I don’t much like Epsilon Reticuli after what happened there. But one good thing came out of it. I met Olivia Wyatt. Yes. That Olivia Wyatt. And no, it wasn’t in that way. Not that I wouldn’t have minded, but our relationship was purely professional. At the time she was a simple cruiser captain in the United States Navy. My how things change. Epsilon Reticuli was her catalyst. And she was the catalyst for a lot of others. She’s a good silver lining.
Investors rethought their involvement in the stock markets after Black Thursday. With rumors that the new tariffs would come into effect despite the warning, many chose to leave on Black Monday, dropping the New York exchange by thirteen percent. And on Black Tuesday we had another twelve percent sell off. It was the worst drop in the markets in living memory. They are still known as the days the First Great Depression began.
You know Avalon is home to one of the British Commonwealth’s largest shipyards right? I’ve walked the decks of a lot of ships built right there. But there’s another real shiny place to check out. The Royal Museum of Avalon has a truly impressive collection of historical military hardware. You really should check it out. And since Avalon is a multi-star Beacon System you can make the New Earth-Avalon Run real quick.
They released Jane 4.0 into the world as an act of desperation. Our government needed a fully functional AI to face off against Chinese and Russian hacker teams and AIs. It was a desperate arms race. One that in many stories would have turned against us. The Matrix. Skynet. Names synonymous in dystopian fiction with AIs that turned against us. Many believe that Jane 4.0 could have been one of them. That she almost was. She wasn’t of course. We’re still here.
A dark day dawned in October of 1929. Several dark days actually, though the first memorable one is forever known as Black Thursday. The New York exchange fell eleven percent at the opening bell. Morgan, Chase, and National Banks pooled their money to buy large blocks of shares at well above the going rate. Their willingness to buy in raised confidence in the market and it recovered quickly. But the opening slide had destroyed any true confidence in the market.
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