pelicia 

The youngest of TreeYllana’s operatives who finds herself trapped in TreeYllana’s suite by the pirate seizure of the Reichgeist. Will her first mission be her last?

The Reichgeist 

An uberzeppelin on the last leg of her maiden flight. Will she make it to her final port? Or will she be lost in nulspace?

Characters

Many more than what appear below.

TreeYllana and Company

On the Reichgeist

• Drey / Drey Knight
• Darrett / Darrett Knight
• Pelicia / Pelicia Forsythe
• TreeYllana / TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir / Count Fé Lunnoir

On the Flying Rimbaldi

• Klarika / Klarika Hawkmoor / Captain Hawkmoor / Captain Klarika Hawkmoor
• Com:
• Helm:
• Nav:
• Z.T.

On the Reichgeist

Reichgeist Crew

• Master Aézeph Fé Quete -- Chief LifeTech
• Bitterman
• Blackburn
• Lieutenant Ehrlich
• Faustess -- Chief Security Officer
• Gerda Löwith
• First Officer Stutz
• Lieutenant Sven von Rune
• Captain Dearg von Stregg

First Class Reichgeist Passengers

• Amyth Bool
• Arabella
• Bella Twindle
• Blaine Northrup
• Errando
• Lord Fé Harte
• Gyr Evenstar
• Hand, the
• Harmony Wentfield
• Ivan Evenstar
• Johnathan
• Odelyn Rook
• Recene Rook
• Silvio

Other Reichgeist Passengers

• Francine Gerode
• Paladin of Trang

Pirates

• Cade
• Commander, the

Mercenaries

• Bernadette
• Hroc

On the Five Gold Rings

• Captain Urabi

On the Seven Silver Wands

• Captain Blare

Incident on Boulevard of Mirrors

• bowman (ToT character)
• Gyr Evenstar
• driver (ToT character)
• bruno (ToT character)
• other bodyguard (ToT character)

Characters Mentioned (but not appearing)

• Bertie Twindle
• TreeYllana's mother
• TreeYllana's father

Ships

• Damn the Consequences XI
• Five Gold Rings
• Flying Rimbaldi
• Inevitable Freedom
• Indomitable
• Joyride
• Just My Luck
• Leutegeist
• Reichgeist
• Seven Silver Wands
• Vaggeist (ship)
• Waking Dream
• Yvonne Verde

Setting

The uberzeppelin the Reichgeist during the final leg of its maiden flight between Spire and Vaggeist.

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See

• Tactics of Transience Glossary

Sub-stories

• "Death's Harp has One String"
• "The Shaper's Daughter"
• "The Alchemist of Liberty"

Glossary

• Tactics of Transience Glossary

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• Tactics of Transience Redirects

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Chronological list of the Chronicles from the Nexus

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2. "Lair of the Feathered Termites"
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4. "The Alchemist of Liberty"
5. "Death Rides for Free"
6. "Drink Deep the Wine of Memory"
7. "Up in the Nightgaunts Gang"
8. "Fortress of Wind and Glass"
9. "The Unmodified Man"
10. "Death's Harp has One String"
11. Tactics of Transience
12. "Winters' Unexpected Arrival"
13. "A Sword in the Spokes"

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1. "Angst Griffon"
2. "No Cure"
3. Tactics of Transience
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5. "The Alchemist of Liberty"
6. "Death Rides for Free"
7. "Up in the Nightgaunts Gang"
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10. "Winters' Unexpected Arrival"
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13. "Lair of the Feathered Termites"
14. "A Sword in the Spokes"
15. "Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree"
16. "In Your Eyes"
17. "Drink Deep the Wine of Memory"
18. Dispensing Justice
19. The Red Rook

Chronological list of the Chronicles from the Nexus

1. "Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree"
2. "Lair of the Feathered Termites"
3. "The Shaper's Daughter"
4. "The Alchemist of Liberty"
5. "Death Rides for Free"
6. "Drink Deep the Wine of Memory"
7. "Up in the Nightgaunts Gang"
8. "Fortress of Wind and Glass"
9. "The Unmodified Man"
10. "Death's Harp has One String"
11. Tactics of Transience
12. "Winters' Unexpected Arrival"
13. "A Sword in the Spokes"

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