The warships that provided the Wolfenheim Project’s backbone were all old ships. Retired decades before The War started, they came from the first generation of gravtech construction. We found them in museums or drifting in boneyards, and gave them a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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After the fall of Napoleon, France reeled from being the preeminent power on Continental Europe to what could effectively be called a third rate power. The French monarchy collapsed into the Second Republic, and then Napoleon III reclaimed the throne. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Uplifted animals help us in many ways outside the military or guard duties. One that surprised many people was their exceptional capability in the health care industry. Dogs for instance can diagnose pregnancy and mineral deficiencies with a single sniff. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our militaries deployed many ships and soldiers to the fighting in the Outer Colonies. Tours of duty out there became a prerequisite to advancement, though large warships or formations rarely showed the flag. The Outer Colonies were the province of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After suffering under French occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, many peoples protested the return of old Kings or Emperors that ruled from far away, and nationalistic refrains echoed in the streets. The Kingdom of Sardinia is famous for fighting the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Uplifted animals can carry weapons into battle with us, but that is generally not their primary mission. Most animals at better at some things than we are. Both dogs and cats have spent thousands of years guarding our homes at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was very little fighting in the Core Worlds before The War. Raids and even outright invasions were not uncommon in the Outer Colonies though. Other than a few high profile colonies, they were people who wanted to leave Earth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The uplifted cats we recruited for the Wolfenheim Project spent most of the trip prowling around, looking for stowaways. They caught a lot of rats that somehow penetrated all of our screening procedures. We rarely saw the cats, except when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fearing that another Napoleon could rise and conquer all of Europe, the great powers enacted a series of defensive alliances to maintain the status quo. An attack by any realm would trigger two or three other realms to come to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve uplifted so many different races since figuring out the gengineering required. Some like cats and dogs go everywhere we go. Others are rare, or stay away from the rest of us. You see, despite what a lot of people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…