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Legion Tech Terms
Wie reist die Flotte der SIN Legion? Mit dem Ankerantrieb.
Die Technik basiert auf Quantenverschränkung zwischen Raumanker-Stationen. Schiffe kollabieren am Start und erscheinen instantan am Ziel. Der Haken: Freie Navigation in unbekannte Systeme ist so gut wie unmöglich.
Machen wir weiter mit den SIN LEGION TECHTERMS.
Heute im Angebot: Die Rissmine
Was passiert, wenn man ein temporäres Mini-Schwarzes Loch als Waffe einsetzt? Die SIN Legion nutzt dafür eben jene Rissminen. Eine Subraumdetonation verschluckt für Sekundenbruchteile alles im Radius: Personen, Fahrzeuge, sogar Raumschiffe. Zurück bleibt nichts.
#FactsFriday #SINLEGION #MilitarySF #sciFi #sciencefiction #books
Finale der UGF-Reihe im SIN LEGION Universum: Die Raumbatterie.
Eine orbitale Festung, die selbst einen Dreadnought überragt. Das geometrische Vieleck ist komplett mit Waffentürmen besetzt, was einen 360-Grad-Feuerbereich schafft. Stationär, aber fähig, im System zu manövrieren.
Durchmesser: 2.000m
Decks: 70
Crew: 3.000
Rolle: Systemverteidigung
#ScienceFiction #SINLegion #MilitarySF #Worldbuilding #books
#FactsFriday
Legion Tech Terms.
Level 8: Raumfahrt im SIN LEGION Universum. Wir erreichen die absolute Königsklasse der UGF-Bestände.
Der Dreadnought.
Typ: Dreadnought
Länge: 1500 Meter
Crew: 2200
Rolle: Die ultimative fliegende Festung
Die Spitze der Nahrungskette. Schwer gepanzert und mit genug Feuerkraft ausgestattet, um planetare Verteidigungen im Alleingang zu brechen. Er führt keinen Krieg, er beendet ihn.
#FactsFriday - Legion Tech Terms.
Level 7: Raumfahrt im SIN LEGION Universum. Letzte Woche das Kommandozentrum, heute der fürs Grobe.
Der Schwere Kreuzer.
Typ: Schwerer Kreuzer
Länge: 950 Meter
Crew: 1500
Rolle: Frontlinien-Kampfschiff
Keine feine Taktik, sondern pure Gewalt. Gebaut, um die Hauptkampflinie zu halten und feindliche Großkampfschiffe auszuschalten.
#FactsFriday - Legion Tech Terms.
Der Twin Hull Destroyer (THD) aus den UGF-Beständen. Ein massiver Weltraumkatamaran, gebaut für die Jagd.
Typ: THD
Länge: 400m
Crew: 450
Rolle: Seek and Destroy
Die Legion Tech Terms. Level 2: Raumfahrt im SIN LEGION Universum.
Wir wechseln von Beobachtung zu Angriff. Das nächste Schiff aus den Beständen der United Galactic Forces bringt deutlich mehr Feuerkraft ins Spiel.
Das Torpedoboot.
Typ: Torpedoboot
Länge: 120 Meter
Crew: 50
Rolle: Raketenplattform für Offensivschläge
Ein deutlicher Sprung in der Gefahrenklasse im Vergleich zum Patrouillenboot.
#ScienceFiction #SINLegion #MilitarySF #Worldbuilding #Books
Was macht man, wenn am Ende des Romans noch so viel Plot übrig ist? Weiterschreiben!
SIN Legion 2 "Sündenfall" - 199.017 Zeichen sind im Kasten.
Aber ich kann jetzt schlecht die Verfolgungsjagd in den Ringen des Nachbarn von Azuris abbrechen. Also geht es weiter. Der fulminante Showdown muss sitzen.
Die Legion Tech Terms.
Raumfahrt im SIN LEGION Universum.
Die Legion nutzt Klipper, doch oft fliegen noch Restbestände der United Galactic Forces durch das All. Ich stelle sie euch vor, von klein nach groß.
Den Start macht das Patrouillenboot.
Typ: Patrouillenboot
Länge: ca. 80 Meter
Crew: 20
Rolle: Systemüberwachung
Das Arbeitspferd der lokalen Behörden gegen Schmuggler.
A revenge twenty years in the making . . . is no small revenge. THE PHOENIX IN FLIGHT reimagined, a #Swashbuckling #MilitarySF #SpaceOpera by Sherwood Smith & David Trowbridge. Book I of EXORDIUM!
#BookViewCafe #bookstodon #ebook #Paperback @bookstodon @books
https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-the-phoenix-in-flight-by-sherwood-smith-and-dave-trowbridge/
Willkommen im Arsenal der Legion!
#SINLegion #SciFiWeapons #MilitarySF #autorenleben #ScifiBooks #Tachyon #TimeDistortion
#MilestoneMonday:
Willkommen am Fluss des Vergessens
Status: 121.515 Zeichen
Team Schwarz jagt einen Geist. Sein Name: Soren Vaxen. Seine Organisation: LETHE.
Benannt nach dem Fluss des Vergessens in der Unterwelt. Genau das ist sein Geschäft. Auf einer Welt unter blauer Sonne lässt er Menschen verschwinden. Sie sind keine Arbeiter. Sie sind Ware.
Das Manuskript wächst. Der Gegenspieler hat nun ein Gesicht.
#FactsFriday – Legion Tech Terms
VELOBOLT Das ultimative Hochgeschwindigkeits-Fahrzeug für Boden- und Luftgleitphasen. Ein Kofferwort aus "Velocity" und "Bolt" – der Name ist Programm.
Konzipiert für extreme Agilität in urbanen Canyons und rasante Verfolgungsjagden. Wenn die SIN Legion schnell zuschlagen muss, nimmt sie den Velobolt.
Willkommen im SIN LEGION-Universum.
SIN LEGION – Sündenfall: 43.699 Zeichen.
Prolog und Kapitel1: 47B ist ein Sklave. Eine Nummer, kein Name. Er erntet blaues Korn auf einer fernen Welt. Dann landet das Schiff.
Horror. Und eine Entdeckung, die alles ändert.
#ScienceFiction #MilitarySF #Autorenleben #SINLEGION #horrorstory
🧵 #FactsFriday – Legion Tech Terms
COMPANION BAND (umgangssprachlich: COMPY)
Das universelle Alltags-Device der Zukunft. Gebogenes, transparentes Armband mit holografischer Projektion. Touchscreen auf der Innenseite, 3D-Interface springt bis zu 1 cm aus dem Display.
Entspricht dem modernen Smartphone + erweiterte Funktionen: Holografische Kommunikation, Navigation, Medien.
Jeder trägt eins.
SIN LEGION – Sündenkrieg: Abgeschlossen. 254.000 Zeichen.
SIN LEGION – Sündenfall: Gestartet. 8.100 Zeichen.
Der erste Krieg ist vorbei. Der zweite hat gerade erst begonnen.
🧵 #FactsFriday – Legion Tech Terms
PHASENKLINGE
Eine Nahkampfwaffe mit phasenverschobener Schneide, die durch fast alle Materialien schneidet. Die Klinge existiert leicht außerhalb der normalen Raumzeit-Phase.
Leuchtet schwach in ihrer Aktivierungsfarbe – kein Lichtschwert, aber genauso tödlich.
Willkommen im SIN LEGION-Universum.
New Lies (The Survivors Book Sixteen)
"New lies are as harmful as old ones. After Dean’s discovery that someone close to him has been abducted, he sets out in search of Regnig"
Sale: $5.99 to FREE
by Nathan Hystad
Rating: 4.7/5 (997 Reviews)
#SciFi #SpaceOpera #MilitarySF #Books #Series #BookSky
New Lies (The Survivors Book S...
SIN LEGION – Sündenkrieg. 213.555 Zeichen.
Ursprünglich bei 150.000 geplant. Dann 200.000. Jetzt? Die Sotry nimmt sich, was sie braucht.
Frei nach dem Motto: Eine Geschichte ist erst zu Ende, wenn sie vorbei ist – vielleicht nicht einmal dann.
Die Aliens sind noch nicht fertig mit der Menschheit.
What happens when humanity discovers we're not alone—and we never were?
Military science fiction meets found family. Ancient secrets meet modern warfare. A captain meets a crew unlike anything he imagined.
EARTH UNBOUND: LEGACY RISING
Coming 2026.
#ScienceFiction #MilitarySF #SpaceOpera #BooksOfMastodon #DebutNovel #ComingSoon
SIN LEGION – Sündenkrieg. 158.850 von 200.000 Zeichen.
Die Geschichte braucht mehr Platz. Ursprünglich bei 150.000 geplant, aber Military SF mit Aliens, Verschwörungen und expliziter Action lässt sich nicht zusammenpressen.
Die Menschheit glaubt, die Alieninvasion überstanden zu haben. Die Aliens lassen sie das glauben.
Das wird schmutzig.
They took his planet. They took his family. They made one mistake: They didn't take him.
Captain Michael Denton. An ancient starship. A crew of aliens fighting for Earth.
EARTH UNBOUND: LEGACY RISING | 2026
#MilitarySF #SpaceOpera
Dark Space
"Humanity is defeated. Ten years ago the Sythians invaded the galaxy with one goal: to wipe out the human race."
Sale: $3.99 to FREE
by Jasper T. Scott
Rating: 4.2/5 (9,538 Reviews)
#SciFi #SpaceOpera #MilitarySF #AlienInvasion #DarkSpace #BookSky #Future #Sythians
Dark Space
#MilitarySF #Buchtipp 🚀
#StefanBurban: Brennender Horizont - Terra 2444 - Civil War 1
https://www.phantastiknews.de/index.php/rezensionen/30813-stefan-burban-brennender-horizont-terra-2444-civil-war-1-buch
Osią fabuły jest, ma się rozumieć, wojna. Taka, w której ludzkość staje naprzeciwko innej inteligentnej rasy – Taurańczyków. (...) Kłopot z ową wojną polega na tym, że siedziby obu biorących w niej udział gatunków znajdują się w ogromnych odległościach od siebie. Zanim więc adwersarze rzucą się sobie do gardeł, muszą do siebie dotrzeć.
@ksiazki #sciencefiction #haldeman #recenzja #fantastyka #informator #readlist2025pl #wiecznawojna #militarysf #sf
I just emailed JS Dewes to complain huffily that her books are too addictive and for her to hurry up and write more.
C'mon, authors, we need at least A BOOK A WEEK! Stop swinging the lead!
#TheDivideSeries #Rubicon #ScienceFiction #MilitaryScienceFiction #MilitarySF
#Andor genauer studiert. 2 Erkenntnisse:
• Definitiv ein SchtaaaWoars-Produkt, dass ich im Grunde allen empfehlen würde, die sich für #SpaceFantasy, #MilitarySF, #Faschismus | #Antifa | und Revolutions-Stoffe, oder einfach gutes, komplexes, facttenreiches Drama interessieren — selbst denen, die sonst aus Selbstschutz vor Star Wars Flucht ergreifen.
• Großmetapher:
Menschen = Default-›Wir‹-Mehrheit;
Außerirdische = ›Exoten‹-Minderheiten;
Roboter = integrierte & ausgebeutete Neurodiverse.
‘Legion of the Damned’ Makes War Epic and Personal
Legion of the Damned (1993) by William C. Dietz dramatises an interstellar war on multiple scales and fronts. As a former marine Dietz understands the role of war and uses it to tell the story. By including the mystique and romance of the Foreign Legion Legion of the Damned takes on a mythical quality. Legion of the Damned is full of grit and action but Dietz takes a risk to include something more personal. And it pays off in a big way.
The Hudathan Fleet’s attack on Worber’s World is swift and unrelenting. Millions are killed and the planet’s defences are destroyed. Only a handful of message torpedo’s escape to warn the Human Empre that war has begun.
When news of the attack reaches Earth the Emperor must decide how to proceed. The navy favours protecting the core worlds. The plan is conservative but allows millions of people to die at the hands of the invading Hudathans. The Legion favours an immediate response to defend every planet metre by metre.
With the Hudathans attacking and the navy and legion at odds the Legion homeworld of Algeron is left isolated and exposed. Already fighting the indigenous people of Algeron, the Legion must now decide whether to leave Algeron to the Hudathans or mutiny. One path leads to billions dead the other could lead to billions dead and the Legion’s demise.
Legion of the Damned opens with the aftermath of the Hudathan invasion of Worber’s World. From the very beginning Dietz puts the reader off balance. The commanding officer attempts to surrender but the Hudathan’s don’t recognise the idea of surrender. Understanding this gives the reader a different view of everything that will follow.
Dietz tells the story from multiple perspectives. This can get unwieldy for some authors and readers, however, Dietz uses the style well. It allows the reader to follow the invasion and war on strategic, tactical, and personal levels. Some military SF bogs down in overly complex combat sequences but Dietz doesn’t fall into this trap.
At the top level there are conspiracies and intrigues designed to eliminate enemies, consolodate personal power, and possibly destroy the defense of the human empire. Watching these conspiracies unfold are particularily interesting for the reader as they understand the Hudathans better than the characters involved. It’s an idea not often capitalised by authors.
There is a large and varied cast of characters in Legion of the Damned but there is no difficulty in following each character’s thread. This highlights Dietz’s clear writing and precise storytelling. Dietz also does some surprising things with his characters. Surprising because they seem improbable at times. Whether the reader can accept these ideas is up to them.
Given the large number of characters there is also the danger of them becoming two dimensional. Dietz avoids this for the most part as well. Some characters receive more development than other but outside of one or two instances they all feel fleshed out.
Where Legion of the Damned excels, though, is in the action. This is not unusual with military SF, however, Dietz’s talents are exceptional. Some authors can do squad level action well, or company, or larger. Dietz is equally skilled at all levels bringing everything from hand-to-hand fights all the way to Fleet actions to realistic life. He does this by keeping the reader involved in the action regardless of the scale.
William C. DietzWhere Legion of the Damned falls short is in the ending. The story and conflict builds to the inevitable breaking point but the resolution is a little too deus ex machina. It is not an impossible or even unlikely ending but it is somewhat unsatisfying. However, Legion of the Damned is the opening salvo in a ten book series (thirteen if you include the prequels) so perhaps this is the plan.
Legion of the Damned combines several of my guilty pleasures. Good military SF, stories involving or based on the Foreign Legion, and alien invasions, so it is unsurprising that I greatly enjoyed Legion of the Damned. If only one or two of these elements had come together I think Dietz’s efforts would be worth your time. But by combining all the elements Legion of the Damned ranks among some of the best military SF ever written.
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Diane talked about how the agency of main characters in military space opera is what makes them interesting. Someone who willingly signs up to go to war, she says, is someone with a lot of agency.
#CharacterAgency #MilitarySF
I was listening to the Don't Panic podcast yesterday about why Diane Morrison loves military science fiction: https://pca.st/40qo8w98
#MilitarySF #AmReadingScifi #IfThisGoesOnDontPanic
My latest story, The Sound of War, is now up for all to read at Bullet Points. This one's military scifi about the damage war does to combatants, learning from the dead to save the living, & Starship Troopers-style giant bug fights.
#SciFi #MilitarySF #ShortStory
https://bulletpoints.nathantoronto.com/open-details?recordId=4CsnnDanFNfSbf3U1QrkBb
#2000s #sciencefiction seemed to be characterized by 2 social factors:
1st an obsession with the Singularity. Vernor Vinge’s 1992 ‘A Fire Upon the Deep’ was an early entry on the subject of transcendent AIs, but the subject became ubiquitous, with 2005 Accelerando by Charles Stross representing a peak of the trend.
2nd, American authors profoundly impacted by 9/11, no less than other media >> a resurgence of #militarySF & a shift to embrace grimdark, UK Warhammer.
We're JUST $31 away from unlocking our first stretch goal for #DrowningEarth on #Kickstarter! 🌊 Dive in now to help us reach it and snag some awesome rewards!
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🔈 #NauticalNugget of the day: Ever wonder how submariners communicate numbers clearly underwater? They use a specific phonetic style: WUN, TOO, THUH-REE, FO-WER, and so on. Ensuring each number is understood is crucial for ops. 🌊🦑 #DrowningEarth #MilitarySF #Submarines
Submarines aren't just underwater vessels; they're self-contained ecosystems! Did you know that subs create their own breathable air by splitting water molecules? Now that's some real-life alchemy. Learn more nautical wonders in #DrowningEarth 🌊#NauticalNugget
Meet Captain Kel Williams of #DrowningEarth. She's not just a commander; she's a beacon of resilience and ingenuity. Defying stereotypes and breaking barriers, she guides her crew through challenges as deep as the ocean itself. 🌊📚
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#MilitarySF #StrongFemaleLead #MilitarySciFi #MilitaryWomen #Submarines #BookMastodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #Kickstarter
I’ve almost funded in the first day on #Kickstarter for my new #DrowningEarth #Portalverse books. There are plenty of cool stretch goals to add-on. If you’re onto #mythology or #MilitarySF #SciFi then this book is your jam. It’s got deep water warfare in #submarines, spies, nuclear threats, and temperamental gods with ego problems.
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🌊 #NauticalNugget: Ever heard of Wibbling on a #submarine? It's when crew members hit a psychological wall—noisy ones go quiet, quiet ones get loud. A telltale sign of coping with underwater stress. Dive into #DrowningEarth to explore the gritty realities of life under the sea.
#Bookstodon #AuthorsOfMastodon #SciFi #MilitarySF #Submarines
I learned a lot of fun and interesting naval facts writing #DrowningEarth … I was planning on sharing them in the coming weeks. I'll try to tag future messages with #NauticalNuggets Research is one of the things I love the most about writing books. Doing it and getting it perfect for military readers is super important. It’s the least we can do to honor their service to our countries.
🌊 Ever wondered why #submarines are called boats and not ships? Besides that they were once carried by ships, their smaller size also earns them the term. Dive into #DrowningEarth, where the HMS Bancroft is a boat on a mission like no other!
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I learned a ton of things like this in my research writing this series of books.
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If you're into #submarines #militarysf or just love #scifibooks then check out the announcement of my first #Kickstarter. I wrote up some details on my blog this morning. It launches on September 5th! https://www.seanwillson.com/posts/a-brand-new-kickstarter-adventure/
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