Tesla Stone and the World of Smoke and Mirrors
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R0Q-T357-Alpha (callsign: Rock) is a "Core Child," an irredeemably-crippled test tube baby modified and repurposed by an advanced U.S. military project to serve as the CPU for two-thirds of America's orbital defense systems. Though no one outside of the Pentagon has ever heard of him, he protected his homeland from three ICBMs, a Pacific theatre invasion fleet, and one rogue asteroid. Now, after twenty-seven years of distinguished service from "birth," he is being honorably discharged into civilian life.
The only problem is that "civilian life" isn't exactly livable for a glorified brain in a jar. How does a couple pounds of grey matter surrounded by five tons of life support systems and enough co-processing enhancements to take over the planet enjoy an early retirement when he's surrounded by overzealous politicians, corporate spies, and foreign agents after military secrets? The real world isn'tthatforgiving.
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2018
- Author
- Althalus1
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- 4.2/ 5.0
- Followers
- 87
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- 32,465
Chapters(19 total)
- Interlude 1Sep 7, 2018
- 17: ...You Pick Up the Pieces and Try AgainSep 3, 2018
- 16: When it All Goes to Hell...Aug 24, 2018
- 15: Spankings, Sieges, and Raid-Style AssassinationsAug 4, 2018
- 14: Conspiracies, Sexual Frustrations, and City-Wide EventsJul 27, 2018
- 13: A Double Home Invasion Smells Like FealtyJul 19, 2018
- 12: Little Problems Add UpJul 12, 2018
- 11: How Lonely is the Mountain?Jul 6, 2018
- 10: The Lioness of RodannesJun 13, 2018
- 9: Busting Ghosts? Debugging ScriptsJun 2, 2018
- 8: To Make a Home, First You Need a HouseMay 21, 2018
- 7: One Last Gauntlet, and the AftermathMay 4, 2018
- 6: That Indescribable Feeling When You Expect the Landing, but Find One More Step on the StairsApr 29, 2018
- 5: The Convent's Problems are Eightfold in NatureApr 23, 2018
- 4: Golems and Slimes and Kobolds: Oh My!Apr 13, 2018
- 3: Diatom! Then You Hit the RoadApr 10, 2018
- 2: The First Mission is Nun of Your BusinessApr 5, 2018
- 1: The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Giant Hammer to the ForeheadMar 27, 2018
- Prologue: From a Rock of Lightning to a Tesla StoneMar 25, 2018
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Community Reviews(1)
- Zed_OudRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Great societal and political writing. I can't believe this story has gotten so far without a review. Great story.
Read to chapter 17.
Criticisms or Warnings for readers:
You can expect a long, slow pace. Bad? No, but much of the length comes from longer descriptions slanting towards realism. Necessary, but for some: maybe unwanted?
Character roles. Great character writing, but often enough a few important characters are purposely written into a stereotypical role (but tropes are broken or subverted by wise, atypical side characters).
Odd immersion and suspension of disbelief issues: I'm not sure why, but the author, earlier on, emphasizes that graphics of an otherwise realistic and immersive VR world are done in a particular art-style. WHY.
Avoids including other players in a VRMMO setting. There's a good in-universe reason, but some readers may take this as a warning sign in meandering VRMMO stories: no worries, the story flows well and has very good oversight on the pacing and expansion of topics.
TL:DR An atypical VR story as compared to the average PvP VRMMO story. Pacing, adventure, fictional settings, political and societal intrigue are all solid or fantastic.