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    Three years after the probes carrying Taumoeba and Dr. Ryland Grace's final message arrive on Earth, humanity launches an interstellar spaceship with a brand new mission. Thirty-six crew members (including two graduates of a certain San Franciscan junior high school) travel to the star 40-Eridani to make friendly contact with the Eridians and bring them the alien life form from Tau Ceti-E that can save their star if Dr. Grace's sacrifice failed.

    Grace, now fifty-seven years old, is just trying to balance his life as a teacher while no longer being the only human on the planet anymore. It's a big adjustment, but Rocky and the Terra's Grace crew are going to make sure he's well taken care of.

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    03 Jun 2026

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    When the Beetles return to Earth, and the footage is set to be released to the public, Ryland Grace's former students plan a reunion to watch and celebrate together, and remember the teacher who inspired and guided them.

    A story told in emails, transcripts, text messages, and other documents.

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    13 May 2026

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    It's been years since Doctor Ryland Grace saved Erid and Earth. He is content with his life, happy just to teach the next generation of Eridians and have the occasional game night with Rocky and Adrian in his dome. For the most part, nothing changes.

    And that's the problem. Shouldn't Grace, y'know...age? When Rocky indicates that he should be sixty human years old by now, Grace can't reconcile the young face in the mirror with the time that his friend has religiously kept.

    Things get more complicated when another undoubtedly human ship shows up at the edge of the 40 Eridani system. Suddenly Grace is playing ambassador between the two species, and tensions are rising between them. Will this be a successful second contact, or is the peaceful life Grace just wants to live too much to ask for?

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    10 Jul 2026

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    My name is Rubato of West Lava Lakes, child of Vivace and En'Serrant, beloved of Anacrusis of Southern Shores, second-stave engineer for the space mission Eridani Senza'Morendo.

    And I'm entirely alone in deep space.

    There were twenty-three Eridians on my crew. Everyone but me… died. Cause of death unknown.

    If anyone hears this message: tell Erid I'm sorry. ...tell Anacrusis I love them.

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    A Rocky POV of the events of Project Hail Mary, with some extra worldbuilding thrown in for flavor!

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    10 Jul 2026

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    After 27 years, Earth's Hail Mary comes through. The world has been forever changed, and billions died because of the Astrophage crisis, but space agencies have done their best to survive and keep their telescopes pointing to Tau Ceti. After the beetles are spotted, Eva Stratt forces her way into the CSA office to learn what the Hail Mary crew discovered. Downloading the data is slow and happens in pieces, so the team has to try piecing together what happened out in the Tau Ceti system.

    Eva Stratt is faced with the reality of what she did to Grace, watching him deal with the situation she put him in, leading to a complex mix of emotions. Part of her wishes things could have been different. But she knows that wishing on a star is useless.

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    09 Jul 2026

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