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Warship Wednesday–Heavy Cruisers
HEAVY CRUISERS (CA) Usually found chasing down pirates or “showing the flag” in distant corners of the Confederation, heavy cruisers were ostensibly designed to accompany battlecruisers or serve as convoy escorts in time of war. Prior to 3030, the mere presence of a heavy cruiser within a few hours of FTL travel was enough to…
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B-Sides and Outtakes–Armageddon Dawn Part VIII (Conclusion)
Epilogue C.C.D.F.S. Emancipation 1455 Confederation Common Time 30 June, 2011 “I’m telling you right now, you little weasel, this is it! No more kids!” a woman said as Eric entered the medical ward. The woman was leaning up in the bed nursing her newborn infant, brown curly hair about shoulder length down her…
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B-Sides and Outtakes–Armageddon Dawn Part VII
West Point, NY 1330 Central Time “Oh look, it’s the great General Connelly, gracing us with his presence,” General Michael Wallace slurred through the video screen from the Pentagon. Behind him, General Connelly could see scenes of debauchery occurring that would have made a Roman blush. At least Michael, an old West Point classmate…
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B-Sides and Outtakes: Armageddon Dawn Part VI
Chapter 3 Pacific Ocean 1200 Kansas Time The first hostile alien vessel to enter Earth’s atmosphere, a Griffin-class assault lander, penetrated the atmosphere at a point two hundred miles to the west of the International Date Line. As a result, the official Day the Earth ended would be 26 June, 2011. Hitting the…
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B-Sides and Outtakes– "Armageddon Dawn"–Part IV
If you haven’t been following the story–long story short, the crap has hit the fan for Humanity. Angry aliens are coming to basically turn Earth into one big butcher shop. You can pick up the first part of the story here. This Part begins Chapter 2. So, without further ado… Chapter 2: Recriminations and Reckonings…
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B-Sides and Outtakes– "Armageddon Dawn"–Part II
Continuing on with Chapter 1… Fort Riley, Kansas 0625 Local (0725 Eastern) “Jack, what the fuck is going on?” Captain Jason Mitchell, CO of A/2-70th Armored Battalion (FCS), West Point Class of ’03, asked worriedly. The two of them had been in the middle of a conversation when Jack had suddenly stopped and focused…
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B-Sides-Final Fight, Part II
The title pretty much says it all. I’ll do a little more commentary at the end. Let the dogfighting begin… Chapter 2 James saw two MiG-25 Foxbat fighters descend on a damaged B-52 like hyenas on a carcass and cursed, unable to do anything at the moment. One of the fighters pressed its firing run…
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Writing Tips–Some Research
As I mentioned in my writing tips, sometimes research can be a substitute for experience. Going even further, the best research in the world is that done by someone else. One quick way to save oneself a lot of diving and sorting of what sources work the best for you is to find a historiographical…
