Hello. Let me tell you about a friend of mine named Jedediah, after his grandfather in the war. He didn't make much money, but he kept his family fed. One afternoon he was hunting for to put some meat on the table, when an errant shot was fortunate enough to hit a wet...
I had just finished a blue Gibson ES335 style guitar and I was starting on a new stratocaster in zebrawood. Then my boss asked me, could we do it in orange? Fortunately, I knew of a nice paint that would run semitransparent and orange and yet bring the wood grain of...
After about 20 years of living amongst them, with them, we realized that they were just playing with us. They were long-lived as were their thesis. And so we engaged in what would be a century long experiment. We had all their tech and plenty of resources. Add to that...
“You watched us, you abducted us, experimented with our entire PLANET!” Enough! As you were Mr. Cole!
When I was a young man, I learned the value of no Man left behind, Stranded on Mimas, in a suit, ready to die, and my boys came for me.
‘shrooms. Not those kind…probably.
Fin.
Part 15.
Part, the Fourteenth.
Part Lucky 13.
Part 12.
We found and occupied the Anomaly nearly 1k local cycles ago, using the station for research on the third Planet, we found out they called it Earth. At first we were discrete, only gathering and mating with close genetics, and soon we discovered that they adapted to our dNA so well they became giants of their species.
After the Diamond Dust Bollocks, I took some time off to plot, I sent off a few long distance probes based on a few hunches, then got drunk, for three months. Women, beaches and song, it took a week to get sober, but here I am.
Until now, we had enjoyed peace and Commerce. Established trade routes, Trillions of tons of Resources, Humans were on the Map! With such decentralised Governments as we had, the Free market blossomed like never before in History, with new colonies in the Asteroid belt, Ceres, Capernia and Hydra, new finds were being exploited on an almost weekly basis. Better still a consortium had cooked up a way to make cash, so we were on our way to the Gas giants, to explore and exploit, like the Explorers of old.
It all began in the early 21st century. When the great jump began. The tech was finally available to head to Mars and the race was on. At the time there were several nation states, CCP, Rus, Indo, and to a lesser degree the old US Republic, but the biggest players...
“Leopard, this is Captain Madrigal of the MS13 La Bomba, reporting on station, in cloak, it appears we have some Minor company”
We were born to the Fletcher family, rich and famous for our specialized pinpoint weapons.
Crystal Clear.
Music, recorded music…at home.
Shrooms, man. Shrooms.
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