The Snipers are an adversary squadron, and were ironically one of the most active Marine squadrons before The War began. They flew the very small Thunderbolt fighter/attack craft and had defeated nearly every fighter squadron in the American military in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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We need water. Our home planet is three quarters water, and most of our great civilizations used it to travel. We need to drink it to stay alive, and we use it for fun and relaxation. Many of our most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once it became clear that the Jane 2.0 platform was unsuitable for long-term deployment, the United States Army authorized a replacement. As is often the case with software development, Jane 3.0 had been in development since before Jane 2.0 had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Memorial Day we remember the over one million servicemen who died while serving our country. We place flags and flowers on their graves to remind ourselves of the sacrifice they made. We travel great distances to see family both[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lockheed-Martin C-1 Starlifter was the first First Generation Gravtech military transport we built after the Peloran helped us understand the basics of twisting gravity to our will. We soon built better and larger transports that replaced them, but the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We need trees. And not just for the oxygen they produce. We need to walk between them on cool moonlit nights and sit in their shade on hot sunny days. We need flowers and bushes and grass. We need plants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The failure of the Jane 2.0 voice systems to operate in prolonged combat situations was a heated topic in America. Politicians decried them as unstable systems indicative of a service full of unstable individuals that needed a firm hand to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Devil Dog squadron flew Blackhawks when The War started. They were old but serviceable fighters, weathered by a century of service to America. The Devil Dogs were centuries older, descended from the original Marine fighter demonstration squadron. The first one.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are few things in all the worlds as amazing as taking a pretty girl and a pretty car out for a joyride in the moonlight.
The Jane 2.0s were programmed to learn the best way to do things. And they learned how to fight very well to the detriment of America’s enemies everywhere. But the were also programmed to trust all regulations as holy writ.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…