Quorum of War - The Complete Story | HFY

[@bear4814]

We aren’t diplomats we’re the reason for diplomats. Truly awesome

[@009dracko]

This story gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Fu*k around and find out."

[@SageofStars]

And this, boys and girls, is why intelligence gathering missions are important. Just because the other guy seems to have nothing to fight back with, doesn't mean they don't. Worse yet, in this case, sometimes the little guy you're smashing today, has a big guy who helped set him up, and they're going to be quite peeved if you mess with their friend.

[@geofthompson3844]

Now this was a genuinely brilliant story. No repetitive drivel, no continuous use of the word indomitable, or spirit. Just a really good entertaining Sci fi tale that wasn't like anything else I've seen before. Well done and thanks 😊. More please 🙏 😂

[@MadaraUchihamizukage]

Cause its not AI like so many others.

[@scottswigart6076]

I agree. Big flippin thumbs down on stories that are obviously AI, of which this one doesn't seem to be among 'those'. Great story!!

[@rogersmith1408]

What no fist smashing?

[@MrIzzyDizzy]

it is still a HFY. Humans beat/ take revenge against aliens on a loop. sadly I've listened to all the other sci-fi , stories on you tube. one author i really like. is PE ROWE rarely are there even aliens so its quite different. he has 2 main story lines one near future "Julian" stories. one far future "Misfit" stories. and many random stories. he makes one a week and they are almost always amazing. Sadly I've finished all his stories twice - but if you want great writing and narrating he does both. and he just launched a 24/7 channel. Sci-Fi Audiobook Radio

[@francistaylor1822]

No AI, no mention of chiselled jaw etc either.

[@kevinlytle6215]

One of the best lines in any story I have seen yet! "The Creature radiated the coldness only achieved by a lifetime in government service or waitressing" Added: I made it to the end. Great story and wonderfully good start to finish! The last few paragraphs were the best of it all!

[@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc]

Waitressing ? Rotfl hahahahahahahahaha I had a letter friend. It was before computers and he was one of my pen pals. He wrote his favorite things were cats and waitresses.

[@michaeloel]

​@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc the man must have experienced the monsters of service work😂

[@bear4814]

I preferred “we aren’t diplomats we’re the reason for diplomats”

[@kellymccarter6032]

Made me laugh, I've waitressed all my career. Lol

[@alexassmann3570]

1:00:23 1:00:36 1:00:39 😮😮 1:01:05 1:01:1 1:01:59 1:02:17 1:02:20 3 1:01:58

[@thlechner54]

Not bad. I started reading Fantasy and ScFi when I was around twelve years old. It got to the point in My late teens I would often read two to three books a week. Books , not short stories. As time moved on and the call of adulthood , along with the responsibilities of life fell upon Me , I had forgotten how much I enjoyed reading these stories. I am now retired. L live a quiet life. I happened to discover these stories recently. Thankfully in audible form. You see, growing old one sometimes begins to lose eyesight. Anyway , Thanks to all of You who contribute to My new found pleasure. Sincerely ,

[@jeffjames4064]

Good story. KZbin is full of mass produced generic AI stories. It's a real treat to run across an inventive well conceived story. It being well produced is a bonus.

[@scifistories1977]

Thanks very much. This author has a real knack for telling a story. And I'm pleased you like the production. It took a while to put it together, considering it started as text on a screen. The author himself told me that the scene art was very similar to what he envisioned for the story, which I'll take!

[@twaturmoma]

the “black ship”and “the new species/ the new threat “ are all great listening

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

That transmission at the beginning was great. Dark and dramatic, somehow without being trite, and incredible foreshadowing, all rolled into one excellently narrated package. The whole story is 10/10. Will listen again

[@Philipasu]

That's an epic revenge story. I think the part which I liked the most was how all the "humans" and Beacon knew that what they did was evil, but they didn't stop. Sometimes you just have to do some evil acts, but always keep in mind that excuses and reasons do not make a wrong right, they just enable it. Doing justice often means doing a required evil/wrong.

[@ssnerd583]

OH MY!!! This one is in the style of some of the old Grand Master of Science Fiction.....From Anderson to Azimov....Bradbury to del Rey....Harrison and Heinlein....McCaffrey....Niven....Phol...Silverberg.....and all the rest. BRAVO. BRAVO!!!!

[@BobR-b4p]

This story was freaking AWESOME! WELL DONE!!!

[@bonjower]

Bravo. This clearly took a lot of effort... accurately depicting characters, setting the right mood, editing the script to accommodate machine pronunciation. You clearly strive far beyond merely copy-pasting the story into TTS. You actually took advantage of this medium and *_added_* to the story.

[@twaturmoma]

40min in and the characters development and arcs are clearly well written and in the writers mind im glad im not the only person to appreciate that 😊

[@scifistories1977]

Thanks. I worked quite hard to get the pitch of the scene art right for this story. Not many people even comment on it, so thank you. Another story arc by this author comes out tomorrow. Human Altered. Similar art and another great story.

[@rjhergert6590]

"it is a nice door, i want one" lol

[@janrozema7650]

It was a nice door! I want one too

[@wboyd33]

Thank you for posting the whole Quorum of War story! It has now entered my Videos to keep folder after I listened to it.

[@parrot849]

👍🏽 Now this is what your subscribers are looking for, quality story telling. This yarn was simply brilliant. No annoying AI with the whole “cut and paste” portions of repeating dialogue. No insufferable drivel about the “destiny of this or that,””hopes and dreams,” blah, blah, blah, etc.; all examples of lazy AI word-count filler with whole sections repeating themselves. Oh and let’s not forget the terrible mispronunciations. This story had none of that and was so very refreshing. So…, once again, this story and its narration were outstanding. Thank you.

[@paulmaclean7234]

This was superior to the vast majority of sci-fi found on KZbin.. excellent story, I would love to see more. A sequel.. a prequel. There was just enough mystery introduced to flicker the imagination.

[@dutchboy9273]

I grew up on Poe, on King, and on the horrible works of Lovecraft. That was one of the darkest stories I have ever heard. Well done.

[@michaelgonzalez5157]

I rarely comment , in fact I think I have only commented less than five times on you tube in ten years. THIS WAS AN AMAZING STORY! Great job!

[@gamewizerd01]

May whichever gods you worship have mercy on your souls, for you shall find none from me.

[@diarradunlap9337]

Silver Wisp: "I leave you the full sentence. Please, read it; Terms and Conditions apply." Yep. Definitely a very Human thing to say.

[@Wise4HarvestTime]

Dark but moving story: worth a listen if you're not queasy

[@ViridianFlow]

Nice to see a SciFi where the humans get to space after going through a cyberpunk like body morphing technology phase. It's always odd to hear a story set 1000 years in the future but all the humans are just modern day humans, often with typical modern day accents and countries too (for some reason many writers think the US will still be around hundreds of years from now)

[@Archer957]

this is super well written and the narrator is very good as well. conveys emotion and creates the atmosphere well and clearly. such a pleasant change from the normal AI narrators that are robotic and dull which takes away from the story. I'd say its up there with argo squirrel with narration level almost difficult to tell if its an AI or not by far the best ive heard

[@beastfitnezz2938]

One of the best I've listened to. The storytelling and continuity are wonderful

[@bonjower]

38:10 that's just a centrifuge. If you want a blender, you need an agitator to stir the contents independently of the walls of the ship, e.g. tossing the contents into the air like a salad, repeatedly vacuuming them off the floor with cleaning robots or snow blowers, or distributing them via the ventilation system... Bon appetit.

[@twaturmoma]

acceleration and deceleration of rotation might achieve a similar effect (affect?) id gess by doing that you could use the walls as agitation

[@scottswigart6076]

Lol!!

[@MandrakeDCR]

"Isn't that nice of me? .... Run." LOL Holy f'n hell this was a really well written story, and also very well story-boarded for the video. Great job on both counts! :)

[@shaunfrazier38]

Definitely one of my favorite stories! Brilliant work. Thank you for your effort.

[@robinkelly1770]

Great story Thanks

[@tufelhunden5795]

One of the best stories I’ve ever listened to in this HFY genre. Thank you.

[@SkrugMan]

Wicked story! Wish it was longer 😂

[@matthiasschmidt4974]

Awesome piece of art.

[@polakmay3888]

One of the best presented on this channel

[@scifistories1977]

Thanks, I put a lot of effort into making it look and feel right.

[@bonjower]

​@@scifistories1977it shows.

[@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc]

An excellent story.Maybe the best one I have seen on youtube.

[@Equitine]

this is amazing, i love the take of humanity's evolution.

[@harrygrimley4352]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@corvina83]

This is awesome! Thank you

[@christinetrue8198]

I really like your stories, and decent narration 😊

[@dwightprzybilla6477]

This is absolutely outstanding! Bravo to all.

[@steffenstelldinger9999]

Si vis pacem para bellum. Ein Wehrdienst muss sein und es wird ein langer Weg werden! Der Weg, den Du in diesem Video angedeutet hast ist auf jeden Fall ein gangbarer Weg.

[@buzzpatch2294]

GOOD JOB-- ENJOYED-- THX

[@martinschoech8156]

This one was possibly the best I have listened/read, I am obsessed with sci-fi. Quite a lot. Thanks for such a deep and engaging story.❤

[@thomasmurray3920]

Just following orders? Seems we have heard that line before…

[@josecarranza6516]

Well done. imaginative, unusual perspective, extremely entertaining.

[@Varkalandar]

Very impressive. Great sense of wonder. Makes me want to know more about the past of the characters involved and the whole story universe.

[@pax1sw]

Remarkable, unique story! Very fresh plotline, so well written and presented. As solid as any Sci-Fi story by Asimov or the other oldtime greats of Sci-Fi. Kudos to you! Thank you for sharing with us. 😁👍

[@CarsteaMihai]

This is a real good story, one of a few realy good storie, i recomand ❤

[@MarilynLittlepage-ri9or]

Fantastic story. Thanks!!!

[@kgrunenwald]

Loved this story.

[@daniellee3831]

I’d watch this as a mini series or movie

[@Isidronoscu]

the best history so far

[@panospanos8256]

Επικό!!!!!!

[@edgev0nspike]

"Golly Gee Wizz, Mr. Wilson" Dennis the Menace said. "That Spin Cycle setting was Absofuqinglutely Epic, I'm a gonna hav-ta add that a to my Welcome Too the PAIN MFr, ToolBox!" He replied. ☠️😁☠️😁☠️😁☠️

[@LuigiL75]

That was freaking beautiful 😊

[@arkadashi]

Really great story!!!! Loved it!!!!!👍 👍

[@LoveFromPR]

BRO..... bravo.... well done... damn good ending too...

[@user-st8gb9bm6q]

Excellent story. Sometimes "I sorry" isn't enough.

[@pmcgarrey]

Good story, well done.

[@mcrib8330]

One of very best hfy stories. Honesty would make a great anime.

[@scottrackley4457]

A fun thing about explosive depressurization. You only move by as much air is behind you and the aperture. Otherwise, there's nothing to push you towards it. You don't go from against the opposite wall to out the aperture. You just boil. You don't boil from heat, either. The phase from liquid to vapor carries heat away, just like sweating. So, you boil cold. Also, with no air to take the heat away, the heat depends on radiation to spend it, not conduction. So it's slow. I imagine quite painful for the first few seconds. There's a reason freeze dried candy looks exploded.

[@GimmieTheGaff]

Outstanding

[@cindaschuster6725]

Great story 💙👍🏼

[@davidthompson9677]

RIP techno, you’re still touching lives.

[@eugenekaplun4684]

An absolutely brilliant story. It would be great if you could share the source url. I'd be interested in following the author.

[@scifistories1977]

The original link to the story on Reddit is in the description. Also, they use the same name on Patreon, so look them up there, too. There is also a playlist link in the description so you can check out their other work on the channel.

[@ianmccardle330]

Good yarn. Thumbs up

[@attlee2010]

And not once did the narrator say “this changes everything” which is in every KZbin sci-fi story.

[@davidcaskey3665]

Great stuff!!! So tired of the repetitive crap

[@invincibleim7988]

Great story.

[@RickCatita]

Well that was intense.

[@Greg-v6r]

Could you maybe get your stories down to a minute and a half that way it would allow the ads to take over and run for maybe 2 or 3 hours

[@Greg-v6r]

The reason I complain so much about the ads is I'm visually impaired

[@jovydaskniuipys3898]

Man... i felt sorry for the beakon. Kinda of bro hug to ease the pain he suffers.

[@thomasmurray3920]

Was this originally on Reddit?

[@colleanwilson4394]

Can we all agree that humanity needs a "Beacon" like entity to go after the greedy billionaires (and the minions who enact their policies) determined to deny us healthcare, food, education and peace?

[@donprice4645]

Nice

[@bubbuddoo]

Beware them waitresses!

[@StephenCampbell-yy2xc]

A great revenge tail, that ends with the beginning of a love story between Rowan and Silver

[@Thomas-rl5pq]

I'm sorry, I got to say what we're thinking... AMONG US.

[@AppalachianApe]

Most of these stories are dumb AF but this one is fire

[@jrwilliams7534]

This is literally an HFY version of Outer Limits episode.

[@yoboyrob201]

So they had destroyed a human outpost and not earth? If I understand correctly

[@sparkeyjames]

They destroyed a human colony that had been there thousands of years. It started as a colony of people who wanted to go back to an agrarian lifestyle and in the thousands of years of being there had advanced as a society to being on the verge of regaining spacefaring status all on their own.

[@yoboyrob201]

@@sparkeyjames ok cool. I was making sure I understood that right. Cuz at first I thought it was earth until Peter they said something about earth

[@LawrenceKennard]

Or waitressing... It was a nice door? oh God that's funny😂

[@WhopperRektem]

i assume the race that had thjeir planet decimated at the start were part of the humans? part 1 and 2 is kind of confusing cause no race is given face to the other

[@sparkeyjames]

It is explained. They were humans who wanted to go back to an agrarian lifestyle. Minimal technology in an every day existence. They only had the tech that was left to them by those who brought them there and a sentient AI watcher installed on the planets moon to report if anything happened to them. They had moved somewhat past that basic agrarian lifestyle to advance almost to being space faring again in the thousands of years since they first arrived. It was why the aliens destroyed them as flimsy as an excuse as it was.

[@WhopperRektem]

@@sparkeyjames I’d like to hear more from the world of this story

[@dotnet97]

Yeah, as they said, it was a colony of humans who chose to live a primitive lifestyle in memory of how humanity got its start. Beacon was an AI meant to monitor and protect the colony.

[@justincooper1884]

FINALLY!! A story that doesn't preach or spout liberal bs! There are no weak-willed hippies in this story just righteous justice. 10/10

[@gregmarsters2434]

I very much doubt such a transcendent civilization would not at least put up some warning beacons and where to "call" for information. Let alone have one of their own present but unable to act. Still, I very much enjoyed.

[@Terran.Marine.2]

No one wishes to be used as cannon fodder. Especially not Marines.

[@shadow-wulf]

or waitressing, LOL

[@ConradCoral-f3t]

Hilpert Ridge

[@neurofiber2406]

"To be allowed to live"

[@2045Kell-ri5tm]

How does something burn in the vacuum of space. Put on an Oxygen mask and open the ship........

[@sparkeyjames]

Thermite will burn in a vacuum. It is an chemical reaction that creates its own oxygen. I'm quite sure there are other combinations of chemicals that will do the same.

[@MitchHisrich-o6d]

Spencer Spur

[@BruceWilliams-t9v]

Mertz Causeway

[@KiithNaabal]

Well...humany appears really vengful.

[@Cokblokula]

This is so hard to listen to. Having the audio just continue completely uninterrupted is so bad. Breaking it up by chapter and using different voices for each perspective (similar to /u/itsdirector's work) would be sooooooo much better.

[@aaronwhitty990]

Very hard to follow I thought good story tho

[@Tragisk100]

This is still AI.

[@I.C.U-c7l]

THIS WAS A GREAT STORY........ FIND US MORE LIKE IT PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.......!!!!!!!