Children in a Playground of Giants by DamascusSeraph_ | Humans are Space Orcs | HFY | TFOS1154

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This Story is Classified as HFY , but what does the Mean?
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HFY is a story/series that takes a “human element” in either humanity or an “other” (race/species or object) that exists in a “setting” (future or other world/universe) with varying levels of culture, technology, society and history that help show in some shape or form the potential good or bad for humanity’s race/culture.
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Taken from the FAQ of the r/HFY subreddit.

[@ttthttpd]

Here me out, aliens invade and conquer human space while mocking how weak the technology is, then hyper advanced humans show up and blow them out of the water. Little did the aliens know they had invaded the equivalent of an Amish village or a historical re-enactment tourist trap.

[@AgroSquerril]

I think there is a story like that

[@ClokworkGremlin]

@@AgroSquerril A couple, actually. "But Everyone Calls Their Planet Dirt" comes to mind.

[@Thorin7.62]

There was one where the xenos abducted a paintball team as well, lol, they thought they had a military unit and that the weapons used were actual state of the art hardware...

[@Nevir202]

@@Thorin7.62 LMAO!

[@calyxman]

@@Thorin7.62 Name? I need to read this!

[@jackjohnstone2426]

Xenos: “How’d you make so many nuclear weapons so quickly?” Humans: “LMAO-we didn’t have to. We had those warehoused to use on each other.”

[@donanthebarbarian5177]

We didn't even make the dummy nukes for the war... Those were all just brought out of the Russian stockpile of Soviet era nukes.

[@RexMK-]

@@donanthebarbarian5177 And half of them were defective

[@RyRy2057]

@@donanthebarbarian5177 realistically neither the US nor Russia has invested shit in their arsenals in so long I figure most of the nukes on earth are duds rn lmao. i wouldnt bet my life on it, but still

[@Case2_0]

@@donanthebarbarian5177 lmao

[@ravenouself4181]

Xenos: "What" Humans: "You heard me, and now think Mark, think. If we are willing to use such weapons on ourselves, why would we ever not use them on You?"

[@kenshy10]

Ah yes nuclear Armageddon. Nothing like sinking to the lowest common denominator, then splitting it in two.

[@michael20merc77]

Nice

[@rhorybader4054]

There is an ancient Terran saying, "Nobody argues with smoking craters."

[@sethgilcrist8088]

That's a bad fission joke. I don't think there's going to be much of a reaction

[@felixthescholarlytitan4437]

@@sethgilcrist8088 I see what you did there.😏

[@leechowning2712]

@@sethgilcrist8088 I don't know, something about it just clicks.

[@loganb7059]

“You can’t just swarm our ships with nuclear barrages! That’s not how space combat is supposed to work!” Said the council. “Lol,” said the humans. “Lmao.”

[@OriginalUnjustifier]

Macross Missile Barrage goes brrr

[@davidragan9233]

And they used multiple waves I bet some of the first few also did EMP and sensor scrambling.

[@SALAKIN_MUSHROOM_FINDER]

@@OfficerHotpants «Lol» said kharne the betrayer «Lamo»

[@justarandomtechpriest1578]

@@davidragan9233 nukes create emps

[@davidragan9233]

@@justarandomtechpriest1578 yes they do. But important enough for extra mention.

[@Maddog3060]

"A new message from the humans, sir!" "On screen!" Terrans: " Zerg rush kekekekekekekeke"

[@quarkedbutt3957]

Personally I would have went with "LEEEEEEEEEROY JERRRERRRRRRRKINS"

[@Society254]

If memory serves me correctly Leroy and his party didn't make it. However zerg rushes worked fairly well.

[@WereDictionary]

"Basically, run."

[@greygalaxy8638]

Humans: "...And these are our Legion Missiles." Aliens: "Why do you call them "Legion" Missiles?" Humans: "Because... They are many."

[@ryantomer4126]

I read Lego missiles

[@johnuthus]

@@ryantomer4126 those would hurt to walk on

[@ryantomer4126]

@@johnuthus No they just hurt in general

[@frostbyte2384]

WAIT! IT IS BASICALLY A NUCLEAR SHOTGUN! A nuclear missile launcher shotgun! THE WARCRIME STICK PREVAILS!!!!

[@taitano12]

A cursory glance at our history shows that, as violent as we are, humans rarely tolerate bullies. Our Hero Complex has always been strong; even when we're at our worst. You want us to bend a knee show yourself worthy. When even The Devil is less oppressive than you, we'd rather die than bow down. And remember: Even children have Legos. So step carefully, or we'll go Kevin McAllister on you.

[@Nevir202]

Yea, that's why it's accurately said: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” ― C. S. Lewis Those who can sincerely convince themselves that their evils are for the greater good have managed to align the two most powerful parts of the human psyche: The desire to do good, and the desire to commit evil acts.

[@Devin_Stromgren]

That isn't even unique to us humans. If a band of chimps is led by a tyrannical bully of a male, eventually he'll have an off day, and the next two or three biggest males will take advantage and take him down.

[@paulsherman7802]

We will die on our feet before we die on our knees. But...if we do kneel? Your doom is assured.

[@NPCNo-xm2li]

Ah, yes, the good ole' "Nuke it, if that doesn't work, nuke it more" approach

[@AgroSquerril]

seemed to work

[@cmelton6796]

@@AgroSquerril This is the Way.

[@ryantomer4126]

- Engie circa 2608

[@ceilyurie856]

Elder Races: "WHere are your massive battleships? Why are all your ships so small? It's hilarious!" Humans: "Allow us to introduce you to carrier and missile destroyer tactics." *Unleashes MIRVs*

[@StabbySabby]

the supreme evolution of the Jeune Ecole doctrine

[@no-eh9ox]

tru

[@britishneko3906]

the BBs we had is usually only used for high caliber sniping rarely useful but if you want to burn a ship with a warp gate then sure call in the Gate Keepers aka the only BB fleet

[@kurtismiller9544]

First, you demanded us to bend a knee, THEN tried to Force us to do so. You really screwed up when you mudered civilians. Your hubris and arrogance brought you low!

[@thepanzerofthelake732]

The thing about having a long life is that people don't want to throw themselves away because they'll think that they have some of the most valuable information available while..... Humans.... We have a.... Very short life cycle, but the benefit of that is *We can throw millions on the line without a single bit of discomfort*

[@darokdeed]

"If we can't kill them with our weapons, then drown them in our blood and bodies!" - some Imperial general while talking tactics.

[@phasepanther4423]

You're looking at it wrong. It's because we have such short lives that we are so fiercely passionate. If we lived to a few hundred years, we wouldn't expand as fast, that's true. But also because we recognize how fleeting our lives are that we can empathize with each other even when we hate each other. The council broadcast their bombardment of an evacuating planet. They shot down fleeing ships. They tried to crush the terrans spirit by letting them witness this. Think of any nation, even any that you dislike. For example if you really disliked Russians. And some alien ship decided it was going to bombard a Russian city without warning. One with no military. Just civilians. And they chose to broadcast this across the world. Humans can be cowardly. We can be weak and power hungry and greedy etc. But when we're backed into a wall, and there's no other option, that fear is replaced. When there is a greater enemy, that greed is replaced by unity. If the aliens bombarded the planet and left, using the video and a message demanding surrender, there might have been a chance. An equal chance of retaliation though. But what they did was turn everyone who died into a martyr. And convinced every human that their intention is to kill them all without mercy. So running is not an option anymore.

[@calvingreene90]

@@darokdeed Russian

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Every single one of those millions should have a burning hate for their enemy and a equally strong love for their people that they are fighting for. Humans when properly motivated are much more effective than when they are not and with enough morale humans will wipe themselves out of it if means defeating their enemy.

[@thepanzerofthelake732]

Bruh I'm referencing 40k

[@reesewhittington6778]

"Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer."

[@Lorddacenshadowind]

Blackest nebula(darkest dungeon)

[@loganshaw4527]

The aliens were sloths the battles was to quick for them.

[@JeremyMarcum1]

Monstrous Size Has No Intrinsic Merit, Unless Inordinate Exsanguination Be Considered A Virtue.

[@ClokworkGremlin]

"Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!" -Mahatma Ghandi

[@robinchwan]

humans probably : "we are the swarm... Armies will shatter, worlds will burn"

[@AgroSquerril]

until it is done

[@mcgunboat8339]

Zerg rush zerg rush!

[@dahandsomeguywithcoolglass8949]

@@mcgunboat8339 More like *TERRAN RUSH!!* RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!?

[@bobrock6438]

@@mcgunboat8339 zerg rush! Zerg rush!zerg rush! Zerg rush!zerg rush! Zerg rush!zerg rush! Zerg rush!

[@balthizarlucienclan]

Sounds like the Terran empire never even fought dirty! We humans can be downright sadistic and vicious if you push us too far.

[@AgroSquerril]

yup

[@RexMK-]

Yeah but given how long the Elders take to get shit done (They took 6 human generations just ORGANIZE LOGISTSIC AND MADE BATTLE PLANS) The Terras most likely just wanted to get kver with this mess and move on.

[@stephenmemelord2303]

If it was easy to beat your enemy, then you didn't beat your enemy. The council will learn eventually.

[@justinthompson6364]

I'm normally not impressed by HFY stories, but I gotta say the way the space combat aspect of this one is pretty incredible. The council's mushroom battleships are certainly an unconventional design- one that many probably wouldn't even think of. Still, the rationale behind them is solid and using them is perfectly logical given the alien's circumstances, which is more than I can say for some of the biggest professionally made sci-fi universes. Up against this futuristic take on old-style artillery duelists, we have the human vessels showing why guided missile destroyers have replaced such things in today's navies. They're a more conventional hard(-ish) sci-fi take, but in this setting, playing to the human's advantage in g-tolerance is what makes them so effective without making the aliens seem like idiots for not using or even considering a similar designs. I'm also a big fan of using a sort of cluster munition to overwhelm point defense in space combat, and it's good to see that represented.

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you enjoyed

[@damaskusseraph6046]

thank you, while i didn’t put as much thought into it about realistic parts i did have the idea for the mushroom shaped ships being used as battleships in ww1-dresdnsufht era battles.

[@alexdavis-mann8513]

Reminds me of the Avatar Amarr space ship in EvE online

[@LtCWest]

Arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you! - Londo Mollari

[@willgallatin2802]

Um, fellas. Those mushroom looking ships are kinda poor planning for battle against small maneuverable ships. Let the tiny terrans show you ALL the weak spots. OPPS!! We broke them :P

[@charnor2727]

The true question when dealing with humans is not "can they do this thing I want them to?" It's "how are they going to break it this time?"

[@sarahmellinger3335]

@@charnor2727 you must think of your opponent as a program user on day 1 launch

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

"Oh, we're the small guys? Hehehehehe, we get to be the annoying and lethal swarms."

[@ryantomer4126]

Zerg in human form

[@CaptainShield]

That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. That which makes us stronger, should run. That which runs, just dies tired.

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@deus0rcinus889]

So very true

[@calvingreene90]

Vengeance is mine. --- God. Our first hero stole fire from gods, we really haven't gotten any more honest since. --- Man.

[@finaladvance5085]

Human strategy has always been to drown the foe in blood and fire.

[@kingofplayers32]

This is basically a dramatization of “how many third graders would you be able to take on”

[@kmrose4741]

Oh my gosh you're so right

[@dilaleo1855]

Prob 20 if all at once 60 if pair by pair

[@sethgilcrist8088]

Alien: our ships are so massive they shall block out the light of the stars. Humanity: then we shall fight by the light of nuclear fire

[@Mittelalterfreak93]

'Generic comment about the genevua convention and a checklist' For the Algorithm and warcrimes!

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@alendonvaldor5808]

To be fair, they started the war by glassing a colony. They started with genocide, so we responded with just short of antimatter.

[@alendonvaldor5808]

And we gave warning to surrender before we nuked the worlds

[@CEBph5997]

It's not a War Crime when the other races done did a War Crime to us Humans lmao

[@brianlance8263]

I do not believe that the Geneva Convention has anything about using nuclear weapons in a war for survival.

[@crayonchomper1180]

those weren't just an regular Nukes those were MIRV's

[@damaskusseraph6046]

exactly

[@ryantomer4126]

When we figure out how to make NOVA bomb's (Halo) but in MIRV form.... I'm just gonna explode

[@lazarmarinkovic8486]

@@ryantomer4126 at that point, thats just gona be an ALT+Delete for planets, given that one of the NOVA's was enough to crack a planet in two

[@ryantomer4126]

@@lazarmarinkovic8486 Your point was?

[@charnor2727]

@@ryantomer4126 no kill like overkill

[@donaldscholand4617]

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

[@brianmeans5965]

I see aliens have not learned about fantasy team games and their strategies. Never go full tank because you will lose to dps swarms.

[@AgroSquerril]

yarp

[@StonedDragons]

I see writers of these stories still haven't absorbed the fact space is a very size friendly environment and a larger ship is not only better armed, but most likely faster and as nimble as any smaller ship and as size friendly as space is, its even more sensor friendly, if something is moving under its own power you generally can't miss it.

[@clausroquefort9545]

@@StonedDragons >larger ships are as nibmle as smaller ships *Inertia would like to have a word with you* you also have to keep in mind that these aliens can't survive 10 G

[@donanthebarbarian5177]

@@clausroquefort9545 earth is a 4 or 5g planet relative to their homeworlds so even maneuvering at earth gravity might be beyond them.

[@StonedDragons]

@@clausroquefort9545 You don't need to spin them around at 10 G, but you also seem to have a misunderstanding when it comes to inertia and how it applies here. If you apply 1 G of acceleration, or 5 G, it doesn't matter the size of the ship, it acclerates at exactly the same rate. What changes is the amount of thrust you require, but space is very size friendly there, no drag to worry about and if you double the exterior proportions of a vessel you square the interior volume, so a big ship absolutely can afford to mount equivalently sized engines and still have vastly more room than a smaller vessel for everything else.

[@georgeemme4483]

As the immortal Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt XLVIII once said, "Speak softly, and a carry a big, nuclear stick"

[@matthewklestinski7030]

Every Terran story that ends with "backed by nuclear weapons" is a fine story! HFY!

[@johnuthus]

i quote that most of these videos are summed up in is this "you may have been born in warefare, molded by it, but we, we our its creators, we forged it to our wills, and when it couldn't meet our wills, we simply called it somthing else and started over re forging it."

[@kerwinbrown4180]

The council was doomed when generations of humans passed. Human ingenuity with an unrestrained birth rate would guarantee that. If they kept warring among themselves then they would have veterans against Council strategy and tactics that remained the same for generations.

[@loganshaw4527]

The fantasy equivalent of this fight is humans vs glacial slow tree poeple attacking.

[@xxXXRAPXXxx]

Giants? Well, just remember the bigger you are the harder you fall.

[@AgroSquerril]

yup

[@orandor1]

Quantity has a quality all its own.

[@williamklemp3764]

Chocolate is definitely delicious

[@aj_the_infamous1013]

So is revenge

[@redraptorx1066]

titanic aliens: kneel and beg us to forgive you by dirtying our weapons! terran commander: shinzou wo sasageyo! terren warriors: shinzou wo sasageyo!

[@damaskusseraph6046]

Thanks for reading my story! your voice was perfect for it!

[@AgroSquerril]

Glad you enjoyed

[@antoniolugo440]

Thanks for the story.

[@willgallatin2802]

Great story. Looking forward to more.

[@peterwall8191]

*Damascus Seraph* Thank you for your story, i greatly enjoyed it. Here's hoping to more and better stories.

[@Amongusaurus]

Amazing story Also, i noticed that there was an error with the letters i, e and the number 7 etc periodically being glitched out or were mis aligned/missing in the scrolling text

[@AgroSquerril]

Ill check it it out but the program I use is weird with its bugs

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

I like the idea of humanity being the Zerg

[@AgroSquerril]

you require more queens

[@Inquisitor-Yog-Sothoth]

@@AgroSquerril lol

[@ryantomer4126]

FOR THE SMARM -Infested Krieger

[@MrGoesBoom]

Ah yes, the Macross Missile Massacre.

[@elfeater1760]

For the Caffeine and the Algorithm11!

[@mutehowl]

This story brings a smile to my face.

[@marcusjohnson6805]

It's not the size of the dog in the fight - It's the size of the fight in the dog.

[@aprilpatel6741]

I love listening to these stories keep up the good work men

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you are enjoying the content

[@aprilpatel6741]

I've been listening to these for months

[@rembrandtshadows]

one of the best stories on this channel! I rate this 5/5 stars. Excellent story telling, plot, pacing, and right around 20 minutes.

[@kingnothing8570]

Ha jokes on you the nanite swarms started stealing my bad socks because they ran out of good socks to steal. Now i don't have to comment on the videos.

[@HobDobson]

One year later: Me, trying to imagine how big a thermonuke you could set off with a set of massive plasma cannons, like the Council had. Start with a gas giant and watch the fireworks?

[@sirariusritter4250]

"Use Dakka, if that don't work, use more dakka."

[@sugarkross355]

Nuclear hellfire goes "Fwoosh"

[@AgroSquerril]

indeed

[@ladymecha8718]

Theme of this story, humans don’t like bullies.

[@AgroSquerril]

yup

[@USS_Grey_Ghost]

The mushroom ship sounds like un-modded X4

[@alexnunn2161]

There’s an old adage, I believe said by an American general, “there are few problems this world that can’t be solved by the liberal application of high explosive” kek

[@DarkKnightofIT]

Death by a thousand cuts from the Children of the Moment.

[@paulross225]

Hooray for the humans! Hooray for your vocal cords! They seem to be in quite decent shape (all things considered)!

[@AgroSquerril]

That they are , feeling well and rested :)

[@grogvaughan5649]

A human literally wrote the book on War. No surprise that humans as so good at it.

[@Z4RD4N34]

Space Gandhi would approve.

[@SelwynClydeAlojipan]

The Terrans have definitely stolen the Giants' other sock!

[@AgroSquerril]

that they did

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@MyrdinAnnoth]

Ah yes we are dwarfs to these giants. You know.... Dwarves always had a way to deal with the tall ones. First you shatter their knee caps. And once they come crushing down, you bash in their skulls...

[@nos2342]

To please the algorithm is all

[@fjz4289]

Ah yes, I too still remember the days of the corvette spam meta.

[@TheStartrek99]

We've been giant killers since antiquity.

[@Matthew-zu6tm]

Space; is cold and dark..... Lets warm and brighten thengs up a bit. LOL 😂

[@yomogami4561]

interesting story enjoyed the narration

[@Devin_Stromgren]

Like a swarm of angry bees.

[@CHRF-55457]

Children playing in the backyard of Giants. And then they stabbed the Giant's hands with a knife.

[@KiithNaabal]

That could have played out in the Bobiverse just like this.

[@Darkwintre]

Thanks

[@AgroSquerril]

A pleasure , glad you enjoyed and thank you for the dono. It is very much appreciated

[@hollyferay8131]

Brilliant!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@leadingauctions8440]

An excellent story.

[@calvingreene90]

The Jeune École against the battleship line done right.

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

😂 I’m imagining for years That council demanding tributes from the humans an the human ambassadors pretending not to understand 😂

[@kleinjahr]

Could use a good editor, to clean up the spelling and grammar, but otherwise a good story. A nice example of "Quantity has it's on quality" A lesson the Germans learned from the Russians. The Brits learned it from the Zulu.

[@mattirrodraca2807]

those aliens really f'ed up

[@AgroSquerril]

that they did

[@thelivingghost5695]

One Elephant vs 10,000 rats.

[@underfire_]

Ah, yes. The mammoth hunt)

[@stuckonaslide]

virgin aliens: NOOO YOU CANT JUST DESTROY EVERYTHING WITH NUKES! chad humans: haha MIRV go boom boom boom

[@karlhamoy3919]

nice ❤

[@62forged]

Good story.

[@seanrobert9661]

Jokes on you, fools.....doom.... For the bard For the squrral For the algorithms

[@AgroSquerril]

For The algorithm

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Bless the Squerril Bless the Author

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!

[@the_honkler778]

hehe Uranium go *_B R R R R R R R_*

[@zarektheinsane6656]

You bastard not the other sock, how dare you!

[@eleethtahgra7182]

In other words, zerg rush.

[@no-eh9ox]

fun fact in our urine there is a very tiny amount of plutonium

[@sherylcascadden4988]

A comment to appease the algorithm and help the channel.

[@AB-ln2py]

Question - why would they be slow ? There is no need to be slow in space :D You go with max speed that your systems can compensate for weapon tracking :D

[@cgi2002]

Maneuvering still works with newtonian physics until you start using scifi tech like inertial dampening. The council races are all from worlds with average gravity of 0.25g (2.5ms or less), meaning they are poorly adapted to rapid thrust, we however have grown up with 9.8ms as our constant gravity, and are well known to be able to survive forces nearly 15 times that high for short periods. Basically compared to us they would be larger, with far weaker bones, and honestly slower brains/reactions (distance affects the processing speed of neurons, double the distance half the reaction speed). Basically humans would be short lived, very fast and stupidly strong compared to them. Our ships rapidly thrusting to the side at 10g would kill them, it'd just be uncomfortable to us. We could also accelerate faster than them in a straight line. They may be able to survive 1g of constant thrust at most, we can for survive far more and likely for far longer. Basically we are stronger than they are, and it let's us do things that they can't. In ground combat they'd be terrified of us, we'd be able to run and jump at speeds they can't track, a punch would shatter their bones if not outright kill them. Best real world example here is imagine they are fat overweight humans with a sensory issue, and we are raging silver back gorillas. Or a tv example, the expanse. They are belters, they just can't survive on earth without special tech and in space pass out before earthborn when under heavy acceleration.

[@AB-ln2py]

@@cgi2002 And who said rapid acceleration ? You dont need rapid changes in speed in space, you need high top speed. Which will make tracking and hitting you very hard. For whatever reason people always assume you slow down in space :P

[@cgi2002]

@@AB-ln2py actually it's still vital. Rapid acceleration serves 2 purposes. Space has no "top speed" until you start to approach the speed of light. The closer you get you will have increasing levels of resistance as you approach it via friction. Dispite popular opinion, space isn't empty, faster you go, more stuff you will hit, meaning more energy will be needed to continue accelerating. But accerlation is key still, as that is what makes you get there quicker, and the higher your acceleration curve. But in reality all this is mostly pointless in a space battle, only way it is if you are litterally travelling so fast that the enemy's weapons can't catch you, or are approaching at such a low relative velocity as to make them easy pickings for point defences or slow speed evasion. What's actually important depends on 2 things. Are weapons guided and do FTL sensors exist. If the former is true, it depends on if its local or remote guidance, the later is defeated by rapid changes in acceleration provided FTL sensors don't exist. Even at a few hundred thousand km (knife fighting range in space) you won't be exactly were the enemy sees you if your moving, faster the movement the greater the error, but predictable fast movement is easy to counter. Rapid changes in acceleration however, they make your position nearly impossible to predict. For example at 5 light seconds, no changes in direction travelling at 50000km/hr (slow), the enemy can predict exactly were you will be and were to shoot. Now add in random bursts from thrusters for random durations at varying random levels applying a force that keeps you on the same x axis, but alters both your y and z axis. Your enemy now has a cone of locations you could be in, making you much harder to hit. Increase the initial velocity, the cone merely gets longer but still has the same total area after 5s as it did when you were going slowly. However increase the maneuvering acceleration ranges (higher maximum) and the area after 5s increases exponentially. Want to really mess with your enemy, alter your velocity ontop of it and your area now goes from a 2d shape to a 3d shape. Rapid acceleration also serves another purpose. Active evasion, if you've been shot at and you know a large area of space is going to be deadly and your currently in it, getting out of it faster increases the odds of survival. Basically the ability to change your location rapidly is in a gunfight were the enemy doesn't know exactly were you are but is very good at guessing were you will be is good. Combine this is been able to dodge his shots that you see coming before they hit you and your going to be in a much better position than someone who can't do either nearly as well.

[@cgi2002]

@@AB-ln2py or to put it really simply. With enough math you can hit anything in space if you know how fast it's going, were it is when you fire, and if it's not altering its velocity in an unpredictable way. It's simple math. Adding unpredictable acceleration adds an element of randomness into the math giving you multiple results, the more acceleration the larger the range of possible results, and if you add this acceleration in all 3 dimensions randomly rather than just 1 or 2, that range becomes exponentially larger. I am at no point using SW logic of fleet meets fleet and sits there facing each other. I'm more using real world naval tactics but in 3d, your gunnery is based in relative velocity and predicting were your enemy will be when your shots land. With a bit of "I only know were they were 10 seconds ago and what their speed and course was then" thrown in. That's firing solutions in space (its also just how you plot a course to fly in space, you don't fly to were your target is, you fly to were it will be when you get there based on the math).

[@AB-ln2py]

@@cgi2002 ah but thats the place where speed comes into place. You cannot know where you shoot if you dont know where exactly the enemy is. Speed and space make predicting location of a ship tricky. Of course the smaller the distance the easier it gets. Which basically boils down to super fast and deadly fire e changes while fleets buzz pass themselvs at max speed

[@You-ye4xb]

2:50 make the flying urayuli

[@nigredoooalgown6245]

This is a cat in a box.

[@AgroSquerril]

cool

[@robertpanek5944]

Nukes aren't nearly as effective in space as many seem to think. No shockwave.

[@theonetodefyall238]

keeper going

[@AgroSquerril]

Kept going

[@orlandobritt1460]

Bullies get what's coming to them

[@wrathfulcoma4357]

I would imagine humans would also have railguns at this point

[@SiegeTF]

"Okie-dokey; nuke 'em!" ~ Richard, my cousin and former competitive player of the original Starcraft.

[@brianlance8263]

"When I see a world untouched by war..." "...I just want to nuke it!" -Starcraft 2 Ghost

[@imjang2430]

Yet another story of human horde numbers power

[@davidteh3807]

… mushroom crowd !

[@genericuser984]

neat

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@owenknight927]

First Alien The humans said that they were decommissioning a obsolete weapon Second Alien Wait a moment if they are decommissioning that which they call a obsolete weapon what are their current weapons like 🤔 The rest of the council response ( brown trousers time) One human admiral watching on a view screen Rats i was hoping that they hadn't thought of that so we could test out our other toys