Captain Alinsa races across the galaxy to save Earth from an incoming Rebel strike. Or so says the official statement…
Synopsis for “FTL: Flying Through Lifetimes” from the Everyst website
Below is the Twitter-based sci-fi epic I wrote in 2018. Everyst requested I write something in the world of FTL. I pitched my idea as a cross between Quantum Leap and Edge of Tomorrow.
Every day, the tweets of different characters would appear in real time. Each tweet represented a telecommunicated message. Some of the below images of spaceships and battles were gifs in their original tweets. If you see a tweet repeated, with a grey background, that means the conversation looped back to a previous (or private) communication channel.
Heads up: because the hosting company went out of business, this story ends in a cliffhanger.
| Chapter | Synopsis (from website) |
| Day 1 | Captain Alinsa reminds her crew, Ferry and Norwyn, of their mission. |
| Day 2 | The discovery of researchers leaves Alinsa with a mysterious datapad. |
| Day 3 | The arrival of a fourth crew member: WaiShing. |
| Day 4 | The truth of the rebel advance comes to light, and with it Alinsa’s involvement. |
| Day 5 | Alinsa’s crew faces an intimidating Mantis ship. |
| Day 6 | The Aditi jumps from galaxy to galaxy, but their fuel reserves run dangerously low. |
| Day 7 | Alinsa’s crew faces a battle they cannot possible survive. |
| Day 8 | Alinsa struggles to readjust to a world that is the same… but different. |
| Day 9 | Alinsa learns more about her “new” crew members. |
| Day 10 | New realizations lead to risky, rash, and dangerous decisions. |
| Day 11 | The route forward isn’t easy, and Alinsa’s crew isn’t helping. |
| Day 12 | With her crew in disarray, Alinsa takes drastic action. |
| Day 13 | The Aditi finds itself low on fuel, and low on hope. |
| Day 14 | A change in captain makes for a change in pace… for better or worse. |
| Day 15 | Alinsa’s crew rescue a space dock under siege. WaiShing clarifies his message. |
| Day 16 | WaiShing leaves a trail behind him. Norwyn brews EngiDust to disastrous results. |
| Day 17 | A tense fight pushes Ferry, and the new cloning machine, to the limit. |
| Day 18 | Ferry125’s new life creates tension within herself, and between Alinsa and Norwyn. |
| Day 19 | Captain Alinsa spends the day virtually alone. |
| Day 20 | Alinsa wakes up in a new universe more horrible than she could ever imagine. |
| Day 21 | WaiShing reveals all he can about his plot to Alinsa. |
| Day 22 | A new crew member arrives. Alinsa learns the truth about Captain Ferry125. |
| Day 23 | Ferry receives an offer from The Engi. Alinsa discovers the power of The Torus. |
| Day 24 | As more encounters go wrong, Ferry isolates herself until only she has power. |
| Day 25 | Alinsa enacts her mutiny. |
| Day 26 | Alinsa enjoys a relatively normal mission. |
| Day 27 | The Hetan trails a mysterious Rock ship. Ferry keeps her distance from the captain. |
| Day 28 | One of Alinsa’s greatest triumphs is undercut by a shocking twist. |
