Hello, my name is Malcolm

by on October 21, 2013 at 12:01 am
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I grew up a satellite of the Hurst family.  Charles’ parents wanted him to understand the little people in life, you see, so they arranged for me to be his boyhood playmate.  The little people in question being members of a family that had served them for generations.  I’m afraid they never did understand how most people lived.  Charles did.  So did I.  We had a good tutor.  That’s why we did what we did.  Someone had to, after all, and we understood why.

Wolfenheim Rising

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on October 20, 2013 at 12:01 am
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The 1800s brought profound change to Continental Europe.  Thousands of small independent states had ruled as part of larger grand empires in 1800.  By 1900, nationalist tendencies had splintered the larger empires and united the independent states into the true nation states that we recognize today.  It is ironic that despite numerous wars of conquest, and peaceful merger attempts, the accepted borders of European nations have changed very little since then.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on October 19, 2013 at 12:01 am
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Cats and dogs weren’t the only animals we uplifted you know.  There’s the escaped rats, and horses, dolphins, and a whole mess of others.  We were busy little gengineers back in the day.  We’ve put a lot more controls in place after The War showed us what we could do if we really put our minds to it.  Yeah, not all those projects were all fluffy bunnies and sunshine.  Some got pretty scary in fact.  Here There Be Dragons kinda scary.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on October 18, 2013 at 12:01 am
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The Outer Colonial militaries have always had budgetary issues.  They can rarely afford battleships and fleet carriers, so they make do with smaller ships.  They work longer hours, do more with less, and often use obsolete equipment that “real” militaries have long since retired.  That’s why the generals and admirals in Core World militaries generally look down on them.  The War weeded out most of those idiots, though the universe has practice making better idiots.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on October 17, 2013 at 12:01 am
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Surrounded by powerful forces that had tried to dominate them for thousands of years, the Germanies finally decided it was high time to come together.  Hundreds of different states cooperated to win their independence from the Austrian Empire, only to be attacked by a French Empire that thought them easy pickings.  But the new German Empire proved itself when it shattered the French armies and captured Paris herself.  It was the beginning of a new era.

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