Canopus has a beautiful climate, amazing beaches, and worlds’ famous alcoholic beverages. You know what that means right? The parties are legen….wait for it….dary. Seriously. And I don’t mean they have a week of Spring Break parties and pack up. I mean year round, dusk to dusk, full on celebrations of anything. There’s a lot of good holidays in the countries that make up the Western Alliance. Canopus celebrates them all. Every single one.
While Amber fought the Chinese hackers at Midway, she maintained a strong presence in the Continental Northwest. The coastal State governments were largely collapsing under debt and crime and those who lived in the mountains and forests looked out for themselves. Amber began to route supplies and information their way, from weapons to food to warnings of those who would threaten them. Both the supplies and the information went a long ways.
The Battle of Epsilon Reticuli changed The War for us in many ways. It was not the destruction of so many ships that changed things. We had the industrial capacity to replace them. It was the psychological impact that made the difference. And my family was not immune. They made moves in reaction to the battle. I took advantage of the chaos my family created to empower my plans. And so Wolfenheim began to rise long before it ever left Alpha Centauri.
The German people were angry after World War I. They saw themselves as the victims of foreign powers and a government too weak to stand against them. A series of Socialist and Workers’ parties called for a change, and shouted for revolution when they thought the time was right to begin their march into history. Government forces crushed them with ease and imprisoned the leaders. I often wonder what history would look like if they had been executed instead.
Beyond the beaches of Canopus there are also vast fields that grow succulent foods. And of course they take special care to make the special stuff. There is a reason that Canopian brandies and wines are famous everywhere we have flown. Brandywine Spirits makes the best stuff, in my opinion, around a self-named lake and river large enough to generate its own microclimate. And during the brief winters, they make some delectable ice wines.
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