The South Africans seriously know how to fight, as the Brits, the Muslims, and any other foes can really relate. I’m talking nightmare material here. When they joined The War, they made a serious impact, sending several squadrons into the thick of the fight. They sent the SAS Mendi to join The Fleet, and I got to fly off her. They were great partiers out of battle, and amazingly stoic fighters when the time came. It was an honor. Scary sometimes, but an honor.
The eleventh Alliance-wide referendum occurred during a time of growing tensions between the Alliance, the Russians, and the Chinese and the colossal failure of the first Reach Colony Mission. In that time, we voted to show our solidarity in time of strife and chose the name of Unity for our next colony. It succeeded, and today I serve buffalo wings in my own restaurant. It is real satisfying to see people walking into my own business again and again.
It is my job to be a partner. It is more than a mere job. When we choose to be born, we pick the person we will live our lives with. Sometimes we make mistakes and we have to sever the partnership, but that is rare. We study each of you for a long time before we choose you. It is the rare individual that can hide their true self from us. And it is the true self of the person we have decided to be with, not the façade you maintain for your own benefit.
Hyperspace travel is very complicated, even now. When we first began using it, even more so. Contrary to popular opinion, we never actually go faster than the speed of light. That is impossible. We simply enter a dimension where light travels faster. And there is nothing simple about it. The effect is that we have expanded to the stars as a people. We are no longer waiting for an asteroid to wipe us out. We have beaten the Fermi Paradox.
The Portuguese Armada entered The War around the same time the Spanish Armada did. Despite their long rivalry, they’re actually a lot more alike than they are different. Just don’t tell them I said that. I flew off a big battleship the politicos named Vasco da Gama. She had self-image issues, what with the masculine name and all. She liked the name Catarina, so that is her name to us, forever and always. And I will always remember her brightly colored dresses.
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