Hello, my name is Jack

by on December 30, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

It took San Diego years to rebuild after the Yosemite Strike that nearly did us all in. They didn’t take a direct strike, but nearly a dozen different Yosemite Station modules survived reentry until they exploded less than a kilometer above the city. The airburst was, to borrow a big word from some of my friends, catastrophic. Ships capsized, skyways collapsed, and skyscrapers burned like torches. Then the Yosemite Surge caused by the ruins that landed in water came over the sea walls. It flooded the subways. It was not a good day for San Diego. And the Yosemite Winter that followed didn’t improve matters either.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on December 29, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The last scene of Twilight’s fourth season showed her crew looking over the skyline of fallen Detroit. Everybody knew what had happened in Detroit, and some were interested in finding out what Twilight had to do with it in real life, but a different question flowed through the networks during Twilight’s season break. Could Rogue AIs do what Twilight and her crew had done? Could AIs directly kill people, and how could we ever stop them if they decided to kill us all? Old stories of Berserkers and Terminators became popular again as people dug them out of the dustbins and waved them around as gospel examples of the threat of too-intelligent machines. Twilight’s studio considered it the best advertising they’d never bought.

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Blackgun Main Battle Mech

by on December 28, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Jack's Defense Weekly

The Blackgun main battle mech was China’s entry into their Sixth Millennium of Chinese history. Designed to fight modern Western Alliance main battle mechs, it carried twin shoulder-mounted autocannons that could swiftly reduce almost any foe to wreckage. Limited flight capability via gravplating and advanced electronic countermeasures made it a difficult mech to pin down, and the Blackgun proved one of the most dangerous foes during the long Hyades Campaign. They became the bane of existence to most Alliance mech units, and were even known to encircle and kill stray battle tanks when they could be pulled out of position. While no longer on frontline service, the Blackguns continue to serve throughout known space in many secondary functions.

Blackgun on Deviantart

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on December 27, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

The Hyades Cluster forged the Cowboys into what we are now. We were just some good and cocky fighter pilots at first. But the Chinese fought over every rock with every weapon at their disposal, and they left scorched earth in their wakes. We arrived to ruined cities and homeless populations bereft of any law. We were always first to make planetfall. And we laid down the law because someone had to do it. We ended the looting. We helped them rebuild. And that was when we began to wear our suits instead of our military uniforms.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on December 26, 2015 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

San Diego and Tijuana are two very different cities you know. Tijuana has been the party town for centuries, while San Diego is a working town. They have more factories per square kilometer than any other region of old California. Over a dozen major interstellar corporations base their operations out of San Diego’s business friendly tax laws. Their space, air, and sea ports have some of America’s best cargo transport facilities. The list goes on. San Diego is one of Earth’s foremost centers of industry and power. Yosemite hurt it of course. It didn’t take a direct strike like Los Angeles, but it was bad.

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