space opera

So I’ve commented on several occasions that the Asari seem tailor-made to survive Reaper purges as a species, and a while ago I started bouncing the idea around. The re-emergence of From The Ashes has prompted me to go ahead and make this a good old-fashioned CKII/empire-builder quest, so here...

It began with my deciding, for…some reason I no longer recall, that it would be fun to turn the Egyptian deity Osiris’ name into a backcronym. Somehow, I settled on the first two letters standing for “Outer Space“. From there, I began doing something similar with the names of other Egyptian...

Synopsis New technology allowed humans to reach for the stars. Now technology has led to war. Opposing AI systems battle each other in a monumental struggle for control of the galaxy. But one planet remains a refuge of independent thought. Lute is home to pirates, harboring ruthless companies...

@Liusfranrangel @Rowknan @Atma Warrior @Terran Imperium @Kensai You stand in the War Room of Mandalore the Ultimate, along with Cassus Fett and a number of Mandalore's most trusted advisors, which you count among, you suppose. You're gathered around the holodesk, in the process of...

It started in the first world, long ago. We solved the the first of riddles, the code of life. On the backs of slaves, we traveled out into the great dark void between worlds. And then... we created the gods. ________________________________________________ Nine Gardens is a Space Opera RPG...

Jesri shifted in her chair, trying to find a comfortable way to rest on the bare metal. Harsh lights shone down from above, deepening the far corner of the room in shadow that cloaked the trio of Kitan customs officers. Although their faces were indistinct, their whispered conversation carried...

So I've been thinking of... say, the Abh Empire in Crest of Stars, and I'm making a first contact story about it. So... I need technological capabilities, and culture shock. 1. Abh women see the use of natural birth as 'quaint', and 'eccentric'. And making use of the genes with the ones you...

The Fleets Scattered. It could be their only course. Away. Away. To where? Far. But that story is not yours. Earth Orbit: 11, October 2205. The flicker and fade of lasers. The static washout of Particle Annihilators. These are the truths spoken by the races of men. Of thunder...

High School Fleet Command By Alexander Raines Dedications First of all, I must thank @Trent01 for his blessing for this project, as my idea for the story concept came from his game "High Schooler by Day, Fleet Command by Night." He is a wonderfully creative person and I encourage you to...

WE THE PEOPLES OF THESE MANY STARS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which across countless lifetimes has brought untold sorrow to the universe, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental sophont rights, in the dignity and worth of the sapient person, in the equal...

You are Lieutenant Zarr, and you were Prince Aumley of Zeon's most loyal companion. But Zeon fell, and the prince disappeared. Your final orders were to take the 7th fleet and go into hiding, waiting for the signal that Zeon was rising again. So you did. And now, a dreamless sleep later, the...

=}+{= Pioneers of Stars without Number =}+{= Sector 387-AZ Getiat System 0204 13.9.3202 – Standard Terran Mandate Calendar Federation Capital City Abrosa Spaceport =}+{= Abraso had the honour of being the oldest – surviving- settlement of the planet. Founded centuries...

To The Ends of the Galaxy will be a character driven Space Opera quest, combining inspiration from Dune, Fading Suns, BattleTech, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, the Mote in God's Eye series, and the history of Philip and Alexander of Macedon. A modified version of the CK2 character stats...

The Shadowlands has been pushed back, the Festering Pit closed. All of the nations of the world have been brought to heel, and with no other lands to conquer Rokugan turned her eyes to the stars. Thanks to science and magic of the Isawa, the people of Rokugan took to exploring the galaxy...

So I'm trying to find an audiobook or better yet a series that has aliens, but I'm running into a bit of a rut. I find it hard to determine what audiobooks on audible and elsewhere are actually good (user reviews and scores aren't really that helpful I find, maybe I don't know what to look for)...

The idea is pretty straightforward. Create a space-faring society based on either a historical nation/kingdom, or just the aesthetic of a particular era you like. Try to be as creative and detailed as you can!

I asked this at Spacebattles as well. Ok, so there are robust reasons why FTL would break the rules of causality and relativity. Why is fictional FTL travel not time travel? But say normal laws of relativity, causality and non-instantaneous FTL travel (but not communication) did apply to the...

I am writing the beginnings of a space opera like fic and I would love suggestions or ideas regarding the naming schemes for various ships, I have a fairly strong idea what I want the alien ships to be called but I am having a hard time thinking up a scheme for the human factions. The three...

"Good, Bad, I'm the one with the gun." Attributed to an unknown hero from ancient times. As long as you can remember, you have always wished to own a Gun, to be one of the rare individuals out of uncountable trillions across the known universe who bore one of the ancient and revered Gun...

After reading David Weber, Asimov and several other books, I wanted to read the book with alien races. It is desirable that the aliens have been somewhere as part of the main characters. I've read most of the books of Robert A. Heinlein ,Philip José Farmer, Clifford D. Simak and some other...

"Urrgh" You wake up with a splitting headache. That's not strange, you do distinctly remember getting absolutely hammered on some Brewboy'z new batch of Squig Blood Vodka, before starting a fight that got interrupted by Da Warboss announcing that you and the rest of the ladz were going to...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are...

In some small-ish chunk of the galaxy, really really far away from Earth, several civilizations took their first steps into the wider galaxy at roughly the same time. There was just one little catch: All but one of them were entirely mechanical, and even the local 'meatbags' were heavily...

"Removing evil is not the same as creating good." - Thane Krios Assume you have been given total power over humanity. Also assume that you know about the Incubators and their deceptive exploitative behaviour in contracting little girls to stave off the heat death of the universe. Assume that...

Inspired by the "In the Beginning there was Man" quest, and with a similar premise. The Imperium is being torn apart by renewed Chaos incursions, and the Necrons are waking up en masse in response. There's other stuff going on, but that's the main event. The Emperor notices that the increased...