Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 20, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The comparatively small Shooting Stars of squadrons like VMR-234, the Rangers, carried most of the ground pounders who secured the landing zones for the big army transports that waddled in afterwards. And once the army was in charge they secured and built our Marine bases. We rarely went anywhere in the Hyades Cluster without some Shooting Stars around. They were hypercapable, and a single squadron of Shooting Stars could carry a full company of Marines from system to system. That allowed us to raid the Chinese anywhere in the Hyades without having to draw on our limited supply of warships. The Chinese never did learn how to deal with that. Beyond defending every system of course. But we had an answer for that too.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on March 19, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Character Profiles, Diaries

Jay Lovato and all his fellows who volunteered to serve America never served in a single Navajo military unit. The Navajo Nation doesn’t have a military. The council claims it is for cultural and religious reasons. I think they just don’t want to spend the money on it. Whatever the reasons, Jay and friends became heroes of America. I remember hearing them grumble about their council, Jay’s dad always the exception of course. Believe it or not I figured out that was a good thing. There’s a lot of places where you can’t grumble about the government without getting you and your family disappeared or worse. So that’s good at least.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 18, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The Twentieth century had been home to many different types of networks. Television. Radio. Computer. News. Entertainment. The Twenty First century found those stratified network definitions fading away. Television and radio networks began broadcasting via the new Internet. News became more entertaining to boost ratings. And many began to get their news from what had been pure entertainment before then. The melding of the networks did not go easily, and it was not bloodless. In either the cybernetic or real worlds.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 17, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The Cowboys were part of Marine Aircraft Group 41 when The War began. Texas originally activated reserve squadrons one at a time to fill in for losses during The War. But they activated the entire air group for the Hyades Campaign and VMR-234 became instrumental to the effort. The Rangers flew C-2 Shooting Star transports that carried everything from supplies to Marine ground pounders throughout the Hyades. We kept the skies clear for them, and they delivered the GROPOS that kept our bases secure. The Rangers went everywhere, and they were needed there. Make no mistake on that point. They were invaluable.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on March 16, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Character Profiles, Diaries

Most of you have heard of Jay Lovato. Founding member of Cowboy squadron. Descendent of an original Navajo Code Talker. Son of the president of the Navajo Nation. Hero of a hundred worlds. A giant among men. Played by that Oscar-award winning actor whose name I can never remember. Smith. Lance. Something like that. Whatever. He’s a good guy. Jay. I owe my life to him more often than I care to admit. I figure I’ve saved his once or twice in return. He’s a good guy to have in your corner when the fighting gets ugly. Well, the fighting got real ugly a lot more than I care to remember, so I’m happy to say he was at my side a lot. Thank God.

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