Hello, my name is Charles

by on September 3, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Americans like to think that we have always been the motherland of inventions. We like to think that we changed the world and conquered space with our culture of dogged determination. And it is easy to think that when you see the list of things that we have created. But one should never assume that others are less capable than we are because of that. One should never forget that the Russians went to space first. That the Chinese were first into hyperspace. Never underestimate our adversaries. For they are at least as determined as we are to be the greatest of nations.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on September 2, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Sometimes I wonder what our worlds would be like if there’d been no War. We’d have a lot less technology of course. The Peloran really had to open up their can of tricks for us. But what about our culture? What about who we are? I like to read Pre-War science fiction just to see where people thought we were headed. Nobody saw The War coming. Oh, lots of authors forecasted wars out in the colonial regions and such. But the Shang were a serious left turn at Yosemite that nobody saw coming.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on September 1, 2015 at 12:01 am
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While hackers and lawyers fought over Twilight, it’s season two premiered in the top ten for United States viewers. It was number one compared to the other minor networks. They made a big splash with the opening scene of the opening episode when a series of terrorist strikes hit a half dozen major cities. Some people said it was immoral for them to base entertainment off something so near real life. Others praised them for addressing a real problem of the day.

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Angel Flight

by on August 31, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Third Fleet was our best, strongest fleet, built to take The War to our enemies. Aneerin counseled caution before moving, but the Western Alliance was desperate. We had fought the Shang and the Chinese around Earth and Alpha Centauri for two years without a decisive battle. Rumors from the Outer Colonies suggested similar stalemates. We needed to end The War once and for all. We needed to teach the Shang to fear us. We needed to send them running before we ran out of ships to do it with. So we attacked.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on August 30, 2015 at 12:01 am
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The end of the twenty first century was defined by the new Cold War between the Western Alliance, the Russian Federation, and the People’s Republic of China. While some nations remained neutral those were the three great powers that first built colonies on Mars, Venus, and elsewhere. They built the most powerful space navies, and they tested the limits of science in their quest to expand throughout the solar system. And it was the Chinese who changed everything when they discovered the secrets to hyperspace travel.

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