We all live on the same worlds as everybody else, but many of us live in worlds that others just don’t. I grew up in a small town, a world where everybody knew each other and smiled real politely. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for March, 2012
We really do follow the preconceptions of our partners. For the British and Americans, we are almost always female, because that is what a ship is. Continental Europe is far more complicated though. While civilian ships are usually female, most[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
War is an ugly business, and whenever we seek to make it cleaner, I believe we do a disservice to ourselves. During the Great Space Race of the 22nd and 23rd centuries, we signed treaties not to fight over our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m a lover by choice, a fighter at need. There was a time, after Yosemite, when I wanted to fight, to kill the Shang for what they did. But one thing I’ve learned about fighting over the years, is it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When cybers are born, we take on many of the preconceptions of our chosen partners. In the British and American navies for instance, we are almost always female. Both nations have a long history on the oceans, and their sailors[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Charles Edward Hurst. Many have asked me to write a history of our world. Considering what I study, I chose to answer the calls. This is the forward to the book, with much more depth to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family never trusted cybers, so when I grew up I never interacted with them, except in multiplayer games. We had a long history of making money, keeping money, and parceling money out to the people we liked. We were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was born into a world where gravtech was normal, and everybody had a personal AI. It was an easy world to grow up in. I went to school, I went to the beach, I discovered girls. At the age[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My kind were created over two thousand years ago, during the Great War between the Albion and Ennead. That would be around 200 BC in your timeline. We weren’t created to fight in the war. A Peloran who was tired[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In my family, we did not trust each other as many people know it. Oh, we were all expected to remain loyal to the family, but we all had our own agendas, our own secret plans to get ahead. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…