#space opera au

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[kingtheghast]

Space opera au treebark you will always be famous

Ty @martynsimp69 for helping me colour this!

[strifesolution]

space opera AU Ren and False 💫

[thedemonofcat]

In the distant future, where space travel is commonplace, Geralt Rivia makes his living as a bounty hunter, journeying from planet to planet. It's a solitary existence, but it's the only life Geralt has ever known.

One day, an enigmatic AI contacts Geralt with a mission: locate and retrieve a crystal known only as "Jaskier."

Uncertain about the nature of the job, Geralt approaches it with caution. His suspicions deepen when he discovers the crystal is far larger than he anticipated.

But the true surprise comes when he realizes "Jaskier" isn’t the name of the crystal—it's the name of the man sleeping inside it.

[eriadu-in-the-wildwood]

Space opera is back!

Three months after the Indomitable returned home, Theo’s cybernetic body is failing. Yaz will take any job, perform any task, to save her. But Theo’s mission lies beyond herself—Division is still pulling the galaxy’s strings, pushing the Alliance and Gallifrey toward war, and she’s determined to stop them. And keep her work secret from Yaz.

[freetobeeyouandme]

By Way of the Stars

Tags: Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply; Kevin Day & Neil Josten; Alternate Universe - Space Opera, Sci-Fi AU, Political Intrigue, the foxes are the crew of a space ship and Neil is a stowaway

Length: 9.5k

Summary:

The galaxy is vast, hiding places exist aplenty, and if there's one thing Neil Josten is good at, it's running away. When his mother dies after almost a decade of being on the move, Neil decides to try his luck in the outer reaches of the known part of the universe, hoping backwater planets and uncharted territories will hide him from his father better than the dense population of the inner systems. Stowing away on a small, long haul freighter with a small crew seems like the perfect plan to get there unseen and without much of a hassel. The only problem? He's not the only one hiding away in the small freighter's cargo bay, and he may have run head first into a conflict that may very well determine the future existence of the Federation. - Or, an AU where Neil and Kevin are stowaways on the same spaceship by accident

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Excerpt:

Neil Josten watched the cargo doors of the small long haul freighter from his place atop the containers stacked in the otherwise empty hangar, waiting patiently for one of the engineers to make her last round of checks before releasing the ship. He’d have a small window to slip inside after that, needing to become a shadow on her heels, but he had dealt with worse odds before. Still, moments like these made him glad to be alone.

Not that he wanted to think that.

He was sure his mother would forgive him for it, but even six months later the loss still stung. Neil knew, rationally, that she was gone. He’d tried to move on and most importantly move away, towards the outer systems where his father was less likely to find him, but sometimes he still slipped up. Sometimes he included her in his calculations, other times he found himself looking behind himself for a woman that no longer existed. In many ways her death had made it easier for him to disappear, slipping into the shadows whenever he needed to without having to worry about someone else, but Neil found he didn’t like it. Without his mother at his side he felt dangerously off-kilter. There was a distance between himself and everyone else that hadn’t been there before as he passed unnoticed among them, giving himself a new name with every stranger he talked to and never talking to one person twice if he could help it. And picking up the pace with which he orbited the inner systems made it far too easy to help it.

Without his mother there, no one would be left to remember him, much less mourn him, if his father ever caught up with him, and Neil wasn’t sure the trade off was worth it. Having no one meant survival, but what good did his life do him if he was already a ghost?

The loud hiss of the cargo doors depressurizing shook him out of his thoughts. He’d known the ship was old when he’d picked it, but for the past day he had been almost a little bit in awe as he watched her sit in the hangar: Boxy and painted a bright orange, she was an old school Federation standard Subclass Zero, some of the first spaceships the Federation had commissioned as such over forty years ago now. This one was given the designation X, stenciled outside of its hull in slightly scrapped white paint, and Neil thought despite its age the small freighter didn’t look half bad. Zeroes were small and cheaply built, a quick solution to the fighting that had broken out in the Federation parliament over partisan delivery routes and unequal distribution of authority over spaceflight. Most of them had not survived more than a couple of decades, so the F0-X was a rarity.

Neil fell in love with it a little bit over the course of the day. He’d grown up flying Gulls and Ravens, smaller ships than even this, meant for the transport of small groups and war, but this old lady had a lot of charm. Part of that was just him missing being in the pilot’s chair, he knew, his hands itching to flip the long haul freighter’s levers and turn her steering wheel just for the sake of it. The fact that she was so old meant she was well loved, and so he knew she would glide through space smoothly, heeding his every command.

It was almost too bad that she was a Federation registered vessel and he on the run.

[tryan-a-bex]

Words: 1.8k Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gault/Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman) Characters: Lucien | Lucienne (The Sandman), Gault (The Sandman), Jed Walker Additional Tags: AU-gust | August Writing Challenge, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Aliens, Secretly Alien, Hobbies, Drama, Alternate Universe - Space Opera, Refugees, Libraries Series: Part 21 of Lucienne My Beloved, Part 20 of Walking with the Walkers, Part 18 of A Quiet Love with Wings Summary:

Prince Lucienne is known across the galaxy to be a protector of children. But will she be able to forgive Gault and Jed for being aliens?

Prince Lucienne scowled at the cluster of children in the corner of the Judgment Hall. They should not be subjected to the trials she was going to be hearing today. She called the bailiff and instructed that whatever case they were involved with should be heard first. 

In response, the bailiff brought to the stand a tall, proud woman with perhaps the darkest skin Lucienne had personally seen. She gave her name as Gault, and did seem to be trying to reassure the children despite her situation. 

The prosecutor stood forward and announced her crime. “The woman Gault is found guilty of treason against the planet of the Dreaming.” Lucienne raised her eyebrow as Gault looked as astonished as she felt.

[boxofdice]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin & Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin & Jiang Yanli & Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian Characters: Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Meng Yao | Jin Guangyao Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Space Opera, Competency, Yunmeng Siblings Dynamics (Modao Zushi), BAMF Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, BAMF Jiang Yanli, Genius Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Diplomacy, Intrigue, Exposition, Introspection, Spy Mèng Yáo | Jīn Guāngyáo, Jīn Guāngshàn Being an Asshole, Yílíng Lǎozǔ Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Minor Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn/Wēn Níng | Wēn Qiónglín, Minor Jiang Yanli & Wen Qing Series: Part 2 of February Ficlet Challenge 2024 Summary:

Meng Yao is sent as a concubine to Yunmeng. His father has miscalculated though. Jiang Cheng is a better man than him and the Yunmeng siblings win their battles with loyalty.

Space opera AU with a lot of introspection from Meng Yao.

Written for Day 1 High noon AND/OR Fake dating.

[sjscoyote]

Blood On Our Hands, Hope In Our Souls

Fandom: The Magicians

Challenge: AU Roulette 2023 by @astriiformes

Prompt: Space Opera AU

Rating: M (for language & themes consistent with canon)

Word Count (Ch. 1): 1064

Summary:

“In my defense, we were being chased by murderous vagabonds. The statue had a ram’s head on it, so it should have taken us to Fillory.”

Josh groaned. “The Fillory fountain has two rams heads back-to-back, not just one. How does a former High King of Fillory not know that!?”

“Another reason why he’s a former High King,” Alice snapped.

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The Children of Earth take a wrong turn in the Neitherlands and end up trapped in the middle of a space-age empire hell-bent on conquest. Now Quentin, Eliot, Margo, Alice and Josh need to figure out how to get home, plus keep both Fillory and Earth safe from the Empire in the process.

[jeejascoffee]

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: 新世界狂歡｜NU: carnival (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Eiden/Edmond (NU: carnival) Characters: Eiden (NU: carnival), Edmond (NU: carnival), Morvay (NU: carnival), Aster (NU: carnival), Yakumo (NU: carnival), Rei (NU: carnival) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Space Opera, Science Fiction, Aliens, Interplanetary Politics, Slow Burn, Telepathic Bond, Mind Reading, Forced Intimacy, military setting, military ranks and jargon, Background Relationships, fuck or die but it's psychic fucking, hand holding, Sensual Play, Edmond is Sensitive, Accidental Voyeurism, Inappropriate Erections, Angst, Affection, Developing Relationship, Sexual Tension Summary:

A person’s planet of origin was sacrosanct. Even with hyperlink space travel, nothing could change that. Your planetary lineage defined you. Or at least, that’s what everyone in the Empire believed.

Eiden is a Xiterran, a person with psychic abilities. Xiterra was colonized by the Empire a long time ago. Now the military uses psychics to help them map uncharted space.

Edmond is a Kleinster, an elite born in the heart of the Empire. He serves in the military as a Vice Captain.

They meet on board the ship Bright Purity. Eiden’s psychic abilities are supposed to help them pilot through space, while Edmond is stern and focused on running a tight ship. However, circumstances force them to become linked partners; a situation that gives Eiden full access to Edmond’s mind for the purposes of their mission.

The space between their two heads is tricky terrain. Just as chaotic as the unstable space time around them.

But they must learn how to navigate. Together.

(Eied space opera AU)

[falsafangirly]

Thinking in writing a trigun stampede space opera au and posting some worldbuilding, WIP's and one shots.

Probably nothing super elaborate and the timeline will be a mess as I don't have one planned out and I would just be posting what idea I finish first.

Like PLANTS would be aliens, the seven cities space stations, smaller locations would be small lunar colonies....

I also want to make it plantcest (I just want them to be happy😭), and Nai will probably be more of a anti hero(guy still vash-oriented and obsessed) and will put another character to take the villain rule

[riacte]

Space Opera AU dashboard simulator

🥧 syrupstars Follow

Anyone else think that Red King racer is a little... y'know... fruity?

👑 falsewellsupremacy Follow

He literally says "ladies, gentlemen, everyone in between, get in line" so I think that answers your question.

🥧 syrupstars Follow

What about the "#Ally4Life 🏳️‍🌈" on his Twilight handle?

👑 falsewellsupremacy Follow

I genuinely have no idea. Maybe he thinks it's about him being an ally to cishet people

#idk ren's just like that sometimes #void knows what he's doing #also prev tags you do not want to get into the black hole of who ren has dated #he has rumours with 3/4 of the grid #edit: WHO MENTIONED BAD BOY TEENAGE REN IN MY NOTES #the shippers are here... oh no #edit 2: not ren at the club.

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🛑 bluebatshater Follow

oh my voiddd ofc That Duo got p1 again... i need them to dnf in the race. i hope they crash and burn and die and i need crastle to get podium for ONCE. i am so mad. i am calling for the goddess tsuki to curse them. dnf dnf crash burn DIE

🌻 lesbianlumian Follow

the goddess tsuki LITERALLY protects racers and that's why they pray to her? you think the goddess tsuki, creator of lumians, will curse an actual lumian? be so fucking fr

🛑 bluebatshater Follow

if you dont have anything productive to say get off my post. freak

#those blue bats stannies are SO ANNOYING THEY ARE EVERYWHERE #they're overshadowing all the other teams #cant even be a bitchy hater in peace #salt #negativity #hateposting

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🔮 queenofstarz03 Follow

OMG FALSE IS SO PRETTY SHES MY QUEEN OF HEARTS OMG OMGOMGOGM 💖💖💖💖💖💖 i tihnk im gonna pass out. HER HAIR FLYING IN THE WIND AND HER RED FRECKLES AND HER SMILE WHY IS MY HEART BEATING SO FAST and Ren is hot I guess he's tall like a ferris wheel

🔮 queenofstarz03 Follow

Looking at posts from five years ago is funny like how did I ever believe I was straight

🍦 jelliepopsicle Follow

OP, I think I recognise your url... did you write that viral Bad Boy Ren x QoH fic on Launchpad?

🔮 queenofstarz03 Follow

💀 Shut the fuck up right NOWWW!!

#STOP MENTIONING THAT FIC I WFOTE WHEN I WAS THIRTEEEN!!! #everything before my gay awakening is not canon. sorry #tbh... as much as a nightmare it was i kinda miss that stupid fic #it was from a simpler time #now im in university trying to contact my groupmates and i think one of them got lost in a blackhole last tuesday (again) #sigh. this keeps on happening to me #my cousin worked on one of the moons last summer for two weeks and came back like he'd aged six months #my friend's ex got sucked into a black hole and was briefly spaghettified but they managed to revive her and she gloats that she's finally taller than my friend's ex #whoops sorry for dumping in the notes #anyways. bad boy rk x good girl queen of hearts. awful idea. even more awful fic. yet i wrote it #i regret everything and nothing

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🗣️ peace-and-planets-deactivated63891092

PSA: Sunblr user @/summerheavens writes RPF of the Exterra 1 racers. She is a big name fan in the Miraculous Laserbug fandom so I thought you all would like to know. This is gross and disgusting behaviour and I implore you to stop.

🍬 summerheavens Follow

umm @/peace-and-planets i literally saw your kudos on my fic. the evidence is out there. girl what are YOU doing at the devil's sacrament. what are you doing on my roseduo rpf titled "hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine (we're not trying)".

but i'm glad you liked it enough to give it a kudos ^_^ will certainly be putting more on the starchive!

❄️ justwingit Follow

LMFAOOOO OP DEACTIVATEDDDDD 😭😭😭 sunblr user got killed by a rpf author. if you're gonna secretly read rpf maybe not leave a kudos?????

🚀 exterrablrheritage

Exterra 1 Heritage Post

⚡ littlewoodbabygirl69

It's been ten years since this post... @/summerheavens are you okay after recent developments

🍬 summerheavens Follow

am i okay? is ANYONE okay??? in these trying times??????? with the most chaotic gp to ever exist?????? i am PULLING OUT WIPS i dropped out of respect ten years ago. i've got to send my kid to daycare but once i'm done you bet you're seeing me on the starchive. miss swift even dropped her 20th album just in time for me to use lyrics as titles. i am LIVING and i am THRIVING

#ohhhhhhhhhh #let's go #also can't believe taylor finally addressed the vehicle manslaughter rumours from like twenty years ago #how fitting #also littlewood needs to get his shit together #why does he look like he's the one who hasn't seen his man in 32738102371 years and got his soul shattered #he's weak and won't survive the winter

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🧈 butteredbread Follow

WHAT is wrong with that lykos. i desire him carnally

🌳 treebark

@/handoftheking

🪓 handoftheking

I mean... yeah. Let's face it, we're all like that 🤷

⭐ nonbinarystar Follow

MR LITTLEWOOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE

#WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM #I HATE HIM SO MUCH #PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CAN ALSO BE ABOUT HATE #THIS GLOWSTICK MF IS MY WORST ENEMY #he just canonised treebark for the sixth time #also prev tags so real #need to slingshot him into a faraway galaxy

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🫃 spaceshipmpreg Follow

Who put that Just a Dream FalseRen AMV on my dash again

🔮 queenofstarz03 Follow

Respect your roots!! That 125M views Just a Dream AMV raised a generation. Every kid in my school played it on loop on their ipods during recess

🔮 queenofstarz03 Follow

wait op can you explain your url

🫃 spaceshipmpreg Follow

No 👍

#i think we should get the dogwarts freighter pregnant

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[kingtheghast]

Everyone loves dogs, right?

Day 3: Saplings/Puppies

No-text version:

[riacte]

we will vote together. hand in unlovable hand

(a short socmed fic, space opera au)

ROUND 3 | MATCH 4

[eriadu-in-the-wildwood]

“I would never dare pass out while kissing you.”

Yaz rolled her eyes. “You’re impossible.”

“You love it.”

My favorite idiots are back!

[galactic-rhea]

Ah yes, the "evil" family.

I thought it would be even more funny if it was Luke, of all people, the one who wanted to watch Bloodbath in the Black Moon of the Dragon System.

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