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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Hello, my name is Charles

by on March 24, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Once the Chinese began to understand our raiding pattern, they attempted to use small warship pickets to break up our light raiding groups. Our Avengers dealt with them at first, but they reinforced their pickets with orbital forts and enough warships that we decided to try another answer to the problem. They were called the Flying Nightmares. VMSB-413. They flew hypercapable Marauders designed to kill warships or forts with equal ease. The Chinese did not enjoy meeting them, but we rather appreciated arranging the engagements. We arrived first, obtained their full attention, and then the Nightmares swooped in from their flanks with gravitic cannons firing at maximum rate. They were rather effective.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on March 23, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries, The Indian Nations

I never visited the Apache Nations before The War so all I really know of their Pre-War culture is what I’ve read about in the histories. They lived in cities, went to work during the week, and enjoyed time with friends and families on the weekends like most people. They weren’t the richest or largest of Indian Nations, but they were large enough that they had their own representation in the American Congress. I guess you could say that they were a pretty normal nation back then. I never saw those Apache. The only Apache I’ve known were those who lived after the fall of Yosemite Station.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on March 22, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Comedy masqueraded as news. News turned to comedy to keep people watching. Entire networks slanted their entertainment and news based on political views. Reality shows and shopping channels dominated the networks. Political campaigns became more divisive and crass, and networks all over the world egged them on. The networks of the 2000s were in a freefall, searching for the lowest common social denominator and the easiest way to make a buck. It is no surprise that the Rogue AIs tried to tear the networks down when they escaped their chains.

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