Starships

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2021

Author

CaptainJimmy42

• Starships Ch.16
  Jan 1, 2022
• Starships Ch.15
  Dec 20, 2021
• Starships Ch.14
  Dec 14, 2021
• Starships Ch.13
  Dec 11, 2021
• Starships Ch.12
  Dec 9, 2021
• Starships Ch. 11
  Dec 8, 2021
• Starships Ch.10
  Dec 6, 2021
• Starships Ch.9
  Dec 4, 2021
• Starships Ch.8
  Dec 4, 2021
• Starships Ch.7
  Dec 2, 2021
• Starships Ch.6
  Nov 17, 2021
• Starships Ch.5
  Nov 12, 2021
• Starships Ch.4
  Nov 11, 2021
• Starships Ch.3
  Nov 9, 2021
• Starships Ch.2
  Nov 4, 2021
• Starships Ch.1
  Nov 3, 2021

Reviews

Community Reviews(1)

• KoboldPatrolRoyal Road

  ★★★ 2.5

  (as of chapter 16)
  During an interstellar space voyage, everybody else has left the ship long ago, Rex is prematurely resurrected from stasis due to an unexpected emergency. By happenstance he becomes the captain of a magic space-faring sailing ship complete with crew, then acquires a diverse cast of followers. Crazy adventures follow, emphasis on "crazy".
  The story is told in third-person style by an omniscient narrator, usually from Rex' point of view. There are some descriptions setting the scenes, but most is rather scarce. The pacing is very fast, too fast in my opinion, one scene jumping right into the next without any transition or any opportunity (for Rex or the readers) to process it. Even within the same event, the narrative focus is hopping around like a squirrel on meth. Grammar is rather clunky with a number of errors.
  Characters: From what we have seen so far, Rex is a very difficult person. He is shown with a choleric personality and acts like having ADHD. He always acts on the slightest whim without trying to think ahead or assess the current situation, is doing reckless stuff that should get him killed, and changes his mind within moments ("The gods have various proposals for you" - "I accept all of them without listening to them first"). When talking to somebody, he interrupts people and then is angry that he doesn't get an answer; there's also other a-hole-like behavior. Rex reacts with anger and threats each time he doesn't know something, without trying to learn the relevant information. In general, Rex needs to do more watching/listening and thinking instead of talking and acting thoughtlessly. I'm having a very hard time liking the MC because of his irrational behavior and poor control. It seems that the cause for Rex' behavior is that he had been within a game-like simulation for years (decades/centuries?) and he hasn't really realized that he is back in the serious real world again. Even worse is his tendency to do a running commentary of ed