Best HFY Sci-Fi Stories: L'Orchidea

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[@saparotrob7888]

FINALLY! In all my decades of being a science fiction fan, this is first time airlocks between two different technologies didn't line up. I'm looking at you Star Trek.

[@valashar5313]

Not all that hard. Just need an extendable outer tube with a flexible pressure seal at the end. Just an up-tech version of the boarding ramps at every airport.

[@oldnick4707]

​@@valashar5313, K, you go first though.. 😊

[@valashar5313]

@@oldnick4707 Sure. Just hold my beer. 😁

[@curties]

not much of a trek fan but I watched a bunch of them as a teen and if I remember correctly they have something like a extendable tube that can be filled with atmo in case they have to "dock" with a ship that doesnt follow federation standards. "gravity plates", teleporters/replicators, holo decks and many other things are waaaaay worse lol

[@rwme4698]

Poor Vask -- not the most useful or skilled crew member to float over, just the most expendable if something went wrong

[@demonelf2094]

Yet he got best deal in the end.

[@fabianwood9457]

That was my thought too

[@asdasd-ty9se]

Rip bozo

[@sanadamakie]

Ha! Got left behind by his own crew, ends up solving and saving one of the biggest mysteries of the galaxy and galactic renown. Nice.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

"You're on your own kid." And peaced out.

[@SpaceFics]

Yeet

[@howardchambers9679]

Son, you're on your own. (Blazing Saddles)

[@frozenheartedgiant8330]

You're on your own noble, carter out

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

Orchids symbolize thoughtfulness, and all the heros of the story were very thoughtful to the very end. Thoughtfully sacrificed himself so the rest may live, thoughtfully made use of a sacrifice to save the rest, and thoughtfully placed it as a warning to NOT TOUCH OUR BOATS

[@chrisdufresne9359]

Those space elves are in DEEP trouble. It almost seems like the universe had it out for them, given the astronomical odds of the ship being found.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

800 years of ships travelling in all directions around it, someone's bound to detect a huge piece of metal with an active reactor.

[@alicefreist318]

I certainly hope that poor creature's family was impressed! The youngling they didn't expect much from turned out to be a great honor to the family name through his exceptional bravery, drive, and innovation. A lesser "man" would have curled up and waited to be put out of his misery. Quite the hero!

[@WCDL]

Props to the author, that was a solidly written story. I can tell an AI didn’t come up with it

[@theicyphoenix_7745]

yup,nowdays the reddit is flooded with those,but atleast once in a while we get a nice story like this

[@berndbernd3464]

if only an AI would have read it... AI would probably have pronounced the names correct

[@Cortanis001]

Little surprised we don't see more ghost ship stories on similar subjects. After all, uploading a stealth Trojan virus to take over automated systems and trip them catastrophicly should be a lot easier than assaulting a ship. Would be easy picking for pirates after that. Can be used to go the other way as well. Harmless freighters have hijacked systems that then use the ships as weapons.

[@ReptillianStrike]

Installing a virus covertly is extremely difficult. You need to either bypass admin privileges or have them yourself. Neither of which just anybody can do. Even today, entire governments can't do that shit. That's why the easiest way to infiltrate a system is almost always through the employees. Phishing scams for login information.

[@nicholassmile5800]

Halfway through the logs and getting vault tec vibes.

[@wastenot8568]

You tell the best stories.

[@SouthWestNomad]

I really enjoyed that story and narration

[@Wichitan]

Nice story, nicely told. Only one quibble: 'L'Orchidea' is pronounced lor-kee-DAY-uh.

[@9LiveEmpire]

was checking the comment to see if i have to say it

[@kezkriune]

La orr-kid-eea

[@Wichitan]

@@kezkriune you should look into Italian pronunciation.

[@kevinlytle6215]

I loved this. Great mix of unlikely hero and a good murder mystery!

[@ReptillianStrike]

That captain was a god damned hero.

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@fuzzballxp]

From my reddit post: "Bravo! Very well written and narrated. (Thanks NetNarrator for your excellent work." I very much enjoy your narration. Keep up the great work!

[@noahkleugh9323]

Great rendition of the "Robinson Caruso" story, with a good ending. The only thing missing is what happened to the beacon saboteur?

[@triplejjj6633]

The captain killed him

[@HimekiKoroku]

I assume it was remotely disabled by the incoming humans.

[@DavidLee-df888]

Robinson Crusoe, not Caruso.

[@noahkleugh9323]

@@DavidLee-df888 I sit corrected.

[@kirishima.nue13]

​@@noahkleugh9323there was 9nly one saboteur, the one the chief engineer killed, as for the Beacon Vazk created, following the story, it was the human ships that arrived that disabled the Emergency Beacon, we don't have specifics, but the Beacon was probably transmitting a message like, SOS L'Orchidea, that's why it was remotely disabled as soon as the Human shops exited the warp

[@ravenouself4181]

Xenos: Touch our borats a second time Humans: Hippity hoppity, your Star System is no more

[@gregorypryor7401]

Hopefully Bask will be allowed to his newly acquired skills from the late Senior Chief Engineer!

[@vexile1239]

From whàti could gleen from the story the knowledge was integrated into him, is a part of him, i highly doubt they would try and strip it from him

[@ravenouself4181]

@@vexile1239 I would just hire him on the spot. Bro was able to use the knowledge to Jerry rig a beacon from junk.

[@vexile1239]

@@ravenouself4181 I think they made him an honorary human tho

[@BruceBowman-wz9or]

The stories that you and team make my day thank you.

[@howardchambers9679]

Another good one. I enjoyed that. Keep up the good work!

[@gordonhardwick9552]

Very good story

[@horsetarget123]

Awesome one

[@squiddy2688]

Good story, I enjoyed it.

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

I thought it was retrofitted into a colony ship, Why does it have weapons beyond the point-defense weapons and ammo?

[@hafentoffen2]

As stated in the story, To protect it from pirates. You need more than PD systems for that.

[@dadudeme]

Those were the point defence.

[@enigmaticspace7578]

The weapons that killed the pirates were the PDs. That said, PDs doesn't mean regular PDs as we know it. This is space we're talking about. It wouldn't be far-fetched if higher caliber cannons were retained as part of the 'point defense' weapons system. Nobody knows when a bigger bang will be needed. This could also be just an oversight by the author, but it's still within the realms of plausibility. Not an unreasonable mistake, if that's indeed the case.

[@inyellowclad1874]

​@@enigmaticspace7578 yeah the weapons classified as point defense are rated for anti-piracy measures as well as taking care of space debris. The bigger stuff for frontline warfare was what got stripped.

[@rwme4698]

Also, because it's a human ship

[@nightlife1593]

really enjoyed this one, the beginning reminded me of the alien movie

[@davidfreeman2522]

Yea, like the captain wouldn't be awakened from the beginning.

[@berndbernd3464]

E-V-A "extra vehicular activity" its an Acronym... you are suposed to spell out each letter.

[@jasonwarren9279]

This was good stuff, and obviously written by a human. If a machine were to write something like this, only then would I believe in A.I. That people are fooled by chat bots says more about the people than it does the technology.

[@timobrien2813]

Gripping story, thank you very much. UKUK

[@bryanengland2466]

👌

[@mattstrandquist2148]

Fuck yes!

[@justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456]

For wlgor

[@dsfsdggfggdfd3791]

sus

[@Seaside_Seanster]

I don't understand stories like this. The ending is like yeah the bad guys got punished, but that happened 800 years ago. That's the equivalent of punishing Mongolia for the the mongol invasions in the 13th century.

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

Same here. The ending is so bad, it turns a top-notch story of this genre into s mediocre one. As if the author had to rewrite the ending to appease the redditors who decide whether the story has a chance of getting discovered by a good narrator.

[@darkalpha50]

I mean, if a mass murderer killed 80 people and the case went cold but 40 years later they found out who it was wouldn't you want them to be punished or at least jailed? Or should they get away with it simply because a certain amount of time has passed? Plus we're talking about a government that still exists, knew what they did, and didn't reveal it, all voluntarily, makes sense to hold them accountable, 800 years ago or not its the same jurisdiction responsible and they could have come clean at any point, meanwhile the Mongols as we knew them in the 13th century aren't around anymore, it wouldn't make sense to punish the unrelated current Mongolian government and people.

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

@@darkalpha50 So you would punish people who's ancestors at least 8 generations in the past were criminals? Very smart and totally understandable.

[@dakthefallen_pilot3177]

@@MetalheadAndNerd While the People responsible for the creation of the scheme would most likely have been dead and if the information hadn't been censored from their own, the people presently who knew of the plan are guilty by complacence; they knew what was planned and yet they didn't go to the parties involved and tell of the acts taken by their predecessors. therefore the government that still exists is guilty.

[@MetalheadAndNerd]

@@dakthefallen_pilot3177 The people living many generations after the crime are guilty because they know about the past?

[@davidh429]

This is an Among Us HFY themed story.

[@berndbernd3464]

you know you can use google to pronounce words for you? use that!