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I was inspired by [personal profile] china_shop's recent posting of an old abandoned WIP, so here goes:

This is an old WIP from my days in due South fandom. Be warned: the story is incomplete and I am extremely unlikely to finish it, but it is linearly written and I hope what there is of it can be enjoyed on its own terms. People who enjoy science fiction worldbuilding are likely to enjoy this, I think? It's not a space opera, but especially in the first half it is more of an exploration of the slow terraforming and the society on the planet that is Fraser's home--I think those bits, along with the sailing and the landscape description, are the strongest parts of the story. It could be read canon-blind, I think.

This is a science fiction AU of the due South pilot episode, and the canonical character death is Bob Fraser. [profile] seascribe and [personal profile] exeterlinden have beta read this at various points, and [personal profile] sineala recently offered some comments on the section on Pigivuq language. I am grateful to them, but obviously all errors and infelicities are mine! Also, I wrote this ten years ago and there are things I might have done differently had I written it today--I'm just not capable of rewriting it now.

The Xenobiology Service (11788 words) by Luzula
Fandom: due South
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Benton Fraser, Martha Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Ray Vecchio, George Fraser, Robert "Bob" Fraser (due South), Buck Frobisher
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Science Fiction, Episode: s01e01 Pilot, Worldbuilding, Terraforming, Nature, Sailing, Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued
Summary: Benton Fraser and his grandmother are working out in the field, doing their slow terraforming work on their home planet of Pigivuq, when a message arrives announcing the death of Fraser's father in the line of duty as an officer of the Xenobiology Service examining newly discovered planets.
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