There was another use for Pre-Contact projectiles. A particularly ruthless warship commander could stay outside conventional rocket range and fire the projectiles at stationary targets. Planets or space stations are examples of this. Accuracy was the common problem of these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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We live in a spiral galaxy. The galactic arms spiral around the core, spreading out the further away they get. And the stars filling those arms make interstellar travel possible. Literally. We couldn’t do it without them. Think about it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The end of Twilight’s season three became a virtual tour of Los Angeles and Hollywood, filmed on location with real residents becoming extras in most scenes. The finale was a running battle from the Hollywood Walk of Fame to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The primary weakness of projectiles in combat was that they were fired in a certain direction at a certain speed and their ability to modify either course or speed was limited. All a warship had to do was maneuver away[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up near a small town. I went into town every day to go to school. I partied with the townsfolk and all the farm kids in the area. I don’t remember ever being alone as a kid. Yeah,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the end of Twilight’s third season, the network knew they were on the verge of cancellation. In making a case for season four they began doing what the audience had been asking for. The gang tracked Solo’s employers down[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The F-4 Blackhawk was designed by one of the preeminent design teams of her day, responsible for five successful Pre-Contact space fighters. She quickly showed superiority to America’s first three gravtech fighters, and became the most common American starfighter of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The most common Pre-Contact warship attack was the equivalent of David throwing a rock at Goliath. Warships used electromagnetic rail guns, or the older exploding shells of autocannons and machineguns, to fling projectiles at the enemy. Even with rudimentary guidance[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t go it alone when I left the Orion Arm. We took my Privateer of course, hauling four cargo pods packed to the bulkheads with supplies for good measure. And two Austins escorted us all the way. You can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Twilight’s gang searched for terrorists in every major American city during the third season, but they kept missing the mark. Instead they kept finding people in need of help with some every day problem. The new primary sponsors thought that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…