Hyperspace travel is very complicated, even now. When we first began using it, even more so. Contrary to popular opinion, we never actually go faster than the speed of light. That is impossible. We simply enter a dimension where light[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for September, 2012
The Portuguese Armada entered The War around the same time the Spanish Armada did. Despite their long rivalry, they’re actually a lot more alike than they are different. Just don’t tell them I said that. I flew off a big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alliance colonized Concord in the late twenty-second century, over a decade before Contact. In that time, we still thought we were alone, and it took our colonists four years to make the one-way trip. They left everything behind to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first hyperspace jumps were performed by truly primitive engine. They would not work inside our solar system, due to the clutter of planets, planetoids, moons, asteroids, and dust swirling around our sun. We left the solar system on a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Norse have been sailing where they want to, trading for or just taking what they want, and going back home to enjoy life for thousands of years. They gave up the raiding bit in favor of just having fun[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alliance used to choose peaceful and happy names for the joint Alliance colonies. We still do actually, but we’ve had to pick some pretty esoteric languages for peaceful words in the last few decades. Harmony is one of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I was born, I knew only what the Terran knew. I had full access to the collected Terran knowledge, including what the Peloran had told us or helped us discover. I had no access to the Peloran knowledge they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some asked why aliens weren’t here. Some said they have been here all along. The Bible speaks of the flaming chariot of God, and many other books speak of similar things. And in our own modern history, UFO reports have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Dutch used to prize their neutrality, until the Nazis came in and killed over two hundred thousand of them. After that, they decided to take sides. They jumped into The War real fast, and De Zeven Provinciën was one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We visited Ife after The War. It was named in honor of the holy city and origin of the Yoruba people, the dominant power in Nigeria after they brought an end to half a millennium of Islamic Jihads. I help[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…