The modern Normans first formed as a people when Norse mercenaries colonized Normandy. They promised to protect the coasts from other Norse raiders, and intermarried with the local French. As time went by, the Normans married into even the royal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When you’re healthy, you can live a long time. Before the Peloran Treatments, a healthy person could live over a century pretty easy. Mostly, the treatments just improve that, boosting our bodies’ ability to heal themselves. To help them properly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Alpha Centauri B system contains three terrestrial worlds, two of them easily habitable, two gas giants, an asteroid belt, and nine major moons. The asteroid belt, the remains of what might have been a planet were it not for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. I’ve never been one for liking plans. I tend to act by the seat of my pants. No need to trust a plan that will die the moment the enemy comes into the equation after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The oldest surviving home that my family maintains is in Europe. France to be precise. Our home was lost during the 100 Years War. We had other priorities at the time. We acquired it again in later centuries, in exchange[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The interesting thing about the treatments is that nobody reacts in exactly the same way to them. Most people start aging at an effective rate of 1 year for every 10. Some age slower, some faster. The really old can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The original lunar colonies of Alpha Centauri were low to effectively zero gravity affairs. Some moons were little more than an anchor for an attached colony. Others dug massive underground warrens and filled them with air. Low gravity was the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My family is a powerful one, with a lineage stretching back thousands of years if our histories are accurate. We were not always called Hurst of course. Power and money has passed on through, and into, the family via daughters[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Clarice and the others like her, the Peloran spread out the treatments. The health treatments infants, boosted every couple years. The final anti-aging treatments came later. Of course the two are more closely related than most think. Still, they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The moons of Alpha Centauri are some of the oldest colonies of mankind. Every major nation has placed their stamp on those moons, and most minor ones. Most of the colonies are domed of course. That goes with the territory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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