Rendezvous by MarkHirst
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When Joshua died on the operating table, I feared I'd made a terrible mistake. Even after the doctors coaxed him back to life, the feeling refused to fade.
I waited too long treating his wounds, before admitting they were beyond my abilities, and put the mission further in jeopardy, by taking my runabout out of concealment. I made a frantic dash to the gas giant, to link up with a Falcon class frigate, our permanent presence in the Candor system.
Concealed beneath clouds of ammonia crystals and hydrogen gas, I had ample time to consider the other candidates and options I could have chosen. Each of them in their own way was a loner, who with the right motivation, could be manipulated or co-opted to our cause. Politicians, police officers, judges and entrepreneurs, all with contacts and influence, each considered and discarded, because they carried the risk of betrayal. I argued the case with my sisters that our work be done by the lowly and humble, those that the enemy would not recognise as a threat.
So I had picked Joshua, a human male who showed on several occasions, a willingness to confront things he thought wrong. He also had the skills to move easily through my assigned area, the sprawl that is Candor City. If I had acted sooner, when the tragedy of his murdered brother had just happened, I could have captured the moment in its purest form. Instead I hesitated, and now he lies on the edge of life, defying the might of Lazloi technology and its attempts to make him whole again.
I tell myself that these lesser humans are just tools, to be used and discarded as we see fit, but it is clear now that their fate and ours are entwined, and we cannot now win the battle alone. Already our lines have become crossed, through the bloodline of my aunt Alisandra, a halfling child born of a human father, banished by Kyraenia and probably dead.
My self-recrimination was broken some hours later, when the doctors told me that Joshua would survive. It might be some days before he was safe to move though, so he would have to lie unconscious and unaware of our presence.
As he lies there in induced sleep, my clan sisters congregate by the sick bay door to marvel. He is a man free of the disease and frail bones that afflict our own males, the first glimpse for some of them, of how our men used to be.
-- Sylenia hept Zilaerion, aboard the frigate, 'Amethyst Shadow'.
Falcon class frigate and Sword class runabout are both original models created in Hexagon 1.21
Rendered in Vue 6 Pro Studio
Thanks for looking, please critique.
Comments (24)
mnmpm
nice!!cool story,explendid render!!!
hoskins78
Excellent scene! Love the mood and lighting - those clouds look superb :)
kjer_99
Terrific story and modeling.
Silveressa
Very well done, the ships blend nicely into the background without being understated. As always, the story is superb and leaves me wanting more. (You really should make a pdf collection book of all your story pics and captions organized by storyline date, I'd love to see all this in order.
Bea
I am really enjoying this story and I am impatient to read more
thgirw
Awsome Sprace Craft storyline textures deatil colors
arcas
Love that organic design and the funky green environs.
drace68
Superb story with the space ships hovering as a backdrop.
Ancel_Alexandre
Nice modeling ambiance and light, as usual... Great work! ;)
castaneda
Doing some awsome modeling in Hex.
geirla
I like the atmosphere, so to speak. Great models and presentation. And story, as always.
bigbraader
Fine sci-fi compo, very nice models.
Biffowitz
Interesting scene and atmosphere, me likes!
grafikeer
Excellent storyline,and a very nice render to accompany it....great ship models and atmo in this image!
thecytron
Awesome rendering work!
Odessey
Love the design and atmosphere , i was wondering when you would post a scene like this !
Star4mation
Super image and story Mark :)
Madbat
Great modeling job and superb atmosphere!
PoserHobbit
Excellent!
722
love the ships
kasalin
Beautiful and outstanding artwork 5* !!!
Mikeall
These really are splendid spaceships - and the reference to clouds of ammonia crystals and hydrogen gas in the story resonates perfectly with your colour scheme.
e-brink
Beautiful scene! Lovely colours.
phil01
Haughtiness modelisation*