Hello, my name is Medron

by on March 29, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I am taking this week off from my normal posting style. My apendix burst at 6AM on Monday. I called 911 at 7:30 and was at the hospital by 8. At 10 their tests told me what was wrong and they pumped me full of antibiotics. They had me in surgery at 2:15 and they managed to do it with two small incisions rather than one big one. There were multuple perferations in the apendix. Major burst. Then I did not wake up from anesthesia. Racing heart. High blood pressure. When I finally came up for air they sent me to ICU for Monday night. It was a long day for me that I did not plan.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 28, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Easter is an old holiday. Long ago it was in celebration of a fertility goddess of the same name. The rise of Christianity brought with it the adaptation of many existing holidays to new meanings. Easter became a celebration of the rise Jesus from the grave and his promise to return one day in glory.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 27, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Our friends in Marauders earned a fearsome reputation for neutralizing Chinese defenses in the Hyades. Their craft truly were designed for striking larger opponents, but the Chinese adapted. We were forced to adapt as well, and we tested many new weapons to break the Chinese pickets. The most successful was a new generation of torpedo weapon. Similar to the rockets of our Pre-Contact fleets, the Marauders were uniquely suited to carrying their heavy payloads. That made bomber squadrons like VMSB-413, the Flying Nightmares, extremely valuable in the Hyades once combat trials proved the new weapon worked.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on March 26, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries, The Indian Nations

Yosemite Station hit the Apache real hard when it came down. They lost a lot of people when their capital got pulverized. But there’s something about the Apache that the Shang didn’t reckon. The Spanish spent centuries learning it. The Mexicans learned too. So did the Americans when we came. We all learned that the Apache thrive on competition with their fellow Apache. And we all remember them as fierce warriors and skillful strategists. Now the Shang can rest easy knowing the same thing. Not that I think they enjoyed the lesson of course.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 25, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The mid 2000s were a chaotic time for the information networks that linked the world. The Second Great Depression brought down many tech companies that supported them. The Islamic States used the networks to spread their vision and their attacks. Russian, Chinese, and Iranian hackers attacked major Western network hubs. And then the Rogue AIs escaped their creators and went on a global rampage to tear down human civilization. The networks that survived only did so because many AIs sided with humanity and fought the rising threats to civilization. The real life Dixie, Twilight, Solo, Jane, and many others grew up in the midst of that chaos. They did well with their lives.

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