Prince Napoleon of the House of Bonaparte had a name that reminded the French of times when they had ruled the world. He was a successful man, over sixty years old though he did not look it. A name like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2015
I’ve fought a lot of people over time, killed more than I’d care to remember. I’d like to think that I measure my responses to the threats. I don’t shoot someone for mouthing off to me and stuff. And if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twilight wasn’t a nice AI. No one who ever met her would ever make the mistake of thinking she was nice. She was built to destroy everything in sight by a top secret Russian cyber warfare group and started her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you play games where you need to track wounds to your characters? You can scratch the damage out on a sheet with a pencil, or you can take that extra step and toss a wound token down on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Napoleon and his friends started small. They hired extra security to defend their neighborhoods first. Then they hired policemen and soldiers as the government began its slow motion collapse. By the time the Islamic Brotherhood bombed Paris, Napoleon had a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most people recoil from fear. When something ugly and scary jumps at them they step back or turn and run. I learned a long time ago that running will never save you. You’ll only die tired. Me…I step into the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twilight was most effective when fighting her fellow Rogue AIs. She understood them in a way neither Dixie nor Jane ever did, and people didn’t ask questions when she burned down an entire network to wipe out a Rogue AI.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A French economy was already on the verge of failing thanks to the Second Great Depression. The Islamic Jihad tipped it over the edge into full collapse. Hyperinflation ravaged the French middle class, and the working poor lost their jobs,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve found there are three main types of people in the worlds. There’s those that don’t want to fight and never do. They avoid the things that go bump in the night, stay away from anything scary or dangerous. Then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Texas Tech’s Dixie, the United States Defense Department’s Jane, and the Rogue AI Twilight became the primary cybernetic defense along the old US-Mexican border. Jane preferred more aggressive actions, while Dixie proved the long-term peacemaker. Dixie converted Twilight to our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…