The Hyades Cluster

by on February 7, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Essential Galactic Atlas

The Tibetans, Mongolians, Japanese, and all the other lesser castes shipped out to the Hyades Cluster and then ordered to have at least four children per family so as to increase the productive population outnumbered their Han masters when we came. The government kept them in line via ruthless punishments to those who did not mind their betters. Made them fear punishment more than a life of slavery. We broke those rules when we won, but truly changing the worlds did not happen in a day. I am a student of history. I know what happened after our own Civil War. I decided when I looked upon those worlds that I would not allow history to repeat itself in the Hyades.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 6, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

I remember when the border region between the American and Mexican States was a desert you know. It wasn’t that long ago. Long dead Presidents sent so many Indians there because the land was so poor no one in their right mind would want it. But the secret about deserts is that they are full of life just waiting for rain to bloom for anyone with eyes to see. I’ve been to the Indian Nations down there and they are rather nice little places to live now that the rains are a more common occurrence. They are certainly nothing like the old Westerns of my youth, when the Great American Desert was brown and drab most of the year.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on February 5, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The Salafi Muslims in charge of the Islamic State of Detroit saw America as the Great Satan, as opposed to the Little Satan of Israel. It was their holy mission from Allah to destroy and conquer America. Taking over Detroit and driving out the non-Muslims was merely their first step towards that goal, though they masterfully played the news networks into reporting that those who left did so because of their religious intolerance towards the peaceful Muslims of Detroit. Step two was their contribution to the devastation of the American power and communications networks during the Second Great Depression. They did not act alone of course. Attacks against the networks came from many directions. But the real life Twilight found proof of their involvement and published it for all to see, to the profound regret of the news networks in bed with Detroit.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on February 4, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

China’s four-child policy made the Hyades into one of the most densely populated regions of space when The War came upon us all. It gave them a population and industrial base that was terrifyingly capable, and made it a target that had to be neutralized if we were to have any chance of winning. The interesting part is that it was the very population derived from that four-child policy that made it possible for us to govern the worlds we captured. Most of them were lower castes, sent out of China so the home nation could be ethnically pure. They were conditioned from birth to do what the Han businessmen who ruled the cluster told them to do. We just had to adjust our tactics to their needs.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on February 3, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The Weather Service doesn’t actually make weather you know. If it did, the Americas would be a lot warmer now. They can do little things with local weather, but full-scale climate adjustments on a continental scale are beyond what we can do. Well, I’ve seen the results of doing that and it does work. It can also go horribly wrong, and I’ve seen that too. Planetary climates don’t always enjoy being tinkered with. That’s why the United States Weather Service is more concerned with cleaning up bad air, starting rain showers where they are needed, and suppressing major storm fronts where possible.

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