Chapters in the evolving attack on the trans-atlantic internet cables
25 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Wopney
PROLOGUE i. Vagabonds & Delinquents Men of feckless irresponsibility who scorned those with a home, preferring the flat horizons of seas to the cramped cubicles of sedentary living. They danced in a merry circle and neatly sidesteppe...
8 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Bellamy's Crew Men of feckless irresponsibility who scorned those with a home, preferring the flat horizons of seas than the cramped walls and cubicles of sedentary living. They neatly sidestepped whole generations that had been bound in chains, p...
4 Nov 2025 7 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Echoes in the Static The flat was in the inner belt of Marseille, cheap and dim, the kind of place that exists to hide from time. A single window looks out on the port cranes and the dull shimmer of diesel light over the sea. Inside, the air swirls w...
31 Oct 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Wopney
BURN IT DOWN London, 1780 Bellamy raps the keeper’s door with his knuckles like a drummer testing a skin. Three knocks. Silence. The brass ring gleams back at him through smoke and night. He turns, gives the crowd a small bow, and points. That’s t...
14 Jul 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Men of feckless irresponsibility who scorned those with a home, preferring the flat horizons of seas than the cramped walls and cubicles of sedentary living. They neatly sidestepped whole generations that had been bound in chains, poi...
7 Jun 2025 10 minute read 0 comments Wopney
LONDON 1780: THE BURNING OF NEWGATE PRISON “Strike, and let the fire spread, For in the ashes lies the seed.” The protestors start by attacking the carriages of those arriving at Parliam...
20 Jan 2025 10 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Prometheus stole fire from the Gods. Mortals unleash it LONDON 1780 The protestors start by attacking the carriages of those arriving at Parliament. Criminals they held responsible for passing the Act. Yet, the anti-catholic sentiment soon morphs i...
3 Jan 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Money is all but spent. That ship has almost sailed. Yanez is alone and lost, drunk in a dingy bar in the port town of Livorno, the ugly twin of Tuscan conurbations; medieval alleys and the renaissance ideal replaced by an industrial port belching...
1 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Wopney
Who are the real Pirates? “and so we overtook the sloop commanded by Captain Beer. We raided and stripped it to the bone. Most of their crew had been slaughtered by the time we managed to board but captain Bellamy wanted to keep the merchant vessel....
30 Dec 2024 10 minute read 0 comments Wopney
LONDON 1780 THE BURNING OF NEWGATE PRISON “Strike, and let the fire spread, For in the ashes lies the seed.” The protestors start by attacking the carriages of those arriving at Parliament. Criminals they held responsible for passing the Act. Yet, t...
