I’ve sorta been my own boss since Aneerin got all of us assigned to his task force. The Peloran are more warrior than soldier in the way they fight and think. When they aren’t snuggling up to the nearest tree[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for June, 2015
When the Mexican drug lords sent their people to attack Texas Tech, they may have penetrated campus security. And they may even have been able to find blind spots in the fixed defenses that made it difficult for automated systems[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The global chaos following Peloran Contact collapsed many economies and revitalized others. The arrival of the Shang and Roderan further complicated matters as they sought to make new trade and defense treaties. France became one failed government when corrupt politicians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love my job. I’m my own boss. I pick whatever jobs I want to do. Or whatever Betty picks. Usually what Betty picks if I’m being honest. She has a way of finding things that need doing. As it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Texas Tech was not the first deployment of robots in combat. Many militaries had been sending them on support missions since the turn of the century, and steadily more autonomous robots swarmed over the ground and through the skies as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Do you fancy a little roleplay? Do you like having pictures of the characters you inhabit in your games? Maybe I can help if you want. I ran up a little render of some of the characters I made for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The government infighting following Peloran Contact froze the French economy. French corporations were losing billions of francs a day, and the economy was hemorrhaging people and businesses across every border. The House of Bonaparte had built up a consortium of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I meet some good people in my travels. I meet some bad people. But most people are somewhere in between. Most people don’t want to hurt others, but are perfectly willing to lie or cheat if it will help them[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Japanese had made giant strides in the realm of robotics during the half century before the Second Great Depression began. And they had shared their technology with their allies before the Chinese invaded. So when the Mexican drug lords[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some religions and governments collapsed when the Peloran made Contact. Others changed and adapted. The French did both. Some government officials pushed for their own private fiefdoms to have sole Contact, while others drafted regulations to outlaw the actions. Others[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…