On the banks of Elyria you looked out into the waters of Slaver's Bay and felt an emptiness in your heart. Around you men under your employ worked hard to fill the ships with the supplies you would need for your long journey to Gogossos. All of your wealth lay within these ships and supplies, every last silver had been consumed by the need to pay hands and buy the slaves needed ...

Europe stands on the precipice of a third industrial revolution. New technologies formulated by brilliant men such as Professor Hawkins have upended old assumptions, with steamcores powering enormous machinery and massive automatons doing the work of a dozen men. The wheels of progress are turning, propelling us forward into a wealthy and prosperous future.

But other se...

Your name is Jaune Arc. You're 16 years old, going on 17, and you're about to face your final test of Signal Academy. As in- you're sitting in the waiting room just before your final test of Signal Academy. Your entire class have been in this room, waiting for about three hours now, having picked the short straw and given the last timeslot of the day.

You've no idea how...

*This is an unofficial sequel to And Our Flag Was Not There*

It is said by some that war never changes. Those people are fools. War changes every time a new weapon kills, a new strategy is employed or a new rule is followed. War is the single greatest driver of change that the human race has ever known. Change for the better... and change for the worse. Perhaps those who speak of the unchanging nature of war talk of its reasons. Greed, cr...