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…
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.”…
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I Know This
There were no old buildings on the campus of Star City University. The Colony itself was only 32 years old— nearly 33, if you counted from Charter Day coming up in January. Or 37 if you counted from the day…