Monkey Boy's Playground

7 October, 2587 9:34pm

Nothing’s been going on the past few days. Everyone’s laying low. So, looking at this text I’ve realized that I’ve failed to mention where, in terms of location, I fall into the war.

I live in Mount Syph on Beta Terra in the Hestia System of the Colonial Federation. The Colonial Federation is made up of two systems; Hestia and Athen. Hestia is by far the crown jewel of the Federation. There are 7 planets in the Hestia System. Planets a and b are the inner most, both hot and damn near molten due to their distance to Hestia. Beta Terra is the largest colonized world in all known space. We’re right in the tropical zone of Hestia’s habitable zone, and Marconn is close enough to always be somewhere in the sky, as is Petra, Beta Terra’s moon. Marconn has two terraformed moons, Celestia and Ayr, both with multiple cities. After that there’s e, St. Dominic and its moon Edwin, and g at the ass end of the system.

Athen is similar to the Sol System in regard to its size and planet distance from the star. Eleos is on the forward edge of the habitable zone of Athen and is damn near an inferno compared to Beta Terra. Eleos’ moon, Troy is the same, and is ¼ the size of Eleos. The second planet in about the same zone as we are is Sparta, it has a moonette if you will, there, but of little worth. On the back edge of the system is Pylos and its moon Ithome, only planet and moon requiring no terraforming of any kind to settle.

So that should help when I start dropping names of stars, planets and moons in Feddie space.

8 October, 2587 8:57pm

Another day of sitting on my ass has come to a close. I hate sitting around with nothing to do but think. My mind never goes to a happy place. So, to get those thoughts out of my head, I’ll give the list of the other key player in this war; the Earth Alliance.

The Earth Alliance is made of two systems, Sol and Alpha Centauri. Sol is the capitol system and birth place of the human race. Alpha Centauri holds the bench mark of being the first system outside of Sol to be colonized. Sol is well known throughout all space, so I’ll only mention the key planets and moons. Venus is the second most colonized planet in the galaxy behind Mars. Earth has built 4 space colonies that orbit the planet or Luna. Luna holds two of the largest colonial cities of any system. Space Station Legacy is the longest standing satellite of its kind and houses a few hundred scientists and their families. Jupiter’s moons Europa and Io hold resource colonies, as does Saturn’s Titan. The Balteum Docks orbit Pluto and act as a shipping yard to and from the inner Sol system.

Alpha Centauri is part of a trinary star system. Alpha Centauri is orbited by Beta Centauri, and both are orbited by Proxima Centauri. Proxima has no planets, Beta has three, but they are of little use in terms of resources and would cost far too much to mine what is there due to the forces acted upon their star. Alpha Centauri is home to six planets. Only the second and third planets are colonized; Myrna and Byn. Myrna has 2 uncolonized moons; Byn and Noch (one of its 2 moons) make the rest of the system.

So, that’s the Earth Alliance in a nut shell.

Tomorrow, I promise, something will die; be it rebels or squirrels. Fuck!

9 October 2587 8:12pm

No rebels. No squirrels. But I got that fucking coyote that’s been messing with the neighborhood pets; something about the sound of a .44Mag that just sooths the soul.

So then following the curve of sheer fucking boredom, I’ll go over the star systems that make up the Red Star Union.

Tao is the capitol system of the Union. Hew Hong Kong is on the interior of the system and orbited by its moon Yangtze. Shanghai is the second largest colonized world in known space, with two moons, Nanjing and Taiwan. Yinglong and its moon follow, with Shenlong and its moon Chang’e at the end of the system. There are a few shipping stations that orbit the various planets, and a dock at the outer edge of the system where ships must wait for clearance to the inner planets.

Union space is completed with the Romova system. There are only 2 planets in Romova; Natovia and Vladimir. Natovia has 4 moons each with several mining colonies. The 2 moons of Vladimir remain untapped for their resources as it would require splitting the moons open to make it viable to mine the resources present.

And with that I shall leave you until next time when I shall, with any hope in Hell, report that slaying of many a rebel bastard scum.

10 October 2587 2:40am

SO. FUCKING. BORED!

I’ve been sitting wide awake since midnight. So, since I’m not going to pass out anytime soon, I may as well get the last of the map done for you; the independent star systems. There are three independent planets, and New Haven.

New Haven stands to be mentioned first. It’s not a planet in anyway shape or form. New Haven is a giant, near Jupiter size, asteroid that’s positioned outside of any orbits and set up as a completely neutral trading post. New Haven was established on 12 November 2483 after its founder (who has yet to be identified) released traceable video of the destruction of a planet and its moon. The weapon has only been speculated and has not been seen again. It is believed that the Founder is the only one who can manipulate the technology. Nevertheless, there was no system in colonized space that contested the formation of the system. If you need anything, anyone, or need to hide from anything or anyone; you start with New Haven. New Haven is governed by a legislative police force that passes laws that maintain the peace. Anyone that is found in disrespect of these laws is dealt with accordingly, from imprisonment and deportation to their home system, and even capital punishment.

The other independent systems have no real significance other than no other faction cared to contest their claim for freedom. Adstrum has two planets with Nemus being the only one colonized. Darwin has three colonized worlds; Etty with 2 moons, Bessy with one moon, and George with 3 moons. Galaxeon has 2 worlds; Gamis and Shandis with its 5 moons.

15 October 2587 1:14pm

Goddamn rebels. Been out on the run for five fucking days after a small band of 11. Tracked them from San Dean to Dime. Found them hold up in a fortified castle type mansion. Rather than waste time with clearing out the house room by room, and not knowing what other shit they had inside waiting for us. So, we dropped an HHC-17a Mk III Fuel-Air Demolition Charge; or for those of you not versed in military specs, a tungsten-graphite thermo detonator which set the air on fire and then burns any remaining shit to the ground.

Needless to say, mission accomplished. Now it’s time to pass the fuck out.

Colonial Federation

Office of Civilian Affairs

Fort Zeus, Syndol, Hestia

MRC-1536-ORD19 16 October 2587

From: Major General Lance T. Weston

To: Ambrose Garner

Reason: Officer Commission; Civilian Grade

Location: Hestia System, Betta Terra, Syndol, Fort Zues, 1000J, 18 October 2587

Special Notation: Formal event

25 October, 2587 7:19pm

This is the first time I’ve been able to sit down since I was given my commission as Commander. Soon as the ceremonies were over the good General handed us orders to track down rebels in the Syph Mountains. After 6 days of hiking about, we’ve found no rebels, just a nice base that’s been moved somewhere. We’ll be heading back out tomorrow to continue tracking where the base was moved to. With any luck we can find it and just call in an airstrike. If not well, we’ll be taking the required ordinance to level whatever we find.

Monkey Boy's Playground

For a little crazy in your life. Come. Read. Enjoy.

The Journey: Second Galactic War

2587

October