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Roche Limit by spektrewrites (BadForTheHeart)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 Apr 2026
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Roche limit: the distance from a celestial body within which a second celestial body, held together only by its own force of gravity, will disintegrate because the first body's tidal forces exceed the second body's self-gravitation.
As the distance between the Hail Mary and Erid shrinks, as the language and cultural barriers disappear, Grace's health deteriorates and Rocky's worries skyrocket. Scurvy, cabin fever, malnutrition, tension and arguments – their friendship is put to the test when they are faced with challenges they cannot science their way out of. When a sudden Taumoeba emergency disrupts their journey just as they are about to reach Erid's radio range, they are forced to take a detour to Threeworld's Petrova-line to prevent Grace from starving to death. It's one thing to complete a mission when at full capacity… but how do you tackle obstacles you cannot fix with math and engineering?Series
- Part 1 of "Ki i te tau e tangi atu nei"
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what exists beyond, beyond, beyond by tardigradeschool
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 May 2026
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"Many stages in Eridian reproductive process. Rocky Adrian laying cycles finally sync up recently. So, Rocky Adrian think finally time for eggs. Adrian lay five eggs, very good. Only, strange thing happen. Rocky only lay one egg."
“Oh,” I say. “That’s unusual, right?”
"Very," Rocky hums.
My throat tightens. "Does that mean there's something wrong? Are you sick?"
Rocky makes a gesture I usually interpret as "not exactly". "Not sick," he says. "But doctors still worry. When Eridian start to make fewer eggs, this usually means laying period of life is over soon. Rocky very young for this. Rocky supposed to be in ideal time of life for laying. Rocky younger than Adrian, even." He shifts on three of his feet. Already, my mind is racing ahead, wondering -- "Doctors told Rocky to ask Grace, is this radiation side effect, question?"
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fineshrine by Anonymous
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
12 Jun 2026
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At our next Maximizing Rocky Happiness meeting, I pitch my idea to Adrian over a walk down the beach.
They don’t say anything for several seconds after I finish my explanation. Maybe it was a bad idea to share. Finally, Adrian asks, their tone dry, “You want to put Eridian eggs inside squishy human body, question?”
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Three Days by RockyGracePHM
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 Jun 2026
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On board the Hail Mary, the Xenonite wall between Grace and Rocky keeps both of them alive. But it's failing. In three days, the air that lets Grace breathe will kill Rocky. The ammonia that let's Rocky breathe would be lethal to Grace. And all the while, Grace fights his own problems as an illness drags him under just when he can least afford to fall apart.
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sedated (drag me away from this) by mockiery
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
13 Jun 2026
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The first time he feels the terror, he doesn't understand why. As he barely hangs onto consciousness, the soft silicon presses against his face, enveloping his nose and mouth. The spark of terror catches fire in his chest and quickly spreads across his body. It ignites a screaming inferno within his skull. He forces his eyes open. Everything is red. There's shapes above him. Pure oxygen fills his airways, stale and clinical and familiar and wrong.
Grace's memories of his unwilling medical sedation and forced sacrifice return, vivid and violent. Later, on the journey back to save Rocky, he has night terrors. The thin lines between consciousness, unconsciousness, memory, and nightmare blur.