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These are recommendations made by tropers for SIGNALIS Fan Fics, all of which have been recommended from other platforms. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found here.
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General Fic
Cycles
by Mestaki- Recommended by: Markiparky, Marek PPP
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Penrose slice of life fic. Some of it is fluff. Some of it is more contemplative in nature. The rating changed to M for some risqué content. Provides a detailed insight into events having taken place before the game.
- Comments: A great non-linear fanfic that provides each description of the cycles during the Penrose mission and provides more backstory as to what Ariane and Elster went through before the events of the game.
Signalis, Echos: The Silicon Queen by AlexiTelatycki
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: The Silicon Queen is a mysterious psychological horror-thriller following the ARTIFACT events of SIGNALIS, wake up from the dream you have been trapped in to live once again. Bear witness, be not afraid.
- Comments: An overall brilliant story that expands so much on the Eusan Nation's war against the Empire. Contains both its own artwork as well as music to listen to adding even more immersion to the story.
Ewigkeit, Liebe, und Opfergabe by SpudWorks
- Recommended by: 1helios1, Moisture Master
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: Details what their interpretation may be of the 'Artifact' ending. A world where 'promise' is utterly meaningless.
- Comments: A great fic detailing what may have happened after the Artifact ending. Warning as there may be some angst and heartbreak typically going over the topic of Ariane's promise.
I Feel Something Behind Me Like You're There by 1helios1
- Recommended by: Chisler, Loid FF
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Scattered memories from onboard the Penrose-512
- Comments: A nice little one-shot that gives more insight into the depth of Elster's and Ariane's relationship onboard the Penrose-512.
A Dream Of Dreaming by TangledVirus
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A dream of dreaming. Of better days. Of kinder days. Of something a little happier. Yet, for the dreamer, something is lacking. Ariane tries to ignore the immense guilt she carries and she crumbles.
- Comments: A brilliant story detailing their interpretation of what happens after the 'Artifact' ending in SIGNALIS and demonstrates Ariane as more of a tragic cosmic being who wants to live a happy life with Elster after countless cycles of suffering.
Project Penrose Sleeping Problems by Jaded_Rose
- Recommended by: Anna, Markiparky
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A short little story onboard the Penrose-512. Ariane's sleep is restless, but Elster has a solution.
- Comments: A rather fluffy fanfic detailing the isolation and loneliness on board the Penrose-512 and the comfort in only having each other.
Crossovers
Homeward Bound:The Human-Covenant War by Johnnieboy11 (FF.Net version)
- Recommended by: Markiparky
- Crossover With: Halo
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: As the Human-Covenant War rages on in the year 2552, the UNSC gathers the best of its Spartans on the Planet Reach in a final bid to buy themselves time against the encroaching tide of the Alien monsters that have murdered many billions of their kin. In the meanwhile, a UNSC Patrol Ship orbiting the outer areas of the Epsilon Eridani system picks up an unknown vessel as it floats aimlessly through the void. What comes aboard said ship might be the very key to saving Mankind, second only to Master Chief himself.
- Comments: A much more action-packed variant of the more tragic and oppressive undertones of the SIGNALIS universe and the Eusan Nation and gives a more optimistic future for both Elster and Ariane as they end up in the Solar System from Halo's universe.
Horizon Loop Escape by BbK2442
- Recommended by: bucue4
- Crossover With: Horizon Zero Dawn
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: An Elster's dying story and a Bioresonant goddess's last wish results in a certain Eule and Star couple ending up very far from home and seeing the dawn of a new horizon for the both of them.
- Comments: A very well written "fix it fic" hurt-comfort story set a day before the events of the main story of Horizon Zero Dawn where characters from the Signalis universe and Horizon Zero Dawn universe are given more hopeful futures and opportunities to heal from baggage of their respective canon series together, thanks to a loop where a dying Elster tells of the plights of the tragic Replika on her journey to a sick and amnesiac Ariane who is moved by their tragic plights and her unwitting Bioreasoance powers manages to slowly break everyone in S-23 Sierpinski free of the loop. The main POV's of the story being the Eule and Star found in the Mine's of S-23 Sierpinski, named EULR-S2324 and STAR-S2325. A young and growing Aloy also serves as a major source of comfort and joy to EULR-S2324 and STAR-S2325 after the horrors they endured and in turn help a lonely Aloy find companionship outside of Rost whom she still holds a loving familial relationship with. The story contains a very well balanced blend of heartfelt interpersonal character interaction, exploration of character psychology, action, emotional drama, cathartic humour, and romance and some touches of restrained horror. The story also pays close attention to world building of both Signalis and Horizon Zero Dawn settings and the careful attention to the details of cooking food and the hunting and butchering of both animals and machines of the horizon setting and the fish out of water first contact of peoples of differing universes and settings interacting with each other for the first time. There are a few lemons that provide interpersonal character interaction as well as much needed reader catharsis. Word from the Author is that there are plans for the story to be a long fic and plans are in play for a sequel story that intends to continue the plot-line but with hints of new POV's characters added to the main roster cast.
