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The newly renamed Vance Turbo has sabotaged his own career at Space Fleet Academy due to a desire to atone for a training accident. Unfortunately, his actions result in him getting press-ganged into an expendable crew of misfits recruited by a legendary starship captain. Their mission? To recover a collection of lost sun-destroying missiles that could restart a galactic war. Unfortunately, Vance is smart enough to know something is wrong with this picture. After all, no sane person would recruit this crew to save the universe.

Seventeen-year-old Craig Blackmore is a first generation child of Golf Alpha One-One-Seven, AKA Greenacres, the heavy gravity and magic starved world that humanity chose as its first colony. Eighteen years after the Vorsook war ended, young Craig is newly orphaned, a fugitive from trouble, and bound for Earth to take a legacy spot at College Arcane. With a scant hope of leaving his troubles behind him, Craig begins life on the home world at the same school his mother once attended. The same school that produced the most powerful witch ever—Declan O'Carroll—the Steward.

When the mainland becomes an apocalyptic fallout zone, T.E.D.D. and ArachnoBot return to rally survivors and spark a rebellion. Torn between machine code and the humans who still trust him, T.E.D.D. must confront the Manager’s most ruthless play yet — a final push to erase humanity and install himself as its replacement, the world’s new master. In a world this shattered, siding with humans might be T.E.D.D.’s most dangerous malfunction yet. Perfect for fans of humorous sci-fi who love Douglas Adams, John Scalzi, Andy Weir, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The fleet manages to catch the Squirrel responsible for the horrible things they've seen recently. That should be a good thing, shouldn't it? Turns out it's only the beginning of their troubles, as their journey to collect a bounty on him turns into an adventure. Follow along as Bob and the fleet get the best of the situation.

For more than 150 years I've served the Kingdom of Sena. Through four Kings and a Queen. Two wars and a rebellion. I've founded and taught at a magic school. I've fought against beast waves and dungeon breaks. But now? Now, the one close friend I had left has passed. So, I'm done with their politics and their economics. The short and busy lives of humans are more burden than benefit on the weary soul of this half-elf.

Such is the fate of The Last Cyborg. That's me, Alan Ashe. I didn't ask to be reborn as a cyborg. I was just built that way, and with special abilities unlike any cyborg before me. And now it's up to me to save Humanity from the evil Azincor race. Unfortunately, a consequence of my 'special' abilities is I now look like an Azincorean, all the way down to their yellow skin. Not only do I have the aliens pointing their fingers at me, saying, "He's the enemy!" I also have all of Earth's military resources out gunning for me, as well.

The megacity of New Montreal is under constant threat by the Antithesis, aliens who have transformed the landscape to produce swarms of creatures that feed on everything in their path. The city's infrastructure is in disrepair, and the politicians and corporations responsible for its maintenance have been slacking off, leaving angry citizens to fend for themselves.

Clunk, a clapped-out robot, is convinced he's about to be junked. Instead, his penny-pinching boss is sending him off to be refurbished. Being old and wise, Clunk knows there's a catch, but at first it doesn't seem too bad. He just has to help a freelancer pick up some cargo. Unfortunately, Hal Spacejock - the freelancer - is obstinate, over-confident, and woefully under-skilled, and he's never going to let a lowly robot fly his precious ship. Is there any chance this pair of misfits can lift off, collect the cargo and deliver it in one piece?

Once a gem of the Nupertian system, the planet of Quartus has come under attack by two ancient spacefaring species from a distant galaxy. Cassidy leads a rag-tag group of wannabe rebels and space pirates to take back the planet and the system. Wipe down your VR gear and return to Interstellar Online for another round of fun, steamy LitRPG harem space opera adventure.

High Protector Vance Turbo managed to save the entire galaxy and retrieve his wayward child, Astrid. As such, he's been looking for a safe job to raise his daughter and find some peace. Unfortunately, that turns out to have been a terrible idea because while Vance believes the universe doesn't need him, the universe disagrees. Sent on a crazy mission to assassinate a Sorkanan warlord and recover a long-lost space pirate treasure, Vance discovers that humanity is on the chopping block for its many sins.

Space Academy Graduates is where the worst crew in the galaxy's adventures come full circle! Vance Turbo and company have returned to Space Academy, the place where it all began, in order to investigate the murder of Earth's highest decorated officer. Along the way, they'll discover the secrets of the mysterious Department 12, the responsibilities of power, and the dangers that come from SPACE VAMPIRES! Yes, it's always capitalized.

Imagine being the only human left on an Earth occupied by monsters, aliens, and worse. Sounds terrible? Well...it's not so bad when you are an introverted battle junkie like me. Honestly, I was almost starting to appreciate being left behind while everyone else was given the chance to prepare for the mess Earth had gotten itself into. On a side note, it turns out I'm pretty good at hunting monsters. Though dragons and such are a bit out of my league. Just a bit. I survived dozen-something kobolds that wanted me dead, and now it's time to pay back their leader.

Cat LeBlanc's success against the Antithesis in the megacity of New Montreal has raised her profile amongst the samurai. And despite her antiauthoritarian attitude and appetite for destruction in combat, she's been assigned to assume command of Burlington's defenses. Against her better judgment—and though it means taking time away from her girlfriend, Lucy, and their adopted gang of children, "the kittens"—Cat accepts the mission.

Ever since the System brought magic and monstrous mayhem to Earth, long-haul trucker Jill "Junkmouth" MacLeod has had a need for speed. The highway snaking through the Midwestern plains is the battleground, and the stakes are the lives of not only Jill but thousands of survivors along for the ride. Together with Bertha, her mega-upgraded, fully-turreted, heavily-armored Soulbound big rig, Jill has the edge—so far.

Captain Vance Turbo has been struggling for the past few years, his reputation in tatters and most of his allies having turned against him. Offered a chance to go after a sinister crime syndicate at a peace treaty in Notha Space, he jumps at it. However, no sooner does he do so that he discovers that a malevolent AI and even more powerful forces are at work...ones that threaten everyone and everything in the galaxy. Will Vance somehow stumble his way into saving the universe again or will his luck finally run out?

Geronimus Krone, the most dangerous man in existence has altered the course of time, appointed himself King of Space, and now rules the galaxy with the help of his four monstrous generals and their armies. Cal Carver and his crew are the galaxy's only hope. But, reeling from their recent loss, they can't stop Krone on their own. Fortunately, they've got a whole bunch of friends they can call on for help.

Captain Vance Turbo of the E.S.S Ares has managed to save the entire universe and gotten himself a big fat promotion for it. However, that doesn't mean much as he's just received a message that his daughter is in peril! His daughter that he didn't know about because she was cooked up in a lab by his ex-girlfriend. Knowing he can't take his ship on a personal vendetta, Vance decides to charter a pirate ship to head to the distant tyranny of Crius. Unfortunately, his journey isn't exactly a secret and he finds himself ambushed. Ambushed by someone Vance never thought he'd see again.

After as much as the company has practiced bugging out, you wouldn't think that loading up a few hundred folks and their belongings would be that tough, would you? Well, if that's what you think, you haven't met our shepherd. Tag along and see how they come up with solutions to problems they didn't even know they had.

Adam Cain is getting too old for this shit. Sure, he only looks to be around thirty, but this is his second lifetime, and he's getting a little tired of always having to kick alien ass. Besides that, he's got piles of energy credits, so he doesn't have to keep risking his life for the money. But then again, he is The Human for Hire, the best of the best, and everyone knows it.

Caleb Marshal was born with a pair of antlers, and despite having an abundance of magic, can't use any of it - thanks to a curse. Since he's majoring in magical theory at college, this is a bit of a problem. Breaking his curse, however, throws him into danger. Caleb must deal with his new powers, supernatural threats, and an ever more complicated love life. All while trying to balance a job and maintain his GPA!