Best HFY Greentext Stories: Venusian Colonist (r/HFY + /tg/)

[@lazarus9165]

Human: So these guys fucked you over? Dragon: yep. Human: how do you wanna deal with it? Dragon: ... Human: ... Dragon: vengeance? Human: YEH, VENGEANCE! Dragon: VENGEANCE!!!

[@Crimson-one1]

lmao

[@moonlord8725]

🤣🤣

[@cdalpe03]

😂

[@ravenouself4181]

Dragons: So, How are we going to do this? Humans: Blow up their entire Solar Systems... Dragons: WHAT!? Humans: And then sell them Terraformed Plants at a Premium. Dragons: [nervous laughter]

[@theengagedfew]

@@ravenouself4181 Dragons: I'm listening...

[@Mr.Redink]

Humans 40'000 BCE : *sees a literal apex predator killing machine (wolf)* "You're my friend now. We're having soft tacos later! :D " Humans 22XX CE : *Sees eldritch horror looking alien* "....You're my friend now. We're having soft tacos later ! :D "

[@chrisdufresne9359]

Nah fam, it's JUST a race of space fairing dragons.

[@Allantitan]

@@chrisdufresne9359 statement is still true 😂

[@hamsta11]

WHAT? why no hard tacos?

[@Mr.Redink]

@@hamsta11 you mean "pre-first bite" taco bowls ?

[@hamsta11]

@@Mr.Redink ohhh an aristocrat are we? Breaking out the fine china?

[@gilmadreth680]

"Telling humans that something is impossible just makes them whack the problem until a benefit pops out." It's amazing how much distance you can get out of sheer crackhead determination.

[@marxel4444]

YOU say thats impossible but I have to arrive at the conclusion MYSELF before I say that its impossible! Now shut up and let me do!

[@MiaowVal]

Reminds me of the Marvin Pipkin that invented a process for frosting the inside of incandescent light bulbs to cut down on the sharp glare with out weakening the glass which was supposedly impossible and had been given the task to invent it as a fool's errand when he joined General Electric without knowing it was a fool's errand and just went about it like it was something that could be done and by accident discovered that it was indeed possible.

[@IanHarrison-n9m]

"you can tell me I'll burn the house down all you want, until I do it means fuck all. Now back tf up and let me cook" -humanity to xenos at some point, definitely ​@@marxel4444

[@Thebobkiller1]

We found Space Dragons. Dragons. In space. Here there be literal dragons. IN SPACE! THEY ARE OURS! WE WILL LOVE THEM AND HUG THEM AND CALL THEM GEORGE!

[@hamsta11]

Other xenos: Don't you have legends of slaying them? Humans: youshutyourmouthoriwillSLAYYOU.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

George. . . Didn't a Saint George kill a dragon?

[@NaBa.O3O]

@@jayeisenhardt1337That's actually a statistical error. The average George kills 0 dragons per year. Mythology George, who killed 1 dragon once, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

[@RequiemPoete]

It passes me off thatcI know that reference

[@virtualatheist]

@@RequiemPoete Just made me feel proud 🤣

[@scottbruckner4653]

I'm glad the dragons got a good hand once they met the humans. That was so nice when they got venus.

[@neenm4299]

They got the Earths sister!

[@nuru666]

@@neenm4299 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXuXc42Pdtedf7s lol

[@anthonymedina9425]

In some legends dragons gave humanity some gifts and in all cultures we had stories of them, only makes sense to give them a gift too. Actually pre colonial Americas used to worship the dragon god Quetzalcoatl the flying snake.

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

id say the price was way too cheap

[@prussiankingdom1693]

There probably was a welsh dude on the call that ran to get his flag

[@RovingTroll]

"Holy shit jesus christ a fucking dragon!" Humanity's first contact with their soon-to-be neighbors.

[@cantharelluscibarius2244]

*HOLY FUCKING SHIT, IT'S A DINOSAUR, JESUS CHRIST ! WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK*

[@yaku2tani625]

@@cewla3348 I mean, they were born to fly, and since there home planet was not dense enough to fly they found a way around XD

[@geoffreywmason4769]

good name to call a book

[@mac-gyver1152]

The words hurd around the universe lol

[@yorneustein7851]

Humans be like: Looks like we found ourselves a ship maintenance friend , capitalism intensifies

[@bogustoast22none25]

Alien: Those are freaks of nature. Human: *Without breaking eye contact* Oi! Dragony boi, want a planet? Dragony boi: W-what? Alien: You wouldn’t. Human: *stare continues at alien, pulls out the deed* free to do what you want, short of throwing it at OUR planet. Dragon: *begins hyperventilating* Alien: You wouldn’t. Human: *eyes are getting red from unblinking* all we ask, if that you fix half our drives, and a couple of other things. Dragon: *sweats even though it literally cannot* Alien: What is wrong with you, human?! Human: *breaks eye contact, finds dotted line, puts pen down* Fuck you, that’s what. *signs*

[@theycallmetim4201]

I was debating between dragon or demon before he knew what the word was the humans used to describe them.

[@runehashman8256]

I was thinking it was xenomorphs until it brought up wings

[@samsmith4242]

Dragons are one of the few things we’d be awed with without any natural negative prejudices trickling in. A demon appearance would put me off personally and make me uncomfortable.

[@samsmith4242]

@Marcin Kot maybe for Titan but not Venus

[@HRVipertm]

I was thinking star trek’s thollians

[@3oct1111]

I was thinking Klingons or Wookies or Daleks

[@asurasyn]

I love that the alien dragons are telling humanity "No! No! Drop it! Don't destroy that society!"

[@foxxojones4757]

Even though Humans want to do it on their behalf because of the grief the other races gave the dragons no less!

[@britishneko3906]

Dragons: no!! don't kill em!! Humans: *a feeble peasant shouldn't have messed with a Dragon*

[@Starlitsoul0359]

*Angry packbonded ape noises*

[@trsarmiento]

@@foxxojones4757 Space Dragons don't get mad, they get even! Charge them through their noses!

[@loganb7059]

Now I want to see an HFY story where there’s another warlike race similar to humans whose reaction after humans enter the galactic community is a mix of “I’ve only known them for one day but if anything happens to them I’ll kill everyone in this room and then myself” and “Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!” Just a story of two species which are kindred warlike spirits. Meanwhile the rest of the galaxy is like “this is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them.” If this other race are the Orcs of the universe then the humans are the Goblins.

[@plsarguewithme2665]

i like this, I'll take note of it and try to make something out of it

[@loganb7059]

@@plsarguewithme2665 Dude send a link if/when you do. I’d love to read about the galactic community realizing to their horror that the two races they hoped would destroy each other immediately team up. Human-Space Orc first contact be like kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqnYiHqlj6tmm9k

[@elijahaitaok8624]

“A job for a deathworlder” is somewhat close, a human scientist with a military background meets another deathworlder cat girl petty officer of the ship get into some shenanigans. It’s a fun story so far with only 12 chapters with a potential “compatibility testing” under way

[@HubiKoshi]

Punching each other one moment, drinking and slapping each other on the back the next moment.

[@BBCTopgearfan]

So... Warhammer 10k

[@charliedulol]

humans> discovers dragons humans: can we keep them?

[@Thebobkiller1]

No. We ARE keeping them. And we'll tell the rest of the universe to fuck off.

[@garystewart2355]

The alliance broke after they found deviant art and war was declared when they found the Bad Dragon website.

[@waterpicker]

Nah. Probably strengthens the alliance if anything since it helps them realize that this friendship with humanity was not just a fluke but a fundamental fact of reality. Humans love the ideas of dragons THAT much.

[@Drago_Whooves]

@@waterpicker I wonder if we could make an environment suit flexible enough for fun stuff

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

@@Drago_Whooves dude...

[@gabrielsfilms2086]

@@Drago_Whooves then again what if we could create a hybrid of the 2 (using something like crispr but wayyyy more advanced lol)

[@piglin469]

@@Drago_Whooves AYOO CHILLL

[@cathalhughes5996]

I have been thinking about this exact idea! of dragons being an alien species i was gonna have them be like an apex predator on some planet and humanity trying everything to domesticate and bring their childhoods imaginary pet home.

[@aronnemcsik]

Me: carrying 10 of them on myself. "I have no idea what 'imaginary pet' you talking about.* sweating nervously* These are for..... Scientific research... Yeah for science! Defenetly not because I wanted some pets!"

[@nullpoint3346]

There's probably a bit of breeding instinct mixed in too. Think about it, the only organisms that would survive being a genuine threat to humanity is something they want to mate with more than they want to kill.

[@staticerror3613]

@@nullpoint3346 When can we get this story?........................ asking for... a friend.

[@lazernor]

exact???

[@olorinmagus4479]

@@staticerror3613 NO

[@purpledevilr7463]

That was a really detailed HFY. I hope there’s a sequel “Venusian economy” or “Venusian war” I’d certainly want to hear it.

[@aronnemcsik]

I don't think there would be a war with them or with humanity. If they are the only ones who posessess the tech to interstellar shipping and FTL than the last thing you want to do is piss them off.

[@purpledevilr7463]

@@aronnemcsik I was implying humanity and the Venusians vs the galaxy.

[@aronnemcsik]

@@purpledevilr7463 I understood what you implying. But if your spieces is the only one who can do the terraforming cheaper than beings triger finger becomes less itchy. Plus they provide better FTL drives. So even less reason to fight with them. If you lose you won't have access to the drives. If you think you can win than you never met humanity...

[@purpledevilr7463]

@@aronnemcsik oh I get it now. I’d still say there could be a way, they were already discriminatory for no proper reason so I can see them being prideful and petty enough to have a crack at war.

[@aronnemcsik]

@@purpledevilr7463 true but would be shot down by the other mayor powers who actually want the better drive. It doesn't matter how much they dislike the spieces. If they want their tech they have to tolerate them. They holding the galaxy by the balls.

[@alextheawesomeable]

This is the most adorable from rags to riches story in a good while keep it up

[@willofone2120]

I like this version of humans. Not particularly gifted in anyone field but makes friends with others just because they can. to be friendly, and lucky, leading to a near unbreakable alliance. luck is critical in human progression, given how often everything could have ended poorly both in the past and in this universe.

[@Chaosrunepownage]

edit: sorry, this is a myth I see repeated often. English longbowmen were deadly and feared, but the gesture is older than them. The middle finger insult comes from the numerous wars between the English and the French. English longbowmen were among the most deadly in the army, so the French made it a point to cut off the index and pointer fingers of prisoners so that they'd never be able to draw a bow again. The English responded by taunting French armies by holding up two fingers, to show they were still deadly. Over time this gesture changed to only the middle finger being raised and now we have a pretty universal insult for the Western world.

[@Werrf1]

That's a myth. The middle finger insult was used in Ancient Rome, where it represented a phallus, and the folded fingers represented testes. The story originally referred to the origin of the _British_ custom of using the two-fingered salute as an insult; it was changed to the middle finger for American consumption (us Brits use _both_ the two-fingered v-sign and the middle finger as insulting gestures).

[@captainfraser3827]

Guys guys you both are correct

[@Attaxalotl]

@@Werrf1 Here in 'murica, the V-sign is the peace symbol ☮... somehow. It's also V for Victory, though that's a postwar thing.

[@RexMK-]

"We had the universe by the balls and it felt so GOOD" That killed me, but I mean there is no better vengace than getting the upper hand of your enemy and having something that you both that he NEEDS depseratly and he is therefore forced to accept any demands you give them he simply can't refuse because I juat like to imagine that once an Alien dimplomat insulted a Venusian and as a result the humans decide to charge him 20% extra for their terraforming and shiping services until they apologize. And remember we are talking about terraformation so 20% is a HUGE sume.

[@shinraset]

I'm now really wanting a meeting between a human, a bubbler, and a venusian dragon. Bubblers: from the video "water turns out to be the deadliest substance in the universe for creatures outside of our solar system." They look a little like squid and jellyfish and have a biology of hydrogen and sodium and have an operational temperature down in the very low kelvin's.

[@jasonduvall5010]

I like it.

[@billrich9722]

I like these longer ones. Few people seem able to do a good short story without substantial build and back story.

[@nocount7517]

This is one of my favorites. I was so excited when the opening paragraph was read.

[@tatsukiscomfyrelaxation9011]

Same! I remember hearing IamZren read it, but I can’t remember which livestream video it was!

[@The_evil_knight]

Same love this

[@Andrew-tf8jt]

You need to go outside more....

[@nocount7517]

@@Andrew-tf8jt I go outside plenty, thank you very little.

[@lisbjerg123]

rock dragons. sounds pretty dope.

[@singletona082]

These guys can survive the hellscape of Venus. They are also the best of the best in way of FTL. And we have a planet right beside our own that they can have. All the other stuff shirts can go jump in a Europan lake. These guys are both amazing and don't have any actual overlap in territories that would make for conflicts of habitation. The perfect room mate.

[@juliantotriwijaya9208]

"Here be dragons", *past memory triggered, started crying*

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Actually it's, "Here there be dragons". You are welcome.

[@libbiefritz2756]

The entire time I was trying to figure out the human word. I thought Angel then Demon then just before we found outI thought, "Maybe Dragon?"

[@Lorddacenshadowind]

Lol I was first thinking demons, then when humans showed respect I was thinking angels then lol turned out to be dragons lol

[@gabrielc7861]

The lack of lips tipped me off to it not being demons or angels

[@BLOrtega]

Humans: I'd like to throw nukes at them for scamming you Dragons: Please no Humans: Fine... We won't do it. For now...

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Humans: Just say when.

[@lpsjewel]

Fun Fact! The Word Dinosaur wasn't coined 'Till the 1840s! what then would our Anstors(Dyslexia) call these Beings? Dragons, Beamoths, and Rocs to name a few! That being said I absoltely revel in the fact that the HFY Commtiy in enjoys the idea of Alien Dragons as much as I do! Have a Wonderus Flight Amongst the Stars!

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

We need way more alien dragons.Seems like in the end the furries were right all along.Dragons are awesome.

[@Andrew-tf8jt]

I don't think you changed it enough from the original to get away with stealing it.

[@piedpiper1185]

"They see something strange and the first thing they do is poke at it." Yeah, that sounds about right. 😂

[@MisfitFosterAcademy]

A dragon with a nervous stutter. I love it.

[@biggamer500]

An insurmountable lesson that whether a people appear as Dragons or Cthulhu; they are all still a people. Looks do not matter; all are capable of empathy and the understanding that all life is sacred!

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Not so much. People being people and all. 😂

[@slavicgerman5104]

Genuinely surprised that the topic of "humans finding the space dragons attractive" never came up

[@energeticcreeper7969]

ah yes, the story of dragon capitalism in space

[@hamsta11]

also the sort of hidden subtext of no we are not your fictional dragons human but yes we do hoard things

[@cordeliachai8729]

Humans meeting dragons: NEW BEST FRIEND??????!!!!

[@Attaxalotl]

"You're my friend now, we're having soft tacos later!"

[@lvl10cooking]

At first I thought they were gonna be Tholians. Was happy when they turned out to be dragons. Also I am usually turned off from HFY stories due to how much felatio is given to terrans. This story is one of the few I like. Terrans aren’t some mythical Mary/Marty Sues, and instead focuses on one of our innate traits or curiosity and sense of justice, which we tend to show when not tearing ourselves apart over trite bullshit.

[@waterpicker]

Also the speices wide love of dragons.

[@josephcroeniangamer3727]

@@waterpicker yeah, i have found people less enthusiastic about them, but i have never ever encountered someone that doesnt at least like the idea of dragons.

[@diazinth]

@@josephcroeniangamer3727 "cool story bro, but needs more dragons" ? :D

[@henryrodgers7386]

When he mentioned modifying the chair for the ambassador, I started thinking about body types. Centauroid? Quadriped? Obviously something that can build ships. I was actually imagining the heat-loving reptilian Vullards from the video game series Ratchet & Clank. They're built a bit like kangaroos.

[@ninja-ed8mj]

These stores can go one of two vais 1. humans improve everything 2. Humans destroy everything, rebuil and improve

[@voidcore9323]

This actually made me cry, are worthy enough for the earth to forgive our species

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

Finally a story that isn't a cut-&-paste of humans being immortal wargods who melt at anything with fir & big eyes.I LOVED this one!Who WOULDN'T want to ally with dragons?!The only way it'd get better is if through some miracle of science or black magic,we could breathe each other's atmosphere & create hybrids,cause that'd be awesome.

[@rowbot5555]

Bodymodding

[@britishneko3906]

dragon smegs

[@ravenouself4181]

The Space Dragons must be protected at all costs.

[@borgshadow13]

classic humanity. i can totally see our unique combination of pack bonding and spite to work in our favour until the far future :)

[@jimflint2654]

Damn I love these. One of the best parts of my day. Thanks for your work man.

[@scott644]

I've been listening to a lot of HFY recently, and I have to admit I think this is the one I like the most. Admittedly of course, I love dragons so I can't claim to be innocent of bias. Just the same, friendly dragons unintentionally imposing terror and thus outcast, befriended by humans more awestruck and fascinated than afraid. Now THAT's a story I can get behind!

[@theengagedfew]

Does anyone else hear "cursing vehemently and invoking a deity" and immediately think "Jesus Fucking Christ"?

[@blackdiamond9636]

This is definitely one of my favorites. Thank you

[@bogustoast22none25]

Humans meet Orcs. Humans: So we gonna fight? Orcs: Wait... you want to fight? Humans: A little bit. Orcs: I enjoy conquest, but I do not enjoy prey that doesn’t fight, I’ll go look for someone e- Humans: *suckerpunch* bitch you think I can’t take you?! Orcs: That’s the spirit. *5 decades later* Some alien: the war rages on, they have made entire planets out of the wreckage, they draw closer, engulfing our region with their senseless fighting...

[@elainegoates9792]

Reports say that both sides are treating prisoners of war better than they have for any other race, so that's something, at least.

[@Johnlanzer]

@@elainegoates9792 And then sending back the POWs during regular exchanges. Most soldiers are basically mercenaries, since there's no actual conflict but an all-out brawl the size of a siege. All soldiers willingly joining will face death but nothing to fear about torture and other undesirables. Unless there's an agreement to minimize casualties or make recovery much easier even to the most fatal damage. In any case, this would be the biggest live fire training arena with a massive casino for bets. But yeah the Orc-Human War will be the biggest gladiatorial brawl in the Known Galaxy, but both sides are allies. A few races have made that mistake thinking that the war had weakened both races. Only for both races to temporarily end their war, the WAAAGH as the humans nicknamed it, released and healed all participants, and then unleashed them upon said races along with the regular forces. The Galactic Council, from then on, worked to undermine the WAAAGH and its effectiveness to train commanders, soldiers and warriors.

[@elainegoates9792]

@@Johnlanzer So... extremely effective battle training on both sides, other races are the only ones that want it to stop. Oh, Imagine if the two got a common enimy! I'd almost feel sorry for those guys.

[@Johnlanzer]

@@elainegoates9792 Well if it's a war with all its ferocity but lacking the horrendous casualties, it is certainly an extremely effective battle training. Imagine if we have wars like WW2 but most of the casualties can be recovered from, as captured "prisoners of war", through medical treatment. Or have protection just enough to keep one from dying, and incapacitating you to be POWs. Experienced officers and soldiers would be made fairly quickly with little to no grudges, well malicious grudges at least. So yeah, any enemies who would mess either the Orcs or the Humans, worse if both of them, then you can feel a little pity for the unfortunate race. Before smashing their heads in and wrecking them with explosions. Then add if the Orcs and Humans have the Dragons from the Venusian Colonists as allies, that's a triple trouble.

[@elainegoates9792]

@@Johnlanzer the strongest allys in the galaxy, maybe the universe.

[@helmsscotta]

Imagine the nerves inherent in setting out to negotiate with a dragon.

[@Thebobkiller1]

I'm sorry, have you met Bilbo Baggins?

[@accidentalgoddess]

Aliens: They're horrid, unnatural monsters! Humans: *Raises eyebrow* Friend? Aliens: NO! Monsters! Humans: If not friend, then why friend shaped? Aliens: What is wrong with you? Humans: FRIEND!!!

[@puntedhat5025]

This is the third HFY that I've listened to in a row that thought "dragons" was some sort of revolutionary plot twist.

[@Darkapple771]

Can you tell me the name of those plz

[@jaywolfe9933]

Don't leave us hanging bro, come on.... GIVE US THE NAMES

[@Theoriginalautismer7790]

Give us names please

[@Kareszkoma]

That's nice. Dragons on Venus.

[@skyrere]

I absolutely love this story. XD Of COURSE, we would make friends with the Dragons. XD

[@chenlee9835]

I love this story!!! Thank You for the narration!

[@Wotan874]

I love this story. I only knew part one before, thank you for reading part two in the same vid, now I love the story even more ... and very much thanks to the author for writing this amazing story

[@sabaistiantrebor9417]

The ability and abundance, to give a break to another being, is a thing that must be invested in now, that when tomorrow becomes yesterday, you have it to give now....

[@viridityone3106]

Day two of requesting: humans don't make good pets

[@lopsidedapple8832]

Yes

[@ryankaiser2702]

You can find that story on Reddit, it’s still up as far as I know. listening to this guy talk is like going to the library for a book reading, except we’re the children sitting around and listening while he’s the adult reading for us and our amusement.

[@IForgetWorlds]

It’s also a series read by agro squirrel here on KZbin

[@demonblade001]

I love this one. You did well and made listening to it enthralling.

[@benperez6454]

Love your videos and really love the whole plot of humans not being woefully the weakest or some other trope keep up the good work

[@ekhidna4]

One of my favorites stories! Great job!

[@bradwolf07]

Yeah, Humanity meets Space Dragon, both sides are peaceful, and humanity makes them their best friends? Checks out in my opinion. Great Story

[@joimumu]

It helps that they can’t live on Earth without spacesuits and we can’t live on Venus so their junk is our treasure and vice versa

[@bananananananabatman8999]

25:06 oh god, we've infected them with our vulgarity!

[@volatilesky]

I thought "mermaids" at first up until the heat/pressure was mentioned. Then went to "dwarves" which would have also been very fitting.

[@josefobrien5033]

I love that like the mythical dragons these ones are mostly after "gold" and glory

[@gen1hawk]

One of my favorites, thanks for reading it

[@IRUKANJI]

Okay, got taken for a ride in the first half, I thought it was gonna be Devils and I've been imagining Satan from the Mint Mobile commercials.

[@a177rhythm2]

That's a particularly good tale. Thanks for sharing.

[@Odins_Spear]

This is my favorite one. I hope this guy makes more

[@BBCTopgearfan]

Still one of my favorites you've done so far.

[@Ratio16180]

If I met a dragon I would react EXACTLY the same way

[@geoffreywmason4769]

bloody good story i would love to see this work made into a series.

[@damienmccuinn1956]

I would love to see stories made in this universe. Ngl I would be the idiot that kicked off a diplomatic situation by booping their snoot

[@beingsneaky]

Dragons never thought of that. Was thinking horta... but then he said fly... nope not horta... lol but yeah I can see ppl getting excited really excited about dragons..

[@equinsuocha8905]

I figured the word he couldn’t translate was “demon” until I heard the word was “dragon”.

[@ericmorris3948]

Woah a real demon. Let’s come back here.

[@joimumu]

Same here even when he said they could fly in Venus

[@maxjjackson]

Good story. A well told tale.

[@bandiras2]

It's easy to get along with a neighbor who want nothing of your lebensraum. .

[@t.p.3456]

Silacone base life! Anyone else waiting for them to say Xenomorph?

[@pivkemrzli2297]

this was amazing! i really enjoyed it

[@blackfire3744]

Until the actual word was revealed, I was thinking these guys were griffins

[@bobertoakes1811]

Yes space dragons, of course we would want to be friends.

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of NetNarrator videos 😅

[@medical-cyanide1526]

Ya… I would wage war on the galaxy for dragon friends

[@Noluckman]

Considering I thought they were silicon based, like, rock people. I was expecting the humans to be calling them Geodudes/Pokemon XD

[@TheOGSpartanNinja]

I'm trying to understand the economics of the stardrive prices here. If it costs less to create them in atmosphere on other worlds than originally stated, wouldn't that mean the dragons are overcharging? I can see where the percentages come from; the 60% undercharge comes from the fact that a quarter price is 25% and a tenth is 10%, and 10% is 60% less than 25%, but how does that apply itself to the sales. Whatever it costs to make on a dragon's world will remain the same regardless of other world prices. A range of 90% leaves a greater profit margin to be made than 75%. The other races can't say it costs us X amount on our world, so because your world is better suited, you should sell at 10% cost, right? What am I missing here? I feel like I'm on the cusp of understanding my the right neurons aren't firing.

[@jameswhitlark9507]

I think it was wrote confusing. but they were convinced that what they were charging was comparative even though it was way higher than what they were.

[@ghosty918]

Cost breakdown: Dragon Made: 10 Alien Made: 40 Alien Made (lie): 100 Yeah this doesn't make sense, I think they mean to say the other way around, it was more expensive to make stardrives than originally assumed.

[@jameswhitlark9507]

@@ghosty918 more like Dragon: 20 Aliens: 100 Lie:25

[@ghosty918]

@@jameswhitlark9507 That would make sense, but isn't what they wrote

[@TheOGSpartanNinja]

@@ghosty918 With that stated, maybe its the one's buying the drives and installing them on the ships then turn around and sell them to others with a higher margin of profit, but now knowing what they're being resold for the dragons now sell at a higher price to eat at those margins from the bottom???

[@HiopX]

Alien: Don't go there, they are space dragons Human:

[@beingsneaky]

Ah yes dragons I think it a toss up between dragons and dinosaurs but I think dragons would win out in the end as the thing humans would like to meet/see.

[@decimation9780]

Dragons on Venus? Ahamkara! Ahamkara! Ahamkara!

[@Arzon527]

Well that was definitely a better story than where the dragons came out of a cardboard box.

[@HarenunHoppus]

I hope they put a perimeter around the venera probes and turned it to a museum.

[@rogerpaquette109]

Great short! Thanks!

[@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc]

There be dragons.

[@roaringbeardragon4531]

Bing bong your loneliness is gone

[@pi3tr3]

a satisfying story without war. great! I want more >:)

[@mutehowl]

I really like this one.

[@nullmori715]

Insane read from the ones who made the original myth they should clip that

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Another great reading 😁

[@logangraham2956]

SPACE, DRAGONS! SPACE, DRAGONS! SPACE DRAGONS!

[@szymonbollin5074]

Ooo this one is going to be fun

[@centurion7993]

This is one of the best I have ever listened to and that be sayin somethin

[@anilin6353]

No bulli space Dragons

[@Bayleaf6399]

This is one of the best ive read

[@evernewb2073]

1: emerge from FTL a good distance from your atmosphere source planet, usually a gas giant 2: spend a couple of weeks traveling to said planet at sublight speed 3: set up a materials processing system to filter process and package _massive_ quantities of atmosphere for transport 4: fire gas canisters at some convenient point a couple of weeks of sublight travel worth of distance away from your probably-a-gas-giant atmospheric materials source 5: have a conga line of freighters blipping out of FTL, running navigation and generally going about the business of establishing good situational awareness then proceeding to pick up canisters floating in space on designated vectors, process could vary from a few seconds to a few hours depending on the rest of their tech base but at the absolute worst it's gonna be one _hell_ of a lot less than a few weeks, process can also occur simultaneously at several locations at once expanding your choke point to an absolutely gigantic sphere with a "a couple weeks of sublight travel" sized dead zone in it's center. 6: reenter FTL 7: exit FTL in target system, fire atmosphere cargo at receiving and processing station near terraforming target...or just straight up shoot them at the planet; you're transporting an _atmosphere_ here, it's not like they need to go anywhere specific or arrive undamaged or anything, if it hits the gravity well and doesn't somehow transition into an unusable state in the process you're good to go! so your method of delivery is based almost purely on whatever is most efficient/convenient 8: check in with the maintainence infrastructure for the transport rout then turn around for another load steps 1-4 mean you have almost complete freedom in how you go about whatever flavor of steps 5 and 7 you want and taking the lazy rout with step 7 instead of hauling the entire ship over to and from the target planet also means you have almost complete freedom with how you go about steps 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 so you can pretty much just use whatever ship you can get your hands on to transport: it just needs to be capable of picking up a predesigned container from space and releasing it on a reasonably correct flight path: no decades of work with dedicated gigafreighters needed! all that said the processing at the gas giant really is a massive task so the timetable is still gonna have steps 3+4 running hard for quite some time, it's just dedicated effort in an efficient methodology and way less self-imposed design limitations instead of what amounts to a god damned interstellar bucket brigade of planetary proportions.