Best HFY Reddit Stories: The Diplomatic Visit (r/HFY)

A tale of diplomacy!
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[@NetNarrator]

Apologies for the late upload, issues with the scheduling!

[@greywolf9783]

Happens! No worries!

[@mr.k4918]

Please tell me theres a Pt.2

[@hutgaming]

you going to read the rest of this one?

[@Drago_Whooves]

That ships sounds very much like the epitome of "speak softly and carry a big stick"

[@wyvernharries4788]

A nuclear tipped stick!

[@freedomfighter2054]

Phwacked

[@willparry530]

Oh yes

[@cheeseninja1115]

teddy would be proud of this future

[@willparry530]

@@cheeseninja1115 yup lol

[@nweasels]

So, I correctly called the humans would send a warship, just not the reasoning why. Was expecting it was because humanity was in the middle of a civil war. Though, that whole bit about being careful about stuff that shows up unexpectedly makes me thing that in this verse, this isn't humanity's first rodeo at "first contact".

[@bobydigital2450]

I just assumed that it was the fastest ship

[@anonymouspotato7538]

To be fair, duplicity from unexpected arrivals isn't something that's new to us even now. Heck, we even have an idiom specifically dedicated to such a situation- Trojan Horse.

[@DraconicDuelist]

I had assumed it was just the closest/most ready for communication/contact available. While also being of a (relatively) neutral or diplomatically-inclined nation...

[@optimusboy1]

Well if it's a diplomats' ship you can send them to the proper meeting place.... if it's not, well time for some explosions

[@MisterPogman]

@@anonymouspotato7538 Or being scared of the unknown

[@calvingreene90]

I hope like hell that you find this ship threatening. Our history shows that people that can effectively defend their culture get better treatment even from purely merchant contacts than those that can't. We want peaceful contact and trade but we will resist being exploited.

[@vexile1239]

Peaceful is not harmless I believe the saying is

[@Geroskop]

Its like you go to your neighbor to say "hi! Im new here, nice to meet you." And he answer hello, hello so, where you from? While his shotgun rests on his shoulder.

[@zephyrstrife4668]

"Why howdy neighbor! Been a while since I had a chat with a friendly face so close. Ya do any deer huntin'?"

[@kdmbigpig]

You can never be too careful concerning the tourists

[@blinking_dodo]

Will there be a part 2? I see that the Reddit post does have multiple chapters...

[@DraconicDuelist]

Off to read more, then!

[@brandonrogers2769]

10:39 Did she dab on the ‘scary gun ship’ as a first contact?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@smaragdwolf1]

What says better "Welcome to human controlled Space" than a flying Railgun with attached nuclear Warheads? XD Probably just a patrol ship^^

[@robinchwan]

probably not even the big guns on that ship, just a light warning and greeting not to scare them to much ( we humans love our weapons )

[@TheMonk72]

Depends on how big that central-line coil gun is. This could be the spce equivalent of an A10 Warthog on steroids 😁

[@Zedyne]

Okay, that's an interesting start, first contact is done, what will happen next, I wonder?

[@ShadowGaming-ft4fh]

First contact is finished?

[@Zedyne]

@@ShadowGaming-ft4fh Well, yes. Communications are established, from that point forward it's more of a getting to know eachother thing. Sure, it can be wrapped into a larger proceeding, but, same with the Moon landing, it only takes a moment to write hisotry.

[@ShadowGaming-ft4fh]

@@Zedyne Sorry there is a misunderstanding here, I thought you were talking about the series called first contact. I am smort

[@ender_slayer3]

I can see that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

"The Union council approved of this mission on a shoestring budget.Not that they had all that much left over with the ongoing integration reforms." I'm confused.What did they mean by this?Did they not have enough resources to send a first contact spacecraft?Why bother then if that was the case?

[@cptncutleg]

Better you than someone else

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

@@cptncutleg So basically "this is the best we have at the moment,go make first contact"?Am I interpreting this right?

[@cptncutleg]

@@BrunoMaricFromZagreb More that if you don't make a good first impression and get someone on-side, your enemies will, and that's not a good thing. So do it ASAP

[@DraconicDuelist]

I think you're missing context from another part of the monologue, Eradin had _theorized_ that the planet was inhabited, but they weren't really sure. This was both an exploratory mission to see if sapients were living there, as well as a First-Contact mission if there were. Since it wasn't a guarantee, and odds were likely low (deathworld tropes), the higher-ups were unlikely to "waste" much funding on such a long-shot and likely wild-goose chase.

[@BrunoMaricFromZagreb]

@@DraconicDuelist You're right,that makes a lot more sense,it's just the wording in the story confused me. HOWEVER.Shouldn't any group of spacecraft be self-sustainable? Use hydroponics for food & air,mine asteroids fot raw materials.You don't NEED a BUDGET at all if everywhere around you is just filled with infinite resources.

[@____________838]

This one needs MOAR!

[@stevenweaver3386]

A FTL ship that heavily armed, and Capt. George's comment suggests, to me, they've already had a 1st Contact that went a bit awry.

[@SebThorson]

Or just whoever was in charge of 1st contact protocols has carefully studied our own history, especially the part about colonial empires.

[@MestreDentistaGUC]

I'd love to see this story expanded. Nicely done.

[@colinsmith1495]

"Trust but verify" You say you come in peace for diplomatic purposes? Great, we'd be happy to talk. Oh, all these guns? That's just in case you have... other intentions.

[@travisz59]

I hope this one gets a part 2

[@somuchfacepalm9733]

Moooooore!

[@XBloodyBaneX]

Grammar lesson: "-uous" pronounced "you-us". "-ous" pronouced "Us" "Momentous" = "Mo-Ment-Us" "Ambiguous" = "Am-big-you-us" Also, duplicitous = "Do-pliss-it-us"

[@user-to8lw4ek1p]

I always want there to be a part 2 to these

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Bless the Narrator Praise the Author

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@davidwebb4167]

I really need a part two.

[@OkultOwl]

For the algorithm

[@donaldscholand4617]

... And this is my Boom-Stick!!!

[@hollyferay8131]

Awesomely cool❣

[@er4din903]

Holy shit hearing this story tripped me up so much hahahaha. I’m not the author nor do I know them but having my username appear here absolutely freaked me out lol

[@SuperMcmonster]

ah yes they met up with in the ship, ISS Roosevelt

[@ZionistWorldOrder]

vague ending but good one

[@Monster_Ink]

Nice For the algorithm!

[@klappstock943]

For the Algorithm the story and the voice 🎉

[@tyrschampion471]

Is this going to be a new series or just a stand alone?

[@galadrinihrinor4863]

This is USSC Tower of dawn. Respond... oh the lunar fleet has this one

[@christerry8531]

Oh if only you knew how interesting humans are

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Carry a big stick 💪😎👌

[@micky1578]

Would love to hear more from this author!

[@calvingreene90]

Using L.H/LOX rockets to propel space to space nuclear missiles seems inefficient. You would get greater delta-v for the same mass using NERVA rocket to propel the misiles and there are better designs for Atomic Rockets.

[@thomasschulz2167]

I get where your coming from however, I'm pretty sure the idea behind using H2/O2 rockets instead of NERVA is you want to keep the radiation as far away from your ship as possible when it detonates. With a NERVA rocket you have the issue of a potentially highly radioactive exhaust in and around your ship where it may be too much for the radiation shielding to handle it. An H2/O2 1st stage to get your weapon a couple thousand km away before lighting off the NERVA would probably be a better idea.

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

Depends on if they are missiles or torpedoes. If they are missiles, I agree with the guy above. If they are torpedoes, then the initial acceleration of the chemical rocket would be greater and would cut out sooner. In a battle, it's a lot harder to see a nuclear armament that's moving towards you on momentum alone, amongst the constant flow of Railgun and plasma fire, than it is to see said nuclear armament, if it's continuing to burn towards you until impact.

[@calvingreene90]

@@thomasschulz2167 While there are Atomic rocket engines that throw a lot of radioactive material out the back (the salt water rocket) the designs that store the fuel separate from the reaction mass don't suffer from that defect. The Saltwater rocket is also inefficient in its use of fissionable. You could also launch the missiles out perpendicular to the direction of the target so that after the missile has rotated to aim at the Target the exhaust plume misses the launching ship.

[@treyriver5676]

Sounds like post Footfall earth. Given and Pornell

[@willparry530]

interesting species? She has noooo idea XD

[@Aleksitaly92]

Please tell me there's more!

[@CaptainAwsome]

yes there is, link to the original post is in the description

[@Aleksitaly92]

@@CaptainAwsome Yeah, I just hope he keeps the narration going. I was not very clear in my oc

[@sevyrsgaming1202]

Please tell me there will be more.

[@The_Viscount]

Gunboat diplomacy at its finest.

[@imnotalfred]

Hello 👋

[@scullcrusher3981]

Hi

[@russellperry9902]

dubious is not duplicitous. two different words pronounced two different ways. If grammar nazis gonna check me, ima be a pronunciation nazi.

[@attilaabonyi8879]

Okay what is the deal with the gender flip flopping? First it was a she and then a he and then a she and so on, what is this?

[@WiredTurkey316]

For the algorithm