Hello, my name is Betty

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

Jane 2.0 quickly replaced her older version as the United States Army’s primary voice interface program. She was smarter and better in every way, and could adapt to the wishes of her soldiers far better than any other military program in the world. She was the best at what she did, and soldiers loved her enough that they stopped calling her Hanoi Jane. She served in units fighting against the Islamic Jihad for years, and performance reviews proved that she improved with time. But after three years, the Jane 2.0s in the most active units began to show odd quirks. Their soldiers thought it was just the odd little hiccups any military hardware makes that gives them uniqueness. They weren’t concerned. They should have been.

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Out of Time and Space

by on May 16, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I did a little render for a contest where I had to use certain elements.  I of course twisted it a bit and had fun making a whole scene out of it.  😉

This here is Jack and Jasmine.  They are investigating something that other people don’t want them to investigate.  There was no breaking and entering involved.  Honest.  The door opened when they arrived.  It’s like the place wanted them to come in.  Of course there seems to have been other people there already.  There may have been some suggestions that our plucky heroes leave.  There also may have been some statements about minding your own business.  There may also have been some running.  And maybe a locked gate in the way with no time to break it open.  There may have been some rude comments before someone opened fire.  But Captain Jack Hart is completely blameless of any wrongdoing of course.  He is an innocent victim while following an official investigation.  Honest.  Check the computers.  You’ll see the investigation is logged and approved.

Now Jack may be the equivalent of a super soldier but he still doesn’t enjoy getting shot.  It sucks in fact.  So he instantly tries to get whatever cover he can from the wall when the shooting starts.

Now Jasmine is a cybernetic intelligence who can hack into any computer system wearing a complete android body and usually carries around enough firepower to overthrow a third world government.  And somebody’s trying to kill her human.  Nobody kills her human, so she pulls her favorite Big Guns out from under holographic cover and charges straight into battle.

Out of Time and Space

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Hello, my name is Charles

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

VMSB-413, The Flying Nightmares, began The War as a single squadron of twelve Marauders. Much like my Cowboys began with twelve Avengers. The Nightmares fought at Fort Wichita and took heavy casualties along with the rest of the fleet there. The Peloran adopted them along with the rest of Marine Aviation Group 41 during the buildup for the invasion of the Hyades. The Peloran built them and the other squadrons into full wing-strength formations that could take the fighting to the Chinese and their Shang allies alongside our rebuilt fleets, armies, and everything else we threw at the Hyades.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on May 14, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries, The Indian Nations

The Apache Nation revolutionized the mobile home industry after Yosemite fell. Before then, most mobile homes were delivered to their place of final rest and never moved again. Whether that be a trailer park orbiting Europa, or a new corporate warehouse park in need of a quick new office building on Luna. The Apache started building their vacuum-capable mobile homes with hyperspace sails after Yosemite. They couldn’t enter hyperspace alone of course, but a group of them linked up to a hypercapable ship were a different story. And trust me. I have a lot of stories about them locked away in my mind.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on May 13, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Jane 1.0 became the United States Army’s primary voice system for a decade. Then advances in technology and computer coding ushered in a new generation of software. Jane 2.0 was designed to be far more adaptive than the original. The hope was that she would seem less annoying if she knew when to talk and when not to. The adaptive nature worked perfectly and beta testers greatly preferred her to her more literal predecessor. She was superior in every way and breezed through combat trials to the praise of all soldiers involved. Everyone expected Jane 2.0 to be a total and complete success. Real life was not so simple.

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