Hard Science Fiction
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Quantum: A Forgiveness Story by Symptax
Fandoms: Analogue: A Hate Story/Hate Plus (Visual Novel series)
23 Aug 2016
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How do you teach a biologically 16 year old, 700 chronologically year old AI how to think again? On top of that how do you start the long process of survivor recovery from one of the worst eras in human history? A Hard Sci-Fi novella, done when I feel it's appropriate.
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Past and Present by ExtraPenguin for Kaesa
Fandoms: Memories - Within Temptation (Song), Original Work
13 Apr 2016
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Life continues.
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The Commonwealth comes to the aid of a long-silent branch of the human species with whom they long lost contact following the exodus from Earth.
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- Part 1 of Novara Galactica
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- English
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- 6,285
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- 1/1
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Waves from Eternity by ExtraPenguin for Irusu
Fandoms: Call the Ships to Port - Covenant (Song), Original Work
20 Apr 2017
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Twenty-five thousand years ago, Earth sent a space ship and crew to study the center of the galaxy.
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In A Lon Beginning, a child searches for their mother on a distant planet, and discovers answers to questions they never knew to ask.
This story takes place thousands of years in our future, and is the first tale of a Lon Story about our possible future.
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- Part 1 of A Lon Story
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New life brings renewed hope. On the day his child hatches, Christopher reflects on the journey that has brought them here.
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In a not so far future, the Earth is dominated by Klaxxosaurs.
After the invincible bio-machines emerged from Earth's core and destroyed civilization as everyone knew it, all that's left of the old world are endless, scorching deserts. Humanity, in a last ditch effort, took shelter in immense fortress-cities made of metal called Plantations that endlessly roamed the earth. Eventually, society inside the Plantations degenerated into a dystopia that used mind-conditioned child soldiers fighting in squads of mind-melding battle mechs, the FranXX, to fight against those nightmares. During the final battle at the enemy's last stronghold, though, something goes horribly wrong and humanity instantly collapses into nothingness.
In the heat of the moment, a particular FranXX squad made a bundle of carefree adolescents, Squad 13, is thrown neck-first into the difficult task of keeping afloat the last remnants of the young defense force in the last hyper-technological bastion of humanity, Bird Nest. This is the story of their search for a happy future written in the ever-changing sands of a world that doesn't want them, and the epic struggle of learning how to use their wings to fly higher than they ever dreamed.
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The Alliance resurrects Commander Shepard in secret, placing her at the center of the growing rift between humanity and the rest of the Council races. Under orders from the Alliance's enigmatic intelligence arm, Shepard must find a way to cross the Omega-4 relay and end the Collector threat. Loyalties are tested when a plot that threatens the tenuous galactic peace is revealed, and Shepard must unite a distrustful galaxy to face the coming Reapers.
An AU where Cerberus exists as part of the Alliance, and Shepard is forced to reconcile her loyalty to her people and her duty to the galaxy.
Set during the events of Mass Effect 2
Rated for language, violence, and gore. Rating will be bumped in later chapters.
*NOTE: this work was originally published in January of 2016. I’m republishing it after significant revisions of the plot, the pairings, and the grammar errors*Series
- Part 1 of Semper Fidelis
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The year is 235 after the Galactic Advent. Civilizations across the Milky Way, united under the Galactic Federation, now struggle against the enigmatic and unrelenting Space Pirate threat. To combat this foe, the Galactic Federal Police keep watchful outposts in every corner of federally-controlled space. On the savage world known as SR-388, a biologic research team has just discovered something which should have been left forgotten beneath the surface.
This is a retelling of the Metroid story with a focus on worldbuilding and character development. It is also an experiment, being my first narrative work. Please let me know what you think-- not just about the story, but about the writing style, pacing, characterization, etc. I aspire to write original fiction, so your criticism at this point will be immeasurably helpful and greatly appreciated. -
Harry Potter and the Violation of British Airspace by Mayflower (wkl9684), wkl9684
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
16 Jul 2022
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When a mysterious flying car appears on the Royal Air Force's early warning radar, unleashing a series of events that can't be stopped, the world is turned upside down. The Wizarding World is threatened by the only unipolar hegemon at the tail end of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, fearing they have made first contact with militant alien life. Legends and prophesies clash with science and philosophies. Magic and myth collide with technology and truth. Ancient hatreds are revived; dark magical practices find mirrors in war and genocide.
A band of unlikely heroes from opposing worlds come together to prevent a new kind of war.
Amidst the riots, cutthroat political games, military aggression, magical shootouts, and hostage crises, a determined philosopher seeks to accomplish his nefarious aspirations by merging quantum physics with the Dark Arts.
This is a techno-thriller presented not as a single-point-of-departure story, but as a total deconstruction of the world of Harry Potter, with a few details re-examined or redone; and unique/original characters taking the focus, not relying on the original cast.
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The deadliest threat to interstellar travelers isn’t radiation or high-speed collisions with dust particles.
It’s time.
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Deep in the void of interstellar space, a catastrophic accident leaves the crew of the EAS corvette Nidet stranded with little hope of rescue. Pressed for time and low on resources, help may be closer than they ever thought possible, but will they be trusting enough to accept it? And is that help ready to accept the responsibility of the title that will be placed upon it?
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Wild Hoenn by minkprowl
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Planet Earth (TV)
26 Jun 2022
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Living on top of an active volcano is hard. In addition to the usual worries of instant annihilation in the case of a sudden eruption, the weather is also rather unpleasant. Spring is always late; winter, always early. The showers of ash fall every day. Yet travelers and Skarmory go to the top of Mt. Chimney for the same reason: to get away from humans.
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This nature documentary anthology explores the bizarre and ingenious adaptations that Pokemon have evolved to survive in the world of Pokemon.