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Kitty Cat Kill Sat

Kitty Cat Kill Sat

Original Space Opera Non-Human Lead Sci-fi Drama Action Adventure Female Lead Magic Genetically Engineered
4,032 Followers
1 Pages
6,808 Views
2 Chapters
Saturday, May 13, 2023 7:56:40 PM

Ownership of the last functioning piece of orbital infrastructure kind of puts you in a position of responsibility.  The fact that there's a lack of thumbs in the process makes it a challenge.  But challenge is, as far as anyone can prove, my middle name.

Herald of the Stars - A Warhammer 40k, Rogue Trader Fanfiction

Herald of the Stars - A Warhammer 40k, Rogue Trader Fanfiction

Original Space Opera War and Military Sci-fi Action Adventure Fantasy Technologically Engineered Dystopia
1,165 Followers
452 Pages
253,668 Views
57 Chapters
Friday, June 2, 2023 3:00:31 PM

British plumber, Aldrich Isengrund donates his body to science only to wake up in the far future as the last survivor of a Federation experiment.

Stuffed with archeotech, Aldrich has been given a chance to live long and prosper, so long as he reaps the great tithe of xenos required to unlock his implanted machines.

How much destruction will one man incite with a battered, plasteel pipe?

Try my original medieval fantasy: The Rícewelig Crown

The Future That Never Was — The Rings Will Rise Again!

The Future That Never Was — The Rings Will Rise Again!

Original Anti-Hero Lead Space Opera War and Military Comedy Multiple Lead Characters Action Sci-fi Tragedy Cyberpunk Slice of Life Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Villainous Lead Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered Hard Sci-fi Soft Sci-fi Dystopia Artificial Intelligence Attractive Lead
525 Followers
935 Pages
172,275 Views
170 Chapters
Sunday, April 16, 2023 6:33:46 AM

WELCOME TO THE RETROFUTURE!

The Future That Never Was is a book series project featuring an alternate space age where the Soviets colonized the belt before David Bowie sang Life on Mars; where rogue AIs took over the web; where pizza came in cans. Humankind couldn’t dream of a more exciting future. Yet, as foolishness eventually turned Earth into a nuclear wasteland, shadows began to conspire from the heart of the Moon to beyond the mysterious Planet Nine…


This extended universe in progress includes numerous R-rated titles. All of them will be uploaded on Royal Road for free. Check the Index or the list/links below for the main stories.


🐈  KITTY KITTY - Completed - <READ>

Join sassy space cat Lee and his Desert Eagle-toting, soda-swigging human partner, Ali, in a future stuck in the late 80s/early 90s. Board the dynamic duo’s ship, the mythical Kitty, as they bounty-hunt their way through a dystopian solar system—so lock and load, and shout Cowabunga! because it’s crime-fightin’ time! 


🪐  PACHINKO BLUES - <START READING> 

Amid the chaos of the Rings Civil War, a disgraced pilot finds himself tangled in a vast vendetta involving a megacorporation, android mercenaries and data-cartels. From Saturn’s Plastic Fields to the fringes of Kuiper, his violent redemption is an 80s-esthetic space western filled with tears, blood and... ducks?

[Back in November 2023]


Other stories related to the first arc of The Future That Never Was:

• RADIO FREAK - Standalone biopunk short story featuring Ali Koviràn, the Data Maiden and Bill Murray

• STELLAR PATRIOTS - Short special with Braun Kamirov, linking KITTY KITTY and the book series

• DATA ONE & DATA ZERO - 2024

• CYBER MACHO - 2025


To support our work or simply read in better condition, visit our amazon shop and patreon!

Star Wars: A Penumbral Path

Star Wars: A Penumbral Path

Original Space Opera Martial Arts Multiple Lead Characters Sci-fi Action Adventure Fantasy Male Lead Female Lead Magic
1,200 Followers
1,113 Pages
350,994 Views
64 Chapters
Thursday, February 2, 2023 2:14:01 AM

Four years before the start of the Clone Wars, two newly-minted Padawans find themselves with two very unusual Masters who walk the line of what a Jedi should be.

Stories of the Apex

Stories of the Apex

Original Space Opera War and Military Multiple Lead Characters Sci-fi Action Adventure Short Story Non-Human Lead
604 Followers
866 Pages
414,407 Views
49 Chapters
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:38:47 PM

The series, Stories of the Apex, is a collection of self-contained science fiction short stories with different (but sometimes reoccurring) lead characters all following a central plot.

The story begins shortly after first contact with the peaceful Broda, a non-predator alien species that discovers Earth seeking new worlds for trade. Being a violent predator species among a galaxy of prey, humans soon decide to take up the cause of their new friends by opposing the plague species known as the Krador.

First Contact

First Contact

Original Anti-Hero Lead Space Opera War and Military Multiple Lead Characters Sci-fi Action Adventure Cyberpunk Male Lead Female Lead Non-Human Lead Mythos First Contact Soft Sci-fi
4,238 Followers
10,379 Pages
9,622,638 Views
975 Chapters
Friday, June 2, 2023 9:31:35 PM

Eight Thousand Years after the Glassing of Earth, Terran Descent Humanity has largely become a post-scarcity society based on consent and enjoying life. With the discovery of another ancient race beyond the "Great Gulf", events and history collide to draw the Terran Confederacy into war against a hundred million year old empire that has always won and believes it always will. With allies and enemies of multiple species, the Orion Galactic Arm Spur will be wracked by warfare the likes of which have not been seen. Cracked, harried, wounded, and damaged, Terran Descent Humanity willfully throws itself against the universe itself.

"The universe hates you and will take away everything you love, laughing while it does so." - Terran belief.

A wiki is available (although under construction) at: https://fcgestalt.fandom.com/wiki/First_Contact_Gestalt_Archive_Wiki

Told largely from the viewpoint of other species, the story is currently ongoing. It involves graphic depictions of violence, war, adult language and situations, drug use, and other mature topics.

The story will be updated on weekdays, so keep an eye on this page for more chapters.

The story is 700+ chapters, and repeating characters do not start appearing until the Vuxten chapters. If you're in a hurry for repeating characters then this story will not be enjoyable to you. The interwoven plot is not based on a single person but the entire war, with its effects upon multiple people.

[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge for April 2022]

Overkill

Overkill

Original Super Heroes Space Opera Female Lead Sci-fi Action Adventure Technologically Engineered Soft Sci-fi Artificial Intelligence
1,410 Followers
267 Pages
256,849 Views
41 Chapters
Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:16:15 PM

Taylor survived being Khepri and she isn’t happy about it. Swearing that she would find a way to get back to those that left her for dead, she begins to make her way across the desert world of Tatooine in search of allies and just maybe, a new purpose.

[A Star Wars / Worm crossover fanfic]

War Queen

War Queen

Original Space Opera Strategy Non-Human Lead Sci-fi Action Adventure Female Lead First Contact Hard Sci-fi Dystopia
1,507 Followers
1,688 Pages
358,610 Views
75 Chapters
Saturday, May 6, 2023 7:00:00 AM

Strip away wants.  Strip away desire, strip away dreams and hopes.  When you peel it back, such things are luxuries only possible when you have first guaranteed your survival.  Survival is everything, and in its pursuit, even the self may need to be stripped away for the survival of the species.  Life, of her and her people, was nothing to the aliens if it was not useful.  So she would be useful, she would be obedient, and she would survive.  Under the control of the new rulers of her world and species, as a pawn in a conflict she could scarce comprehend, she would survive.  And in this cosmic war of forces beyond her understanding, when all that is known is stripped away, survival is not just everything; it is all there is left.

((Hosted for free on Royal Road ))
(( https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/46850/war-queen ))

[Winner during the Royal Road Writathon Challenge October 2022]
[Winner during the Royal Road Writathon Challenge April 2022]
[Winner during the Royal Road Writathon Challenge October 2021]

(( Chapters are 5,500 words on average.  Upload schedule is set to every 3rd day, consistently.  You can always find my drafts and first story versions on Royal Road, are able to purchase Kindle or ebook-edition versions here, and if you want to support my work or gain further access to the world of War Queen, as well as early chapter viewing, consider donating for Discord access.  Thank you, and enjoy.))

Burning Stars, Falling Skies

Burning Stars, Falling Skies

Original Space Opera War and Military Psychological Non-Human Lead Sci-fi Action Female Lead Strong Lead Strategy Hard Sci-fi
1,063 Followers
198 Pages
221,369 Views
24 Chapters
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 6:42:31 AM

Threedak is a simple Dhajtel. Every night she scavenges and hunts for her tribe in the great desert, relying upon her skill and ancestral memories to avoid the night's many dangers. Her life remains largely the same until one night, one of the gleaming angels that hangs in the night sky falls into her desert. Deciding to investigate, she happens upon a scene far beyond her limited understanding.

The Dhajtel aren't alone. The galaxy is far vaster and more hostile than Threedak's people can even begin to comprehend.

Entrusted with the knowledge and memories of a dead race, it will be up to her to forge Dhajtel society into something that can survive the storm that is to come.

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(This novel is heavy on Kingdom/Empire Building and is an attempt at fairly hard (grounded in real science) Science Fiction)

Cover credit to DrakonStorm

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A couple authors with reptile MC's have started a discord, feel free to hang out with us.

Digital Marine

Digital Marine

Original Virtual Reality Space Opera War and Military Female Lead Sci-fi Action Adventure LitRPG
3,350 Followers
1,827 Pages
1,662,565 Views
105 Chapters
Monday, January 3, 2022 1:16:00 PM

The class divide still exists in the future, and it has gotten much worse. There are many different types of worlds, from the paradise worlds where everyone is immortal, to the resource depleted, war-torn planets where every day is a struggle just to live.

Freya O'Malley grew up on Earth, the worst of the war-torn planets, and wants nothing more than to leave. With few options, Freya joins the Federation Marines. But, unlike the past, it's a struggle to earn enough enlistment points to stay in. With the prize of a citizenship on a paradise world at stake, competition is fierce. Every week is a new war. Can Freya earn enough points in the constant warring of the Marines to modify her body and mind to stay competitive? Can a girl from the wrong planet make it against those who have all the advantages?

Posting every Monday. Chapters will be roughly 4k or more words. 

Edited by Aldous starting at chapter 19.

If you like this story think about checking out my other web novel Super Soldier not Super Hero.

Please come and enjoy the discussion at Discord

 If you have any extra cash laying around and you feel like supporting the story you can donate here at Pateron or PayPal.  Patreon donators have options to read unedited chapters before anyone else can read them if you can't wait for the next chapter.

Long War

Long War

Original Virtual Reality Portal Fantasy / Isekai Space Opera Strategy Multiple Lead Characters Action Adventure Drama Sci-fi Cyberpunk Male Lead Secret Identity Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered Hard Sci-fi Soft Sci-fi Artificial Intelligence
553 Followers
793 Pages
112,976 Views
53 Chapters
Saturday, December 31, 2022 10:18:33 AM

Christopher Hall's life was utterly uneventful - until one day he suddenly found himself in the far future. One in which Mankind spread among the stars... and is fighting a centuries long war against its own nature.

Now something claiming to be an angel has given him a mission. If he fails, disaster will befall Mankind. If he succeeds, he can get his old life back. Unfortunately, telling Christopher what exactly he is supposed to do wasn't a part of the plan.

Join him as he figures out figure out how to survive in a universe where Mankind branched out into dozens of religions, ideologies and biologies, all at war with each other. Universe as familiar as it is foreign - and as dangerous as it is vast.

[Updated every friday/saturday, depending on circumstances]

Grand Design

Grand Design

Original Post Apocalyptic Space Opera Female Lead Sci-fi Strong Lead Action Adventure Technologically Engineered Artificial Intelligence
1,417 Followers
698 Pages
534,084 Views
47 Chapters
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 5:06:42 PM

Humanity once ruled space, building an empire that stretched across hundreds of stars.  Now Earth is a cold cinder in the void, its colonies and ships annihilated in an instant.  For five thousand years the surviving races have huddled in the dying light of those few stations which avoided total destruction, eking out their existence in the shadow of the long-dead humans who built their homes.  When a piece of that lost legacy resurfaces, the few who still remember humanity have one last opportunity to find the truth and avenge the fallen.

 

Cover by Harry Rowland - https://www.instagram.com/rowl_art_/

ShipCore

ShipCore

Original Space Opera War and Military Female Lead Sci-fi Slice of Life Action Adventure Cyberpunk Strategy Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered Soft Sci-fi Dystopia Artificial Intelligence
6,861 Followers
1,482 Pages
2,544,149 Views
178 Chapters
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 6:45:20 PM

In space, isolation is a slow killer. Company quickens the pace.

Waking up adrift in an ancient battleground, Alex is left dazed and confused with no clue how she ended up trapped aboard a failing vessel. With only a mysterious voice in her head to guide her she must act in order to survive.

Every piece of the puzzle she collects only leads to more questions about her origins and the star she's trapped around might not be as deserted as she first thought.

All she knows for sure is that she could die at any minute, but Alex is not going to go down without a fight.


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Copyright © 2023 by Erios909

Tidal Lock

Tidal Lock

Original Virtual Reality Space Opera Strategy Male Lead Sci-fi Action Slice of Life School Life GameLit
2,725 Followers
412 Pages
870,806 Views
40 Chapters
Saturday, February 29, 2020 1:00:03 AM

Humanity has finally taken the next step into space. Governments run research stations throughout the solar system while private enterprises mine asteroids for rare metals and exotic minerals. However, space remains beyond the reach of the everyday person. In contrast, virtual reality technology has led to an explosion of full immersion entertainment for the average consumer, and many people turned to VR for the thrill of spaceflight.

One game, Parallax Gate, lets its players experience living in an interstellar civilization. For maximum realism, its developers created a world solely defined by the players' personal skills and ability.

Mark Asami, a student of aerospace engineering at MIT, dreams of bringing spaceflight to the masses. To his disappointment, his first year courses barely relate to his interests, so he passes time as Aero Rayne in Parallax Gate with his roommate and their organization, the Temple Wraiths. Before they realized, a chain of in-game events drew them deeper into the game's world and politics than they ever intended to go.

Transcripts

Transcripts

Original Portal Fantasy / Isekai Progression Space Opera Psychological Multiple Lead Characters Drama Sci-fi Slice of Life Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered First Contact Soft Sci-fi Dystopia
1,072 Followers
965 Pages
364,715 Views
95 Chapters
Sunday, December 11, 2022 6:33:58 AM

Dr Uru'Nav Xant, Department Head of Research, has been detailing his interviews with the newly discovered 'Creator level' intelligent species 'Human'. The Subject of his study, Jasmine, displays many unique and interesting quirks, the most intriguing of which is the incredibly strong 'frequency' she is able to produce with the help of an implanted alien translator. Together the pair navigate their way through cultural misunderstandings, corporate politics, animal companionship and uncover the mysterious circumstances of the human's abduction.

Combining memorable characters, exquisite world-building and an exhilarating pace, Transcripts is an emotional read that will have you ready to take on the universe!

Transcripts was previously posted on Reddit and Patreon!

First Line of Defense, Book 1: Welcome to the Universe

First Line of Defense, Book 1: Welcome to the Universe

Original LitRPG Dungeon Space Opera Sci-fi Adventure
1,933 Followers
303 Pages
173,298 Views
20 Chapters
Friday, May 26, 2023 8:54:22 PM

When your planet gettings invaded by friendly but ruthless aliens and an AI offers you the opportunity to play the greatest tower defense game the universe has ever created, what do you do? 

You accept, of course.

Finding a way to survive can come later.

Morgan certainly thinks so.

But when aliens are attacking your station and giant six-eyed rats are eating your robotic face, you start to doubt these choices. Accidentally starting a war doesn't help, either.



Welcome to the Universe is a Litrpg space opera story with tower defense, adventure, and dungeon building elements. 

The Cassandrian Theory

The Cassandrian Theory

Original Space Opera Non-Human Lead Sci-fi Female Lead Artificial Intelligence
576 Followers
798 Pages
163,090 Views
54 Chapters
Monday, July 25, 2022 8:43:26 PM

Decades ago, Elcy was a battleship. Her recklessness on the front led her to forced retirement in a human body. Fallen from favor after her last mission, she’s now stuck on Virgo station as a cadet instructor. Eager to return to the front, Elcy accepts a bureaucratic mission that no one else wants to take on. On the way there, an unexpected party approaches her with an offer that is too bizarre to be true.

Listed on Top Web Fiction HERE

The story is a continuation of Quod Olim Erat and The Scuu Paradox

Deeper Darker

Deeper Darker

Original Dungeon Space Opera Comedy Multiple Lead Characters Sci-fi Action Adventure Cyberpunk
2,561 Followers
2,846 Pages
2,716,976 Views
340 Chapters
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00:00 PM

Sci-fi dungeon crawler.

Set in the far future when humanity has reached the stars and finds it is not the first to do so. Alien technology has been left behind by a long dead race. Ancient cities, abandoned starships, temples and fortified bunkers all contain artefacts and devices far in advance of what humans have been able to produce. Technology that feels more akin to magic, so powerful it can allow a single person to dominate a star system. But these relics of another time have been left well-defended and behind bewildering and impenetrable security measures. 

There are those who are compatible with the alien technology, who can augment themselves to face the evermore extreme protocols in the depths of the alien ruins, and by doing so attain greater power. And there are those who just want to sell what they find to the highest bidder.

The rewards are high, but you have to be prepared to go further and risk more to discover the greatest secrets of a civilisation that vanished long before the first human walked upright. Secrets that could irrevocably change humanity's future, or end it.

 

The Last Human

The Last Human

Original Portal Fantasy / Isekai Urban Fantasy Progression Post Apocalyptic Anti-Hero Lead Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi Cyberpunk Male Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Non-Human Lead Strategy Low Fantasy Space Opera Mythos Ruling Class Genetically Engineered Technologically Engineered First Contact Soft Sci-fi Dystopia
2,200 Followers
1,640 Pages
665,074 Views
153 Chapters
Friday, September 9, 2022 1:30:50 PM

ALL HUMANKIND died thousands of years ago...

…but the xenos still worship them as GODS.

Today, hundreds of alien civilizations thrive in the gods’ lost cities and fallen megastructures. One Empire has learned to harness the remains of humanity's forgotten technology to reconnect the distant worlds... and dominate them.

Eolh is an old, jaded, avian thief who lives in the dark underbelly of a conquered city. When the Empire first opened the gate between worlds, they stormed his home, killed his gang, and burned everything he held dear.

But that was a long time ago.

Now, the resistance is dead. No one dreams of fighting back—for the Empire wields the weapons of the gods: warships that fly, robotic constructs that hunt, and rare mysteries scavenged from the tombs of the gods. Eolh lives a half-life, thieving, running jobs, and selling his services as a freelance listener for the last gangs of Lowtown. He trusts no one, and only looks out for himself.

When an unusual heist takes a deadly turn, Eolh must bargain with an overzealous android who carries an impossible secret—one that will shake the foundations of the universe.

There is one last hope for salvation. For his people, or maybe just for himself…

Read this series if you love Dune, Star Wars, or stories about prophecies and long-forgotten technology.

Take a journey across far-flung worlds filled with alien cultures and impossible technology. This epic Space Opera mixes elements of science fiction and fantasy, and features a cast of underdog characters who find untold strength as they awaken the ancient wonders buried by time.

All this was foretold... One day, a human god will return.

Now a Published Novel!

Buy a Copy Here or keep reading on RoyalRoad :)

Sexy Space Babes

Sexy Space Babes

Original Space Opera Comedy Male Lead Sci-fi Harem Action Adventure First Contact
3,788 Followers
801 Pages
949,713 Views
64 Chapters
Saturday, April 1, 2023 7:19:02 AM

Jason had thought about punching a Shil’vati.

Who hadn’t?

Not only had the aliens conquered Earth with almost trivial ease, the seven-foot purple amazons also had the audacity to start running the planet better than Humanity ever had.

He'd never do it though. He was a reasonable guy, just trying to get by under his new feminine overlords.

Wasn't he?

(Edit: Book one of this series has now been taken off KU and can be returned to RR. Because of this, all content is being shifted over to Between Worlds.)
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