Episode Three
I’ll never forget the first warlock I saw, even if I rarely saw the thing fired afterward. There was just something about the shape of the gun’s sleek and bold frame that resonated with me. And it was ancient. That much was plain to tell. It was old and worn but every bit of it was ancient tech. Before that rota I’d never seen an ancient firearm. I hadn’t even realized there were any still around. But that gun changed a lot about my life—just as did the man who carried it.
While the Essta remained with the Oversight fleet as it traveled to Selma III to make the alliance official, Quatra decided the occasion should be cause for a celebration—both to mark the unification of the two fleets and to rejoice in the arrival of The Observer as a reminder that Civilization hadn’t aba
