September 1, 2183 “Chaos would not be too strong a word.” Arthur dropped his handscreen on the conference table with a disgusted gesture and leaned back in his chair. “Legally, anyway. The NAC has a challenge pending before the International…
Author: kfgoodnight
Deadline
Sunday, August 3, 2183 TRANSCRIPT (excerpt): The Sunday Morning Debate, North American News Net, 0900 EST HOST: Good morning and welcome to the Sunday Debate, I’m your host Sarah Kruger. Major developments are expected today in the ongoing controversy over…
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Goodbye
July 31, 2183 “I wish you wouldn’t go,” Frank said. Jenny frowned unhappily. Linda said nothing. She’d had this conversation with Jenny in the dorm, over and over for weeks. It was too late to repeat it now. But Frank…
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Lifesystems
April 7, 2183 Charles Safreth’s title was governor, of a state within the North American Continental Directorate. But he was really a mayor, and of a city that down on the planet would likely be called no more than a…
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Theories
(Program note: I originally intended this “History of the Colonies” series to be weekly posts, but I’ve fallen into more of an every-other-week schedule. That probably makes more sense, since I have actual novel-writing to do as well, not to…
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Complications
Spring, 2183 Throughout the first half of 2183, the Offworld Colonies began making plans that, with hindsight, clearly pointed in the direction of independence from the Terran Federation. Historians today continue to debate whether Colonial leaders intended to move toward…
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Inauguration Day
Monday, January 27, 2183 The alarm that any offworlder must have felt at the election of Alexander Monroe, and the broad gains in the Terran parliament by his Born to the Earth party, had only intensified in the eleven weeks…
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Dialog Unlikely To Be Used, volume 2
Greetings faithful readers: to those of you following my History of the United Colonies series, sorry about the delay. While I’m aiming for a weekly post, last week I had a home repair emergency and this week I had Christmas.…
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Consequences
Thursday, November 7, 2182 (Terran Press Syndicate, 1200 GMT) All around the world, Terrans went to the polls today amid ongoing civil unrest following the solar event two weeks ago, which some are now calling “the Hiccup.” In the wake…
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Charles Versus Charles
The interviewer packed up her camera and departed, leaving Charles Safreth sitting behind his desk facing the frowning expressions of his campaign manager Arthur Norris and PR director Carol Tolbert. “Well,” said Arthur at last. “That could have gone better.”…