The birds of Betelgeuse were more advanced than we were when the Peloran made Contact in fact, and had been a space faring race when Caesar crossed the Rubicon. But they had no hyperdrive. That is because of the Betelgeuse[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sultan of Constantinople knew about the nationalists hoarding weapons in the mountains, but did not inform the Allies. They would just use it as a reason to take more of his territory after all. Instead, he sought to entrench[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know the newsies stopped talking about the birds that inhabit Betelgeuse long ago. It’s amazing to me how many kids grow up these days never even hearing about them now. And most people who do know about them, know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Sultan of Constantinople believed any resistance to the Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire was suicidal without an organized army. Many of his officers chose the resist anyways. Their Sentinel Association combined passive and active resistance to Allied demands,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in Earth’s sky. It’s so bright in fact that we never were able to get an accurate look at the system until we sent a starship to the system. Once there, we found[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the end of The Great War, the divisions in Ottoman society had begun to strain the empire. The virtual end to trade brought about by the Allied invasions, and the arrival of more foreigners demanding special favors further angered[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not many people live in the Sheliak system. For one, it’s a long ways away from Earth. For another, it seems the stresses that tear stars apart do Bad Things to local planets. And watching a star die can bring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Constantinople had been a center of trade since before the Romans bestowed the name of their emperor on her. 1,600 years later, Ottoman society had evolved into the millions of common citizens who paid their taxes, lived, and died without[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sheliak is what we call a destination star. The better part of a thousand lightyears away, we hadn’t even considered going that far before Contact. We’ve gone there since, because we wanted to see what it looked like up close.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Wolfenheim Project had many goals. First among them was of course to colonize a new world far from Earth, a clarion call of “here we are” for the betterment of mankind. But it was also always meant to act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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