Hello, my name is Betty

by on August 13, 2013 at 12:01 am
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There are many theories as to why intelligent life is so rare.  Some follow the old pre-Space alarmist ideas of global war wiping out civilization as we know it.  Insert global warming, global cooling, stray asteroids, killer plagues, alien attacks, and countless other pet theories.  We’ve found many worlds that actually have suffered from many of them.  What we haven’t found is the remains of dead alien civilizations.

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Hello, my name is Dawn

by on August 12, 2013 at 12:01 am
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I’ve done so much in my life.  Administration.  Running a warship.  Flying fighters.  I was born to work with the public.  It’s in my code.  To my crew, I’m the person they can talk to about anything when they’re having trouble falling asleep.  I love being that friend.  Flying a fighter was hard though.  Bonding with a single pilot, learning what makes him tick, what he’ll do before even he realizes it, is…intense.  There can be no secrets in such a partnership.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on August 11, 2013 at 12:01 am
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Tensions between Mexico and Texas soon erupted into open warfare.  The resulting Mexican-American War saw American troops vanquishing the Mexican army and navy on all fronts, from Texas, to California, to Mexico City.  Whig opponents of the war called it a naked grab for power and territory.  Democratic supporters called it protecting Americans from Mexicans intent on taking our freedoms, our land, and our lives.  The political infighting nearly tore the nation apart.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on August 10, 2013 at 12:01 am
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We’ve uplifted a lot of animals to human-level intelligence.  Gorillas and the other simians were easy from what I understand.  Dolphins and similar guys were already high on the sentience list.  We did cats and dogs too.  Opposable thumbs and usable fingers and all systems are go.  The trick I guess was making the changes genetically dominant so their kids were the same.  But I’d really like to shoot the idiot that let those experimental rats escape.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on August 9, 2013 at 12:01 am
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There is one thing that we’ve found that is very rare in our travels.  Throughout all of Terran space, we’ve not met another natural star-traveling race.  For all the life-giving worlds we’ve found near Earth, for all the living beings that inhabit them, we’ve never found anyone else who built cities and civilizations.  We’re it.  Except for those who traveled thousands of lightyears to meet us, Earth and her colonies are alone.

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