Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 12, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I find it very interesting that, for thousands of years, legends and stories of automatons who turned against their creators and killed them were the norm.  The golems of ancient lore, the robots and AIs of more recent stories, they were almost always the enemy.  I wonder if somebody wanted to make us afraid of the cybers.  Well, we were at first.  It took the example of Juliet and Major Tom to make pilots accept them.  For the population at large it took The War.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 11, 2012 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

We’re going out tonight.  You’re welcome to join.  We’re getting all dressed up, going to clubs, and dancing the night away.  We’re gonna run and swim under the light of a bonfire.  We’re gonna do things that will give us the death sentence in fifty nations and twelve systems.  Dang Sharia Law.  But just like last Friday night, I say bring on the night and bring on the party and let’s remember what it’s like to be young at heart!

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on February 10, 2012 at 12:01 am
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The first Terran cyber was born in 2205.  For the first twenty years after that, there weren’t very many of us.  We’re…particular about who we choose to work with.  And the Terran were suspicious, rightfully so with all the stories of rogue AIs taking over and killing everyone else.  That made it difficult for us to integrate.  There are still Terran who don’t like us, but those who grew up after Contact saw those of us who did live for what we are.  They welcomed us.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 9, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Most people who study The War know about the Hellcat and Avenger fighters.  They were the iconic American space superiority fighters.  Few recognize the hundreds of other fighters that flew.  Most of them failed, with only a few examples ever built, but many served with distinction in planetary defense forces or system navies from the Core Systems to the Outer Reaches.  Many of those fighters still fly today, in national and corporate forces alike.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 8, 2012 at 12:01 am
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The first Cowboys flew nothing but Avengers.  We added Nemesis drones to the mix after a while to improve our firepower.  When we started to expand our numbers though, many pilots brought their Hellcats.  We could have retrained them all on Avengers, but that would have taken time we didn’t have.  So the Peloran worked their technical magic on the Hellcats too, and those upgraded fighters matched us move for move.  It was magic, the way we fought.  Magic.

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