Inspired by Kami's recent post extolling the virtues of our little Star Wars literary-rpg/club (The VE: Not just a Hobby.), I thought I'd start a thread where members could post links to their favorite stories other VE folks have written, to build on the sense of community Kami references in her post ("the welcoming and supportive environment" of the VE).

With a list of members' favorite stories, new people, and people who aren't very familiar with writers in divisions other than their own (like me), would have a list of recommendations to reference and links to explore, and fans would have a place to acknowledge the efforts of their favorite writers.  As Kami said, there are some truly great stories hereabouts, so I ask you: what are some of your favorites?


A couple ground rules for posting to the list:
1.  Keep it short: say five recommendations maximum to start out with, with links to the stories, and an optional sentence or two about why you like each one.  Depending on whether or not this idea catches on, it may make more sense to edit your entry on the list as your recommendations change, rather than posting another entry to the list.
2.  Keep it positive: this is a chance to thank your fellow writers for a good read, and introduce other members to work they may not have seen yet, not an opportunity to judge others or their work.  Don't rank your choices, or compare writers; just share links to stories you enjoyed.
3.  Keep it selfless: the idea is to support others, not to support yourself.  Don't link to a story you've written yourself; give kudos to other writers, help guide people to writers from whom you've learned during your time in the VE, and help people find stories by which you've been entertained.
4.  Keep it on-topic: this list is meant to encourage even more discussion and activity, but keep those conversations and tangents out of this particular thread, please.

Meet the Family (found herehttp://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/10302)

this is a story i did w/Namyr under my Army character of X-Ray...i miss that girl. lot's of fun and good development.

I agree 100% with Embracing the Darkness from Hunter's reply there. By far one of my favs.

Two others are The Watchers, part II Which was my fav RAIDERS story which I got to participate in and doesn't really need part one (Who Watches the Watchers) to make sense.

and

Path to the Numbered Bone A very fun run-on I did with Aeos although admittedly if you don't have any interest in our characters backstory it may not be as fun for you, but I still love it.

Anything on the ShadowNet is worth a read. It's there for a reason. Talon's DJM Journey, "A Glimpse of the Abyss".

Also, in my infinitely biased opinion "Jester Squad, PI" is perhaps the single best example of an Corps-style run-on out there.

I was really enjoying Dead Men Tell No Lies http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/13954/page/0/ before it was abruptly ended. Some excellent writing on that topic by Jager, Tanus, Jeg, Kami and many others. I miss the ensemble cast feel of Osk sometimes.

Also Fury's "put down" story which featured the death of a whole host of characters created by some trolls a few months back (if only because they threatened to sue him): http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/14422/