The Thuriamen tried to ruin the Fostean spirit by destroying one of our most precious planets, Poreia by using its own sun against it. Not only did they fail, but they only ended up intensifying our determination. Military service is not mandatory, nor have we ever considered the possibility of such a thing. For as much as we employ the Earthan method, we will never require people to fight for any cause they don’t believe in, or even do believe in, but don’t wish to fight for. That is a personal decision that no one has the right to impose on anyone else. Sadly, this can have the added effect of lowering our ability to contend with our enemies. The Thuriamen have a service policy allowing conscription anyone...of any age...for any duration...with no compensation. We could never do this to our own people, but we’re finding that we don’t need to. Since this horrendous and uncalled for attack on an innocent planet, the Pangalactic Fleet has seen an unprecedented increase in volunteers. So many people have been moved to fight for their worlds that we’ve had to build new ships just to accommodate them all. Our ratio against our enemies is still lower than we would like, but we have something they never could. We believe. We love our galaxy, our culture, and justice. Though the Thuriamen leaders may think God is on their side, what we fight for is greater than any false god: each other. The total inclusivity, and immoral obligation, of the Thuriamen approach to conscription may give them a hefty number of warm bodies, but they have very few dedicated warriors. Most of their soldiers are only there because it’s compulsory, not because they want to be, or because they think it’s the right thing to do. Our intel even shows strong evidence that the majority of their population has grown up so sheltered and limited, that they have no clue what it is they’re even doing. We know that there are no suns in the dimensions they live in, but there also aren’t even windows on their battleships, so when they are ordered to fire weapons, they can’t see what their guns are trained on. Hell, they may not even know that they’re firing weapons, or understand what weapons are in the first place. We are currently working on a way to convert some of the more unmotivated soldiers onto our side, either by having them fight for us, or defect to our citizenry, and begin learning the truth about the universe. We will win this war, no matter how long it takes, and once we do, the Light of Truth and Love will shine upon our faces once more.
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Current Schedule
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Sundays (macrofiction)
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The Advancement of Mateo Matic
Now that the lineup has been irreversibly established, and their reliance upon the direction of any external force removed from the equation, Team Matic must decide for themselves what missions to take. As they approach the year that changes everything, they may find themselves on a long detour.
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Mateo Daily
Daily installments of The Advancement of Mateo Matic have temporarily replaced all weekday stories.
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Mateo Daily
Daily installments of The Advancement of Mateo Matic have temporarily replaced all Saturday stories.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
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