July 2011 – Jack of Harts

Archive for July, 2011

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 31, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

I wear a suit for my day jobs. All of them. Pays to look respectable when you deliver…well…whatever you’re delivering. But when I’m off the jobs, I like to relax in a broken in pair of jeans and a tank[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 30, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

They’re asking again what it’s like not to age. Like I live in some crazy world where everything is wondrous. Fact is, my life ain’t much different from anyone’s. I live out here in the real world, every day. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 29, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

I had a family until the Shang killed them. I found a new family during the war. The Peloran gave us new names. Hawk. Snake. Bull. They have a thing for animals and a lot of the names are awful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 28, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

I’ve flown off Alliance ships. I’ve flown off Peloran ships. I’ve flown off Arnam ships. I’ve even flown off Aesiran ships. They made the difference you know. After the Arnam got pounded into dust bunnies it looked like we were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 27, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

Sometimes I really dislike choices. Walk away or stand and fight. I really don’t like to stand and fight. Did enough of that during the war. But some people just need to be stopped. Some just need to be killed. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 26, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

I’ve heard it said that you can measure a man’s character by the quantity and quality of his enemies. Well, if that’s true, I’ve got an awful lot of character. And that’s the jump alarm. Looks like it’s time for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Arkadia

by Jack on July 25, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: The Essential Galactic Atlas

Have you ever been to Arkadia? They were real powerful back in the old days, then the Ennead blew them away. Now they have the most unique world I’ve ever been to. Imagine a cloud of gas wrapped around a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 24, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

Our war was was pretty easy compared to the last truly great war in these parts. In our war, we really only fought across three sectors, Terran, Peloran, and Arnam. During the war the Peloran remember? Try nine sectors. I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 23, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

Betty’s my cyber. I’m her bio. We’re a team. We retired after the war, and now we do this. A little trading, a little smuggling, a little hunting, a little running. A little studying. The universe was so simple then. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Hello, my name is Jack

by Jack on July 22, 2011 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

The cybers won the war for us. Our partnerships, we have the reaction times of a cybernetic intelligence with the pure randomness of a biological intelligence. No computer can predict us, and no flesh can react to us. Combat is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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