The new Navy Scout Service of the late 22nd Century was always hungry for more funding to build more ships, but the politicians gave them barely enough to scout for the major Naval fleets. At the same time, they lavished funding on NASA’s civilian exploration missions throughout known space. The Navy saw a chance to get that funding, and after a long and bitter political campaign acquired NASA’s mission and funding for the Scout Service. That is how NASA died.
Mischief is fun. Kathleen Reynolds according to her dossier. In a lot of ways we get along like a house on fire. She joined us after the first Battles of Alpha Centauri, and was the first Cowboy to fly a Hellcat. We got her upgraded to an Avenger in time, but it took a while. The Russians complicated things. She flew on my wing for a long time, and even after she got her own command, she remained close. We saved each other’s lives more times than I can count.
America colonized New Washington in 2113 as a way of proving that America could travel to the stars without relying on the entire Western Alliance. It was a warm and tropical world back then, lush and brimming with life. It wasn’t as nice as New Earth of course, but it was one of the most comfortable worlds we have ever colonized. It was. Time and War has not been kind to the world.
The submariners built our first space navy, but when the surface navy admirals finally bribed the politicians to give them a space navy, the submariners found themselves relegated and losing funding for their “silly little boats.” But they were the best scouts, and they soon bribed their own politicians to officially form the Scout Service as part of the Special Warfare Command. And so to this day, Scout Service personnel wear the Dolphins on their breasts.
Tom Rogers is one of the oldest men I know. Chronologically. Of course, between the time he spent in hyperspace and the Peloran Treatments, the question of how physically old he is, is actually a pretty good one. He was actually a true blue NASA Astronaut, and is the only man to successfully navigate through The Wall using a Terran hyperdrive. We named him Major Tom. The Peloran named him Hawk. Both names fit real good.
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