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The Line of the Sol Empress by wdhenning
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For over a millennia, the Line of the Sol Empress had reigned over the scattered planets of the Sol Commonwealth, exerting her constitutional authority and influence for the betterment of all humanity. In a brazen nuclear attack, she and her daughters were murdered. Priestess Celeste Ciel went on the run, with her the last hope for a new Empress. Alone and labeled a terrorist, Celeste stowed away on the cargo starship belonging to a man nicknamed 'Moon', a loner and cynical ex-military engineer who would rather be left alone. Powerful corrupt forces feared the precious package she carried and spared no expense or atrocity to hunt her down. United by reluctant circumstance, Celeste and Moon fled across the galaxy in a desperate quest to restore the Line of the Empress. Previously titled "Children of the Sun and Moon". Highest category rankings: #1 in scifi-romance #8 in spaceopera *** Second Place, "Punk Rock Awards", February 2021 *** *** Second Place, "The Carnival Awards", June 2021 *** *** Third Place, "The Dream Awards", August 2021 *** *** Third Place, "Winter Solstice Awards", December 2021 *** *** Third Place, "Time Turner Awards", December 2021 *** *** Second Place, "Jam Board Awards", November 2022 *** *** Top Pick, 2023 Amby Awards ***
Warsong (Hunter-Killer #2) by words_are_weapons
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The balance of power on the planet Rychter has changed. The battle for Brekka has left the once mighty fortress city crippled. The gateway to the south and the first line of defence for Rychter's human colonists, it is vulnerable for the first time in living memory. With the brutish Scraegan warbands in the badlands biding their time and gathering strength, it seems more bloodshed is inevitable. Ryke Vannigan, commander of an elite squadron of Hunter-Killer battle mechs, lived through that siege, but when a coalition of political and military leaders from the North descend on the reeling populace of Brekka to take control of the war he finds himself pushed to the margins. In the eyes of the North, Brekka's leaders have failed in their duty, and if the Scraegans can no longer be contained, they must be destroyed. He and his companions are soon drafted to join an army with a single purpose: complete extermination. The battle for Brekka might be over, but the war for Rychter is about to begin. || BOOK 2 in the HUNTER-KILLER SERIES
Risen: Shatterverse by bloodsword
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Max Niekro, the undead juggernaut that brought the Risen into space to war against Earth's enemies, is gone. Left behind are the tattered remnants of the once-mighty force that defeated the Velkin and brought the Vanguard of the Blood to its knees, staring across the Abyss at two old foes that have raised their heads to focus their malevolence on Earth once more. Can Max's neo-shell clone, Two take up the reins that his progenitor carried and lead the Risen once more to victory? Or will two universes burn as a mad god and a K'ethik swarm try to consume the universe whole?
Echo-1 The Whale by JeffreyVonHauger
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An epic adventure, an unreliable narrator, an intense cast of characters. Follow a digital subroutine from a 21st century Earth VR simulation that uploads himself into an advanced synthetic body, yet still identifies as human, when he wakes up on a gargantuan space freighter piloted by a 100-year-old sperm whale named Jonas, who offers him a job he can't refuse. There are monkey eating lizard men, diamond scout ships, galactic witch cults with hordes of genetically altered space wolves, a naked tattooed female stunt bike rider, puppies, a gang of reincarnated save-the-whalers, an Israeli spy general, Inuits from the 1800s, hulk bodied Zero-G commandos, rainbow squid, indestructible rust robots, an aging biologist trapped in a young girl's body, secret oceans in the storage decks, technology hating narwhals, acid guns, giant wasps, red lightning electric samurai swords, Ursa Minor Gnomes, a nebula belching wormhole, and of course, sperm whales: social big brained computer geniuses and the best starship pilots in the galaxy.
Dawn of the Starships (Formerly called A Starship Called Starsong) by CrystalScherer
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Rachel, a junior assistant in the cargo bay, wasn't prepared for the spaceship's AI to gain awareness during what should have been a routine update, nor had anyone expected it to take exception to the crew and the crates of illegal cargo aboard. Rachel races against time to try and get life-saving systems back online while stranded in the middle of deep space. Unfortunately for her, the AI can access every system, door, and airlock. As truths emerge, the AI realizes that even computers can make miscalculations, and it focuses on the young woman who had dared to confront it. Rachel is left floundering when the AI decides that she would make an excellent captain, albeit one in need of training. As she struggles to learn her new duties and dodge shady government groups, she must ultimately discover what it truly means to be a Starship Captain. ------- There is no romance in this story. Copyright April 2018. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, translate, or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *AI set-up* as long as credit is given.
The Optimum Project by gmoney2123
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Noah price is a regular 15 year old kid, like you or me. Except that he lives in the year 2159, knows how to fix a space ship's navigation computer, and oh yeah, gets powers because of a military based project.
Hacking the Sun [Old Version] by NineLight
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[Highest Ranking #49 in Science Fiction] Jessica Leibniz tried being a normal teenager, but unlike most teenagers, she can tell time without a clock. She still wears a watch, but it comes with incriminating A.I. software. It's part of her fashion sense-if you call a mix of 80's nostalgia, geekism, and jagged hair a fashion sense. Otherwise, you have a normal, nineteen-year-old girl who delivers pizza and tacos by day and hacks cybersecurity networks by night. All the while, she turns heads, probably because she performs her job on a gravity board, which is relatively unorthodox in a future where aliens rule the planet. The alien takeover could have ended more violently, but there's irony in how efficient and peaceful Earth has become a hundred years later. Corporations still reign supreme, but aliens lie at the top of the social ladder. Azareans they call them, overlords who've constructed a new kind of city for the modern world. The Eden: a modern megapolis. Accustomed to life in the modern city, Jessica has learned to embrace challenge when it comes her way. Without a cause, she confides in her three friends or smacks into boredom. And when she seamlessly cracks an uncrackable corporate security algorithm, nothing makes sense. Faced with world-turning revelations, the life she's led seems trivial next to a hundred-year lie and tragedy.
Space Wars by jeshi99
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Back from the Sagittarius arm on the opposite side of the Milky Way, Admiral Sarasota and her fleet have been unsuccessful in finding the Dragon aliens' home world. The only answer is to send a revamped ship to Andromeda with a doomsday weapon. But, this entails a risk, especially since the Dragons were continuing to capture and eat humans and other human-like species.
Overwatch: The World Needs Heroes! (Tracer X Reader) by Jedi1997
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You are a former Overwatch Scientist and for the past five years since it's disbandment, you've been living with Winston and Athena at Watchpoint: Gibraltar. But now the world is sitting on a ticking bomb and the recall of Overwatch is it's only hope. You enjoyed working in the science division of Overwatch back in the day, but deep down you yearned for adventure. You were almost an active duty agent of Overwatch, but it was shut down before you had the chance. But now you had that chance, by gathering the heroes where ever they are. This was also your chance to see your crush Lena Oxton again .
Wrath of A King: Shattered Past Book 5 by FactOrFunction
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Two years passed after David Vasquez saved the Last City from the likes of Upgrade and since that time many things have changed across the planet Earth. However, all had but forgotten the threat promised by Crota fifteen years ago. His father, Oryx, has arrived at the Sol System and with him the Taken, a legion of corrupt, once living beings changed by darkness. This time, not even the powers of Invictus are strong enough to stop him.