TF Amethyst

Self-Published

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Description

A new and undeveloped world with abundant natural resources, and efforts to exploit it using modern technology, knowledge, and military capabilities.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Tropic_Panda

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.0/ 5.0
Followers: 250
Views: 385,158

Chapters(221 total)

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Community Reviews(4)

rakhuRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
An interesting take on the portal fantasy genre where a modern military is placed in a world with not as equally developed civilizations.
A brief summary is as follows:
A company (think east-india company equivalent) finds a way into a different world which as resources which are high in demand/profitable in our world and begins to set itself up to acquire more products while trying to increase its political influence in the region. NOTE: the story is set in the modern era (post 2000).
This is one of the best fiction in the afformentioned trope in terms of execution and implementation, as the antagonists aren't static but they change and are actually capable of LEARNING! While I'm by no means an ecenomist or a political scientist, the author's approach feels sufficiently realistic, although somewhat sanitized.
The only issue I have with the story so far is that there is little to no background on how to portal came about, who discovered it, etc. The story starts off where mercenaries/private military of the company has already set up an outpost and are beginning to expand/communicate with the natives.
ReeBoi77Royal Road
★★★ 2.5
The beginning starts somewhat promising albeit too generic
However what follows afterward confused me, in chapter part 2, theres no coherence and the story just skip the supposed cultural shock of medieval meeting modern.
Theres no buildup that can be felt, no logical reaction, somehow everything that came from TF Amethyst treated as normal by the locals even though everything completely foreign, please be thoughtful about this, this isnt even about suspension of belief, but lack of emotion and thoughts
Lastly is how TF amethyst operates and almost complete lack of US Military command direct involvement or words form otherside seemingly makes whatever operation conducted in this world disconnected from the premise
sanluchiRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
Another version of the portal fantasy genre, in which a modern army is placed in a world with undeveloped civilizations.
A brief summary is as follows:
They enter another world to obtain its resources, I do not agree that it is one of the best fictions, it is very similar to gate and other stories that are here
What I do not like is that they do not make clarifications of how they discovered the portal, etc, etc, etc, I do not understand the author's approach to the way it is narrated. For example, the prologue is disconnected from the rest of the story, (A vast prairie in the middle of the Amstell continent) blah.. blah... blah..then it goes to
08:30, April 2, 2008 then it goes to the South Pacific Ocean, 4 km west of the coast of Antarctica
09:30, January 14, 2025. Blah .. Blah.. blah. And so the rest of the story continues, with these flashbacks
That's why I don't give it a high score
EaveawayRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Good take on the classic portal fantasy genre, where it's a modern military vs medieval civilization.
Brief summary as follows:
Private military/Large company get access to another world full of recourses. Plans are set in motion to harvest and excavate these recourses in order to grow profits back on earth. While also trying to establish peaceful relations with local groups and governing parties of this other world.
What I like:
Established forces in other worlds is a hard genre to write and a difficult concept to grow on. Establishing the main operations to be part of a company and not a nation is a very interesting take and gives the story great dinamics. The amount of preparedness the company shows when finally placing foot on the foreign soil is also a relief to see, as most stories of this genre forget the simple fact that people are prone to plan task ahead of inacting them.
What I dislike:
The characters aren't flushed out enough to make any real sense. The prologue is very confusing due to the randomness and unattachment of it to the rest of the story (Against what should they protect this world from? It seems they're more interested to take it for all it's worth just a few years later).
The thing I find very confusing is the characters themselves and especially their first interaction with the locals of this new world, despite resembling a military force it seems like there are no clear doctrines or policies on how they should conduct themselves. A ranger finding dozens of children in the woods decide to take them to the medical center and the one in charge finds out about this much later than he should have? That doesn't make sense and quite honestly discouraged me from continuing the story.
I am a military fanatic, thus not getting anything military related correct is fundamentally hard for me to read.
One last note but seems I'm just jumping on he bandwagon. What? What is going on with this story? It feels like you wrote a book, took the first page and