by J.R. Jadehill
The safest ship in the galaxy just vanished. The nightmare begins now When a space cruise ship of aliens and human crashes on an unexplored planet, everything seems normal. But as strange powers and monster prowl the lands, the survivors meet other castaways and the descendants of others who have been here longer. While ancient machine intelligences loom and watch them, sometimes the greatest enemy iis those they think people think they must protect. And some times to stand together is the hardest thing that you can do.
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#2873 of 7,531 · 2823 below #50
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Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
At this conversion, the Sci-fi Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 519 views/day — the story currently gets ~83.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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