I've had Shipcore bookmarked for a while to eventually check out, but it looks like Act 1 was deleted? Is this an error, or some kind of Kindle exclusivity thing?
From what I heard Shards was dropped because demoness was a more interesting story, and that shards wasn’t really working as a pallet cleanser / writing aid.
Shipcore is, unfortunately, is a space scifi that was written like a litrpg fantasy novel. I cannot enjoy it as my brain hate any space operas that's not hard-scifi.
It doesn't really begin until later in A3. Even then the focus is never heavily on romance, but her relationships are definitely an important part of her life.
how should i put this... the shipcore story is the longer you read the more you got bored (personel opinion), and the ship still stuck in destroyer or corvette and lack any action. personel recommendation try to read i woke up as a mercenary riding the strongest ship