The Republic of Texas Space Force had been working on a new generation of bomber for years when The War began. Most bombers mounted single-shot anti-ship missiles, or other heavy weapons, on external hard points at the time, but Texas[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Republic of Texas Space Force designed and deployed two new combat craft in the three decades that preceded The War. The A-7 Vigilante was expensive and complicated to build, but its heavy autocannon armament made it a superior ground[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Space Force introduced a new generation of gravtech combat craft in the middle of the 23rd century. The Super Tornado and Super Savage were billed as simple upgrades of the older Tornados and Savages for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Republic of Texas Space Force transformed itself after the introduction of gravtech. New craft had longer range and flight duration, allowing them to easily and quickly travel anywhere inside a star system without requiring a transport. They could defend[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Those of you who know me know that I am stubborn. I am opinionated. I have a very straight definition of good and bad. And when people tell me that I’m wrong when I know I’m right, I have a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The crosshairs flashed on his target. He pulled the trigger. The solid slug blew clear through his target and deep into the stairs behind it. Bits of warbot sprayed all over the stairwell and stone splintered behind it. “Good shot,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I’m picking up active targeting radar,” Jasmine announced as the Hellcats flew inside one lightsecond of them. “Looks like a Technicron Actitrax Mark XII or XIII.” “Wasn’t the Mark X they last one they used?” Jack asked. “In the official[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Malcolm’s Blackhawk starfighter shuddered as decoys and jammers shot out to confuse the enemy missiles. His laser cannons pulsed as the fighter squadrons around him laid down their own line in space and countermissiles shot out to kill the missiles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Malcolm winced as the destroyer lurched, and three of her escort fighters simply disappeared, but the survivors stayed in formation and continued to fire at the incoming stream of missiles. She was an Austin-class destroyer, the best American destroyer ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jack placed both hands back on his flight controls and stared at the Shang ships in the distance. They were not going to enjoy what he was about to do to them, and he had a few, short words he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…