I don’t remember the American Presidents of my youth. They didn’t really affect my life. The junior Senator from Colorado did though. When the Shang plastered Washington D.C. with missiles, she stepped up and gave us all an example to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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People think that space is cold. They are wrong. It can be cold, and in shadow it is so cold that metal can snap. But in direct sunlight, that same metal can melt due to the heat. Of course, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the Navy called for companies willing to construct new exploration ships, the Numu Federation of western America quickly answered the call by offering the services of their yard complex. They had been building Yosemite Yard for years to support[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really did have a chance to retire after The War. I did retire from the military. But no one really retires from being a Marine. Turns out, it’s the same thing for Cowboys. A lot of us have gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Americans have a flair for using names like Freedom, Independence, and Liberty to celebrate the rugged individuality that supposedly won the rebellion. In actuality, it was teamwork and hanging together that made America great, and it was just that organization[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a decade of failed Navy exploration missions, the government moved to acquire NASA resources to fix the program, but the NASA ships had been sent to the ship breakers, the companies that built them went out of business due[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I remember an old saying. Join the military, meet new and interesting people, and kill them. I never wanted that as a boy. I don’t really want that now either. I’d really like to sit back and party and never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Destiny Colony Mission was the Western Alliance’s last grand gesture in our first century of travel to the stars. The multi-ship mission left before the end of the century and spent four years traveling to KZ Andromedae A, welcoming[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When The War ended, we were heroes to the people and our fellow Marines. We fought in heartbreaking defeats and our greatest victories alike. To military command though, we were never real Marines. They never forgot our quick promotions, our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The United States Navy said that they could replace NASA the moment they got the mandate, but life, as it often is was not that simple. Navy rocket ships carried powerful weapons and engines, sheathed in heavy armor, but they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…