As we explored the star systems around us, our governments began to seriously consider another answer to the Fermi Paradox. We may not have had Contact because it is the nature of intelligent life to destroy. Stories of Berserkers or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I served on the HMCS Elizabeth for a few months back in 2315. She was the first Canadian heavy cruiser in Aneerin’s fleet and he wanted someone who knew Canadians to help ease them into the fold. Here’s the secret. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I leave a shard of myself behind on every world I visit, to keep track of what we influence. I’ve been to every Core World as it happens, and after The War and its aftermath we spent several months on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another answer given to the Fermi paradox was that perhaps it was the nature of all life to destroy itself in the end. When we went into space, we found worlds ready to be inhabited, far more than we ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I served on the Indian light cruiser Wind of Autumn for three months during The War. American Indian, not Indian Indian. She was beautiful, one of the last ships finished by Yosemite Yards before the Shang blew it all over[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pacifica is a world dominated by a single huge ocean. I explore under water, usually with other scientists, sometimes alone. It’s nice not having to be worried about drowning. Sometimes I just visit the Arnam who live there now. Often[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Robin Hanson answered the Fermi paradox by suggesting that there was a “Great Filter” that kept intelligent life from existing. He suggested a list of nine possibilities; from life-bearing worlds being rarer than we think, to advanced races inevitably suffering[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the tenth year of The War I served on the USS Independence, a newly built and fresh-crewed American Fleet Carrier. It was good to be home again, but seeing all those smartly dressed and drilled academy graduates thinking they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On New Melbourne, the shard of myself that I left behind is a teacher at A New Hope Secondary School. Yes, we all wear uniforms. And no, they are not inspired by those movies. I teach Advanced Religions of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1950, Enrico Fermi asked a question. It became known as the Fermi paradox. He said that the size of the universe suggests that there should be many extraterrestrial civilizations. So why had we never met them? For over two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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