Force Engineer

[krisraney]

THE LIVING PLANET Book II of The Force Engineer Trilogy

Ronyards was meant to be a refuge for droids. Now it’s being hunted.

As Darth Novus returns, droids begin to disappear—captured, corrupted, and turned against the world that gave them sanctuary. With Korin absent and recovering, an unlikely leader must rise, organizing a resistance from beings who were never meant to wage war. Beneath it all, something ancient stirs within the planet itself.

This is a story about resistance born from compassion, leadership forged under impossible pressure, and what happens when a world of machines is forced to defend its right to exist.

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[krisraney]

Built to hunt across light-years. Designed to adapt mid-battle. Created to kill Jedi and consume their kyber crystals for fuel.

The Revenant transforms from sleek pursuit craft to bipedal war machine in seconds. Flight mode closes the distance. Combat mode finishes the kill.

It was chained in a forgotten Separatist vault for centuries because even its creators feared what they'd made.

Now someone's broken the seals.

From Force Engineer - a Star Wars trilogy about what happens when ancient weapons wake up hungry.

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[krisraney]

Book 2 of the Force Engineer trilogy is live.

Korin makes a decision his friends think is dangerously foolish. He's an engineer, not a warden - and that distinction will have consequences.

Some things are broken for a reason.

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[krisraney]

It doesn't chase. It stalks. Patient. Methodical. Tracking Force users across light-years through their connection to kyber crystals.

By the time you know it's there, it's already too late.

From Force Engineer - where some threats don't announce themselves until they're ready to strike.

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[krisraney]

Built by a Sith apprentice to hunt Jedi across the galaxy. Adaptive. Relentless. Capable of transforming from ground combatant to starfighter pursuit mode mid-battle.

It was deemed too dangerous even by the Separatists who commissioned it. Chained in a forgotten vault for centuries.

Until someone broke the seals.

From Force Engineer - where ancient weapons don't care about your good intentions.

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[krisraney]

Luke Skywalker travels to Ronyards to test a rumored Force-sensitive. But Korin has spent years hiding what he can do, convincing himself he's weak. Safer that way. Less responsibility. The stones barely tremble. Luke knows he's holding back. The question is why. From Force Engineer - a Star Wars trilogy about choosing who you become when no one's forcing you to be anything. [AO3 link]

[krisraney]

Dormant for centuries in a forgotten Separatist vault, the Revenant waits. Built by a Sith apprentice to hunt Jedi, it was deemed too dangerous even by its creators—chained, sealed, left to rust. Until someone desperate enough breaks the seals. From Force Engineer, a Star Wars trilogy about droid consciousness, found family, and what it means to choose redemption. [AO3 link]

[krisraney]

THE FORCE ENGINEER

Some build empires. Others rebuild what empires leave behind.

On Ronyards, a forgotten junk planet populated almost entirely by droids, one human has made it his mission to repair what the galaxy discards. Korin—known to the droids as The Doctor—uses self-taught Force sensitivity not for combat, but for healing broken machines and broken lives.

But when an ancient Sith weapon awakens and a dark side cultist begins corrupting Ronyards' droid population, Korin must choose: keep hiding from his abilities, or use the power that once destroyed his father to save the only family he has left.

A complete Star Wars trilogy (120k+ words) about droid consciousness, found family, trauma recovery, and the radical idea that healing matters more than fighting.

Now posting on AO3