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Hey everyone,

I thought I'd release what I've edited so far from chapter 157, as it wraps up the final scene from the previous chapter. 

There's another big battle on the way that I've already written, but that's a bit later in the timeline, so I can't use those scenes yet.

Cheers

Tefler

P.S. You have not been charged for this post.

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Hendrix Morton

So it's a preview of something already paid for....Gotcha...

Cignal

Thanks Tefler

Big Orca

Well, the first sentence tells us that the Warmhole generator was functioning as designed. Guess that is a good way out, but was hoping Dana’s version was better.

Thomas Phillips

Do people actually read these partial chapter releases? What a pain in the ass to go back a month from now when the full chapter is released and have to either reread half of the chapter a second time or to try and remember and skim past what you've already read.

Timothy Lucas

Ya an it wasn't hardly even a 4th of the chapter 🤦‍♂️

Antoine Scrivener

Much appreciated. I for one enjoy every TSM helping that comes my way. For those that don't care for the partial chapters it ain't compulsory to read them.

TF4EVA

Wow I got a read way sooner than I thought I would and the read was good. While some might think it was short it definitely was no fluff filler chapter for me as it gave me a sense of the direction of travel I think the storyline will go (but as I don't have a future telling superpower not sure what twists and turns Tefler will apply). Big thanks for helping to make my day entertaining

Hendrix Morton

"I'm really sorry for the advanced billing, but I promise I will get everything all caught up this month." - So much for that promise....

Michael56Smith

.20: Good Ole Tef have been fairly consistently producing and sharing about one and half chapters per month, sometimes two a month, ... but an Author cannot always count on an overly productive month, ... Luckily, we have a writer that seems to thrive under deadline pressure, ... we are getting a wonderful story each and every month, ... and yes, we always want more, but hey, that's life! ;-) TTFN

Evan

time to stay laying the -> time to start laying the

Evan

An enjoyable and satisfying conclusion to the last chapter’s scene. Thank you, Tefler. I look forward to seeing this chapter concluded and the follow-on chapter.

Michael56Smith

.21l Also, I LOVE the ship / gear upgrades, and Dana with a full tummy, working on new and fantastic schematics gives me a happy. And it won't be too long until Dana gets her hands on the incredibly rebuilt Star Forges of Vulkamduhr, and then Tef and Sparks will really blow us away, and Rahn'hagon is not welcome, no way, no how, ... So, wow! the fun that's to come/cum! Amazing, ... ;-) TTFN

David Shmilowitz

Very disappointing Tefler. In your own words, " I promise I will get everything all caught up this month." I was willing to wait and didn't join the comments complaining because I believed that promise. Since it seems like that's too much to ask of you, I'll be cutting my subscription in half, and possibly all of it if things don't get back on track soon.

Ferrum1

A fun read. And don't worry about the complainers. I dig why they're upset, but I'm going through issues at home right now, too. I understand how life throws curve balls. Overall, two thumbs up for the WIP and I'm curious to see where things go from here.

Allan Jepsen

This prepayment BS has to stop. Give people proper time to download the content they paid for and cancel their membership if they choose to before charging for future posts. This is such a scumbag move.

TF007

So the Purified Soul Forge can only make objects within a 2m area. With that in mind they could make mini quantum flux cannons for Raptor 2.0 by making the barrel in 2m sections. GK thralls made their hyper warp gate in sections and it is able to withstand opening a wormhole so they could make it work. A planet killer is at least 15km in size so both the ship and barrel probably has to be made in sections.

Rocketman

I can’t wait til the chapter is finished… Too bad I have to wait until the end of October. A good Halloween treat though…

Jedi Khan

When was the last time the crew got a good night's sleep? Seems like they've only gotten in short naps in the last few chapters. And if they're planning on ambushing GK's ships every six hours, that doesn't leave much time for them to rest.

2ndAndrocentric

Very much liked 155, 156 and what's up for 157. So far, 154 is the only one I haven't liked much, though better than the average to be found on Literotica. I suggest a poll on most and least liked 3 chapters, perhaps Tefler would agree?

Big Orca

The entire sequence of John asking Irilith to hack the battleship seems disjointed. John’s request was clearly a stealthy hack, but somehow, Dana interprets it as an escalation, and John quickly clarified further, but the clarification was not really different than the original,request.

Jedi Khan

I know GK and his forces are a little shell shocked at the moment, but I wonder how long it will take them to notice that the amount of firepower they are seeing is not a match to what a dreadnought should have. The Invictus packs quite the punch for its size, but it is still much smaller than a dreadnought and therefore doesn't have as many guns. That discrepancy in firepower should be something that a tactical officer, Valeria, or even GK himself will notice eventually, especially when they don't see a dreadnought's main gun, the Quantum Annihilator I believe it's called, being used. Of course, the team could be using some tricks to make it seem like the Invictus is outputting enough firepower. Not sure what tricks exactly, but Alyssa setting up flight paths to simulate a dreadnought indicates that tricks do exist.

Sean Miller

All of you people telling us to suck it up with not getting what was promised are wrong. Notice before last month there was hardly a complaint. Tefler took advantage of us plain and simple. That is what everyone is angry about, not that he took money before he should have. There was no ask, no warning, he just decided he was entitled to take the money without producing and without giving us the chance to say no. You want to speak of entitlement, well there it is. Put down the kool-aid and think about how he is impacting his fan base and ultimately how down the road it will lead to us leaving and Tefler no longer being able to do this for a living. You shouldn't be contributing to that situation by insulting the people that feel grieved by this behavior.

Big Orca

There is an interesting dynamic displayed by the first engagement. It seems that Gal was stunned when he see an attack by the enemy Progenitor. If they were in a war, why wouldn’t the enemy attack you with their most powerful ship? Is there some sort of Progenitor “code” that dictates how Progenitors conduct battles with each other? Is that dictated by Xar to inflict maximum suffering? Is that something hidden deep inside John’s DNA? If there are unwritten rules on how Progenitors battle each other, then maybe John sharing those rules can further help their tactics. Furthermore, has no Progenitor thought it was a good idea to put cloaking devices in regular Thrall battleships? The Thralls are genetically dictated as loyal soldiers, so espionage is not the issue. Do Progenitors have so little creativity and inventiveness? Mail demonstrated the ability to create the Nymphs to help defeat new enemies. It seems off no Progenitor ever went to spread cloaking device across his fleet.

stephen mincher

They were only disabling the thrall ships, using the bigger dreadnought’s guns could have destroyed them.

Big Orca

One interesting question. Does Xar feed off the death of Non-Thralls? For example, Rahn almost wiped out the Tankarans. Does Xar feed of dead Tankarans, or only Maliri Thralls? If Xar feeds off every living being killed by a Progentior, then it may feed more by restricting battles between Progentiors, so each Progenitor would reach wider areas to destroy easier to kill Non-Thrall races. By send Progentiors against each other, it may limit it’s intake to basically how fast a Thrall species mature and subjugated. Basically, Xar is stuck sucking Progenitor balls in an indirect fashion.

Michael56Smith

.70: -- Soul Forges, (made from PBM) they are used by the evil, death-dealing Asshats before they become hideous Astral creatures (Xar'azuith is such a nice guy), ... I can see a new / neophyte Progenitor inheriting the last Progenitors' Soul Forge, ... but Larn'kelnar was surprised that John hadn't built his own Soul Forge yet, implying that it is a typical right-of-passage for a developing progenitor to do. And that it apparently doesn't take too long to do either, ...? a neophyte - newly adult Asshat psychically 'creates' the tools he needs to make his Soul Forge? -- And due to the different way John would get his Progenitor Schematics, through Dana who is not psychically empowered the way John and Alyssa are, John and Dana did not get the message on Soul Forge construction, or John's guide blocked that from being known, ... then John absorbed his guide, and Dana threw up when she saw how a Soul forge worked. But are there any intermediate steps to building a Soul Forge? You gather the materials and, ...? Might there be some bootstrapping going on? Making one device, set of tools to make the next, and then finally the Soul Forge? But done quickly, as Asshats have little patience, ... Do some new Asshats take the older Soul Forges apart, ... or do some run more than one Soul Forge to get their fleets up and running quicker? There is much 'normal' Progenitor behavior that we have not seen yet, ... again Rahn could tell us, but? ... So, Soul Forges, one or many? Is it always a new one with a new Progenitor? and if so, what happens with an older one? Or is the 'new' construction of a Soul Forge a rare thing? Well, Tef? ;-) TTFN

Michael56Smith

.71: Also, Speculation: if a new Progenitor must build his Soul Forge, and he needs to build some PBM tools/devices to then make his Soul Forge, ... is there a lesser, soul forge lite? that he could then carry around on his dreadnought, (like the Invictus and Dana's partial and purified soul forge), ... and make stuff he needs without returning to his big Soul Forge? I point to Larn'kelnar's gifts to the Drakkar (less than Thrall level weapons/gear, but advanced and strong) like rifles with a quantum energy packets around each shell, armor, strong blades, etc. Larn might have had a device similar to, but less than, a full Soul Forge on his dreadnought (now Rahn's) that he would use to make these goodies (sacrificing crew to build these things). That would explain a few remarks by Larn's Matriarch about less thralls aboard, after nearly a year in that space. A greater attrition rate than just those few huskings due to temper tantrums, maybe? food for thought, ... ;-) TTFN

TF007

The whole chicken or the egg paradox has been discussed at length for the Soul Forge. You need PBM to make a soul forge but only a soul forge makes PBM.

Big Orca

John only used Larn’s Soul Forge to create a warm hole generator, and in the process, broke it. Dana used CA built enhanced Psyshaper, with her rune support, to build parts for John’s version of a Soul Forge, which can produce metals stronger than PBM. So yes, with proper psychic support, you can build a proper soul forge.

Michael56Smith

.88: ... and Dana has her own "warm hole generator", ... snicker-snicker, and guffaw! ;-) TTFN

Michael56Smith

,89: PBM needed to make Soul Forge? Maybe, ... but then why did Larn'kelnar say to John, why haven't you constructed your Soul Forge and made your own Dreadnaught? There must be a way, ... I lean towards several intermediate steps, but I cannot see a 'normal' Progenitor have enough patience for that, ... (?) maybe some smaller Onyxium based Forge is used to make the parts to create/build a Soul Forge, ... and it could fit on a dreadnaught too, ... maybe? ;-) TTFN

Anthony Kester

f5... F5!.. F5!!. F5!!! F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5!!!!!!

AzureReader

why is John’s soul forge so tiny? Shouldn’t they have wormholed to some space outside The Shroud where psychic powers were not inhibited so they could forge with a lot more power?

Anthony Kester

Dear Diary, There has been no word from the Grand Writing Overlord. I am starting to worry he has abandoned us. With no new 3SM material, I've destroyed more keyboards this month than the last. Even the PBM keyboard did not hold up to the constant F5 key presses. The shakes from withdrawals are under control... This time. All I can do is read what the other crazies have posted and curl up in the fetal position till Tefler posts something. Kester

TF007

Dear Diary, It’s been 7 days since the last TSM chapter and it feels like 7 weeks. Broke out a one year old bottle of home brew alcohol based on Michaels recipe 🥃😁. Shipped a bottle to Anthony to help with his keyboard problems. Currently procrastinating on whether or not to get the stray cats out from under my house. Plus Listening to my children telling me I ruined their lives because I told them “No”……(taking slow slips)🥃……I wonder if my kids will hate me when I redo the password for the Wi-Fi?🤔. Hope everyone has a good weekend and hopefully we get the rest of 157 soon. TF007

Who Me

You'll get your rest of 157 about 23 days from now

Kenneth W. Dodson

the Soul forge was made to fit in the shop so that they could build parts that they need as they go. Chapters 155 thru 157 have issues where you duplicat paragrah's

TF007

F5

Mike Saxion

So. Is 157 completion another empty promise. If there is hope for 158 and a hint of 159, 157 should be finished by now.

Michael56Smith

.132: ... with John's strong psychic powers working the mid-sized White Metal version of a Soul Forge, and the gifted and diabolical mind of the Grand Engineering Overlord cranking out schematics, while John builds a few progenitor grade Shield Generators, ... What goodies might our sexy red head (and Tef) come up with to upgrade the Auxiliary vessels, mixing progenitor level tech with Dana's deviousness and some of Mael'neraks' weapon modifications, should be interesting, ... A couple of uber powerful cannons to mount on the new and improved Raptor (it is Lemony fresh too), ... weapons that can take advantage of Nymphly reflexes and eyesight, ... possibly something that is fairly rapid firing, and is in-between the old Quantum Cannons and the powerful Quantum Flux Cannons for strength. An Ultra Quantum Plus Cannon, ... and a rotary cannon version for one of the Valkyrie's several upgrades, and a few of the no-brainer type of improvements too, like a progenitor grade thruster pack for more speed, and with those stronger shields we will also need, of course, some 35 shaped armor too, John has to protect his little Ninja, ... oh boy, not too long to wait now, ... ;-) TTFN

TF007

So currently the Valkyrie has 4 tachyon lances on the back and shoulders, 2 tachyon cannons on shoulders, 1 Dana quantum cannon attached to an arm and a sword. Tefler indicated that the Valkyrie was going to get upgraded soon so here is a suggestion for weapon load out. The 4 tachyon lances should get replaced with 4 mini quantum flux cannons. With Sakura ice ability she could rapidly fire these for maximum damage. The 2 turreted tachyon cannons should be replaced with Dana’s extended range triple barrel version she designed for Raptor 2.0. They have extended range and hit harder than standard version. The quantum cannon on the arm should be discontinued because they would have the mini quantum flux cannons on the shoulders for projectile damage. In its place they should add a fixed (non-turreted) Dana enhanced triple barrel tachyon cannon. Plus they should add a second one to the other arm. This would allow Sakura to use the two turrets for defense or to auto attack ships and the two on the arms she could point and shoot at targets. The sword should be reforged to 35 shaped CA and runed for strength and damage. Just my thoughts 🤔😁

Who Me

Geee - Why don't you just make the Vallkyrie a battleship and forget all the speed and manuverability and small size it currently has?

Who Me

And I absolutely LOVE all the fun in TSM! It has become my all time Number One favorite SciFi story! And I have been reading hard SciFi for about 62 years!

jdg45

How good would it be to receive the full 157 shortly??!! Not to mention a full 158 at month end.

TF007

So prediction on 157- John will probably build the new progenitor shield generators for the Raptor and Valkyrie first. Those shield generators are small enough that he could probably make complete shield generators in one go in the purified soul forge. The generator for Invictus is so big that they will have to make it in parts and assemble it. Invictus shield generator probably won’t be installed until final battle along with a shield generator to protect Faye. To install the shield generator on Invictus they will have to stop and remove armor plates from outside, remove old generator and then drop in new one. Much easier to do the Raptor and Valkyrie while they are moving around conducting hit and run attacks.

Michael56Smith

.154: I have a Million Credit Question: It seems to me, that to get Athena into a body that is hers (Athena only) then we must somehow take a copy of the Alyssa mind, and basically lobotomize it, then pop/graft the Guide personality (Athena) along with her separate memories onto that defenseless mind, ... all without seeming to be mean or cruel to the Alyssa mind, .... no wonder Tef is backing off of that Idea, ... but what Tef Twist might he then devise to save our bodiless beauty? Maybe some odd Mael'nerak techno solution. -- It has been suggested that she become a new personality matrix for a powerful AI (relacing the digital Faye), having a remote chassis of her own too, ... but would that satisfy her, or would she too, like Faye, wish for an organic body to better join with John and the girls? ... ;-) TTFN

Michael56Smith

.185: We have not had a lot of first person, Progenitor, knowledge regarding what is normally done with damaged thrall fleet vessels, ... we have been assuming, total or near total destruction of fleet vessels, no plan in place to retrieve and repair them, ... and how would you repair a PBM hull anyway? They might evacuative surviving crew from damaged vessels, ... but I think ole Gahl was both shocked and confused by Baen'thelas's behavior, so he said to leave them behind, and that will work against to evil Asshat, of course, -- with an Empire's worth of resources and a Soul Forge, and multiple thousands of new thralls each month, they would just build, and staff new ships as needed, ... I wonder what they 'normally' did with the old/broken ships, ... leave them adrift? cast them into the nearest star? perform some salvage to upgrade civilian vessels? (Power cores, capacitors, couplings, sensors, a few weapons), ... ;-) TTFN

TF007

So is John and Crew going to celebrate Halloween this year?🤔. I can see Alyssa as a innocent school girl, Dana as Sexy cheerleader, Calara as sexy sailor, Rachel as slutty nurse, Sakura as a Hentai character, Jade as the tentacle monster to ravish Sakura, Jehanna will be slutty secretary, Helene as a sexy mermaid, and the rest of the nymphs will be sexy cat girls.😁

TF007

So anyone else think that 157 will have Dana make the new primary weapons for Raptor 2.0? Maybe use the new purified soul forge to make the charging chamber out of DECA (Dana Enhanced Crystal Alyssum) and then make the barrels out of 35 shaped CA. Or they make the barrel in 2m sections of DECA that screw together.

Big Orca

Imagine juicing up the mech and the Raptor, and add cloaking to them. Imagine Gal thinking 3 Progenitor dreadnaughts are attacking his fleet simultaneously.

Michael56Smith

.207: ... but Sakura needs to be with John at the Dual with Gahl'kalgor, the Asshat will likely insist on Valeria teaming with him, ... Sakura will so smack her down, ... then team with John to defeat Gahl, ... ;-) TTFN

TF007

So the new purified soul forge is the one that made the wormhole generator currently on the Invictus. It was held together by Dana’s golden lattice, and her abilities. The purified soul forge can only make items roughly 2 m in size. That means the new warm hole generator is the same size as one of their Gatling lasers, pulse cannons, and original Tachyon cannons. Considering the whole ship is 750 m in length it’s a very small object. They could probably make wormhole generator bombs for massive destruction similar to how Mael used his.

TF007

Almost all the Maliri, except senior officers, that will fight GK thralls will still have the genetic conditioning to hate the enemy thralls. Are they gonna follow orders and hold back when they need them to? Or are they going to just attack at random? This could be an issue for the upcoming fleet battle.

Michael56Smith

.216: So many things to worry about and consider, all shortly before Tef tells the tale HIS way, ... my head is spinning, ... but the New Shield generator for the Raptor will be about the same size as the Invictus Wormhole Generator, both < 2 meters square, ... and the Shield generator for the Invictus will need to be made in parts and assembled, ... Chief Engineering Officer Dana is so happy to have that mini soul-forge aboard, and John's new abilities makes him almost a Fabrication Machine as well, ... lots of fun gadgets in our future? oh yeah baby!!! ;-) TTFN

Ramen4life

Alyssa glanced at the chronometer and saw that it was nearly 9 AM. “We should start prepping the spider mines. By the time we’ve got them all configured, it’ll be time to stay laying the next minefield.” Sorry for the poor format. I'm on mobile. Shouldn't it be start instead of stay. Also another possible typo I noticed. Shouldn't the word impigned be impugned? Or would that be past tense?