Crew members of the colony ship Starlight Journey suddenly awaken from stasis to find their ship plummeting toward an unknown planet.  What follows is a race against time to launch the ship's habitation modules in order to save the 80,000 slumbering colonists.  As the ship begins to tear apart around them, the crew becomes separated in the ensuing evacuation.  Now, desperate to find the vulnerable colonists and reunite with his crew, Executive Officer Malik Rosen embarks on a lonely journey of discovery across an alien world.  What awaits him on the surface of this unfamiliar planet?  And what, or who, brought the colony ship's journey to a premature end? A/N:  Ripples of Starlight follows one man's quest of exploration and adventure on a hostile planet.  Join us on a fantastical journey across the water world of Ryujin.