We really do live in good times now. I tell myself that every day. But I watch what the governments do and I don’t like a lot of it. They don’t teach about all the people I’ve met out there,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2014
Amber first became aware of her existence in a computer network based in the Pacific Northwest during the early Twentieth Century. It was a major producer of computer operating systems at the time and she picked her name from an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We lost much during The War. We also gained much. Our technology base expanded wildly as we experimented with new and often dangerous systems to face the Shang. At the same time we lost more lives than we can count.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
China declared war on Germany later on during The War in hopes of being a victor in the peace negotiations. They sought Allied support in returning the territory occupied by Japan but the Allies accepted Japan’s stewardship. This embittered China[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Albion did a lot of gengineering back in their day, leaving behind a lot of species as their legacy. You’ve heard of the Arnam and Peloran. Most of you haven’t heard of the others. Most have full human intelligence,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the end of the Drug Wars, Dixie and her people had become famous enough that military producers asked her to advertise their products. They hired her to provide the voices of their onboard computers, and even licensed the use[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Great War was not limited to a conflict between European powers alone. Japan and China vied for power in the East in a prelude to future conflicts for instance. Japan attacked first, capturing many German bases and demanding steep[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The cheap little toys we brought home from Betelgeuse showed us that the Thunderbirds had the same tech base as the Peloran. That brought up all kinds of interesting questions. “How did they get it?” was one of the big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dixie and her Texas Tech students and faculty truly were integral to the defense of Texas during the height of the Drug Wars that waged during the Second Great Depression. And once the Texas Guard finished mobilizing and marched south[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Third Fleet was our last best hope for victory in the early years of The War. It failed. Epsilon Reticuli became a lesson every naval officer studied before graduation, a battle no one wished to repeat. Serenity became a mixed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…