Paired stories; vanilla and extra spicy

[EdwardsOtherSide]

I saw a writing contest sponsored by the U.S. Naval Institute and had a warped and (to me) amusing thought.

The USNI's writing contest is a 3000 word fiction piece relevant to the future of naval conflict, intended for publication in a serious scholarly sort of way.
Not at all the place for erotica.

But.... (and hear me out)
A second story for Literotica, paired with the first.

So, a serious bit of fiction exploring, for example, a single ship with near sci-fi weapons and capabilities facing off against superior numbers of conventional ships, and how the captains and their crews think about it. Then, a piece for Literotica about how the skipper gets pegged by his off-duty helmsman, or how a couple of gunnersmates keep getting THIS close when general quarters sounds.
Same ships & crews in both stories, completely different spins on the stories.

 

[KeithD]

It would be interesting to do (and some scenes in my mainstream works become erotica stories by pushing the hookup. Similarly, I have separate nonerotic, hetero, homosexual, and bi versions of some of my stories), but, for Literotica, I don't think many would look for the other half of the pair or would react all that well to the nonerotic version.

 

[Voboy]

Well. Shit.

I'll enter. 3k words is going to be a challenge, but brevity is the soul of wit.

As for a spicy version? Well... this might end up being sort of a take-off on some of my SF stories.

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

I have been thinking long & hard about the USNI contest. I feel like something where an advanced fleet opposes a second rate fleet supplemented by another global power or coalition and the ingenuity of their citizens has potential (okay, a maritime version of Ukraine, but either Baltic Sea or South China Sea, possibly northwest Indian Ocean).

For the complimentary Literotica story, two ideas.
A wildly inappropriate relationship between an admiral and his flag secretary (like aide de camp), with the junior officer wielding the cat'o'nine tails.
Or...
Something like a spy romance between the flagship's XO and an officer with ties to the opposing force.

Yeah, I have a novel perspective. I was an Army officer and I have worked with the Navy a bit and attended Naval War College.

 

[Voboy]

I have been thinking long & hard about the USNI contest. I feel like something where an advanced fleet opposes a second rate fleet supplemented by another global power or coalition and the ingenuity of their citizens has potential (okay, a maritime version of Ukraine, but either Baltic Sea or South China Sea, possibly northwest Indian Ocean).

For the complimentary Literotica story, two ideas.
A wildly inappropriate relationship between an admiral and his flag secretary (like aide de camp), with the junior officer wielding the cat'o'nine tails.
Or...
Something like a spy romance between the flagship's XO and an officer with ties to the opposing force.

Yeah, I have a novel perspective. I was an Army officer and I have worked with the Navy a bit and attended Naval War College.

I went much simpler. Lol.

What if dirigible development had not stopped?