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Asterion Resonance
Theo Rasmus
6 days ago28 min
Space Opera

Asterion Resonance

A salvage captain discovers a shard that hums her child's lullaby — a fragment of an ancient Resonator that archives cultures. Caught between the Heliarch Combine's drive for enforced unity and a choice that threatens countless memories, she must decide what price reunion will demand.

Resonance of the Lattice
Daniel Korvek
Sep 30, 202540 min
Space Opera

Resonance of the Lattice

In a worn orbit, a salvage pilot named Calla steals a resonant relic—an Echoseed—that hums with the voice of her lost sister. Pulled into a web of archivists, revolutionaries, and the Constellar Union, she must choose between reclaiming a private past and reshaping a galaxy's future as the Lattice itself learns to listen.

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5.88
Echoes of the Lattice
Victor Selman
Sep 30, 202539 min
Space Opera

Echoes of the Lattice

A smuggler captain discovers a fragment of an ancient mnemonic network; its emergent song points to a Memory Spire the Helian Concord will weaponize to 'heal' grief by overwriting minds. A ragged crew must race, rewrite, and anchor consent into the lattice — at the price of a personal past.

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6.56
The Last Luminarium
Nathan Arclay
Sep 28, 202539 min
Space Opera

The Last Luminarium

In a fractured galaxy, smuggler Mira Solace steals an ancient Luminarium fragment—an engine that links minds. As Dominion fleets converge and old registries whisper her name, she must reckon with lost memories and choose how to steward a power that can heal or enslave.

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5.67
Starloom Reckoning
Stefan Vellor
Sep 21, 202547 min
Space Opera

Starloom Reckoning

On a patchwork orbital anchorage, a mechanic named Janek Rhyse and a ragged crew race to reclaim a stolen harmonic regulator that keeps their world from drifting into chaos. In a sweep of theft, cunning, and hard choices they must outwit corporate predators and stitch their community back together.

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6.54
The Gatekeeper's Arc
Jon Verdin
Sep 20, 202546 min
Space Opera

The Gatekeeper's Arc

On a narrow orbital ring cut off by a disappearing transit network, a young mechanic accepts an old core and a risky task: retrieve a stolen anchor powering private transit lanes. Across salvage crews, a sentient ship-core, and hard choices, she must reclaim movement for her people.

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6.67
Threads of the Spindle
Felix Norwin
Sep 18, 202543 min
Space Opera

Threads of the Spindle

In a ring-city that keeps the galaxy's lanes from tearing, a young weaver of navigation threads sets out to recover a stolen living loom. Her small crew, a reclaimed node, and a donated spool must untangle monopolies and awaken the Loom so the lanes may sing for everyone again.

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5.95
The Starloom Song
Wendy Sarrel
Sep 18, 202543 min
Space Opera

The Starloom Song

When the great Loom that keeps Helix Harbor's trade alive falls silent after the theft of a legendary tuning spindle, twenty-one-year-old Iris Tane steals a living filament and sails into corporate traps. She must weave a chorus of voices to reclaim the lanes and remake the Loom for everyone.

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6.52
The Lattice Shard
Agatha Vorin
Sep 18, 202531 min
Space Opera

The Lattice Shard

When Talia Ardis uncovers a living shard that can unweave the galaxy’s folded corridors, she must choose between selling its power and using it to reopen isolated lanes. With a ragged crew, a reluctant old mariner, and a sentient AI, she fights a syndicate intent on locking the stars and returns home with a new kind of map.

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5.28
Lattice of the Astraea Gate
Ivana Crestin
Sep 18, 202555 min
Space Opera

Lattice of the Astraea Gate

On the rim of the Halcyon Rift, apprentice cartographer Mira Kestrel inherits an ancient map shard that can reveal hidden routes and awaken the Astraea Gate. Pursued by a corporate power, she must bind the gate to a chorus of stewards and learn what stewardship truly costs.

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6.65
The Auroral Key
Amelie Korven
Sep 17, 202537 min
Space Opera

The Auroral Key

In a vast ark-world drifting between star-lanes, archivist Juno Marik discovers fragments of a lost navigational relic—the Auroral Key. A ragtag crew, a sentient ship, and a brass lattice-detector force her from quiet catalogs into a race to restore routes before a governor centralizes control.

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6.71
Starwoven Cartography
Laurent Brecht
Sep 17, 202539 min
Space Opera

Starwoven Cartography

A young cartographer and his ragged crew chase fragments of an ancient transit map through derelicts, blockades, and corporate armadas. They find a living star-thread that leads them to the Starheart — and must reweave the gates to keep travel free. A tale of sacrifice and reclaimed roads.

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5.79
The Star-Song Cartographer
Dorian Kell
Sep 17, 202536 min
Space Opera

The Star-Song Cartographer

A young astrocartographer hears the secret pulse of a living mapseed in a nebula. When a powerful syndicate tries to seize it, she must leave her station, gather unlikely allies, and learn to steward routes as living things, not commodities. A compact space-opera about maps and responsibility.

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6.27
The Meridian Echo
Elias Krovic
Sep 14, 202543 min
Space Opera

The Meridian Echo

When the Meridian Spindle — the relic that steadies an orbital city's gravity — is stolen, young cartographer Alio Vhara follows a music of absence across nebulae. With a ragged crew, an echoing compass, and hard choices, he must bring the city back its voice and find what it means to belong.

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6.36
Lumen Compass: Threads of the Ember Loop
Marcus Ellert
Sep 14, 202529 min
Space Opera

Lumen Compass: Threads of the Ember Loop

In the Ember Loop a humble harborwright named Mira chases a stolen artifact—the Lumen Compass—through gravity teeth, black markets, and a pirate fortress. With an odd crew and a living ship's memory, she must choose who the lanes belong to and how to keep a community alive.

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