The Republic of Texas

by on February 25, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Jack Hart began commanding Hart Fleet during the initial invasion of the Hyades Cluster. He collected all of the ne’erdowells, misfits, and wanderlust into his organization. Sometimes it felt as if the more disrespectful they were, the more he liked them. It would be more accurate to say that he wanted those who did not fit in anywhere else. He wanted independent thinkers. He wanted those willing to bend the rules, or break them while coming up with a reasonable argument for why they actually bent them. He wanted people who would create new rules when the time called for it. His people are the most troublesome lot of Cowboys you’re ever likely to meet, but they took to the outskirts of galactic society after War’s End. They fly through the outer frontiers of human expansion, where peacekeepers are often most needed and welcomed by the common citizens.

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The Republic of Texas

by on February 24, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Jay Lovato commands Bull Fleet. He is the son of the Navajo Nation President, and most of his pilots came from powerful American families or corporations. His Cowboys remained in Earthspace after War’s End, and spent the following decades as the public face of the Cowboys for most people. They are official peacekeepers, like all Cowboys, but most often take action during natural disasters in support of first responders. There is little call for swift frontier justice in the Core Worlds, and Core World administrators often distrust Cowboys who act in a peacekeeping role without first obtaining the approval of the local administrators. Bull Fleet Cowboys are accepted and tolerated to a large degree because they give due respect and honor to the administrators. Their primary standard duty is maintaining communications with the other Cowboys and recruiting new Cowboys.

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America Is Worth It

by on February 23, 2021 at 12:01 am
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This is the first full week in my lifetime in which Rush Limbaugh is gone. Some people loved him. Some people hated him. The simple fact is that he loved this country, and I will share one of his statements here.

“America is worth it, America is worth fighting for, America is worth not giving up.”

Seyla.

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The Republic of Texas

by on February 22, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Charles Edward Hurst commanded Wolf Fleet through to War’s End. He commanded many famous pilots in his time, including most of the alien pilots who joined the Cowboys. It was a veritable menagerie of different species and random rich or powerful individuals. Christian Mack was probably the most famous of them, due to his many award-winning roles in films and series, and he ran the fleet in every way that mattered. The old sergeant worked with the Tarrant County Sheriff to maintain the Cowboys’ unique nature, and would take command of the fleet when Major Hurst retired. The renamed Ram Fleet would spread throughout the ever-expanding outer colonial regions in the decades that followed, providing peacekeeping and para-military services to anyone in need.

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The Republic of Texas

by on February 21, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Cowboys had long since ceased being a mere squadron by War’s End. They measured three full fleets of over a hundred pilots each, flying off their own starships with hundreds of drone fighters under their command. They helped keep the peace in the Hyades Cluster, providing valuable assistance to the Republic of China administrators. The Cowboys stood be between the local civilians and the need for massive occupying forces, and many credit them with keeping the cluster from going out of control. Those who make a living attempting to discredit the Cowboys are not in that number, and they have tried to hamstring them multiple times in the decades since War’s End.

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