Hello, my name is Betty

by on June 7, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

There were two major conflicts that Jane 3.0 fought in before the Second Great Depression. The first of course was fighting against the various Islamic States in the Middle East along with most of our military. The second was what we thought to be the far less threatening border between the United States and Mexico. We were the sole superpower on Earth and Mexico was a failed state run by drug lords. They were no threat to America. Jane 3.0 ably helped the Border Patrol keep watch, but they never had the firepower to control the border. Political warfare in Washington made certain of that. But everything changed the day they killed Jane.

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Kiss the Girl

by on June 6, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Captain Jack Hart is a busy man.  He flies places.  He does things.  Important things.  Really.  He’s fought aliens and humans.  He’s uncovered ancient secrets long forgotten and flown into the face of entire fleets of enemy starships.  He is a man of iron grit and grim determination.  He goes places where angels fear to tread.  Honest.

But there is at least one thing to be found in the all the worlds that he is not prepared to face.  That will leave him asking people for the number of the bus that hit him.  That will scare him spitless.

The old girlfriend that got away.

Kiss the Girl 2 x 1500

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Hello, my name is Charles

by on June 5, 2016 at 12:01 am
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The Flying Nightmares flew old Helldivers before The War came upon us all. They were the most widely deployed First Generation Gravtech bomber and remained in use with militia and corporate forces throughout The War. They were good little bombers for their time, but technology had made them obsolete by 2300. The Nightmares received Marauders before the Hyades and we flew missions with them throughout the cluster. Whether attacking enemy warships or orbital defenses. The Marauders proved effective against them all, and the Flying Nightmares gave the Chinese exactly that. Nightmares.

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Hello, my name is Jack

by on June 4, 2016 at 12:01 am
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Many futurists speculated that we would bring bright, shiny, and spotless technological wonders into space with us. In many ways they were right. But they were oh so wrong in others. Almost all of our permanent space stations have parks with trees and lakes in them. Places where we can enjoy nature by walking under real leaves or go for a good swim. Fish grow up there until they end up on someone’s plate with tartar sauce, and waterborne plants help filter both the water and the air. We just can’t live long periods of time separated from the nature that birthed us, so we bring it with.

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Hello, my name is Betty

by on June 3, 2016 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Diaries

Jane 3.0 was one of the most stable operating platforms of her day. She ran on most of the United States Army vehicles and bases, so she had to be. She was constantly under attack all over the world, and she needed to be robust enough to survive that. It is interesting to note that much of her programming was actually created by teams of Jane 2.0s, making her the first AI we know was at least partially created by a previous AI. The Jane 2.0s continued to serve in non-combat roles for years, but it was the Jane 3.0s that saw action throughout the next decade and beyond.

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