Hello, my name is Charles

by on October 8, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The primary weakness of projectiles in combat was that they were fired in a certain direction at a certain speed and their ability to modify either course or speed was limited. All a warship had to do was maneuver away from their projected course and it would never have to worry about being hit. That meant warships had to fire at short range to stop the enemy from having time to maneuver away. Most Pre-Contact space combat was a matter of tanks at ten paces blazing away at each other in hopes of cracking enemy armor for the lasers to burn away before being cracked themselves.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on October 7, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I grew up near a small town. I went into town every day to go to school. I partied with the townsfolk and all the farm kids in the area. I don’t remember ever being alone as a kid. Yeah, my house was on a lake, and there weren’t any other houses within sight, and I liked that. But civilization was a few minutes away. I’ve gotten used to being a few days away from civilization now that I travel the star lanes, but that did not prepare me for leaving the very stars behind. Life outside the arms of the galaxy is…truly and completely isolating.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on October 6, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

By the end of Twilight’s third season, the network knew they were on the verge of cancellation. In making a case for season four they began doing what the audience had been asking for. The gang tracked Solo’s employers down to Los Angeles and engaged a terrorist cell there in both the physical and cybernetic worlds. They also unveiled a new-to-the-series Rogue AI intent on its own goals and using the Salafi terrorists as a smoke screen. The season finale was filmed on location in Los Angeles and the local Chamber of Commerce went to great lengths to help the production.

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Blackhawk Starfighter

by on October 5, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Jack's Defense Weekly

The F-4 Blackhawk was designed by one of the preeminent design teams of her day, responsible for five successful Pre-Contact space fighters. She quickly showed superiority to America’s first three gravtech fighters, and became the most common American starfighter of her generation. Even after being retired in favor of the Hellcat, the Blackhawk continued to serve in corporate and militia forces. Post-War Hellcats have eaten into that market, but the Blackhawk is still the most common privately owned starfighter in Terran space. Typically armed with twin laser cannons and side-mounted missile pods, numerous War-era upgrades gave her significantly more firepower, increased endurance, and advanced deflection grids. Now serving in her second century of life, the Blackhawk is still a popular and dangerous starfighter.

Blackhawk starfighter on Deviantart

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on October 4, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The most common Pre-Contact warship attack was the equivalent of David throwing a rock at Goliath. Warships used electromagnetic rail guns, or the older exploding shells of autocannons and machineguns, to fling projectiles at the enemy. Even with rudimentary guidance modules and maneuvering thrusters, warships could easily carry a thousand projectiles of various common sizes for any one rocket. And while the individual launchers were larger than a rocket launcher, the ability to fire more than once is a decided advantage when engaged in prolonged combat.

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