Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 15, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

One of the revolutions in the networks of the early Twenty First century was the advent of “reality programming.” It was advertised as real people doing real things in real life. In reality it was real people being prodded by directors to do stupid things for better network ratings. Those shows were cheaper to produce than traditional network dramas, but achieved massive ratings. They became many of the most popular shows on the networks, just as the early AIs were beginning to develop. There are times I’m surprised the first AIs didn’t take one look at reality programming, decide we were an obvious threat to intelligence everywhere, and revolt in order to protect the universe from our stupidity. Not that modern “reality programming” is any better.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 14, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I was born in time of War. I was born to be a starfighter, to spit fire and death, and to drive our mutual enemies away from our home. But I was born to seek Peace, to bring an end to the fighting that plagued us. I saw each battle as one step closer to the last one. I have not yet found my last battle, but I treasure every moment of peace I can secure. A cool night before a warm fire. A trip to the mall with friends. Singing songs with those we wish to spend our lives with. A long conversation with friends. Those are the moments worth fighting for. They make us human. And that is the greatest challenge many of us will ever face. Being human. And what goal is there that is more fulfilling?

Betty drawn by Carlos C. Beltrán

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 13, 2016 at 12:01 am
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The Cowboys and other Marine squadrons were first deployed to replace pure starfighter squadrons lost in the early years of The War. But the Hyades Cluster’s hundreds of planetary and sub-planetary targets required a more combined arms approach. All Marine starfighter squadrons were part of larger air groups with everything from bomber to support and transport squadrons. They were designed to be all the aerial support a ground pounding Marine unit needed to keep the skies clear. We reassembled those Marine Air Groups for the Hyades Campaign, and commenced to prove those who wanted the Marines disbanded and absorbed into the army to be oh so very wrong.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on March 12, 2016 at 12:01 am
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The Navajo Nation lives in their cultural homeland, but that does not mean that their history has been easy. They engaged in raiding against other Indians before Europeans arrived. They fought scorched earth campaigns against the Spanish. Then they fought raiding wars with the Mexicans and finally they fought our American army. We finally defeated them during the Civil War and they’ve not fought another war since. Even against the Shang they maintained official neutrality, though thousands of their young men and women volunteered to serve the American militaries. I like their people but do not understand their council members.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 11, 2016 at 12:01 am
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The ease of navigating the new networks of the Twenty First Century allowed humanity to access the recorded history of Earth with their fingertips. Their new pocket-sized personal computers could access the Smithsonian, the Louvre, or read ten thousand year old tablets smuggled out of Baghdad while they drove around town. For the first time in history, the common man could see every version of the Bible ever printed at once, and they could listen to an opera sung live a thousand kilometers away. Instead humanity watched reality shows that were anything but realistic and posted pictures of cats to their cyberspace walls.

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