Watson never has been what you might consider a military AI. Even during the Troubled Times he kept his involvement to the more thinking and supportive roles. That didn’t keep him from being targeted. To many of our enemies thinking is the worst sin after all. And AIs were an abomination against their chosen deity. Watson tried to reason with them. Let’s just say that he was better at surviving firebombings than he was at preventing them.
I lived a good life you know. Back before The War. I had everything I thought I wanted. One thing about losing everything is it can give you a clue as to what you really need. For me that’s friends. People I trust. People I’d give my life to save, or who would give theirs to save mine. War can bring the worst out in men. But it can also bring out the best. It was my privilege to know some of the best. And their names I will keep alive as long as I live.
Germany’s National Socialist party drove the country forward, calling on all true Germans to stand up for a new Germany. Youth leagues opened to teach the children how to be good Germans, silent factories reopened to build weapons for defense, and women were encouraged to seek jobs to rebuild Germany. Everyone was encouraged to sacrifice equally for the glory of Germany and the German people, and soon Germany stood head and shoulders above all nations on Earth.
We’ve colonized several worlds and moons in the Epsilon Indi system. The one most people think of and where most people live is Pacifica. The ocean world. The vacation hotspot. Yes, I go to the beaches there. What would you have me do instead? Mountain climbing? The beaches are just too much fun to miss whenever I get in system. Of course I do have a thing for beaches. They have awesome bonfires. And that’s my story.
I was born American. A lot of us don’t realize how lucky that makes us. But we’re happy to be it and happy to say it. We’re real proud of being it. Most of us. We love telling government where it can stick things. We love shooting guns. We love a good grill off. And we love blowing stuff up in celebration of everything that being American is. It’s Fourth of July. Go blow something up. Make sure you ain’t it.