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

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

"Welcome to the Ocean of Stars."... more>>

Ryudo Kelekolio's had a rough past. Taken advantage of then thrown out as soon as he questioned his abusers, he's now back home and re-integrating into society after rehabilitation, learning to be a person again, and picking up new hobbies.

Like Full-Dive Sensory VR.

Grandson of the man who invented full-dive technology *and* its most popular game, Ryudo had an aversion to the technology, but he finds himself grudgingly giving it a try, and stepping his way into a grand virtual conflict as a central character, because of a rider his late grandfather stuck on his biometric data for his first login.

The Battleframe "Jackdaw", stolen information, and a traitor prince? It's all so overwhelming. Maybe his sister smothering him isn't so bad after all. <<less

The year is 1937, and Avery Alejandra, Belle Delafleur, and Joltin' Jim Ross are the swashbuckling Red Kites. The tight-knit team commands the incredible flying machine known as Cloud Emperor. Together they can solve any problem, for a price. When trouble strikes close to home, and the people of Boot Bay start exhibiting strange changes in personality, two plucky scientists drag them into the mission of their lives. Now, they have to save the world before their reality is forever transformed by a rift that has opened to a dimension without gender roles or inhibitions.... more>>

*** NOTES & WARNINGS ***
⚙️ This story contains transgender and non-binary characters as well as nonconventional gender roles. It also contains graphic scenes of sex. If any of this isn't for you, please back away slowly.
⚙️ This story takes place in a steampunk world of my own creation. The year 1937 would usually place it in dieselpunk territory, but this is a place where steam technology is still predominant.
⚙️ The gender-bending tag on this story references psychology changes or awakenings rather than physical gender swapping.
⚙️ For those of you picking this up for the sex, please note you're my kind of people! But also note it will take several chapters to build up to it. It starts in a very straight-laced culture but this will change, dramatically. However, it will take a while, so don't be too disappointed. <<less

12 years after a cataclysmic event, the mysterious organization Ertragen recruits telekinetic teenagers to pilot giant robots.
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I post 2 chapters a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.... more>>

Come hang out with me on Discord:
https://discord.com/channels/756198516241727608/756230087443218665 <<less

When Sekai Rodriguez's shuttle breaks down in transit to Titan, she assumes that her life is over. However, help arrives in the strangest of places as a hidden AI emerges to save her life!... more>>

Or, more likely, keep her company as the oxygen slowly runs out.

At least she won't be alone for her final days. <<less

(I found a mecha-battlesuit in the ruins and now we survive together in this horrible world)... more>>

Sold to slavers from birth, a girl makes a final all or nothing bid to escape her old life and to chase her single dream or die trying in the attempt. Delving into a forbidden layer of the local ruins, she finds something unexpected. Something that will change the course of her life forever.

(Minimal LitRPG) (Single mecha in a dark-fantasy world) (Greedy protagonist) (Slow start) <<less

Entry to The Second Tempest Contest. Category: Exploration of Space (Genre: Sci-fi)... more>>

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Space. A scary frontier. Yet, it is a frontier full of promise.

Ancient wrecks, asteroids with rich potential, expansive debris of old battles, and ruins full of wonder. Space is waiting for those who are willing to risk their lives to plunder its riches. And space has many surprises for those who dare brave the risks.

It is a tough job, yes. It is a dangerous job, definitely. It is also a lucrative job, of course! That's why only the toughest, the meanest, the best men and women step forward to be the first to brave the frontier and plunder its untouched resources.

They are the Space Wreckers! Join now!

Sign up with your team and receive a grant of H$50,000 to build your own ship to your specifications! Wrecker Administration Authority Group of Holdings (WAAGH) will provide all you need to start your very own exploration business. The first 100 applicants will get six exploration suits of your choice for free! What are you waiting for? Sign up now!

*Exploration suits are not given permanently but are rented to wreckers at a fee of H$500 a week each. Loans are available at a 28% interest rate.

Disclaimer: By signing up, wreckers agree to waive WAAGH of all indemnity and liability whether actual or imagined and that any risks taken 'on the job' are strictly the wreckers' own. Any injuries or conflicts 'off the job' is not the business of WAAGH and WAAGH will not be held responsible or accountable for any crime the wreckers commit whether on or off the job. Wreckers also agree that in the event of unpaid loans, WAAGH has the right to collect anything of value from the wrecker's ship, body, or corpse, if necessary.

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Cover attribution
Space image is 'free for commercial use' image from https://pixabay.com/photos/earth-moon-ache-sunrise-space-1388003/
Space ship is 'free for commercial use' image from https://pixabay.com/photos/space-ship-model-moon-base-alpha-1-2923803/
Photoshopped together by Ai-chan.
Cover image made on canva by Ai-chan.
Full size image at https://i.postimg.cc/vZ4MgKXm/Space-Wreckers.png <<less

Theo Altair has a death wish.... more>>

He has tried everything he can think of to cut his life short but he can never seem to get it right, and somehow he always manages to survive. His latest attempt nearly destroys his ship, which houses a sentient A.I. named Shade who is not particularly thrilled with Theo’s antics, and the duo is forced to make an emergency landing on a nearby farming moon to make repairs.

There Theo meets Dimitri, a farmer-cum-engineer with a penchant to sing away his worries. The two form an unlikely friendship and when Theo tries to run away from his feelings, Dimitri isn’t quick to let him go so easily. He takes it upon himself to join Theo on his flight to the next star system — with some help from Shade — and Theo is forced to face his feelings head on.

But there are some things lurking in space that are more frightening than letting yourself be cared for.

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ALL SYSTEMS CRITICAL is part pastoral sci-fi, part sci-fi horror lite, part lgbt romance... and my first full novel! this was written for nanowrimo 2020, and completed/edited in the months after. new chapters will be posted weekly.

rating: pg13-ish
content warnings: suicidal ideation, brief allusions to self-harm, and violence/injury <<less

War has begun in the United Republic of Vostria. The ethnic Valtriat people fight for their right of succession, spurred on by hate and the... more>> ever-increasing tension between them and the Vostrians. Several months into the war a battle breaks out in the town of Belitoskye in its aftermath a duel will take place in the sky. A duel between two pilots, who carry opposing ideals upon their wings. <<less

"What?" A soldier asked himself as herself and quickly hid behind a tree.
The sounds of swords and spears clashing, arrows whizzing dangerously close, resounded... more>> throughout.
"Where am I?" She asked confused.
One second she was living her ordinary life yet the scenery suddenly changed.
Her body felt pulled down.
She looked down to stare at her chest covered with armour, heaving up and down.
She touched a part were a sword seemingly had pierced as there was a hole in the metal plate covering her chest.
*Rizzzz*
An arrow narrowly missed her head as she brought her head back up.
'Armour?' She thought, ignoring that her life almost ended.
"Then...." She muttered and swiveled her head to her left.
She saw a man shouting like an idiot, head over his head with a sword in his hands. Running towards her.
Cold seat ran down her back as a thought came to her head.
"Did I perhaps reincarnate in a battlefield?"
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To those who are confused about what happened to this book.
The potential was wasted since after chapter one, I couldn't find a way to continue it.
So, I recycled the book into an original novel. Though for some stupid reason I can't change the type to novel anymore.
I hope I could at least make a great book with this. <<less

You might think that in the twenty-third century, after having reached the stars and expanded their reach across countless horizons, humanity would have grown past all of their squabbles and primitive greed. Technology has put what was once incomprehensible within the reach of any citizen. Food can be printed as easy as paper was in centuries past with housing nearly as simple, healthcare is as easy as a simple puff from an inhalant or a new body part from the biotanks, and yet corporations still lock it all behind paywalls. ... more>>

The life of a space-faring scavenger may not be much, but maybe it will one day finally push me to the gate towards a better life. <<less

|15X WATTPAD FEATURED| After the Beacerika injures her, Rey battles with the Light and Dark sides of the Force while it takes her on a journey like none other-though supernovas and wormholes-right back to Ben Solo.... more>>

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Rey remembers the day she and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo fought the Praetorian guards perfectly. Nevertheless, since the battle, something's changed inside her. She is not the Rey she remembers. Her Force abilities are no longer a gift; they are a threat. Everybody, including Rey's friends, fear her power.

She must sacrifice everything she loves and give herself to the conflicted Supreme Leader if she is to change her fate. Nonetheless, something is hiding in the ashes of the galaxy-the Descendant of Evil. Now it is up to Rey and Ben to stop this growing threat.

As the galaxy crumbles, Rey will face danger like she has never faced before, including a wormhole, a supernova, and a Force-sensitive monster who swears allegiance to her. As she moves closer and closer to her supernova, her friends will try to save her. However, at the end of the day, Rey and Kylo Ren are the only ones who can change the fate of the galaxy. They are the only ones who can take the name "The Rise of Skywalker".

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*Awesome cover by @dorkiest_nerd on Wattpad!*

*Start Date: July 2018*
*End Date: June 2022*

Word Count: 30,000-35,000 <<less

A young pilot testing an experimental spacecraft unwittingly finds himself in the position of one of Humanity's two designated survivors, a plot to preserve the existence of their race in the annals of time. Earth is doomed, the Sun is fated to die, but the last page has yet to be written in the chronicles of human exploits.... more>>

With only a strange woman, a dog, and a sapient computer, he is thrust into a new reality. In order to survive, they must learn to make use of their limited and shrinking advantages. To thrive they must gain power, be it political, military, or economic, and they need it fast.
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Dead Star Dockyards on Royal Road and Webnovel
Author: cakeonfrosting <<less

Marie McCloud is a woman stuck in a galaxy coming apart under an interstellar war. So used to being pushed around by forces beyond her control, she finds herself caught off-guard when she is put in the pilot seat of an unfamiliar Battlemech and fielded alongside new companions. Is this an opportunity to turn her life around, or is this the first step down the wrong path?... more>>

Battletech and Mechwarrior are not mine, they are the property of Catalyst Game Labs.

Rachel McCloud and the Bristol are creations of James Long.

I am also hosting this series on YouTube, where you get to hear me read it to you alongside some sound effects and music I found on the Internet. So if audio is more your thing, you can find the full playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KokyPoimpGU&list=PLBPKALVoB6iB_cUJhqAzqjdNzva-6R9iu

Or you can go download the audio as a podcast, though you'll be missing out on the music and artwork: https://lucendacier.podbean.com/ <<less

Akari, a young Japanese woman, suddenly finds herself in an unexpected, deadly situation when returning home from the airport. She has to decide quickly...run away or trust a complete stranger to find safety.... more>>

After accepting the offer, she quickly learns that "safety" isn't here on Earth...but on a huge spaceship near Mars. There she learns that her experience gained from playing flight simulator games, suddenly appears to be surprisingly helpful.

While slowly changing into another lifeform, Akari must find a way to keep up hope and fight against impossible odds. She chooses to fight at the side of the Vahli and puts her human morals aside to find a way to end their enemy's existence once and for all.

A series of events is set into motion that will not only determine her own fate and the fate of two warring worlds.....but the fate of humanity as well.

When she finally returns back to Earth, she quickly learns that her beloved planet is already being invaded.

Join Akari on her adventures in becoming the most unconventional Queen in Vahli history.

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Notes:

-This story is completed.
-Please note: I'm not a native English speaker.

I would appreciate it if you could leave a comment. Just for fun, or to help me improve my writing skills.

Thank you for reading, and please enjoy.
Moriko <<less

Eager to get off earth, the emotionally-distant Violet uses her savings to buy a ticket aboard a colony ship headed out of the Orion Spur. The last place she expected to wake up after entering her cryosleep pod was a hospital bed in a solar system populated by demon girls.... more>>

Her body now heavily augmented to stave off centuries of cryosleep deterioration, Violet is given an address in her phone and thrust out into a new world which is both alien and familiar in ways she never could have imagined. If there's one thing Violet has experience with, it's how to roll with life's punches - but she soon realizes this place won't let her get away with that for long. <<less

The pixens are a people without a planet. Forced to live as refugees, they eke out a living as adult entertainers or menial labor. It is a life Yvian Kiver refuses to accept. She takes to the void, to seek out a new world, a new homestar. Yvian and her sister want to build a nation, a country where her people can live for themselves.... more>>

They are immediately captured by pirates. <<less

Two cities, closed behind walls, halfway across the world, are all that's left of an atomic war lasting many decades. Fueled by hate, disagreements, misunderstandings,... more>> and stubbornness, the war rages on day after day. Caught in the crossfire, two opposing teams of pilots, united by fate, took with them a hope to find the truth, and to end the war for good. This is their story—a story of war, discovery, and rebellion. <<less

A lesbian science fiction retelling of Ragnarok and the events leading to it.... more>>

It has been a millennium since mankind abandoned its home. Corporations have carved up the heavens, and brought humanity to the stars with them to finalize those borders in blood. Their weapon of choice: Einherjar, ten meter tall humanoid mechs, powered by an exotic energy source as-of-yet barely understood.

Just under the illusion of peace sold to the public, mercenary pilots fulfill the wills of those who hold the reins of power. Pilots like Aria, a conscript turned freelance mercenary aided by her illegal and fully sentient AI companion, Nimue. After taking what seemed to be a routine job for a routine client, Aria and an erstwhile rival, Maks, find themselves facing down something older, more territorial, and far more deadly than any corporate force. And what’s more, their encounter has drawn the baleful eye of the deranged leader of the Penrose Foundation upon themselves. <<less

The War of 3039 marked a technological threshold for the Inner Sphere, where forgotten technologies were brought back into the mainstream.... more>>

Elise Durand-Géroux learned this to her cost, leaving her unit destroyed, her health diminished, and her promising career in tatters.

Now, nearly five years later, she has escaped to the planet Gillingham on fringes of settled space to start rebuilding herself somewhere peaceful. Unfortunately, despite trying to escape the ravages of war, a bit of Elise's past has caught up with her and she must fight to protect what she has worked so hard to achieve <<less

"If you are young and don't dream of space, then toil on your soil forever", the legendary Hopkins II once said. And whether you are a rebellious cat or an orphaned human, you dream of jumping between worlds to see the wonders of the galaxy: the space elevators, sunsets on resort worlds, or exotic foods. These dreams usually don't involve run-down ships, strange passengers, being shanghaied, or freshly mutated or meeting old civilisations. The reality is all this and more.
 
A slice-of-life story of two young jump pilots, one cat and the other a human, alternating told in volumes. The first volumes are mostly world-building the action starts in mid-volume 4 (around chapter 37)... more>> so a slow build up. The science is as hard as FTL travel can be, restricting the action. However, the focus is on the soft side (character interaction).

Currently weekly releases.

The title will show the title of the current volume, this one was based on DallE. <<less

When a pilot with no name breaks through a rift to a dying world, he and his experimental fighter-plane become the only things in the way of a horrific army of monsters that is marching to burn down the mystical world tree and kill its keeper as the final symbol of their grim victory.... more>>

What happens when an emotionless killer is transported to another place, when a man who was trained to hunt in the skies above barren ash-lands now becomes the last protector of the perfect garden below instead?

What happens when a soldier with as much blood on his hands as engine grease must find a way to live together with a peaceful incarnation of nature itself — a dryad — in order to save the last sparks of life on her fading world from a series of invasions that never seem to end?
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The one-thousand year crisis has begun.

The world tree, towering up toward the heavenly skies, is the greatest beacon of resilience and peace that there is. Saturated with deeply set, ancient magical energies, it is the most powerful source of ambient, restorative magic that the dying world has ever known. Guarded solely now by its last pacifistic caretaker, a forest dryad, it seems inevitable that it will soon be destroyed with nobody around who is strong enough to protect it from the steadily approaching danger.

Rising from the shadows, horrific monsters from forgotten eras tear through the world in the steadily growing waves of their invasion, breaking free from their ancient prisons deep below its surface as they rampage and destroy the cities of men, elves, and all the other races of the many continents. Filled with nothing but an intent to kill, the system-manifested hordes march toward the last garden in order to bring about the end of the last era.

As one nation after the other falls, everything seems lost, until fate intervenes and a rift between worlds opens, bringing in the only hope the many nations, the sacred tree, as well as its peace-loving caretaker, have against the endless tide of blood and fangs — a transmigrated war pilot, flying an experimental combat aircraft, the Jagdflugzeug-09 'Kestrel'.

Is this one man enough to stop the monster invasions, which grow stronger and stronger with every subsequent wave? Can the pilot with no name carry the fate of the world upon his wings, or can he only watch from above as the fires of the apocalypse reach up to the sky to consume him as well before the fall of final darkness?

Find out in this latest novel by trending litRPG and fantasy author D.M. Rhodes!
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What to expect: LitRPG, Progression, A fighter pilot MC in an isekai fantasy world, A system-modified warplane, A dryad companion, Relationship growth, War, Defense, Monster invasions, Base/home building, Settlement building, A little slice of life, Air travel, Dog-fighting with dragons, Guns vs. monsters <<less

Defenders of the colonies, lawmen and arbitrators who settle disputes. Their sole function is to serve and protect the people. They are the Rocket Patrol!

A young soldier from our world who is a lifelong Star Wars fan dies and is unexpectedly reborn in his favorite fictional universe.... more>>

Just as the Galactic Empire is born.

Follow his journey as he carves out a path for himself in the galaxy far far away. Where he works to turn the Galactic Empire into a force that is not simply one of tyranny and oppression, but one that will truly benefit the galaxy and a nation that will endure the test of time. <<less