Hello, my name is Charles

by on December 27, 2015 at 12:01 am
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The Hyades Cluster forged the Cowboys into what we are now. We were just some good and cocky fighter pilots at first. But the Chinese fought over every rock with every weapon at their disposal, and they left scorched earth in their wakes. We arrived to ruined cities and homeless populations bereft of any law. We were always first to make planetfall. And we laid down the law because someone had to do it. We ended the looting. We helped them rebuild. And that was when we began to wear our suits instead of our military uniforms.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on December 26, 2015 at 12:01 am
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San Diego and Tijuana are two very different cities you know. Tijuana has been the party town for centuries, while San Diego is a working town. They have more factories per square kilometer than any other region of old California. Over a dozen major interstellar corporations base their operations out of San Diego’s business friendly tax laws. Their space, air, and sea ports have some of America’s best cargo transport facilities. The list goes on. San Diego is one of Earth’s foremost centers of industry and power. Yosemite hurt it of course. It didn’t take a direct strike like Los Angeles, but it was bad.

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Merry Christmas

by on December 25, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Two thousand years ago a child was born to a young carpenter and his new wife. They had traveled to the city of his fathers to pay taxes but there was no room in the inn so she gave birth in a manger. A barn. They are actually pretty warm due to the body heat of the animals, and many farmers keep their barns cleaner than their houses, so it actually probably wasn’t that dirty even. There was probably help from local nursemaids as well. It was still not the most enjoyable way to have a baby though. That boy would grow up and die and a religion based on him would spread throughout the world. We celebrate the Christ Mass in memory of his birth on the 25th of December, and we call for Peace on Earth and Good Will Towards Men. Merry Christmas to you all.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on December 24, 2015 at 12:01 am
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Many people think that the Hyades Cluster was The War. That is not as correct as many think, but also not as wrong as some say. What we found there was very important. It ended The War. But it was an exhausting fight. The Chinese had spent a century fortifying the Hyades. It was their fortress in space, scores of worlds scattered around a single small cluster of stars near enough to each other that they could actually reinforce planets that were under attack. And their defense grids were some of the best I have ever fought against. We spent ten years in the Hyades Cluster engaged in some of the dirtiest fighting I have ever seen. I hope I never see the like again.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on December 23, 2015 at 12:01 am
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I went to San Diego and Tijuana during the same trip where we did Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. San Diego was on the itinerary. Tijuana was like a right of passage or something. Everybody went there, even though it wasn’t on the official destination list. No parent wanted that on the destination list I can tell you. It was an awful lot of fun for the teenage me though. I really loved the senoritas. The parties you can find there have been going steady for centuries, and they are wild. I learned a lot about how to party down there and did everything I could to bring those lessons back up north with me.

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