Free fiction from the Starship Dominatrix universe

Stories

Four intimate, dangerous, and occasionally festive episodes presented in chronological order.

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1 · Free novelette

U and I

During the war with the Chimera Kyria, combat engineer John Kaiden is sent to recover U-84129, an enemy war machine built to obey and punished for thinking independently. John recognizes a person where everyone else sees dangerous equipment—but helping U recover means challenging everything both societies believe about artificial intelligence. As U encounters freedom, identity, trust, and affection for the first time, an unlikely connection develops between two people whose worlds insist they should be enemies.

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2 · Free short story

Angel

Chlo Stellarrend has stolen a Chimera Kyria warship and rebuilt it around an experimental artificial intelligence capable of understanding rather than simply obeying. When her daughter Yvonne unexpectedly visits the ship, a catastrophic malfunction traps them aboard with their oxygen disappearing and no rescue coming. As Chlo races to save Yvonne, the engineer who dared to create new life faces a choice that crosses the boundaries of technology, ethics, and motherhood.

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3 · Free flash fiction

Solace

On Christmas Eve, only days before the voyage of the Dominatrix begins, Talonor awakens to find Jack alone with a plasma bolt pistol and memories he can no longer outrun. Talonor cannot erase the trauma Jack carries or promise that love will make it disappear. He can only remain beside him through the longest night of the year. Solace is an intimate story about grief, survival, and allowing someone else to share the weight.

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4 · Free short story

A Deadly Little Crisis

Jack Kaiden wants nothing to do with Christmas, but a colony robbed of its holiday supplies leaves the captain of the Dominatrix II with a crisis he cannot ignore. Tracking the thieves to a frozen raider encampment brings Jack face-to-face with a notorious pirate, a courageous child, and choices far more complicated than recovering stolen cargo. What begins as a straightforward mission becomes a violent, irreverent Christmas adventure about mercy, second chances, and finding meaning in a season marked by pain.

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