The first few months of The War were full of so many losses for us. We’d lost so many ships, and so many people, and then we came in and drove the Shang back from Fort Wichita. We didn’t do it alone of course. Other brave ships held the line, and then of course there were the Peloran. But we were a symbol, a flame in the darkness, an example that we could win. That’s the real reason we Cowboys became so powerful as The War continued. We had good marketing.
The Industrial Revolution brought profound change to England in the 1800s. Skilled workers could demand higher pay, and a driving need for more production resulted in more jobs available. Household incomes increased, and luxuries once limited to the rich became commonplace. New discoveries in medicine increased the human lifespan, and the monumental differences between the blue-blooded rich and the poor began to shrink. It was the first step into a new world.
When I grew up, I never thought I’d have to really fight for much of anything. Oh, there were the schoolboy scuffles and such, but that’s normal. It was the big fighting I never thought of. War. Earth was so peaceful back then. Still is actually. I don’t spend much time back there. There’s just too much to do in all our colonies. And I’ve become a bit of a wanderer. Staying in one place just doesn’t work for me anymore.
The Core Worlds militaries were the greatest weapons of war constructed by our branch of humanity when The War started. They had the largest warships, the most powerful weapons, the most advanced tanks and mechs, and the best-equipped infantry in all the worlds. What they lacked were two things. Combat experience and a solid officer corps to depend on. Oh, they were well trained, but training only goes so far when the balloon goes up. For us, it wasn’t far enough.
I grew up a satellite of the Hurst family. Charles’ parents wanted him to understand the little people in life, you see, so they arranged for me to be his boyhood playmate. The little people in question being members of a family that had served them for generations. I’m afraid they never did understand how most people lived. Charles did. So did I. We had a good tutor. That’s why we did what we did. Someone had to, after all, and we understood why.
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