Taking another run at this. I wrote an outline this time so I now actually know where the story is going so hopefully it won't all fall apart again.
It'll start a lot like the last draft, but diverge rather quickly. Expect a lot of familiar scenes in new contexts until we clear Act 2
Sergeant Theodora Fusilier, serial number 110552, is one of a hundred thousand machines that share her name, line soldiers in the army of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Beyond. She was designed to carry a laser musket, protect human space from alien threats, follow the orders of her human officers, and be happy to do so.
But Dora's always been a rather ambitious machine...
Set in the same universe as Maid to Love You. Expect worldbuilding that doesn't try to make sense, laser...
It's been almost four months since Lieutenant Fusilier received her commission. Having made it back home after a journey through time and space, she now confronts new questions. Who is she, machine or officer? How does she fit into the world? How will she afford to keep herself going? Is that French officer into her, or is she just imagining it?
And perhaps most pressingly... what is happening to the 7th Regiment of Foot's new recruits?
A rewrite of Lieutenant Fusilier and Her Golden...
Lieutenant Theodora Fusilier, serial number 110552, is a celebrated hero of the Empire of Great Britain and Beyond. But with money tight and feeling caught between worlds, every day is a new challenge.
And that's before the damned French turned up...
A sequel to Lieutenant Fusilier in the Farthest Reaches.