I remember the celebration at Old New York like it was yesterday. I found myself with old friends, some of the few who survived the fall of Yosemite. They held me together. Well, they say that we held each other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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After The War, we went to Old New York for the celebration of War’s end. The celebration went on for months, as Veterans came from across known space. Whether retiring or on liberty, the Veterans came home and celebrated with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stories, and the ability to tell them, are one of the many things that make us human. Our imaginations drive us to do things we don’t yet know how to do. Our wishes make us grow, our growth makes us[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the Peloran made Contact, we used rocket ships. Orbital elevators were our only cheap way into space. We had no control of gravity the way we do now. Then the Peloran Battle Squadron flashed into existence before our very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My President pushed a treaty through the re-elected Senate that made the Cowboys a shared unit, where we provided the personnel, and the Peloran provided technological support and operational command. There are those in the military high command who never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Yosemite Yards were built in high geosynchronous orbit near the Panama City Orbital Elevator. All of our major shipyards were up there back then for security reasons. Nobody wanted an American shipyard flying over Chinese airspace for obvious reasons. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t remember the American Presidents of my youth. They didn’t really affect my life. The junior Senator from Colorado did though. When the Shang plastered Washington D.C. with missiles, she stepped up and gave us all an example to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People think that space is cold. They are wrong. It can be cold, and in shadow it is so cold that metal can snap. But in direct sunlight, that same metal can melt due to the heat. Of course, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the Navy called for companies willing to construct new exploration ships, the Numu Federation of western America quickly answered the call by offering the services of their yard complex. They had been building Yosemite Yard for years to support[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really did have a chance to retire after The War. I did retire from the military. But no one really retires from being a Marine. Turns out, it’s the same thing for Cowboys. A lot of us have gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…