The mid 2000s were a chaotic time for the information networks that linked the world. The Second Great Depression brought down many tech companies that supported them. The Islamic States used the networks to spread their vision and their attacks.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Once the Chinese began to understand our raiding pattern, they attempted to use small warship pickets to break up our light raiding groups. Our Avengers dealt with them at first, but they reinforced their pickets with orbital forts and enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I never visited the Apache Nations before The War so all I really know of their Pre-War culture is what I’ve read about in the histories. They lived in cities, went to work during the week, and enjoyed time with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Comedy masqueraded as news. News turned to comedy to keep people watching. Entire networks slanted their entertainment and news based on political views. Reality shows and shopping channels dominated the networks. Political campaigns became more divisive and crass, and networks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The comparatively small Shooting Stars of squadrons like VMR-234, the Rangers, carried most of the ground pounders who secured the landing zones for the big army transports that waddled in afterwards. And once the army was in charge they secured[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jay Lovato and all his fellows who volunteered to serve America never served in a single Navajo military unit. The Navajo Nation doesn’t have a military. The council claims it is for cultural and religious reasons. I think they just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Twentieth century had been home to many different types of networks. Television. Radio. Computer. News. Entertainment. The Twenty First century found those stratified network definitions fading away. Television and radio networks began broadcasting via the new Internet. News became[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cowboys were part of Marine Aircraft Group 41 when The War began. Texas originally activated reserve squadrons one at a time to fill in for losses during The War. But they activated the entire air group for the Hyades[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most of you have heard of Jay Lovato. Founding member of Cowboy squadron. Descendent of an original Navajo Code Talker. Son of the president of the Navajo Nation. Hero of a hundred worlds. A giant among men. Played by that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the revolutions in the networks of the early Twenty First century was the advent of “reality programming.” It was advertised as real people doing real things in real life. In reality it was real people being prodded by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…