Though victorious on the Eastern Front in World War I, as the Western Front deteriorated, factory strikes and uprisings tore at the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The death of the long reigning Emperor-King further destabilized it, and Allied advances in the West[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Albion is a world I’ve been to many times. British Albion, not Albion Albion. The Shang gravitics tore much of the atmosphere away, and the Winter Contingency killed most of the wildlife. But the British built fanciful floating cities over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In France, Islamic Brotherhoods marched under the mushroom clouds over Paris to convert the nation to their ways. Knowing she would be deleted if captured, the French AI Chloe had no choice but to take up what weapons she could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Olivia was one of the few survivors of the Battles of Epsilon Reticuli and Serenity. She escaped the first and won the second. But so many politicians always try to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory, and she had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the French occupiers left, the German economy continued to slide into ruin, and the people looked for anyone who promised to defend the Germans from their rightful enemies. Voices called for a reckoning, and Adolph Hitler was one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been to many worlds, some of them beautiful, some dangerous, and some both. Capella is most definitely both. There are some very interesting and energetic rare gases in the world’s atmosphere, and floating mining cities harvest them at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After years of warfare on the smaller islands, the Chinese finally hit the Japanese home islands. AIs swept the sky of Chinese aircraft and wrecked the communications networks, slowing the Chinese advance to a crawl. But nothing could stop them. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The French occupation forces in Post-War Germany acquired many resources, significantly reducing the backlog of Reparations called for in the Treaty of Versailles. But the deaths of German civilians cost them far more in international relations. Germany became the downtrodden[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have visited hundreds of worlds in my time. Maybe more. And I’ve seen plenty of sights, from the dangerous deserts of Alpha Ceti V to the floating mines of Capella. Alpha Ceti V’s star just doesn’t have the normal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The largest result of the Second Great Depression in the Eastern World was the rise of China into a true superpower. Japan and the largest concentration of developed AIs on the planet stood alone against that juggernaut for years. Zelda[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…