Space Opera Plots

The secret plans for the new fleet dreadnought have been stolen. Trying to recover them is futile - no doubt they have been encrypted and hidden in a thousand unsuspecting databanks on a hundred outbound ships. You must disperse false error-filled versions to muddy the water.

An accident in the medical district of Hope Central Station has left many injured and no aid for them. You have been sent to evacuate the worst injured but order has broken down and everyone wants their hurt friends and relatives on the first flight.

While on shore leave on a remote asteroid resort you are investigated by the authorities when another resident is murdered. With 24 hours before your transport leaves you must solve the case or be caught up by the bumbling local detectives, perhaps for weeks.

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The Intuitive Foresight department on Psyon VII have foreseen that a comet will disrupt the gravitational balance of the Psyon system. As a courtesy you pass through the predicted volume and are surprised to discover not a comet, but a deep space wildlife refuge.

Sent as an advisor to the newly independent Farragut space arks you are cut off when the war breaks out again. When the ark you are on is boarded you lead the crew to victory, only to find enemy propaganda names you a mercenary pirate admiral.

A long term experimental colony has reached it's first milestone without incident. You have been sent as an outside auditor to ensure things are going as planned. However when you read through the documentation you are left puzzled as to it appears to be a standard procedure.

The automatic barges from an exotic matter factory at a safe distance from inhabited zones have stopped arriving at their destinations. Due to the danger you approach cautiously. Long range scans reveal that the factory has transformed, emitting tachyons and garbled messages.

A Zero-G hockey team has been stranded after their chartered ship has abandoned them for a mineral-rush three systems over. You have offered them a lift on your ship to a transport hub, but the manager wants you to take them to the next championship game, off your route.

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A Higher Authority | Neil Willcox Get more from Neil Willcox on Patreon

For Saturday our space opera serial continues with events getting worse - a senior officer has arrived to take charge. A Higher Authority. www.patreon.com/posts/higher...

A mystery creature has been hunting the colonists of the ice moon of Amicus. On a routine visit you attempt to scan for it from orbit, but the storms block your instruments. Then a distress call comes from the eye of the snow maelstrom.

Marshal Ares has been detained after the fall of the Gandis Coalition. Exactly how he will be dealt with remains to be seen; you have been ordered to transport him to Jakal Station. He is a polite guest, though tempers run high amongst crew who lost comrades to his forces.

On the trail of the notorious Harbinger pirate gang you discover that some of them have been recruited into the Kelvin System Space Force Militia. Your requests to have them extradited are refused as the Kelvin System is being threatened by the Asp Imperium and they require every spacer.

After several recent encounters that have resulted in violence the authorities have sent a negotiation troubleshooter aboard your ship, to observe and advise. They seem a little condescending; still you are surprised when they get into a fight with your communications officer.

The newly independent Montes Station has acquired some old but not entirely obsolete destroyers after being threatened by several other system polities. You and a team of veteran engineers have been sent to train the Monetaignes on them, and attempt to integrate newer equipment.

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The TwoOne System is under siege by the ISSA coalition. You and your ship have been ordered to deliver much needed supplies, but as you are officially neutral you must not only avoid the ISSA blockade but disguise your identities.

You are assigned repair bay thirteen for some minor upgrades and tuning, ignoring it's bad reputation. When you return after a shift and a half of waiting to report in headquarters you find the engine dismantled but somehow all the supplies have vanished.

Arriving at the remote Avanc Station the locals demand proof you are not robots from an automated ship. Although you are able to convince the authorities, some groups continue to doubt, and begin protesting against spyborg infiltration.

The space yacht Silky Moves has been missing for two years when you come across the wreck on the startlingly habitable planet of Loam III. Although most of the survivors are happy to be rescued, some wish to lay claim to the planet and demand you being back supplies to bootstrap the process.

Marine raiders have taken prisoners from the hostile Veult Empire forces. Your ship rendezvouses with the transport to escort them, only to find the prisoners have taken control of the lifesystem and are insisting on being released.

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For Saturday our space opera serial continues as Silence the dark realm on the other side of the dimensional portal awakens. Deep Noises. www.patreon.com/posts/deep-n...

After a legal dispute bankrupted the owner of a robot mining swarm, they spitefully locked out all commands before fleeing the system. Usually this would not be a task for your ship but the slag and debris is causing a navigation hazard so you are dispatched to stop them.

Despite rumours of a curse on the Grippen claim, a resource extraction family team have taken control of it. However mysterious figures and odd equipment failures have dogged their progress. When you patrol nearby you receive an automated signal for an emergency pick up.

Five years ago invaders penetrated the Labyrinth Belt and seized control of Knossia V. You have heard rumours that Knossian emigres have gathered pilots who can cross the Belt and intend to launch a counter-invasion so have taken your ship to the rendezvous to investigates.

On a routine call to the moon Obsidia you discover the locals have become paranoid after several deaths. They inexplicably blame you and your crew, claiming that you covertly dropped off megawolves to prey on them before circling back to make your appearance.