You know Katy was a half-century veteran of the United States Space Force when The War started? She’d actually flown Blackhawks when they were frontline fighters. She had some serious experience. I should have been assigned to her wing, not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Summer was born at the University of Melbourne Australia sometime in the 2050s. Even she is a bit hazy on when exactly she stopped being just a program and started thinking for herself. There was no moment of astonished awakening[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fifty years ago, Reverend Martin Luther King and many others crossed a bridge and were attacked for doing so based on the color of their skin. I did not live in that world. I was born in the seventies and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The peace that ended the Second IndoChina War did not last of course. The socialists spent two years rebuilding and attacked again. That was a lesson in why one should never trust socialists. They are always looking for other peoples’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dawn was one true classy lady. She flew with Ken for the longest time. Never did have a hair out of place or a piece of lint on her uniform. She always preferred dresses when out of uniform. And I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most of the larger Corporate AIs tried to maintain a serious or non-controversial style. Talking smiles, football-playing Clydesdales, and jovial Presidents of bygone eras were some of the most successful Corporate AIs of the 2050s. I’m still surprised the Spanish-speaking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The irony is that the United States and South Vietnam actually won the Second IndoChina War. For certain definitions of the term. American airstrikes crippled the North Vietnamese economy so completely that they agreed to end the war. They signed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Katy flew off my wing during The War. Saved my bacon more times than I can remember. Though whenever you’ve got a few hours I’m sure she could give you a good rundown. Real detail oriented girl. I owe her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Corporate AIs of the 21st Century were an interesting mix. Smaller corporations sought AIs that would get attention amongst the “computer nerds” of the time, so some became sexy anime girls, some were out of this world wacky “aliens,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up watching the search for new life and new civilizations. The first books I read of my own volition concerned that starship. I learned what volition and so many other words I’d never heard of meant from those[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…