I'm sorry, but seat belts in a 1400 meter long space ship is just dumb. Especially since they have inertial dampening systems, and for the most part, ...

More power = greater thrust = greater ACCELERATION. The Aurora could simply continue to accelerate at any rate, and eventually achieve any speed up to...

Its not a matter of faster, but greater acceleration. In the end, yes an Eagle (or any small fighter) could go faster than an explorer class ship, but...

The exodus would have been a multi-year process. Ships in transit at the time of the big-release might very well not have been infected, depending on ...

I cannot answer questions whose answer has yet to appear in story. And why does it matter?

The math would suggest that ships traveling at 5x light could have traveled 5,000 light years during the 1,000 years of dark ages that followed the BD...

After a two week bout with kidney stones, I'm looking at December. Hopefully the 19th, which is my mom's 85th birthday, and the 4 yr anniversary since...

The weren't really for surface to orbit, as it would be impossible to aim them at an object in orbit due to atmospheric friction and the Earth's gravi...

What the hell is a navigational deflector? No, that's what the hull is for.

He was the most senior office alive on the entire ship. Everyone else were either Ensigns, enlisted, or civilian contractors.

Think of the crew of a scout ship/gunship as the crew of a modern day bomber. The pilot is the CO, the copilot is the XO. The rest of the crew are spe...

The lead flight officer isn't necessarily 4th in line for command, he/she is however third in line to take the conn until relieved. For example, had ...

Senior staff (Command Qualified/Combat) Commanding Officer Executive Officer Lead Tactical Officer Lead Flight Officer (Helmsman or Navigator) Chief ...

You could do anything you want. Is it a good idea? Maybe, maybe not. Jessica served as Tactical and Security in the beginning because they were shor...

Considering the fact that we are starting to dabble with it now, I'd guess yes.

Problem with Eagles is space. If you make room for a mini jump drive like what the shuttles use, you'll have no room for weapons. You can miniaturize ...

Boxcars don't fit inside. They are too wide, and too tall. Hell, you could sling a scout ship under them, that's how big they are. There will be more...

Wings retracted, Eages/Super Eagles have basically the same foot print as a utility shuttle, not including the nose of the Eagle from the intakes forw...

I'm not going to comment on future events in the story on the forums. That would be the ultimate spoiler. Quite frankly, it really doesn't matter muc...

The EDF had 3 main branches. Space Operations, Intelligence, and surface operations. For space operations, they had spaceships. For Intelligence, they...

Interesting question, and one that I've thought a lot about lately. From the most basic perspective, yes, I would call it a success. It has a large e...

The planet is Corinair. The people are Corinairan. The military are the Corinari.

Operating the ship includes not only controlling it and making it go from place to place as designed, but also the ongoing maintenance that keeps the ...

Pretty much, yes. Ablative shields use similar technology to the mass-cancelling fields used for linear FTL travel. The shields remove kinetic energy ...

Standard crew complement of 300 (100 per shift x 3 shifts) is what is needed to operate the ship, and conduct normal operations of support flight ops....

Funny thing is, the Frontiers Saga began as a 'Star Citizen' like game called 'Frontiers'. The Saga was one of the potential story lines that could be...

The EDF had no interest in Mars. The moon provided a good site for large rail gun arrays and deep space monitoring due to its proximity to Earth and i...

Book 15 begins 10 days after Book 14 ended. I can say no more.

Aliflo, You're right, it's always nice to hear. I'm particularly happy to hear the comments about Kindle Unlimited. Going back into KU was a diffic...

When I said no aliens, I meant no intelligent life other than humans that had at one point in their family tree had migrated from Earth. I find 90% o...