The open networks of the early twenty first century were defended by the best human minds and coders humanity had yet created. But humanity has never been as open with each other as our best minds wished we would be.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I’ve traveled from one end of colonized space to the other in the years since War’s End. Some planets are happy to see me. Others are happy to sell me supplies and usher me back out of their space. Sometimes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twilight fought Rogue AIs in her first season. The show featured groundbreaking special effects for the time, bringing the networks to life in a way the audience could experience. Disney even sued over similarities it had to one of their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have you ever had one of those times where everything was going your way? When you had everything you needed to accomplish everything you wanted to do? Yeah, they don’t tend to last long. People find out and suddenly they’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Russia’s Quantum Curtain. The Great Firewall of China. All over the world, those networks that survived only did so because of the firewalls that closed them off to the other networks. By the time we returned to space, humanity’s networks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cowboys fought hard against the Chinese and the Shang during The War. The Russians didn’t enjoy our time with them either. The Hyades Cluster citizens saw us as liberators in the first few years of Peace. They listened when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first season of Twilight dealt with the former Rogue AI’s expanded involvement in the Cybernetic Wars raging throughout America at the time. It set a darker tone than Dixie, and visited many of the cities and States where central[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Second Great Depression threatened the economies that linked the world. The Islamic Jihad killed millions of people who did not ascribe to their radical beliefs. And the Cybernetic Wars threatened the communications networks that brought us together. Many nations[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I spent a lot of time in the Hyades Cluster after The War ended. I saw a lot of planets and a lot of people. Most of them just wanted to live. Some wanted to live large and in charge.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most people were surprised when Dixie the Drug Lord Slayer was renewed for a sixth season. The writers had no plans for it, and in fact had already started filming a new series staring Twilight. But most of the actors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…