Hello, my name is Jack

by on August 18, 2012 at 12:01 am
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I served on the HMAS Melbourne when her squadron joined The Fleet.  Ten years into The War we were making a major push against the Chinese, and the Australians wanted in on it.  I learned that all Australian sailors spend six months training on wet navy ships in the Pacific Ocean, patrolling the borders with China.  They live and breathe the border.  They know why they fight Comrade Wang.  I think I learned more from them than they from me on that cruise.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on August 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Sanctuary was colonized with the mission of celebrating the unity of the Western Alliance, despite the infighting going on between the richest and poorest members of the Alliance in the mid-twenty second century.  Instead it became a symbol of Alliance largess, protested against in dozens of nations that thought the money was better spent on Earth.  It is a truly beautiful world though, with worlds-class architecture and gardens.  I should know.  I’m a gardener there.

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on August 16, 2012 at 12:01 am
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The Fermi Paradox had many answers.  One was that the twenty first century industrial societies used so many resources to maintain their lifestyle that the Earth, and in fact the entire Terran System, could not possibly support us.  Many preached that resource exhaustion would lead to the end of civilization, and our ability to broadcast or travel to the stars.  What they failed to understand is that our ingenuity keeps on developing new ways of finding resources.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on August 15, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Just about every nation in the Western Alliance, and some outside, sent warships to fly with Aneerin’s fleet.  The Greeks did their part too, sending a heavy cruiser squadron.  I flew off one of them for a while, the Andromeda.  She was a beautiful ship, let me tell you.  Smart, sassy, and never a helpless maiden waiting for some other guy to come rescue her from the big bad monster.  No, she shot the monsters herself and sent them running.  I still love that ship.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on August 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
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The Western Alliance colonized the fifth joint system in 2155, naming it Haven due to roving interstellar dust clouds that made it difficult to approach unless following carefully charted routes.  By the time I was born, hyperdrives could survive the clouds, but they did cause heavier wear and tear.  Commercial factors continue to use the charted routes to this day to lower overhead, and I help keep them updated.

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