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Space opera emphasizes science fictional space warfare often with risk-taking space adventures and chivalric romance. Set mainly in outer space, it features technological  faster-than-light travel, weapons, and sophisticated technology, on a backdrop of galactic empires and interstellar wars with aliens, sometimes even Far, Far Away. Ex: Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactaca, Babylon 5.
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  1. Exodus

    By W_L, in Fiction. 01/20/2011 (Updated: 04/19/2011)

    Genres: Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic, Space Opera
    • young adult
    • senior
    • aliens
    • disability
    • philosophy
    • religion

    A band of refugees leave earth for a new world. What they discover on this journey will mesmerize, amaze, and bring terror unlike anything before.

    • 13 Chapters
    • 53,089 Words
    • 18,872 Views
    • 7 Comments
    • Mature
    • Long-Term Hold
  2. Twinks in Space: Fantastic Voyage - Part Two 2. The Hyperspace Enigma

    By Adam Andrews Johnson, in Fiction. 03/28/2024 (Updated: 03/28/2024)

    Genres: Horror, Romance, Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Romantic Sci-Fi, Weird Science, Science Fantasy, Space Opera
    • aliens
    • gay
    • off-planet
    • space
    • lesbian
    • love

    Lyoth and Stawren head in one direction, as Phentrom is taken another. Fonith goes on a universe-spanning hunt, and Captain Suoki makes a new friend. Chaos ensues in different ways for each of them. Will they all ever be reunited?

    • 3 Chapters
    • 4,346 Words
    • 327 Views
    • 9 Comments
    • Mature
    • In Process
  3. A Bad Way to Wake Up WET Part 1 2. All WET Terran Confederation

    By Myr, in 2018 - Fall - Good Intentions. 12/19/2018 (Updated: 12/19/2018)

    Genres: Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Military Sci-Fi, Libertarian Sci-Fi, Space Opera
    • young adult
    • aliens
    • psionics
    • space
    • military
    • future

    Bill Thomas is all set to take the newest ship out of drydock for engine calibration when all hell breaks loose.

    • 1 Chapters
    • 4,119 Words
    • 7,511 Views
    • 11 Comments
    • Mature
    • Complete
  4. A Bad Way to Wake Up WET Part 2 3. All WET Terran Confederation

    By Myr, in 2018 - Fall - Fight Back. 12/19/2018 (Updated: 12/19/2018)

    Genres: Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Military Sci-Fi, Libertarian Sci-Fi, Space Opera
    • aliens
    • psionics
    • space

    This is Part 2 of A Bad Way to Wake Up WET.

    • 1 Chapters
    • 2,260 Words
    • 6,755 Views
    • 19 Comments
    • Teen
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  5. Scent of Smoke

    By buildercub, in FanFiction. 06/26/2015 (Updated: 04/19/2022)

    Fandoms: Star Trek
    Genres: Romance, Thriller/Suspense, Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Suspense, General Romance, Soft Sci-Fi, Romantic Sci-Fi, Space Opera
    • mature adult
    • adult
    • off-planet
    • space
    • anal
    • dark
    • future

    One is a trigger-happy military officer, the other is a reclusive doctor of archaeology. Two men with nothing but contempt for each other's professions, they come together to solve an ancient mystery scattered in fragments across the galaxy. But when their expedition's starship is destroyed, it not only reveals the reality of their discovery, but summons a terrible enemy determined to seize its secrets and make war upon life itself...

    • 5 Chapters
    • 20,563 Words
    • 26,439 Views
    • 27 Comments
    • Mature
    • Long-Term Hold
  6. Terran Confederation - Jeremiah Terran Confederation

    By Myr, in 2010 - Summer - Out of this World. 12/07/2010 (Updated: 12/07/2010)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Action Fiction, Space Western, Military Sci-Fi, Space Opera
    • teen
    • aliens
    • psionics
    • off-planet
    • no sex
    • future

    Jeremiah Declan Samuels has been in the Terran Confederation Spaceforce since his unusual birth. Those years of training are about to pay off as he leaves Earth to go to Europa to learn Jumping.

    • 1 Chapters
    • 7,832 Words
    • 17,125 Views
    • 32 Comments
    • Teen
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  7. Dreams of a Father 2. Dreams of Humanity Premium

    By dkstories, in Fiction. 04/11/2015 (Updated: 12/21/2017)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller/Suspense, Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Action Fiction, Political Thriller, Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera
    • gay
    • space
    • war
    • serious
    • future

    Sequel to Dreams of Humanity, the story picks up a handful of years after and focuses on Garret Atrix's search for his son and nephew.

    • 32 Chapters
    • 153,970 Words
    • 23,494 Views
    • 37 Comments
    • Mature
    • Complete
  8. A Bad Day to be WET 1. All WET Terran Confederation

    By Myr, in 2016 - Spring - Crossing the Line. 03/09/2016 (Updated: 03/09/2016)

    Genres: Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Military Sci-Fi, Libertarian Sci-Fi, Space Opera
    • young adult
    • psionics
    • space
    • military
    • future

    Bill Thomas is a test pilot in the Terran Confederation Spaceforce and his life is never short of excitement. There are good days and bad ones...

    • 1 Chapters
    • 5,341 Words
    • 11,207 Views
    • 53 Comments
    • Teen
    • Complete
  9. Lucid Truth 3. Aspects of Dawn

    By Stellar, in Fiction. 06/07/2021 (Updated: 01/15/2024)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Adventure, Romantic Sci-Fi, Action Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera
    • gay
    • off-planet
    • space
    • coming of age
    • future
    • love

    The end has come. At Earth, a hostile alien armada arrives on humanity's doorstep. At the Dagenith sanctuary world, Shay Andersen and the Mishith prodigy Yugan are facing a monstrous implacable foe. Their struggle to restore and reclaim a lost alien heritage of godlike power has begun, and they must find a way to wield that power -- or witness the loss of everything they love, and the collapse of reality as they know it.

    • 8 Chapters
    • 68,643 Words
    • 19,251 Views
    • 106 Comments
    • Mature
    • Temporary Hold
  10. Sigil of the Wolf 2. Falcon Banner

    By Topher Lydon, in Fiction. 01/03/2011 (Updated: 01/03/2011)

    Genres: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction
    Sub-genres: Adventure, Apocalyptic and Post-apocalyptic, Space Opera
    • adult
    • gay
    • space
    • no sex

    Darien Taine has resurrected a forgotten hope,freedom to his people, and set his sights squarely on Earth. Shadows of the Empire's dark past reach out to ensnare that hope, a fallen General strives to restore the one symbol that would unite the Empire again. The architect of the fall of mankind weaves a dark net; to lure the Excalibur into his clutches as he brings an ancient superweapon to bear. And fate, wielded as a weapon by a man 300 years dead, is Taine’s last recourse

    • 37 Chapters
    • 173,703 Words
    • 132,093 Views
    • 113 Comments
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