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Hey everyone!

I know it's been a very long two weeks... but I've finally finished chapter 154. In my defence, there were a number of very important scenes, which always makes them much more time consuming to write.

I hope you enjoy the chapter!

As always, please let me know if you spot any typos and I'll try to fix them immediately.

Cheers,

Tefler 

P.S. You have not been charged for this completed chapter.

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Cignal

Thanks Tefler

TF4EVA

thank you - but another darn cliff hanger and still we have no idea about the tom walkers connect!!! As for the hateful one.....

Antoine Scrivener

Much appreciated. Advanced several plotlines nicely.

Michael56Smith

.17: the first typo/error that I spotted was the use of production, instead of productive near the bottom of Word page 5. ;-) TTFN

JeanMartin Freites

Nice to see the Maliri males dealt with. And it was nice to see Ceraden again all the interactions he had with John were pretty good about the one at the end with both a Irillith and Tashana was the best part of the chapter in my opinion. The joke about Irillith being cloned was pretty funny and the fact that the both of them managed to bury the hatchet was nice to see. Their antagonism was something that hasn't been seen for many chapters but the resolution was still a nice thing to witness nonetheless. Also it was also nice to see things go somewhat favorably for Tom Walker. Although I have to say that this trial really has gone on for way too long.

ClarasBestFriend

"Production as possibly" -> "profuctive as possible"

Scott Way

Nice read but grrrr really ending it there. Lol I was so absorbed it shocked me when I couldn't keep turning pages 🤣

Cassiopia MothIversen

... I can't manage to get the chapter open 😕 Edit: redownload Google Docs it's good now!

Yncensus

John smiled and nodded, to spent to form a rational reply. - too spent Thank you, Tefler. Great as always. I personally would have loved to follow the conversations you leave out for suspense and flow, like with Natharion or last chapter with the matriarchs, but that's just a compliment to your writing, I think.

Evan

Thank you, Tefler!

MVFast

👍🏾

Axel L

Lovely chapter. I like how this series flows like an hour long TV show.

Evan

confided area -> confined area

bjcreek

Training sessions are as production as possible...should be productive.

Evan

know you name -> know your name

bjcreek

"John said to the girls, pointed towards the crimson banner hanging above a glass-fronted reception area". Should be "pointing".

AzureReader

Fun chapter. Even the Tom Walker story finally got interesting. Looking forward to what secrets the ancient stations hold. Perhaps a cache of Mael’s original weapons? Or captured Achonin weapons? It feels like something that could change the trajectory of the war.

bjcreek

"There was a melodic chime from the desk, the sound startling loud as it pierced the tense atmosphere in the room." Should be "startlingly".

bjcreek

"John recognised the plain-suited man as one of Ceraden’s assistants and the Maliri walked inside, then announced, “Elder Natharion is here to see you, Sir.” Should be "as the Maliri walked".

Michael56Smith

.37: Another typo/error was in the opening statements of the Walker trial, (Word page 27) hand s/b hang, ... "Kinkaid let the question 'hang' for several moments,"... ;-) TTFN

Emma B

Thank you! So are we going to get another place-holder paragraph in place of a full chapter 155 for you yo get paid this month??

That Guy

I’m pretty sure Kincaid just pulled out The Chewbacca Defense for Tom.

Bp Hlpt

Thanks, Tefler!

Michael56Smith

.42: The long-awaited meeting with the Maliri males, has rather reminded me of all the various speculations we had leading up to the Invictus finally visiting the Laranthyran Empire, and getting the answers to so many questions; And this meeting of the male minds also had a lot of unknowns and speculations about it, ... now mostly resolved, successfully, however, we still have one more secret meeting to go, ... ;-) TTFN

AK Furry

Great chapter! One typo that has not been pointed out yet. "From behind him, he heard the gravely rumble of the Trankaran" gravelly?

Michael56Smith

.43: Maliri Males Secret Meeting: representatives from structural construction and weapon energy R&D, ... do they seek upgrades from John, ... or have the wily guys been holding advanced tech back from the evil Matriarchs/females? and might those Trade Stations have a few surprises in store for the overly confident Gilkirans that may come to threaten it. Speculate on some improved Nova Lances? More resilient Armor?... Some or all of these things already installed in the various Trade Stations? ;-) TTFN

bjcreek

"When both parties are satisfied, we shall convene for the day and begin logging evidence tomorrow. Any questions?” Possibly you meant "adjourn" instead of "convene"?

bjcreek

"John smiled and nodded, to spent to form a rational reply". Should be "too spent".

Kensyi

That was not the spot to end that chapter... I truly, truly hate you Tefler, you wonderful wordsmith, just know that it is a hate born(e)(?) from my love of your story.

Jmcdona01

Tefler... Do you have a degree in psychology? It seems that as soon as I see the Patreon email with your name on it, I just end up with a wagging tail, jumping up and down barking NEXT CHAPTER!! And maybe drooling a bit. As always, great job on this chapter. Really looking forward to closing out some unanswered questions/thoughts from reading the next many chapters.

Bp Hlpt

Wonderful chapter, with many plot lines addressed. A fun read. Ch 154 Typos (some found by others) As usual, there are over 80 extra ‘spaces’ at the end of paragraphs There is an extraneous ‘tab’ between paragraphs before - ‘There were murmurs of agreement’ before pausing by the door. -- Extraneous space before ‘pausing’ before pausing by the door. “None, your honour,” Commodore -- Extraneous space before ‘Commodore’ “None, your honour,” Commodore back to our homeworlds. If you choose -- Extraneous space before ‘If’ back to our homeworlds. If you choose “First and most important, -- Extraneous space before ‘“First’ “First and most important, Calara waved goodbye, -- Extraneous space before ‘Calara’ Calara waved goodbye, Judge Nancarrow was a stern-faced man -- Extraneous space before ‘Judge’ Judge Nancarrow was a stern-faced man There is an extraneous single ‘Paragraph End Mark’ in the middle of a speech, before - ‘Thomas Walker’s father is a serving Admiral.’ the issue with the wormhole generator? -- wormhole generator > Wormhole Generator the issue with the Wormhole Generator? Well you’ve got me intrigued, -- Well > Well, Well, you’ve got me intrigued, Mom and dad are both really upset -- dad > Dad - When used instead of someone’s name, Mom and Dad are capitalized. When you say ‘My mom and dad’ they aren’t. ie, Proper nouns are capitalized and common nouns aren’t. Mom and Dad are both really upset Yes please! -- Yes > Yes, Yes, please! pointed towards the crimson banner -- pointed > pointing pointing towards the crimson banner then they two flinched backwards, -- two > too --or-- two > also then they too flinched backwards, --or-- then they also flinched backwards, holding up like branch-like hands -- up like > up holding up branch-like hands the sound startling loud -- startling > startlingly the sound startlingly loud Amongst the wrinkles -- Amongst > Among Among the wrinkles analysing the wormhole generator? -- wormhole generator > Wormhole Generator analysing the Wormhole Generator? so well, that I was convinced -- well, > well so well that I was convinced he heard the gravely rumble -- gravely > gravelly he heard the gravelly rumble thinned out since the morning. -- the > that thinned out since that morning. A few minutes later, they arrived -- A few minutes later, > In just a few minutes In just a few minutes they arrived cute ankle-height boots, -- ankle-height > ankle-high cute ankle-high boots, handle a blonde, brunette, and a redhead? -- brunette > a brunette handle a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead? Yes it is, but as his -- Yes it is, but > Yes, it is. But Yes, it is. But as his let the question hand for several -- hand > hang let the question hang for several And that ladies and gentlemen is something -- that > that, --&&-- gentlemen > gentlemen, And that, ladies and gentlemen, is something we shall convene for the day -- convene > adjourn we shall adjourn for the day sessions at TFNN were never like that. -- italicize both ‘never’ and ‘that’ sessions at TFNN were never like that. hanging in a suit jacket. -- suit jacket > suit bag --or-- suit jacket > garment bag hanging in a garment bag. same dramatic impact here, as it did on the other side -- here, > here same dramatic impact here as it did on the other side The confided area he’d previously been able to visit -- confided > confined The confined area he’d previously been able to visit I don’t know you name? -- you > your I don’t know your name? His could see that his refusal -- His > He He could see that his refusal

OechsneC

This is a really awesome chapter. Really enjoy reading your story. Looking forward when you publish the next chapter.

Johnkr

Hope you are doing well with the heat and all

Johnkr

Great chapter

Ian Kennedy

Found a SMALL error just before they reach Ceraden's office ... ". The merchant’s two grey companions turned their large heads around to see what ailed their comrade, then they two flinched backwards" the second 'TWO' is the WRONG HOMOPHONE (should be TOO, not TWO)

Zachary Hoover

Outstanding absolutely te-totally freaking outstanding!!!!!

MeCherAmigos

Another good chapter - hinting at future resolutions - keeping us turning pages. Thanks for moving the story along..

Bp Hlpt

Thanks for the updated copy Tefler! Including finding the corrections I missed. :) I did find one more typo I somehow missed earlier: *We’ll be landing in thirty seconds, Master,* -- Extraneous space before ‘*We’ll’ *We’ll be landing in thirty seconds, Master,*

Bp Hlpt

I know you already changed this once, but isn't this better? In just a few minutes later, they arrived -- minutes later, > minutes In just a few minutes they arrived

stephen mincher

When they arrived at Geniya would they have needed the hyper warp engines or the progenitor engines for their arrival?

Aldo

In 153 Dana or Alyssa was pondering on the strange design and choice of materials for the space stations... could it be that the engineers have a way to turn it into that white unbreakable material?

Sut

I suspect the male Maliri cliff hanger might continue where Edraele left off from chapter 95 when she called the Brimorians. " "Genwynn Station?" John asked curiously. "The equivalent of Geniya Trading Port, but intended for the Brimorians rather than the Terrans, Trankarans and all the minor empires," Edraele explained, watching the connection's progress. "They were originally defensive stations dating back many thousands of years, but were recently repurposed as trade hubs. While the rest were shut down and rendered inoperative, there are four still being actively used. Genirath Station is the third, and used to trade with the Kintark, while Genkiri is the closest to the Ashanath Collective." "I've been to Genkiri, but with Ceraden based in Geniya, I did most of my trading from there," John replied, looking thoughtful. "Are there many more stations that were shut down?" Edraele nodded, then raised a finger to her lips as the intercom chimed. She placed the helmet on her head, checked to make sure her body wasn't visible, then opened the call. "

TF007

1 hour to go

TF007

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Evan

Do we really think that the entirety of the Maliri males, many of whom are probably equally as bright as the females, who managed to choose and execute, en masse, their departure from the many worlds of the Maliri, are confined to only four repurposed defensive stations, when there are many more that were shut down? Yes, I know that they have a 20/1 female to male population curve, but the females kill each other off much more than the males, and each of the Houses has multiple worlds. The males, with a much more cooperative attitude, and fearful of the Matriarchies that they left behind, might well have chosen to restore and occupy, at least in part, any number of those defensive stations. Consider, the planetary populations of the Maliri must number, realistically speaking, given their longevity and birth rates (how many Maliri matriarchs had multiple daughters?), as well as their infrastructure, at least on the order of a hundred million, if not ten times that number in total. Even that would leave their cities mostly empty, since they should have a population in the hundred billion range or more with that many planets and the age of their population. Also, per this chapter, the males didn’t leave the planets until recently in this past millennium, and apparently, the females didn’t or perhaps couldn’t stop them. So, we’re talking at least 5 million males or more? I consider it extremely likely that a significant number of them are on the ‘deactivated’ defensive stations and that those stations not only are not deactivated, but have been significantly enhanced to protect the male populations from the females.

TF007

F5…F5

Karl Gieszl

This is in the weeds but a check of the stations logs would indicate which ships left the station in the interval of time when Helen detected the threat and Alyssa pulsed checked the station. The ship sensors could track the outbound ships. Not conclusive proof but information nonetheless

Wolfarrow777

A cliffhanger about the gathering of Nerds? Grrrr. Well, you sure know your audience ...

this1is4jg

Typo? Sorry I cannot remember if Ailita has passed the "this one" stage, but on page 20: “I won’t let you down, Master!” Ailita declared earnestly. She does use "this one" -- have not finished chapter.

Walter Davis

I don’t know what the complaints are…this was another great read…

Smith

I think this might be an overarching inconsistency. I’ve re-read this story and Helen was given a ring, a star sapphire. She was also connected to Alyssa a while ago, but it keeps being mentioned that she hasn’t been. It’s multiple chapters now. She was bonded back in chapter 118 but Alyssa is constantly saying she hasn’t been. Then this chapter comes out and Alyssa doesn’t immediately become aware of the presence that wants to harm a bonded member of her network?

2ndAndrocentric

Or an all female cast from 2021 A Shopping Trip on Valaden Cartiria was bored, as usual. Unlike the other 11 employee’s at “Mailiri Finery”, she was never interested in the back bighting gossip at the upper class women’s clothing store. She also had no interest in politics and her prospects in life were rather bleak; as befitting a woman of her standing. Her only solace was those wonderful Terran holomovies and shows. Especially the romantic comedies. She knew this was pure propaganda from the Terran Federation. No society could ever be that happy or full of possibilities. Still, better to dream the few centuries of her life away than face the daily loneliness. She was so unawares of her surroundings that she failed to hear the excitement from the street, or even the soft chime as a cluster of young women walked in. “Excuse me, do you work here?” said a, wait, WHAT? Said a woman from a huge mane of blonde hair cascading well past the shoulders. Cartitiria’s eyes blinked rapidly and fear welled up at the thought of being seen by a Terran when she saw the pointy ears and the confusion turned fright became a complete bbedlam of emotions for her. “Ye..Yes, I think so?” Cartiria stammered in what was more babbling than coherent words. The most amazing smile broke out from this…this, whatever this blond apparition was. Suddenly hearing a cacophony of giggles, laughter, snorts and hand slapping breaking out before this ,,,this definitely female thing that was in front of her; it registered on Cartiria that a group of women, each with luxurious long hair in almost every different color imaginable, had all walked into the store and were trying to get her attention. “Well, if you do work here, and if you get a commission, today is your lucky day!” said Alyssa throwing up her hands in the air from which proceeded a shower of multicolored sparking stars. One of the women behind Alyssa, a red head, fell on the floor laughing and, yes she did, she farted. A riot ensued as the owner came up front. This was not the way to seek garments at “Mailiri Finery.” Cartiria just stood there forgetting to breathe, turning even bluer either from embarrassment or from the lack of oxygen. “Stop this at once.” said Altimitria, in her most haughty voice. “I will not have my establishment made a mockery of.” Calming to an almost elegant posture, Alyssa said “My apologies, we were sent here by appointment by Queen Edraele Valaden. I believe we have an appointment for right now. It is my understanding that your establishment will be closed for the rest of the day by order of her Majesty the Queen at the request of Baen’thelas.” “Are you Alyssa?” “Yes, and these are my friends. The one rolling on the ground laughing is my best friend Dana. Well, best friend after Baen’thelas.” Alyssa said Baen’thelass very slowly while managing to lick her lips saying John’s title. “Edrale is also a close friend. In command after me, but still, we really are all good friends and the fact that I out rank Queen Edraele even on Valaden is something I would NEVER mention.” Over their telepathic bond, Alyssa could hear Edraele laughing so hard it actually interrupted a meeting of planetary Governors.” At some point during this unreal exchange between Mailri snobbery and whatever this Alyssa personage and her entourage were; Cartiria had begun to breathe again. In fact, Cartiria was trying now very hard not to smile. She was clearly not going to be bored anymore today. She pinched herself while no one noticed. She wanted to make sure she had not been hypnotized or had somehow magically been drawn into some extra zany Terran comedy show. At this point Betrixa, had shed her dress, turned into an exaggeration of her original cat girl form and with very cat like paws extended one long nail towards Altimiria and said “Careful, cat might have your toungue.” In a very feline purr. A tiny spark lept from the claw unto the lips opf Altimitria. “Betrixa you naughty kitten, let the woman speak first!” playfully warned Alyssa. Almost like a robot, since she had sealed away every emotion just as she had learned to do from a very young age in the hostile Maliri culture; Altimitria quickly calculated that this was some form of punishment from Edraele. An elaborate trap to test her loyalty or simply to destroy her reputation for reasons only that malevolent bitch Edraele would know. Nothing good could come of this. The one good fortune was \her least favorite employee Cartiria had happened to be the first to greet this execrable mob of outsiders. “So it is. Very well, Cartiria here will see to your every request. Should you need of me, call. I must deal with an emergency in the back for now.” Without ever having warned the staff that Edraele had sent word that V.I.P.s were coming to shop today,. Altimitria now found pleasure inflicting this unwelcome surprise on Cartiria. In the meantime, Alyssa’s eyes were shut. Even so if looking closely one would see the bright radiance that shone behind as she read the minds of Altimitria and Cartiria. Her only worry was how to convince John to add a store clerk to the rather large harem. As for Altimitria, she was not particularly evil. Just another Maliri bitch in a fucked up culture. Cartiria opened her mouth to ask but Alyssa decided it would be simpler to answer thequestions she was trying to prioritize: “No, there will be no punishment for being seen by non Maliri. I am not a Maliri who just had some sort of skin bleach procedure. I was born a Terran but decided to change my species to Kythfaren because Baen’thelas wanted it, even though he did not know he wanted it. I see you are really out of the loop with Mailiri current events and politics. You might want to skip a couple of Terran shows and watch some news reports by a Terran named Jehanna Elani. A lot of things are happening that will change your life dramatically for the better. You have not exactly been magically been pulled into a Terran romantic comedy movie; but the lives all of all Maliri are in fact being sucked into a Terran romantic comedy movie satrring John, the Baen’thelas. You have store holocameras, Pricess Irillith here is one of the daughters of Edraele Valaden. She will download a copy of what you’re hearing and seeing and give it to you before we leave and there is nothing Altimitria can do about that. In fact, she won’t even know because that part will be wiped off the system. Yes, Irillith and Tashana are the only Maliri in our group. The rest are mostly Terran but we have a few Lenarran catgirls and Helene who is, well, the Maliri are soon going to see a lot of Helene’s people around. Alyssa took a pause for a breath, all the above coming in one long uninterrupted stream courtesy of the enhanced lung capacity that made John’s harem give such excellent blow jobs. After smiling at Cartiria who was still trying to process the first sentence about being seen by non Maliri; the freight train Alyssa continued on. “What we’re here for is formal Maliri wear. There’s going to be this presentation of Baen’thelass to the entire Maliri Protectorate at the home planet of Faranise Eshenestria. So we are looking for very formal Maliri gowns. While we are not exactly diplomats or heads of state, we do represent the way forward for all Mailri. That involves very close alliances with various other peoples, such as Terrans. Money doesn't matter to us; Baen’thelas owns the entire Maliri Protectorate, including the entire planet this store is on, and he also owns us. He especially owns Dana, the foul mouthed redhead that farted over there; though I cannot imagine why he would want to.” Dana had gotten herself off the floor, stuck her tongue out and proceeded to make it clear she was not impressed by her friend’s assessment.” Alyssa continued after a brief eyeroll at Dana, “We call Baen’thelass John, and he likes us to look nice. So your commission today will be significant. When you have recovered your senses, I will try to get the rest of the girls to cooperate. Go ahead, take a few breaths, clear your head and let us know when you are ready.” More than ever Edraele wished she could give up being Queen, so she could just tag along and see what kind of mayhem Alyssa would come up with next. At least she was there in mind, if not in person. Author’s note: my psychiatrist has informed me he is cancelling my next appointment because he needs a psychiatrist after dealing with me.

Guido Giger

Like the part with Author's note:

TF007

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