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After the explosion and subsequent fall that should've meant total destruction, Mecha Man miraculously survives. He wakes up alone in a hospital, a part of him missing. Physically, for sure, but a mental piece is easy to miss, and all the more devastating for it. Such begins the long road to recovery.
Sequel to my other Dispatch fic, but can be read separately. He doesn't remember shit anyway.
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You are going to die in this mech, Robert Robertson by randomthyme
Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)
30 Dec 2025
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Mecha Man falls from the sky. The public watches him die, yet again. But what do the first responders find?
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Amazing Grace, How Bright the Stars, That Saved a World Like Me! I Once Was Lost, in Endless Dark, Now Earth can Finally Breathe by Badger666
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, The Gray Man (2022), The Nice Guys (2016), The Fall Guy (2024), Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
26 Jun 2026
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“Let me ensure I understand correctly,” Yao counted slowly on his fingers.
“Your oldest brother is an alcoholic private detective.”
“Yeah.”
“Your second brother killed your abusive father.”
Grace nodded sleepily. “Self-defense mostly but yeah.”
“Your third brother is in a committed relationship with a sex doll.”
“Bianca is very nice
Yao continued as though he had not heard that.
“And your twin brother throws himself off buildings
Grace thought about it. A very long exhausted pause. “…Yeah that about sums it up.”
Silence again.
Stratt looked at Yao.
Yao looked at Stratt.
The realization passed silently between them with horrifying clarity.
So Grace—
This exhausted, socially awkward, disaster of a scientist currently clinging to Eva Stratt like a drowning kitten—
Was the normal one.
God help them all.
Stratt stared down at him for another second before one particular detail from earlier finally circled back around.
“You slept with Tom Ryder.”
Grace nodded against her shoulder.
“Mmhm.”
“The internationally famous actor.”
“Yep.”
“How?”
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25 Jun 2026
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tell me about the big bang by lucpacito
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), The Fall Guy (2024), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
27 Apr 2026
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i said to the sun, "tell me about the big bang."
the sun said, "it hurts to become."in 2023, four years before the launch of the hail mary, ryland grace is stuck trying to figure out the mechanics of the mysterious 'space dots' eating the sun. the last thing he expects is for a stranger to saunter into his laboratory—one who has his face.
colt seavers wasn’t supposed to be part of this. he’s not a scientist, not a hero, and definitely not interested in saving the world. but the moment he finds ryland, running away finally stops being an option.
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- Part 2 of futile devices (coltland au)
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10 May 2026
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Help Me (To Understand) by sebastian2017
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 Apr 2026
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Meeting Grace, befriending them and moving aboard the Hail Mary, saving the stars together. It was the first time in many years Rocky had felt alive again. Grace had come to them from lightyears away, swooped in with the power to save Rocky's people, and made them whole again. A gift. Whether from the gods or the universe, it was irrelevant. How could anyone resist the gravitational pull that was Ryland Grace?
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Adrian knows there's more going on between Grace and Rocky than what's been shared. If only Rocky could find the bravery to be honest.
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06 May 2026
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culture shock by sly_as_an_alpaca
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
21 Apr 2026
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“Rocky not explain question?” asked Adrian slowly.
“Busy,” said Rocky, sheepish.
“Had four years on ship.”
“Busy then too.”
Adrian skittered back and forth, which I think equated to a human throwing both hands up in exasperation. “With what question?”
“Science!”
“Whole time science question? Four years!”
“Is much science in universe!”--
Rocky has neglected to explain some very important cultural context to Grace.
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05 May 2026
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Ryland Grace’s Theory of Everything by scette
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
24 Apr 2026
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The Ryland Grace expelled from Earth was known for what he didn’t have; what he wasn’t. A coward forever seen as a hero, because he left.
The Ryland Grace who will return to Earth — forever cast in xenonite, forever cast in the role of a hero — will be known the same way he knew Yáo and Ilyukhina, before he remembered them. Captured in one single moment in time, by someone who loves him. Forever seen through Rocky’s perspective, because he turned back.
A hero embarks on a journey and returns forever changed. Ryland Grace doesn’t fit that mold, isn’t a hero. Might not return. Might not want to.
But Rocky thinks he’s brave.
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04 May 2026