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…
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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…
The fall of the Ottoman Empire caused much chaos in the territories the Allies officially conquered. In the Ottoman heartland though, there would be one final strike that would put the stake in the heart of the Empire. Constantinople, one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Modern Alshain has a lot going for it. Warm, sandy beaches on the one hand. Cold, snowy mountains on the other. And low gravity on the other hand. Add in a low population density and it is a vacation hotspot.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elizabeth came out of the network many years after the British Commonwealth came back to her feet. She never answered any questions about the student who saved her life, but willingly explained her motivations and plans during the Second Great[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…