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Three Square Meals Ch. 164 (Cliffhanger) (Patreon)

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2023-07-01 02:25:29
Edited:
2023-08-01 09:55:33
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2026-06

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*** Updated - 31st July. I've added more scenes to the chapter bringing it up to 9.5k. I'll keep adding to the chapter as I finish the rest.***

Hey everyone,

If you're impatient to find out what happened next after the cliffhanger at the end of chapter 163, I've included the first 2k words of chapter 164.

Hopefully those scenes should make the previous chapter ending a little easier to understand.

Obviously I'll expand this chapter with more scenes as I write them.

Best wishes,

Tefler.

Comments

OechsneC

Sweet. Thanks Tefler.

Jeff

Wait for the placeholder charge...

Muledrvr

Yay. Get better soon

Bp Hlpt

Thanks, Tefler!

AzureReader

Didn’t think Venkarys was going to get destroyed. Gahl’ seemed to have arrived slightly before the station was under attack. But now that the station is hidden it’s time for John to wormhole to Venkarys and catch Gahl’ while he’s on the ground goofing around with skyscrapers. Maybe a broadside of quantum flux cannons to blow a leg off or something fun like that. If only Clara was a good enough shot to hit a progenitor the size of a skyscraper.

Jedi Khan

Yeah, I think I'll wait for more of the chapter, thank you. Please do focus as best you can, Tefler, as you have a lot of catching up to do.

Robert Barr

*nibble* thank you kind sir!

Shelton

The first 2K words are awesome. I do feel for the planet though, but there has to be a reason for it.

Octavian

It’s just another cliffhanger lmao

stephen mincher

Thanks tef, does this mean we might get 3k>5k per week?

Johnboy

Yes! Great im really loving your stories. I remember starting to read and thinking about how a story about one guy with four balls can interest me. We’ll still reading and looking forward for more.

Azwiz

Yes it is too bad , so sad about Venkarys . That Gahl has 2 fleets . We can only hope that the annihilation of the first fleet they are finally engaging is quick . Allowing John to meet Gahl'kalgor on Venkarys . For their epic battle . I so hope this story doesn't end after that . There are still a lot of little Malari babies to make . And other progenitors to fight . Lol Right ?

Steven

Is there a up to date document or site for TSM weapons descriptions, capabilities & comparisons?

Steven

I suspect that he means "Over Powered As F%&k"

Dallas Bell

Was this chapter a joke to put a check mark on 164 collect on one of the placeholders?

AzureReader

You’ve got to get rid of the idea that progenitor grade sensors can see progenitor grade cloaked ships. Perhaps the Invictus could see the Maliri male’s cloaked ships because they were using knockoff cloaking devices. But the station was using a cloak made by Mael and should have been invisible to the Invictus the same way Gahl’s dreadnought has been consistently invisible to the Invictus. If John’s ‘progentior grade’ sensors could see cloaked ships why would they need the cloak breaker network. Also, if the Invictus and Gahl’s dreadnought are both using progenitor grade power supplies how come the Invictus can’t operate cloak and shields at the same time, but Gahl can do both while charging up a Quantum Devastator?

Michael56Smith

.48: Okay now, we have a completed #163, and a teaser for #164 (2K words worth), and a Gallstone patient (patent pending) that has a few thousands of his fans anxiously awaiting anything he can send out to them, .... Also, we have the normal mix of trolls doing their complaining (not making much sense, but expressing their heartfelt complaints), .... So, I wish for you to get well, stay healthy, and keep writing, please, ... thank you very much, ... ;-) ttfn

Evan

I'm looking forward to chapter 164 being finished along with chapters 165 through 167. We'll see what happens over the next 24 hours.

Michael56Smith

.55: Okay, it is now officially July 31st, only a few hours to go before we get Tef's late EOM messages / chapters / placeholders, ... --- In chapter #164, I am really looking forward to the revealed / invisible weapons platform creating a few nasty problems for Gahl's Thralls, and I really want to see what else those crazy Maliri Males have up their technological sleeves, ... maybe some improved Nova Lances that can strip Thrall shields, .... or some other wonderful gadgets for flummoxing the evil / enemy girls, .... Tef's imagination and his space battles are always awesome, ... so this should be great, .... can't wait, ...

Seb

Imo telfer should hire a support / shadow writer and just wack out more material. If he keeps the reigns on the storyline and characters and just gets help on the writing that he is stuck on/ not enjoying then I imagine he could write so much more. I think all of us would be happy to see more chapters. There is so much in this universe to explore.

Evan

Rahn’hagon followed Narzera’s S/B Gahl’kalgor followed Narzera’s

Evan

Rahn’hagon glanced back S/B Gahl’kalgor glanced back

Evan

Rahn’hagon delved into his psychic network S/B Gahl’kalgor delved into his psychic network

Unresolved Plots

Thanks for the update Tefler. Hope you get back to normal health as soon as possible. Take care. P.S. Its the 1st of August.

Jeff Wilkinson

presume you meant updated july 31st instead of August 31st.... since that's a month away and all. ;-)

Evan

Tefler, I very much enjoyed the update. I’m not sure if the Invictus is big enough to *hold* all the guns from the battlestation, as you’ve previously indicated that the guns are quite large and the battlestation is much, much larger than the Invictus, since it’s large enough to hold the two Quantum Devastator turrets and is presumably bigger than a dreadnought, as it’s apparently outfitted to be able to defeat one as part of Mael’nerak’s defensive measures. However, I’m sure that you’ll figure out how they can take at least a significant number of the guns, if not all of them, and certainly not the two big guns (unless they figure out how to take the entire station). Feel better and get well soon!

Evan

I was also very impressed by your solution to John’s having to terminate millions of thralls.

AzureReader

The fact that the update is dated August 31st and you’ve used the wrong progenitor names at least a half dozen times in 1/2 a chapter tells me how you’re doing mentally after everything you’ve been through. Focus on your health. Get creative with traveling to more competent doctors. Good luck!

andrew finlayson

"We raised the city to the ground, my Lord. I don’t understand... what makes it so special?” It should be 'razed'.

Michael56Smith

.72: another name swap on Word page 12 of 23, Larn'kelnar instead of Mael'nerak, .... got me to thinking, ... John wrecked Larn's Soul Forge with his positive (white) energy when he made that Wormhole generator, ... doesn't that mean that Rahn and Jessica are now flying around in a non-stealthed dreadnaught? that could be trouble, ... --- oops, that concern was addressed a page or two later, ... I did not completely agree with it, but who am I disagree with Dana and Tef, ... ;-) ttfn

Unresolved Plots

“Except Larn’kelnar already dismantled his Soulforge,” Tashana said, I think Larn'kelnar is an error and should be changed to Mael'nerak

Unresolved Plots

This chapter imo is already a cracker and shaping up to be one of the best. I've been waiting for a Rahn update for a while and this didn't disappoint, with lots of subtle revelations. Seems like the rest of the chapter is going to be the build up to the final confrontation with Gahl'kalgor and 165 is going to be the battle(s)? Looking forward to whatever you come up with whatever the plan is.

Unresolved Plots

One question I have is Gahl's apparent use of Rahn's Soul Forge. Does this not go against Progenitor rules (reusing another Progenitors technology) established when they planned to requisition Larn's fleets? Or perhaps Gahl taking over an empire with a still functional Soul Forge was a unique situation that never normally occurs and he decided to use it instead of building his own?

Grandizer

Rahn’hagon stopped resisted the pull should be Rahn’hagon stopped resisting the pull

PLRus--Founding member of the TSM F5 club.

164--Rahn’hagon stopped resisted the pull--------resisting 164===“I believe you told us that Rahn’hagon was outraged that Larn’kelnar attacked him directly?”------Should be Mael. 164---“Except Larn’kelnar already dismantled his Soulforge,”----Mael Plot hole: Alyssa gave John a wry smile. “If these red-skinned thralls are from the same species that your father previously claimed, then that means our Stealth Field Generator was built using the same Soulforge as theirs.” does not fit with Rahn's internal dialogue about seeing his old ships which the Maliri brought back from Larn's empire. (edited) His initial surprise turned into stunned disbelief, as the runic script advised him that a fleet of his empire’s warships had completed a hyper-warp jump close to his vicinity. Perhaps it should read Larn's warships?

Bp Hlpt

let's == Let us lets == the third-person, singular form of the verb (to) let so... let’s us get to the point much quicker -->> lets us get to the point much quicker

stephen mincher

The fleet commander changed name from Lyshalla to Keylessae.

stephen mincher

Lyshalla was F C attacking Genwyn station, but Gahl’ views Keylessae F C data from the same attack.

Jim lynch

If a soul forge is made out of black metal but the soul forge makes black metal how was the first one built ?.

AzureReader

“I believe you told us that Rahn’hagon was outraged that Larn’kelnar attacked him directly?” - Mael’ attacked Rahn’ directly. “Except Larn’kelnar already dismantled his Soulforge,” Mael’ dismantled his Soulforge. Larn’s Soulforge was intact when John found it.

Steven

Weren't there between 30 & 40 active Progenitors? I would expect some redundancy in color combinatilons of thralls. Also, if those were Gahl's forces coming through the gate Rahn witnessed then Gahl was given or took Rahn's old domain. Following that line Rahn has the codes for that gate and the location of his/their SoulForge.

Dean Lee

Thralls with horns… thralls with cat ears… thralls with stripes 🤯

Str8NotNarrow

told us that Rahn’hagon was outraged that Larn’kelnar attacked him directly Should be Malnaerak attached directly

Michael56Smith

.109: I wouldn't mind seeing a little reconciliation between John and his parents, at least with Jessica, .... and besides clueing the two in on a few things, ... I think that a little 'used dreadnaught' renovation / upgrades would be a good thing for Rahn's new ride, and have Dana 'fix' the wormhole generator.to get rid of the unnecessary nausea, ... the Invictus girls did leave the ship in a bit of a mess, with a few melted down thrall barracks, and one of the primary weapons and armor equipment rooms which was also flame damaged, ... and also Dana used one of her mini black holes which used some pretty intense gravity to really damage / crush the other main Armory, ... then there was Sakura shattering the thick PBM door to the ships bridge, ... --- yeah, even if Rahn swept out the 1000's of the husked thrall bodies and most of the misc. shattered bits and pieces, I think Jessica would appreciate some brighter paint on the walls, as well as some real full spectrum daylight lamps to replace most of the red lights, ... you could leave Rahn a few dark and broody rooms to chill out in, .... also add some better (for Jessica) cooking gadgets as well as restocking their ships pantries with some Terran and Maliri food items (plus some Maliri recipes), ... as Larn's crew had used up a big part of their ships' stores, and the couple will definitely need a few things like tea and coffee as well, ... maybe a few maintenance and cleaning bots too, .... -- yeah, Jess and Rahn do need a few supplies and a lot of information, .... and I think that the Invictus crew is the most likely source for fulfilling those needs, .... if they got the repair and renovation work done at Genthalas, then they'd need to hide Rahn there, while the Maliri were about, ... still, he would love to cross examine Alyssa to find out what she is, ... and John's first Matriarch could TK pin him to the wall before she then tells him a thing or two, ... --- and yes, Rahn does have a powerful ship (but it is just him to run it -- man it's many guns, and pilot the ship at sub-light speeds), and considering that Rahn's space battle combat techniques are a bit backwards and dated, ... would he really be much help? Perhaps as a distraction, to buy John some time, .... Sure, Rahn aid them as he could think like the enemy Progenitor, (mine him for information / strategy), ... that would be worth some paint and a few Maliri meals, ... that, and he knows his Hyper-Warp gate's location, ... so, Rahn could be somewhat useful, just so long as he sits on his hands, and really doesn't do much, perhaps, John could recruit a relatively small number of Ashanath and Terran bridge and engineering crews for Rahn's ship, but as Wards under him and not Rahn, ... and a couple of councilors / psychologists too, with Jessica to help them they'll strive to undo millennia's of bad habits and make Rahn into a 'real boy' ... -- And then, if Rahn is finally getting it, and removes the black threads in his eludritch connection to Jessica (mind control and the dire distress for Rahn's threatened life threads), ... then Rahn might be allowed to add a few dozen or more volunteer thralls / wards under himself, ... With the much wider Eldritch bandwidth, and a fairly large (relatively) number of 'Wards' to feed him energy, ... more energy than he has known in almost 10,000 years, it might just blow ole Rahn'hagon's mind, ... and Alyssa will need to train (impart hard earned psychic education to) Jessica while Rahn's ship (Jessica christens / names the mighty Progenitor Dreadnaught "the Good Ship Lollypop") is cleared of Rahn, (so he won't cause any automatic Maliri attacks on a foreign Progenitor), then while the Engineers at Genthalas renovate the dreadnaught's interior, utilizing bright paints and Sol Spectrum light fixtures, and they try to block out as much of the bad psychic echoes as possible, using a ton of Ashanath Psychic Privacy Panels, ... So, the (psychic) Grays help out because Alyssa won't set foot aboard the vessel, ... they should save a few dark and Broody spots for Rahn's Man-Cave (Progenitor Cave?), ... I expect that the paint, lights and psychic echo reduction should help the Lollypop to be a Good Ship, ... 08/12/23 ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

.111: and this comment #109 is for those who really want more TSM material to read, ... it's kinda close, .... a little bit, ... kinda? ... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

.113: ... and should Rahn grow up and be allowed some Thralls/Wards, ... say 60 to 100 to help run his ship, and he upgrades Jessica DNA to be more like Alyssa, telepath, TK, and shields, plus one or two other psychic abilities, like light or sound, ... offensive / defensive, ... And if he further follows John's example, should he / could he gift a few more psychic powers to his new crew? maybe modeled after the Invictus girls, or would Rahn pick some different abilities? Those more powerful ones would in turn, make him more powerful, ... maybe find him a Nymph too, ... and if John allows him a few volunteer Grays, whose Psychic powers (when progenitor enhanced) would be a huge Eldritch battery for Rahn, ... He could be close (power wise) to where John was when he faced Larn, ... then good ole Rahn with his dreadnaught, would feel able to take on, at least, the smaller empire Progenitors, ... after so many millennia of a minimal power diet, this might be a bit of a head-rush for Rahn, ... he'll need his Matriarch to shrink his head back to size, .... -- I wonder, if this happens, will it be soon, in a year or two? Or will it take a century or two to get through his thick Progenitor skull, ... -- Or will Tef nobly sacrifice Rahn in a tear-jerker of a chapter? ... Jessica will be heartbroken, ... ;-) ttfn

andrew finlayson

OK we're more than half way through the month, so its time for Tefler bingo! All you have to do is guess the excuse for August, and you could be in the running for BIG prizes! So, why won't we receive anything more than the second half of Chapter 164 at the end of the month, and what will be the excuse this time? Ebola outbreak? Zombie horde? The roof fell in? The dog ate chapters 165 through 168??? Get your entry in NOW!!!!!

Michael56Smith

.119: Names: John, Baen'thelas, the Lion, the Protector, ... he has many names, .... and he has learned a good deal from not only his exceptional Lionesses, ... -- but from several of those awful Progenitors too, and don't forget that Kirrix Hive Queen (John's first Psychic foe, besides PJ), ... -- He gained info from his papa Rahn'hagon and it seems that he received more than Rahn knew, all from the Citadel knowledge that Rahn packed into baby John, ... -- also, how a Progenitor can fight, from Larn'kelnar, even though passing on any knowledge was likely unintentional, ... -- and, of course, from the multiple millennia of bits and pieces left over from Mael'nerak, ... -- I wonder if Gahl'kalgor will have anything worthwhile to pass on to John, besides that silly boat song, ... only time and Tef will tell, .... ;-) ttfn

Kevin

Had issues with the bank last go around. Just seen tefler start popping up again today on my feed. Is 164 done and ready to read or not yet. I really don’t wanna start a chapter if not complete.

Michael56Smith

.127: This observation has been brought up and discussed earlier, but here it goes again, ... the Stealth field emitter(s) on the ancient Maliri weapons platform(s) can conceal (make invisible/undetectable) the battle station from regular Thrall warships sensors, but not from a Progenitor's Quantum Flux Scan Array's superior sensors, like the one onboard the Invictus, .... and supposedly the one onboard the Galkiran Dreadnaught too, ... and yet the Stealth Field Emitter on board a Progenitor's Dreadnaught, like Rahn's and Larn's can completely hide those ships, even from another Progenitor's Flagship/Dreadnaught, ... first tier vs 2nd tier sensors? .... --- So, of all the enemy fleet ships, only Gahl'kalgor's Dreadnaught is able to see Mael's cloaked, and ancient weapons platforms, .... after the millennia of habitation expansion modules are removed, freeing up the big guns, ... However, even Kal's Dreadnaught cannot see Baen'thelas's Battlecruiser in its stealth mode, ... -- I now wonder if Dana can build extra Progenitor Stealth Field devices, or to improve the Invictus' version of the Stealth Emitter even more, ... and crank out, some top of the line. Stealth Fields Emitters for the Maliri Fleets, .... or at least some few attack groups of them, .... even more ships to follow John's hit and run tactics, damaging and harassing those enemy fleets, .... or will that even be needed based on the next 'Tef Twist'? I'm looking forward to more of the story, .... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

.128: .... and are the Maliri Males' ship's Stealth devices 2nd tier or even 3rd tier Stealth Field Emitters? close, but less effective, ... yet, they are good enough for those emitters to block the Maliri ships from being spotted by the regular Galkiran fleet ships though, .... '-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

.131: Chapter #164, The Invictus crew (largely through Dana) has quite a few things they need to get done very quickly: 1) -- Get to Kythshara, and activate its defenses, ... get any requestioned fleet assets into position, ... set up forcefields over key locations (Mael's Lab), ... 2) -- perform any last-minute repairs and / or upgrades to the Invictus, ... 3) -- Brief Maliri ground troops and fleet assets in on any master plan and contingency plans too, (Calara), ... bringing calm and order to the troops, ... Also have several quickie Nymph Kiss sessions to make thousands of new wards from all those marines, ... 4) -- set up a few more (Spyder) minefields, ... to take out another Galkiran fleet or two, ... maybe a few gun batteries as well, .... funnel the enemy fleets to where Calara wants them, ... 5) -- Issue a challenge (at the most appropriate time) to the Progenitor in command of the Galkiran fleets, for a dual, a one-on-one contest, ... and do they even know Gahl'kalgor's name yet? (Maybe it's time to ask), .... 6) -- set up, requisitioned from the Maliri Weapons Platform, the Big Weapons (including many Tachyon cannons, and Quantum Flux cannons, and more) that they quickly got from the Males at the former Genwynn Station, .... (and helpfully accompanied by some of the Male Engineers to aid with quickly setting things up along with further help from the many nearby Maliri Fleet's 'Female' engineers with some assistance from Invictus's Chief Engineer Dana, ... and perhaps with a bit of help from Daphne and the 'boys') .... a real 'Team' effort, ... but will they have the time to complete all of this? and/or even a few other Tef Twists? .... ;-) ttfn

Michael56Smith

Okay, more stuff that John and crew needs to do, let's make a list: (in no particular order) 1) defeat Gahl'kalgor, but not kill him, ... (keep Xar'aziuth in the dark) 2) protect Kythshara, Mael's Lab and Faye's organic body, ... 3) find and man the remaining 7 of the 11 huge weapons platforms from Mael'nerak, ... and uncover the other (besides Genwynn) hidden stations, at Geniya, Genkiri, and Genirath, all hiding the other weapons platforms, .... 4) look into the Tom Walker trail, and save him before he is executed as the Rat of the Federation, ... (real Rat is the not so dead Mason Neumont in his old Brimorian Cruiser) 5) bring Faye back to life, ... fight the nightmare Astral monsters 6) investigate the Star Forges of the Trankarans, ... get Dana to fix/upgrade them, ... test it by making super good main guns for Raptor 2.0, .... Dana to leave the Republic lots of new ship plans, ... 7) start to build John a modified/superior Dreadnaught using the Star Forges, .... smaller, faster and better 8) check with Lynette on Outer Rim problems 9) Get the Brimorians to turn over the 1 billion plus Abandoned 10) deploy the requisitioned Laranthyran fleets, and the surviving Galkiran fleets to best protect the Maliri 11) Add a few Galkiran, Laranthyran ladies. and Ashanath (Gray) ladies to the new ship's crew, because they'll need a bigger crew for manning the big ole dreadnaught, .... maybe add a few retired / crippled T-Fed officers as well, .... bridge - pilot, tactical, also medical, security and more, ... (all restored to their prime health) 12) Jehanna runs a number of Documentaries and interviews regarding all the panic / excitement from the Galkiran invasion, on her new Maliri News Network, (MNN) --- can you think of a few more activities to keep our heroes busy? (I mean besides a whole lot of sex) ... ;-) ttfn

Unctadsk

So, nothing from 31st July. Or 1st July????

James Simmons

Did I miss chapters 165, 166 and 167?