Constantinople created a lot of trade worlds as we expanded into the stars. Arcturus. Antares. Celaeno. Canopus. Polaris. Rastaban and more. They all orbit giant stars that twist the fabric of hyperspace more than standard stars. Starships can sail between[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the French Revolution, the man known simply as Napoleon rose to power and conquered Western Europe. My family organized coalitions of the most powerful nations of the time to fight France, but coalition after coalition failed to do the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Byzantium is an amazing place. The planet, not the old city name. She’s ringed by orbiting space stations that do nothing but trade and buy and sell stuff. It’s like a giant outlet center in places. In other places, it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Independence is the symbol of progress in the Pleiades Sector. The oldest and richest colony, all expeditions to the sector have passed through her space on the way out to their final destinations. Even the Alcyone Expeditions stopped there to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not all of the family left France after the Revolution. Some of them lived common enough lives that they escaped the notice of rabid revolutionaries. Some very few others were such integral and positive parts of the local communities that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Constantinople colonized Arcturus, they were looking far into the future. It was the farthest colony from Earth at the time, on the edge of the interstellar dust cloud that slows travel around Earth and the other nearby star systems. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Independence is a small world, with thinner air and lower gravity than Earth. Despite this, it is a very comfortable world to live on, with large oceans comparable to Earth’s. It is rich in easily accessible minerals that make it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the French Revolution and the slaughter that followed it, the survivors of that branch of my family scattered throughout Europe, and most of the world. India. Australia. Even Russia and Africa. But they were French, and so most of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The people of Independence believe it was the penetration of The Wall separating them from Earth that initiated Contact. Independence Seven had only landed hours before when Admiral Oweoc’s battleship floated down from the clouds to hover over them. Independence[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The original Normans were Viking raiders and invaders. We went wherever we wanted and took what we wanted if someone did not want to trade us for it. We even conquered northern France. We conquered other regions as well, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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