The Last Flight of the HORNETs

This story starts at the end.

The HORNETs have fought for their country, each other, and for their lives. They stand on the final hill, awaiting the last battle they’ll ever see. They brace against an enemy that will overwhelm them in both numbers and firepower. They have nano tech, grenades, and bullets enough to make the enemy bleed. They will not come out of this fight alive.

But for five minutes, the HORNETs hold the high ground.

squad, major character deaths, aliens, action

Space Sushi

HORNETs encounter life in space

Mura is a HORNET: aggressive, highly-trained, trigger-happy. Does not play well with others. She’s a tank—meant to charge into battle at the front and plow a hole through anything in her way. When the HORNETs are pointed at a ship smuggling stolen goods, she leads the way, but what they encounter in the cargo hold is something entirely new.

It’s probably not smart to shoot the alien, right?

squad, aliens, action

Solvarg Pursues The Moon

HORNETs handle an assault on a moon base

Arai is a HORNET, a member of a special-ops team sent in to deal with tricky problems on dangerous planets. When a research project gets loose in the jungle and threatens the researchers, the Hornets are called in to save the day. But the lead researcher didn’t make the call and the outpost defenses nearly kill Aria on arrival. There are secrets in this jungle base that might be fatal

squad, aliens, action

The Queen Is Dead, Long Live The Queen

HORNETs rebuff an alien attack

The HORNETS, a special forces squad, have been called in to gather intel on a new, aggressive alien wiping out colonies at the edge of human-controlled space. Tao, a communication and recon specialist, arrives with their squad only to discover the officer in charge is none other than special agent code name Suspension, aka, Tao’s mother. Tao’s carrying a lot of baggage, their mother sits at the center of it, and this mission just became personal.

squad, aliens, action

Revenge With A Side of Power Armor

HORNETs are called to dig into illegal activity… and solve a murder

Tomatsu hasn’t been home in over 10 years. His aunt is the spider at the heart of a criminal web that put Tomatsu on the short path to a death sentence and when his commanding officer pulled him out of that web, Tomatsu made a new life with the Hornets. Now the GSA has sent him back home and for the first time, Tomatsu has an opportunity for revenge.

squad, murder mystery, action

A Message From The Gods

HORNETs get a firepower upgrade

Mura is the kind of HORNET that stands at the front. She takes the big hits so her team can do the delicate work. She runs toward danger, toward the enemy, and toward whatever new weapons they’ve invented.

squad, action

Mura’s First Vacation

One HORNET is separated from the crew

Mura is ejected from a space battle near an unexplored planet. If she survives the landing, she’ll be the first human to step foot here. And maybe the last.

single character, aliens, action