#this is ok to rb but very messy srry :D

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I saw your tags so I'll be the one to ask: can you please tell us more about your space au?

Em!! thank you so much for enabling me! I answered a some things here but i can talk about this endlessly :D I got a little carried away so it’s under a read more :p

I’ll start with a little bit of back story for the sci fi world it’d be set in. There’s a big war for Earth (Andy, Quynh and Lykon fight in it but never run into each other), it leaves it shattered with some people choosing to stay and some leaving in self sustaining colonies (basically big space ships) called Compounds. Humanity eventually comes into contact with sophisticated alien civilizations and are basically considered refugees. Some humans end up mixing with the rest of outer space, some stay in the compounds. The Guard are not exactly ordinary humans, they all have some sort of body modifications, remnants of being ex criminals or ex military, like Andy has a metal arm, some parts of Quynh’s torso are mechanical, Joe and Nicky’s left and right legs respectively are robotic, Booker has a metal arm as well and eventually Nile’s neck to shoulder are mechanical too. They also have longer life spans than the average human because of some fucked up military experiments.

So, the timeline is similar to the canon timeline, Andy (ex military giving up on life) is alone at first, she finds Quynh, they find Lykon and form a crew of space vigilantes (?) with a ship called the Quest. Lykon dies (although Andy swears he isn’t dead, he just mysteriously disappeared) and Andy and Quynh eventually find Joe and Nicky in an abandoned compound after their enemies to lovers speedrun. After a mission goes badly Quynh is launched by the bad guys into deep space on the Quest, while looking for her they run into Booker in an ice planet. They eventually get a new ship, which Andy calls the Steed, because even space!Andy is a horse girl, Quynh comes back to them (that’s where it diverges from the canon timeline because it’s my self indulgent space AU) just before they find Nile.

I also wanted them to keep their weapons similar to canon, so Andy, Joe and Nicky have the labrys, scimitar and sword that are laser enhanced, meaning that they’re still metal but are surrounded by laser, that can be turned on or off and they’re also retractable, because that’s more practical for them and helps them keep their cover as a normal cargo ship. Quynh has modified bow and arrows, she can call them back and if she presses a special button they can blow up, set on fire or freeze things. Booker is more practical and likes to hoard special guns, he doesn’t shy away from using “weird” alien technology. At first Nile is reluctant to use their modified weapons but ends up getting two laser swords.

They usually fight against criminals who try to take advantage of the chaotic situation that is a whole race finding their footing in the vastness of space, but they also end up fighting a lot against rising governments (or even old ones, that remain from Earth) that try to exploit people’s fear and resentment, but their front is a cargo ship, so they do actually have to do the cargo ship work (they’re kind of known as not the best in the cargo transport industry but are still hired a lot because they are willing to go to more dangerous parts of space).

They have an alien creature akin to a horse that Andy rescued  because she loves animals in all shapes and forms and they keep it on the ship, Joe and Quynh have to constantly keep it from eating their plants, Nicky feeds it, Booker pretends to hate it but would die for it, Nile loves having it next to her while she’s flying.

Their ship is so modded that they have a big chunk of their income dedicated  to bribing control officers who ask too many questions (why does a cargo ship have a fully equipped fighting cockpit? why is there suddenly a money bill in your hand? we will never know). Nile enjoys going on semi legal space ship races with their cargo ship, mostly for the comedic potential of turning up with an ugly, clunky ship, that Quynh, Joe and Booker modified so much that it’s actually pretty fast, after she gets the hang of it she starts winning races and makes a name for herself.

Andy and Nicky go on regular contests on who can find the most outlandish alien ingredients without making the rest of the crew sick, they bet on things like money to weird weapons, they also enjoy cooking together with said ingredients later and try to make a decent meal out of it (the rest of the team bet on who will make the best meal, they are pretty competitive but in a loving way).

Anyway I have so much to say about this AU, but I’m still working out some world building things and some finer points in the plot so I hope this makes sense <33