Weylan

by on October 10, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Races of Humanity

Most historians recognize that the Albion were one of the most advanced races that have ever lived. The Peloran still use Albion technology two thousand years after their death with only minor improvements, and we’ve all seen how dangerous they are. The irony is that for all their technological advancement, the Albion did not believe in technology. They must have been fanatical engineers at one time to build up such a massive advantage over the rest of the galaxy, but the Albion who created the Peloran were a different matter. Technology’s true purpose for them was as a tool to improve the genetics of life. To make all life stronger, faster, and better. The Peloran were one example of this. But it was the Weylan who truly demonstrate just how close the Albion were to bringing about a new era of biological technology that would have revolutionized…everything.

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Angel War

by on October 9, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

“All ships, break and attack in three…two…one…now,” Jack counted down and felt his Avenger’s systems come alive around him. T&J shifted into the drumbeats of war, and he slammed the throttle forward to send them accelerating towards the Shang. Avengers, Hellcats, and Blackhawks accelerated all around him, diving towards the Shang en masse. The warships came to life behind him, destroyers and frigates accelerating with the two heavy cruisers and a single light carrier.

The combined cybernetic intelligences of an entire small fleet went to work and he watched the plot come alive with targeting plans refined by lashing the Shang with full-powered sensor sweeps. A blind man could have felt them coming in his teeth, and the Shang were not blind at all.

They recognized the trap they’d flown into in an instant and reacted the only way they could. They turned from Thunderer and her battlegroup and began accelerating straight towards Jack’s tiny fleet. Betty brought their new path up on the plot and Jack recognized the slingshot maneuver that would spin them out the other side of New Earth’s Red Line long before his force could come around and chase them down. They had exactly one good shot at this.

Thunderer and her ships spun to fire full salvos into the Shang’s flanks. Deflection grids flickered and armor buckled, but the Shang had far too much acceleration for the British battleship to keep them in range for long. But it was bringing the Shang and Jack’s little force directly into each other’s best firing range.

“Oh Lord, for what we are about to receive may we be eternally grateful,” Jack whispered and flexed his fingers.

“Amen,” a chorus of voices said from the communications display.

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The Hyades Cluster

by on October 8, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Essential Galactic Atlas

Elnath is on the outskirts of the Hyades Cluster. Scientists claim it is not part of the Hyades at all, but its commanding position made it the gateway to the Hyades. We had to take it, but the approaches were not easy. The sub giant stars Asta and Cornus lay between Sunnydale and Elnath, and most of the best hyperspace runs ran through one of those two systems. Asta was on a direct line between them, which made it an obvious first target. That is why our first target was the brighter and hotter Cornus. We opened up with increased raids against the systems around Asta, destroying every monitoring platform we could find during a month-long campaign. Then we attacked Cornus. Their surprise was almost as complete as our destruction of every facility in the entire Cornus system.

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Sunnydale

by on October 7, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Essential Galactic Atlas

The reason people live on a miserable little rock like Scorchdale is simple. It is rich in the rare earth minerals that all modern construction techniques rely upon. It may not be as rich as some other planets in the Sunnydale system, but it is easily ranked in the top thirty percent of all known worlds. It is far richer than Earth, and that makes it a valuable little rock in the heavens. There are riches to be found on Scorchdale, fortunes to be made, and industries to be built. It’s amazing what you can do when you don’t have a planetary ecosystem to worry about. That is why Scorchdale is home to more planet-based industries than any other rock in the Sunnydale system. And its ranking on the galactic charts is impressive to say the least. It’s one of the reasons that Sunnydale was the only non-Core World member system represented in the Group of Ten when The War began. I think they were actually the fifteenth member. Yeah. I know. They don’t like to change the name.

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Sunnydale

by on October 6, 2017 at 12:01 am
Posted In: The Essential Galactic Atlas

Sunnydale was a prime piece of stellar real estate when we colonized it. She’s hotter, brighter, and more massive than our own sun, and all of that makes her very special. Every star reaches out to nearby stars and forms links with them, the hyperspace runs that most ships use when traveling through the stars. Larger, hotter stars make stronger runs, along with systems composed of multiple stars. Sunnydale’s mass and power make her equal in strength to many of those major beacon stars. You can travel farther, faster, and safer on a Sunnydale Run than on the vast majority of runs anywhere else in the galaxy. That is why she is part of the highway to the stars we’ve used to explore the galaxy. And that is why we used her to attack the Hyades.

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