The Indonesian conflict nearly bankrupted Australia. Only some of the more “interesting” missions Summer and her sisters undertook saved the Australian economy. The AIs broke into dozens of major Chinese banks who had network access and stole billions of Chinese yuans that Australia then used to prop up their economy. Chinese hackers struck back of course and the Australian banking network crashed overnight. It was an ugly time for Australia.
Wolfenheim was a new dream. It was a dream I helped bring to reality. In the midst of War it said we would never give up. We would never fall back. We were here to stay and we were coming. Wolfenheim was our statement to the stars that we belonged. We dreamed of building a new colony, in the middle of War, further away than any previous colony. We dreamed a building a powerful base deep in alien space. It almost went off without a hitch. Then the family who funded it found out they were funding it and demanded their money back. That was when things got interesting.
The end of the Twentieth Century and the beginning of the Twenty-First Century was a time of change. New technologies and new services created innovative ways for people all over the planet to talk to each other. Computers morphed from boxy, desktop affairs to tiny devices that could fit in pockets. Limited network access that was once reliant on logging in via unmovable phone lines morphed into a culture of being constantly “online” via the wireless networks anywhere people went. It was a revolution in communications capability.
Louis became my brother when we became Cowboys. He was my brother when we started that bar fight on Pacifica. He was my brother when we shot our way out of Procyon. He was my brother when he died at Epsilon Reticuli. He’ll be my brother until the day I die, and I’ll be his until the same. I know there’s stories about him doing bad. And I know there’s stories about me stopping him. Well, they’re stories, and I’m not going to repeat them. He’s my brother and I won’t speak ill of him outside the family.
Chinese and Australia AIs and hackers roamed through the devastated wastelands of the Indonesian networks, trying to secure or shut down the information superhighway between Australia and the rest of the world. England’s Elizabeth and America’s Jane soon joined Australia’s Summer in the forefront of digital battle. It was the first cooperative venture of the new Western Alliance and so the very best of their AIs arrived as the first reinforcements. More would come as Australia fought for its life.
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