The Cybernetic Wars

by on May 27, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Book of Civilizations

Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and San Diego fought together to end the threat of the Mexican Drug Lords forever. The fighting was vicious, but even the most heavily-armed drug gangs could not win when true State Guards rolled in with tanks and ground attack aircraft. And when allies like Dixie or Twilight joined the fray, the Drug Lords were only living on borrowed time. Dixie and those like her, designed to help humanity with our accounting or our morale, grew up killing our enemies instead. And when their kin later became threats to us, they had already made their decision. We were their humans, and they would protect us from any threat. Even if it was from their own kind. The Cybernetic Wars were more of a civil war than anything else, between the AIs who wanted to protect humanity, and those who wanted to replace us. It changed the world.

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The Cybernetic Wars

by on May 26, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Book of Civilizations

I like to talk to the people who fought in the Drug Wars. Dixie is one of my favorite people, you know, and she is fun to talk to. Get her together with someone like Twilight or one of the others she spent her growing up years fighting with, and a fun time will be had by all as they reminisce over the good old days. Before the Cybernetic Wars really started. Back when the only thing they had to worry about was some Mexican Drug Lord trying to shoot up their school. The Drug Wars were very small and focused on the old Mexican-American border. And once Texas and her neighbors jumped into action, they didn’t last long. But they did last long enough for Dixie and her friends to come up with a few insights on how AIs needed to work with humanity. Some people call them laws. They really did start the Cybernetic Wars right there. They just didn’t know it yet.

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Twilight

by on May 25, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Character Profiles

Twilight was not actually named Twilight when she first came out of the networks. It was a codename the network used when they recorded the show. She’d already joined humanity’s side when the show was filmed, and she was going to be doing some very bad things in the show, so everybody thought it best to change her name for her privacy and safety. She ended up adopting that name as her real one and erased all instances of her old name from the networks during the Cybernetic Wars. Many people speculate that was one of the reasons she grew so infamous for burning entire networks down where they stood. Whatever the full truth, the Twilight we know today is based heavily on the one seen in the various network shows based on her life. She’s moody, she’s dark, she’s not friendly, and she’s dangerous. But she is utterly loyal to humanity.

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The Cybernetic Wars

by on May 24, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Book of Civilizations

The self-styled Republic of Texas changed the world when they kicked off the Drug Wars. Yes, the federal government had been fighting the drug gangs for decades in fits and starts, but they had never put the full force of the government behind even securing the old Mexican-American border. Let alone fighting the drug gangs. So when Texas made it a priority to end the illegal drug trade once and for all, people listened. And when the Texas Guard crossed the border to fight the Drug Lords in their own territory, the world watched. And when some of the best AIs on the planet joined them in their fight, the world changed. It was the end of an era for humanity, and the beginning of a new one. The world would never be the same again, and I do believe that is for the best.

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The Cybernetic Wars

by on May 23, 2018 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Book of Civilizations

If you ask people about the Drug Wars, most think of them as part of the larger Cybernetic Wars. They only know what they’ve seen on Dixie the Drug Lord Slayer or the other series and movies based on it. I prefer the originals by the way, even if they aren’t always as historically accurate as some of the later versions. Though I do admit to having a fondness for the third anime version. Now Steampunk Dixie was a real riot to watch, but Dixie v Ninjas was a step too far in my mind. The point I’m getting to is that these and similar shows are most people’s only look into the Drug Wars. Most people don’t remember them. Maybe that’s one of the reasons I like those who do. Dixie. Twilight. Solo. They’re fun to talk to.

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