meme; space opera au

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 SPACE OPERA AU

A space opera is defined as "a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, as well as chivalric romance, and often risk-taking." Star wars is probably the most well known example, but one could also look to the Gundam or Macross series, some parts of Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy, Battlestar Galactica, Jupiter Ascending, Legend of Galactic Heroes, or maybe even Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

This meme is for all your overly dramatic space adventure needs. Leave a comment with your character's name and canon and maybe a few AU ideas or prompt preferences, then look around and tag other people and blow up some spaceships.

HERE ARE SOME PROMPTS IF YOU'RE FEELING UNINSPIRED

1. Commanders
You have your fleet of horribly beweaponed starships. They have theirs. Who will win, and what can you learn about someone from how they maneuver their fleet?

2. Boarding operation
Okay, so...you lost. Now the enemy is here, burning a hole in the side of the ship so they can come on board and probably not do anything good. Prepare to make your last stand.

4. Xenophilia
"But how can I love you, when you are an Earthling and I am a Martian? It has never been done before!"

5. Space-balls
No, not the movie. The party. The upper crust of the galactic federation (or whatever) gathers today to have a bit of fancy fun. Beautiful music, tasty snacks, fabulous outfits, and outside the windows you can see alien world, spreading out to the horizon or hanging below the space station like a giant glittering marble. Are you used to this kind of thing, or did your invitation arrive by accident? Maybe you didn't get invited at all!

6. Enemy Mine
Your people and their people have been at war for who knows how long, but now circumstances are forcing you to work together. When the alternative is death at the hands of a mutual enemy or a hostile environment, maybe your foe isn't quite so unrelateable as you thought.

7. Repairs
The reactor's going critical. Or there are mines stuck to your hull. Or you need to get the engines working before you drift into an asteroid field. In the depths of space, there's no room for fucking up.

8. Space Royalty
"Ladies an gentlemen, all bow before the Queen of Jupiter, and her escort the Duchess of Orion."

9. First Contact
The first time your species has met their species face to face. Maybe you're diplomats, meeting under formal circumstances and representing your entire race. Maybe you're both out in the depths and both happened to see the same asteroid you wanted to build a mine on.

10. Fly boys (or girls)
Battleships slug it out in the background, but we all know the real excitement is taking place on a smaller scale. Pilot a space fighter, or a mecha of some kind, and having thrilling dogfights in space! Then live to tell the tale and go to a bar to brag about how awesome you are to attractive strangers!

11. Space Pirates
Avast me hearties! Shiver me timbers and draw up the solar sail. Fly the skull and crossbones! Grab your blasters and put on your space suits! I've got an Earthling freighter right in me sights that's just BEGGING for us to become closer acquainted!