Galactic Empire Killed A Human Diplomat, Humanity Declared Full Scale War | Best HFY Stories

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[@diarradunlap9337]

*Aliens-* "Kill the human diplomat!" *Humans channelling Genghis Khan after the Khwarizmian Empire killed his emissaries-* "Oh, no, you DIDN'T!"

[@Rozsomakk1]

@@diarradunlap9337 Temujin some positive human!? Absurd...

[@chrisleitzel2659]

In Genghis Khan's time, anything done to the ambassadors of a tribe's leader was considered as having been done to the leader himself. So, you can understand why he took it personally.

[@kishinasura1989]

I can hear the throat singing from 3 sector's over 😂

[@JB-bb4su]

@@chrisleitzel2659 Generally speaking, still the same way. Official actions against ambassadors are actions against the country and government they represent.

[@chrisleitzel2659]

@@JB-bb4su I had assumed that, but I don't know diplomatic law.

[@DireTacoman]

Aliens: Haha! Human skull make funny noise! Humans: So, you have chosen death....

[@alexanderren1097]

Humans: **Mongol throat singing*

[@alexanderren1097]

Aliens: “Kill the human diplomat!” Humans: **Mongol throat singing commences* Aliens: “Why do we hear boss music?!”

[@kishinasura1989]

Alien: Kills human diplomate The entire whole of the human race: Get the check list boys we about to have a hell of a weekend 😅

[@armandomorelos2500]

Its like bro you killed the one person holding the entire species from wanting to make contact... for the wrong reasons lol

[@kishinasura1989]

@@armandomorelos2500 yep so I have one question do you want the Bolter or flamer?

[@vordu4403]

*chants* war crimes, war crimes, WAR CRIMES

[@cuchulainnmurphy8729]

Excellent! Would like to hear more of this story. Please and thank you. 😊

[@mystryx7931]

To those complaining, I listen to about 4 true high-quality audiobooks a week. I listen to these because I enjoy a little inspiration for humanity for 30 minutes and a bit of art. I don't read the subtititles. Else, I'd read a book. If complaining, make your own. I'll be happy to listen to it. At least this is available, for free. If you don't like it, don't listen. Don't mock what you can't do. If you can, hopefully, you will make something better.

[@islndjak]

You are an as hole

[@pete3627]

They’re made using AI

[@mystryx7931]

@pete3627 so get off your ass and do better

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

"Don't mock what you can't do" *You don't need to be an actor to recognise bad acting*

[@bvc5320]

The complaints I've seen have mostly been critical of the AI mispronouncing words. This should be pointed out as it is an issue that can be fixed. Even if this was a voice actor pointing out the mistakes should still be done to help them improve their craft.

[@Jenny-h8t]

This feels like the first chapter in a long story.

[@cameronsylvester8934]

Right I was thinking this is different from most of those ai stories

[@jammer68]

@@cameronsylvester8934 Not real different. Just a slightly better prompt. I made it about halfway through then they Humans sent a special forces team in to a key enemy base to gather intelligence and disrupt the enemies activities. The stealth drop ship made it in undetected and the electronics guy (I'm assuming) hacked their systems to allow them to sneak into the control room. out of no where, for no reason, they get detected and attacked. they have to download the information, from the system they hacked from their ship to get what they need. At that point, I decided that, since what they were doing didn't make any since, I quit listening. It was only a fairly decent story to that point anyway. There are much better storie3s on other channels I can listen too so wont waste anymore time on this one.

[@SergioMollari]

Ithrix: "War is the Empire's natural state." Humanity: "Oh, really?" Laughs maniacally.

[@Joshkie2]

His Marine guard detachment is where? Diplomats don’t go anywhere alone.

[@captin-crane3324]

“We showed you an olive branch, And you knocked it from our hand. Its an old saying about peace- live and let live. But you! Have single-handedly pissed off every human in the galaxy and we will give you what we failed to achieve the first time.” “Oh? And whats that human?” “The war to end all wars”

[@ex-navyspook]

I've had training in voice-over, and have even done some voice-over work. If you'd like me to help make your channel different than the others, and use a real human voice, contact me here.

[@Alrakis_Draconis]

"Testament" had to be one of the favorite words used in stories like this

[@SwirlingSoul]

Also, "Weight pressing down on...." is also a must for the bingo card... As is ¨menacing¨.

[@rupturedduck6981]

Mankind would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. Now why the hell are those Godless Aliens still breathing and not bleeding ??

[@lesley643]

First Sarah Chen, now Timothy Holt. Being an Ambassador is not a great career choice. What is this universe coming to. Sad times.

[@williamstuckless2892]

I like the stories, but the AI reading is a travesty, and not just this channel. A program cannot understand the nuances present in a situation or spoken sentence. Inflection, intensity, intent, all these things are beyond software, as it currently exists, anyway. Better to use AI to modify the voice of a human speaker to enhance the narrative.

[@jasonleigh4938]

It's a common problem

[@lesley643]

I miss Sarah Chen. 😢

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

Uou need to teach your AI the proper words when ot tells a story. Too many words are being misspoken! I know what it supposed to say but gets irritating

[@grogvaughan5649]

Gotta love a grammar comment with kindergarten spelling

[@TerraExodus]

Uou need to teach ouo how the AI works. Too many are spoken and mispronounced. Me think too hard. Bwain hurts. 😂

[@TerraExodus]

You sound like the kind of person who blames when you fall over? Aye uou okay? 😂

[@AprilK-w5m]

Still, he does have a point. It is annoying. It leaves you with a WTF moment each time it happens. It distracts from the story and each little aggravation adds up to a poor overall experience. Aren’t you supposed to test the AI before you choose one to avoid that kind of poor performance? Or are they all like that? In which case they aren’t exactly intelligent, are they? We need better vetting, or send the AI back to school. They have more to learn. If you don’t point out the problems they will never get corrected. And really, going after someone for spelling mistakes? That is grammar school behaviour when he had a perfectly valid point.

[@thomasmccobb]

​@@AprilK-w5mNot to mention that it is usually auto correct making the errors.

[@KeyOrion]

I highly was listening to the story, and was enjoying it up to a single point, where all the sudden at one spot in the story it made no sense to me. 15:40 One thing to remember when writing a story about aliens is that they are aliens. Sirens blaring and red lights...that's a human thing. That's human plot. That's what WE as humans are used to. Why would the aliens use the same alarm and light colors as human to denote an intruder? Chimes? War drums? A cacophony of alien monotones? And why red lights? Is this a bipedal response for all species across the universe to make all their alarm lights red? We do have a rainbow spectrum. Maybe yellow, green, maybe blue. Maybe a danger color to other species beyond the red spectrum? The rest of the galaxy is not human, so why would they make technology based on human basis, especially when it comes to security. It's easy for readers to identify, yes, but it's not truly alien. We watched Star Trek conflict episodes for so long, and we have emergency lights on top of Police Cars and Fire Engines, which we identify red for emergency lights. Take this as constructive criticism. The entire species of a galaxy doesn't revolve under, "Well if the technology is good enough for a human to understand in a plot, then it's good enough for the Galactic Empire to make the humans easily understand as well." Instead of Blaring Sirens and Red lights, perhaps a screen that shows a pulsing unique symbol on a monitor. Perhaps a type of smell that emanates from a strange orifice along a fleshy type of wall within an alien colony, that lets the aliens know that intruders are there. The sounds of a wind chime made of crystal and a colorful light pulsating at a certain speed to denote alarm. When creating an alien atmosphere, do not use Humanity as a basis for all the rest of the species across the universe. Well lighted corridors, escalators, an ability to read and understand alien languages on a screen that you never seen before. Hooking up an instant program translation device that understands the alien symbols in a computer, to infect with a virus (worst example is Independence Day). A lot of what we see in movies directly impacts the stories we write, from a human perspective. And it does have some positive and negative impacts. Although in Hollywood, most scripts believe that a big explosion will make you miss all the plot holes in the storyline. "And then we have a big explosion in this scene, and everyone in the audience won't see the glaring hole staring right at them in act 2, scene 15. One of the big plot-holes is the amount of time between when humanity talks about going to war, and all the sudden we're on a secret mission of espionage at an unknown time frame. It feels like a lot of time was skipped. It felt like the writer had an idea at the beginning, but couldn't cover an extended amount of time, because the writer was in a hurry or didn't know how to flesh things out to connect all the dots. Probably needed an extra 15 to 20 minutes to smooth the wrinkles. If you're going to make them alien, make the scene alien as well. If you're going to create a universe, even for a short story, flesh it out. I felt like I went from chapter one, with chapter two missing, and heading into chapter three's ending. And if you are going to seriously sit down and write a story, take whatever time is needed to complete it, in full. Not this, "It's Tuesday, I got to get this out in 2 hours and post it..." That's no longer a story; that's a symptom of you attempting to meet a deadline. It's no longer a story of aliens versus humanity. It's a story of the writer fighting against a deadline with insurmountable timetables! You against the clock! Seconds ticking by like formations of enemy soldiers! Legions of minutes passing by! You get the idea.

[@jamesogden7756]

Proofread and then proof-LISTEN before posting. Dafuq. Not in 4th grade. Details matter. This is written at a 4th grade level.

[@keithperdue4993]

I get negative replys when I complain about the juvenile writing.

[@gordmorris3368]

how can a room buzz with silence

[@grogvaughan5649]

During my deployments over 20yrs in the Army there have been times when the silence was both deafening and electric. It's situational at best.

[@eszefvsdf]

tinnitus

[@Fireandbubbles]

These stories are interesting but the AI narration is painful. I’d much rather read them.

[@mystryx7931]

I think there is a written link.

[@Tony-rn5fm]

aliens eff up, humanity beats the eff out of aliens , everybody lives happily ever after

[@Rebellion90s]

You know, there are plenty of capital ship names to choose from, but there are like 3 names keep popping up in HFY stories across KZbin: Resolute, Retribution, and Vengeance. There are many heroic or historical figure names likes John F. Kennedy, Chinggis Khan, Pyotr Velikiy (Peter The Great), Black Prince, etc. Or you can look up for states or provinces likes Texas, Kyoto, Sydney, Kyiv (Kiev), etc. Even expression or poetry could fit which is common among British and Japanese ships.

[@deadmeatdec2164]

Probably uses those three names, character names as well, to avoid using names other creators have used. An effort to avoid potential legal issues I would think.

[@Rebellion90s]

@@deadmeatdec2164 You know, there is a lot of people sharing same names IRL, right? And no, I'm not talking about just Vietnamese Nguyen, but about naming from around the world, if you could get sued by using the same character name as some famous writers you never know they existed then the fiction writing career would have been destroyed even before the first computer being an idea. Star Trek for example, the ship USS Enterprise wasn't born from Star Trek, and probably neither the US WWII carrier. Another example is the Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy, Pyotr is the Slavic translation of Peter, and the person named Peter the Great is a Tsar of Russian Empire, if you could get sued just using the same names appeared historically, Wargaming must be in a lot of trouble right now because World of Warships. It's not just Peter the Great, but there are also many historical figures across the globe likes Frederich der Grosse, Forrest Sherman, Vladimir Lenin, Manfred von Richthofen, Franklin D Roosvelt, etc, and these are just persons alone, there is one ship actually named Soviet Union (Sovetski Soyuz) as well as the famous Japanese ship that used her old country name (Yamato)

[@JB-bb4su]

@@deadmeatdec2164 I can name a book series where all three of those names are ships within the same fleet. They're generic names that avoid any political flare-ups from mentioning the "heroic historical figures" or cities/states you suggested. The nature of politics is that for every person that gets a sense or patriotism or pride in a person or place, another identifies as the symbol of something despised.

[@foxylady1048]

They all look human on the kill scene, but what do I know…..

[@neitzche1245]

first mission is to hit a station that supplies fuel to the Fleet.. but suddenly its about stealing intel from a computer? What happened to stopping the fuel supplies?

[@tonynelligan1930]

you misheard or read it. they state it's a supply hub and that it was key for fuel supplies. but they never said they'd blow it up. however they also stated that it would allow them a foothold in the empire. foothold is a term to mean seizing and holding a part of the enemy lands. so stealing data does fit.

[@neitzche1245]

@@tonynelligan1930 maybe... its a tenuous thread to pull though. should have said what the mission was IMO.

[@jammer68]

Don't forget that after hacking the stations system, they have to go to the control room to download the data from the system they took control of from their stealth, undetectable drop ship. I mean, every time I turn on my pc, I have to go into the living room to access it instead of sitting in front of it in my room and doing whatever i need to.

[@willdavis3802]

Just before the second mission they say "We've been on the defensive long enough." FFS you raided one outpost, and now you're turning the tide from defense to offence when the aliens haven't even attacked you yet?

[@MrIcephoto]

First capture the station to cut out the fuel, and all the sudden its information they wanted..

[@keithperdue4993]

Fergawdsakes! It's "comms", NOT "calms", this gets real tired. I won't even get into all the other butchered words.

[@thanos-b7e]

You need to teach the a.i slightly better grammar it's rough sometimes. Some words are spoken weird, not necessary wrong but some people will take it that way. Alot of misspelled words but thats not rough for me to read lol. And i like the subtle change to this story where humans where not sure if they could win. And the overall story is better than the older versions good job.

[@jdrew500]

not a complaint, the stories are good, just a suggestion. The automated voice is not very good. Look around for a better one.

[@JB-bb4su]

Doesn't sound so bad if you bump up the playback speed

[@heartlessnobody1143]

i can't help but notice that, *there is no source in the description or in the comments.* *please, correct that mistake before its too late.*

[@SandraNelson063]

A little too much reliance on " resolute " and " resolve ".

[@jammer68]

Its not like humanity has a history with many heroes or locations like towns, states, countries that they could name ships after. They always have to be the same names that no country would ever use, or if they did it would be if they build the ship after a tragic loss during the war.

[@natenate2280]

*labored breathing, growing shallow* "I-I hear an angel" *multiple system scanner alarms blaring simultaneously* "Sir, incoming comms from 17 outposts on the edge of this sytem" "put me through to Guard Commander Regix at outpost 3" "Admiral, this is Guard Commander Regix, multiple Colossus Class human warships have been detected entering the solar sys-" *comms static* *incoherent comms flashing on all display portals across the command deck* "What is this?" "ADMIRAL THIS IS GUARD COMMANDER XARENZ OF OUTPOST 9, EVACUATE ALL CIVILIANS IN THE SYSTEM, OUTPOSTS 1, 3, 7, AND 12 HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, THEY ARE EVERYWH-" *comms static, again*

[@Tony-rn5fm]

oh, you mean MINISTER OF WAR , right ?

[@markmaher4548]

They killed our Diplomat? ACTION STATIONS, ACTION STATIONS, ACTION STATIONS, ALL HANDS CLOSE UP, ASSUME CONDITION ZULU THROUGHOUT THE SHIP, HOIST BATTLE ENSIGNS!

[@gerrylynch5082]

You know that saying the same thing over and over doesn't make a story.

[@qystein]

ai shite with every human being the best and a story going nowhere

[@ravwood7277]

In this story were there their allies when the diplomat was killed they had no allies every race that was in that room was accountable

[@LovesWaterfalls]

Our alliances were with races too insignificant to have a seat at the table with the big players.

[@lordMartiya]

Is it so hard read the tale?

[@LovesWaterfalls]

hiring voice actors to read is expensive. Maybe hire broke college students?

[@lordMartiya]

@LovesWaterfalls Why are you talking of voice actors when I talked of the guy doing his own reading?

[@denverhinman118]

Remember u are a guest hear explain the people who were lost in our places we visit,we never find there bodies u eating humans

[@LovesWaterfalls]

Those of you complaining about the AI voice must not listen to some of the channels that read the family drama stories (usually thinly disguised asian ones) You know those ones about Golden Child siblings, or Terrible Mother-in-Laws? They have TRULY awful AI voices. And their grammar, spelling, skipping words, etc is painful to deal with. Most of these Sci-Fi ones are downright normal in comparison! AI is still in kindergarten, cut the posters some slack. You want professional voice actors? Subscribe to a paid audio book service.

[@thomaskinney9081]

Wasn't good Total destruction and the empire begging for forgiveness is what we wanted not thos garbage

[@bkstar1960]

I would like the story a lot better if it were a human & not AI narrating..

[@Losttoanyreason]

Ads every 3-5 minutes is ridiculous. Not worth finishing. Great way to destroy your platform KZbin.

[@SavageBruski]

I'm not sure if the author used AI to write this or not, but it's cyclical, repetitive. The same things are being regurgitated.

[@THCLK]

great story, but the AI that reads it, is BAAAAAD as hell... it is more or less monotone... makes the story a lot less good and keeps me from subbing to this channel :( just wanted to give feedback :)

[@foxylady1048]

This looks like clicks to me.

[@487shawntower4]

OMG!!! It is amazing, you mean there are actual male military leaders in one of these stories!! Holy cow! It is almost as if in reality 99% of real life combat are lead by men!! Where is the Mary Sue or boss bitch to perfectly destroy all the aliens or the amazing ambassador? I mean story after story on these YT genre of story is always the superior , godlke woman!

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

I think youve got some issues

[@finchat2382]

​@@TimberlakeTigerGirlwell. Almost in every story the army leader is usualy female. Its more realistic to be male. But yes he may have issues

[@BrentJones-x4c]

Yes very annoying so much so bye

[@bnk3rmk259]

this is just sloppy

[@RandomLoverOfNoodles]

Algorithm comment

[@Rita-t2d]

The AI does mispronounce but Mr Robert you might want to check your spelling

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

@@Rita-t2d I know I am not an English Major, so I am not the best speller in the world?

[@randylindsey7184]

Just enjoy the story,.don't try and correct it, I enjoy these

[@RPSantacruzLandscaping]

Imagine posting something you want because you can and people try to correct your diction 😂

[@roldanrobles8563]

BORING!🤮

[@BillyBrannan-t6z]

Far too boring, please don't watch this one!

[@Rozsomakk1]

WTF! Why anglosaxon every hero, when Chinese and indian the all peoples 30% And latinos, african peoples, hamita, turkmen peoples, other asian peoples, slavic, nordic-germanic peoples! Very boring when every "good men" WASP!

[@jimreimers4213]

Start a channel and clean things up!!! AI is the talk of the town. Earn some of this you tube money for yourself!!

[@georgecurtis6463]

By the time these stories occur, I doubt there will be separate races.

[@neitzche1245]

never says what race they are, however, the names are Caucasian.. I agree

[@patrickdurham8393]

It's in the future bud

[@jaybee7075]

Start a channel and make your own heros story , actually do it, you will be surprised by the support you have, do t make this about race ,that is cheap and does not mean anything anymore ,we hear that crap all the time.

[@MrSears_1.618]

These are AI? NOPE.

[@michaelking7231]

Frankly I am so sick and tired of hearing that stupid word “palpable” wtf is this AI that limited that it can’t steal other words from other AI created crap or what?

[@macmcleod1188]

So we could conclude that you feel a palpable rage over the overuse of this word. 😊

[@did_I_hurt_your_fee_fees]

At least this story didn't overuse the word quantum. One story actually used the phrase a Quantum stabilized coffee cup, Quantum shields, Quantum Hall Quantum this Quantum that Quantum quantum quantum. I'm getting so sick of that word and no one uses it right