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The Gates of Antares

An overview of the giant machine that is the Antares Nexus, what it is, what Obureg does, opening gates and ‘gate horizons’ and ‘critical depths’. Much of this can be found in the Universe Guide, too.
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Datafile: T.O.R. 563, the City of Exile

TOR 563 was an immense starliner drifting through the Antarean photosphere and taking refuge in any gates it came across. It was taken over by a Ghar COmmander, Shaltok, who used it as a basis for his Exile Ghar force. Unfortunately, it was also filled with Virai…
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Ranks of the Delhren

Tim runs through the ranks and grades to be found in the Freeborn house of Prince Batu – the Delhren.
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Concord vs. Concord – some background notes

The PanHuman Concord is all one IMTel, but what happens when a system or even a number of systems gets out of sync? Rick runs through some of the issues…
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Amano Harran, Oszoni Freeborn Mercenary Captain

It was the actions of Amano Harran that triggered the XIlos Catastrophe when he destroyed the time-locks. Here is the known background to this colourful but oft-censured and enigmatic character.
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Prologue: The Lost Prince

Fiction by Tim Bancroft The Batu saga all started with the Claiming of Shamasai, but what caused Batu to be on such a wilderness planet in the first place? In a prologue to the saga of Batu and Baray, we are introduced to Batu and the dives and wines he owns on Delhren III –…
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Heads up: Baray Meets a Mandarin

This episode is dated some time while after ‘The Claiming of Shamasai’, Batu’s encounter with the Rogue NuHu The Raya and the SITAI, and ‘Freeborn and Family‘. Batu and Baray were kidnapped by an Isorian Senatexis (NuHu councillor) and taken back to Senatex space. During the NuHu’s experiments, the Shamasai Shard was awakened, overcame the…
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The Claiming of Shamasai

This is the first community-written story written for Antares by Tim Bancroft. It introduces the Exile Ghar Commander Shaltok, and the irrepressible Prince Batu Delhren.


