I love visiting the Arnami worlds. Yeah, most of them got Winter Contingencied during The War, but those that survived are something else. Yes, they do live under water. No urban legend there. Heck, a bunch of them live in the Great Lakes, so I actually grew up with them. Most of their cities are pretty shallow, close enough to the surface anyone can see them. But they go pretty deep when they want to. They rarely live on land. Too dry, too bright.
Torchdale is the single gas giant orbiting Sunnydale. Bright orange and red clouds gave it the name and it fits. Its atmosphere is amazingly rich in rare minerals, making it a very superior fleet base for our starships. There are always ships swimming in the upper atmosphere to absorb the materials they need to maintain or repair their systems. Makes for a great place to talk shop with all the friends we haven’t seen in a while.
The American AI Rights League has been trying to outlaw AI labor since before The War. Even before Contact. They’ve been closely tied with the Human Labor Unions since the beginning. Didn’t like seeing their jobs taken by machines. So they’ve been trying to get AIs declared sentient to allow them to join the Labor Unions and then demand equal pay. Which will increase Union Dues so they can buy more politicians. Or so my cynical side says.
The fall of the Republican Party initiated a time of crisis in America. Andrew Jackson’s Democratic Party promoted Slavery and a strong Executive branch. John Adams’ National Republicans and the Anti-Masonic Party stood against Jackson, a very high level Mason, until falling apart. Then the Whigs fought a campaign to give Congress primacy over the Presidency. My family was divided between these views. Our dinner conversation was sometimes very lively.
Even some Chinese worlds are happy to see us. We still fly in awful careful, let me tell you. But, sometimes they need something done that they just don’t have the resources to handle. And like us or not, who yah gonna call when electronic ghosts are playing havoc with your computer systems? Sometimes, only a cyber can catch those little nasties. And we’ve done other stuff too. I’ll never forget rescuing the daughter of Huangshan’s governor. She’s nice.
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