The Chinese and their allies had nearly scrubbed us from the over one thousand star systems within a hundred lightyears of the Hyades Cluster. It was the greatest prize humanity had found in the stars, a fortress of interconnected star[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Torchdale was the primary fleet base in Sunnydale during our buildup for the attack on the Hyades Cluster. She’s a gas giant with three major moons, dozens of minor ones, and a veritable motherlode of heavy metals and other fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Hyades Cluster was a truly complex and difficult region of space to navigate. Depending on where you assume the exact core is, there were around forty star systems within ten lightyears of its center, and nearly a quarter of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I first put my feet on Sunnydale in January of 2309. That’s the planet, not the star, or I wouldn’t be writing this fun little story right now. It was a bustling colony of three million people back then, though[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are rules to interstellar warfare. It is slow. Every system is separated by vast interstellar gulfs. There is no such thing as calling up for reinforcements from another system and having them arrive in time to save the day.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I spent over a decade flying out of Sunnydale. I was one of the last Cowboys to arrive back in January of 2309. Got to enjoy one last Christmas and New Years on New Earth before I left. Oh, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Chinese meant for the Hyades Cluster to be the crown of their space empire. They built it into an industrial and military fortress that could forever defend their interests. My family helped fund the effort and learned more about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The original AIs maintain that they actually have the oldest colony in the Alpha Centauri star system. Their thousands of nano probes traveled through the system sailing the ocean of sunslight with their light sails. They explored and studied. They[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The new Voyager Program sent AI-controlled probes into deep space on decades-long trips to star systems within twenty lightyears of our own. The nano probes traveled at 20% the speed of light in a swarm of thousands in search of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I will never forget Tianjin. That is where I took the sniper bullet in the shoulder. It is a painful memory. The crowd thought I was dead. So did the sniper and that is why I lived. He packed up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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