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the space opera (au?) meme

Space Opera refers to works set in a spacefaring civilization, usually set in the far future or A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away.... Technology is ubiquitous and secondary to the story. Space opera has an epic character to it: the universe is big, there are usually many sprawling civilizations and empires, there are political conflicts and intrigue.

- TV Tropes

Prompts

1. Slice of Spacefaring Life
It's life, but on a spaceship! An interstellar journey could take hundreds of years, so you have some time to relax and take it easy. Do a little aeroponic gardening, enjoy stargazing from the bar, or immerse yourself in studying the latest nebula you're passing through.

2. R&R
After being cooped up for days, weeks, or years, you and the crew are finally sliding into the nearest space station, colony, or commercial hub for a little break. Enjoy shopping, restaurants, and resorts!

3. Space Piracy
You're a bit of a rogue, but you like the independent life cruising among the stars and taking whatever you can find. It's only a crime if you get caught, right?

4. Space Military
Perhaps you're on the opposite end of the spectrum, and you prefer tight-laced uniforms and adherence to regulation. Enjoy political intrigue, internal and external strife, morally dubious empire building, and mecha battles!

5. Sleeper Ship
You're on a very long journey, so long that most if not all of the crew have been put on ice for the trip. Whether by accident or design, you're awake - is anyone else up?

6. Emergency!
Something has gone wrong! Your colony is under attack, or maybe the hull of your ship has been blown out by a passing asteroid. Can you repair the warp drive in time?!

7. Arrival
At long last, solid ground! Get out there, it's a brand new (or new to you) planet or colony to explore! Maybe even a new species to meet or civilization to study. You're not wearing a red shirt, are you?

8. Intergalactic Bar
Your standard hive of scum and villainy.

9. Space Brothel
What it says on the tin. Get your xeno on!

10. Wildcard
Anything goes!

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[ space egypt, anyone??? selene here is the daughter of antony and cleopatra, sooooo yeah :D ]

[ ooc; space opera au? sign me the fuck up! au is already in the title so, let’s au it up. could do preeeetty much all of these other than the brothel one, lol. i just want space shenanigans, mkay? ]

[Voice testing, but she's already part of Necromancers in Space so ...]

[How about some prompt #2?]

J'onn is already a space cop- I'm a big fan of 'last of his kind pretending to be other species' stuff.

[ooc; but make it shippy.]

[ i still owe you way too many things BUT gwen's dad is a cop and selene's dad is a military general so just... make it space?? accompanying their dads on an exploratory mission and things go wrong, or they get up to some mischief and ~~steal~~ borrow a ship 🤔 ]

( this is essentially peter's life, so I am here for anything and everything — canon adjacent, au, bring me everything. )

[Space-horror more like.]

(( so! I have here a last of his kind Martian who in some versions did the whole ancient aliens thing in Egypt- I'm sure we can do something with that, if you're interested! ))

[ooc: space is darcy's greatest adventure!]

Avan makes for an excellent Yoda-type. Once a big galactic hero, but you wouldn't believe it until you need him to teach you how to be a galactic hero type too.

( here for it!! space espionage?? rival factions? did i hear gundams?? )

[Space pirate biker AU friendly.]

[ omg that’s really cool?? 😍 selene’s canon has “magic stones” that draw power from the elements and they’re said to be the broken pieces of the throne of god —- so that could maybe be alien tech or something? might be fun if she gets spirited to space since she’s not happy being subservient to rome anyway c: ]

[ the flight to third house should have been uneventful. two days in the black - thank the emperor that they’re well accustomed to steel floors and close quarters - and they’d arrive, off to some symposium with the other house leaders. palamedes sextus wasn’t exactly looking forward to it, he’d rather pull his teeth out than pat the likes of naberius tern on the back.

so in a way he was almost - almost - relieved when the engines started to grind in a way they shouldn’t. he’d barely blinked before cam flipped on their comms and radioed for a pickup, bless her. six more hours of waiting and towing before they were docked in space station Theta Sigma Four Baker (not to be confused with Theta Sigma Six Baker, located some distance after Theta Sigma Five Davison - the Emperor, praise the King Undying!, had named them eons ago).

mechanics told them it would be at least a standard night before the engines were in flying condition again, even with the round-the-clock service that palamedes’ title and station got them. they scoped out one of the slightly less disreputable bars, with free garlic fries and a booth with decent sightlines of the main door.

cam vanished to get drinks. when she returned, palamedes glanced up from his tablet. ]

They’re blue.

[space opera is his normal setting, so have at it. info in journal.]

(( Oh, that's cool- okay, so what I'm thinking is either:

a) Selene is accidentally warped from Egypt to the middle of a space adventure on the other side of the Galaxy, and we get the classic fish out of water & mentor dynamic going on.
or
b) Selene is from Space Egypt and deliberately sets out to find the mythical last Martian for some reason (maybe to get J'onn to honour some ancient promise from his people to protect Egyptians from something or other), and he can be her Yoda.

I love writing starters so if either of those vibe with you, I'll whip us up something, but if you have another idea let me know. ))

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