BOUNDARY: ORBITAL WARFARE

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Civilization has tamed the final frontier.

It is the year 2074, and the world is at the cusp of a new era. United, the once fractured superpowers of Earth now work together to herald an unforeseen age of peace and prosperity.

The deadly orbital wars of yesteryear, fought by long defunct private military companies over the flow of priceless resources from the void, are nothing more than inconvenient memories of another era.

Until now.

There is a war coming to the orbital lanes of Earth; proctored by desperate political terrorists, failing nations left in economic and social ruin, and the final remnants of private military companies. A war to determine the future of humanity in the stars.

And Admiral Tucker is building a team to win it.

The newly formed Task Force 31 of the Solar System Defense Force: a band of misfits and irregulars brought together on a legal technicality. Soldiers and mercenaries operating outside the law, will sink neck deep into an orbital conspiracy to perhaps doom mankind once and for all.

Now, the boundary is a battlefield.

Season One: Completed

Season Two: In production...

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2021
Author
YONO

Tags

ACTIONADVENTUREDRAMASCI-FISLICE OF LIFEMULTIPLE LEAD CHARACTERSWAR AND MILITARYSTRATEGYSPACE OPERAARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEHARD SCI-FI

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Rating
4.6/ 5.0
Followers
83
Views
42,177

Chapters(46 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

  • Mithradates EupatorRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    As far as I've gotten, this reads and feels to me like a very good combination of the campaign setting of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and elements of the Expanse without the
    Protomolecule bullshit which I felt derailed the books and show
    and that has me hooked. The writer is evidently pretty fluent in military jargon, although I am surprised at the "rank-creep" for lack of a better term, and the low numbers of personnel and ships attached to each task force. The task force of the main characters is initially composed of only three individuals, where one is a flag officer, another is a junior officer, and the third is a senior NCO. And they have a ship at their disposal which would carry a crew of only a couple dozen.
    Apart from that, the story has a nice, slow pace (a big plus in my book, miss me with going from complete peace to WWIV within the first three chapters), and I love the references and descriptions of high-orbital warfare; Newton is king and everyone has to adhere to his laws of micro-gravity and force vs counter-force.
    The only nibble I have about the grammar is the sudden intrusion of what I presume is Mandarin, in untranslated logographic letters. Not that it happens all that often, and it is to the writer's credit (if they're fluent speakers, I have no way to tell otherwise), but a translation in italics or parentheses behind would be appreciated. I know I do the same in my story with Greek, German and French, but still using the Latin alphabet, so still a bit of a pot calling a kettle black.
    The characters are personalised pretty well, especially the war-hero "main" main character, as he's depicted earning his decoration in the first chapter. There's history between the initial trio, which is fine and explained. I haven't read enough to get a better grip further than that, so I'll say it's fine for now.
    Overall a very good story, and well worth the time for any military sci-fi fan to read, especially for those that aren't looking for big epic sp