My family had dealings all over Earth and beyond. Their businesses had a presence in every nation on Earth. Every major colony felt the effects of my family’s plans and programs. We made money throughout known space by selling everything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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We Cowboys found new things to do after The War. Some of us retired and returned to Earth or wherever we grew up. Some of us stayed in space. Some of us started hauling cargo from system to system. Some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family owned politicians and kept businessmen on retainer. We operated charitable foundations and made certain those who gave us money received the access they wanted. Golden tickets to government contracts. Understandings with powerful politicians. A night in the White[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are thousands of lakes and islands along the border between Minnesota and Canada. You can do anything up here. You can leave civilization behind or you can bring it with. You can meet someone or seek to be alone.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In addition to the system wide computer network the AIs built, they also did something else that history usually forgets about. They restarted the Voyager Program and began sending probes into deep interstellar space. Their mission was twofold. They were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Public corruption. Bribery. Embezzlement. My family has done it all and more. Public contracts are rarely scrutinized and it is easy to pad the expenses with five hundred dollar hammers and thousand dollar toilet seats. And if somebody makes noise[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I served on a lot of ships during The War. I worked with a lot of captains and a lot of crews. And then there was Captain Wyatt. We went through Hell after Epsilon Reticuli. She was one of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Earth’s first AIs fought the Rogue AIs and helped humanity survive the chaos of the Twenty First Century. They went to space and helped humanity survive out there. Luna. Mars. Titan. Europa. Venus. The AIs traveled everywhere that humanity went[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My father loved me. I know that. I have always known that. And I loved him. I always did. I always will, no matter how much I wanted to destroy everything he worked for. That made betraying him much harder[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I volunteered to kick the Shang to the other side of the galaxy. That was it. The military was never really my career choice. I didn’t want to be a Marine. I just wanted to beat the Shang. And I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…