You know the hardest part about being a Cowboy? Slowing down. Using soft hands. Amongst other Cowboys we have some real interesting sports. But when working or playing with other people we have be careful not to break them. The old “living in a cardboard world” syndrome. We can really let loose when surrounded by our brothers and sisters. That’s why we get together when we’re in the same system. It’s a chance for us to cut loose and have some serious fun.
The Peloran cybernetic intelligences that came with Contact had lived the better part of two thousand years in real time. And as the most aware Terran AIs recognized them, they recognized those AIs and adopted them as cousins. They become the first true Terran cybers and formed the core of the first Terran cybernetic family. It was through them that we learned to understand the differences between the Terran and Peloran races.
The War united us in many ways. In other ways it fractured us anew. The great alliances became further estranged from each other, while the nations within them became closer brothers. War’s End saw us arrayed as if for the final battle that Earth would ever see. Thank God the Lunar Treaties held. Thank God we loved our home more than we hated each other. I was there. I know how close matters became. It was balanced on the edge of a knife.
The Cowboys are a bunch of alpha guys and girls that know we are the best of the best of the best. That can lead to some really energetic debates over who truly is the best. And sometimes we can be a little hard headed on the subject. Yeah. Those bar brawl vids that have been circulating recently? The ones where the bar falls down? The whole building? Yeah. We paid the bar owner for that one but the debate’s still simmering.
Very few AIs ever gained what we consider true awareness. That being the ability to recognize how they think and modify themselves in the way that other humans do. What most people think of as life experiences. The best AIs learned to integrate them into their base coding and began to change with the times. There were very few of them in existence to see Contact, but they were quick to recognize Peloran cybernetic intelligences.
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