Most people who study The War know about the Hellcat and Avenger fighters. They were the iconic American space superiority fighters. Few recognize the hundreds of other fighters that flew. Most of them failed, with only a few examples ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for February, 2012
The first Cowboys flew nothing but Avengers. We added Nemesis drones to the mix after a while to improve our firepower. When we started to expand our numbers though, many pilots brought their Hellcats. We could have retrained them all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Juliet was the first cyber to join the Cowboys on Alpha Centauri. She was not the last. She wasn’t even the last NASA cyber, but the others came later. By the time we left Alpha Centauri, we were many, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. In 2170, NASA sent the first of dozens of Vulcan Missions, their last grand gesture. Those Astronauts probed The Wall that enclosed us, seeking a way out. A single rocket ship, the Independence Seven flew[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many people say that the Chinese celebrate New Years at an odd time. Fact is, for thousands of years, New Years was based on the planting or harvesting seasons. China and ancient Rome both had New Years in spring, while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not long after me and Sam first met, she asked what I would have done if she hadn’t found me. I joked about getting a lot more sleep for one. She offered to help me out if sleep was that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the things we’ve always done is help people. First we helped them by fighting to drive the Shang away. Then we fought some more because the times called for it. After that, we started traveling, and we found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From the start, we thought the Terran Bubble would be trouble. NASA sent Magellan Seven in 2120 on a forty-year mission to study The Walls of The Bubble and found them impassable. NASA started sending Vulcan Missions in 2170, tasked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pilots have flown for hundreds of years now. For the first two centuries, we flew on our own instincts, judging and guessing where we were and just hoping we didn’t make a mistake that killed us. In the late 1900s,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…