Best HFY Reddit Stories: Roll On Northumbria (r/HFY)

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[@magos_gladii3775]

My grandfather worked on the Northumbria as a welder at Wallsend and now I’m trying to get an apprenticeship at a similar place that are now constructing parts for the new dreadnought class subs

[@theslimyone8183]

This seems like classified information

[@_tertle3892]

it’s 1 for the hot sun above It’s 2 for the empire we love And it’s 3 for the fire that burns down bellow

[@obsessivecorvid]

ROLL ON NORTHUMBRIA

[@vHindenburg]

@@obsessivecorvid NORTHUMBRIA ROLL !

[@redmondthealien7840]

@@vHindenburg carpathia, vengegence celestial call, she was the tanker to outsize 'em all.

[@crimsondragon1259]

@@redmondthealien7840 From the banks of the Mersey, to the port of the Hulal.

[@WintersTheSixth]

@@crimsondragon1259 ROLL NORTHUMBRIA ROLL

[@riderstrano783]

‘T’was late 65’ at the old Walsey yard, She was commissioned to haul the black tar, built the Northumbria there on the bar. Roll, Northumbria roll

[@elivitolin874]

"...We thought that multiple species lived together in symbiosis. We were wrong." In reality, there was one species that didn't live in symbiosis even with itself

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Humans eh?

[@dragowolf1177]

For those who want to listen to the song referenced at the end it is called "Roll Northumbria" by the Dreadnoughts

[@Voron_Aggrav]

been hearing that throughout the story, good song :)

[@dawbre42]

for the creator, for the narrator, for the algorithm.

[@rowbot5555]

It's rare that one of these stories makes me cry, but this one did

[@kathylecluyse7820]

yeah. Dam onion ninjas.

[@Cutie22704]

This literally brought tears to my eyes, I had the song blaring in my head while listening the whole time

[@onehitkill5816]

It would be a humbling experience, to know that you sacrificed your life for the life of thousands more to know your last hours were spent to save thousands more from the massive ship you called home.

[@Navy89SEALs]

"What they did was mutiny" Really rubs me the wrong way when these authors use words incorrectly or just plain opposite their meaning. Mutiny is to overthrow the captain of the ship, not obey his orders.

[@nocount7517]

I think _seditious_ or _treasonous_ would have fit better.

[@Navy89SEALs]

@No Count Probably should have cut it out completely since it was immediately followed by calling the action treason. So the sentence was repetitive

[@craigrainbow7674]

It would be mutiny if the Captain's ship was attached to an admiral's fleet.

[@chronos5090]

@@nocount7517 Hmm, didn't hear about the first word. All in all my writing isn't perfect, English is my second language. So I am surprised people even noticed It really hahaha. ~ MWMN19 (Author)

[@Crazael]

It's pretty clear that the "muntiny, borderline treason" was the captain's order, not the crew obeying that order.

[@gabrielandradeferraz386]

Ah yes the song about the big leaky tanker, now q song about a big badass space hauler. Noice

[@anathardayaldar]

I can't imagine any competent captain allowing 5000 of his crew to sacrifice themselves intentionally. To risk themselves is ok. But not sacrifice.

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

Yeah, just pack ‘‘em like sardines crew and all there’s more to the ship than cargo holds after all

[@chetw3139]

What if it was your family there? Would you still have that opinion. Those good fine people deemed nonessential chose to die for the women, children, and families of those from the planet. They had a choice, the families didn't. So they chose to provide those families the opportunity for that choice. They died doing what they signed up for as part of a military. I think the captain would have objections to some as some would think themselves replaceable or nonessential when they aren't. (Humans are funny that way.) Yet, the majority I don't think he'd fight. For their sacrifice makes sense.

[@chetw3139]

@@zyanidwarfare5634 It was mentioned that they had filled up the hangers and other spaces.

[@anathardayaldar]

@@chetw3139 Of course I would want the captain to sacrifice his crew to save my family. I would gladly sacrifice anyone to save my family. For the captain, his crew is his family.

[@Voron_Aggrav]

sometimes things are outside your hands, and those 5000 all came forward willingly to make more space, knowing that they won't survive their actions, it takes true courage to knowingly lay down your life in the service of others, the captain was a hero for risking his ship, but the real heroes are those who willingly stepped unto the planet to save more lives knowing that they'll be trading theirs for it

[@wrathshorts2894]

Greater love hath no one, then he who would lay down his life for another. - Jesus Christ -

[@handshoesandhorsegrenades1848]

From personal experience, living for someone is more difficult than dying for them, you only have to decide to die for someone once.

[@wrathshorts2894]

@@handshoesandhorsegrenades1848 But the consequences last an eternity. If you choose to live for someone you can always change your mind.

[@eatmyredacted6138]

If theres a god that loves us then why does it matter when we die

[@wrathshorts2894]

@@eatmyredacted6138 It doesn't. It matters how we live. If we live for others then we are following Gods example.

[@meanderthelost6029]

@@wrathshorts2894 but…. I mean…The “consequences” of living for someone also last for eternity. You said something along the lines of “but if you choose to live for someone that’s a one time decision. What if you change your mind later?” My counter to that would be well. yeah. buuut….. what if you don’t? What if you do stick with it? And maybe your living for more than one person at a time and if so how many lives can you save and change while you yet live? Not saying dying for someone isn’t an act of nobility of the highest degree but living for other peoples sake with that same degree of intensity is more noble because not only does it (usually) end up positively effecting more peoples lives overall and that effect usually carrying on through them to possibly even more people but it is also much more difficult to actually consistently do in the long run. Oh! And not calling Jesus wrong or anything I just wanted to defend the stance that living for someone can be a better thing to do than dying for them (at least most of the time).

[@JustMe-um8zp]

I have learned some history from a sci-fi story. I initially had no idea of the Northumbria, but have since learned. There is always more to learn. Thank you.

[@homoerectus6953]

I listened to this a year ago..... I came back for the tears....

[@HansNeuman]

God damn it, who is cutting onions in my room ?

[@Justtoejam]

Lt. Bruce Crandall we salute you and your Huey saved many lives that day.

[@BeeKisses]

I'm not crying you're crying

[@codyneedham6070]

Got me trying not to tear up at work

[@PrimordialNyx]

Northumbria best girl. Change my mind.

[@calvingreene90]

Goddamn onion ninjas.

[@thorn344]

I finally recognize that ship in the thumbnail. That's the Planet killer from 40k.

[@aycfes]

roll on, northumbria (really good song, btw)

[@julianfrachtman5866]

I'M NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!

[@zefellowbud5970]

Its height is close to the height of the burge khalifa using that as a reference. Damn thats big

[@Monster_Ink]

Oh that was a good one 😄 For the algorithm!

[@BritishSyndicate007]

brought happy and sad tears to my eyes

[@WallNutBreaker524]

7:50 Steel from the Heavens!

[@josephhyland8904]

Well, that kicked up some dust.

[@georgeemme4483]

goddamnit, right in the feels, man

[@jeffjag2691]

Gonna do some sketchy shit, do da, do da, hope I get away with it, all the do da day🎵🎵🎵

[@peterwall8191]

Ambushed by the onion ninjas again!

[@klappstock943]

For the Algorithm the story and the voice 🎉

[@chetw3139]

YES

[@polasamierwahsh421]

...you could have left the crew in the space station , at least they would have had a chance to survive

[@Voron_Aggrav]

pretty sure that station wasn't gonna last much longer than the planet

[@WiredTurkey316]

For the algorithm

[@rockspoon6528]

No really a fan of 1:1 trade ratios. Rather silly to risk the lives of everyone- including the rest of the crew and all those gathered on the other 51 evacuations- just to trade 5,000 crew for 5,000 random people. And the "not essential" designation doesn't make sense- they were essential enough for a paycheck before, and now the ship is packed to the brim with passengers so surely every single crew member is "essential."

[@bigboy6293]

on a ship that size made to break the lines, id keep alot of redundant systems and crew, thats probably what they were

[@cgi2002]

Consider though that it was 5000 of a species that was about to be made effectively extinct, 5000 additions to the gene pool that will allow that species to keep existing compared to 5000 crew from species that number in the billions. Doesn't sound like much, a drop in the ocean, but when your dealing with the potential extinction of a spcies, every drop helps.

[@thorin1045]

Non essential in the size of this ship can easily mean not important for the rescue effort. It was very important for the ship in general to have its own media section with hundreds of position to keep the morale for years or months, but for the next few days, they are not needed, but the saved soon to be extinct race member may be more valuable. in a sensible way, the entire act was stupid, that risked in important military asset for an irrelevant planets irrelevant population, yet it did what it did for some other non-sensible ideas.

[@cgi2002]

@@thorin1045 it's one of those missions that serves no tactical purpose, but does actually serve a strategic purpose. This was a morale victory, imagine the negative effect just standing by and letting it happen while doing nothing when you could help would have on humanities morale. But doing it, saving all those lives, it gives hope, and that unites people. I wouldn't be surprised if within a year or 2 humanity began building a fleet of newer far larger ships, 5000 of them to be precise, and named them for the 5000 who stayed with the promise of never again will we be forced to leave the innocent in harm's way. We are that kind of species, if something is impossible, we just change the rules until it is.

[@chetw3139]

First off it's a military vessel. They signed up to save, protect, and defend. Defend the people. Their families. Their homes. Their country. Their way of life. They signed up to risk it all, to lay their lives down on the line if need be, for that cause. The planet they went to was a part of their nation group. It's civilians were Earth's civilians as much as earth was that planet's civilians. (Think of the US with it's states. They were effectively just another state in the same government.) That means the planet's civilians too fall under the terms the military personnel signed up for. In this case they traded Men and Women for civilians and CHILDREN. They were trading their lives so the innocent could have a future. There are PLENTY of similar situations in the past. Where people willingly died for the future. As for "not essential." Essential depends on what the mission goal is to some extent. Yes you need gunners to defend the ship from patrols here, but it's not like you're going to face a pirate fleet here. You're going somewhere to drop those folks off. So you can afford to lose a few gunners. Do you need your crew who is for boarding defense and moving supplies? Probably not all of them. Essential here is effectively a skeleton crew, maintenance, and doctors. Do you need your back up navigator? Your weapons crews? Your ground pounders? The backup chefs? What about the back up kitchen staff? Every maintenance guy? No, not for this mission. Better to protect the future. Those who didn't choose to make the sacrifice. Those who weren't prepared to die today. Better to die to protect and preserve the future. That species. Those kids. Those families.

[@davidblakley6806]

dope

[@callisto1556]

DM good one

[@isaiahpelly8370]

For The Algorithm

[@justarandomyoutubeviewer2749]

4th

[@shadmansudipto7287]

Humans wouldn't do this. I don't like these stories anymore.

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

This story was very cringe. I'm surprised the do everything ship didn't do infinity +1 damage.

[@wtfamidoing9716]

Yeah this story is pretty stupid

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

Yeah do everything ships are. I was surprised it didn't do infinity +1 damage.

[@chronos5090]

@@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth Yup, I heard the song "Roll on Northumbria", and watched the movie "Schindler's List". So I just thought of a titanic cargo spaceship saving thousands. It wasn't meant to be realistic, just a stupidly overpowered spaceship. Wasn't expecting a lot of eyes to see It hahaha. ~ MWMN19 (Author)