Best HFY Sci-Fi Stories: Demons

[@wolfoffenris9951]

When you are sure to die, you don't have to worry about someone charging you for warcrimes ...* skining intensifies*

[@kylejohns2288]

•Heavy flamer noises•

[@DanJones-np8xb]

Found the Americans.

[@wolfoffenris9951]

@@DanJones-np8xb is it now weird to say I'm german😅

[@Jet-ij9zc]

​@@wolfoffenris9951it's uhhh. Concerning

[@CT-1035]

@@wolfoffenris9951no, it just makes more sense

[@eleklovatka7666]

- Demon! Why are you alive? A Spartan II walks in. - Titanium alloy. Works wonders.

[@Darthma94]

Nano machines son

[@kennethmana3103]

​@@Darthma94 you beat me to it 😂😂😂😂

[@Soira_The_Ghost]

Cocaine

[@almar8874]

When you remove the horror from war there's no reason to stop having wars. Demons make great peacekeepers.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

Except that their concept of war is simply war games using drones and AI, no actual loss of life. That's much better than having actual wars.

[@Radiolarian_Dak]

Unfortunately true. The use of AI and drones, just makes it a Game.

[@jonusmanson]

Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Thrown! He cares not from where it flows.

[@Kh0rne8]

Only that it does, to be precise ...

[@baaa838]

KILL, MAIM, BURN CHAOS WILL CONSUME YOU

[@kennethmana3103]

Where am I gonna Throw the skulls?

[@Kh0rne8]

​@kennethmana3103 anywhere is good, just in large quantities

[@zambekiller]

Doesn't Khorne specifically request that you not kill those that can't fight back and that you only fight the worthy and those stronger than you?

[@KuDastardly]

_"There's gotta be somebody that needs some killing."_ _"I'm sorry, there's no one left. You killed them all."_

[@ARockRaider]

:(

[@paulv.2629]

Major Payne.

[@The0Major1]

Welcome to the realities of War.

[@Chaos-Devil51]

This story put such an evil little smile on my face.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

"Holy shit you mean this could actually work? Bois! I know what we are doing today!" *One battle later* "Tf you mean it's over?? They are on the retreat, not defeated!"

[@norneaernourn8240]

I don't think our society will ever make it to post-scarcity but if we did, I'm not sure we will abandon our need for conflict and conquest. Yeah, demon seem a succinct enough analogy to the human condition in the context of peace and war.

[@lukaskloiber4248]

There is phisically speaking no such thing as post scarcity. This is a term invented by communist scify writers that do not understand economics or human nature.

[@y0ur_name_here]

Welcome to Earth, you shall never leave.

[@adamsharon]

I realised how different human views are from alien views in this story when I was like " well surely they accept some loss of soldiers, like if a squad died I'm sure they won't stop it. " But then I realized they meant that it was weird for even 1 man to die in wars and I was like " ????? What do you mean you lost a few high ranking officers and suddenly you retreat the entire army ???? I thought you said war not a bar fight from wild west 1865! "

[@Rawkit_Surgeon]

Never go full Ork.

[@LoneWolfArtist]

🤣🤣🤣

[@meanderthelost6029]

I really like this galaxy. So soft and squishy. Would likely be a genuinely good place to live. I like it thanks for the story! :)

[@billcook7285]

Yeah, humans are like that. 😂

[@anathardayaldar]

War is not a dance. It is killing and death.

[@KenanLaudat-tp3bp]

Wow that ending

[@thomasrobson6370]

Never drag us into a conflict 😜😂🤣

[@Myomer104]

Okay. That kind of psychopath would not be tolerated in the modern military. We found out they don't make good soldiers back in Vietnam.

[@Jet-ij9zc]

True, but the guy was half dead so probably high on everything the human body makes when its in danger/hurt and considering this was a suicide mission (i dont think they were sure about the ai not being able to target them). They probably picked the most insane soldiers they had.

[@Mojo_3.14]

Yeah, not to mention things like the Geneva Convention. Skinning an enemy alive makes you a war criminal. Your own side would put you down like a mad dog if you don't surrender.

You mean the half death guy avenging his brothers in arms? Yeah, i dont call that sociopathic, i call it catharsis for the death man walkin

[@philipgreenwald1476]

Humans have always believed that if something is a threat you either kill it to the last or force it to become a friend

[@ElainCorrine]

*looks down at my tame wolf descendant sleeping happily next to me* Yep. Can confirm.

[@zambekiller]

Good men run when demons go to war

[@fathergodwin]

and this is why aliens wont visit us

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

"welcome to earth, do you have a visa? huh, no visa? would you like a bodybag instead?"

[@darrinkirchner6026]

Love you stuff..

[@timobrien2813]

That's some ending! I loved others comments. Thank you both. UKUK

[@angrycrusader3926]

*BFG Division Intensifies*

[@Primearch-GG]

Is this story a sequel to the story where the aliens use avatar robots to fight?(I forgot the name)

[@bigearl3867]

Brock Sampson at the end?

[@davidaward82]

his response should have been 'Blood Raven' .

[@Maistro69]

It’s never a war crime the first time.

[@alfreddelcrow9941]

You want a Wahhhh, you have WAHHHHHH!!! 😤

[@KaiHenningsen]

One thing I don't understand about these "civilized war" stories - if you're socially evolved enough not to want to endanger actual people even in war, why do you still have wars in the first place?

[@alfredsutton4412]

War is an adrenaline rush like no other! And there's always the bankers and corrupt politicians who benefit financially. 🤷‍♂️

[@HimitsuYami]

To settle disputes when diplomacy breaks down

[@leechowning2712]

Geneva. Once you accept "wars are a natural part of diplomacy", you must add rules to keep people from being horrified. See Ukraine and Gaza, Sudan and Syria... once people see how horrific wars can be, and the nearing universal call for it to stop. You have to make war civilized, to make it accepted.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@HimitsuYami Why does it break down to that degree? I mean, over here in the EU, if diplomacy can't solve a problem, we usually get some court to decide. We don't play war games.

[@LoneWolfArtist]

​@@KaiHenningsen ... So you erased all wars leading you up to this point? Even WW1 and 2? Wars are about conquest and self defense from those that would conquer you. Not everyone is diplomatic

[@rolandosada8077]

That’s a closing statement on a short story.

[@klappstock943]

For the Algorithm the story and the voice 🎉

[@djy53]

Ave Dominus Nox

[@Aventinium]

Humans are the baddies in this story…

[@jordennichols6769]

Why is almost every hfy stories about war and violence

[@anark10n]

Because violence has been conflated with cool for so long. And also, the people who write these stories are what's known as 'chickenhawks': they advocate for military force/intervention as a primary instrument of foreign/policy, while they themselves lack the will to participate in said force/intervention and, curcially, any combat experience.

[@jakeand9020]

Several reasons: First, not really, there are definitely more stories involving humans just being "weird" by alien standards. Second, HFY, "Humans Fu*k Yeah!" Third, action, generally speaking, is a popular genre. Finally, umm, because Humans. Seriously, open a history book, if humans are involved, there will be wars and violence.

[@giulianogonklubek5902]

Because we are humans

[@rosalie1058]

Something happen to starbound hfy reddit

[@maxwyght1840]

It's read as "YOO-LEE-ses" ffs At least check the pronounciation of unfamiliar words

[@anark10n]

This isn't the flex whoever wrote this thinks it is. The military industrial complex of humans is one of the worst things about humans.

[@kralmir]

Go flee with the Zilling

[@jakeand9020]

It's also the most inevitable thing about humans.