Satellites Stories

The world fell to the Solar Wave thirty years ago, and humanity was left shattered. What survived did so unevenly. Cities fell silent. Roads became scars. Civic power fractured into local collectives, scavenger bands, and fragile communities clinging to order through habit and hope. Now, a signal began to rise from Santa Fe. Old, persistent, calling to the AI Mercy, buried beneath faith, code, and sin. Edmund, Emmet, Virgil, and Mercy head west into the big empty chasing the signal.

The white butterfly is associated with purity and innocence, resonating with the story of 'first love'. A love 119 inspired story ;)

Human intelligence against artificial intelligence, could be happening now. What if heavily armed military drones were unknowingly controlled by a video game console in a college town bar? Follow the development of artificial intelligence and a series of government and defense contractors "business as usual" bureaucracy blunders which leads to a highly classified - "No Questions Asked" program being sold as scrap. A very highly weaponized defense machine has been scrapped and then salvaged into a simple college town bar room video game. The players of the game don't know it is real. No one knows who is controlling the military drones. The government launches a super-secret investigation once high ranking elected officials are found to be secretly implicated in the attacks that are randomly and slowly eliminating United States National Security Threats.

Revolving

The satellites have fallen, and with them, the internet has been reduced to local hubs. No GPS, no satellite or internet communications. Fast forward thirty years later when a disabled man and his AI companion wander the digital wasteland searching for the last of the great data havens and try to rebuild in a world where technology has failed.

N.Otto was selling 634, 3 hp piston engines a year by 1875 and, between 1908 and 1927, Ford sold over 4 million Model T automobiles. In 1903 the Wright Brother's engine produced 1 horsepower for each 17 pounds of engine weight. In 1943, the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine developed 2,000 hp; 1.2 hp for each pound. W.von Braun developed the V-2 long-range rocket used in 1943. Also during World War 2, A.Franz, mass-produced the Jumo 004 turbojet for German aircraft. In 1945, the V-1 cruise missile was powered by a pulsejet engine with virtually no moving parts. The Lockheed "Blackbird" was the fastest manned ramjet; capable of Mach 2 to 4 supersonic speeds. On October 4, 1957 the satellite Sputnik 1 proved that the Soviets were capable of reaching any point in the USA with nuclear weapons. The Syncom 3 communication satellite was placed in geostationary orbits over the Pacific on August 19, 1964. In July 1969 N.Armstrong and B.Aldrin landed a Lunar Module on the moon. WHO THE HELL ARE WE? is a series of short books and videos describing the evolution of civilization. Almost everyone on the planet is five times wealthier than their ancestors only 50 years ago. This astonishing phenomenon has also improved health, education, and longevity. The cause; an explosive growth in ideas and productivity. It began when we learned to control fire, evolved articulate speech and stumbled onto the way to create infinite wealth; free trade. The discovery of agriculture made us richer but we also learned how to destroy wealth. Great civilization grew up but then disappeared leaving only incredible ruins and ideas. Later books detail some of the ideas and developments that increased the average life span from about 40 years to more than 80 and the average world income from less than $3 to more than $33 per person per day (and to $140 per day in some countries).

Learn From Experts and Out-Smart Your Teacher! Finally, your personal scientific magazine is available! We have spoken with some super duper cool and friendly scientists and asked them to explain their field of work to you. Join these scientists as they explain how satellites work, why people believe in creepy ghosts and take you on an adventures trip while tracking wild bears and study their behaviour. But besides learning all about the exiting places scientists work in, you can also take a super fun Space Quiz with your friends, test you intelligence by solving cross word puzzles, read about what it's like to be a fighter pilot and read about how the CIA have doves working for them as SPIES! Ask your parents, or teacher, to purchase the 3th edition of Young People Science as a digital version or as a print version and show everyone the incredible cool stuff you have learned.

A one-shot dedicated and requested by DixonsDaughter. A summer night leads to some confessions from a man Hannah hadn't seen for four years...