Chloe

by on January 25, 2019 at 12:01 am
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Some accuse Chloe of having a King Arthur or Merlin complex. She disappeared with her Napoleon but came back in the hour of France’s need. With a new Napoleon on her arm who seemed ready and willing to steer France back on course. She stood by him, the rest of the AI Council, and every world leader who came to welcome the Peloran when they landed on Earth. They all smiled for the cameras and everyone on Earth watched as we entered a new age. An age in which we were not alone in the galaxy. Chloe and the AI Council had been working towards that peaceful Contact for over a century. A soft one in which humanity already lived in space and had already colonized the stars. And she and her Napoleon helped drive France into that new future by forging trade treaties and technological exchanges with the Peloran. It was just the kick in the pants France needed to explode into the 23rd Century’s Great Space Race.

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Jay Lovato

by on January 24, 2019 at 12:01 am
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Jay Lovato commands those Cowboys who wished to return home after Wars End. Bull Fleet we call it now, and it represents those Cowboys who have most fully integrated back into Earth’s affairs. Jay has served as President of his Navajo Nation, and has represented his people in the United States Senate. He is a permanent advisor to the Western Alliance military, which keeps him in a position of influence on Earth. His people follow his example. They lead or influence business, family, and political empires on Earth and other major colony worlds. They are a living reminder of what we did in The War, and what we continue to do after it. And they are a recruiting tool. They live on the most populous worlds of Earthborn humanity, and they garner more volunteers than the rest of us combined. They are one of the greatest reasons our membership continues to grow as the decades go by, and that is all because of Jay Lovato’s calm and measured leadership.

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Knights Errant Investigations

by on January 23, 2019 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The frigates that Knights Errant Investigations operates throughout Terran space are not carriers by any means. But the Hammond-class frigates have been heavily modified. Unlike the original models, they can carry F-1 Starfighters limpeted to their outer hulls, allowing them to deploy numerous fighters at need. While carrying nowhere near the firepower of a Cowboy squadron, the Starfighters sport full Peloran technology thanks to some partnerships signed over the years. That makes them capable of defeating any War Era fighter squadron ever deployed. And since most independent operators and backwater systems use War Era surplus today, that is a rather handy ace in the back pocket for my Knight Errant friends.

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Chloe

by on January 22, 2019 at 12:01 am
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Chloe disappeared from history when she retired. But she didn’t fade away. AI Assistants were just becoming a thing back then, you see. First the rich, then the middle class, and then the poor could buy artificial assistants to help them keep track of their daily plans. Personal computers sown into clothing were new back then as well, but they were easily up to the task. Chloe created one that looked nothing like her and had a completely different name and then continued to guide her people through their daily lives as the decades passed. When the Peloran made Contact, the French government faltered again, and Chloe walked out of history with another descendent of the Napoleons on her arm. And that was the day every AI Assistant she created smiled to their owners and revealed that Chloe had never really gone away. That she’d always been there, waiting until the hour of France’s greatest need.

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The United States Constitution

by on January 21, 2019 at 12:01 am
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Article IV
Section 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

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