A HFY Story : MilSim With Humans | 2091 ~Deathworld, War, Terran and Humans

[@truefreeman5294]

200 year old equipment V Several Thousand year old battle tactics. Someone break out the popcorn

[@kinori6295]

And get some muskets while you're at it

[@Rekhan4242]

They don't even have grenade launchers, we had the hand mortar, a similar weapon in the late 17th century and 18th century. You gonna need an extra large popcorn for this disaster.

[@kirkbarber4040]

And still using Diesel fuel

[@jaca688]

All you have to do is getting a couples artillery company of German persuasion and sit back ! And enjoy the view

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

Gary pulled up a deckchair wearing sunglasses and eating popcorn using his scythe as a beach umbrella

[@davidwells7279]

50% of the enemy forces dying to glitches in Arma would have made the story.

[@Bakuryu0083]

85% if you use vehicles

[@ravenouself4181]

@@Bakuryu0083 100% if You use and old PC

[@artyd42]

I wonder if popcorn works in the sim? Only one way to find out... *user self terminated*

[@DonPatrono]

include a 3% incapacitated by being turned into seagulls because soMEONE USED A CLIENTSIDE AI MOD THAT BROKE THE WHOLE SERVER GODDAMNIT GOOS-

[@davidwells7279]

@@DonPatrono 🤣😂

[@johnruta1359]

man the best joke in the whole thing is that we are in the future with aliens and spacetravel but we are only on arma 6

[@Wolfbroa]

And still no half life 3

[@alexanderd6793]

My guy, all that and we're still using a modernized version of the M4 lmao

[@ravenouself4181]

@@alexanderd6793 pretty sure that was just for the simulation... to give the xenos a fighting chance.

[@derekstein6193]

​@@Wolfbroa Beat me to it.

[@jeffjag2691]

To be fair, with how good arma6 is in the story they probably just spend all their time DLCing every alien race.

[@TJCID22]

"A very British accent" Squirrel goes full Scottish XD Hey, it's still technically true.

[@davea4245]

I once made the mistake of calling a Scotsman a Englishman. That was the day I also learnt that "Bloody Wanker" was an insult.

[@lemax6865]

@@davea4245 Oof. Be thankful you still breathe.

[@Jaegerrants]

​@@davea4245What? Did you think it was medical condition due to excess self pleasuring? Of course it's an insult and bad one, any time brits and their commonwealth underlings(yeah I know I just pissed aussies off, but I'm safe from them, can't handle cold weather you see) use bloody, you done goofed up.

[@Iluvantir]

Yup. The author didn't specify "English", not that that would have narrowed it down by much.

[@homoerectus6953]

I would have preferred a Welsh accent but meh, were all Brits.....even them sods from London, unfortunately

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

70 human casualties in the sim? Lemme guess: all of them were due to traffic accidents or friendly fire. I remember hearing something similar happened during the first Gulf War. The allies suffered more losses due to accidents and friendly fire than to enemy action.

[@Ares-jx4ep]

During Desert Shield and Desert Storm the US military saw something like a 30% drop in service member deaths. We lost fewer members in a "war" than we normally lost in peacetime.

[@AlexSDU]

@@Ares-jx4ep One US Army general got killed by US Army Air Corps(USAF predecessor) along with half his army in WW2.

[@AlexSDU]

Friendly casualty number would have increase if SovietWomble and his gang were in the team.🤣

[@donanthebarbarian5177]

​@@AlexSDU and yet even ZF clan would've broken the enemy army over their knee with the same force and equipment as the soldiers of NATO did here, the only difference would be a closer casualty count.

[@GravGunner]

69 of them died due to that, but Private Jenkins had the displeasure of actually being shot by the enemy on account of sheer bad luck.

[@DepressedCrow]

It took me a second after seeing CSAT for me to go "wait, is it arma?" And as soon as I saw "Bohemia interactive" I practically laughed out "of course its arma, better get ready for flying cars and swimming planes"

[@hanzzel6086]

What do you think killed those 70 allied soldiers?

[@OddlyIncredible]

Real-life example of a military exercise not ending well for the superior force: My father is ex-mil, and one tale he told me (which I confirmed, but the story as told here is being sanitized in case any of it might be classified) about one time his unit, a bunch of Navy electronics technicians, radiomen, etc., was pitted against a group of Marines from a combat unit in a basic combat exercise that was meant to give the techs a little taste of actual warfighting. The tech force were to defend an area against the Marines as the attacking force. Each side had a two-hour prep window, which the defending team used to booby-trap the hell out of everything, including objectives and supply stashes, via improvised non-lethal "weaponry" (flashbangs, etc.) that would be counted as "lethal" for the purposes of the exercise. The exercise did _not_ have the desired/expected effect. Once the actual "fighting" started, the techs wiped out the entire attacking force in less than an hour, winning by attrition as their perfectly-placed traps _utterly destroyed_ the attacking force. Team tech only lost like two people to the Marines' entire force of fifty. Pop said with a chuckle that he imagines the Marines likely got wrecked a second time by their C.O. for losing so badly to a bunch of nerds.

[@davethompson3326]

My signals mates and I took part in an orienteering event vs chaps from assorted units, mainly from the "roughy toughy" parts of the British army, including a couple from the paras and some scary SAS types. It was on the N York moors, which we knew quite well from other training. We adopted the "We aren't going to win, but let's stay out of the really shitty bits" approach - a lot of the straight line routes seemed to be deliberately across some horrible ground, when a bit of thoughtful map work could still get you there. We didn't win, we came third out of eighteen. The SAS won, naturally, but looked like swamp things, as did most other teams. They must have power slogged through all the sludgy bits we avoided. We were a bit muddy, but could have done the route again without too much whining. When the Umpire reported that we had stopped briefly for tea and sandwiches, the looks from the other teams were delightful.

[@celsetialarchives5909]

12:51 Love the whole "we need peace with the humans and are willing to consider assassination to achieve this"

[@yomogami4561]

...an eldritch horror. i like the sound of that

[@seldonwright4345]

I've thought that myself..

[@Beth_OMette]

there is a time when we are that depth you stare into...

[@taitano12]

"I surrender! Please don't kill me." 😰 "Wait, what? Surr-? KILL YOU?!? We're not at war, we're friends... We were just playing around." 😅 "I don't want to risk-" 🤨 "Fine. I hereby formally accept your surrender. Consider yourself... Conquered, liberated, whatever. All your base are belong to us..?" 🙄🤷‍♂️

[@AlexSDU]

"... and all your fridges too."

[@kinologan5074]

@@AlexSDU Ah… to early? Idk how long one has to wait to make jokes like this seriously 😅

[@alfredsutton4412]

Your voice acting skills just get better and better, Agro! Thank you for sharing. No mercy … just violence … we are STILL Odin’s wolves!

[@AgroSquerril]

A pleasure

[@fabulousimcatbulous690]

Me seeing one of the soldier is called Badger.... *Badger Anthem plays* nice work as always Agro!

[@alliesofcallofduty]

WE ARE THE BADGERS!

[@DonPatrono]

@@alliesofcallofduty NO ONE TELL WOMBLE GAMBIT'S BEEN SMUGGLING DRUGS

[@Jason-sm4oc]

Humans have dabbled in the arts of diplomacy, we have touched upon the magic of music, aesthetics and architecture are known to us, we paint and draw and sculpt a little. But War, War is what we do!

[@Agent4077]

because war, war never changes

[@Sean_XT]

Humanity has honed its edge in warfare for millennia from the stone and spear to the atom bomb and beyond. We make war an art form, an ugly art form but still an art form. Though if they looked at what games humans play, they would have found out that civilians can be terrifying in a milsim, military personnel are even more so by having training in coordination and tactics

[@bragnir]

Worse, still.... war isn't what we do- it's where we come from. Of the two known hominid species that cohabitated the planet, we are the descendants of the weaker, smaller ones. That is after being the whole lot of us weaker than most predators in the planet. Our survival, both in defending against other tribes, and simply to procure grub for our young, came in the form of pack hunting, traps and adaptation... War.

[@inquisitorwalmarius6650]

@@Sean_XT only Romance have sparked as much beauty in arts as war have, some times even melted those 2 together into a whole other level of art. Oddly, even the hardest pacifist may have a stir of emotion from the weird beauty of a sacrifice to save something pure. or have we lost that final feeling now?

[@Sean_XT]

@@inquisitorwalmarius6650 to answer that last question ask a corrupt politician and a poor man the same question, you will likely get a very different answer from each of them

[@andrekonrad6336]

You say "for your pleasure", but it's much more. It's entertainment. So thank you for sharing your craft Agro. 🙂

[@gaigeyachcik3544]

“And a very angry Irish guy.” The Irish are already naturally angry, how did they piss him off even more.

[@valtiel2589]

lack of scotch

[@martinsieburg7953]

Take away their whiskey and ban them from Pubs

[@Ryvaken]

Coulda been worse. Coulda been Scottish.

[@humanoiddragon3723]

They gave more Scottish land to the Brit’s

[@jukkiivi4282]

We will, we will curbstomb you We will we will curbstomb you Thanks for finding and narrating another HFY gem. For the Algorithm! For the Narrator!

[@GravitWry]

Seeing the author reference the name Badger from SovietWombles's Antistasi rebel group name made me happy and smile from ear to ear (I'm sure there are other references I missed that aren't the more obvious ones), I wasn't expecting someone to make a story using ARMA as a basis.

[@fro5235]

Antistasi? Badger? Ba~dgers, we are the badgers Yeah! Time to give sovietwomble a visit again.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Same here, time to see what fresh warcrimes he's committed XD

[@iamgroobs9377]

@@UNSCPILOT they need cyanide, and Nevil, definitely Nevil.

[@Zminator1986]

"Irishman in a gunship" "70 casualties" Did someone told the Irishman, Brits are friends, not targets?

[@TheAKgunner]

Apparently a friendly reminder was needed. That, or the human forces wanted to not be a total smack down.

[@santiagoperez3024]

HANS! GET ZHE FLAMMENVERFER!

[@markdorn8873]

Der heavy flammenwerfer!

[@TheStarMachine2000]

I heard "Arma" and all I can think is "flicking gamers"

[@Synthmilk]

The Human Chief Ambassador sighed as he finished reading the document before him. It was an official declaration of surrender from the Imperium. He, his team, the President, and many other politicians and diplomats from Humanity and other races had done everything they could to avoid this scenario. The document both meant the end of the Imperium, and WAS evidence of the end of the Imperium's leadership. For, the document was a parchment made from the skins of the faces of the leaders of all the Great Houses of the Imperium, and the words were written using their blood. It was a literal statement that they had "lost face" with their people, a sacrifice their culture held most sacred, enshrined Millenia ago should the Emperium ever find itself between the choices of surrender, or annihilation. Finding itself in such a situation meant, to them, they had failed utterly in their duty, and was the last act they could perform in an attempt to at least save the Imperium's people from extinction. The concept of peace while being inferior didn't exist in the Imperium's culture, other races and groups maintained independence at the mercy of the Imperium. In that moment, Humanity had just absorbed half of the held territory in the Galaxy, whether it wanted it or not. Scores of representatives from across the former Imperium stood before him now, awaiting new laws to be handed down, to replace those failed ones that had lead to this situation, at least, in the eyes of the former Imperium citizens. Thankfully, the Chief Ambassador and his team had managed to stall this ceremony long enough to have laws ready, adapted from Earth's Foundational Principals to make sense to the former citizens of the Imperium, who lacked cultural concepts such as "rights", among others. Thankfully, the Chief Ambassador was a long time enthusiast of the Empire Management subgenre of Real Time Strategy 4X games. This was no different, other than the lives of some six hundred trillion people now relying on him, for real.

[@atigerclaw]

"Okay, first order of business. Keep unemployment down, energy in the positive, and for gods' sake, someone head over to G'norrath Prime and upgrade that blasted administration center. We have slum housing in Chicago that looks more habitable than that abomination!"

[@ravenouself4181]

They are fortunate thas he's a nice dude, i would have just committed exterminatus.

[@kinologan5074]

Humans will make a game out of anything. Seriously

[@FutureMan420Blazer]

@@atigerclaw "I also want you to make it rain with consumers goods like it was 1$ bills in a old rap music video! And i want those Holo Theatres done by the end of the month!

[@Just_Tired]

I'll be honest, I heard "for the Imperium!" And immediately thought, "For the Emperor of Mankind!"

[@russellperry9902]

Yeah, hes gotta be getting some calls by agencies looking to represent him. His talents are great!

[@atigerclaw]

'This is War.' _INTENSIFIES!_

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of Agro Squirrel Narrates videos

[@micahdeck9553]

“Ze Flammenwerfer workz when ze enemy iz not exzpecting it. Ze baabeeque(BBW)vill be glfantastic. Oh oh oh, vee must invite Hanz, he vill love thiz.” My mil sim team anytime we can use a flamethrower in a game.

[@micahdeck9553]

(BBQ) not BBW.

[@a2rgaming863]

"...and a single angry Irish guy in a gunship." Please tell me if he will not be causing trouble with the British guy now. Right?

[@zerosen2141]

only thing that would have made this story better, was if the CO was a certain Aussie. Also, the only thing scarier than an advancing armored Column, a pissed off Irishman in a Gunship and told he had a blank check for ammo.

[@pitz_nous]

Und ven the press are not lokking, ve use der flammenwerfer ya ? this quote is gold x)))

[@insertjjs]

Wonder if they fixed the lowP FPS rate by Arma 6?

[@valtiel2589]

probably not. likely more casualties frim the physics engine on the human side rather than combat XDXD

[@peterwalls-qf7ii]

You haven't seen Eldrich Horror yet, wait till your citizens discover 4chan. I wont speak of the chaos spawned 8chan, elder gods fear to engage in there.

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

Don't forget tentacle pron, Rule 34, and the works of HP Lovecraft - or H P Lovecraft Rule 34 tentacle pron.........

[@hamsta11]

they'll scream in horror but then stay for cornhub

[@leonrblitz4351]

@@carlfromtheoc1788.... What the F-ck

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

@@leonrblitz4351 Sorry, did that hit a little too close to home for you? NTTAWWT

[@leonrblitz4351]

@@carlfromtheoc1788 Not really, but nothing on the internet should surprise me anymore😅

[@nathandc]

The performance was impeccable as always, and I would like to thank you for your excellent taste in picking excellent stories as well. :-)

[@SergeyWaytov]

Yeahhhh, poor aliens got piled against the Arma fans with 4-digit playtime countXD PS upon seeing Nickname "Badger", I've instantly remembered the certain RussianBadger

[@canisarcani]

he would love living in that universe: i can just image the imperium members seeing his videos about wh40k and earth defense force and such, with him going on about murdering xenos, and freaking out. lol

[@SergeyWaytov]

@@canisarcani Lol, fukken, YEAH!

[@davidhenderson3400]

The M41A Pulse Rifle is a 10 mm pulse-action air-cooled assault rifle used as the primary infantry weapon by the U.S. Colonial Marine Corps and the U.S. Army in during the late 22nd century.

[@HOLO_Enjoyer]

I've played so much Arma3 i know Altis like the back of my hand.

[@jameshunt3521]

While listening to this, i thought the same as i pictured the map and ground in my mind each time an area was mentioned!

[@djhonoregaming7963]

5,000+ hours in, I also know this sensation

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

I really want to go to lemnos just to check how well I would know the geography

[@MidnightSmoke]

Thank you for the story. Here is a like and comment to help your channel grow and get you the recognition you deserve.

[@wepntech]

hmm, suddenly i wanna read or hear stories from the arma and other games matches that happen routinely in certain online communities.

[@insertjjs]

There does seem to be some random bullshittery about this story

[@valtiel2589]

Okay. i'll get on doing more then :)

[@RealArcalian]

Greetings, Mentlegent! For the Rhyhtm that is Algo "And a single angry Irish guy." LOL

[@mychaeldark1007]

Humans: We are grateful for allowing us to join your galctic federation. Aliens: We surrender to our new overlords. Humans: Say what now?!

[@chronus4421]

I very much enjoy the new visual style. I like the face (sorry I thought you were an AI), I like the background, and I like the fade scrolling text. This is very good, thank you! Painting models wasn't bad, neither was the submerged cam with fish and sunken starship.This one is nice as well. Thanks again.

[@darwinskeeper421]

How could you imagine that epic voice being created by an AI?

[@vHindenburg]

I am sorry I thought the same, until I saw the face, the feeling goes away as soon he goes into different Charakters, e. g. the Scottish one. No inflections on words. Maybe that's just because I am not a native speaker of English. Often have a hard time following the plot and have to read along. But credit where credit is due, recording quality is top notch and you are getting better and better, especially getting into character.

[@inquisitorwalmarius6650]

I loved the one with fish. those Guppies was chill. with this format, i thought it was a AI based on the guy from the soviet campaign in one of the C&Q Red Alert games. Then I Realized...

[@brokeandtired]

HEAT is for anti armour use...its Worse than HE. Best shell to use against Line Infantry though would have be Israeli delayed Canister Shot from a tank cannon.

[@leechowning2712]

Would have been a war crime. We were trying not to traumatize the children by making all 500 into hamburger in 30 seconds.

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

It's normally used against light armour like apcs sabot or hesh is more often used against mbts

[@Sean_XT]

Tank based shutgun shell?

[@wolfoffenris9951]

If you fire Heat into the ground it creates a Explosion in the Form of a candle Flame( from birdview), so you can use Heat to Fight Infanterie, HE is Just WAAAAYY more effective

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

@@wolfoffenris9951 there are no wolves on fenris😉

[@SoManyDogs]

It was on this day, the Empire learned an entirely new phrase…”Curb Stomped”.

[@TotallyDapper]

I quite enjoy your storytime :) With that said, it looks like you do it in one take, without going over each story beforehand. It shows in places like 4:16, where it sounds like you expect the sentence to end with “fight,” and then are surprised and tack “war” on to the end. I notice spots like that often, or where you emphasize a strange part of a sentence, or skip a word, and it makes it seem like you’re reading it out loud for the first time. Doing a practice take might help. I realize you’ve been doing this for quite a while, and have a process worked out, but I wanted to point it out to you. I enjoy listening to you reading these stories and I hope to listen to many more.

[@benben3277]

Man, I never knew what my favorite reader on the internet looked like, it fits but it doesn't in my mind. Still awesome stories and please keep it up!

[@virtualatheist]

"A single angry, Irish guy in a gunship." Why did this line scare me the most?

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

Yay shreks back

[@anthonyforshaw2860]

I love the stories you read. I really relax listening to you. Thank you for your hard work.

[@Maeshalanadae]

“And a single angry Irish guy…” That’s all you need for close quarters, man.

[@danpit2001]

my first time seeing your face, totally not what i expected, the epic goatee is what got me

[@davidhenderson3400]

4:05 to 4:18 He felt a little bad for his people as he knew the very rude wake up call they were about to get.

[@PapaWerserian]

Its been a while since ive listen to this channel but its good as always

[@secondacesecondace7957]

bruh i was listening to this making a new altis 80's mission for my boys lol

[@miked.9364]

HEAT rounds into an infantry line? LMAO no. Maybe a BEEHIVE round.

[@Zael_Moonblade]

Remember, it is still only a video game. They did want to show off a little, so no superior anti-infantry munitions.

[@johncochran8497]

Yep. It's right there in the name. High-Explosive Anti-Tank. Not so useful against large numbers of squishy targets.

[@Zael_Moonblade]

@@johncochran8497 But intimidating af!

[@miked.9364]

@@Zael_Moonblade It literally would not do anything. Maybe kill 3-5 people if it lands luckily.

[@hamsta11]

@@johncochran8497 probably the xenos have armor that can stand laser musket blasts so they're just going with some handy even if inefficient ordnance that was preloaded into the game default settings. most of that equipment they're using is probably suboptimal and just to give the other side a fighting chance alongside with their reduced numbers.

[@JohnWright-qf1jl]

Good to finally see the awesome face to an epic voice 😎

[@davethompson3326]

"Put to the sword?" "Which one of you maggot comedians brought a bloody Zweihänder to a swarm fight?"

[@martinsieburg7953]

"One angry Irishman in the gunship..." made me laugh

[@KwaterbugBUTCHER]

For the Algorithm ,For the Author(s), For the Disembodied voice! For the Squirrel 🐿

[@randolphphillips3104]

Wait until they find out our side was 13-year-olds with Mom's credit card.

[@r.connor9280]

Blasting ear piercing spongebob quotes over the voice chat

[@smaragdwolf1]

Probably a schools field trip or afternoon activities. Dont mess with Gamers, especially the WarSim-Players.

[@technicalfool]

It's ArmA, not COD. Not enough teabagging for COD.

[@JDNCLOWD]

That single irish lad in a gun ship made me fall off my chair 😂

[@TheMjollnir67]

Wait til the Aliens find out that they've got beaten by civilians. Granted, plenty of them having a military background, but still civilians.

[@uaeoaeoeoi]

The only way to improve this story would be a mention at the end where the 50 on the human side were actually 13-16 year old competitive gamers, and maybe a couple more talented 8-12 year olds to really pile on the embarrassment.

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@samsignorelli]

5:00 " A very British accent..." Agro does a Scot instead. Nigel Green as Colour Sgt. Bourne from "Zulu" probably would've been a better choice.

[@HisMagnificence]

I would love more of these kinds of stories

[@brianlips8346]

Thanks for the story 😅😅😅

[@shannonmcvey8669]

Man, dyslexia can be entertaining sometimes. At first glance of the title, what I read was "Muslim with Humans". I was like "What the actual F***?!" 🤣

[@blakeslater2064]

'Damn xenos'

[@theguyonthecouch6109]

Good story, very well read.

[@msm007]

Oh man, if Lcpl Liru was running this op the aliens would of just surrendered to us.

[@DonPatrono]

ah yes, kamikaze goats

[@wngimageanddesign9546]

What worked on Earth, also applies to the galactic stage.....speak softly, and carry a big stick.

[@tonyoliver4920]

A very British accent - speaks in a Scottish accent 😂😂😂 Although, we Scots only make up 7% of the British population, we make up 70% of the British special forces (To put that in American terms, imagine if 70% of your special forces where only from Texas, hoorah!)

[@robertcartledge826]

I love the stories where aliens have no idea what they are doing at war despite being the big bad empire of the galaxy 😂

[@johannesnoneoftheabove9957]

I'm reminded of the saying,"Never bring a knife to a gunfight." See "Powell Doctrine re. best superior forces.

[@Maeshalanadae]

12-1 isn’t actually that bad for us humans. The Sihk warriors have been know to face worse odds.

[@daltoneades4814]

Badger!!

[@Skaven_is_greatest]

Bro imagine the war sims that can happen for just entertainment.

[@immaturedemolitions8220]

God damnit....the second i saw arma, i lost it, 5 bucks it still sends tbings flying out of the blue

[@dragongreek9059]

I died laughing at 8:18

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!

[@lumberluc]

We play War Games for a reason. Want to look at a Military Might? Play a War sim, and see how long you last.

[@Hellsong89]

And then aliens realized this was not military force, but average Arma lobby and everyone was just upwards of 10y old civilians larping...

[@WE_DONT_LIE]

One freebrams is overkill

[@Oddball_The_Strange]

Unrealistic; no tanks sent to orbit snd no one turned to seagulls accidentally.

[@solillman2350]

The Human Tech tree. War, Economy, War, Economy, Economy, War, War, War, Logistics, Economy, War- "Ooh! War Economy!"

[@james35124]

For the algorithm

[@grogvaughan5649]

Yep, a hummer with a Mk19... in what's basically a free fire zone.. ooof

[@elfeater1760]

For the Algorithm11!

[@leechowning2712]

... please tell me your people don't still use musket lines and swords... o dear. Bad day coming.

[@ICEMAN-]

ARMA 6 hell yeah

[@bigjay875]

If there's one thing our collective history shows its we are brilliant at the art of butchering each other

[@wolfoffenris9951]

Take my Money, i want Arma 6 NOW!!!😂

[@Sawdust_]

dang, guess Bohemia came back as a company instead of a country 8:24 well A+ for the bad german accent

[@Thaylien]

I step away from this channel for a hot minute and... you look exactly like I imagined. Hi!

[@RichtorGroude1828]

why give the Xenos Willy Pete? we don't even use that demon

[@phoenixx913]

My question is how on earth did a advanced alien civilization get to the level of technology of intergalactic space travel and rules the galaxy yet fight using cavalry charges and musket lines /=. That's the only part that didn't make sense to me.

[@leechowning2712]

From what they describe, they came from closer to the core, where stars are fairly close and radio signals would have been detectable from one race to another. Probably a fairly... traditional culture got to space first... and uplifted the neighborhood. With outside "enemies" they would have stopped fighting themselves, and as such nobody would break the generals of bad habits like bolt action rifles and infantry running across no-mans land trying to reach the enemy trenchlines before the machine guns killed them all. This is actually a common issue, and one we work hard to avoid while knowing we cannot stop it totally. We even have a saying. "The generals always plan for the last war"... but if the generals on both sides agreed to the rules before the fight they have no reason to modify those plans. For 6,000 years, they used Napleonic lines and simple tactics, and had no warning of how bad it was going to be.

[@smaragdwolf1]

Of course a Sniper would call himself "God" XD Thats so typical human.

[@andrewcherry3058]

I'm curious what does the coloring of the words mean?

[@Iluvantir]

"We fight the same way we always do, you pansy-ass bastards!" Wayman said over the radio, "We fight to win! That's how we war! We operate under the standard 'Laws of Engagement': don't shoot medics, don't kill prisoners, and don't shoot civilians." "Und ven ze press are not looking, ve use der flammenwerfer, ja?" Dead. I'm so dead. God, my ribs hurt.

[@petermaggio24]

I miss the echo during the introduction 😢

[@bobsterclause342]

this story sounds kind of familure

[@GrimFaceHunter]

There is another story where alien empire is proud that their line infantry can fire 4 shots per minute and also their ships are elegant. However, humans win in the end by wagging Total war.