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PostPosted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:51 pm 
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Sweet.

I have had a fun time making the game and love to hear when other people enjoy it. :)

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:10 pm 
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Hey guys.

I've pushed out a little expansion to Forge of Wars: Tactics.

It is a little baggy of seventy of the wound tokens used in the game.

Suitable for use in any game....all for five bucks. ;)

Just saying...hehehe

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fo ... und-tokens

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:02 am 
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The Austin-class destroyers were the epitome of American ingenuity during the early days of The War. Built to kill Terran and alien capital ships, they were designed to both support American capital ships and cruise on their own. And though they used Peloran technologies, they were built of entirely American construction and understanding and proved part of the valuable bootstrapping process that brought us through The War in one piece.

http://medronpryde.deviantart.com/art/A ... -480430653

Seen in:
http://www.amazon.com/Forge-War-Jack-Ha ... 179&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Flight-Jack ... 179&sr=1-2

And featured in:
http://www.amazon.com/Wolfenheim-Rising ... 179&sr=1-3

Also will be featured in the upcoming Angel Strike.

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:48 pm 
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The Los Angeles-class heavy cruisers were some of the best ships of their time. Built just before The War began, they were to be a revolution in military technology that would vault America into a new position of dominance. In actuality, they came into service just in time to help keep America from falling to the Shang attacks. They still see service today in many roles, but it was during The War that they truly shone. They stood between Earth and the Shang and held the line.

Los Angeles-class heavy cruiser
http://medronpryde.deviantart.com/art/L ... -482471648

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 12:15 am 
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It's been taking me a lot longer to do my story than I expected.

Of course, I've also published a game, so that took some time.

Still, I've got the next story in final editing and cleaning stages. A few battle scenes still need to be fully fleshed, but the story is basically done.

If anybody here is interested in getting advanced copies for your perusal, and any feedback to me you are willing to give, I would be happy to send them. :)

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:04 am 
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We took a drubbing at Epsilon Reticuli but we blew their trap to kingdom come and got out. Then we had to make for Serenity. Serenity had yards to repair our ships, heavy defensive fleets, and powerful orbital forts. She was a Western Alliance Core World, an immovable fortress in the stars, a safe haven in even the most dangerous of wars. We would be safe when we got there. We’d escaped the trap and were home free. There was nothing to worry about, right?

The first three chapters of Angel Strike can be read for free right here:

http://jackofharts.com/?cat=17

I do hope you enjoy. :)

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:21 pm 
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Okay looking forward to more of this!

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:34 pm 
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Cool. :)

The first six chapters are now up and ready to read. :)

Working on the rest now.

:angel:

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:31 am 
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http://jackofharts.com/?cat=17

All nine chapters of Angel Strike are up now and I'm waiting for feedback before doing the final (I hope) cleanup job before publishing the novella to Amazon and Nook.

Also, there is a little project I've been working on lately...:)

Forge of Wars: Card Heroes are pre-made micro-cards less than three inches tall that are great for moving around on a battlefield. There are a mix of twenty-eight unique powered armor, soldiers, and well-dressed civilians that will look good in any modern or futuristic setting.

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/fo ... ard-heroes

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2015 10:30 am 
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Hey all.

I've updated Angel Flight on Amazon in preparation for the publishing of Angel Strike that is about to happen.

Next week according to plan.

You can check here to get Angel Flight if you want:

http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Flight-Jack ... 179&sr=1-2

I do hope you enjoy. :)

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2015 6:10 pm 
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In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and expand our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Then their enemies brought War to us all. We gave them a belly full of it. We drove them out of Alpha Centauri and assembled the largest, most powerful fleet that had ever flown under Terran banners. Third Fleet was our best hope to defeat them and bring a quick end to The War. Their first strike was at Epsilon Reticuli. It failed.

In the aftermath of Epsilon Reticuli, the heavy cruiser Los Angeles leads the remnants of her squadron back to Alliance space with information that could change The War forever. But Los Angeles will soon find that the enemy has not been idle while Third Fleet sailed, and returning home will be far more difficult than she or her crew ever imagined.

http://www.amazon.com/Angel-Strike-Jack ... dron+Pryde

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 2:16 am 
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Hey guys!

To those who are interested, I just published another novel on Amazon.

Angel War, the third part of the story covering the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles.


In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and expand our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Then their enemies brought War to us all. We gave them a belly full of it. We drove them out of Alpha Centauri and assembled the largest, most powerful fleet that had ever flown under Terran banners. Third Fleet was our best hope to defeat them and bring a quick end to The War. It failed.

Now the last survivor of that doomed expedition sails for Alpha Centauri. Returning home is always the greatest wish of a soldier, but home does not always welcome their return. The heavy cruiser Los Angeles and her crew have made enemies, both foreign and domestic, and they have plans for her. But she is not without friends, and they have plans as well. Can she survive when all of those plans crash into each other?

http://www.amazon.com/Angel-War-Jack-Ha ... bc?ie=UTF8

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 19, 2016 4:14 am 
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For those of you who are interested, I have been revising and editing my first book.

Forge of War.

I've learned a few things in the last few years and decided to put them into making it a better story.

Yeah. I like digital releases right now. ;)

Anyways, I'm putting the chapters up one at a time right now, with a plan to put the whole thing up for sale soon.

You can find them right now on my website.

http://jackofharts.com/?cat=30

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:38 am 
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Attachment:
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I've recently gotten into creating 3D pictures as well as writing. And I like to take some of the characters in my stories and show them...doing things...and posting them online.

I have high rez versions on my Patreon page ( https://www.patreon.com/jackofharts ) Hehehe.

Anyways, here is one I recently did.

Do You Feel Lucky?

Now just wait up before we all do something you’ll regret. I know you got ten big bad guys and there’s just two of us. And I know you’re doing all kinds of math trying to figure out what ten can do with two. But let’s just take a moment for a bit more math. You see we’ve got three revolvers here. I know you’re fast, but I guarantee we can pull the triggers twice before you get a hand on us. So that’s six out of ten that’ll end up with holes in you. That leaves four of you, right? But we’re only here for Lucky Lorenzo. His bounty pays double if there’s no holes in him, so he gets a pass on the shooting. That makes only three of you very unlucky guys gonna put hands on us. That just seems like real bad math to me. Or we can go for what’s behind door number two. Lucky Lorenzo and us walk out of here with no shots fired or unkind words uttered and you nine can elect yourselves a new leader. So there’s two questions you need to ask yourselves. Do you want to cross a couple of real Cowboys serving a judge’s legal warrant? Or do you feel lucky?


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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:36 am 
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Not So Lucky
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Some people are smart. They see a no win scenario and try to come up with another way. They try to outthink the situation. They try to find another way to do it. They look for different definitions of success. Some people just surrender and go with the flow. And then there are those royal class of idiots that charge in without thinking. They’re the ones that end up not so lucky when the time comes.

High rez version on my Patreon page ( https://www.patreon.com/jackofharts )


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:31 pm 
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royal class of idiots that charge in without thinking
"leeeroy jeeeenkins"

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:58 pm 
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I'm gonna get me some kentucky fried chicken....

;)

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Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2016 6:06 am 
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Speed

I asked, “Wanna race?”

She snorted and said, “With what?”

I was feeling real proud when I waved at the new sports car.

She snorted at me. “Please. My two wheels have more speed than all four of yours combined. You'd be so far back, even the cops would refuse to give me a ticket for street racing!”

That's when I got a little indignant. “Well, fine. If you're too scared to race me, I'll just find someone else.”

“Oh, I'll race you,” she said with a wicked smile. “I'll race you anytime and anywhere.”


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:50 am 
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Happy Halloween this season.

Remember to practice safe Trick or Treating.

Many doors are not meant to be opened.

While others open on things you cannot imagine.

So dress well, play hard, and most of all…

Have fun.

High rez version available for free on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/jackofharts


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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 6:59 am 
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Hello, my name is Charles. We expanded into the galaxy slowly at first. It took years to plan each colony, years to travel between the stars, and decades before those new worlds became productive. But we spent the time and money to do it. Some have asked why we did so. It was so expensive to do this that no one could make a profit. The early colonies would have bankrupted anything short of the Great Powers, and a careful study of their economies shows how much they poured into the process. Protests against the wasteful spending were common in the Western Alliance. Not so common in China and Russia where protesters had a tendency to end of dead. But even there, the strain on the economies is easy to see. So why did we go? That is a very good question.

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:55 am 
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In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study advanced technologies, and expand our colonies hundreds of lightyears from Earth. It was a golden age that many thought would never end.

Jack grew up in a world at peace, his only interests, partying and girls. But when a sneak attack killed millions of Americans, and wiped out almost everything and everybody Jack knew, he volunteered to serve and get some payback. But the Marines want more than people looking for revenge, and cybernetic partners demand a higher commitment. If Jack wanted to earn his commission as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, he had to let himself be forged into something stronger than he’d ever felt the need to be. A man willing to live up to the name of his squadron. A Cowboy.



Forge of War, third edition, is now live on Amazon if you wish to buy it. I have learned much about writing in the last three years, and put that knowledge into making this a much better version of what I wanted it to be. Now on to other stories I wish to write. In the meantime, you can get it here if you wish.

https://www.amazon.com/Forge-War-Jack-H ... bc?ie=UTF8

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"I'm gonna Tea Party like its 1776." - Medron Pryde
Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 3:50 am 
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For the first time in years, Forge of War is available on Barnes and Noble once more. So if you have a nook, or just like the epub format that Barnes and Noble sells in, you can finally get the story once more. I do hope you like it. :)

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/forge-o ... 0016288994

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Who is John Galt?


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:47 am 
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Betty is a cybernetic intelligence born to be a fighter. With Jack, she pilots an F-12 Avenger starfighter as part of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron/Wing 112, the Cowboys. Whenever she thinks she can get away with not being in uniform, she prefers to wear a yellow sundress and sandals. It is her way of reminding herself that even if she was born to fight, The War does not define her. She looks forward to an end to The War, and hopes one day to explore the galaxy.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:57 am 
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Jack spends most of his life acting like the only things that matter to him are parties, girls, and getting out of town before their fathers or brothers catch up with him. He wears the role of the ridiculous simple small town playboy with impressive gusto. Captain Jack is built on a young Jack’s adolescent dream given form and substance, and exaggerated to the limits of believability. That is why he works so well. He is a reliable monkey wrench, thrown into situations that require chaos sown and reaped. My plans include his true measure, of course. It is my sincere hope that our enemies only learn that measure when it is far too late for them to adapt.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:44 am 
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Betty chose to be my cyber. My partner. She was born to be with me. Jasmine was not. Jasmine was born to be with someone else, but that someone died. Most bonded cybers die when their pilot goes. They can’t imagine living without the person they were shaped to complete. But Jasmine is not most cybers. She’s a real tough cookie, and I’m happy to say that she chose to live on. With me as it happens. And she wasn’t the last. I guess I became a home for wayward cybers over the years. But Jasmine’s special. She never left. She never found something better to do. She stuck around. And my world is richer for that.

Jasmine was different before she joined me. Drew was different. Jasmine was born for her. But she changed after Drew died. She still looks the same, but she changed her wardrobe. And her personality shifted a bit, too. She’d been one of the girls with Drew. She took on some tomboy aspects for me. And then the fitting in began. The third wheel trying not to squeak. Or to squeak just right. Betty shifted too. She became quieter, the one always there to preach caution and acceptance. Jasmine became more aggressive once she got comfortable, the person who dared me to do the crazy things I thought of. The fun seeker. The one that wanted to live life to the fullest and never forget any of it. She became that because Drew wanted her to live. She became that so she could stay with me. Sometimes I wonder what she’d be like if Drew had lived. I don’t think I’d recognize her. And as much as I wish Drew were still alive, I know I would miss the Jasmine I know. And that makes for some real complicated feelings, let me tell you.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 3:22 am 
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Drew was one of the best of us in many ways. Some of us volunteered for revenge. Some of us volunteered to promote our plans. Drew joined because she truly believed in making the worlds better. She was an Hawaiian. And she was a real life princess, a first daughter of the Star Kingdom of Hawaii. She never told us, but I knew. My family keeps track of all the worlds’ self-proclaimed noble families, and they considered her to be a helpless optimist. That is why I always liked her. She made the worlds better places simply by being there. I can think of few better words to say of another.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 7:23 am 
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Ken “Buckaroo” Banno was a legend in his own mind. And his millions of fans, friends, and an extended family structure that encompassed nearly everyone with a drop of Japanese blood living within sight of Los Angeles. He was the golden child of Free Japan, the founder, the owner, and the chief advertising arm of Samurai Surfing. He was a successful businessman, a media personality, and he would have been elected in a landslide if he had ever run for political office. Some people would say he threw all of that away when he volunteered to serve in the military after the Shang attacked. But instead he became the one thing he had never wished to be. He became a hero to the people of Free Japan, a reminder of the proud and terrible forgotten history of military excellence carried in the lifeblood of Japan.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:32 pm 
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Ken Banno was one of the first twelve Cowboys. He fought at Earth, Alpha Centauri, Epsilon Reticuli, Serenity, and the Hyades Cluster just to name a few. He fought in battles great and small across Terran space, and he proved to be one of my best men. I do not believe he ever failed me. He may have been defeated at times, but it was never because he failed. He lived all the way through The War, you know. He never was killed all of the way in twenty years of unrelenting War. Then he came home and ran into my family. Even against them he did not fail. They did defeat him, though. That complicated matters greatly.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:21 pm 
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Charles Edward Hurst is one of the most interesting men in all the worlds that I have ever had the dubious pleasure of meeting. Don’t get me wrong. He’s a loyal friend and a trusted ally. But he was not the first young and spoiled spawn of a rich family I met in Northern Minnesota back in the day. I used to see a lot of his ilk come to the Lake Country on the border between America and Canada to sample our rare hills and forests. I may have acquired a dislike for them as I was growing up, and I recognized him as another fob the first time I saw him. I am both pleased and displeased to say that my first impression of him was wrong. Displeased because it showed that I was not as good at reading people as I thought. Pleased because I met a friend for life once I saw past his outer demeanor.

Charles is of course a member of those Hursts. The Hursts of Pennsylvania. One of the richest families on all of Earth and beyond. The family that single-handedly funded the completion of an entire warship class before The War began. The family many people think owns Pennsylvania, lock, stock, and ballot box. He’s Old Money as the saying goes. And he used all the money he could get control of to do something fantastic. Wolfenheim was his dream. Our first colony in alien space. Our first message to all of them, out there, that we were not content to remain in our own little corner of the galaxy. We were coming. We would always be coming. And we wouldn’t let even the Shang stop us. They tried. They tried real hard. But Charles had plans, and his plans saved a lot of lives when they came to fruition.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 3:56 am 
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I had plans built over a lifetime. My friends and I had brainstormed over what we would do for decades. How we would transform my family into a force for good when we took our rightful places at the table. All of that planning would have been for naught had I never taken action. There are moments in a man’s life when his destiny is forever changed by a single act. The day Caesar crossed the Rubicon. The Christmas Eve on which Washington crossed the Delaware. The day I brought Dorothy into my conspiracy. She told me then that she had known all along what I planned. That she had been born to help me. She opened the doors we needed to make it all a reality. And she changed my life forever.

I have had friends, foes, and sycophants all my life. I never fully trusted any of them. I do not believe I knew how to trust back then. My family did not teach that lesson. Jack tells this story about Fort Wichita after I inherited command. How I took control and drove everyone to victory like I was born to do it. Do not believe a word of it. I was scared spitless that day. I was panicking. I knew I was dead. A dead man waiting for the shot that killed me. The only reason I am alive now is because of Dorothy. She was the one person in that moment that I fully trusted. She used that moment to teach me how to trust myself. And then she taught me to trust others. That is her gift. She is a teacher. She pulls the best of out people. Everyone around her. She makes people want to be better. I love her for that.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:42 am 
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Just in case you guys use itunes to read your books, Forge of War is now available for apple devices on that platform.

I think that is rather cool, myself. :)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/forge-o ... 8928?mt=11

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:29 am 
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Mary is one of those cybers that decided to pick a pilot that had no interest in ever spending most of his life in space. He was happy with the life of a simple Kansas farmer until a piece of Yosemite burned his farm to the ground. So Mary came to life as the kind of homegrown country girl you’d expect to find in the vast stretches of Middle America. I knew a lot of girls like her up in Northern Minnesota, far more at home walking through the fields and pastures than down some big city boardwalk. She’s solid, the kind of person you know you can rely on when things go crazy. And you know what? I always did like her, from the day I met her. She’s one of the most honest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. Even when that honesty hurts.

One of the things I like most about Mary is her personality. She has all the abilities that any cyber has, but she doesn’t flaunt them. She spends as much of her time as possible in the real world, and was one of the first of our cybers to acquire a physical avatar. That was right after Natalie and Jasmine. Their pilots were dead so they could claim that American military regulations didn’t affect them. Mary’s pilot was still alive. She was in direct violation. None of us reported her. She relished the contact her avatar gave her with the real world, and it didn’t take long for her sisters to envy her. Yeah. She was the trendsetter on that one. Pretty much all of us were in violation of that regulation by the time The War ended. Made certain decisions real easy, let me tell you.

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Jesse James has no known relation to the famous historical figure, but he did prove to be an amazingly good Cowboy when the time came. He had literally bought the farm in his native Kansas during the decades of peace that followed Contact. He lived near the ancient Fort Hays where he grew winter wheat, grazed buffalo, and scratched a living out of the near desert that dominated Western Kansas. The burning wreckage of Yosemite Yards started a prairie fire that raged for weeks and devastated that part of the state. His farm did not survive. He had lost the investment of lifetimes of his family into the land, and he himself was penniless. He volunteered to serve because he needed money to rebuild the family farm. It was one of the more refreshingly honest reasons for serving that I ever heard. He impressed me.

Jesse James had no wish to live in space before The War began. His plan from the beginning was to invest his earnings back home, fight until Wars End and then retire back to his farm and rebuild it after cashing out his investments. It was a worthy plan, and one that I respected greatly. Much as I respected him. He may have joined Jack’s merry little band of hooligans, but he was always one of the more responsible of them. You could always count on him to have a plan when the stakes became high. And he had the courage and fortitude to see a plan through when it was hard, or to change it when it became necessary. He was a good Cowboy. One of the best. A part of me hopes to fly at his side again one day. But that would interrupt his retirement, and only a fool would wish to do that.

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