
by RobVJohnson
It's been a hundred years since the war ended with the Locusts. We lost so much technology and information that we don't even know what we lost. Humanity is trying to crawl its way back and prevent anything like the devastation we experienced from happening ever again through diplomacy and trade. This is where the xenodiplomacy department comes in. But, every alien ambassador should have the following two skills: 1. Ability to pick up languages quickly. 2. Tact. Ling is one of the best language learners to ever pick up a xenolinguistics textbook, but her people/alien skills are… not great. After immersing herself in a plethora of cultures from around the galaxy, she’s picked up more than a few eccentric habits, and they’ve made her a bit weird. When Ling is turned down for the one job she thinks will keep her safe from the alien monsters that almost wiped-out humanity, she is forced to either face her fears on the water world of their origin or run from them forever. Against her better judgment, Ling chooses the water world, and as her adventure evolves in unexpected ways, so does she. In order to survive Ling will need to face adversity and danger, but to thrive she’ll need to conquer The Kraken’s Deep. What to expect: -Action and adventure! -Alien planets -Philosophical ideas of alien cultures -Conquering fear -Professionally edited prose -The first 5 chapters will come out daily -Then after that chapters will release twice a week every Monday and Thursday
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 04:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 04:28 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Romance → Adventure → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi + Romance (2%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#7894 of 12,227 · 7844 below RS #50
By genre
beats 99% of similar stories
beats 95% of similar stories
beats 7% of similar stories
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.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.