We are human. Cybers. We are just as human as any genie. We think, we communicate, we dream. There is one thing we have trouble with though. Very few of us can lie. We are born to be trustworthy partners,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2012
We have reached for the stars and we have claimed them. Everywhere we’ve gone, we’ve brought our virtues, our sins, and our laws. Every colony, every world, is a unique combination of us, and those of us who fly through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s an old saying that there are only two things in all the worlds that can’t be escaped. Death and taxes. That’s not entirely true anymore. You see, starships are recognized as sovereign States, beholden to no government. We fly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are many types of cybers. Ship cybers, house cybers, and corporate cybers, are just some of the types out there. We do all kinds of jobs, but most of us our specialized for the job we choose to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. I gained two names during The War. The Peloran gave all of us names of animals, and they gave me the name of Hart. I still don’t entirely understand why they picked that name. Still,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Where I grew up, we celebrate Patriot Day. Kids fly around in the cars shouting “The British are coming! The British are coming!” and go to parties. I feel sorry for them. Most of them don’t even realize that it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What people think of cybers is interesting. Most have never spent much time with someone they know to be a cyber, while basically everybody who wants to has spent time with AI assistants. Most people think a cyber is basically[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Holotechnology is one of the primary technologies that we cybers use. The Western Alliance actually did have it when Contact happened, but it wasn’t as portable as it is now. Holoemitters were a major appliance that had to be plugged[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before Contact, we rarely traveled more than a year away from home. It took large stores in food and spare parts to keep a ship flying that long. Magellan Seven’s forty-year mission to The Wall was the greatest undertaking ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The technology we have now is amazing. I grew up with it, but I know enough people who lived without it to appreciate it far more than most my age. I’ve also spent time on new colonies, where the use[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…