The New Voyager Program

by on September 13, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Book of Civilizations

When the first New Voyager Program probe swarm fired all of their collected energy into the face of the second probe swarm, their targets’ solar sails were at maximum extension. They soaked up the energy the forward probes had collected just like they had originally soaked up the energy from the massive laser arrays orbiting Earth. Those arrays accelerated them up to twenty percent of lightspeed, and the overloaded communications lasers of the forward swarm slowed the surviving probes back down to the speed of the Alpha Centauri Trinary star system. It was a simple plan. Expensive, but simple.

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Sunsets on the Lake

by on September 12, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I grew up with sunsets on the lake. They looked like this flaming bar of light streaking down across the water, rippling with the waves. The color of sky and clouds reflecting around it, and sometimes you saw the sun dip into the clouds. I thought it was normal when I was young. I thought everybody could enjoy it. Then I grew up and learned how precious it was. I always take time to see a real sunset when I can now. To remind me of my youth, to remind me of sunsets on the lake.

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Never Forget

by on September 11, 2018 at 12:02 am
Posted In: Diaries

I was working when the first plane hit that September morning. I got home from work in time to see the replay from a single camera. More cameras were deployed when the second plane hit and I remember watching it live.

At that moment, I knew it was not an accident. I knew we were under attack. It was the day many Americans realized there were people out there who did not like us. People who would go out into the streets and cheer when our countrymen died.

I already knew that, but I will never forget that refresher course. I will never forget those who died that day. I will never forget those who chose to fight that day. Those who marched into burning buildings to save people they did not know. Those who charged their hijackers.

I will never forget how my fellow Americans stood up that day.

It is one of the many days that made me proud to be an American.

I will never forget.

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Vacation

by on September 10, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Today is the first day of the second week of my vacation. The SECOND week. It has been nearly twenty years since I’ve had a full two weeks of vacation. And I have friends over from Europe that I haven’t seen in three years, so this is pretty much the beginning of a great SECOND week of vacation.

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The New Voyager Program

by on September 9, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Book of Civilizations

The first New Voyager Program probe swarm to enter the Alpha Centauri binary system did so with their sails deployed to collect every watt of energy they could from the two stars. Their course took them straight towards Cen A, the brightest star in the system, and they soon overloaded their ability to store the energy they collected. That was all part of their plan. They took all of that energy and pumped it into their communications lasers in one, final, broadcast aimed directly at the second probe swarm.

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