History talks about how we met aliens and found out they were human too. Homo Sapiens that is. Homo Stellaris. Whatever. Point is, it’s sorta true. Yes, the most powerful are, but there are others. We’ve uplifted cats and dogs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The frequency of habitable worlds in our area of space is far beyond what scientists ever projected. Some people theorize some intelligent design process. Our terraforming of Mars and Venus is as an example of that. But we have yet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Santa Anna signed an agreement recognizing the Republic of Texas. In return, the Texans agreed not to shoot him dead and sent him away. In practice, once he was gone, Mexico never accepted the agreements, stating that he had no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arnami live and breathe under water. They grow up knowing that the world is made of three dimensions. Swimming up and down is as natural as going left or right. That actually makes them very good special navigators. And they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One surprise to many scientists was the discovery of habitable worlds around nearby giant star systems. A giant star is formed when a normal star like our own sun reaches the end of its life cycle and expands, usually eating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Mayan rebellion in the Yucatan, and the twin Rio Grande and Texas rebellions in the north nearly destroyed Santa Anna’s Mexico. It took Mexico over fifty years to retake the Yucatan, and small rebellions continued for another three decades[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Arnami are like the Peloran in many ways. Of course, they were both created by the Albion so they should be. The Arnami don’t age for one. They heal from any wound that doesn’t kill them. They never get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s one thing that the galaxy has shown humanity. Life’s resilient. Individual life forms die, but life in all its myriad ways continues. No matter how harsh a world is, you will find life of some kind there. You see,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Southerners that settled Texas brought their slaves with them. Mexican law required them to free the slaves, and years of legal wrangling followed. It wasn’t the only crisis Mexico had though. Between Indian raids in the north and south,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of my best friends are Arnami. I grew up with them, swimming in the Great Lakes and the Boundary Waters. Others I met after The War when I traveled out to their space. They’re pretty much like us in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…