Forum: Lost Stories

Setting is a scifi star spanning nation on one end of the worm hole and an early sailing and early/pre gunpowder on the other end of the wormhole.

Hero is possibly part of an exploration corp and has a relative/love interest on the sci-fi part of the wormhole.

Hero goes through wormhole and ship starts failing and crashes on planet. Wormhole endpoint stops or inhibits technology.

Hero either has AI or some other source of knowledge.

Once crashed on planet hero involves himself with local nobility to help her? out of several jams. Builds a new settlement and builds a sailing ship. A catamaran if I remember correctly.

Hero ends up raiding/fighting invasion or slaving parties.

It isn't Pennlady (where is she anyone?) But I seem to remember it was a semi-pro or very talented female author from that era 5+ years ago maybe.

Maybe 3 stories in the series

Gina Marie Wylie wrote something like that back around 2008. If it was that one there are a couple of problems:
- she only had it on her own site, never SOL.
- she deleted it there around the time she put it on sale (think "South American river").

The stories were called "The Far Side" and "Far Side Two".

Nope, definitely was here as I never bothered to use that site.

Also seem to remember that there was a scene with using a flare gun? type pistol on a beach/shore defense early in book 1.

I remember it. Character had weird name. But dont remember his name nor the stories names.
I remember him protecting a primitive village and making salt pans or something. Also thunk he had moved to an island and hooked up with a lady from a major trading family.

I believe they either removed the stories or they went premier in the ladt 2 years or so.

https://storiesonline.net/a/feral-lady wrote a series called Von Solons universe

https://storiesonline.net/universe/906/von-solon-s-universe

Most titles include the word Castaway.

Nailed it. Thanks!