Selara tries to gather some of her fellow slaves, so that she might help them the same way Anisa helped her. Years of torture and rape have left their mark, however, and things do not go as smoothly as she would like.
With the weight and demands of an empire constantly crushing down on them, most find it impossible to make it through. At least, if they go through it alone.
Humanity prepares for war, and in that preparation there are no assets more useful that their greatest heroes. Atalanta knew that better than most.
Under the cruelty of their masters, some can only endure. Others know only how to fight.
Three years adrift... and when rescue finally comes, what will it cost?
As the cruel parties and festivities of the kthid pulls to a close, it falls to the slaves and others to pick up the pieces.
In the darkness of interstellar space, Amara's life crawled on... even if she didn't want it to.
The interstellar empire of the Kthid survives by the conquest and rape of other species. In every ship, thousands upon thousands of women suffer at the hands of the conquerers. And every one of them has a story.
Atalanta gives her report of the fate of the Midgar-6, and a plan is made...
Noctis Sector Chronicles, by InBrightestDay. Selara remembered the feeling that had gripped them all in those early days. Watching the alien ships, each more than 30 times the size of an umbral asteroid mining vessel, in the broadcast footage had provoked a small amount of apprehension, but primarily awe. Then the invasion had started...
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