As you saw in previous chapters, the plan to split up the enemy fleet in
Loki had succeeded, but the cost had been heavy, and the survival of
Battlegroup Valkyrie still hung in the balance. Being the sadist that I am,
I'm going to keep you in suspense about how that turns out for a while
longer. HTL is now going to take a break from the Loki fighting to look at
what's happening elsewhere in the Universe. We start off with a story called
"Maluk Tawus", written by Brandon "Avatarr" Alspaugh. Please send any and
all comments to him at
avatarr@sprynet.com, not to me.
On another note, the chapters that we've been posting here on the CIC have
almost caught up with those that we're publishing on the Aces mailing list.
That means that you guys will soon get chapters at the same time the Aces
do, rather than getting delayed coverage. I've also realised that it's been
an year since we started publishing HTL chapters in conjunction with the
CIC. Time certainly flies when you're having fun. Here's looking forward to
another year of successful partnership.
