Hello, my name is Betty

by on December 4, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The last two episodes of Twilight season four were placed in the ruins of Indianapolis. It started with their arrival in the gang-infested suburbs and a quote or two about scum and villainy that may have come from another popular movie series. One gang after another tried to make them pay a “toll” for being allowed to pass through unmolested. Mostly. Twilight’s little gang declined to pay the tolls and opened up several holes in the gang organization of Indianapolis. Sometimes literal and sometimes figurative. Twilight wanted to track down her breadcrumbs and no two-bit street hoods were going to stop her. The first part ended with Twilight and her gang laying on the rooftops while watching a meeting of suspected terrorists.

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Hello, my name is Charles

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

Most of Earth’s nations were busy building new designs as we approached the year 2300. It was two centuries since we had entered space. It was one century after Contact. For the Chinese it was the beginning of their Sixth Millennium. We all had reasons to want to build newer and better war machines. And we sold our older machines to poorer nations, worlds, or corporations. Others ended their front line service lives in bone yards or reserve units. They were too expensive to upgrade via standard refit procedures. The War gave us a reason to reexamine our priorities.

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Hello, my name is Jack

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

Did you know that Silicon Valley was one of the few American States where cybernetic intelligences were truly accepted before The War? They’d been working on AIs since forever, so when the Peloran showed up with little cybernetic friends of their own and it was love at first sight. They rolled out the red carpet and invited any and all cybers to come settle down and help develop newer and better little friends. It was a marriage made in electronic Heaven. Which is why “Made in Silicon Valley” is still one of the most common stamps on AI packaging to this day.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on December 1, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Twilight Season Four spent an entire episode working with the Iroquois tribal police in their hunt for the terrorists. Twilight and her gang visited the most amazing casinos and the most backward of villages on their tour of the reservations. They helped the police run down leads, and the other AIs hacked any computer system they could find. The climax came with discovery of a particularly violent criminal that had been plaguing the Iroquois. The fight played out under an Iroquois war chant that ended when they discovered a lead to Indianapolis. The episode then faded to black on an ancient Iroquois victory dance and the credits rolled over the sound of chanting Indians. It was voted one of the top ten hauntingly beautiful scenes of the entire series.

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Kato Strike Mech

by on November 30, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Jack's Defense Weekly

The Kato strike mech was part of America’s Army 2300 Project and envisioned a mobile mech carrying a particle accelerator gun for superior striking power. Numerous Katos have been fielded since, from standard trooper mechs that fight in platoon strength to bring down their enemies to sword wielding ninja mechs that slice and dice the enemy like they are part of Japanese anime. One never knows what exactly you will face when a platoon of Katos charges you, but the Chinese and Shang learned to fear their arrival on the field of battle.

Kato Strike Mech at Deviantart

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