Bare walls, steel bars and not a lot else. If she had to read ONE more strategy book she was going to puke. After ten boring years, something had to give and it sure as hell wasn't going to be her. ... more>>

Kidnapped and turned into an experimental soldier from a young age, Leliana's finally managed to get herself clear of all the stuffy laboratory equipment and is making up for a lost childhood. Unfortunately for her, the lead scientist who'd spent so many years beating her into shape isn't quite ready to call it a loss, and has unleashed an accidental catastrophe into the world to get her back. <<less

A war is raging above your head, a war you know nothing about. The combatants have not only been fighting this war for your entire life, they have been fighting it since long before Human history began. While you live your life in peace, the thousands of intelligent species across our galaxy are split between two warring camps, and our home planet sits right on the front lines between them.... more>>

Do you know people who have disappeared, or miss school or work often? They might be some of Earth's secret defenders, the Humans who know about the war because they live in it. They must fight in it as part of the Alliance, in a never-ending defense against the Enemy's relentless oppression. Entire families have fought in this war for generations, beginning their service at an age when you are still going to school. Sometimes while continuing to attend school as your classmates.

These are the stories of the young people who are caught up in this war, about the difficulties they must face and the friendships that allow them to fight on, as they serve in the uniform of the Earth System Defense Force. <<less

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CW: Because these elements may offend some people, Left Wing Political Themes, The Gay, Trans Folx, and Polyamory.

Depressed wreck of a 24 year old Ryudo Kelekolio lives in The Cascadian Commonwealth's capital city of Seattle, in the year 2319. After his re-integration into society, his half-sister Yua is just about the only person keeping him from wallowing in his apartment nonstop. The monotony is finally broken when his mother ships him a Full Dive VR pod, and his sister a game to install on it. The Ocean of Stars Online, a retro-future science fiction anime game.

Drafted into an event written by his late Grandfather years ago, Ryudo suddenly finds himself playing as Ryujin Kel, an important figure in a game-wide war, flying by the seat of his pants in his Battleframe Jackdaw, with new friends at his side, he finds himself embroiled in much more than he bargained for.

(Inspired by QuietValerie's Trouble With Horns. Chapters posted as soon as editing is done and they've been beta-read. I don't do well with deadlines.) <<less