by AdeAde411
If they had to be stranded on an uncharted planet with someone, Friya and Merrick would have chosen literally anyone but each other. As the two rising stars of their mothership’s Space Force, their heated rivalry has defined their lives, only getting more intense by the day. During a routine flight test, their ships are shot down by an unknown assailant, forcing them to crash land on an uncharted planet. To survive, they’ll have to confront the litany of strange life on this planet, and the real source behind their rocky relationship.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 15:18 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.
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beats 78% of similar stories
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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.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
