I was born into a world where gravtech was normal, and everybody had a personal AI. It was an easy world to grow up in. I went to school, I went to the beach, I discovered girls. At the age[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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My kind were created over two thousand years ago, during the Great War between the Albion and Ennead. That would be around 200 BC in your timeline. We weren’t created to fight in the war. A Peloran who was tired[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In my family, we did not trust each other as many people know it. Oh, we were all expected to remain loyal to the family, but we all had our own agendas, our own secret plans to get ahead. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve learned to trust many things in my life. I did not always agree with my family for instance, but I trusted they had my best interests at heart. I always trusted a father when he told me he’d shoot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trust is part of the bedrock of our lives. We trust our partners and we trust our families. We trust them to look out for us, and they trust us to look out for them. We work together, we live[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Planning is part of life. If we do not plan our life, the life around us will control our actions. I plan for success and for failure, for victory and defeat. I look to every possibility I can conceive of,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve never been one to waste time on planning. I prefer waiting for the moment to come and then taking it. I’ll know what needs doing when it’s time. Recognizing when it’s time to duck out a window before a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Planning is part of our nature, as common as breathing. We make plans for our futures. Even before we’re born, our parents carefully consider what our futures could be like with our prospective partner. And after we’re born, we cybers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up in many places. Philadelphia was the house I came back to, but I spent much time traveling to and from nearby star systems. My father wanted me to take over the family business, so he took me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I lived my childhood in Minnesota, and the beaches there will always be the home of my dreams. But I’ve grown and lived a lot since then. I had to, or I never would have made it through The War[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…