exploration

You wiped the dust from your sunglasses as you disembarked from the jeep. Orre was as it had always been. A blasted barren waste with only a bare handful of oases allowing for survival outside of the coastal areas. There they could use desalination to provide potable water, and the occasional...

Prologue The world is flat; a round disc floating endlessly through the firmanent with a spotlight sun illuminating it. For as long as this was known there was always a desire to find the edge and when the age of caravels and galleons arrived the first expeditions set out for the southerly...

It's come to my attention that I should probably cross-post this where I got started so long ago. Secrets is a story that I've started for the Writathon and I'm hoping I can keep the schedule going. Without further ado; here's the first chapter. You can also find it on Royal Road if you'd like...

Deep Space Nine hadn’t been what you expected. You had only heard of the place thanks to the wormhole, and the fact it was an old Cardassian station hadn’t inspired any confidence in you about the conditions aboard. Still, Bajor was the most logical place to set up a command post, and there...

Voidtraipse: Questant For a better idea of what this Art Quest is about check the threadmark index for a summary. Opening post to change. "New Reader, Skip Ahead Here" will be added when the time comes. 🛑 This narrative is likely to explore mature themes. These will range from existentiality...

Adventures on the Frontier Chapter One: No Matter Which Way The Wind Blows The sun hung low on the horizon, casting long shadows upon the land below. Woodside had recently woken up, the sleepy town casting off the heavy fog of sleep and starting another day. Sounds of industry filled the...

Adventures on the Frontier Introduction. The town of Woodside borders the vast frontier of the Hinterlands, making it a premier spot for up and coming adventurers. With the town only being founded ten years ago to this day development has only just reached the capability of supporting the...

10/11/2026 Over the centuries, humanity has made numerous advances in understanding the world around it. Many living beings, of flora, fauna, and fungi, of various different clades and many different taxa have been discovered, analyzed and cataloged in the collective knowledgebase of the...

Long ago the world was whole. There were no edges. There was no cloud sea. There were seas of water, and near endless land, and the sky was and remained above. Now we live in the sky. The sea is one of clouds. There are edges to our world. We live on a floating island, big enough to have...

Welcome aboard the USS Pathfinder (NCC-75727), the first of the new Pathfinder-class Heavy Explorers being commissioned by Starfleet. The Pathfinders, have been designed to be a large cousin to the new Intrepid-class, are designed for long-range missions and are capable of being out on their own...

This quest comes from way too much Stellaris. I will alternate posting on this quest and on Try to survive the Winter Welcome to space, the final frontier. In this quest, you will play as the newly promoted head of the main research, development and exploration institution of the human...

In the month of August in 1977, individuals operating the radio telescope at the Ohio State University were discussing whether to keep the search of any interstellar radio signals at the same coordinates in the sky or try different coordinates for the duration of the month. However there were...

Hefusts Explores the Inner Sphere Commodore Clifford Hale clasped his hands behind his back as he stood at attention, twiddling his three thumbs nervously as he looked up at President Jack English. The man was tall even for a Hefustian, and Commodore Hale was barely a hundred eighty...

CHAPTER 1 - THE MYSTERIOUS LETTER "OUT!" roared Uncle Vernon, and he took both Harry and Dudley by the scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall, slamming the kitchen door behind them. Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole...

Since time immemorial, the Saurians of Firmament's second moon looked up at the stars and watched as strange worlds danced in circles across the heavens - so close but always out of reach. They walked among the metal ruins of those long gone, hunting each other with tooth and claw while eking...

Prologue Bandle City was a city of plenty whose roads were paved with sunshine and happiness. With how magical the place was, Pan was pretty sure that maybe half of all roads in Bandle City were literally made out of happiness. The other half was probably made with Rainbows or Candy. This made...

Starbase 4, Andoria Stardate: 48314.4 Admiral Sonnenberg walked into the meeting room for Logistics and Strategy for Sector-988 of the Alpha Quadrent with two donuts on a tray and a coffee cup in his hand. "Ready for another glorious day in the service, G'wena?" he asked. "Donut? I got you...

Guardians, With the Darkness at last banished from our system—as far as we can tell, for good—the City Age has finally come to an end. Mithrax, Kell of Kells, has begun reestablishing communications with the Eliksni diaspora scattered across thousands of light-years of space. Empress Caiatl is...

(images via @IofTheBunny and artflow.ai) Hello, and welcome to Hic sunt Extraterrestris! This is a character-driven quest about exploration, diplomacy, and trying to avoid armed conflict, set in an original sci-fi universe. Subsequent posts will outline mechanics, lore, and ground rules for...

It is a time of peace as the galaxy stands looking to the future and not the past. Out of the ashes of the Earth-Romulan War comes a new organization, a nation united behind peaceful exploration as they boldly go out into the greater galaxy. The United Federation of Planets has seen four of the...

Hello and welcome to my quest, this is my first time running one but I am a long time lurker so I think I should be able to provide something of quality to you fine space-battlers! In this you will head a new organization devoted to the expansion of your chosen faction via whatever means you...

Origin 1.0 The faintest sound of musical chiming gently intruded into the deathly quiet chamber. Within these sealed walls the only sound to be heard for the last decade was its sole occupant's gentle breathing. For those sensitive to such matters the only movement had been the slight rise and...

It was more than an average day on the S.S. Grand Design. The sprawling former research space station had been abandoned for 73 years now, left to rot with just it's machines inhabitants.... Mostly. You were a young: [] Male [] Female Named: [] Write-In Who had been abandoned at a...

The sound of bustling crowds. The scent of freshly stewed bugflesh. A fond memory of a time two-score decades past. It was the first time you’d ever seen one of the fabled Scholar’s that you’d heard so much of in your youth. A real, proper one, at least. They walked with their head held high...

The stars are not right. Glimmer balls of fire mix with spirits rampant upon the black vale of night, mixing and switching places to pain a new tapestry among the heavens. Once familiar constellations change and mix into something new, sending sailors veering off well sailed paths. Trade...