by Tempest029
Humanity has finally done it! We finally made contact with a peaceful alien conglomerate! Unfortunately, they don't really want anything to do with us. Despite this, they recognize the value in trading information and goods, so a light bit of cooperation is allowed near the borders. Conrad McLaughlin is one of those lucky enough to be chosen to work on the trade lanes. Sadly his luck it is not always good luck, as the pirates boarding his ship have proven. Now he has to get out of here with his life, and without becoming the pariah of humanity in the eyes of the Galactic Community.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:49 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:49 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
3%
Two or more lists
0%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Adventure → Main → Action.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi (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
#8494 of 12,412 · 8444 below RS #50
By genre
beats 62% of similar stories
beats 81% of similar stories
beats 20% 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.
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