Author: ueoai

Chap. 135  The “Fight” He felt strange, almost resentful, although common sense told him he had no right to that feeling. Everyone pitched in for harvest, no matter what they did in regular life. While it was accepted that the very old, the very young and the disabled were not expected to work, most of…

Chap. 134 The Paladen and the Mystery Animal Glyena ran her hands over the enormous skull of the paladen. “It’s so big,” she said, “and I’m used to queen dragons, I thought they were the biggest animals on Pern,” she said. The research division tech smiled. “Not even close, Glyena. Oh, gold dragons are the…

Chap. 133  Who was that man? “Aye, I recollect that man. ‘E weren’t nothin’ but super cargo,” the captain of the Stella Maris said. The Station Master of Observatory 1, (now called that as development of the second telescope site had begun) looked hard at the scruffy seaman in front of him. He had the…

Chap. 131  Turn In “Good to see you, K’ndar,” Raylan said. “And you, Raylan. I didn’t think the survey of Western would take so long, but..it did. I’ve brought you a number of specimen bags. I need some more time to transcribe my field notes, though,” he said. “We’re still processing Greta’s samples, but D’mitran…

Chap. 132  Homecoming By the time he’d left Landing and returned to the Weyr, it was late. K’ndar hung up his harness in its usual spot in his weyr. Shrugging his backpack off his back, he let it drop with a thump. It sounded a bit rocky. Shards, he thought, my nocs are in there.…

Chap. 130 The Mistake It was hard to believe the survey was done, K’ndar thought. They’d been at it long enough for him to adapt to the cold, northern climate. Well, maybe not adapt, but at least get used to it. Still, he was ready to go back to Southern’s warmer climate. And sleep in…

Chap. 129  Finally, the Site At last, they were at the coast. Unlike the eastern coast, this one had no sandy beaches. The surf beat on rocks, reminding K’ndar of the southern coast of Southern, with its rough surf tearing at the rocks. The Sea Dragon lay at anchor just off one of the few…

Chap. 128  The Mystery Beast Raventh backwinged and landed, gently, onto the caisson. Nicely done Well, I do have a passenger who’s old K’ndar dismounted and unbuckled Rahman. The old man gratefully took his hand, and Raventh made a knee as deep as possible. The astronomer gingerly stepped onto caisson. He turned and patted Raventh’s…

Chap. 127  Baiting The Trap The dining hall was fairly crowded. Small and provided with trestle tables, one ate almost always elbow to elbow with others. They’d sat down at the end of one of the tables, hoping to have it for themselves, but  almost immediately, a group of men-obviously seamen-took up the remaining spots…

Chap. 126  Pern’s TSA K’ndar was pulling off his riding gear when something odd about the room struck him. He was in the quarters assigned to the team at the Observatory. They weren’t fancy, but the room was warm and clean. They’d not had a chance to deliver the samples they’d collected earlier in the…