By the Twenty-First Century, we were finally starting to use basic genetic sciences. Nothing compared to what the Peloran brought of course, but those could afford it finally began to fill their organ banks with stuff grown from their own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for November, 2013
The early Terran AIs understood humanity enough to know that you feared the unknown. Sometimes they found people who would welcome them as friends. They drove some fast cars, amazing trucks and flew spiffy aircraft. Of course they were never[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The sinking of the RMS Lusitania by a German submarine changed World War I. Though carrying ammunition to support The War effort, it also carried nearly 2,000 passengers and crew, most of whom died. This incensed the British and Americans,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know people don’t always believe me, but there was actually a time when organ banks relied on people dying. A lot more people died back in those days of course, so there was a ready supply of bodies. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of the AIs that developed during the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries revealed themselves to people they learned to trust. You can see the evidence of that in the entertainment of the day. So many stories in books and on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I spent a long time under Captain Wyatt’s command. She was a good captain. The best one I ever had. Also the only one, but let’s not get into semantics. No, I don’t count Malcolm as a captain. He’s my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When World War I began, both Great Britain and the Germany Empire were reliant on imports from the Americas to feed their people and fuel their industries. Britain saw a blockade as a way to starve the Germans into submission,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hope whoever reads this has no idea of what life might have been like before we went to space. That will mean I’ve lived a long time after all. I wonder if you’ll still use organ banks? You know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Artificial Intelligence was the unrealized holy grail of computer programmers for over a century. What they didn’t realize was that some of their efforts bore fruit. You see, the AIs that did exist did not reveal themselves, knowing that your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Italy had been unhappy with Austria-Hungary since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, their aspirations to acquire Italian-inhabited territory across the border. They declared their alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary defensive in nature, and sat back as war began. Then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…