
by Daecrist
Updates M-W-F. Books 1 and 2 complete! Life was good. I was captain of a cruiser in the Combined Corporate Fleets. Master of my own destiny. As much as you can be master of your own destiny living under the Terran Corps. Then it all came crashing down. A simple mission to roust a livisk invasion fleet from a planet human colonists had rightly stolen went bad. Long story short I sort of got captured by the alien hottie I kinda disgraced at that aforementioned colony world battle and taken back to her world as her prisoner. Only I didn’t get thrown into the reclamation mines with the rest of my crew. No, for some reason I’ve intrigued my alien captor. For some reason she’s keeping me close by in her luxurious skyscraper surrounded by her personal army. For some reason I kinda like it. Especially after I discover her species has warrior pairs who psychically bond, and we accidentally pulled the whole permanent mind meld thing. Which shouldn’t be possible between human and livisk. Oops. Now I have a new mission in life. Free my crew from the mines and figure out what’s going on with me and my alluring alien captor. The only problem? It turns out her love language is conquest! It won’t be easy. There’s a mad empress trying to kill us, nobles plotting around us, a crew to rescue, an empire to overthrow, and maybe if I play my cards right a wedding to plan. On a world where wedding planners think trial by single combat is a perfectly reasonable way to deal with a bridezilla! Who knew it would take getting captured by humanity’s mortal enemies to find true love? What to expect: -A strong HFY theme with humanity kicking ass -A story that's a loving and sometimes tongue-in-cheek homage to old pulp novels with a hero who's constantly doing improbably over the top heroic stuff that always seems to work out -A strong nearly instalove romance between a human and alien -Fighting injustice against a galactic empire, sometimes using morally questionable means -A slow burn fight against a sprawling cruel galactic empire that involves changing lots of hearts and minds. Sometimes at the barrel of a gun WARNING: This is set in a far future, but there are references to modern sci-fi and stuff from twentieth century monoculture thrown in. The idea being that if Shakespeare contributed so much to our language, I figure pop culture from the monoculture is going to persist. Especially sci-fi stuff that gets incorporated into space exploration. Some people love it. Some people hate it. If you're the kind of person who hates that kind of thing, or you can't invoke the MST3K mantra while reading a story that doesn't take itself too seriously, look elsewhere. Seriously. Patrons get to read up to ten weeks (30 chapters) ahead!
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| 1 | 1: Boarded 16 months ago | 0 |
| 2 | 2: Active and Engaging Dynamic Realtime Combat Experience 16 months ago | 0 |
| 3 | 3: Prisoner 16 months ago | 0 |
| 4 | 4: The One That Got Away 16 months ago | 0 |
| 5 | 5: No Win Scenario 16 months ago |
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| 6 | 6: Back to the Bridge 16 months ago | 0 |
| 7 | 7: Over the Coals 16 months ago | 0 |
| 8 | 8: Confined to Quarters 16 months ago | 0 |
| 9 | 9: Bar Talk 16 months ago | 0 |
| 10 | 10: Mind Meld 16 months ago | 0 |
| 11 | 11: New Orders 16 months ago | 0 |
| 12 | 12: To the Shuttle Bay 16 months ago | 0 |
| 13 | 13: Picket Ship 16 months ago | 0 |
| 14 | 14: Captain on the Bridge 16 months ago | 0 |
| 15 | 15: Decompressing 16 months ago | 0 |
| 16 | 16: Settled In 15 months ago | 0 |
| 17 | 17: Dregs 15 months ago | 0 |
| 18 | 18: Captain's Table 15 months ago | 0 |
| 19 | 19: Unwinding 15 months ago | 0 |
| 20 | 20: End of the Evening 15 months ago | 0 |
| 21 | 21: Funky Chunks of Ice 15 months ago | 0 |
| 22 | 22: Ship to Ship Meet Cute 15 months ago | 0 |
| 23 | 23: Don't Panic 15 months ago | 0 |
| 24 | 24: Active and Engaging Dynamic Realtime Ship to Ship Experience 15 months ago | 0 |
| 25 | 25: Mortally Wounded 15 months ago | 0 |
| 26 | 26: Head Case 15 months ago | 0 |
| 27 | 27: Boarders 15 months ago | 0 |
| 28 | 28: Today Is A Good Day to... Sleep? 15 months ago | 0 |
| 29 | 29: Canned Officers 15 months ago | 0 |
| 30 | 30: Explosive Reunion 15 months ago | 0 |
| 31 | 31: Waking Up Is Hard To Do 15 months ago | 0 |
| 32 | 32: Medical Meet Cute 15 months ago | 0 |
| 33 | 33: Inner Strength 15 months ago | 0 |
| 34 | 34: A More Polite Awakening 15 months ago | 0 |
| 35 | 35: New Digs 15 months ago | 0 |
| 36 | 36: Escape Attempt 15 months ago | 0 |
| 37 | 37: Interstellar News 15 months ago | 0 |
| 38 | 38: Getting Ready 15 months ago | 0 |
| 39 | 39: Today Is A Good Day to Dine 14 months ago | 0 |
| 40 | 40: Dinner Interrupted 14 months ago | 0 |
| 41 | 41: Breaking Tension 14 months ago | 0 |
| 42 | 42: The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything 14 months ago | 0 |
| 43 | 43: Escape. From A Certain Point of View 14 months ago | 0 |
| 44 | 44: The Grand Tour 14 months ago | 0 |
| 45 | 45: The Fleet 14 months ago | 0 |
| 46 | 46: The Need For Speed 14 months ago | 0 |
| 47 | 47: Flight Test 14 months ago | 0 |
| 48 | 48: The Reclamation Mine 14 months ago | 0 |
| 49 | 49: Words vs. Deeds 14 months ago | 0 |
| 50 | 50: Property Rights 14 months ago | 0 |
| 51 | 51: High Velocity Translation Errors 14 months ago | 0 |
| 52 | 52: Air to Air 14 months ago | 0 |
| 53 | 53: Fancy Flying 14 months ago | 0 |
| 54 | 54: Homecoming 14 months ago | 0 |
| 55 | 55: The Morning After 14 months ago | 0 |
| 56 | 56: A New Day 14 months ago | 0 |
| 57 | 57: Mechanic 14 months ago | 0 |
| 58 | 58: Priorities 14 months ago | 0 |
| 59 | 59: End of Day 14 months ago | 0 |
| 60 | 60: Sparring 14 months ago | 0 |
| 61 | 61: Empress Calling 13 months ago | 0 |
| 62 | 62: A Secret Place 13 months ago | 0 |
| 63 | 63: Scheming 13 months ago | 0 |
| 64 | 64: Summoned 13 months ago | 0 |
| 65 | 65: Explosive Date Night 13 months ago | 0 |
| 66 | 66: Dinner and a Dogfight 13 months ago | 0 |
| 67 | 67: Challenger 13 months ago | 0 |
| 68 | 68: Demolition Date Night 13 months ago | 0 |
| 69 | 69: Gathering Intel 13 months ago | 0 |
| 70 | 70: Planning 13 months ago | 0 |
| 71 | 71: Dinner and a Scheme 13 months ago | 0 |
| 72 | 72: Dance Lessons 13 months ago | 0 |
| 73 | 73: Training or Torture? 13 months ago | 0 |
| 74 | 74: Dishonor 13 months ago | 0 |
| 75 | 75: Fully Operational Battle Pair 13 months ago | 0 |
| 76 | 76: Crazy Terran 13 months ago | 0 |
| 77 | 77: Trial by Combat 13 months ago | 0 |
| 78 | 78: Dropping Bombs 13 months ago | 0 |
| 79 | 79: Explosivo 13 months ago | 0 |
| 80 | 80: Damage Report 13 months ago | 0 |
| 81 | 81: Disaster Area 12 months ago | 0 |
| 82 | 82: Rescue Operations 12 months ago | 0 |
| 83 | 83: True Fear 12 months ago | 0 |
| 84 | 84: Good Help Is Hard to Find 12 months ago | 0 |
| 85 | 85: Working Together 12 months ago | 0 |
| 86 | 86: Chain of Command 12 months ago | 0 |
| 87 | 87: Unexpected Transports 12 months ago | 0 |
| 88 | 88: Combat Decoration 12 months ago | 0 |
| 89 | 89: Drop Ship 12 months ago | 0 |
| 90 | 90: I Just Love Scanning For Lifeforms 12 months ago | 0 |
| 91 | 91: Rescue Operation 12 months ago | 0 |
| 92 | 92: Hurry Up And Wait 12 months ago | 0 |
| 93 | 93: Swan Dive Through Hell 12 months ago | 0 |
| 94 | 94: Player Three 12 months ago | 0 |
| 95 | 95: Combat Intelligence Unleashed 12 months ago | 0 |
| 96 | 96: Ambushed 12 months ago | 0 |
| 97 | 97: A Traditional Human Salute 12 months ago | 0 |
| 98 | 98: Hand to Hand 12 months ago | 0 |
| 99 | 99: Slow Motion Combat 12 months ago | 0 |
| 100 | 100: Rage 12 months ago | 0 |
| 101 | 101: Reunion 12 months ago | 0 |
| 102 | 102: Debriefing 12 months ago | 0 |
| 103 | 103: Tempting Fate 11 months ago | 0 |
| 104 | 104: The Empress 11 months ago | 0 |
| 105 | 105: Your Worship 11 months ago | 0 |
| 106 | 106: Distractions 11 months ago | 0 |
| 107 | 107: Revelations 11 months ago | 0 |
| 108 | 108: Research and Distractions 11 months ago | 0 |
| 109 | 109: Do It Better 11 months ago | 0 |
| 110 | 110: Many Enemies 11 months ago | 0 |
| 111 | 111: Mild Treason 11 months ago | 0 |
| 112 | 112: To Boldly Rebel 11 months ago | 0 |
| 113 | 2-1: Threading Needles 11 months ago | 0 |
| 114 | 2-2: Through the Undercity 11 months ago | 0 |
| 115 | 2-3: The New Boss 11 months ago | 0 |
| 116 | 2-4: New Friends, Old Friends 11 months ago | 0 |
| 117 | 2-5: Reunited 11 months ago | 0 |
| 118 | 2-6: Meet the New Boss 11 months ago | 0 |
| 119 | 2-7: Negotiating Terms 11 months ago | 0 |
| 120 | 2-8: The Humans Yearn for the Mines 11 months ago | 0 |
| 121 | 2-9: The Universe's Malevolent Attention 11 months ago | 0 |
| 122 | 2-10: Boredom Under Fire 11 months ago | 0 |
| 123 | 2-11: An Explosive Entrance 11 months ago | 0 |
| 124 | 2-12: Cartoon Coyote Impressions 11 months ago | 0 |
| 125 | 2-13: What's A Few Threats Between Enemies? 11 months ago | 0 |
| 126 | 2-14: Battle Pair Benefits 10 months ago | 0 |
| 127 | 2-15: Your Love Is Like Bad Medicine 10 months ago | 0 |
| 128 | 2-16: Through the Ruins 10 months ago | 0 |
| 129 | 2-17: Well Baby I Hear Ambush A Callin' 10 months ago | 0 |
| 130 | 2-18: Thank the Picard 10 months ago | 0 |
| 131 | 2-19: Battle Pair Field Test 10 months ago | 0 |
| 132 | 2-20: Dangers in the Dark 10 months ago | 0 |
| 133 | 2-21: Killing Time 10 months ago | 0 |
| 134 | 2-22: Escape Attempt 10 months ago | 0 |
| 135 | 2-23: Another Prince Consort 10 months ago | 0 |
| 136 | 2-24: Scheming 10 months ago | 0 |
| 137 | 2-25: Taking A Captive 10 months ago | 0 |
| 138 | 2-26: The Cavalry 10 months ago | 0 |
| 139 | 2-27: Character Development 10 months ago | 0 |
| 140 | 2-28: Battlefield Mercy 9 months ago | 0 |
| 141 | 2-29: Catching Breath 9 months ago | 0 |
| 142 | 2-30: Preparations 9 months ago | 0 |
| 143 | 2-31: Desperate Times 9 months ago | 0 |
| 144 | 2-32: Desperate Measures 9 months ago | 0 |
| 145 | 2-33: Just Like the Simulations 9 months ago | 0 |
| 146 | 2-34: Furball 9 months ago | 0 |
| 147 | 2-35: Threats and Bluffs 9 months ago | 0 |
| 148 | 2-36: Buying Time 9 months ago | 0 |
| 149 | 2-37: Tunnel Rats 9 months ago | 0 |
| 150 | 2-38: Captive? 9 months ago | 0 |
| 151 | 2-39: The Terran Fox 8 months ago | 0 |
| 152 | 2-40: Negotiating 8 months ago | 0 |
| 153 | 2-41: Underworld Recruiting 8 months ago | 0 |
| 154 | 2-42: Breather 8 months ago | 0 |
| 155 | 2-43: A Little Help From My Friends 8 months ago | 0 |
| 156 | 2-44: Combat Difficulties 8 months ago | 0 |
| 157 | 2-45: Honorable Defeat, For Now 8 months ago | 0 |
| 158 | 2-46: Sons of Bitches 8 months ago | 0 |
| 159 | 2-47: Hurry Up and Wait 8 months ago | 0 |
| 160 | 2-48: Soft Reset 8 months ago | 0 |
| 161 | 2-49: Delays 8 months ago | 0 |
| 162 | 2-50: Experiments in IRL Platforming 8 months ago | 0 |
| 163 | 2-51: Slightly Unhinged Wildly Dangerous Terran Thinking 8 months ago | 0 |
| 164 | 2-52: Frustrating Captives 8 months ago | 0 |
| 165 | 2-53: Shantytown 7 months ago | 0 |
| 166 | 2-54: The Spider 7 months ago | 0 |
| 167 | 2-55: Delicious Bait 7 months ago | 0 |
| 168 | 2-56: The... Armory? 7 months ago | 0 |
| 169 | 2-57: Status Report 7 months ago | 0 |
| 170 | 2-58: Turncoat 7 months ago | 0 |
| 171 | 2-59: Setting Up 7 months ago | 0 |
| 172 | 2-60: Payoff 7 months ago | 0 |
| 173 | 2-61: Troop Disposition 6 months ago | 0 |
| 174 | 2-62: Jailbreak 6 months ago | 0 |
| 175 | 2-63: A Bucket of Bolts With Dramatic Flair 6 months ago | 0 |
| 176 | 2-64: Power Armor Heroics 6 months ago | 0 |
| 177 | 2-65: Honorable Overwhelming Force 6 months ago | 0 |
| 178 | 2-66: Overconfidence vs a Plasma Sword 6 months ago | 0 |
| 179 | 2-67: Intimidation Over Initiative 6 months ago | 0 |
| 180 | 2-68: Surrendering For the Glory of the Empress 6 months ago | 0 |
| 181 | 2-69: Beating A Very Brave Retreat 6 months ago | 0 |
| 182 | 2-70: Don't Call It A Retreat 6 months ago | 0 |
| 183 | 2-71: Pre-Ass Kicking Checklist 5 months ago | 0 |
| 184 | 2-72: Airborne Tank Battle 5 months ago | 0 |
| 185 | 2-73: Negotiation Via Rapid Massive Ordnance Delivery 5 months ago | 0 |
| 186 | 2-74: Preconceived Notions of Properly Achieving Victory 5 months ago | 0 |
| 187 | 2-75: The Best Laid Stupid and Potentially Deadly Plans 5 months ago | 0 |
| 188 | 2-76: Going On A Trip In A Makeshift Rocket Ship 5 months ago | 0 |
| 189 | 2-77: Victory or Death 5 months ago | 0 |
| 190 | 2-78: Aftermath 5 months ago | 0 |
| 191 | 2-79: Old Link, New Link 5 months ago | 0 |
| 192 | 2-80: Stupid Effing Plans That Tend to Work Out 5 months ago | 0 |
| 193 | 2-81: Shoving A Potential Nuke Where the Sun Don't Shine 5 months ago | 0 |
| 194 | 2-82: Non-Lethal Conversation Starters 5 months ago | 0 |
| 195 | 2-83: Bros Before Empresses 4 months ago | 0 |
| 196 | 2-84: A Boon 4 months ago | 0 |
| 197 | 2-85: Decompressing 4 months ago | 0 |
| 198 | 2-86: Keeping Up Human-Livisk Relations 4 months ago | 0 |
| 199 | 2-87: New Research Subjects 4 months ago | 0 |
| 200 | 2-88: A Second Battle Pair Has Hit the Livisk Ascendancy 4 months ago | 0 |
| 201 | 2-89: New Digs 4 months ago | 0 |
| 202 | 2-90: Wrapping Up 4 months ago | 0 |
| 203 | 3-1: Home Sweet Home 4 months ago | 0 |
| 204 | 3-2: Consort or Fall Guy? 4 months ago | 0 |
| 205 | 3-3: Harath 4 months ago | 0 |
| 206 | 3-4: First R&R, Then Cardio 4 months ago | 0 |
| 207 | 3-5: Sleep Interrupted 4 months ago | 0 |
| 208 | 3-6: Morning Sparring 3 months ago | 0 |
| 209 | 3-7: Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy 3 months ago | 0 |
| 210 | 3-8: Precocious Unholy Terrors 3 months ago | 0 |
| 211 | 3-9: Parenting, Conferences, and Mild Sedition 3 months ago | 0 |
| 212 | 3-10: Sweep the Legs 3 months ago | 0 |
| 213 | 3-11: Beware Clever Terrans 3 months ago | 0 |
| 214 | 3-12: REMF 3 months ago | 0 |
| 215 | 3-13: Underworld Machinations 3 months ago | 0 |
| 216 | 3-14: Bad Influences 3 months ago | 0 |
| 217 | 3-15: Fun Interrupted 3 months ago | 0 |
| 218 | 3-16: Media Matters 2 months ago | 0 |
| 219 | 3-17: This Is INN 2 months ago | 0 |
| 220 | 3-18: Terran Influencer 2 months ago | 0 |
| 221 | 3-19: Trauma Processing 2 months ago | 0 |
| 222 | 3-20: The Great Sparkling Blue Hunter 2 months ago | 0 |
| 223 | 3-21: Beach, Please 2 months ago | 0 |
| 224 | 3-22: Going On A Trip in a Boring Cargo Ship 2 months ago | 0 |
| 225 | 3-23: The Importance of Predictability in the Monarchy 1 month ago | 0 |
| 226 | 3-24: The Secret to a Good Bluff is Holding All the Cards 1 month ago | 0 |
| 227 | 3-25: Combat Yacht 1 month ago | 0 |
| 228 | 3-26: Demoralizing the Enemy Via Fancy Flying 1 month ago | 0 |
| 229 | 27: Sending a Message With a Bang 1 month ago | 0 |
| 230 | 28: Back on the Bridge 1 month ago | 0 |
| 231 | 3-29: Opening My Big Mouth and Tempting the Universe 1 month ago | 0 |
| 232 | 3-30: Grand Old Battle Axe 1 month ago | 0 |
| 233 | 3-31: Scheming 1 month ago | 0 |
| 234 | 3-32: Nobles, Bickering, and Annoying the AI 1 month ago | 0 |
| 235 | 3-33: Bippity Boppity Battlegroup 1 month ago | 0 |
| 236 | 3-34: Fancy Flying 1 month ago | 0 |
| 237 | 3-35: Fancy New Digs 1 month ago | 0 |
| 238 | 3-36: Post Exercise Paperwork 1 month ago | 0 |
| 239 | 3-37: Boredom 30 days ago | 0 |
| 240 | 3-38: Gifts 28 days ago | 0 |
| 241 | 3-39: Taking Command 26 days ago | 0 |
| 242 | 3-40: General-consort 23 days ago | 0 |
| 243 | 3-41: Monitoring Frequencies 21 days ago | 0 |
| 244 | 3-42: First Contact? 19 days ago | 0 |
| 245 | 3-43: Thinking Like A Terran. Reluctantly. 15 days ago | 0 |
| 246 | 3-44: This Ain't Bozeman 13 days ago | 0 |
| 247 | 3-45: Deescalation 7 days ago | 0 |
| 248 | 3-46: After Action 6 days ago | 0 |
| 249 | 3-47: The Science Team 7 minutes ago | 0 |