At the dawn of the twenty second century, we had a bustling interplanetary economy. Colonies on Luna, Mars, Venus, the Asteroid Belt, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn had spread our race throughout the Terran System. We planted colonies[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The South Africans seriously know how to fight, as the Brits, the Muslims, and any other foes can really relate. I’m talking nightmare material here. When they joined The War, they made a serious impact, sending several squadrons into the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The eleventh Alliance-wide referendum occurred during a time of growing tensions between the Alliance, the Russians, and the Chinese and the colossal failure of the first Reach Colony Mission. In that time, we voted to show our solidarity in time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is my job to be a partner. It is more than a mere job. When we choose to be born, we pick the person we will live our lives with. Sometimes we make mistakes and we have to sever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hyperspace travel is very complicated, even now. When we first began using it, even more so. Contrary to popular opinion, we never actually go faster than the speed of light. That is impossible. We simply enter a dimension where light[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Portuguese Armada entered The War around the same time the Spanish Armada did. Despite their long rivalry, they’re actually a lot more alike than they are different. Just don’t tell them I said that. I flew off a big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alliance colonized Concord in the late twenty-second century, over a decade before Contact. In that time, we still thought we were alone, and it took our colonists four years to make the one-way trip. They left everything behind to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first hyperspace jumps were performed by truly primitive engine. They would not work inside our solar system, due to the clutter of planets, planetoids, moons, asteroids, and dust swirling around our sun. We left the solar system on a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Norse have been sailing where they want to, trading for or just taking what they want, and going back home to enjoy life for thousands of years. They gave up the raiding bit in favor of just having fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alliance used to choose peaceful and happy names for the joint Alliance colonies. We still do actually, but we’ve had to pick some pretty esoteric languages for peaceful words in the last few decades. Harmony is one of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…