Star Trek DS9 is the Best Series

And that is because of the cast of characters, and the actors who portrayed them. Done, I honestly don’t have to go any further than that. They are all top tier performers. However, going a bit deeper; When it comes to media, it is subjective, so I can understand why not everyone would share my

The Fractured States part 6

The Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Tecumseh Sherman cut through the calm waters of the gulf. Surrounding the massive Leviathans, like pilot fish swimming around great white sharks, the largest concentration of warships of the Louisiana fleet flanked them. Ten Chicago-class frigates, six Tiger Shark-class destroyers, and five of Shiloh-class monitors followed their

Homunculus: Angelic Requiem (4)

Pain and terror laced through her as she wriggled on the floor, barely suppressing her screams. Her sisters were being killed, and she was feeling all of it through the hive link. She felt another piece of metal ripping into one of her hearts, and the screams she was barely suppressing, ripped from her throat

The Honorverse

For those that do not know, the Honorverse is the name for a series of books by David Weber. However Timothy Zahn and Eric Flint have also contributed. Along with several others. Now, it’s been called Horatio Hornblower in space, and I have also compared it to the film Master and Commander: The Farside of

Fractured States 5

He stood watching the dock workers frantically finishing the construction of the new Chicago-class frigate, newly rechristened UWN Belmont. He should feel honored that they had renamed it after his fallen ship, but where pride should be, there was only an icy hole. He reached up to touch his face, wincing in the process, the

Midwesterner View of the Conf. Flag

To understand the vitriol that I have developed for the Confederate flag, which for a while I was indifferent, is how it is still being used today. I also understand that this is a complex issue. It is a multi-headed Hydra with many heads, and even just discussing it can lead to anger. But, at

Fractured States 4

Along the Red River, just north of Shreveport Louisiana, sat the estate of Elizabeth Norton sat sipping on her coffee and pouring over the newspaper. The headline was worrisome, but she knew how the yellow journalists liked to hype things up. She doubted that the Confederacy and the UWS would be crazy enough to start

Homunculus: Angelic Requiem (3)

Five climbed into her exo-suit, sliding her slim frame into the harness, and clasping it shut. Glancing around she identified all of the inner controls, and taping a code in, brought the suit to life. It was slow, she could barely hear the dim hum of the fission batter powering up, but then with a

Homunculus: Angelic Requiem (2)

Hatchling sat in the dim light of the hive, listening to the others chatter. Some of the colony was out gathering food, others were repairing parts of the hive, while were she was, they were tending to the other hatchlings. She could feel their curiosity of the world, and was a bit envious of their