Humanity is Using the Stupidest Armor I've Ever Seen | Best HFY Stories

[@JimD-h8s]

I've heard a few stories with this same group of characters and I'm a fan. Props to the author and of course the narrator. 👍

[@MartinLovasz-r7r]

Yes, this is a great series and with a kick ass narrator!

[@kristomonieth]

yes, it's nice to hear chraracter's back story. The Yorpil kicks ass later in another story, heheh, she learns to fight like human mwahaha

[@TheBetterManInBlack]

You need to start putting Freiran's name in the titles. I generally only listen to these stories when I'm really bored, but I genuinely look forward to Freiran's tale.

[@fffaaa8371]

Id love if they put the names of the main character in the title. Theres some mini series o love and some im really not a fan of in the universe and it would make it a lot easier to navigate

[@SapientSheep]

Aliens training at Fort Leonard Wood and complaining about the unpredictable weather pleases my midwest soul

[@Piemur1]

Micromotors? You kids are spoiled! In my day, we just had muscular motivation! You hadta be FIT to carry your armor. And your Ruck. And your weapon. And your ammo. And your helmet. And your canteen. And your radio. And your spare ammo. And your secondary. And your ammo for your secondary. And your grenades. And your SPARE spare ammo. And your batteries. And your MREs. And your spare armor plates. And your spare buddy ammo. Are you the gunner of your squad? Don't forget your ammo! Medic? Your medkit and supplies. Radioman? Yep, your command radio unit. Demolitions? All of your C4 charges, detpacks, and extra grenades. Engineer? Your kit matches the Demo's but with more tools. Scout? You poor sods are expected to carry your kit and haul ass twice as fast!

[@funny_joke_goes_here4406]

‘When I joined the corps, we didn’t have any fancy-schmancy tanks! We had sticks! Two sticks and a rock for the whole platoon! And we had to *share* the rock’ type comment and I love it.

[@maingun07]

@@funny_joke_goes_here4406 Rocks? All we had in the Old Corps was hard feelings, but it was enough. You do not want to face a Marine with hard feelings.

[@oldergent5266]

You forgot to add that after the first half mile, you had to carry your 2nd Lieutenant and all their gear, while they whined that they are an officer and shouldn't have to do all this. As for the Marines, it was we Army soldiers who caused their hard feelings, after throwing sand against a wall and yelling "HIT THE BEACH!"

[@psion128]

Recruits in 2020 and forward are a different breed of weak. I swear the basic training standards got weaker each decade. -_-

[@KDarkmoon1]

@@psion128 It's because all of the chemicals in our food and water is harming male development. Go and look at the high-school yearbook photos of seniors in the 1950s and then compare it to 2020's seniors. There is a very notable difference.

[@CassieMichael]

Lord of the Rings Armor?! All right!! M.Y.T.H.R.I.L.=Mithril. As light as a feather and as HARD as dragon scale!

[@armadillotoe]

This flashed me back to basic training when I was appointed Squad Leader. I felt as though I instantly had a dozen children to look after.

[@najroe]

heh, yeah, if the children are given extra fitness twice the experience and extremely chaotic creative streak with a dark humor and access to military hardware backing the "fun". our regiment comander did a mistake in an exercise breifing, he finished the long tedious and needlessly drawn out thing with something like "you have training, in this exercise objective is to slow a extremely overwhelming enemy force enough to allow our allies to regroup, use anything you got to stop them just avoid hurting anyone" oooh boy, any semblance of rules was quickly dropped and things got VERY creative. and amount of S### heading our way after was epic.

[@davelockwood4875]

To the author and the choice to use a Human narrator.... THANK YOU!!!! I love this gal who narrates. Thanks a LOT!!! Most AI's out there have turned me off to a LOT of good stories that I can't listen to due to all the errors they make in pronunciation and other grammatical errors that totally distract me!!! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!!

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

Though the grammar error is likely because the AI channels took the scripts from people who are not native english speaker, in best case.

[@SoyaroNightmare]

@@tovarishchfeixiao most ai-reader errors I found were missing or totally messed up punctuation

[@Dagobah359]

11:15 M.Y.T.H.R.L. is clearly meant to invoke 'mithril' (the strongest metal in Tolkien's novels) which is pronounced 'myth-real' (as in, it's mythical but it's real).

[@JohanssenJr]

Just for a future note, the Army has to turn all its acronyms into words, so DFACs are pronounced "dee-fack"

[@gg-eo6ez]

Don't let them know the Army values are named and put in order so it spells out, "Leadership"

[@JohanssenJr]

@@gg-eo6ez please don't remind me that I have privates fresh out of AIT that don't know that.... it hurts

[@sandwiches-o3f]

It's a pretend universe dude.

[@XtreemAlan]

Makes sense, since it’s faster than saying each letter (another example is “Humvee” for HMMWV) Speaking of, how do people say ASAP nowadays?

[@JohanssenJr]

@@XtreemAlan "a-sap" is how I've always heard it. Though now, sometimes you have to specify whether it's "as soon as possible" or "army substance abuse program."

[@AdmiralKnight]

It would be really cool if you guys could group all the stories from this universe into a playlist

[@DJTourniquet]

Yee. Like chapters in a book

[@spencersholden]

Same

[@keegansantoroski9042]

Idk when it was made but, I'm watching off a playlist called "Miss Rimiki".

[@kristomonieth]

...."they shot me...." lol >.

[@XtreemAlan]

Even the aliens are excited to be ODSTs Also at some point in the future humanity should’ve still developed a version of Mjolnir armor

[@colbymusic-lv8rw]

I'm hoping in a later story we have something akin to preferably to me astartes. Because in this universe, we're already spartans, our "super" soldiers need some more octane 😂

[@mayapilkey3577]

The aliens have mjolnir armour. But EMPs render them useless while odst armour still works after being hit by an EMP.

[@haydenferrand7972]

Frieren and himmel on a space adventure hell yeah

[@archmageofmetal8883]

This is by far the highest quality HFY channel I've come across. Narrations are top notch.

[@merlinathrawes746]

Have you not found Agro Squirrel Narrates yet? He not only narrates, he does voice acting in his videos.

[@Shadowkey392]

You’ve never heard Adastra Science Fiction Stories? Look up their “The Nature of Predators.” Swear to God, no other HFY story comes close.

[@GenStallion]

Just for future reference, the military will often pronounce an acronym as a word. DFAC is pronounced dē-fac. I've noticed most narrators will say each letter. This breaks immersion.

[@azurepulse1870]

And "suite" is pronounced like 'sweet'. "The hotel messed up and upgraded us to the penthouse suite."

[@kelvunmedina90]

not if ur looking at from the POV of the aliens.

[@robertescalante1154]

Ewoks? I gotta love these stories. Thanks Starbound HFY for improving my quality of life. These stories reduce my stress, lower my blood pressure, and make thousands of Julienne Fries. ^_^

[@kenlee5509]

Please read The Lord of the Rings ... Mythrel (MYTH re-el) is an Elvin metal, from which chain mail and other armor is made. 11:23 Merthel is not a thing, not even in this story.

[@lemax6865]

I think Tolkien spells it Mythril, if memory serves. I don't remember ever seeing it spelt Mythrel, all fantasy universes that use the term either employ an "i" or an "a" for the second vowel, at least to my knowledge.

[@BowedSiren640Xbox]

@@lemax6865 I am inclined to agree with your findings on spelling.

[@mycroft16]

​@@lemax6865 it is spelled Mithril by Tolkien.

[@merlinathrawes746]

You would think they would have checked on what medications actually worked for the various aliens and for what might be actively poisonous to them.

[@lemax6865]

Yeah, that's a rather obvious problem... It's even downright odd that it worked on *any* of them, even if mammals were to evolve somewhere else, it's next to impossible that they would react the same way to the same drugs. I can explain why if you'd like, but it's complicated and would be long-winded, so I'll stop here for now.

[@SnowmanTF2]

There are plenty of medications that vary in effectiveness among individuals of a species, and given limits of weight medics can carry, first one receive might be what is most likely to work for most number of allied aliens than that individual species. Plus they are intentionally shooting every new recruit at least once in the leg, so health/safety/ethics standards seem to have gone much lower.

[@Chrisspru]

the armor should have a passive mechanical inner exoskeleton, as to protect the joints and aleviate weight. elastic assists ( kangaroo leg mechanism, etc.) should be present too.

[@themandalorian400]

I really am enjoying these stories with Frairen and Co. Especially since its taking place in Ft Lenardwood, Missouri (near me) which is not the place I figured would ever be a top choice for a writer to use, much less a futuristic HFY SI-FI story. Good to see some Missouri rep - definitely the place to put some aliens through the wringer. Would love to have a long form video of all the Frairen and Co stories put together in chronological order or just more of them.

[@DethOnHigh]

I'm guessing the author probably was US Army and did their Backs Training there. I say "was" because of the Cattle Car reference and I've heard that they don't use them anymore but I could be wrong.

[@noctisumbra2749]

Fort Lost in the Woods of Missery

[@zipperfingers749]

So they get introduced to how to fight like a Helldiver.

[@mayapilkey3577]

Yes, because helldivers are wimps pretending to be hell jumpers (ODST). A hell diver wouldn't survive the training an odst has to go through. Plus hell jumpers came first

[@AkivaElbereth]

Army Veteran here. DFAC should be pronounced "Dee-fak" for better authenticity. LOVE the stories and the vocal work! You guys are awesome!

[@Grabsmite]

M.Y.T.H.R.L is pronounced mith-rul (mythril is a fictional metal similar to silver, but with properties that make it much stronger, as well as, lighter.)

[@lemax6865]

I've read speculation that it may be inspired by an alloy called arsenical bronze... If true, it's rather fascinating.

[@Shadowkey392]

One thing to note: because of how plasma works, you probably actually WOULD need some manner of energy shielding to stop it. At the very least the armour would probably have to be polarized, at the very least, otherwise the concentrated plasma would just burn through the armour. Polarizing it would help to disperse it. Also, it seems likely that we WOULD embrace personal energy shielding in our armour if it were effective to do so, which it seems like it would be. Also, and I could be wrong here, but I strongly suspect it’s illegal to shoot your trainees for any reason, body armour or no, and that’s not likely to change in the future, because we humans aren’t that stupid or insane. Even a thigh shot could kill, which is actually why live-fire training is conducted so that the rounds pass WAY overhead. Nobody ever actually gets shot. Aside from all that, another good story.

[@ssnerd583]

Most excellent narration!!! Thank the stars that it isnt AI!!!!

[@psion128]

One reason why I love this channel. They don't go lazy mode and use robots.

[@doonular]

Please keep reading the stories yourself, your reading is so much better than the robo-voices so many people now use instead of actually doing the reading themselves. I really dislike the robo-readers reading stories that have obviously not even been proof-read, leading to repetition, errors, and mis-pronunciations. For that reason, yours is the only story channel I've subscribed to. Thank you!

[@seighartmercury]

"Miniature HVAC System" made me chuckle, it's like calling a phone charger block a "Miniature High Voltage Rectifier" (HVAC stands for High Volume Air Conditioning)

[@rinconusmc]

Hvac tech here. Doing work in Arizona, Hvac actually stands for (Hot Very Angry Customers) lol

[@The_GG_Janitor]

This is a great channel when you just want to feel unsupported pride in humanity. Even if it isn’t real, or even makes no sense, its nice to believe.

[@archersfriend5900]

Woot, Ft. Leonard Wood. Brings back memories.

[@roughneckmp]

I like how the author has kept the same characters/species. Well done.

[@Truex007]

Out of shape going in, in shape coming out!

[@JTruong3rd]

The more things changed the more it stays the same.

[@Illecron]

can someone post a playlist of these stories with these characters in the comments I like to hear them all

[@Rebelrocker69]

So so glad that this series is finally continuing. I love it. Also, excellent narration. Kudos to you and please have your own bag of cream cookies.

[@iceking688]

I'd love to see a playlists to separate out the stories you guys have made and voiced for example the 'Frairen/Miss Rimiki Saga' and 'The Lead Dealer Saga'

[@StarboundHFY]

will try and put something together :)

[@ReSpark141]

man, this particular series reminds me of krill and the mischevious activities of the unsc Stabby

[@Your_Resident_Jawa]

Diamond willow made a new episode about Krill and co 2 weeks ago in case you didn’t know

[@ReSpark141]

@@Your_Resident_Jawa i did not know, thx for the info

[@robertgraybeard3750]

12:41 " . . . remember to face the enemy . . ." the writer should have said "you have minimum armor at the back." No armor in the back wouild be insane.

[@necishax610]

I really enjoy this series. Nice work.

[@mickleflacher1391]

As a military nerd this armor sounds terrible too heavy, don’t increase the user’s strength, restricts breathing, and is a hindrance to more because of the added weight. Still like your guy’s work .

[@Dr.blob_fish]

14:42 that is a so true

[@patrickjoyce4521]

holy shit how is an optikin here, i thought they could only barely manage to pick up 3 pounds while in earth gravity after weeks and weeks of training edit: nvm just realized it somehow cut to ms rimikis class out of nowhere with no cue to a change of scene

[@krmusick]

Excellent as always Larissa. I don't know the name of this universe, but it is one of our favorites.

[@byronservies4043]

I like this image of Freiran. Kinda cool.

[@LordOceanus]

Unlike most HFY stories I've read or listened to the author of this series is fairly familiar with military culture and training realities. The punching the pin into Frairen's shoulder in the last session being a perfect example. Odd that the tradition came back given that it is currently banned but to be fair it happens all the time still so i could see it persisting.

[@goodcitizen64]

Very good story series and your narration is absolutely fantastic!

[@josevillanueva2944]

Why Freiran looks like a wild Winnie the Pooh

[@Psalmster023]

Comment for the algorithm, thumbs up for the story

[@raentrieve]

This is flippin adorable.

[@kaijukojin4371]

Make a Yorpil playlist

[@Frannercakes]

Love to hear more of this group of aliens

[@reighniz4488]

Switchel! Haymakers Punch! I've always admired the recipe and I can rattle it right off the top of my head. It is the original Gatorade and let me tell you those old timers knew exactly what they were doing when they invented that recipe in the 1700s.

[@spencersholden]

Another episode in this series. Wish there was a playlist

[@rudiratlos6707]

This was different 😘 I like it.

[@robertescalante1154]

COOKIES!!!🍪🥠

[@Mr_smyle]

Who's gonna tell them about aftons obsession with wearing a death trap as armor?

[@markiemark8589]

really enjoyed that thank you well read and funny 😁🖖

[@halhortonsworld5870]

For future reference, DFAC is pronounced Dee-Fak. I enjoy your reading. I love these stories, but get really frustrated by the AI voices.

[@halhortonsworld5870]

@@guardbrosfielddesk That's why I helped her with the pronunciation of DFAC. I know she isn't AI. That's why I said I like her reading.

[@Nugget_Beater]

When I hear the description of the armor I think a mix between Mark 4 Mjolnir in terms or features but Cadian Kasarkin armor in looks

[@JaritteLuck]

I love this story’s, but can we get playlists? I keep feeling like I’m missing out on my favorite storylines because all the story’s are jumbled up together.

[@brohansolo4122]

Please don’t tell me Himmel over there using a toe knife 😂

[@GarrettCaldwell-Young-gk3lj]

That .338 Lapua Magnum was from an AWP.

[@survivorjohnny44]

Well read

[@judahsmyth5398]

i think M.Y.T.H.R.L was meant to be pronounced Mithril, not Myrthle

[@GuardbrosFieldRadio]

I should have left her a note, its on me really.

[@alienveritec]

Is this a part 2?

[@tychozzyx9439]

I think it's several sequels in. I just listened to her promotion recently

[@Clayson000]

man these names are real original...

[@razzledazzle9971]

Freiren and Himmel?

[@Clayson000]

@@razzledazzle9971 yeah, that and a few other names throughout the story

[@thomasturner1943]

They make this story playlist

[@mikkelnpetersen]

Ahhh, live ammo training.

[@abucket14]

Be me, average human, smiling.

[@Vindictator1972]

My sister in English, if there’s an E and the end of suit it’s sweet. Not suit. They are 1000% different words. You may want to get the AI o to that little hiccup on its script reading. Yeah yeah I know you have videos of you guys talking at the start before the AI Gen images, but there are programs outside of elevenlabs that let people use AI using their own voice to read scripts in video.

[@DumpsterBug]

got to love when the pictures don't match the story.

[@gg-eo6ez]

Don't spell out military acronyms, DFAC for example is pronounced "Dee-fac", OPFOR is "Opp-for," etc.

[@AdriannaDaFox98]

I think you meant to say Project Mythril M.Y.T.H.R.L. instead of myrth•ul at 11:30

[@patrickjoyce4521]

the first picture looks just like a armored Ewok

[@jimsavage147]

The narration was a surprise I've heard your voice before but I haven't seen your face until now if I'm not mistaken, you are the devil on the throne

[@kelvunmedina90]

yeaaaaaaah this is def some shit the military would do

[@waterwalker1315]

The flag on the helmet is backwards!

[@johnbrowne2428]

Human narrator YES - AI narrator NO.

[@martin5504]

Thank you for reading your stories. AI is unlistenable to for me.

[@Bad_company1339]

Now I remember why I stopped following this page. You guys love your damn commercials

[@eliandervalderen5849]

Is this set in the nature of predators universe?

[@KingofJ95]

Pronouncing Mythril as "mirth-el" pains me.

[@sunshinecarnivores1919]

Sometimes low tech is the best.

[@achyuthavm]

What were the prequels?

[@brohansolo4122]

I remember one about how the Yorpil female sparred her comrades for the promotion she has in this one. And I think we was an earlier one at the beginning of their training as well. I don’t know how many are in the series as I don’t pop in too often, but there’s a few

[@Esypr]

For the love of GOD hire an artist to do the illustrations

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

Cry more, sir "struggle artist". 😆

[@zyphrumzypheny2631]

I've been shot, it messes with your head more then your body

[@itzwillyboy2377]

hey im in Missouri

[@FluffyShadowSky]

0:31 furries for the win!

[@dminasweater4868]

Please let the stories that are part of a bigger tale in a playlist. These titles are horrible for keeping track of stories

[@dminasweater4868]

@guardbrosfielddesk yo guardbro jumpscsre! Had no idea you were involved with this. I know of ya through neckbeardia. Sick small world moment

[@noctisumbra2749]

it should be pronounced MYTH-ril not MIRTH-ril

[@boogrs55]

tolkien and mythril

[@mycroft16]

Mithril.

[@inbako9855]

Ah, Basic...

[@demandred1957]

"The pre dawn light of Missouri".....gee, missed how they got to my home state?

[@ZenAki]

Exactly. Missourian weather is a trial of hell in its own right for us humans.

[@demandred1957]

@@ZenAki lolol

[@terryhayward7905]

I really want to meet Frairen, she is a cute little fox, But I would be very nice to her, would not want to annoy her

[@justincampbell2168]

I know your intent is just to tell a story but since you visually introduce yourself in the beginning, you should look at camera and maybe try a space cosplay look. I bet it increases your numbers. Also DFAC, service members sound out the acronym. "D-FACK"

[@psion128]

100%

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

I guess the channel shows the face at beginning to prove that it's not read by AI. Also a fun fact: lots of languages does the same thing in casual and formal speech (if it's possible to say it as a word) as your "service members".

[@StrifeA217]

I'm not convinced this isn't AI.

[@sandwiches-o3f]

No

[@justincampbell2168]

@@sandwiches-o3f yes

[@NessaEllenesse]

It's pronounced mith ril

[@tom-nl7fg]

dudes only 10% does give a like ..... do not be this lazy ;)

[@Outrageous_Bear]

I hate that the author picked this names, it ruins the story for me…

[@andriiukraine6697]

All was good until author does not assume that Europeans are too soft.

[@stephanienuche]

Frist

[@soldierscotty1959]

I love your narrations! But would have like the story better without the social justice aspect. I'm talking about the LBGTQ+ agenda in your story. Not homophobic. Got a gay son that I love dearly! Just don't care to hear it. I just want to be entertained!

[@tovarishchfeixiao]

What agenda do you see in this video? lol The unisex barracks? Whom cares, it's the military, there you won't get separated sleeping spaces in most cases (except for the base at home). Also your "Not homophobic. Got a gay son that I love dearly! Just don't care to hear it." makes your comment sound worse than you think, especially the "don't care to hear it" part.