Hello, my name is Betty

by on May 10, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The United States Army brass considered the Jane 1.0 voice system to be successful despite the complaints of their soldiers. They expected their soldiers to complain after all. And it was good to have a system unique to the Army. It was designed from the base code to work on the ground rather than being customized from an Air Force Bitching Betty placed into Army tanks had been. And though Hanoi Jane had a reputation for annoying soldiers with her constant reminders of all the bad things happening around them, many would later admit that they became fond of her. Though perhaps that was a reaction to them receiving Jane 2.0.

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Angel War

by on May 9, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and expand our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Then their enemies brought War to us all. We gave them a belly full of it. We drove them out of Alpha Centauri and assembled the largest, most powerful fleet that had ever flown under Terran banners. Third Fleet was our best hope to defeat them and bring a quick end to The War. It failed.

Now the last survivor of that doomed expedition sails for Alpha Centauri. Returning home is always the greatest wish of a soldier, but home does not always welcome their return. The heavy cruiser Los Angeles and her crew have made enemies, both foreign and domestic, and they have plans for her. But she is not without friends, and they have plans as well. Can she survive when all of those plans crash into each other?

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on May 8, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The B-14 Marauder won the competition for a new American bomber as part of the Fleet 2300 Project. It went from competition to deployment in less than ten years, and enjoyed mass production for decades before being replaced in the later years of The War. Many military historians consider it to be the most successful design of the entire Fleet 2300 Project. The Marauder certainly became the most widely deployed, and once it was upgraded with a hyperdrive and armed with the newest torpedo technologies it became a deadly warship hunter. Marauders claimed more warship kills than any other design class by the time The War came to an end. They were amazing to watch in action.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on May 7, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries, The Indian Nations

The Apache were the first Indian Nation to focus their efforts on going to the stars. Just as they became more nomadic on Earth, they began building a new space industry devoted to small hypercapable craft. I remember saving one of their little fleets from a Russian attack force. Their craft were homes and factories designed to link together into mobile, spacefaring villages. The “village” I helped save was on a course for somewhere far outside Alliance space. They were hoping to get away from The War. I’ve always wondered what happened to them.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on May 6, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Jane 1.0 was typical of American military engineering of the time. Her software took up far more room than comparable civilian systems due to extensive security and backup subroutines. Her hardware was slower and more expensive because it was designed to survive solders drop kicking it out of a moving airplane. Which they sometimes did. On purpose. But neither wind, nor snow, nor sudden drops from 5,000 feet could stop Hanoi Jane from telling her soldiers all the bad things that were happening around them.

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