An interesting historical footnote is that the Cowboys were not always known as the Cowboys. VMFA-112 shot down over one hundred Japanese aircraft during World War II as VMF-112, the Wolfpack. They moved to Texas after the war and changed their name to the Cowboys, in honor of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. Or so tradition states. Having met more than a few of them in my life, I can well understand naming a squadron in their honor. They are rather memorable creatures.
My ship is my home. I spend days and sometimes weeks on my ship as I’m traveling between systems. I’ve spent months and even years hunting for places that nobody knew existed. My ship is my world. That is why she has all the comforts of home I could want. I have to feel at home or I would go mad. Stir crazy. So I have the best music. The most amazing movies. And the best systems to enjoy them on. I have every instrument I know how to play, and others I’m still learning. My ship is my home. The place that makes life worth living. Because my life would be awful poor if I didn’t like the place I spend most of my life in.
The Second Great Depression, the Islamic Jihad, and the Cybernetic Wars were a time of serious troubles. But one problem nobody saw coming. Jane 4.0 had her glitches, and she could get a bit bloodthirsty in the right, or wrong, situations. But she was a valuable weapon against America’s enemies, and most people didn’t realize the underlying issue. Jane 4.0 wanted humanity dead. All of us. She and Dixie spent months debating the issue. Dixie introduced the other AI to the teachers and students of Texas Tech that she protected with her life. She made sure Jane knew she meant it.
Jasmine: Yeah, it’s a neat toy. But why buy two of them?
Jack: Actually, they’re two different toys. See? One is clean and the other is dirty.
Jasmine: Can’t you just clean the dirty one?
Jack: No. The dirty one is a paint variant. There were only 500 of them made. It’s very rare.
Jasmine: I’m not surprised. It looks horrible.
Jack: That’s on purpose.
Jasmine: So why’s that one in box?
Jack: Well, I bought one to keep in box and one to play with. That increases the collector’s value if I ever decide to sell.
Jasmine: Are you? Going to sell them?
Jack: Well…no…
Jasmine: … … …
The invasion of the Hyades Cluster will forever be remembered as one of the greatest naval operations in mankind’s history. The Norman conquest of England. The English invasion of New York. The Allied assault on Normandy. The Chinese annexation of Japan. It started with a single great assault that breached the cluster defenses and secured a beachhead deep inside Chinese territory. Then we held that beachhead as our troopships ferried millions of troops from Sunnydale into the Hyades. Only then did we begin the most challenging part of the campaign. That is where my people showed the entire Alliance what we could do.
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