I'm really digging this story, and I love the crew. They give off dysfunctional family vibes (which totally tracks for Longshot).
I'm pumped to dive even further into this one. Longshot is such a fun divergence from the grand origin stories Andrew's telling in Empirefall. It feels more personal. With Empirefall, I find myself rooting for a cause. Even with the focus on an individual character, those stories still feel large because they're events that shaped this galaxy.
This one zooms in in a totally different way. It's one crew fighting for survival in their own little corner of the galaxy. Can't wait for what comes next.
SciFi stories centered around a small crew are so iconic. And I mean even beyond the easy-to-mind like Firefly or the Expanse. But SciFi is ripe with this trope. You have a band of mercenaries like the Kiljoys, with the mixed species crews working together for their own purposes (but also each other) like Andromeda and Farscape - SciFi gold. Keep up the good work Rob, these are a nice chapters to break up my MilSciFi heavy Empirefall Chronicles here in the Stellar Empire universe!
Yes, love the tightknit crew trope. It’s also fun to take an intimate ensemble of characters… which helps me because I lose track of names over time 😆😆
The chemistry between Nia, Dunny, and Greck is fantastic. You can really feel the 'patchwork' nature of their lives, not just in the ship, but in their banter. Carter’s 'genetic memory' of the ocean was a beautiful, haunting touch amidst all the metal and wires. Great Another great installment. The atmosphere on the DEEP REACH is so thick you can almost smell the ozone and 'redacted' frustration. That cliffhanger… and the imagery of Carter’s fingers moving like waves was stellar. This crew feels like they’re one loose wire away from disaster…
That’s a cool way to look at their friendships. Being a patchwork, just tied together - loosely, not necessarily meant to be or perfect fits - but making it work.
I'm really digging this story, and I love the crew. They give off dysfunctional family vibes (which totally tracks for Longshot).
I'm pumped to dive even further into this one. Longshot is such a fun divergence from the grand origin stories Andrew's telling in Empirefall. It feels more personal. With Empirefall, I find myself rooting for a cause. Even with the focus on an individual character, those stories still feel large because they're events that shaped this galaxy.
This one zooms in in a totally different way. It's one crew fighting for survival in their own little corner of the galaxy. Can't wait for what comes next.
Yes, less of the grander scope than the other stories we’ve been publishing so far :) glad to be bringing something a bit different to the table!
SciFi stories centered around a small crew are so iconic. And I mean even beyond the easy-to-mind like Firefly or the Expanse. But SciFi is ripe with this trope. You have a band of mercenaries like the Kiljoys, with the mixed species crews working together for their own purposes (but also each other) like Andromeda and Farscape - SciFi gold. Keep up the good work Rob, these are a nice chapters to break up my MilSciFi heavy Empirefall Chronicles here in the Stellar Empire universe!
Yes, love the tightknit crew trope. It’s also fun to take an intimate ensemble of characters… which helps me because I lose track of names over time 😆😆
The chemistry between Nia, Dunny, and Greck is fantastic. You can really feel the 'patchwork' nature of their lives, not just in the ship, but in their banter. Carter’s 'genetic memory' of the ocean was a beautiful, haunting touch amidst all the metal and wires. Great Another great installment. The atmosphere on the DEEP REACH is so thick you can almost smell the ozone and 'redacted' frustration. That cliffhanger… and the imagery of Carter’s fingers moving like waves was stellar. This crew feels like they’re one loose wire away from disaster…
That’s a cool way to look at their friendships. Being a patchwork, just tied together - loosely, not necessarily meant to be or perfect fits - but making it work.