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  1. Public Bookmark 6

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    Ryland Grace makes a decision on his way back to Rocky.

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    23 Oct 2026

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    21 Oct 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    Rocky had a rough time before Grace came back for him. More than Grace realized at first.

    He keeps telling Grace not to worry but it's becoming clear that...

    Rocky is sick.

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    21 Oct 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 3

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    Years into the trip to Erid, Grace worries it's too late to save anyone.

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    21 Oct 2026

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    After her many years in space, the Hail Mary has finally made it to Erid. But her passengers still have a long road ahead of them.

    Grace, at death's door, has to go back into a coma to give the Eridians more time to synthetize his nutrients. He makes Rocky promise to take care of himself too, for his weakened joints and oxyde-filled vents. They'll be all better soon, the both of them.

    But the nanny-bot has a program to follow. When Grace's vitals finally start improving enough for him to be woken up, there's a particular medicine it has to give to him.

    Or: Grace gets a second dose of amnesia drugs right after getting to Erid.

    (fic focused on Grace's early recovery specifically)

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    20 Oct 2026

  6. Public Bookmark *

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    A magnetic event of some kind has temporarily knocked out most electronics onboard and forced Rocky into a coma. Grace now has to navigate first contact with Erid alone, with no software to translate his words to the Eridians at the space elevator until Mary can run diagnostics on everything. But he’s not panicking! He can still speak (simplified, childish) Standard Equatorial Ran, so this should still be salvageable. Sure, he doesn't sound that great, but they can understand him. Right?


    The alien child believes the engineer is its mate, and the ships logs have records of the crimes committed. The situation is dire. Immediate intervention is needed.

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    14 Oct 2026

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    The elevator's receiver array picks up a garbage signal beamed in from deep space. No matter their attempts, Eridian scientists cannot make top or bottom of it. A misfire, or an echo of that long lost crew's final transmission, most likely. It is recorded, but never publicized.

    And then it happens again.

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    13 Oct 2026

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    Less than 2 months away from Erid. In the process of the Hail Mary evading an exoasteroid, Rocky falls from top to bottom of the ship.

    In normal circumstances, Rocky could shake it off. Maybe a little sore, but okay.

    In this case, Rocky cannot.

    Rocky is scared.

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    08 Oct 2026

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    It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.

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    Chapters:
    7/7
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    08 Oct 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 30

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    Rocky dramatically collapses to one side. “Hurry hurry hurry,” he complains. “I see why no do before, is boring.”

    “I see what you mean,” I concede. “If I'm not already feeling it, this is also kind of boring for me. But! This is a learning experience! So don't check out too soon. Ask questions, make it exciting!”

    -

    Rocky is curious about a human biological function, and Grace is always willing to do a demonstration in the name of education.

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    06 Oct 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 49

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    I mean, it’s a lot, right? I’ve just remembered that I’m on a spaceship, my planet is dying, and I’m about to die in an attempt to save it. I’ve just remembered who I am, for goodness’ sake. And now I’m wrestling with new questions, like whether I’m really the kind of guy who sleeps with his boss, knocks her up, and promptly peaces out to Tau Ceti. You know, as one does.

    Just when Grace is starting to piece together what he's doing on the Hail Mary, he finds a note from Stratt that upends everything again.

    Or: Leading up to the launch, Grace and Stratt make slightly different choices, and carry slightly different consequences to the ends of the earth and beyond the stars.

    (Posted for Strattland Week 2026, prompt: family.)

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    Chapters:
    6/7
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    02 Oct 2026

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    "Cell," he says. "My crew have problem with cells. Many many cells die. Not infection. Not injury. No reason. But not me. Never me. Why, question? I not know."

    *** *** ***

    From a planet orbiting the fading Eridani 40, a crew of twenty-three Eridians board a ship, and start the long journey towards the blazing star Tau Ceti, hoping to find the solution to their dying star, thereby saving their world from extinction. They are the best and brightest on their planet, and while they are nervous, hope and camaraderie are high.

    And then, one by one, and then all at once, they begin to sicken.

    Except for one.

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    01 Oct 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 3

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    Eva gets her iconic prison tattoo. The act reminds her of other needles in other necks.

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    Comments:
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    26 Sep 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 3

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    Pluto isn’t a planet.
    Ryland Grace had nobody.

    OR

    What Grace thinks about Plutos planetary status.

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    3
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    25 Sep 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 1

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    Just a short musing on scents and emotional triggers

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    23 Sep 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 49

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    Rocky asking why Grace wears glasses leads to a conversation between the two about sight.

    Then Rocky asks Grace what colours *look like* to him, and without an easy way to explain it, Grace is made to fall back on a more poetic approach.
    Much nostalgia and many tears ensue

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    21 Sep 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 78

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    Four years until they reach Erid. Ryland Grace tries to take it a day at a time, but four years is a long time.

    In which Dr. Grace is forced to think about the future, his students, the horrible taste of Taumoeba, scurvy, and why he can identify a medal of St. Christopher.

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    21 Sep 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 40

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    It’s its own special kind of torture that what he’s saying is actually interesting. I try my hardest to listen, to file it away in the sciencey part of my brain where it slid to the very back of my awareness, but Rocky has made a point to sit right there, the thrilling vibration of his voice drawing me to full hardness.

    “Your veins are like that,” he tells me, either oblivious or indifferent to the way I’m trembling beneath him. Seeing as he’s talking about my insides, though, I really doubt he doesn’t know. “Many possible paths. Some end early. Some loop around without going far. Some branch off many times to span great distance.”

    If I can feel my heart in my throat, I wonder how loud it must be for him.

    /////

    Or: Rocky likes the way Grace's body sounds up close. Grace finds that the feeling is mutual.

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    20 Sep 2026

  19. Public Bookmark *

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    Grace and Rocky set sail for Erid and unpack all their emotional baggage along the way.

    When you're stuck in a tin can for almost four years, it's rarely smooth sailing. But, hey! At least your best friend is there to call you an idiot, and you're almost certainly going to die when you reach your destination!

    (Or: The one where Rocky builds a robot instead of an EVA suit)

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    Chapters:
    26/36
    Comments:
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    Kudos:
    707
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    13,843

    20 Sep 2026

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    After 27 years, Earth's Hail Mary comes through. The world has been forever changed, and billions died because of the Astrophage crisis, but space agencies have done their best to survive and keep their telescopes pointing to Tau Ceti. After the beetles are spotted, Eva Stratt forces her way into the CSA office to learn what the Hail Mary crew discovered. Downloading the data is slow and happens in pieces, so the team has to try piecing together what happened out in the Tau Ceti system.

    Eva Stratt is faced with the reality of what she did to Grace, watching him deal with the situation she put him in, leading to a complex mix of emotions. Part of her wishes things could have been different. But she knows that wishing on a star is useless.

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    Chapters:
    20/20
    Comments:
    847
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    977
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    Hits:
    21,994

    19 Sep 2026

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