Spooker

Grass Eaters 3 | 104 | Pax Galactica I

7 years after Armistice

V-Z Day

“Quick! Quick! Get in here!”

“Did you get everything I requested on the list?” Krelnos demanded.

“Just… get in here off the streets, officer!”

“Fine. Fine,” Krelnos huffed as she allowed the shorter Znosian to lead her into his burrow. It was a cozy home. Utilita...

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Grass Eaters 3 | 103 | Insurrection

5.5 years after the Armistice

Khesol hopped into the office, her breathing short. “We’ve got a problem!”

“I run the Dominion, Khesol. We’ve got a lot of problems. What is it this time?”

“There’s a— It’s Znos-9!”

“Znos-9?” Svatken felt the alarm grow in her chest. “The mining colony?”

...

Grass Eaters 3 | 102 | Special II

5 years after the Armistice

“Incapacitation grenade?” Sjulzulp whispered.

Baedarsust shook his ears. “Too loud. Subsonic guns only.”

“Understood.”

They stacked up past the doorway of Objective Bone. “Three… two… one…”

On his command, they all filed into the lobby that covered most of the buil...

Grass Eaters 3 | 101 | Special I

5 years after the Armistice

POV: Sjulzulp, Free Znosian Marines (Rank: Seven Whiskers)

“Well, well, well… look who we’ve got here!” the familiar-looking predator belted out as he practically skipped down the shuttle ramp. “Six Whiskers One-Ear! Slurp!”

Sjulzulp smiled. “Actually, it’s seven wh...

Grass Eaters 3 | 100 | Low Ground III

4 years after the Armistice

The image of the hovering black helodrone was transmitted throughout the remainder of the Skyclaw squadron.

“That looks like—”

“It’s one of the predators’!”

“Are there predators down there?!”

“There are predators down there!”

“That explains the fighting ear...

Grass Eaters 3 | 99 | Low Ground II

4 years after the Armistice

Fwup-fwup-fwup-fwup.

The thin blades of the Yakawa helicopter drone buzzed rhythmically over her head, but they were barely a distraction for Bertel. After all, she’d been living in one attack chopper after another since she was hatched. And in a less… physical sense now than during her serv...

Grass Eaters 3 | 98 | Low Ground I

4 years after the Armistice

POV: Sjulzulp, Free Znosian Marines (Rank: Six Whiskers)

“What are we doing? What can we do?”

Sjulzulp gazed at the hyperventilating Planetary Governor of Britvik-3 with as much calm as he could muster. “Governor, they’ve only sent an expeditionary force to Britvik...

Grass Eaters 3 | 97 | Remedial

3 years after the Armistice

POV: Sjulzulp, Free Znosian Marines (Rank: Six Whiskers)

Sjulzulp got lucky.

Five centimeters to the left, and the 4.8mm Dominion standard round would have taken off quite a bit more than his right ear.

Five centimeters to the right, and he might not have been pulled off that...

Grass Eaters 3 | 96 | Entrenched

2 years after the Armistice

POV: Sjulzulp, Free Znosian Marines (Rank: Six Whiskers)

The twin moons of Tatolm‑4 hung in the washed‑out afternoon sky. A warm, fetid breeze pushed across the bomb‑gouged prairie; what little remained here was matted with grime and dried Znosian blood.

Six Whiskers Sjulzu...

Grass Eaters 3 | 95 | The More Things Change

1 year after the Armistice

POV: Sjulzulp, Free Znosian Marines (Rank: Five Whiskers)

Five Whiskers Sjulzulp no longer carried his standard issue Dominion Model-183 rifle. The supply division had gotten their paws on a new shipment of predator-made carbines. Technically, the weapons were not actually new, as evidenc...

Grass Eaters 3 | 94 | Will to Fight

Naval Station Europa, Europa (100 km)

POV: Ditvish, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Zero Whiskers)

Sprabr did not look surprised to see him. Nor his Republic-appointed lawyer sitting next to him. “Mr. Ditvish, my client appreciates your visit. But as he is under indictment and this conversation is not privileged, he...

Grass Eaters 3 | 93 | Mercy of Predators

TRNS Crete, Spofke (25,000 Ls)

POV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Rear Admiral)

“We will… consider the information you have sent us about the… situation in the Znos system. But we will need to verify it ourselves first.”

Carla nodded earnestly. “Thank you. That is all we ask.” 2025-05-28 15:47:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Grass Eaters 3 | 92 | Deserve

TRNS Crete, Spofke (25,000 Ls)

POV: Carla Bauernschmidt, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Rear Admiral)

“Attack! Attack! Attack!”

Klaxons and sirens rang as thousands of new missile and threat signals near-simultaneously appeared on the sensor display, racing out from the Resistance ships and their long-range ...

Grass Eaters 3 | 91 | Reinforcements III

SRNS My Other Ship, Spofke-4 (1,000 km)

POV: Telnokt, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Ten Whiskers)

There was a sour expression on the Ace’s face, and Telnokt knew something was up.

Something extremely unpleasant.

“What’s— what’s wrong?” Telnokt asked nervously. “Is it my people? Maybe this i...

Grass Eaters 3 | 90 | Reinforcements II

Atlas Naval Command, Luna

POV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Fleet Admiral)

“What fresh horrors are they up to now?” Amelia sighed.

The heavily monitored activities of the former SRN in Spofke were usually the last item on her daily briefings, and usually her least favorite part. Sixty percen...

Grass Eaters 3 | 89 | Reinforcements I

System State Security HQ, Spofke-4

POV: Farsot, Znosian Dominion State Security (Position: Governor)

Farsot wanted to shrink into her chair and disappear.

While nominally still Governor of the system, her jurisdiction had basically disappeared to less than a quarter of Spofke-4. The Great Predators had taken ...

Grass Eaters 3 | 88 | Gradually Then Suddenly

“The Outpost” — Terran Reconnaissance Office, Luna

POV: Amelia Waters, Terran Republic Navy (Rank: Fleet Admiral)

The explosion started with a low, metallic groan in the tall silo. It tore itself apart instantly.

Booooooooooooooooooom.

The blast punched upward first — straight t...

Grass Eaters 3 | 87 | Sewers

Dominion Navy Logistics Base 02 (Grantor City), Grantor-3

POV: Insunt, Granti Intelligence (General)

“What in the Prophecy is going on here?”

Insunt bared his teeth in a big smile. Smiling was one of those things that the Granti were still getting used to. Casual display of their massive canines during th...

Grass Eaters 3 | 86 | One in Twelve II

ZNS 0025, Snashch (25,000 Ls)

POV: Vzglibro, Znosian Dominion State Security (Position: Messenger)

“We are in this system under orders from Znos-4,” Vzglibro explained on the radio, for the fourth time. As a specially bred State Security messenger, she was supposed to have been gifted with extraordinary patienc...

Grass Eaters 3 | 85 | One in Twelve I

Ration Distribution Center 2128, Shchakst-5

POV: Khukto, Znosian Dominion Marines (Rank: Four Whiskers)

“No,” Sniper Team Angora said again. “I won’t.”

“What?” Fraspi asked, her voice on the radio filled with disbelief.

“No,” Sniper Team Angora repeated a third time. “This is clearly...

Grass Eaters 3 | 84 | One in Twelve

Dominion State Security HQ, Znos-4

POV: Svatken, Znosian Dominion State Security (Position: Director)

“What are we going to do about this, Director?”

“One in twelve. One. In. Twelve,” Svatken said in shock.

“Yes, Director,” Khesol bowed.

“One hundred times the acceptable amount! How ...

Grass Eaters 3 | 83 | Prisoner Transfer III

Special Unit Zero Base 3, Znos-4-B

POV: “Hobbsia”, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Four Whiskers)

“Time to move. Get his keys and open the door.”

Hobbsia worked the unfamiliar mechanism, and the door popped open with a click. She peeked through the narrow opening. “There’s nobody out there?”

...

Grass Eaters 3 | 82 | Prisoner Transfer II

District 203, Znos-4-B

POV: Plodvi, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Six Whiskers)

“They’re not answering.” Plodvi looked at the elderly Sprabr next to him with pleading and desperation in his eyes.

“Then you should probably stop calling them on the open channel on your radio,” he advised. “They’ve ...

Grass Eaters 3 | 81 | Population Control II

Dominion State Security HQ, Znos-4

POV: Svatken, Znosian Dominion State Security (Position: Director)

Svatken was in a good mood.

As good as it could be, given the circumstances.

The Navy had suffered loss after loss against the predators in battle. The enemy’s fleet destroyed facilities on vital worl...

Grass Eaters 3 | 80 | Prisoner Transfer I

District 203, Znos-4-B

POV: Sprabr, Znosian Dominion Navy (Rank: Zero Whiskers)

Sprabr shifted his hind legs uncomfortably, allowing the heavy steel manacles on them to jingle as he did. He looked around the cramped prisoner transfer vehicle. Other than the two State Security guards watching his every move, there w...