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Scrap's Grave

--- Three hundred years ago, the Gates that connected the galaxy-spanning Empire of Man fell silent — not from war or judgment, but from simple, catastrophic failure no one left alive can explain. Cut off from the wider empire, the frontier world of Eridea Sector collapsed into a dark age of scavenged technology, warring successor states, and forgotten colonies. Houston Cole never asked to be part of any of this. A mechanical engineering graduate on Earth, he dies in the same instant his own overambitious invention explodes in his face — and wakes up centuries later and a galaxy away, his mind transplanted into the derelict body of an ancient Empire-era industrial robot, stranded on a nameless scrap planet at the edge of known space. Alone, without a body he recognizes as his own, and with no way home, Houston does the only thing he knows how to do: build. Piece by scavenged piece, using a dead engineer's manuals and a half-broken 3D printer, he claws his way from bare survival toward something like a future — while slowly discovering that the mind now running his machine is no longer entirely human. Beyond his scrapyard horizon, an Empire without legitimacy, an Alliance born from resistance, and corporations that outlived the fall are carving up what's left of civilization. Houston doesn't know it yet, but Eridea Sector is running out of room for anyone who stays neutral for long. A Stellaris and Starsector inspired novel Formerly named Stellaris: AI Reincarnation Tags: Stellaris/action/fantasy/space/interstellar/fleetbattles/space battles/fanfiction/AI/nonhumanmc/robot/advancedtechnology/dragons/crisis/fallenempires/spaceship/civilization/strategy/system/overpowered/pirates/futuristic/warinheaven/
infernalplayz87 · 38.2k Views

Humans' Limits

A soldier almost dying in the desert Needing to run from death after coming back to life Forced to jump into a pit after throwing death off his ass. "Can I at least have my heart soothed by some soft curves? They don't need to be too big." ______________ Money ? Fame ? Good but transient. The best investment would always be in oneself. We came to this world with only a soul and a body molded from energy. Unfortunately, like everything in the world, we were born shackled. I got lucky enough to see the path so I shall seek intrinsic elevation and transcend human limits. _______&_______ How high can humans jump? How long can humans live? What are humans limits? And finally, what then, after those limits are no more? An ocean of energy, that is the universe. The source matter comes from, the foundation of everything, and there is a prerequisite to touch it. Earth is special, and Lucas even more so. He was a soldier who almost met an unfortunate end. Fortunately, that was his chance at touching the extraordinary. But as we all know, everything has a price, and this one demands immediate payment before it can be enjoyed. On this journey, what will Lucas find? What will he lose? The world changed. How will he change? Will his heart stay hollow or will it be filled? And by filling it, is he opening the way for tragedies? After all, caring means risking pain when losing. In the end, were Humans' Limits for their own good? https://discord.com/invite/KgWYhBGYzv
LifeDayDreams · 294.3k Views