As Her World Turns:
Prologue:
Beka sat aboard the Eureka Maru going through some old stuff from when she was on the Andromeda Ascendant and reflecting on old memories.
It had been eight years since the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant had dealt with adventures like the demise of the Abyss and the Magog, or when they brought Tarn Vedra back to the Known Worlds. Very little had changed since then, except for the fact that the crew of the Andromeda for the most part had split up.
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Trance and Beka were the greatest of friends, even though little was ever known about Trance; she was always willing to help. She was with Beka when she went to save her Uncle Sid who turned out to be a swindling crook. Sid even plotted against Beka and filled her eyes with Flash.
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Harper, another of Beka's good friends, was always getting into trouble because of his new inventions. Like the time he added wiring to Rommie to give her emotional responses. Causing the ship to start a count down to destruction and Rommie's memory erased. Harper always regretted it in the end what happened with his inventions, but that never deterred him from making new ones. Now Harper and Harper's AI Doyle are on Tarn Vedra running a bar owned by Harper.
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Dylan, the captain of the Andromeda, was always asking favors of Beka, and yet he always was there to help Beka when she was in trouble. When the Abyss infected Beka Dylan went into Beka's memories to save her and eventually removed the Abyss from Beka. Dylan, along with Trance, is enjoying his life of freedom to just travel the universe on the Andromeda Ascendant, with his favorite AI Rommie.
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Tyr, a Nietzchean, he always looked out for himself and no one else. Yet, there were rare instances when he looked out for others, though they were very unusual. Tyr eventually met his ruin when he tried to join the Abyss.
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And lastly Rhade, another Nietzchean, but he has a heart of gold. Or at least Beka thought so. He had his moments where he might look to help himself, but was always there to help others. He might never admit to wanting to help the people in the Seefra system, but he was there in the front line ready to aid them. Rhade went back to Tarazed and now runs the planet and helps with the Commonwealth as a High Admiral in their fleet.
As Beka sat daydreaming about old times a young girl with dark brown hair turned the corner, and stopped to look at Beka.
"Mom?" Phaedra says.
"What?!" squeals Beka, "Oh, sorry honey. I was… just thinking. What do you need?"
"I was just wondering when you wanted to go? Everything has been unloaded and Nisa collected the money from Raker. Oh! Serena wants to know if she can fly the ship?"
Beka tucked away the stuff she had been riffling through and walked with Phaedra to the cockpit.
"Absolutely not, the Commonwealth is looking for any under age pilots. Go tell her to find Nisa and Deana and you guys all get buckled up, we'll be leaving in five minutes."
