The One Called Other *under revision*
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Last published Sat, May 5, 2018
Stranded on a desolate planet located in the uncolonized outskirts of the Rim, three strange beings must coexist for the sake of survival.
Human. Reptilian. Other. Three separate points of the same triangle.
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The United Federation of The Rim operated as the governing body for thirteen galaxies. Among the elite military personnel, Voyagers possessed the freedom and privilege of exploring unclaimed territories. The Void; the unknown celestial bodies occupying space beyond The Rim.
On her first expedition into The Void, Captain Val Stravinsky and her co-pilot, Lehvi Arkheer, become stranded on an undocumented planet.
Other--a highly advanced artificial intelligence--leads them to a disturbing revelation: everything the UFR stood for was built upon lies.
*Grateful winner of the ScienceFiction 2000-word challenge The Triangle*
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