Star Force series by Aer-ki jyr

Aer-ki Jyr is an indie author with a writing style that crosses over many genres, but is focused primarily on science fiction with a heavy action slant. His Star Force series takes an unusual approach in that it is broken up into novella 'episodes' similar in structure to a TV series, with each being around 20,000 - 30,000 words long and occurring in sequential order. The series(with 100 episodes planned) begins in the near future then jumps sporadically down the timeline, making for an atypical storytelling approach.

Star Force: Inception (SF1)
You think the world is safe. You think everything is under control. You think there is nothing Humanity cannot do if it puts its mind to it. All the things you take for granted, the ‘normal life’ that you think is yours by natural right…never existed.
Earth is not what you think it is. It is a ticking time bomb wrapped up in a delusional utopia called everyday life. As you look up at the stars imagining Humanity’s future you’re actually seeing into your race’s past…a past that is fated to return with horrific consequences.
One man discovers that past and the inevitable countdown that Earth is under. Knowing that the planet’s present anonymity is the only reason it has survived to date, he dedicates his life and his fortune to defying the impossible and giving Humanity a slim chance, not of victory, but of mere survival against an enemy so ruthless and terrifying that their name will forever be seared into Human memory.
They are the V’kit’no’sat, and you’ve seen them before…you just don’t know you did.
With the knowledge of Earth’s past driving his plans for the future, the man who holds Humanity’s fate in his hands wisely chooses to keep his discovery secret, all the while recruiting resources and allies to form the organization that will spearhead Earth’s only hope against a dark and devastating future.
An organization known as Star Force.

Star Force: Integration (SF2)
With their advanced training underway in Atlantis, Paul and his teammates are sent on a 'field trip' to space for zero g and high gravity training, during which they get to see and experience the wonders of the space corporation's orbital infrastructure and economy first hand.

Star Force: Nemesis (SF3)
Training continues with new and varied combat 'Challenges' being passed by Paul and the other elite trainees far faster than the Star Force trainers anticipated...that is, until a new, random element is added that quickly becomes their bane, providing the best the planet has to offer with their greatest challenge yet.

Star Force: Trailblazer (SF4)
With the trainees moving on through their training at an accelerated pace, the 'Challenges' branch out into new areas including land vehicles, aircraft, and space combat...meanwhile Director Davis advances Star Force into the next stage of its development with a radical and risky proposition to the nations of Earth.

Star Force: Gemini (SF5)
The trainees come to the final stage of their training before graduation, the 'Tandem Challenges,' during which the top team and individual honors will be determined, with Paul and Morgan racing each other to collect as many points as possible before they arrive at the 'Final Challenge.'

Star Force: Ambrosia (SF6)
With their basic training completed, the former trainees are given additional responsibilities and exposed to new secrets about their enemy, their future, and the origins of the Black Knight.

Star Force: Fabrication (SF7)
Paul and the other adepts start adjusting to their new roll, free of trainer oversight and control as they push their abilities past Human norms while simultaneously designing the military structure that Davis has tasked them to command.

Star Force: Flashpoint (SF8)
Years have passed since their initial training but the existence of the Archons and Star Force's ever growing military still remains a secret from the public as Earth continues to grow its orbital and Lunar colonies.
That growth, however, is not without risk and the perils of space travel are ever present, forcing Star Force into the role of shieldbearer for the nations of Earth as events force their hand and a revelation of their military might becomes inevitable.

Star Force: Mettle (SF9)
In the aftermath of the mysterious pirate attacks tensions rise as the identity of the nation behind the ruse is revealed and unilateral penalties are handed down...with an unexpected response from those responsible.

Star Force: Disarmament (SF10)
With the brunt of the Chinese attack repelled, Star Force pushes into the enemy's Lunar territories, intent on ending the brief war by expelling the attackers from the moon entirely.
Meanwhile the naval conflict escalates, with the Chinese fleet still running dark and unaccounted for.

Star Force: Deception (SF11)
The colonization rush is in full swing, with millions of people now living on Mars and the edge of Star Force's dominion stretching all the way out to Jupiter. Nations vie for dominance, expanding their fleets and gathering up as much territory as they can, with Star Force being the nonpartisan arbiter.

Tensions are on the rise, however, as a series of mining incidents in the asteroid belt pit the Americans against the British in a growing conflict that could lead to the third war in the pair's history.

Star Force: Escalation (SF12)
World War III has begun. Headed by the American/British rivalry, other nations join in the fray without hesitation, spurred on by the unofficial agreement that has the war only taking place in space.
With that Earthbound indemnity nations pour their resources into battling each other while Star Force protects itself and the neutral parties, looking for a way to reign in the belligerent nations before before the conflict spreads any further...

Star Force: Secession (SF13)
With World War III scaled down to just the Earth micro-system, the level of conflict intensifies as Star Force gradually reduces the assets of both sides, pressuring them to stop the fighting...with an unanticipated side effect that will completely rewrite Earth politics.

Star Force: Zen'zat (SF14)
With the war over and Antarctica now in Star Force hands, Director Davis decides its time to honor a promise he made to the trailblazers long ago...and in doing so unlocks the mystery surrouding Humanity's presence on Earth.

Star Force: Colonization (SF15)
With the war behind them, Star Force pushes forward with an aggressive expansion campaign that sees the Archons' new Clans becoming splinter entities of their own right per Davis's master plan as he directs his ever growing mega corporation to the very edges of the Solar System...and eventually beyond.

Star Force: Canderous (SF16)
With the establishment of minimal trade routes to nearby star systems, Star Force begins the first stages of opening up new worlds to national colonization in the Epsilon Eridani System with a test case, only to run into more trouble than anyone anticipated.

Star Force: Intimidation (SF17)
Now wrapped up in an interstellar war, Star Force has to learn on the fly how to fight as the underdog against a technologically superior alien enemy that they know absolutely nothing about.

Star Force: Counterstrike (SF18)
Choosing to widen the battlefield on Corneria to two fronts, Star Force sends three Clans to the planet's polar region to stake out a foothold on the snowy plains where their mechs can be brought into play...daring the enemy to engage their ground forces at their strongest.

Star Force: Benefactor (SF19)
With the help of an unknown ally Star Force goes on the offensive, striking at the heart of the enemy incursion in the hopes of dealing their forces in the Epsilon Eridani System a serious blow, incapacitating their supply lines and tipping the scales in the war of attrition to the Humans' side.

Star Force: Melee (SF20)
With the lizards unable to stop Star Force's orbital bombardment of their bases they change tactics and strike out against the largest and most heavily defended Human colony on Corneria with a massive ground invasion, seeking to destabilize and decapitate Star Force's capitol in one last desperate push to regain the offensive before they're systematically erradicated from orbit.

Star Force: Allegiance (SF21)
With the lizards expulsed from the Epsilon Eridani System but the larger war far from over, Star Force continues to tighten its defenses and expand its borders, coming into contact with many new alien races and finding themselves being brought into a much larger conflict spanning Earth's region in the galaxy...one that they will play a key role in if the Hycre have their way.

Star Force: Augmentation (SF22)
With the founding of the Alliance against the lizards, multiple communual facilities are created to service and share information between all the races, including a starfighter training facility on the planet of Daka where Mark-084 is dispatched with a sampling of Star Force's best pilots to test their skill and learn from others how best to counter their common foe.

Star Force: Backstab (SF23)
The intrabase brawl escalates into full scale war as the Nestafar inexplicably turn on the Alliance they helped to found. Mark, the Archons, and Star Force suddenly find themselves caught up in someone else's conflict, far from home and any hope of reinforcement, having to rely on their troubleshooting and martial skills to find a way to keep themselves and their loyal allies alive.

Star Force: Origin (SF24)
With the Nestafar assault taking a serious toll on the Alliance's defenses, the Archons and their Canderian support stand to be overwhelmed unless their limited number of aircraft can thin the enemy's ground forces prior to their reaching the breached southern hangar doors of the Alliance base...where the Canderian mechs and Alliance infantry are making their last stand.

Star Force: Foothold (SF25)
With the Nestafar switching sides and joining with the lizards in the war against the Alliance, Star Force decides the time is right to fully dedicate itself to the war and go to the aid of their allies...before the war makes its way to their distant territory and forces them to fight alone on home soil.

Star Force: Death Knell (SF26)
With all-out war raging between the Nestafar and Calavari, Morgan takes a small strikeforce off from her armada on a special request to a major Calavari system in an attempt to break the stalemate between the Alliance and Nestafar forces vying for control of the industrially significant linchpin in the Calavari economy.

Star Force: Ascension (SF27)
The war for control of the Brokal System continues as Morgan has to come to grips with what happened to her on the jumpship and the aftereffects thereof...all the while trying to aid Star Force's allies in the defense of the Calavari system.

Star Force: Insurrection (SF28)
While Star Force's two front war against the Nestafar and lizards rages on, back home a sleeping nemesis twitches, exposing itself to Davis's keen gaze and drawing an Archon-level response.

Star Force: Psionics (SF29) With more and more Archons beginning to develop mental powers, Davis's recall order brings those affected back home to Earth where they work together along with a team of highly skilled medtechs to figure out what is happening to them and how they can survive their potentially fatal development...as well as add the new abilities to their already impressive combat prowess.

Star Force: Recalibration (SF30)
With Kara now having joined Jason and the others in the pyramid, new insights into the Archons' developing psionic powers are revealed, triggering a host of changes within their ranks.

Star Force: Aquatics (SF31)
A lizard counteroffensive has begun, with the heavy end of the hammer falling on the waterworld of Atlantica...precisely where the Archons had baited their enemy into coming, sparing their other worlds and turning the planet into an ever growing battlefield.

Star Force: Mastermind (SF32)
With Manaan under assault, Star Force fights a losing defense as the lizards prove more strategically savvy than the Archons anticipated...counteracting their primary defenses with an elegantly simple approach.

Star Force: Eviction (SF33)
With the war raging on two fronts, not all threats lie on the frontier. Deep within Star Force territory the moon Tyr is about to draw unwanted attention, turning into a battlefield of a very different type of war.

Star Force: Deceit (SF34)
With Red and Green Teams tasked with taking Tyr back from The Word, the Archon acolytes scramble to hunt down every enemy operative they can as Star Force brings the heavy end of the hammer down on the moon...with unexpected consequences.

Star Force: Paradigm (SF35)
Out on the lizard battlefront, multiple engagements continue with a startling revelation that will force a change in Star Force's war strategy, as well as redefine their relationship with the Alliance.

Star Force: Knighthood (SF36)
Major structural changes are underway within Star Force to counter the growing threat the lizards pose as the trailblazers use their cunning and inventiveness once again to reshape their growing empire into a more powerful civilization.

Star Force: Scruples (SF37)
With interstellar warfare escalating to unprecedented levels, true colors begin to show, exposing the Alliance for the house of cards that it truly is and causing the trailblazers to chart a different course for Star Force if they are to survive the coming lizard storm.

Star Force: Termination (SF38)
Now with a lead on The Word's secretive leadership, Star Force seeks to find a crack in the organization that it may one day use to expose and defeat their Earthbound nemesis.

Star Force: Unification (SF39)
With Davis's edict that 'the 6 nations who created The Word must forfeit their sovereignty' already given to the public, Star Force acts to carry it out, along with setting up a transformational process for the rest of the planet...something the media comes to call the 'Nation Games.'

Star Force: Commando (SF40)
With the restructuring taking place on Earth, everyone's lives are changing. With that change comes opportunity...for those bold enough to seize it.

Star Force: Upgrades (SF41)
The battle on Eshwan continues, with Kip-022 leading Clan Protoss against the super large Skarron walkers, trying to find a way to take the mechanical beasts down where the Protovic army has failed.

Star Force: Probe (SF42)
As the saying goes, "No good deed goes unpunished," and Star Force is no exception, drawing reprisals for their efforts to help their allies in the ever increasing war zone that the lizard expansion is spurring.

Star Force: Consensus (SF43)
New information leads to new revelations and new plans as the Skarron threat forces Star Force to reestablish its priorities and develop a new playbook for the path ahead.

Star Force: Relocation (SF44)
A major shift occurs in the Alliance as the lizard juggernaut continues rolling forward, resetting the power structure as races vie to save themselves by whatever means necessary.

Star Force: Battlemeld (SF45)
An unexpected discovery leads to the unlocking of a psionic mystery...one that the V'kit'no'sat themselves may never have solved.

Star Force: Excursion (SF46)
With more and more refugees fleeing into the Alliance Defense Zone, the battle lines are beginning to be drawn ever more clearly as the former Calavari Empire crumbles into dust, leaving Star Force, the Hycre, and the Protovic as the primary gatekeepers holding the Skarron and lizard threats at bay.

Star Force: Axius (SF47)
With the new-formed Alliance proving itself capable of defending its borders, interior issues surge to the forefront as a cultural clash breaks out, with Star Force attempting to gain the upper hand through a variety of measures.

Star Force: Veracious (SF48)
When the terms of colonization are violated, Star Force's credibility is put on the line as races within the ADZ question whether or not they can now enforce their edicts.

Star Force: Penance (SF49)
With the Scionate dropping the heavy end of the hammer on Admat, Star Force is faced to fight