Steel Hammer Main Battle Tank

by on January 25, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Jack's Defense Weekly

Named the Wang Chung Five by Western Alliance Consolidated Intelligence before they learned the Chinese name, the Steel Hammer is one of the older tanks in use by the Chinese Liberation Army. It carries armor plates heavier than cars, a main cannon capable of destroying many enemies with a single salvo, and miniguns, missiles, and mortars for dealing with lesser enemies. Or enemies hiding behind terrain because they are afraid of the main cannon. The Steel Hammer was one of the more common War Era tanks in the Chinese Army, and continues to serve to this day in garrison and militia units.

Steel Hammer on Deviantart

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on January 24, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The Hyades was a long, hard campaign. A decade of fighting on planets and asteroids and space stations against a Chinese Liberation Army that did not know the meaning of the word “surrender.” Literally. I do not think they had the concept in their mind. China was the Middle Kingdom, the best and greatest of all nations on Earth, and the Han Chinese were the master race that could never be defeated no matter how many barbarians raged at their gates. Defeat was unthinkable to them. Unimaginable. They might lose individual battles, but every soldier that died to our guns knew that they were paving the way to Chinese victory with their blood. It was that inability to imagine true defeat that proved their undoing.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on January 23, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Minnesota was real cold when I got home. California was real wet. And a host of other changes had come over Earth. The United States Weather Service had taken care of the really bad stuff, stopping every hurricane in the last five years, and they’d even made a dent in the tornado action on the Great Plains. They’d done a good job stabilizing things, but the global climate was a lot cooler than it had been before Yosemite fell. I don’t mind that one bit, but the Weather Service still has to give Florida special attention to keep all the orange groves from dying. Thank God they’re more reliable than the Postal Service.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on January 22, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The situation on the ground inside the Islamic State of Detroit was very different from that reported by the news networks. The government had used the old rules of Imminent Domain to “legally” confiscate the homes or businesses of Christians or any who did not swear to the Islamic faith. By the time that Twilight entered the city, the nearly 100% Muslim population no longer had an “other” to fear or drive away and had fractured along ethnic or religious lines. Africans did not mix with Arabs who did not mix with Persians, and the Shia and Sunni split was often downright violent, though that did not make the news. The Islamic State of Detroit was simmering on the edge of civil war when Twilight arrived. The spark was easy.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on January 21, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

My family did business with the Chinese back before The War. And they do it now as well. They probably did business with them during The War too if I am being honest. The point is that I had some experience with the Chinese before I went to the Hyades. Walking out in a business suit was still a gamble though. Someone might have shot me for walking down that street. But respect for businessmen was so ingrained in the Chinese psyche that not one person accosted me. Other Cowboys echoed my action, and it was amazing to see how things changed in the Hyades.

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