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by spooker
The war between Earth and its moon is finally over. Now comes the harder task: learning to live and build humanity’s future together. Commodore Julia Kessler, an experienced fleet officer, is chosen to lead the first joint interstellar expedition. Her mission is simple: keep the peace, keep the peace, grow potatoes on a dead rock, and keep the peace. Under the dusty skin of this desolate planet, her colonists uncover something impossible. Something valuable enough to threaten the fragile trust they’ve only just begun to rebuild. And Earth’s uneasy neighbors might not be the only ones interested in what they’ve found. Regular Schedule: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays.2500-3500 words per chapter.
#12
7/12/2026
Peak #48
0d
#11
7/3/2026
Peak #17
7d
#10
7/3/2026
Peak #23
5d
#9
6/21/2026
Peak #15
12d
#8
6/16/2026
Peak #6
17d
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 07:58 UTC
Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 07:58 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Previously appeared on Rising Stars, but no supported current projection is available.
beats 54% of similar stories
beats 18% of similar stories
beats 76% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
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.
