Life at the farthest edges of the universe can be dangerous and unpredictable, as if manipulated by a whimsical, unseen jester. This is a novelization of my very first RimWorld game, playing in Ironman mode, with events occurring exactly as they do during play. Some embellisments and dramatizations are included of course, but the core events occur as they do during the game.

One of the Outsiders managed to dig into an old bunker that contained a centipede... fortunately, it turned out to be friendly.

Year 5500, humanity became the masters of the stars, at the cost of being distant. So many people with many different stories, unable to share it with others. This is a story of stories, of many whose lives can never be witnessed, whose lives separated by many stars. In The Rims is a fic of diaries compressed into few chapters, exploring the people in the Rimverse.

One minute, we were all on the cruiser, and the next, everything went black. Most guys I guess would say that being on a barren planet with two beautiful women would be a dream come true, but I just wanted to get back home. My name is Cadmus Vanderbilt, and this is the story of how I was stranded on a rim world for six years. (M for every reason imaginable, drugs, sex, violence).

Marooned was about the last thing Zachary ever imagined he'd be, and to make matters worse, he's completely alone. Well, aside from a clone and an android, but neither of those really count, right? One way or another, he's going to need to put his rather low opinion of humanity's boons aside if he wants to survive long enough to call for help.

"Of all the planets. Of all the lush, beautiful worlds we could've crashed on, our ship bloody broke down over this hell-hole of a world. Somethin' or someone's out to get, I say. Well, least I ain't alone, got two fellers down 'ere with me, I bloody damn hope we can get through this..." -Excerpt from an unknown dead Rimworlder, date recorded - 6 Aprimay 5500

Three adventurers are cast away into the depths of space, to crash on a planet riddled with unknown life, how will they fare 2001 light years from home?

On the edge of the Milky Way galaxy lies a quadrant of space containing the isolated rim worlds. Venture with the crew of the Phoenix as they discover the wreckage of an abandoned rim world colony. Please note that all material in this work was inspired by the game Rimworld by Tynan Sylvester. I will be using this story as a backdrop for my next play through in the Rimworld univers