BLOOD IN THE COCKPIT [archive + full summary]
B L O O D in the C O C K P I T
▪ Word count: 80,000~k
▪ Chapters: 23 + epilogue [Part One: 1-10 | Part Two: 11-23]
▪ Genre: Sci-fi, Mecha!AU
▪ Fandom: SHINee
▪ Pairing: Minho/Taemin
▪ Warnings: Mild violence, mild profanity, blood
▪ Disclaimer: I don't own SHINee or any of the people used as characters in this fic. I don't own Ancillary Justice or Candidate for Goddess either, from which significant inspiration was drawn. This is a giant feverdream heap of space trash.
▪ PLAYLIST.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4
▪ FULL SUMMARY:
The year is 2291. Humanity has been at war with an alien race known as the Ragnim for nearly half a century, ever since their sudden appearance on the fateful eve of 2242. In one year alone dozens of outpost stations were destroyed and sixty percent of the human population was eradicated. The Ragnim were not interested in earth or its resources, yet continued to wreak havoc on humanity without discernible cause. 2261 brought new hope: the creation of Prototype Alainya'ahn, the first of the six humanoid fighting machines made from reverse-engineered Ragnim technology. With these six "Goddesses" alongside the SR300 mechs, a semblance of balance was finally found in humanity's struggle to survive. The war with the Ragnim rages on to this day with no end in sight...
Young pilot-in-training Choi Minho must overcome the shadow of a tragic war hero while walking in her footsteps and find what makes him himself, distinguishable, from the woman who saved his life. Taemin, a budding mechanic, must overcome the anomaly of his existence in order to realize that the truth is as simple as it is complex and find what makes him himself, indistinguishable, from the tantamount nature of humanity.
Both were rescued by the beloved Goddess Pilot Park Soojin; one in order to incite change and the other in order to right past mistakes. Their destinies seemingly entwined by the hand of one human, the two are irrevocably connected. The death of Park Soojin brought with it many secrets and just as many questions without answer: the dormant prototype Alainya'ahn's refusal to accept a new pilot, the mystery surrounding Taemin's origin, the reason she sacrificed herself to save one child, and her strange obsession with the Ragnim.
Communication, understanding, balance, beauty, sacrifice, and love. These are the methods with which the discovery of one's place in the universe can be found--a path that must paved by choice.
This is a story about what it means to exist.
S T A T I O N . A H M
▪ Thirty-Two levels that rotate around a stem.
▪ STEM. Mainframe, system, gravity management
1. Waste management
2. Recyclable resources & Ventilation
3. Oxygen reserves
4. Storage and shipment facility
5-6. Main concourse and shuttle docks
6-9. Personnel quarters
10. Kitchen
11. Medical A
12-15. SR docks and practice fields
16. Classrooms
17. Library
18. Recreation
19. Medical B
21-24. Goddess port
25. Command
26. Communications & Technical
27. Secondary oxygen reserves
28. Secondary storage bay
29. Security personnel quarters
30-31. Station Security
32. Station administration
33. ?