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[@KingMarkus222]

Humanity: you must be truly desperate to come to me for help

[@Sean_XT]

especially after trying to blow the ever living hell out of terra

[@thecursed01]

@SeanXT "sorry for trying to make your planet inhabitable" "ah no worry, we almost did that to ourselves...more than one time" "you humans are weird"

[@-zawzaw-8897]

@@thecursed01 damn

[@Elyseon]

"You sided with the mongrels who attempted to drive us to extinction. You tried to finish what they started. Now you want our help? We shall relish watching you burn."

[@adamsalt9423]

You could not handle your failures, and where did that bring you? Back to me.

[@Troleandocreyentes]

Everyone is a gangsta until the Terrans open a gate to the immaterium.

[@Ultra-Mewstinct]

Fellow Warhammer man😂

[@cdyfoltz1]

@@Ultra-Mewstinct honestly was thinking, "Did the skrell piss of the Imperium?"

[@Ultra-Mewstinct]

@@cdyfoltz1 yea heh heh

[@popularopinion1]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had 40k thoughts

[@inquisitorthornside3p494]

ALL XENOS SCUM MUST BE PURGED WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE!

[@attila535]

This feels like a Stellaris playthrough.

[@Djm95454]

Probably used it as a basis, yeah

[@Mad_Overseer]

I feel like it is

[@FateofNone]

jump drives give higher chance for the unbidden, what show up? other dimensional entities! yeah definitely stellaris LOL

[@stalwartteakettlepotato9879]

Good old fanatic xenophob, one planet challeng with the unbidden as an end game crisis

[@MrJay_White]

pretty sure thats a lot of these stories origin.

[@chrisdufresne9359]

I'm curious about exactly what the Shrike did to send us into full Exterminatus mode.

[@equinsuocha8905]

They tried to colonize Earth. Humanity‘s first contact was the Shrike trying to exterminate them and take their homeworld as their own

[@halogeek6]

Probably glassed Terra. From the context clues and the fact earth isn't actually described in the story. It can be surmised taht earth was destroyed and the terrans in this story are the survivors. Biggest give away is when they say that the terrans died in the first contact war. That these terrans are merely there to guard earth. Probably the martian,, jovian and venusiam colonists. Early days of colonizing those three would leave very little to be noticed from orbit.

[@johnnymellon7414]

Try to sell overpriced but fresh squeezed infant juice via multi level marketing on my space

[@therandomartist3201]

If we think about how the humans in this story lashed out possibly a few things. One they messed with kids, maybe hurting/injuring/ possibly killing one, that would spiral into fights and the fights spiral into a battle, and the battle into wars. Two, possibly try to enslave us/ “tame” us. Easy to see why we would lash out and fight back then. Three they just straight up started killing us for possible recourses, maybe a abundance of special or valuable things in our system or planet. Either way I enjoyed this story, sometimes you don’t need a full backstory or resolution, sometimes you want to hear about the guy who kicked a beehive and how he got stung the shit out of.

[@TheSiriusEnigma]

The use of generational bioweapons released on earth would do that.

[@nk_3332]

Everyone forgets, Earth was Cthulhu's chosen home too, humans were just the accidental caretakers.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Not his home, just a play room, but one it liked to play in.

[@dr2407]

And we kicked his ass too, it was man that was man in God's image

[@ravenouself4181]

a reminder that the humans made a deal with the other gods i which every single human gained the powers of a de-facto god. over time most did loose the ability to utilize them, but those that still can are known as dreamers.

[@derekstein6193]

The xenos might be in for a shock; what if humanity ended up allying with the elder things? I wonder what it would be like to ride Yog-Sothoth into battle while wielding a space-age anti-material rifle. Hmmm....

[@enclaveofficerz3245]

This is heresy brother, we would never ally with a xenos.

[@Shizn0id]

could very well be that those eldritch monstrosities are each entire ships and their crews who got displaced during failed jumps and merged into insane uncaring murder beasts while being stuck in another reality.

[@jeremybumgarner1908]

Yog-Sothoth isn't a xeno... it came from what became our own world. I'll take the demons as my allies over those who claim to be righteous any day.

[@lordpfeiffer8490]

@@jeremybumgarner1908 its chaos. chaos is hersey

[@kparker2430]

what if the Elder things are our Elder things,,, pissed off at what the Confederacy just did to their breeding program?

[@antimatter1075]

I like to believe we told them no, they can feel the overwhelming odds against them this time and fight for their right to survive like they did with us

[@Sanquinity]

My first instinct is the same. But on more careful thought: It feels like the first contact war with the humans was based on atrocities from the Shriike, and then continued because the other species misunderstood or didn't want to understand what had happened. So I would probably go for something in this order: 1: A proper conversation between the other species and humanity, to get to the bottom of the actual events and who's at fault for what. 2: Reparations towards humanity. Whether that be a promise for after the war with this new species, or before it. (because I doubt humanity was the aggressor in the first contact war with them.) 3: Clear agreements on what humanity's role in this new war will be. And 4: Clear agreements signed by every species involved on what will happen between humans and the other species after this new threat has been dealt with. (maybe not an alliance, but at least a non-aggression agreement or something.) And only then would we help fight this new threat. Because no matter how spiteful humans can be, we also don't like needless suffering of innocents from an "evil" enemy. And just watching everyone else burn out of spite would only mean humanity would have to face this threat alone in the future.

[@Roosauec]

@@Sanquinity I feel like with what was said, Humanity was already doomed. Earth wasn't targeted during the second war, which means we were pouring everything into defending Mars. Why? Because that was our new home. Our old home was destroyed by the Shrike. And i got a sense of absolutism when the Xenos called us animals, as if by destroying Mars, they knew the dealt the deathblow which would cause our species to go extinct. I would tell them no, and take solace in the fact that their species die before ours.

[@lordpfeiffer8490]

@@Sanquinity i don't know about you but we where probbly dealing with a war with them for 100 to 300 years. and it was probbly a war of enslavement or wiping us out

[@cgrw1]

They burned enough souls on the red soil rouse the Dragon of Mars from its slumber, and a greatly depleted Terra was a far less attractive source of food for the awakened C'Tan than the undefended galactic core...

[@theanathema3062]

Nahh, that void dragon ain’t waking up anytime soon, I made sure of that

[@jayb.7985]

You’re mixing universes… hey would have had Zero chance against the Astartes!!!

[@cgrw1]

@@jayb.7985 Empz sealed the Void Dragon in like 1000BC; there are 25,000 years this story could unfold in (but would likely not lead to the 30k+ timeline) (Also I have to say, "Mixing Universes" is such a strange criticism, because it's obviously very deliberate on my part as this isn't a Warhammer story. It just fits the 40K universe neater than it was likely intended to, which is fun.)

[@A_J502]

“Predator’s eyes but no natural weapons. No, the weapons were carried or worn. A species not evolved for war, but a species that had chosen it.” FRACKING CHILLS!

[@Jamhael1]

Aliens: "Humans are not born for war." Humans: "Yeah, you're right. WE MADE WAR OUR BITCH!"

[@asafkuslansky228]

That's a good line

[@redraptorx1066]

Shrike: *get humanity so ungodly infuriated that they are getting curb stomped to extinction* human: play stupid games. the rest of the universe: *curb stomp humanity into submission* eldritch horrors: s'up. we're exterminating everything here. aliens: *panics and sends someone to poke the sleeping demon storm that is humanity* human: HOW'S IT FEEL!

[@A_J502]

Humanity: you must be very desperate, to come to us for help

[@worldbolsamoht]

They scrutinize the beast, until the monster comes knocking

[@Sanquinity]

They scrutinize the hunted, wounded, but powerful beast. Claiming it to be a monster for daring to strike back at it's attackers. Until the REAL monster comes knocking.

[@Heidao623]

Every wide empire trying to kill a tall one Then calling for help during a crisis event

[@TheMisterDarknight]

Stellaris and ck3 in a nutshell

[@quirkyturtle6652]

Idk why people say wide or tall just make your wide empire tall

[@thyrussendria8198]

​@@quirkyturtle6652 Wide: Many systems and colonies, usually at a lower development level. Tall: Small number of systems and colonies with high development

[@quirkyturtle6652]

@@thyrussendria8198 I end up buying a lot of slaves and spamming bot factories to fill my worlds though I can see it’d be a pain to do it over a super large empire I like to make at least a moderately sized one. Though I’ve gotten unlucky since my comment and my empires have all been tall and I have been rather annoyed tbh sucks for gigastructures too

[@captiancholera8459]

@@thyrussendria8198 Which is why ya boi does both, I tend to fully terraform and colonize a sector, develop it, and then use the unemployment migration bonus to develop the next sector. I like to call it playing *thicc*

[@midgetydeath]

Also, physical projectiles and missiles can serve a variety of purposes due to the fact you can stick pretty much anything into them. From nukes to artificial black hole generators to mono-molecular wire or a beam of metal plasma.

[@ImFrelled]

Nanite swarms to eat your socks. Oh the terror!

[@mill2712]

@@ImFrelled Agro squirrel

[@Sanquinity]

@@mill2712 Oh please no. Don't put an HFY narrator into a missile. He would narrate his way out of ANYTHING. No xeno would stand a chance of even thinking of fighting back. ... On second thought, yes, put an HFY narrator in there.

[@athena1491]

@@ImFrelled so thats what happens in my dryer

[@LeafRam]

@@ImFrelled "ya its destroys in universe in about hmmm... 5% of simulations."

[@Synthmilk]

What exactly the Shrike did to Earth, doesn't really matter. It was so horrific, that all of humanity put aside whatever old differences they had, and whatever morals they might have aspired to hold regarding other species. The Shrike taught Humans the most dangerous of lessons: Strike first, always, no matter what. No. Matter. What. Peace means nobody sends ships into Human space. Peace means accepting that Humanity is a force of nature that can not be tamed. Peace means the concept of war against Humanity is as ridiculous a concept as a war against a black hole. The Shrike got to close to the black hole that is Humanity and were consumed. The effect on the rest of the galaxy was the gamma ray burst resulting from that event. Much like "fighting" a gamma ray burst, it took everything the rest of the galaxy had and cost them dearly, with the outcome begging the question: Would it not have been better to simply evacuate what was in the gamma ray burst's path? The answer is yes, it would have been better, just as it would have been better to simply get out of Humanity's way. The level of death and destruction is solely because they tried to fight Humanity, if they had gotten out of Humanity's way instead, then the black hole wouldn't have had anything to eat, and wouldn't have kept emitting gamma ray bursts.

[@gilmadreth680]

The first truism of humanity is that we have a deep seeded need to destroy one another. The second truism of humanity is that we /really/ don't respond well to third parties destroying humanity.

[@donchichivagabond1578]

It said this way: Strike first Strike hard Strike often

[@THarSul]

This felt like a synopsis for someone else’s HFY story, one that begins with a man-sized praying mantis eating an ice-cream cone.

[@kyriss12]

Eh a little to grim for first contact. It sounds like the prelude for fallen angel. Never got into it myself, but it had an identical set up, the title named ship was mentioned in the last battle, and I think the Shri were even from that series, but like I say, never got to deep into it.

[@THarSul]

@@kyriss12 Huh, not sure i've seen that one yet, my thought was with regard to the brutality of humanity prior to the events of First Contact.

[@imjang2430]

@@kyriss12 I would like a link for both of these stories if possible please?

[@CrazyFlyingMonk]

@@imjang2430 same

[@JerrybutTaller]

Hah, I get it!

[@krissisk4163]

I have trouble imagining what could cause humanity as a whole to fly into genocide mode. Even the Nazis were individually given fair trials, and some of them spared, rather than just exterminated, so what kind of monsters must the Shrike have been for us to decide that they had to be exterminated?

[@sakib6258]

seeing as how most humans fly into a rage when innocent kids/cute animals are involved, I'd think it's something regarding that

[@mysticalseapotato8303]

What I could think of is that the shrike had either destroyed earth or made a biological weapon which wiped out humanity’s children. Those would both explain why humanity put such value on its people. We never saw earth and I was fully expecting the fleet to find earth as a devastated rock. I’d say more likely for them both to be true as the humans really hated the shrike and I don’t think just one would warrant THAT much hate to commit complete genocide to that degree

[@Chuito12PR]

Genocides happen and those are against other humans, its going to be WAY easier for everyone to get rallied behind a common existential threat that isnt human. As some have pointed out shrikes are birds that impale their prey and combine that with human children and details such as shrike being crucified then it starts making more sense why Humans would aggro so hard. They likely did something horrific such as torturing children for fun and attempted to enslave humanity for similar purposes

[@leechowning2712]

Considering that the Terran Army said that Earth had died during the first contact war and these were literally just what was left, I would say they did the dumbest thing they could. They decided to kill us in the cradle. And they were successful. But they were stupid enough to walk away before making sure that everybody was dead. And in return humanity decided to end them once and for all. No negotiation. No peace. Not even the possibility of truce with the rest of the Galaxy.

[@greygalaxy8638]

My theory is that Terra was partially, if not completely, glassed. 9 billion souls gone in fire, and only our orbitals and Martian colony remained. Mars, the God of War saw Earth reduced to ashes, and vowed that would put all the Shrike to the sword and let the entire galaxy die screaming.

[@DonPatrono]

Shrikes: do something horrible Humans: So about this "Geneva to-do list"

[@ducksrgud]

I believe it's colloquially call the Geneva checklist

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

In the prequel, the Shriike conquered earth, enslaved humans and started experimenting on young children.

[@tonyroldan2437]

For the defense of Terra, Humans would happily swim in a multiverse filled to the brim with the blood of our enemies.

[@Jamhael1]

For the Homeworld! FOR GOD AND SPECIES!

[@snaccpakk5354]

"Help, hull breach, hull breach" Me: homeworld PTSD game play

[@IshijimaKairo]

Meanwhile, the Akran Doctrine: Hijack enemy comms to play Free Bird (best part) before slipspace ramming them with a dreadnought. Jump space tugs near new enemy space station/ship and *steal it*

[@IshijimaKairo]

Basically: We are living murderous shitposters.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

''all terrans is already dead''..... hmm...why do i get the felling that if zee federation investigates exactly what one of ther dear members did to the humans... they find that while they hade a monster inside them ,it was the federation species that transformed them into it ....and... destroyed everything they could care about other then vengeance..

[@midgetydeath]

The story already said their confederation had already questioned survivors of both the aliens and humans and realized the aliens we were fighting were not innocent victims. But, they didn’t care.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@midgetydeath wait aliens ..and humans ? dident it say it only was alien survivors ther federation interviewed and interrogated dident it ? not to mention... theres a big difference between ''not fully innocent in the cause of the war...but the humans is humans'' and say ''your actions is responsible for the majority of ther current war zeal and why ther entire civilization become war focused one'' ;)

[@davidvincent5701]

From the opening I thought that the story was a extension of the Firefly universe. First contact with the outer system crazies. Hope the author makes a continuation to this story. Maybe the humans will figure a way to hyper space through the trans phasic universal enemy.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

while the war aspect of it is interesting... i be more interest to be honest in learning how much context there is to two things A. ''all terrans are dead'' ...and exactly what that first contact species did that sparked such a fanatic desire to see both it and its culture dead to the point the whole of all human societies been transformed into a modern industrial complex version of spartans or such hmm.. it could be some delicious intra federation politics if for example finding out sure the terrans where experienced in war before...but it was x actions that turned ther culture into nothing but war... specially if they show they are willing to help..provided they are given resources of course.. if the whole galaxy is threatened. not to mention... is gaia destroyed ? or a smoldering husk they reluctantly turned into a industrial helscape to save what could be saved ?...is they all still naturaly born or is the 'all terrans are dead' a dual term.. such as only a handful is natural born and the wast majority is clones etc ? ...so many delicious potential side topics for context if turning this kind of story into something longer then a one shoot right ^^

[@Snipergoat1]

The Reavers were a force of raiders. To unorganized, too short lived, and too haphazardly equipped to match any real military force. The core worlds could have annihilated them but that would not only mean admitting they were real but risk everyone knowing how they were created. Since they only preyed on the remote outer worlds, most people thought them a myth or exaggerated tales of pirates they would not risk exposure by sending a fleet out there to take care of them. The considerable damage they did to the Alliance battle group in Serenity was mostly because of the total surprise at an absurdly close range that they had. Military operations esp with the coordination and precision that the Terrans were showing would be far beyond a Reaver's capability. It did kind of invoke them with the word choice and imagery though.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@Snipergoat1 all true ,though i do wish to add not from any 'canon' data but just as scenario variables for those reavers... as a standard army they might not been good for much... but as a 'virus' .. they might actually been more dangerous then either side in that verse game them credit for specially on a tactical field ,since the change of ther brain chemistry seems to been permanent for them ,and they appeared mighty good at 'improvising' crap with what ever space junk they got ther claws on.. not to mention how that fat 'swarm' fleet in the end of the movie suggests they wont turn on each other on mass even if alone... as a standard battle ther only chance for 'victory' might been in numbers... but for attrition warfare ? ...might need to go borderline zerg or self replicating drone AI swarm to beat them... and then you have psychological effects at the side of that... so might not win the battles , but might just be tenacious and barbaric enough to make the core worlds run out of bullets & people... the core systems in serenity sort of was a bit low on raw materials to werent they ? ....so raving swarms of sociopath rabies like canibals roaming around hampering outer territories prospecting etc.... could be a far larger threat then first seen as.

[@taylorr2346]

As a stand alone story, we're given two lines 16 minutes in hinting at a motivation for the start of the whole conflict. It just kind of makes the whole thing feel a little... pointless? Not the story, but the war. Since the aliens are reacting to the humans, they have a clearer motivation but it comes across as weaker because the initial conflict feels pointless. Maybe there's another story with the context I need to be invested, but as is this just feels like over 20 minutes of someone waxing poetic about war while listing historical battles.

[@marc.rowley57]

I think there is, the author posted other stories with the same species. One is called "Eradication" which talk about the shrike landing on earth, and another called "The Difference" that is about a lecture style talk about humans after the interdimensional war. It would be nice for all the stories to be narrated as they seem to work as standalone stories, while working together towards a common narative.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Hunter is another story about a Terran Marine and you get a good idea about what the Shrike did to make Humanity do what they did. And ya, it makes sense.

[@lilachm2081]

Terra: dont fuck with me. I have the power of jump and expirience in genoside on my side AAAAAA

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

i was hoping the emergency recall to the core would be them watching their worlds be consumed by artificial black holes

[@coreythebludragon1986]

The monster you see is not the monster you should fight, especially when there's something even larger lurking in the dark

[@kozag-realityauditor7075]

Damn... This was definitely one of the best written short stories I've heard on this channel, excellent use of simile, good breadth of language. The A-typical approach was also a fresh take on the genre. Real good stuff u/MementoMori-3. Keep it up, you have a promising future in writing.

[@TKSubDude]

This reminds me of a story I read a LOOOOOOONG time ago. Monsters in a lake that people were desperate to kill off only for the worse monsters to be being kept in check by the first monsters...

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Galactic scale warfare… yet so much revolving infantry. Even an interstellar scale conflict would hardly involve planets, other than using their shadows… Star Lasers are relatively cheap. Stellasers … basically three mirrors, two bouncing light between them till the light gets in phase near the sun and one get in between direct energy at targets at the speed of light. Invaders would have to invade with whatever forces they can hide in the shadows of planets or jump directly to the sun to destroy fortress Sol. But since only humans seem to be able to jump.. lasers

[@A_J502]

Read the “Troy Rising” series by John Ringo.

[@frydguy2331]

I have to edit part of this... space is NOT 3 dimensional. Space is 4th dimensional. Otherwise, changes would occur instantaneously in space battles. Please keep in mind that TIME is just a way to quantify change. One second is just what we describe as a standard unit for the amount of change that happens between one tick and the next... and ALOT happens in a watch between those ticks.

[@thecursed01]

i mean...technically..there is not space and time, there is spacetime

[@frydguy2331]

@@thecursed01 space with zero time would be what? Time is the measurement we use to describe changes within (a) space. Changes in shape, size, position, temperature, radiation, and induction of non-thermal wavelengths (radio, cell, audio, visual light, TV, etc) are all described using time. The pieces on a chess board are an example of "space without time." They just sit there until you move them. This example works because we are 4d creatures manipulating 3d space. Perhaps you should think of those dimensions as length, width height, and changes to those previous dimensions relative to other 3 dimensional objects. This will also allow you to understand what a picture of 3d space represented on paper is, and then the multiple pictures with minimal changes to represent motion for television. A higher dimensional being would be able to separate space from time, the same way we represent movies made in 4 dimensions on a 2 dimension screen. We separated height from length and width while maintaining the change ratio. Mind you, since it's video, we can change the ratio of time (1:1, 1.5:1, 2:1, 0.5:1 ... viewed time : relative time) Once we can fully control our personal relative time, we will have evolved into 5th dimensional beings, capable of manipulating "time". This is 4d chess in real life. We are seeing it in small bites here and there, but we can't fully control it. "Planning ahead" and taking "course corrective actions" to stay on the plan, is a part of this evolution in thinking. Unfortunately, another aspect of this evolution has to do with comparing past events to current events to plan for future events (aka pattern recognition)... [going political, sorry, but it's part and parcel for a "unified theory"... political science and all] Talk of WW3 has been popular since Biden ran from Afghanistan, and more so now. But the actions of the population has mimicked Germany from 100 years ago. Both sides agree that this will turn to war, we are just waiting to see who calls it first. It's almost a self-fulfilling prophesy. Both sides have been pushing, thinking the other is going to start the war, which starts the war. The start of the American Civil War had an audience of picnic goers, because no one knew it was the start. It took YEARS to realize what actions started what major conflict. We may already be in ww3, and not even know it.

[@thecursed01]

@@frydguy2331 nice text. still, there is no space AND time, there is spacetime. that's one of the aspects why space and time get bent by strong gravity. becasue it doesn't bend space and time, it bends spacetime. smiliarly we once thought there are two types of chemistry in the world, seperate from each other, biological and non biological chemistry and we we discovered, it's the same. it's always an interesting read. idk if universe in a nutshell is the first of second of hawkin's two most famous book, but read both. and since the topic here is intersellar weaponsry, that's where my mind went

[@frydguy2331]

@@thecursed01 Universe in a Nutshell came second. I read it in 2001. It's good, very descriptive, but I found it odd that his use of string theory to prove a blackholes' output also brought up the idea that they lose mass. He spent a chapter on the possibilities of blackholes loosing mass. Meanwhile, his theory has 2 intersecting waves creating enough reaction to cause 1 string particle to escape. But those 2 intersecting waves were created by 2 string particles "landing" causing a ripple effect that Mr Hawkins describes as "ripples on water caused by rain. Some rain splashes back up, but in space has escape velocity" [HEAVILY paraphrased] This is STILL a +2 input for a -1 output... so how he went on a tangent of blackholes shrinking, I can only appreciate as "artistic liberties of the Absolute Genius" That said... Spacetime is paired like that to drive home their intertwined nature. One of the chapters in Nutshell discusses the 13 to 18+ multiple "possible" dimensions we ACTUALLY live in... granted, that was the philosophy used by the highest minds 20 years ago. Things have a tendency to evolve. This kind of gets into the same issue Mr Hawkins discusses in "A Brief History of Time" about the Catholic limits the pope set. Limits on science, so that a Generic Omnipotent Diety (GOD) can exist. Things like "let the time before the big bang belong to God," which is why we look at the moments AFTER the bang, but not before. Beings of higher dimensions would be literal gods to us, therefore, don't think about them. "Thinking about the devil gives him power" (-Someone trying to quote the Bible, badly) Thinking of them as 6th or 7th dimensional beings really changes the Bible... ... so, yeah. Space and time can be separated the same way we seperatate dimensions. Draw a picture of a real life still object onto a paper. You've just taken a 3d object and made it 2d. Now fold the paper into an origami crane, and you've turned a 2d object into a 3d object. We are 4th dimensional beings. Life, which can "change" our own length, width, height, and position at will. Rocks can't move on their own without outside force, making them 3 dimensional beings. It's far easier for a 4d being (life) to manipulate a rock, than a rock can manipulate life. It happens, but the results are typically considered "catastrophic." That's why we can't separate time from space, yet. Catastrophic results. The biggest hurdle is the idea of using 3d objects to uplift us to the 5th dimension (time travel). We can't use a machine for this. Even if we DID trick a rock into thinking, it's not nearly evolved enough (or us) ... yet. BTW. This is my typical use of comparing past events to current events to predict future events

[@frydguy2331]

@@thecursed01 FYI. Mr Hawkins also wrote the introduction to "On the Shoulders of Giants", incase you were interested in the beginnings of celestial theoretical physics. Can't call it MetaPhysics. That's a religion Mind you, alot of it are the cataloging notes of stars positions and changes over time, philosophical theories based upon those finds, and the evolution of those ideas through the millenia.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Rule 1 of war: Logistics wins wars

[@jakeevans4988]

I dont know why but this is a story that i keep coming back to i must have listened to this 20 times at this point

[@Roosauec]

You want us to help you, after you doomed us to extinction? No, we fought for a righteous cause. We fought for justice against the Shrike, which you denied us. And you doomed us for making sure they could never hurt us again. You've doomed us. And insodoing, you've doomed yourselves.

[@DwAboutItManFr]

So the jump tech humans invented apparently caused a first contact wae for the universe.

[@oddball9053]

Welcome to 40k

[@Jesus_Offical]

@@oddball9053 True Great crusade gameplay

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

This story is basically a "pre-nemesis Stellaris playthrough with the unbidden as the Galactic Crisis

[@TheBenBen253]

Wow that ending is terrifying.

[@leadingauctions8440]

No way. We need a sequel to this!

[@draconus15]

If anyone is interested he just did rye prequel to this. Called hunters

[@user-sq5mr8ut1o]

You know... There's a chance that this is just a loop. They loaded the last shrike onto the envoy ship, it was so fast it went back in time to awake terra. Terra had its first and second contact war and the monsters appeared during that time. Cycle repeats endlessly. Perhaps even sending that envoy is why the 4th dimension was invading, accidentally alerting beasts that static easy to hunt prey was there.

[@dismaldimwit2200]

How is this story over 20 minutes long and only barely has a plot? It starts off with genocide and civilian torture that we aren’t given the motivation for until 16 minutes in, and even then it’s just a couple lines. There’s no sense of time throughout most of the story. It just jumps from one event to another. The plot point of “ftl jumping is slowly killing them” is forgotten almost as abruptly as it’s brought up. The major battle the story has been struggling to build up to gets called off half way through, and then suddenly the whole war is called off as 4th dementional cosmic horrors start attacking and we’re called upon to fight them on behalf of the civilization we were attempting to exterminate.

[@nocount7517]

Complaining without offering a solution is called whining.

[@YDV669]

@@nocount7517 It isn't necessary to write a new book to point out problems with the old book.

[@nocount7517]

@@YDV669 The number of times I've seen people do nothing but complain on these readings is as shocking as it is sad.

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

I'm half in and the story seems extremely dumb.

[@dismaldimwit2200]

@@nocount7517 Ignoring the fact that complaints and criticism aren’t the same thing, how’d you manage to get your feelings hurt by the criticism of a story in the first place?

[@-.Ascendant]

"The envoy was to awaken the monsters on the edge of the black" *undertaker bell rings*

[@generalnawaki]

Don't come out neighborhood with a sword, knock an our door and expect to survive. mankind is war held in check by a thin veneer of civility. so do not, under any circumstances give us a NONE Human foe to fight.

[@ethansmith9065]

When faced with extinction, EVERY alternative is preferable. - Leonard Church. That is to say, what the Schryk did to us is irrelevant. Say when.

[@williamklemp3764]

....I'm very confused....wtf happened? did the aliens destroy the terrans or ask them for help?...

[@nerdlord1408]

They had annihilated most of the Terran military but never got the chance to go in for the kill, and after a bigger threat was revealed they decided to work with the Terrans.

[@williamklemp3764]

@@nerdlord1408 righteous, thank you.

[@nathanthanatos3743]

I was expecting the coalition to roll up on Terra and find a debris field; that would have answered a lot.

[@denalozecon9074]

If you like this Humans are Space Orcs story? A narration called Sunrise Then a narration called Black Fleet The two stories probably have different authors. Even so Black Fleat is a logical ending of Sunrise. Sunrise was about a super epic bluff. But alternately IF Humanity had the Black Fleet...it would not be a bluff. Terran Fleet in this narration is probably less than 1% of the Black Fleet...but Black Fleet is supposed to never be used for any reason less than Doom for entire galaxy.

[@denalozecon9074]

The genre of this narration is Dark Forest. There are two books with Dark Forest theme, and villain called Wistler I think? Forgot titles of books. Whistler was one alien who had a Supervillian hobby; total genocide of any species he encountered. He "gifted" Humanity a method of telepotation that was deliberately as inefficient as possible. Teleporter through weird science slowed Earth's rotation slightly with each teleport. Humans enthusiastically used the teleporter because Whistler gave it to every country. Once Earth's rotation rate slowed to one rotation per month...you can imagine how many species went extinct.

[@brendinolsen1517]

And so once again the terrans are called to war

[@joshua79802]

Is there a part 2 to this story?

[@WintersTheSixth]

In 2xxx CE Human spectre John shepherd was asked what it felt like to take a sentient's life "I wouldn't know, I've only ever killed shrikes"

[@Jesus_Offical]

Completly and uterlly based

[@Ikefiction0]

Terrains are scary in this universe

[@fturla___156]

I remember a story I read a few years ago about a man that was held to be imprisoned and/or executed for his activity against those that held him. But then something worse appeared, and those that held him released him on the condition that he help them for a certain purpose, but once that goal was within reach then hostility between the parties would return. Isn't this story in a similar vein. Or do you think that enemy that is attacking the Core is just Terra in some form.

[@tumao_kaliwat_napulo]

The story is basically a pre-nemesis Stellaris playthrough with the unbidden as the Galactic Crisis

[@mikearroyo3961]

I very much like this story and it's why I keep coming back to it.

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

Welp, definetly a Story. A fairly good one, too. I felt the fear, this Story was supposed to make you feel.

[@bravomike4734]

Humanity with far jump capabilities basically is basically massive Homeworld game vibes.

[@briankerr6333]

Man I hate the end of these stories so much ,, not because it wasn’t brilliant and enthralling but because it ends, this channel is becoming an addiction 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️

[@sjdedeaux]

Terra (after the war): You couldn't live with your own failure. Where did that lead you? Back to me.

[@elmateo77]

Idk why they thought they could exterminate a species that can jump anywhere in the universe instantly. You really think Terra didn't have colonies in other galaxies? If you wipe out the homeworld it may take them a thousand years to build back, but they'll be back eventually.

[@hogmartinschwerindustrieag8819]

And that's why there's a statue of a human on the Citadel.

[@charlesaldolf7915]

This story needs a Part II

[@denistabora7423]

I started listening to these stories today and it was by accident and I loved them de

[@OriginalUnjustifier]

Man, it sure is great we have a giant neighbor to take aggro while we tech up to deal with this new problem.

[@terrylewis6504]

You have no idea how much I want the next one

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Welcome to earth, we are humans, we can be verý humane or very human, choose wisely.

[@iDontKnowAnyCoolName]

Well well well, if it isnt the consequences of my own fucking actions

[@morgankuikka4940]

Aliens: "Hey you know how we almost genocided you because our own genocidle memeber pissed you off. Well, now we need your help to defend our worlds, oopsie" Humans: "go pound sand, this is litterally a problem of your own making"

[@midgetydeath]

_…Hydra Dominatus_

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of NetNarrator videos 🎉

[@toddnesbitt3113]

Logistics is technically hilarious

[@silvadelshaladin]

Ask not help from the wronged.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

the shrike pulled the lion's tail and got mauled to death.

[@ps1k0]

Favorite part starts @8:51 Anyone else imaging goku's instant transmission pop sound from TFS:abridged dbz? Just me?

[@hcook1023]

I loke yo believe the humans knew it was coming and developed technology to eacape at least for awhile, but the Shrike found them so they needed to remove humanity's presence

[@filthycasualgaming4540]

Yep, just like I say, THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

[@peterwall8191]

Yammy! A full meal! So rare these days. Thank you!

[@athopi]

The Shrike must have seen the humans as food- The only reason I see to want them all dead.

[@UnconcernedGamer]

Hmm, *angry imperium of man noises engage*

[@juhasznagyjozsef]

For the Narrator.

[@chris2thejmedia]

Sounds like a Stelaris playthrough

[@raptorcaliber5165]

I'm confused on that last part. Did a new species come up and the Confederation sent an envoy to Terra for help?

[@henryjesionowski5600]

Is there a sequel to this one?

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

And for another thing: yep, username checks out

[@NaomeK40]

I wonder what the Shrike did to make the human go w40k on their ass 🤣

[@NaomeK40]

Nevermind if it was bad enough to unite all of us, then the filthy xenos probably deserved a swift and total exterminatus

[@Jesus_Offical]

Indeed what have they done to our collective unconscious

[@benjamintherogue2421]

Read the story "Hunters". Then you'll see. Brutality galor.

[@DeutscheLoLGuides]

So, I might be a big dum-dum, but can anybody pls explain that last jump to me? Was that a) the terrans jumping to the messenger b) the messenger jumping to the terrans (because they scavenged the tech) c)the messenger telling the terrans to jump (like a weirdly shortened "fly, you fools!") d) the other galaxy jumping in or e) the other galaxy jumping in, revealing themselves to be just more of the supposedly defeated terrans that came in from said galaxy to join the fray... I need some help :D

[@diehardreject6045]

Ain’t no way in hell I would help them after they almost completely genocided the entire human race. as far as I’m concerned that’s a them problem.

[@agoddamnferret]

I'd love it but could you highlight the portion you're currently on, even if just the paragraph?

[@WallNutBreaker524]

This would make a good Reverse sci Fi horror movie 😂

[@jds1275]

Please tell me that the story continues in a sequal.

[@dcreagle1652]

Cool as it was all I got from this is that humans want to commit genocide and then get ganked by multiple galaxies

[@IPBG84]

When Stellaris has its first Tyranid incursion....

[@jannbo4336]

Fucking hell that was aone hell of a story

[@WattsonorSomething]

RIP AND TEAR!!! RIP AND TEAR!!!

[@marvinjohnson2488]

You evil bastard! Where is the rest? I need the rest!!!!

[@tellyfanatic]

Should have added, really great narration.

[@thegrimcritic5494]

Is there a sequel? Please tell me there is a sequel.

[@stompshooter1175]

The God-Emperor called?

[@tellyfanatic]

Great story think this is my second time listening.

[@jonathancrosby1583]

I'm sorry but the tarrins have no civilians in war and attacking the hospital ship is a war crime you know that concept of human war to prevent such acts

[@malcolmanderson6735]

Yeah, humans can be murderous, but genocide is something that can only be maintained for a short period of time before the massive backlash against the genociders eradicated them. This story required more context than it had and it felt like a huge waste of my time.

[@benjamintherogue2421]

It's part of a series. There's at least two other stories making reference to the Shriik and humans with Jumping tech that seem to connect to the same universe. Explore a little.

[@cfoa13]

man you eat your words when you speak

[@kfeltenberger]

Overall, a good story. However...I really wish these authors would learn the differences between "universe" and "galaxy" and just what they are.

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Very good.