Archive for March, 2024
Humanity is a religious animal. From our earliest times we believed in gods. And we believe in gods even now. They are not in many cases the same gods, but we do believe in them nevertheless. Many of us believe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
San Santiago itself was the center of unrest in the sector. Nearly a century of investment from rich Corporate interests and Colonists looking for a better life on the edge of civilization butted heads with Central Council administrators who wanted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the San Santiago Sector grew more wealthy, an independence movement grew with it. Young men and women wanting to build a new life out on the fringes of civilization soon found that civilization followed them with rules and regulations[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The San Santiago Sector became prosperous and heavily populated as the decades went by. One colony after another petitioned for and gained a seat on the Union Council, until they had a clear majority on the Council. But the Central[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The San Santiago Sector promised to bring untold riches to the South American Union. It also promised a political upheaval that the Union Council would not abide. Cheaper and faster transports and colony ships sent hundreds of thousands of souls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The South American Union colonized most of the star systems around San Santiago and San Andres, but they optioned out certain systems to others. They needed money to fund their own great expansion after all. Probably the largest of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The South American Union’s colonization of San Santiago, and their discovery of the hyperspace run connecting it directly to Alpha Centauri, changed that sector of space forever. It had taken their colony ship nearly three years to make the trip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The South American Union picked the San Andres colony with care. It was in a largely unexplored sector of space, but there was a star in its neighborhood that might be able to connect directly back to Alpha Centauri. Even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The South American Union first ventured to unwanted stars. San Pedro, San Mateo, and San Marcus orbited dim or distant stars that took years for their hyperdrives to reach. The Big Three targeted stars they could reach and exploit far[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…