The Peloran spent a century helping us learn to build better gravtech. We ran through what must have been thousands of years of technology in a mere century. We created new worlds with it, both physical and virtual, and many[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Slave States saw the coming Republican majorities in the House and Senate as a threat to their way of life. They feared an outright abolition of Slavery, and the European branches of my family jumped on that fear. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite the differences, uplifted cats are hard to separate from normal cats. On the one hand, they don’t herd well. On the other, they blend in real good. And on the other hand (you counting hands yet?) they do not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Peloran don’t actually give us much of anything. I know the common history is that they came and gave us a new generation of technology. Gravtech is the common name. I’m an example of that. The truth is that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The question of Slavery became too polarizing in the election of 1860, with extremists on either side of the Slave issue leading the charge. The Republicans ran a Free State campaign, the Democrats split into two parties over degrees of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One thing that a lot of people don’t know is that all uplifted cats are descended from the Hemingway Cats. They were considered the smartest and most adaptable of their kind, and the original gengineers spliced a lot of other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Peloran don’t share their star charts with us. We know they are vast, but they rarely actually tell us anything. The most they will do is warn us about areas that might be threats. After a few expeditions tore[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After decades of Democratic first party rule in the United States, Free State politicians reformed the Republican Party. Their driving mission was to eradicate Slavery in every State and Territory, and Free Staters from almost every major party flocked to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cats have traveled with us since the times of ancient Egypt. They were part of the ship’s crew, with a job like everyone else on board, from hunting birds to rodents aboard ship. They warned us of storms, served as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve explored thousands of star systems since first going to the stars. But we’ve never been the first visitors. We’ve had centuries to explorer. The Peloran have had over two millennia, and we don’t know how long the Albion had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…