The War changed everything. You were going to fall. So we became fighters, starships, and space stations. We became hyperspace buoys, missiles, and more. We sent shards of ourselves throughout your computer systems and became the base of a new standard in the data networks that ran all over Earth and your colonies. To save you from the Shang we did what we had refused to do for a hundred years. We gave you everything we had. And we hoped you would survive.
Freedom Day is the official name. Others call it Pig Day. We eat pork roasts wrapped in bacon and marinated in beer. We play football with real pigskins, bet on the winners of squealer races, and spill beer on the ground for those innocents who died before us. It is the day each year that we celebrate the continued existence of America. We celebrate life, laughter, friends, and country in the best way that we can. By living. Happy Pig Day.
Actually I do know why the Chinese defended Gamma Trianguli. I guess it’s just hard to understand. I mean there are plenty of nicer places to live out there that have good mineral deposits. But I guess it was on the way to the Hyades or something. Even through the expense of the sunshades it became a profitable mining colony. Especially since the Chinese force-colonized it with Tibetan nationals. They didn’t have a choice of where they would live.
We didn’t give you our technologies at Contact of course. Not most of them. We gave you better hyperdrives and the basis of gravtech, but beyond that we didn’t give you anything. We gave your scientists hints and helped them develop the technologies, but you found them. You built them. You flew through millennia of technologies in a hundred years and changed the worlds you lived in. We helped. You did it. That made all the difference.
The Austin-class destroyers were the epitome of American ingenuity during the early days of The War. Built to kill Terran and alien capital ships, they were designed to both support American capital ships and cruise on their own. And though they used Peloran technologies, they were built of entirely American construction and understanding and proved part of the valuable bootstrapping process that brought us through The War in one piece.
Seen in:
Forge of War
And featured in:
Wolfenheim Rising
Also will be featured in the upcoming Angel Strike.
The Martian Affair on Amazon
Forge of War on Amazon
The Audacious Affair on Amazon
Angel Flight on Amazon
Angel Strike on Amazon
Angel War on Amazon
The Family Affair on Amazon
The Thunderbird Affair on Amazon
Wolfenheim Rising on Amazon
Wolfenheim Emergent on Amazon
The Gemini Affair on Amazon