I have been writing or developing the Jack of Harts universe for years. It started with the characters, and then I began to flesh out the universe around them. What kind of universe would forge someone like the people I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If Capella is the highway to the Hyades Cluster, and if Elnath is the outer gateway, then Kappa Tauri is the innermost gate. Its two system primaries are bright and hot F-type stars just outside the inner Hyades Cluster core.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sunnydale’s not as important as it used to be. We’ve got faster hyperdrives and faster hyperspace runs to work with now. And Sunnydale is closer to the heart of our space than the frontiers now as well. But it is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chinese hyperdrives were never as fast as ours after the Peloran came, but the Chinese held Capella. That star system was one of the strongest beacons systems we settled in the early years, and it was strong enough to form[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sunnydale was out on the end of a nice little trade route back before The War started. Ships took the Alpha Centauri-Tranquility Run, took the next run to Unity, and then completed the final hop to Sunnydale. One hundred and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Elnath is on the outskirts of the Hyades Cluster. Scientists claim it is not part of the Hyades at all, but its commanding position made it the gateway to the Hyades. We had to take it, but the approaches were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The reason people live on a miserable little rock like Scorchdale is simple. It is rich in the rare earth minerals that all modern construction techniques rely upon. It may not be as rich as some other planets in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sunnydale was a prime piece of stellar real estate when we colonized it. She’s hotter, brighter, and more massive than our own sun, and all of that makes her very special. Every star reaches out to nearby stars and forms[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Interstellar navigation is a complicated affair. The simplest way to describe it is to say that there are hyperspace runs or rivers between stars, and the brighter or larger stars have faster runs. Hot and bright blue giants make some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Scorchdale is another prize in Sunnydale’s cap when it comes to providing living space for rugged and individualistic men to live on. Which is another way of saying that it pretty much ranks a zero on the habitability scale. It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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