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    When Ryland Grace wakes up, all knows is the weight of the world has been put on his shoulders. Yao and Ilyukhina were chosen as the best of the best, and he isn't even an astronaut. But his crewmates never needed another astronaut, they need him. The Hail Mary was designed for three. And they aren't alone.

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    AU in which Yao and Ilyukhina survive the coma because I love them and I need Grace to have human contact. AKA Rocky returns home with three weird aliens.

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    29 Jul 2026

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    This is real, I think. I don’t know how, or why, or frankly even what. But it’s real. It has to be.

    A shaky smile grows on my face. “Hello earth.” I whisper hoarsely
    “I’m home”

    But before I can even begin to bask in that concept alone, a horrifying thought strikes me. Home. Erid. Rocky.
    “Oh God-“ The soaring hope that built in my chest crashes down. The emotional swing leaves me feeling unsteady on my feet, I grasp harder at the windowsill, this time to keep my balance.

    Rocky.
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    Or: Grace wakes up Back in San Francisco the day the Petrova Samples splash down, and will do anything it takes to get back to Rocky.

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    29 Jul 2026

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    “What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.

    “Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”

    “Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”

    In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.

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    28 Jul 2026

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    Ryland Grace was what most would call a ‘child genius’. Graduated with a Doctorate in Molecular Biology at 13, he was a rising star in the field, until he opened his big mouth. One (well deserved) crash-out in front of hundreds of his peers and a ridiculed paper later and Grace’s only career option left was an assistant professor at his alma madre. When Eva Stratt comes knocking however, his whole future is turned on its head.

    What happens when you stick a certified child genius in space with a highly intelligent alien species? Well obviously he accepts him as their own. Join 14 year old Dr. Ryland Grace in his (mis)adventures from recruitment to star savior.

    A play on pebble Ryland Grace fics that I’ve been obsessed with.

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    27 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 42

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    People, humanity, all hope on the Hail Mary.

    Lifetimes flashed by, love that persisted, cultures and art, all the beauty that defined the human race. Vast blue oceans, forests and complex ecosystems, existence as a whole—cavemen drawings, artifacts of clay, music, dance, hands in hands. Generation to generation. 

    Love that held them together. He would always choose Earth, always choose each other.

    You're smart, you'll figure it out.

    Grace's heart ached, the weight of his species, the death of his kind, it's all washing over him, no, he could not let that happen. He's here for a reason.

    He had a job to do.

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    Yáo and Ilyukhina survive their comas, they find the answer to the dimming stars alongside Grace and Rocky

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    27 Jul 2026