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Lost space story. swarm cycle?

jps71 🚫

I cant remember much of the story but I recall it has some similarities with Arkadia by Sunseeker.

As I recall the mc (human) either starts with or soon gets one or more planets & has advanced tech.

He comes across a space battle ground near a planet & finds a few survivors on one of the ships (not humans).

At times he travels between earth & his own planet.
Earth forces want to get hold of his tech & perhaps his planet. Earth ends up sending a fleet of spaceships to attack/takeover his planet etc. After he warns them not to approach he proves how advanced his ship/tech is & the Earth fleet retreats.

I know it is not a lot to go on but hopefullyt it triggers a title in someones memory.

Cheers JPS

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sunseeker 🚫
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@jps71

dayum! It sounds like a few I have read but I don't have the foggiest memory of titles. So I looking forward to finding out what story it is and reading it...or re-reading it if the case may be!

And I hope you enjoyed Arkadia! :D

SunSeeker

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jps71 🚫

@sunseeker

Loved Arkadia
I have read it several times :)

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sunseeker 🚫

@jps71

Glad to hear you enjoyed Arkadia!

I thought the story you're looking for might be a Ka Hmnd story but none of his "synopses" rang a bell for me...

Hopin someone comes up with it as I'd like to read it too! :D

SunSeeker

limab 🚫

@jps71

The basic plot does not sound like Swarm, i.e. advanced tech over earth, new aliens etc. Some things do strike a bell, but dimly. Hows that for a mixed metaphor. Let me think on this.

Good Hunting, limab

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jps71 🚫

@limab

Thats why I put the question mark after swarm I just dont know.
I have a very dim memory he was protecting his planet from other aliens as well.

FantasyLover 🚫

@jps71

Sounds like Volentrin's three short stories: The Misty, Cyborg, and Longreach (unfinished).

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jps71 🚫

@FantasyLover

No it wasn't them.
No cyborgs that I can recall & it was just one longish story.

redthumb 🚫

@jps71

It almost sounds like the Star Guardian series by Duncan7 over on SiFi Stories.

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jps71 🚫

@redthumb

Thanks for the suggestion
I have just looked at Star Guardian but unfortunately thats not the story

awnlee jawking 🚫
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@jps71

I can remember a story with quite a few similarities.

The no-longer-human protagonist builds an alliance of various alien races to take on the really bad evil aliens, based on what remains of a damaged space station. I believe he returns to Earth to recruit his sister. He may have been saved originally after a caving accident by the AI of an underground spaceship.

I can't find the story, so I hope the above jogs someone else's memory enough for them to identify it.

ETA - could it be Accidental Commander by TonyG?

AJ

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sunseeker 🚫

@awnlee jawking

I think I remember the one you are talking about but draw a blank on the title...will check my history and a couple other places. Mentioning the cave and sister triggered my remembering...

SunSeeker

sunseeker 🚫
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@awnlee jawking

Maybe Stargazer by James Howlette?

https://storiesonline.net/s/25847/stargazer-book-1

Synopsis: A young man wakes up in a cave with no memory of who he is. He stumbles on an alien ship and what he believes could be his destiny. Join him as he leaves Earth to explore the stars and to see what the future holds for him.

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awnlee jawking 🚫

@sunseeker

Maybe Stargazer by James Howlette?

That's the one I was thinking of!

Let's hope it's the one the OP wants.

I found something weird when I was searching. One of the results was 'A Soldier for all Seasons' by RobWilsonWriting. But when I clicked on it, I got a screen with the message 'Not Allowed'.

AJ

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sunseeker 🚫

@awnlee jawking

Lol I hope it's not! Iirc for some reason I cannot think of at the moment I stopped reading it. May have to give it another try though! I remember mc going for his sister and seeing his ex gf that he can't stand? Don't remember earth fleet going after him though...or even earth having a fleet...

SunSeeker

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awnlee jawking 🚫

@sunseeker

I seem to recall another 'found spaceship' story I read at about the same time - Blazing Star by GreyOldWolf. I can't remember the details though :-(

AJ

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sunseeker 🚫
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@awnlee jawking

yeah I remember this one...unfinished though - Incomplete and Inactive (Last Activity: 9/12/2022, 2:32:07 AM)

https://storiesonline.net/s/24317/blazing-star

Iirc mc is retired IT guy, buys a property in southern alberta and it contacted by the ship/AI,and they proceed to repair the ship, recruit personnel, etc etc...saves US Navy pers when their aircraft carrier? starts sinking...has Canadian, US, Brit leaders on his side...lots more to the story as well...27 chapters...

SunSeeker

jps71 🚫

@sunseeker

Thanks for the link :)
I read this a while ago but I dont think it is the right one :( As I cant recall it starting in a cave.
I will add it to my queue to reread it

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sunseeker 🚫

@jps71

Thank God!Lol! Here's hopin and prayin someone knows it though I'll keep through Aliens by tag...

Please post if you remember anything else about the story :)

SunSeeker

geeko 🚫
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@awnlee jawking

Well the one that I remember with the MC having a caving accident and being saved by the Artifical Intelligence from an underground space ship is:

The Destroyers
By Monbade

His sister, however, is part of the plot almost from the start….

The other one that might meet the cave criteria… but not sure (can't remember the details) of the injury or sister is:

Not Quite Human series.
By Vincent Berg

There is one more - this one featuring crystals and D&D type underground cave adventures, with the heir to alien kingdom hidden on Earth whose title escapes me at the moment….

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awnlee jawking 🚫

@geeko

There is one more - this one featuring crystals and D&D type underground cave adventures, with the heir to alien kingdom hidden on Earth whose title escapes me at the moment….

The Wolves by Exigaet?

AJ

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geeko 🚫

@awnlee jawking

Yep… that's it… strange that I don't remember it given my surname is Wolfe. :-)

Jumpingfrog 🚫
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@jps71

Maybe this is the one you're looking for?

A Teran Trader on Toolondo

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jps71 🚫

@Jumpingfrog

Unfortunately it is not the one I am looking for.

A Terran Trader is a great story though I have read it several times

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