16+Estimated read: about 13 hr 16 mininteractive fictionmystery8 endings
Fresh from Starfleet Academy, a young Trill ensign joins a Defiant-class vessel being refitted for frontier rescue work. When neglected settlements and a former Starfleet engineer seize the ship's experimental shield network, every lawful course carries a human cost.
A typical path is about 119,432 words. The book’s rough reading-time estimate is 13 hr 16 min. Your pace, pauses, rereading and time spent on choices can make your visit longer. This is not a time limit or a measure of your progress.
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Non-graphic discussion of drug-facilitated sexual assaultNon-consensual recording and distributionInstitutional victim-blaming and harassmentDeath, grief, panic, and moral injurySpace combat and civilian danger
What to expect
16+Non-graphic sexual-assault aftermathHarassment and institutional injusticeDeath and griefTrauma responses and panicSpace combat and civilian danger
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The protagonist was drugged and sexually assaulted before the story. The assault is not depicted, but a recording was circulated and is discussed.The story includes victim-blaming, misuse of institutional authority, panic responses, a permanent mentor death, and route-dependent civilian casualties.
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