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    The USS Rome had hit the rocks with Caesar. Its fuel sapped, decks scorched, weeks from shutdown, they landed in an isolated solar system with a Captain too stubborn to look for aid. Instead, Caesar's plan was to touch down on a planet containing civilized life, violating Starfleet's guiding rule: the Prime Directive.

    This was an old story—a ship that was dying, a Captain that was killing it. And Brutus, first officer, had a choice that could change half a galaxy.

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    27 Oct 2025

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    Following the events of "Halo Effect," Thomas Barrow goes to war.

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    24 Apr 2025

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    The Halo Effect is the tendency for a positive impression in one area to produce a more generous or optimistic interpretation of ambiguous information in other areas.

    When Thomas rescues Lady Mary from the nefarious attentions of Turkish houseguest Kemal Pamuk, his employers and coworkers begin to see him differently...and Things Get Better.

    A Season One AU diverging from canon in Episode 3, The One Where The Turkish Gentleman Dies in Mary's Bed.

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    24 Apr 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    this is, hands down, the best and most historically accurate fanfiction i have ever seen. I am rewatching downton s2 because of this and am very much enjoying seeing Thomas (or should I say Sergeant Wardmaster Barrow) in a whole new light.

  4. Rec 8

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    Lieutenant Harman Croy's failed mission comes to light upon his return to the First Order. Stripped of his rank and assigned to the custodial crew, Croy has lost everything that once mattered to him. Now he spends his days cleaning up corpses and being tailed by a suspiciously friendly mouse droid. But when he comes across a precious Rylothian artifact, he realizes he has a choice to do the right thing, even knowing his life is on the line.

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    24 Oct 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    ultimately the best ever halcyon fic. i miss it so much <3

  5. Rec 60

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    Percy is able to escape the hellhole that was once his home, and maybe finds a new home in the girl who found him, the EMTs who saved him, some band mates, and the woman who took care of him.

    Modern au of how percy met vox machina right after escaping ripley

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    24 Oct 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    One of my favorite vox machina fics :))