Brad Lansky and Alex John in THE ALIEN AT PLANET X ( No.1)

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Brad Lansky and Alex John are veteran space explorers. Zara, a life form scientist on Earth, is collaborating on a research project with Sandy Larkin in a distant part of the Milky Way. Sandy has discovered a new intelligent life form, but his transmissions suddenly stop without warning. Soon after, Zara is paid a visit by an alien Nomad who claims to have Sandy‘s coordinates, but will only part with them at a price, claiming that a hostile life form at these coordinates destroyed his ship.

Distraught, Zara calls on Brad for help, knowing that he and Sandy were good friends back in flight school. Brad and Alex mount a rescue mission, but how should they best prepare for it? Have the Nomad‘s people kidnapped Sandy, or are they dealing with a hostile new life form? And how should they prepare for an encounter with a powerful life form they know almost nothing about?

CAST

Brad Lansky: Adventurer

Alex John: Brad‘s friend and copilot

Sandy Larkin: Famous explorer, Brad‘s old friend from flight school

Clement: (Robot) - Humans‘ interface to The Full Advantage

Zara: (Cybernetic person) - Life-form scientist & colleague of Sandy Larkin

Nomad: An alien from a nomadic star-faring race

Dieter Rothman: Sandy‘s friend & copilot

Celius, the 23rd: (Robot) - Commander Larkin‘s drone

The Full Advantage (Ship A.I.) - Commander Lansky‘s ship

Echolocator (Ship A.I.) - Commander Larkin‘s ship

Brad Lansky and Alex John in THE ALIEN ENGINEER ( No.2)

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After their return from Planet X, Brad and Alex have a tough time trying to get their ship to pass its maintenance review. The alien‘s viral onslaughts have left the Full Advantage riddled with software mutations and there are suspicions of even more invasive alterations. Dieter, whom they‘d rescued from the moon-swamp at Planet X, is alive but struggling to shake off his infection.

Even though their mission had been highly successful by many standards, no sentient press agents on Earth have shown the slightest interest at their return. Surely their findings were newsworthy?!

Things take a turn for the worse when Dieter‘s condition deteriorates. Just then one of the most powerful AI‘s in the world requests their immediate presence and offers compelling arguments for a risky mission to an unchartered system twenty thousand light years away. Could this AI‘s theory about the origin of the alien they found at Planet X be right? If so, can they trust a fragment of this AI aboard the Full Advantage to have their well-being at heart, and for that matter, can they still rely on their own ship to bring them back safely?

And as if this mission didn‘t have enough unknowns, Brad couldn‘t deny the wishes of a dying man and has allowed Dieter to come along!

CAST

Brad Lansky: Adventurer

Alex John: Brad‘s friend and copilot

Zara: (Cybernetic person) - Life-form scientist

Clement 2: (Robot) - Humans‘ interface to The Full Advantage

Attos: (Alien) - Chief Engineer of planet Lithom

Sandy Larkin: Famous explorer

Dieter Rothman: Sandy‘s copilot

Giri/Null: (A.I.) - G.A.I.A. representative

The Full Advantage: (Ship A.I.) - Brad Lansky‘s exploration vessel

The Grefim: (Alien/ship) - unknown life form

Brad Lansky and Alex John in THE FACE OF ETERNAL FIRE ( No.3)

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Brad and Alex spent two years exploring the Cygnus Arm of the Milky Way when they received a classified message from the Sol Ambassador to the Trilux System. Fifty Earth-years have elapsed since they parted ways with Giri Null in Trilux, and much has happened in that short time; Giri Null somehow managed to win over most of the Grefim and execute his plans for a new culture with alarming speed. Those who opted not to follow their new Lord promptly invaded planet Lithom, destabilizing all of Trilux.

His latest intent - to equip the formidable Grefim with A.I. minds - was interpreted as a hostile act toward Sol by hawkish elements within G.A.I.A. Subsequent events only served to spiral the star systems into a technical state of war.

Not knowing whom to trust, Giri Null insisted his old friends and the Full Advantage form the Sol ambassador‘s entourage in a last-ditch effort to negotiate a peace accord.

Brad and Alex feel duty-bound to act as agents for peace but are well aware that they are merely pawns in a deadly chess game between at least three mighty A.I. groups, and possibly two Grefim factions.

Alex is quick to point out that a pawn’s odds are never good, even with only two players. But if they can make it to the other side and survive until the end game, they might just be able to tip the scales for peace. Worth a try, and besides, they have the Advantage!

CAST

Humans, Humanoids and A.I.‘s

Brad Lansky: - Adventurer

Alex John: - Brad‘s friend and copilot

Aleph One : (A.I.) - Sol Ambassador to the Trilux System

Clement 3.2c (Robot) - Humans‘ interface to The Full Advantage

Spiro: (A.I.) - Self-exiled in Ancient Greece

Giri: (A.I.) - An ancient member of G.A.I.A.

Giri/Null: (A.I.) - A Fragment of Giri. Lord of the Grefim

Attos: (Alien) - Chief Engineer of planet Lithom

G.A.I.A.: (General Artificial Intelligence Assembly)- The Collective of all Sol-system A.I.‘s

Ships

The Full Advantage: (Ship A.I.) - Brad Lansky‘s exploration vessel

Overdog: (Ship A.I.) - Sol system warship

Tokolosh: (Ship A.I.) - Sol system warship

Devil‘s Pique : (Ship A.I.) - Sol system warship

The Grefim: (Alien/ship) - Little-known life form - Homeworld in the Torvus Iubar System