Jack twisted his stick and thrusters flared them around a few pieces of tumbling wreckage. Jack slammed the throttle forward, and engines roared tongues of blue fusion flame behind him. They accelerated towards the British vanguard, and Jack smiled with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for October, 2020
“I’ve got your back, John,” Cassie said. His displays flashed with recommendations and target locks. “Never doubted it for a second,” Christensen said and sprang back to his feet. He lined the rifle in his right hand up on one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So we all know that the President got sick with COVID after the first Presidential debate. So we know that then the debate commission decided they wanted to change the rules for the next debate to make it virtual. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Navy entered a new era of power projection when they began deploying the Dallas-class heavy cruiser. It was larger than the competition, carried more fighters than the competition, sported more missiles than the competition, and was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is an old saying about the Republic of Texas. “Everything is bigger in Texas.” That was not generally true of the Texas Navy due to their reliance on smaller ships that carried fighters. Yes, they did buy some cruisers,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Navy continued their mission of carrying Space Force or Marine starfighters to battle after Contact. The vast majority of their ships were Houstons or Laredos, though they also kept limited numbers of light carriers like the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Navy’s Abilene-class long-range exploration cruisers were spread out all over explored space, dedicated to expanding that area in the last two decades, when the Peloran made Contact. They brought with them hyperdrive and gravitic technologies that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Navy was willing to accept escort and patrol duty as a way to get into space, but they wanted to do so much more than that. The Space Force could keep its short-duration flag-planting missions. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Navy’s primary spacegoing mission for decades was securing the New Earth-Dallas Hyperspace Run. They escorted supply and personnel convoys to the new colony, and patrolled for State-sponsored raiders looking for easy prey. Their deep space cruisers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. I learned that rhyme as a child, and it has always stuck with me. He was part of the Age of Exploration, when Europe started looking outward again. They had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…