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*** FINAL VERSION ***

Hey everyone!

Here are the two previous releases combined into one. I'm currently waiting for one of my editors to get back to me with his feedback, but I doubt there will be any major changes. 

I'm still thinking about making this chapter a three-parter (as it focuses on one particular subplot). It won't make any real difference to you guys, it'll mainly just affect the final wordcount of chapter 126 when I release it on the free sites.As I mentioned in the previous post, you haven't been charged for this combined version. :-)CheersTefler

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BFCP79

Thank you Tefler! 👍

Faralis

Thanks Tefler. Is the same, but combined, or there are enough changes to reread it?

Carl Doerter

Thanks...Charge me for two chapters.

Braw

cheers mr

prsstarid

Since Alyssa was able to free Jessica from Rahn's control, do you think it would be possible for her to free Rahn or any other Progenitor from Xar'aziuth control?

Philip Hannum

Awesome, now my afternoon break time will be well spent.

Evan

Thank you, Tefler!

Evan

all four corner -> all four corners

commatoes

Well, as if I needed an excuse to reread!

Sparhawk

Thank you Tef. Hope all is well with the family

W

Thanks Tefler!

GDay (FMS)

Thank you Tef, we really appreciate your dedication to your craft. Hope that all is well with the family and the new addition is settling well into home life.

prsstarid

I wonder if Sarinia's message went to Irillith and Tashana? I don't think that Kali told her about they being part of the Invictus crew.

Jammus1

So, what is the particular sub-plot he’s referring to? Seems like there’s more than one.

Dean R White

1 1/3 chapters in November Tefler? Rock on Sir!! Is it true that on December 14th you will be releasing the first of the "Twelve Chapters of Christmas"? LOL

W

Amazing end! 😍

Kensyi

I was just thinking about the golden glow of the Invictus, what if Dana were to try fixing the server the same way, might that fix Faye?

prsstarid

If John does acquire what is left of the Larathyran race, what do you think he will do with them? Leave them in place? Bring them back under the shroud? If they are brought back into this galaxy, where would he settle them? Somewhere in Maliri space? Somewhere in the space the Terrans aquired from the Kintark? Maybe a soon to be evacuated planet from the Brimorians? Perhaps Kythshara?

Eriktlupus

The untamed wastes seem ready for an empire

Hinterlands Man

Seems to me if Helene can get on the astral plane, she can directly counter the dread and despair that xar’aziuth’s fallen progenitors use as a weapon. Not only can she boost everyone’s spirits but she can preemptively unlock John’s anger and the ultimate potential that has so often come about when overwhelmed with vengeful rage. Helene has never used her powers to irritate, Always to soothe, but without her talents they are an armada without picket defenses.

prsstarid

When Gahl’kalgor switched targets, where do you think he is planning to attack?

prsstarid

Rahn's trall's were red and Gahl’kalgor thrall's are red too. Do you think Gahl’kalgor took over Rahn's territory after he disappeared?

prsstarid

What do you think that thrall's hair color being white signifies? Mael'nerak Maliri were and Larn’kelnar's Matriarch Ailanthia changed color shortly before she was killed. Does it have a correlation to not being under Xar'aziuth influence anymore? All of John's thrall's have had white hair from the beginning. Larn had been with multiple thralls while he had been under the shroud for a year but their hair didn't turn white. Or perhaps it signifies the Progenitor actually cares for them? I am leaning towards that he actually caring for their thralls is the reason. That is why all of John's thralls hair turned white after their brief contact with him.

Dean R White

I could be wrong, but didn't the pictographs on Ashana all show Mael'nerak's thralls with white hair? If so, that might answer the question. Did it happen before or after Mael's rejection of Xar and conversion to "good" progenitor.

prsstarid

Yes but do we know when Mael started caring for the Maliri instead of using them? Is that the trigger? Rahn and Larn had been under the shroud for a while. We dont' know how long for Rahn before his final confrontation with Mael but Larn had been here for a year and none of his thralls changed until Ailanthia when he actually started caring for her. All his thralls hair color didin't change, only hers so I dont think it would be his breaking Xar's influence alone.

Kensyi

Tef, you stated that this is clearing a particular subplot, I'm guessing either The Guide or the Council of Matriarchs, or perhaps the Parents, or gaining another Matriarch in the Larnarens or Faye's return, or Mael's throne world, or..... You know I'm just gonna leave it until the next release cuz you seem to have a lot of subplots to finish out so I'm just gonna leave it and not speculate on what you could be closing out.

Timbo

The Sarina subplot

Big Dude

I hope the arc it is with Rahn and Jessica. Rahn will notice that the Invictus has accelerated to Warp 10 (Captain we've maxed out the warp engines) Warp 1 = Speed of Light Warp 2 = 8X Speed of Light Warp 3 = 27X Speed of Light Warp 4 = 64X Speed of Light ... Warp 10 = 1000X Speed of Light Hence his eyes will bug out and realize John has done something unnatural (to him) again! John will arrive at the Kirrix dreadnought and Rahn shows up then. John and Rahn have the obligatory conversation, Jessica and Alyssa meet again. Some Kirrix azz is slaughtered and Trankarans are returned to their home world.

Dan Ferguson

Reading 126 when I came across the section dealing with the robots grieving about their loss and John grieving about his loss brought a tear to my eye about my loss, my wife of 40 years passed in May, your understanding shows you must have suffered a loss as no one can really understand losing a loved one who has been part of your life for many, many years and the grief you feel because of the loss. Thank you for expressing it so well. The chapter is great and cannot wait for the continuation.

Big Dude

Will the Raptor get a 20X Crystal Alyssium replate for additional protection or will it get progenitor shield protection? What about the Valkyrie? How will they protect it? Now that Tashana can go super nova; how will Dana create weaponry to support 12,000+ degree heat? Imagine a super-heated black hole generation weapon? Will the eternity crystals be used for the new black hole weapon? Fire black holes into the enemy ship formation!

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

Black holes are huge gravity wells due to super dense material in the center that creates the gravity greater than any Sun...to the point it overcomes the speed of light. Dana is creating that gravity well from psychic energy alone. Which means she is creating very small, super dense matter for a short time and then dispersing that matter back into normal mass at will. That is why her psychic ability fits so well with her mass manipulation abilities. Since she can project those gravity wells ahead of a fleet formation to pull them out of hyperwarp...even to the point it literally sucks in ships that get too close, there is no reason she cannot launch said black holes out into a fleet formation...the question is how many can she form, how large can she form them, and how long can she maintain them.

BigWooSon

Hey Tef, 127 is needed badly we go to nerd battles!!!

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

By the way guys: we have these types of discussion on a regular basis (about once a week at least) over on the TSM discord channel. If you are interested in joining, it is for free. Also, I am a mod there and if you contact me I can get you access to the Patreon only sections where these discussions occur since they are usually part of spoilers that are not available or visible to Non-Patrons. Here is the URL: https://discord.gg/PtZt8Xw If you decide to join, just go there and ask for Rus, Taco, Cignal or Nchalada (Nchy). We can help you through the process.

Big Dude

In the black hole discussion on Ken Moreau got close to my original post. It devolved into a scientific discussion when I was discussing a new weapon. It's not about the black hole. It's about using black holes as a targetable weapon. Add Tashana's ability to create 12,000+ degree heat, put that into a black hole, put that into a crystal alyssium shell, fire it out of the singularity driver and no Brimorian shield will stop it. Why? When the shell hits it shield it will explode on impact opening the super heated black hole and see you lata; everything around that space disappears. Fire that a few times and voila! Immediate enemy ship depletion.

thomas rodrian

A few days ago, I saw a post listing possible scenarios Telfer might include in the next installment. It seemed like a good list but one I noticed missing was John resolving the guide issue. The reason this seemed like an important omission to me was the matriarch discussion after Hade learned John planned to train Sakura how to kill him. In another post, someone said Tefler would start a sequel with different characters as soon as he finished this arc. I don’t know if Tefler is close to the arc end, but I wonder if John’s demise is imminent, like in part 3. I really hope not because too many unresolved issues exist.

prsstarid

If John can settle things with his Rahn, do you think that he would be a better option to kill John if his guide wins rather than putting that burden on Sakura?

Kensyi

Has Tef been seen at all this month? Just wanting to see if he is okay.

Big Dude

Ladies and Gentlemen, here is Big Dude's rebuttal. 1. In my original post I suggested we should think out of the box. I suggested this new weapon would shock Rahn like his shock when he went into the weapons area. 2. Why can't Dana create another weapon with new and devastating effect? Just because? 3. With all of the arguments placed forth on this blog over the years that TSM stretches some well known laws of physics, why can't Dana create expanding black holes encapsulating Tashana's fire sprites inside of crystal alyssium shells? Then, those "shells" are fired at the enemy. When the shell explodes the fire consumes the ships as they enter the black hole. Then, those "shells" fired at the enemy explode when they hit the shields. Rahn has no idea how this happens.

CurtInAtl

I just re-read ch 124-126 again. The way I read I don't really pickup some details until the 2nd time through. I just noticed the Brimorians talking about the Kirrix not picking up their payment. Is that what the Brimorians are doing with the older Abandoned? Is that the price of the Kirrix leaving them be? If it is, John and Alyssa are going to be beyond pissed when they find out.

Hinterlands Man

In memorial of Faye and in the hopes she can be restored, I commissioned a portrait of her and posted it to the community section.

Nonconformist

Hey Hinterlands Man the art work you commissioned of Faye was beautiful. When I saw it I said " Holy Crap ". Thank you for that. Everyone should take a look at it!!!

Who Me

One complaint about Faye's picture - she had hair down to the middle of her back - not shoulder length

Kensyi

Anything from Tef?

Mudbutt McMerkin

Re-read the last couple of chapters.....and I’m now convinced Faye is (for lack of a better word) alive and the ship itself, the robots and her server farm contain her....it might still take a trip to Kythshara to re-integrate her, but I’m thinking we’ll see her back soon.

Mudbutt McMerkin

One more thought......it looks like Jade herself might just reveal her origin story as she is recovering more of her past every time her sisters seem to advance. I had been thinking either they had to make another run to the Underworld station or confront the Enshunu to find Jades origin story or that Jades past would be revealed when John fully absorbed his guide.

Mudbutt McMerkin

From what I can surmise, I don’t think John’s story arc is anywhere near an end......there are far to many loose ends that John has to tie up or the story loses cohesion. I don’t see him dying anytime soon. Besides, none of the crew is preggers yet.

Arrowglass

Why does John have to die...all this talk of it? He seems unique n that even the astral monster who killed him seemed shocked that John altered time so he did not die. Rahn says he spent a long time and a lot of research to create John to fight the other progenitors, so just how powerful is he?

Lawrence Hyde

I don't recall the chapter, but John once commented that his sword was hungry for power. That's not the hallmark of a tool, no matter how advanced. I suspect that the Progenitor-killing abilities are inherent in the sword itself, which John has yet to unlock.

prsstarid

What does everyone think would be better? 1. If John intervenes to stop the Brimorian invasion of the Kintark Empire 2. If the Maliri intervenes to stop the Brimorian invasion of the Kintark Empire

MeCherAmigos

While John is ready to die to prevent his Guide from taking control of his body, this does not mean that Tefler has set this up as an absolute. Athena is Alyssa's guide and lives a life separate from her progenitor counterpart. Tefler has spent a lot of time setting up a subplane realm within the Astral Plane. I feel certain that Tefler does not intend for Athena to spend eternity alone in her castle. I can't guess at the outcome of the coming fight - too many loose plot threads, but the latest Maliri crisis coming as it does on the heels of John's existential crisis seems too convenient for there not to be a connection.

Mudbutt McMerkin

Here’s a thought about Johns sword.....I’m thinking that it’s imperative that John’s sword MUST be the weapon used to dispatch a progen. If all the progens have sold their souls to Xar Xar Binks then when they die, Xar Xar knows everything they know as they join him in the Astral. If they die by the sword they are nullified and can’t join Xar Xar......so Xar is still in the dark as to what’s twisting his testes. He knows John exists, but nothing about him, ie Johns origins or info on the area under the shroud.

Kensyi

Hoping for an update here soon.

prsstarid

New thought that came up when reading ch 126 again. When Rachel is taking about cloning as a possible solution for cancer treatments, she mentions that the clone would be made from their own DNA. We all think this will be the method that Faye will get to become real, so who's DNA should be used? Should it be one of the girls or would that be to confusing? Should it be a stranger and if so what race?

Jeff Eaton

Here is a wild theory. When they finally find the forge, they find the chamber that new races were created in, it use it to create a body for Faye.

Dean R White

I think we're forgetting. The Nymphs are silicon based life forms and can be bred by John.

Mudbutt McMerkin

The Nymphs ain’t silicon, the Trankarans are. From way back, soon after Rachel joined, Rachel determined that the nymphs are a soup of stem cells that can assume shape and morphology as required.....in so many words

CurtInAtl

Is the "T" silent in Tsarra as it is in Tsar?

prsstarid

So what does everyone think is going to happen in the next chapter? The Kirrix fleet is obviously going to suffer some losses and have a generally bad day but what else does everyone think/guess will happen?

Kensyi

Any thing on discord? Only 3 days left until the end of the month, come on Tef give is something, is there going to be a release or not, that is really all we need at the moment

GrandPaM

For those of us on the western shores of the Atlantic Pond, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!* *Canadian or Mexican resident may consider themselves exclyded if they wish...or not, whichever.

GrandPaM

*excluded, residentS. ...dang fingers again

Big Dude

Happy Thanksgiving to all friends of TSM

Tallman51466

Happy Thanksgiving to all who read TSM no matter where you live Have a Great Day!!!

Arrowglass

Happy Thanksgiving to all from northern California!

prsstarid

New thought after a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. Jehanna is destined to be joining the Invictus crew shortly. What special psychic abilities do you think she will get?

TF4EVA

tick tock the mouse is charging up the clock......

Mjk154

if Tef dos'nt release a chapter this month, i say ,good for you, enjoy your family . i will double my next withdraw

Mjk154

we may get two next month

Spartan 52

Jenna was a secret Lioness so no reason for her parents to be targeted 🎯

Kensyi

I didn't know about Tef saying that they were not targets, cuz I was thinking that would give her the freedom to go with the Invictus, I really wanted her to go with them in the first place cuz that was where she should have been. But I'm glad that she was there to save Henry

prsstarid

Do you think Jade's Dragon form now is larger that Baledranax was at the Battle of Terra? His was described as being 200 ft and her transformation in Ch. 126 when she was giving John a ride back to the Invictus sounded very large but didn't really give dimensions.

Joseph Casson

The clue to her size is when she bit Larn’kelnar. No way can she be that big now. I would guess about 40 feet. Any larger and she would have bitten him in half, not just tear out an arm.

citymorgue2 CM2

Ive posted this on literotica but since I'm a new patreon support (long time fan), im posting it here as well.

Kenneth W. Dodson

One way he could get get more men to return to home world, would be to offer them a ride on the most powerful ship in the Galaxy a meet and greet with the Lion then have a party with about a hundred of the ladies from home to show then that things have changed at home