by RoydenAkerley
The attack by rogue military units was just the beginning. Celestial Explorer flees again to the moon for upgrades to survive. Meanwhile, anomalous events affecting the Voyager Probes are disconcerting scientists. Her crew undertakes a new mission beyond the Heliopause to intercept Voyager and determine what is rewriting humanity's understanding of the cosmos. But deep in the void, they discover a drifting alien ship --- and a terrifying truth. Humanity isn't alone, and are those we rescue already engineering humanity's demise? Is the real threat already among us? NOTE: I can't get images to display on Royal Roads. Therefore, I stripped out all the links. I have images of the people, vessels (including technical layouts) and events which I used to develop the storyline. If you'd rather leave it to your imagination, please do; if not, comment on the story in question, and I will make them available to you. Episode 2 of the Orion Arm Series
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 14 Oct 2026, 08:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 14 Oct 2026, 08:38 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.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 21% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 38% 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 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
