Jack of Harts

Happy New Year

by Medron Pryde on January 1, 2017 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

A New Year has come and it is time for us all to do the things we do every year. We drink something bubbly with family and friends. We watch the ball drop on our TVs and are glad we aren’t penned up behind barricades like the people in New York City. We sign up for health club plans we’ve never used after January. It’s a New Year, full of promise and opportunity to make it better than the year before. And every year, we dive in with refreshed optimism. So I wish you all, a Happy New Year.

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Betty Closeup

by Medron Pryde on December 31, 2016 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Art

Betty is a cybernetic intelligence born to be a fighter. With Jack, she pilots an F-12 Avenger starfighter as part of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron/Wing 112, the Cowboys. Whenever she thinks she can get away with not being in uniform, she prefers to wear a yellow sundress and sandals. It is her way of reminding herself that even if she was born to fight, The War does not define her. She looks forward to an end to The War, and hopes one day to explore the galaxy.

High rez version available for free on Patreon

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The Races of Humanity – Peloran

by Betty on December 30, 2016 at 12:01 am

Posted In: The Races of Humanity

In an effort to secure their new supersoldiers from being turned against them, the Albion built a series of behavioral laws into the Peloran genetic code. Do no harm to any Albion, or allow harm to come to an Albion if you can act to stop it. Protect your own existence at all costs, unless doing so would harm an Albion. Follow the orders of any duly appointed Albion superior, even if it violates the other laws. Many researchers have commented on their similarity to Asimov’s Laws of Robotics with interest. These laws were built into the genetic code of every Peloran after they were developed, and became the foundation of the greatest army the galaxy had ever known up to that time. They were impossible to turn against their masters, and exceptionally hard to kill. Though there was a weakness in the laws that Albion’s enemies learned to exploit.

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Tis the Season

by Charles on December 29, 2016 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

This is a time of year that we try to remind ourselves about the basic goodness of mankind. A season of taking time off from work and school. We go out of our way to spend time with family and friends. We give gifts to each other. We celebrate the coming New Year with Yule logs on the fire and Mistletoe hung in strategic places in hopes of sneaking a kiss or two from a random or not-so-random stranger. We call for Peace on Earth and Good Will towards Men. Sometimes we get it. Often we do not. But at least we try. Most of us. That gives me hope for humanity.

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