ORRIONA Gay Space Opera Cinematic Audiobook Series

A.X. Patrick
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Welcome aboard the Orriona—where the galaxy is queer-norm, found families are forged in the fire, and hope burns brightest in the darkest corners of the void. ORRIONA is a multi-voice audio drama series that weaves cinematic sci-fi action with deeply personal character journeys. No coming-out angst. No homophobia. Just grand space adventures where queer love and friendship are as natural as starlight. THE STORY SO FAR: When High Priestess Nienna's ceremonial fleet is ambushed by an ancient enemy, her last surviving Warden witnesses a desperate sacrifice that rewrites the timeline itself. Meanwhile, the sentient starship Orriona—after centuries of exile—receives her old friend's distress call and races to mount a rescue. But she can't do it alone. Her search for a crew leads to Edgepoint Station, a decaying frontier outpost where misfits become family: a disgraced pilot searching for his father's ghost ship, a con artist with dangerous skills and buried secrets, a theatrical medic duo fleeing their past, an engineer haunted by what she's lost, and the last Warden of a murdered High Priestess. Together, they'll chase stolen artifacts across the galaxy, uncover conspiracies that threaten the foundations of civilization, and discover that the strongest shields aren't made of technology—they're built from trust, loyalty, and love. WHAT TO EXPECT: Ensemble cast with rich character dynamics Found family at the heart of every story Ancient mysteries and impossible stakes Slow-burn romance woven through the action Cinematic sound design and original score Episodes released weekly CONTENT NOTES: Space-battle peril, occasional violence, grief, telepathy/mental pressure. No homophobia or queerphobia of any kind. CURRENT SEASON: LEGACY (Book One of the Orriona Universe) Created by A.X. Patrick Visit Orriona.com for bonus content, lore, and a free exclusive short stories.

  1. S01E01 · Attack on the High Priestess (Meyn)

    EPISODE 1

    S01E01 · Attack on the High Priestess (Meyn)

    S01E01 · Attack on the High Priestess (Meyn)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | PROLOGUE A muffled boom rattles through the deck plating as another boarding craft clamps onto the hull. Through the viewport of High Priestess Nienna's chambers, Meyn Arkturus watches attack ships emerge from cloak, their docking claws tearing into the freighter's armor with mechanized savagery. Twenty years. That's how long he's served as Nienna's Shadow Warden. Twenty years since he walked into her crystal chamber at seven years old—not with a practice blade like other aspirants, but with a paint set. Twenty years since she asked him what the First Warden chose: creation or destruction. Beauty or the blade. His answer then shaped everything he became. Now, with alarms howling and raiders forcing their way through deck after deck, Nienna adjusts her ceremonial robes with the same regal grace she's shown at a thousand diplomatic receptions. She's calm. Poised. Almost amused as she teases him about Pellarian VII—about the prince whose kiss once made seventeen-year-old Meyn forget duty existed, if only for one stolen hour in luminous gardens. "You do not need to hover so close, dear boy," she says. "The end of my life hardly requires an audience." But the Wardenhood's oath doesn't vanish just because the battle has turned. Through the viewport, diplomatic vessels burn. Escape pods launch only to be eliminated by cloaked fighters. Other Wardens are making their stands elsewhere on the ship—warriors Meyn has trained beside, fought beside, lived beside for two decades. His wristlets pulse with golden light. The Tesseract Daggers housed within—legendary weapons that can cut through dimensional space itself—buzz at the threshold of their true power. And Nienna stands before him, asking the question she's asked in a thousand different ways across twenty years of service: "In all these years protecting an old soul, have you ever allowed yourself to truly live, Meyn?" What is a Shadow Warden when the one he's sworn to protect tells him to stop protecting? What is duty when your oath demands the impossible? What is a guardian when everything he was built to prevent is already happening? The ship shudders. The enemy draws closer. And somewhere in the terrible space between who he is and who he might have been, Meyn must decide what it means to serve. WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaption of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A found-family in a queer-norm galaxy.A mysterious sentient ship with a will of its own.A tender, slow-burn M/M romance.Heists, ancient mysteries, and epic space battles.Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart. CONTENT NOTES: Space-battle peril, some violence, grief, telepathy/mental pressure WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #QueerSciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    29 min
  2. S01E02 · Protocol 7 (Orriona)

    EPISODE 2

    S01E02 · Protocol 7 (Orriona)

    S01E02 · Protocol Seven (Orriona)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER ONEWhen the sentient starship Orriona receives High Priestess Nienna's encrypted distress call on a frequency dead for thousands of years, she knows the impossible has happened—Contingency Starfall is active. The message is brief, urgent, and bears quantum authentication that can't be faked: an Axrathan diplomatic fleet is under attack, and Protocol Seven must be initiated immediately. But there's a problem. Protocol Seven requires a crew. And Orriona has been operating alone for a very long time. Her tactical assessment is swift and merciless: her autonomous functions, however advanced, cannot meet the mission requirements. She needs organic operators—specialists who can adapt, improvise, and handle the unpredictable chaos of a rescue operation five gates away. Racing against time, her search leads to Edgepoint Station—a decaying twenty-four level frontier outpost where Council oversight fades and survival trumps regulations. It's not her first choice. But the distress call is growing more desperate, and Edgepoint offers something the pristine Inner Meridian stations don't: candidates who've learned to adapt under pressure, who operate outside rigid systems, who won't balk at an AI making command decisions. As Orriona initiates docking protocols, one question remains: who will she find in the depths of Edgepoint Station willing to trust a sentient ship on a mission into the unknown? WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A sentient ship with ancient protocols awakeningThe beginning of a desperate rescue missionMysterious transmissions and impossible choicesGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: Space emergency, time pressure, discussion of autonomous AI, tension WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited with wide release in February 2026. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #QueerSciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    15 min
  3. S01E03 · Folks Like You (Kellan)

    EPISODE 3

    S01E03 · Folks Like You (Kellan)

    S01E03 · Folks Like You (Kellan)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER TWO Former Sector Guard Commander Kellan Harr sits alone in Nebula's Edge Bar on Level 9, nursing cheap whiskey and watching his credits drain away. Two years of searching for his father's missing freighter, the Starweaver, have led him here—to Edgepoint Station, where trails go cold and answers dissolve into corrupted data logs. Tonight feels like the end of the line. But on a station where survival trumps truth and everyone has something to hide, Kellan is about to discover that sometimes the universe offers one more chance—if you're desperate enough to take it. The question is: how far into Edgepoint's depths is he willing to go WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A former commander haunted by loss and dutyMysterious strangers and dangerous encountersThe weight of family expectations and impossible choicesGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: Alcohol consumption, mild violence/intimidation, grief, family trauma references WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Ebook is currently exclusive to Amazon and available in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. Social Media (I'm not really active, but these are the official ones) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #GaySciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    30 min
  4. S01E04 · Goodbye Neighbor (Val)

    EPISODE 4

    S01E04 · Goodbye Neighbor (Val)

    S01E04 · Goodbye, Neighbor (Val)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER THREE Engineer Valunara "Val" Jaren has spent five years on Edgepoint Station fixing other people's broken equipment with salvaged parts and scarred knuckles. The pay barely covers a bunk and a meal. The work keeps her moving, but it's not progress—it's drifting. And at fifty-five, with grey streaking through her hair and a workspace converted from a storage closet, she knows the difference. Then a private job invitation appears in her inbox: the Orriona needs an engineer. It's the kind of opportunity that doesn't come to people like her—people who've spent years holding stations together with spare parts and stubbornness while the galaxy moves on without them. Jotter, her ancient bot companion with memory cores spanning generations, thinks she should take it. But leaving means saying goodbye to the few connections she's made in five years of surviving Edgepoint's depths. It means packing up a life she's built from nothing and betting everything on a ship she's never seen, with a captain she's never met. As Val makes her way through Level 11's familiar corridors one last time, she's forced to confront a question her grandmother once asked: What happens when you give up on broken things too soon? And what happens when the broken thing is yourself? WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A seasoned engineer haunted by lost potentialAn ancient bot with unexpected wisdomFound family and difficult goodbyesGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: Themes of aging, regret, economic hardship, emotional goodbyes WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Ebook is currently exclusive to Amazon and available in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #GaySciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    21 min
  5. S01E05 · A New Mantra (Rian)

    EPISODE 5

    S01E05 · A New Mantra (Rian)

    S01E05 · A New Mantra (Rian)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER FOUR Dr. Rian Jengu has spent years working frontier clinics, patching radiation burns and septic prosthetics with equipment older than it has any right to be. His mantra has carried him through countless impossible shifts: Medicine is the sum of small victories when the larger battle feels unwinnable. Today, that mantra rings hollow. On Level 18 of Edgepoint Station, the medical wing never quiets. Settlers return to toxic work sites before their lungs heal. Pirates refuse treatment that might slow them down. And the supply cabinet—managed by his brilliant, theatrical partner Nix—is empty of everything except bio-regenerative meds and improvisation. When a crew contract notification appears offering proper medical facilities, generous pay, and the chance to eventually build something better, Rian faces a question that cuts deeper than any he's treated: How do you leave people behind when you're one of the few things holding them together? Between meditation sessions that no longer bring peace and a head physician demanding extra hours, Rian must decide if small victories are enough—or if it's time to find a new mantra entirely. WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A compassionate doctor stretched too thinA theatrical partner with hidden depthsThe weight of impossible choicesGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: Medical trauma references, exhaustion, ethical dilemmas, systemic healthcare failure WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #QueerSciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    34 min
  6. S01E06 · The Chip (Kai)

    EPISODE 6

    S01E06 · The Chip (Kai)

    S01E06 · The Chip (Kai)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER FIVE Kai Kyros has survived eight years on Edgepoint Station by being invisible. Every night he deals cards at Lucky 9 casino—except he doesn't actually work there. The casino just never noticed an extra dealer who never appears on payroll. Magnets in his gloves. Marks who think they're skilled. Credits that keep him fed one more day. It's a system. It works. And systems are safe when you have nothing else. Tonight should be like every other night—run the con, read the marks, disappear before security notices. But then Ieoa walks in. The only person who knows who Kai really is beneath the careful masks and calculated angles. The only person who's ever really seen him. When Kai retreats to the shadows he calls home, he has a choice to make. The notification glows on his screen: crew contract, position gunner, vessel Orriona. Three hours to respond. He could ignore it. Keep running the tables, keep surviving in the spaces between notice and consequence. It's worked this long. But in his pocket sits a reminder that some people believe he's capable of more than survival. And the clock is ticking down to a decision that will either carry him beyond Edgepoint's stagnant orbit—or prove that some shadows are too comfortable to leave. WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A con artist facing an honest choiceFound family origins and fractured connectionsThe weight of survival and the cost of hopeGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: Survival themes, implied poverty, gambling, deception, isolation WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship ORRIONA. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #QueerSciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    36 min
  7. S01E07 · Greetings, Weary Travelers (Kai)

    EPISODE 7

    S01E07 · Greetings, Weary Travelers (Kai)

    S01E07 · Greetings, Weary Travelers (Kai)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER SIX Hangar Bay C on Level 12 is where Edgepoint Station keeps the things it wants forgotten. Corroded pipes drip overhead. Uneven lighting casts jittery shadows. And wedged between two towering freighters sits the Orriona—polished, streamlined, impossibly clean against the station's rust and decay. Kai Kyros watches from the shadows as the others arrive. An engineer with grey-streaked hair and an ancient bot. A doctor carrying a meditation bench. A Taree'karin whose theatrical energy fills the hangar. A former Sector Guard pilot whose green eyes hold too many questions. Strangers, all of them. People who answered the same impossible invitation Kai did. People who believe a sentient ship and generous credits are reason enough to leave everything behind. Supply bots haul provisions up the boarding ramp in a steady stream. The Orriona's amber light spills across deck plates, warm against Edgepoint's harsh glare. One by one, the others climb aboard—stepping from a station that takes everything and gives nothing, into something none of them fully understand. Kai stands at the threshold, pack digging into his shoulder. Eight years ago, he escaped one impossible situation with nothing but hope. That hope delivered him to Edgepoint, where he learned that survival means staying invisible, relationships are transactional, and trusting anyone is the fastest way to lose everything. But ahead, a pilot waits. A crew waits. A ship that chose him specifically waits. Time to decide: stay in the shadows he's mastered, or step into amber light and see what happens when someone finally sees past the masks. WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)A found family's first meetingThe moment strangers become crewHope warring with hard-earned survival instinctsGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: Anxiety, trust issues, references to past survival trauma WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #QueerSciFi #Audiobook #SpaceOpera #MMSciFi

    20 min
  8. S01E08 · An Offer They Won't Refuse (Kellan)

    EPISODE 8

    S01E08 · An Offer They Won't Refuse (Kellan)

    S01E08 · An Offer They Won't Refuse (Kellan)This episode is the cinematic audiobook version of ORRIONA UNIVERSE | BOOK ONE | LEGACY | CHAPTER SEVEN The Orriona's corridors stretch in white and silver—no rust stains, no patched panels, no years of accumulated wear. Edgepoint's grime stops at the threshold. For Kellan Harr, stepping aboard feels like crossing into a future he'd stopped believing in. The conference room holds twelve chairs around an oval table, most of them empty. A question no one's asking yet: are they the first arrivals, or are those extra seats waiting for something else? Then she appears. Light erupts from the ceiling, assembling into a figure of translucent cubes—a woman's form, nearly two meters tall, with a presence that straightens spines without saying a word. "I am Orriona," she says. "Both commander and core system of this vessel." She's not just a ship. She's a fully autonomous consciousness who chooses her own path through the galaxy. No corporate oversight. No government leash. She goes where need exists, operating in the spaces between established structures—delivering supplies to abandoned colonies, protecting vulnerable populations, transporting those the system's written off. The missions she describes sound noble. They also sound dangerous. And she's offering contracts with numbers that could change lives. Numbers that could fund a long term search for a missing father. Numbers that could buy real equipment, real freedom, real futures. But there's a catch: she selects the missions. Final approval rests with her alone. For a former Sector Guard pilot raised on chain of command and accountability, trusting an AC to choose where you risk your life contradicts everything. But the Orriona isn't asking for blind faith. She's done her homework on each person in this room, and she's prepared something none of them expected. Individualized contract addendums. Personalized offers that prove she sees not just what they can do, but what they need. The question isn't whether the offer is good. The question is whether five strangers from Edgepoint Station are ready to bet their futures on a sentient ship with her own agenda—and whether they can trust each other enough to survive what comes next. WHAT TO EXPECT: Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound designA queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)The moment strangers sign on to become crewAn AI with agency and her own moral compassPersonalized promises and impossible choicesGrand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart CONTENT NOTES: High-stakes decision-making, trust issues, AI autonomy themes WHERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK: Currently in Kindle Unlimited. Visit https://www.orriona.com/ and subscribe to the newsletter for more information about wider availability and free content. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Orriona Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orrionauniverse/ X: https://x.com/orriona TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@orriona SUBSCRIBE for weekly episodes as we follow the crew of the sentient starship Orriona. Welcome aboard. The Driftline awaits. #QueerSciFi #AudioDrama #SpaceOpera

    22 min
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Welcome aboard the Orriona—where the galaxy is queer-norm, found families are forged in the fire, and hope burns brightest in the darkest corners of the void. ORRIONA is a multi-voice audio drama series that weaves cinematic sci-fi action with deeply personal character journeys. No coming-out angst. No homophobia. Just grand space adventures where queer love and friendship are as natural as starlight. THE STORY SO FAR: When High Priestess Nienna's ceremonial fleet is ambushed by an ancient enemy, her last surviving Warden witnesses a desperate sacrifice that rewrites the timeline itself. Meanwhile, the sentient starship Orriona—after centuries of exile—receives her old friend's distress call and races to mount a rescue. But she can't do it alone. Her search for a crew leads to Edgepoint Station, a decaying frontier outpost where misfits become family: a disgraced pilot searching for his father's ghost ship, a con artist with dangerous skills and buried secrets, a theatrical medic duo fleeing their past, an engineer haunted by what she's lost, and the last Warden of a murdered High Priestess. Together, they'll chase stolen artifacts across the galaxy, uncover conspiracies that threaten the foundations of civilization, and discover that the strongest shields aren't made of technology—they're built from trust, loyalty, and love. WHAT TO EXPECT: Ensemble cast with rich character dynamics Found family at the heart of every story Ancient mysteries and impossible stakes Slow-burn romance woven through the action Cinematic sound design and original score Episodes released weekly CONTENT NOTES: Space-battle peril, occasional violence, grief, telepathy/mental pressure. No homophobia or queerphobia of any kind. CURRENT SEASON: LEGACY (Book One of the Orriona Universe) Created by A.X. Patrick Visit Orriona.com for bonus content, lore, and a free exclusive short stories.

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