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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 11h

A self-repairing relay station seems to have duplicated itself. When you arrive you discover that records show it has actually built 512 new stations, each of which are copying messages to somewhere, after a ship arrived with raw materials and a software update.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 1d

The provisional government of Chita IV has requested transport for representatives to the sector forum to start normalisation talks. You and your ship have been diverted there only to learn that another ship arrived earlier, claiming to be on the same mission.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 2d

A mysterious figure offering to make dreams come true has been appearing and disappearing across the Rumple System. Despite disaster and success following in equal proportion, people keep making deals. You are approaching Weaver Station when you learn he is aboard.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 3d

For Sunday, amongst the reviews in this post is The Probability Of One by Jen Brown in @fantasymagazine.bsky.social a story of seeing the future through possibility and particles. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2022/12/dece...

December Short Story Catch Up 3

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 4d

For Saturday our space opera serial continues as Gunn and his crew uncover secrets under an ancient civilisation. Realm Of Pure Thought. www.patreon.com/posts/realm-...

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 5d

The First Emperor of Centralis IV has returned to challenge the current Fourth Emperor. Supporters of each have clashed on the surface, while skirmishing ships have threatened space travel. You and your ship arrive to protect neutral vessels, only to learn a Fifth Emperor has risen.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 6d

The rights to an emergency supply depot on an interstellar body are in doubt after the explorer who claimed it has died. You have located an heir, and they have reluctantly agreed to go and renew the claim on board your ship.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 7d

On Narcia III everyone has access to appearance changing technology, often changing their face between day and evening and bodies on a weekly basis. They find the constant features and clothing of the diplomatic team unsettling so you have been sent with a make up and design team to assist.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 8d

A group of hijackers have seized control of a passenger liner in disputed space. With the local authorities refusing to cooperate you are unable to offer guarantees to get hostages released so start a risky stealth boarding mission.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 9d

Zero-G racers have come to the Iron Cities Belt, following the rumour of a great prize. No official race has been declared and wildcard racers keep straying into shipping lanes. The racers are too fast and nimble for local police so you and your ship have been called in.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 10d

For Sunday, in amongst these movies reviews are notes on Invasion Of The Bee Girls and The Mutations, two films that have themes of human transformation (which they use in different, exploitative ways). nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2022/12/dece...

December Film Catch Up 1

Some films I watched earlier this year but due to my idiosyncratic method of reviewing haven't got to yet. **** 1. Black Site In the Jor...

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 11d

For Saturday our space opera serial continues as diplomacy reaches hard limits in a kidnapping gone wrong. Negotiation Tactics. www.patreon.com/posts/negoti...

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 12d

A year ago the Hedrin Autarchy dispatched six ships in the cardinal directions in response to a prophecy of doom. Five have reported back but the one heading directly upwards from the galactic plane is missing. You have been requested to search for it while patrolling that sector.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 13d

Technological advances on Olivia VII has led to economic dislocation. People are moving up the orbital elevator in search of work on the space station, overwhelming the lifesystems. Your ship is acting as tug to a greenhouse ship brought in to alleviate problems.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 14d

The Entropic spawn have been sucking order and energy out of the planet Gabulon, but fortunately are unable to escape the gravity well. Alarms sound from the monitoring station and you and your ship race to intervene, only to find the planet dissolved into dust.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 15d

Every five years the mega-ruminants of Golissia Prime enter the super maturity phase, putting on fat and making their meat succulent. Licenses for hunting in the cull are limited; rumours that the lottery has been rigged this time has caused violence and you are sent to prevent it escalating.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 16d

After rescuing lifepods after the wreck of the Starship Georgette, you have been asked to attend the court of inquiry. Reviewing your records, they are inconsistent with the testimony of the Georgette's officers, which in turn disagree with the data on the lifepods.

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Neil Willcox, Son of a Beekeeper @neilwillcox.bsky.social · 17d

I cannot, in fact, recommend this book, but it is a quite remarkable light-hearted attempt to incorporate some of the most sophisticated predictions of the time into a rip-roaring adventure.

Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 17d

For Sunday a book review; number 3 in this set is The Mummy! A Tale Of The Twenty-Second Century by Mrs Loudon, published in 1827. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2022/12/dece...

December Books Catch Up 1

10 books I read earlier this year and my one-item-a-day posting plan has caused a backlog. **** 1. Horse Under Water After the shenaniga...

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 17d

For Sunday a book review; number 3 in this set is The Mummy! A Tale Of The Twenty-Second Century by Mrs Loudon, published in 1827. nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2022/12/dece...

December Books Catch Up 1

10 books I read earlier this year and my one-item-a-day posting plan has caused a backlog. **** 1. Horse Under Water After the shenaniga...

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 18d

For Saturday our space opera serial continues as dinosaurs escape aboard ship - but can they be reasoned with? "These dinosaurs have diplomatic immunity!" Post-Historic Hunters. www.patreon.com/posts/post-h...

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 19d

Seeking passage through the Appen System, your ship has been sniped at by guns hidden amongst the various small bodies in orbit. When you complain, the authorities explain it's a traditional sport. You consider how to respond after a near-miss from a plasma bolt overloads your primary sensors.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 20d

A massive database analysis of ship traffic reports to identify unknown hazards has thrown up an anomaly - for ten years every ship of the Norn Trading Company has left and arrived on schedule, despite accidents, pirates, hijacking and war. You have been ordered to shadow a Norn ship.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 21d

A notorious fugitive from Mulandia has been spotted amongst the bubble habitats of the Gilton Ring. The Mulandian ex-pat community has botched an attempt to capture them and they are now holed up under siege; you and your ship are asked to ensure a peaceful resolution.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 22d

Disputed rights to a water asteroid have been deadlocked in court. The case turns on priority of a physical stake being made. As your ship is patrolling the belt you are asked to investigate and report on the evidence, but approaching the asteroid an unknown spacecraft is attached to it.

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Space Opera Plots @spaceoperaplots.bsky.social · 23d

The Seventh Reincarnation of the Grand Admiral of the Golden Fleet has fled the great Immortal Barques on their endless voyage and has claimed asylum on Kusak Station. The fleet has followed, threatening blockade unless they return. You and your ship must find a solution.

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