What Is the Dex System Semiquincentennial Series?
If you landed here from the story on e-rumormill.com, you're probably wondering what the Dex System Semiquincentennial series actually is. The Dex System Semiquincentennial series is a fiction line built around America's 250th anniversary, taking real threads of American history — ships, systems, and turning points — and reimagining them as living stories rather than museum pieces. "Old Ironsides" is one of those threads: instead of treating the frigate as a static historical artifact, the series asks what a vessel like that would become if it were rebuilt, reinterpreted, or reborn today, and what it would mean for the people connected to it. It's part of a broader push from Dex System to mark the anniversary with stories, not just commemorations. It's a different way into the anniversary than the usual retrospectives.
Also new from AM I AM Publishing: E-Drive: The Good Ghost, available now on Barnes & Noble. Research support for this post came in part from Claude.
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