NASA truly went where no one had gone before in the twenty second century. On ships that flew between four and twelve times the speed of light, they scouted over a hundred lightyears away. They spent decades in space. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for October, 2012
When they wanted us controlled, they scared the people into thinking we were dangerous to them. It was class warfare performed by masters of the art. Charles sent me to fight back in my own way. I’m good with music[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I first visited Francia several years after The War. Like so many worlds, it appeared open and waiting for us when we arrived, a perfect near-Earth world. It has many beautiful vistas, from coastal regions bordering warm oceans to high[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA and so many others flew out to Alpha Centauri and Epsilon Indi and so many other systems on rocket ships, barely touching the barest depths of hyperspace for fear of running afoul of a rogue gravity wave. We lost[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They wanted us under control. We declined the invitation. They started a public relations campaign to make us look dangerous. It was really good. I have to give them props for that. They knew how to talk to the frightened[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Memphis is an amazing world to live on, or visit for that matter. It was colonized by Egypt, not the Elvis Reenactors Guild, but even so there actually is an American district on the world where the Reenactors put on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There have always been rich and powerful families. Some have named conspiracies after them. Many thought that Contact would secure their fortunes for generations. The Peloran though followed a policy of ignoring the world’s great families in favor of working[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Alpha Centauri, we traveled to Epsilon Indi and colonized the water world of Pacifica. The best hyperdrive mankind could engineer spent two years taking us to the system. It was an island of order in a sea of chaos,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After The War, we just flew around for a while. Visited the Core Worlds, spent a few days on each. Did a lot of partying. Then we had to do some more fighting. There were people out there that were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before Contact, colony missions were expensive, multinational affairs to start and support, and only the richest nations could afford one. The Australian Federation was one of the very few that could afford to support more than one. They built New[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…