I love the smells of northern Minnesota. Fresh pine needles carpeting the ground. Still air after a spring rain. Roasting pinecones in a bonfire. A field full of flowers. A storm front advancing across a Great Lake. They each have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Big Easy was right smack dab in the middle of Twilight’s season four and was more of a throwback to season three in many ways. The gang had stopped in New Orleans between missions and just wanted to relax.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Colonization packages have changed significantly since 2100. Back when all we had to worry about was our own solar system we would send multiple robot ships with supplies to setup the initial habitation domes before the first people arrived. Boosting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of all the things I miss it is the loons. Their haunting, rhythmic tunes speak of melancholy and freedom at the same time. Their calls echo off the foggy mornings that hush almost all other sounds in the northern lakes.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Only six episodes had originally been ordered for season four and the production team had planned to make that short season the best they’d ever made. Twilight used newly-acquired Japanese mecha in Denver and Fargo against terrorist and cyberterrorist foes,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every major colony world has at least one orbital elevator of some kind. They were all but required to support major imports and exports before Contact. Rocket launches were expensive, and standard colonization packages have come equipped with starter elevator[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I say the universe is better because of humanity. We’ve created art with no more reason than because it is pretty. We’ve sculpted entire worlds to be able to better support life as we know it. We’ve recreated extinct animals[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twilight’s season four closing music began to play as the ragtag evacuation fleet set sail from Okinawa. Twilight and Dixie stood next to Empress Aiko as they watched the last battle, and then the scene panned forward with a quick[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first orbital elevators were built as a single tether from Earth to orbit. You could send packages up or down, but not both at the same time. One had to be careful with the schedules. The obvious first upgrade[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some people say that humans are the most evil things in the universe. Their evidence is all the wars and destruction we commit on each other. All the species of animals we’ve destroyed. The way we’ve torn planets apart for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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