Jesse

by on February 26, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Jesse James is built like a comic book superhero. I’m not joking. Growing up on a farm is not easy. The weight of responsibility breeds hard men with strong muscles, broad shoulders, and chiseled jaws. In Jesse’s case at least. A narrow waist, brown hair the color of Kansas dirt, and bright blue eyes complete the look that most guys have to be sculpted to get. But the smile he wears most of the time causes most people to underestimate him. They think the only thing he’s in danger of annihilating is a good steak, like a regular Clark Kent or something. He actually grew a goatee to look a little bit more dangerous. He shaved that off after War’s End of course. But I’ll always remember him like that.

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Jesse

by on February 25, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Jesse James, no relation to the historical figure that I know of, was one of the most normal Cowboys we ever had. I have no idea how he got roped in with the rest of us crazies. He was an honest-to-God dirt-grubbing farmer from Kansas when Yosemite fell. Grew up not far from Old Fort Hays. That would be the city not the orbital defense platform. The prairie fires burned his farm to the dirt and he needed money to rebuild. That was his reason for volunteering to serve. I kid you not. He had no grand mission to kill every Shang he could. No tragic story of lost loved ones and swearing missions of revenge against those who wronged him. He just needed money to rebuild the farm. And somehow he got roped in with all the juvenile delinquents and rich Family kids that got routed to the Cowboys. God works in mysterious ways.

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Ken

by on February 24, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Ken Banno is a perfect example of the stereotypical Cowboy who patrols the spacelanes as he travels from system to system. His active mission is to find Japanese ex-patriots, and his starship typically carries a dozen or more people that he’s found in his travels. His hope is to find a way to get them home, and if that fails, to at least help them build a better life, and that mission takes him throughout colonized space and beyond. He rarely stays in one place for more than a few days, and is constantly looking for new places to search through. And while he is moving through one colony after another, he is always on the lookout for people or places that need some peace kept. He doesn’t enforce laws. He keeps the peace. There is a difference, and he works very hard to stay on the peacekeeping side of the fence.

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Ken

by on February 23, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Kenichi Banno still paints his fighter in bright pink or yellow to this day, and he loves emblazoning various cute and cuddly characters where all can see them. Though the smart paint shifts to more suitable patterns if he is forced into a fight. The various tools he uses are similarly designed to look like anything but a weapon. His suits are… loud and proud. He’s gone through every pastel shade over the years. He’s done bell-bottoms and Miami Vice jackets. You name it. If it’s loud, and gets attention, he’s tried it. He wants everybody to see him coming so no one thinks he’s trying to sneak up on them. He walks up and tries to get people to agree to be peaceful. He doesn’t want to fight them. Anyone with a brain wouldn’t want to fight him. But in the end, there are always people who choose poorly, and Ken will deal with them if they give him no other choice.

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Ken

by on February 22, 2022 at 12:01 am
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Ken Banno has never told us how many of his people he brought home after War’s End. It would be a loss of honor to advertise them. But we know hundreds of thousands slowly returned to Los Angeles after the Empress rebuilt it. Some admitted to having fought, and publicly surrendered a ceremonial weapon on the steps of her palace. Most returned with some story about sheltering in Texas, Dixie, or New England, and their friends, families, and neighbors pretended to believe them. It would be a loss of face and honor on both sides to question their stories. Ken Banno never surrendered a weapon. He never returned to his old life. He remains a Cowboy to this day, serving the Empress as her personal representative to our organization.

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