by R.L. Thorton
In the distant future war has brought humanity to the brink of collapse, as the planet recovers scientists work to create the next weapon that will ensure their country's survival. In Japan, the creation of Machs, cybernetic suits, and weaponry is the answer. Masato wants to use the devices to reshape the world, Nori wants the Machs for ultimate power, and Hiro wants to destroy the Machs before they can be used as weapons. Only one side can succeed and another global disaster seems to be the only certain outcome.
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, 09:48 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 09:48 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 → Mystery → Adventure → Action → Main.
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
#10733 of 12,320 · 10683 below RS #50
By genre
beats 13% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 2% of similar stories
Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
