r/HFY TFOS# 699 - That isn't a ship it's a cannon with FTL & So A Dragon Walks Into A Bar (Reddit)

[@omargoodman2999]

Most engineers: Let's put guns on the plane. GAU Avenger engineer: Let's put a plane on this gun. [Many years later] Most engineers: Let's put guns on this spaceship. Human engineers: 😏

[@arakheno4051]

Brrrrrt

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

The spirit of the warthog lives on even in space~

[@redraptorx1066]

alien engineers: no human captain, you can not put a space fighter on that type 45- captain: *already has human engineers adding a space ship to it* Fuckoff cannon go Brrrrt.

[@mstrfool]

I like it. The grand child of the BFG, the OFC. Woot.

[@catayloprince4772]

Ever heard of Space Battleship Yamato?

[@birubu]

“This isn’t a ship, it’s a cannon with FTL” has the same energy as “This isn’t a fighter plane, it’s a high caliber rotary machine gun with wings.”

[@AgroSquerril]

indeed

[@kyleheins]

There were 3, 4, 5 and 6 inch cannons mounted in medium bombers of ww2... I'd say that fits the railgun better. Using the sMe methods, we could mount an 8 inch gun or possibly bigger in modern cargo aircraft...

[@EchoNovemberDelter]

Not a gunship; a shipgun

[@theangrygermanlad1328]

@@kyleheins AC-130?

[@nunya3163]

@@theangrygermanlad1328 Several AC-130 variants have a 105 mm (4.13") howitzer. Still not quite on point however, as it is still just a big gun, added to an even larger aircraft.

[@guntotingnerd8830]

this is why I prefer railguns when writing books, Lasers are cool, but Humanity loves their Kinetic weapons.

[@AgroSquerril]

pew pew with gravitas

[@Aden_III]

Don’t let the Emperium hear you talking like that. The Departmento Munitorum would send agents

[@aj_the_infamous1013]

Super charged metal rod goes reeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Bang!

[@KillerOrca]

@@Aden_III Aren't most Imperial Navy vessels armed with literally giant broadside cannons though?

[@Aden_III]

@@KillerOrca was thinking more about small arms than ship grade weaponry

[@gigabeep1150]

Never underestimate the human ability to throw a piece of metal really Really REALLY frikin hard.

[@tachyon8317]

The "Human Weapons" series that Agro has does this exactly. It describes an alien weapons-specialist visiting a human ship to get a weapons demo, is utterly APPALLED that humans know how to "somehow" throw a metal bit past the speed of sound. Teaser bit here - and more...

[@loganshaw4527]

Humans figure out how to shot stars at the enemy "feel the power of the sun!!!"

[@britishneko3906]

@@loganshaw4527 I can hear the screams of horror coming from all of my warpgun ships warpgun as in they yeet radioactive shit fast then use a wormhole to tp it somewhere

[@loganshaw4527]

@@britishneko3906 ah a star heat sink weapon.

[@britishneko3906]

@@loganshaw4527 a star heat what?

[@SystemofEleven]

Lol, I had a ship like this in a Star Trek RPG. We called it the "GAU 404: Ship Not Found" XD

[@erushi5503]

ahahahaaha

[@unknownplauer306]

wait can you make your own ship in star trek rpg

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR.

[@elduquecaradura1468]

excellent name

[@janwensveen1406]

Alien: How did you manage to create and direct a micro-singularity that moves at light speed with a gravitational wake that destroyed a planet sized Battle station? Human: Basically we evolved our technology to throw rocks even better. Now we accelerate slugs to such speeds that their relativistic mass increase makes it collapse into a singularity until the slug evaporates through Hawking Radiation. The gravity wake it leaves behind in the mean time creates enough kinetic energy to turn all mass into quantum plasma.

[@wrath2501]

A ship that is really a gun. Now we need a planet that's a gun. The Krellian admiral salivated at his coming conquest. This was a inferior species, cowardly and weak. All of their colonies were abandoned in the face of their armada. What could these primitive beasts do but run? Now their resource rich planet was ripe for the taking. The soft pink creatures finally decided to fight here as a large enemy armada surrounded their home world. The admiral was glad to finally have a fight. This had been quite the boring invasion and he needed SOMETHING to get his frills up and his blood pumping. His excitement was dampened when the alien ships began to move away from the planet. The admiral frowned and growled in frustration. "DAMN COWARDS!" He bellowed. The admiral raised his fist and slammed it into the arm of his command chair, breaking a part of it off. This was not the first time he had done this this invasion. "PERSUE THOSE SHIPS!" "LET NO ONE ESCAPE!" "WE WILL MAKE THEM FIGHT!" "My lord, they are stopping." said the sensor officer. The admiral looked at the screen again and it was true. The ships simply seemed to be moving out of the way of the fleet rather than fleeing. "Do they think we will spare them if they give us their planet?" Scoffed the admiral. Then he noticed something. The planet was rotating oddly. The planet was moving to fast. It shouldn't be rotating this fast. "MASSIVE ENERGY SPIKE DETECTED LORD!" Shouted the same sensor officer. The admiral looked closely at the mostly blue sphere. He noticed there was something coming into view on the surface. Something so huge they could see it even hundreds of thousands of teks away. "By the grand hatchery." said another crewman in awe. The admiral was at a loss for words himself. It was a trap all along. They had not been fleeing the Krellian fleet. Simply moving out of the way. "They weaponized their whole planet?" said the tactical officer. "EMERGENCY JUMP! ALL SHIPS RETREAT!" The admiral tried to save his fleet but before the order could even be transmitted there was a blinding flash and the Krellian fleet, 100,000 ships strong, was reduced to molten slag. (on the surface) "Excellent work general." said Henry Fulsom. an aspiring politician on the United Earth council. "Not me sir. thank the egg heads who built this monstrosity." replied general Akerson. "So can we really position AND move now?" asked Fulsome. "According to the techs Earth now has independent inertia control and atmospheric stabilization. We can even warp jump." The general looked quizzically at the young politician. "Why? Thinking about a trip?" Fulsome smiled "The council has an idea. They visited our home. Only fitting that IT visits theirs.

[@NotsilYmerej]

I can think of two off the top of my head: The Halo array (from Halo), while not created by humanity was designed, and succeeded in wiping out all sentient life in the galaxy. While still having the landmass to support life on its surface. And Starkiller Base from Star Wars.

[@clarkb1900]

This deserves WAY more likes... 😃 Awesome story!

[@teacfowler6824]

Soldier is the definition of human space Ork. Even having the psychic powers of them by loading 4 rockets in one rocket launcher and firing one at a time like there was only one and shooting a rocket at his feet doesn't kill him but actually allows him to almost kill everyone. He is the ultimate human space Ork.

[@jasonfinch3631]

you were good son, maybe even the best.

[@KillerOrca]

Holy shit hes right.

[@bassyxgrelle8659]

The pain of that DM who has a single player who can one shot all the enemies

[@imperfectsimulacrum]

And Not to forget, usually Nothing Else besides that ability

[@loganshaw4527]

Human class Armory.

[@edgesight]

the worse part is, the ranger with a gun IS something you can do in base 5E....guns are apart of the dungeon masters guide

[@CHRF-55457]

Well. You just gotta give the dragon gun invincibility now.

[@mrexists5400]

3:31 when you apply the same design philosophy of the a-10 to a space ship

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@DragonJohn]

brrrrt

[@henrypaleveda7760]

the A-10 is may favorite ground support plane the runner up being the AC130

[@UNSCPILOT]

The UNSC Navy approves

[@seanpeacock4290]

I heard that the Russians once had a plan to build a similar plane but with 2 autocannons. I think they scrapped it when they found that the recoil would cause the plane to stop in the air. I think that is also why the A10 only has 1 autocannon.

[@erushi5503]

A story about a Physical space battleship Yamato! nice!! A ship that has "Destroy that direction" Mentality when it was built

[@thejoethathates2324]

Nah dawg its a10 design philosophy just a gun with wings

[@wrathshorts2894]

A dragon walks into a bar. Dragon: BLAH BLAH BLAH! Human: AAAAHHHH SHADDAP!

[@fleurgymcheurgy9267]

to anyone asking why the ship didn't get rocketed off in the other direction, I would like to let you in on a little thing about railguns: Their main selling point is that they do very little actual propulsion, but throw a lot of momentum into a ferrous slug via rotating electromagnets, accelerating the slug and giving it spin. So yeah, probably just a little propulsion, maybe some chemical or electric discharge, but mostly just electromagnets. (Btw that's also where the accidental EMP pulse came from)

[@EvelynNdenial]

railguns fire via passing a current through the projectile between two conductive rails. induction creates the propelling magnetic force. coilguns work using electromagnets, not spinning though i dont know how you could have gotten that.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

a rail gun can even just have the slug loaded into a low friction point at the end of the barrel and the magnets would be strong enough to pull it forward, but a chemical propellant would speed up the process.

[@fleurgymcheurgy9267]

@@EvelynNdenial thank you for the correction

[@fleurgymcheurgy9267]

@@henrypaleveda7760 thank you for the correction

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@fleurgymcheurgy9267 :)

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

All the Dragons are gangster until the Humans start packing "heat".

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@arakheno4051]

As a DM I actually laughed out loud. For the ALGORITHM

[@AgroSquerril]

@@arakheno4051 glad you enjoyed

[@spacetechempire510]

Ah yes the mid tier artificer ranger

[@waterpicker]

You know what's even more gangster thou. Dragons who partnered up with humans and is humble enough to accept said human heat.

[@drtidrow]

Kinda reminds me of a (Larry Niven, IIRC) story where a warlike species tries to capture a Human ship that uses a photonic drive... which is essentially a massive laser. The humans (supposedly pacifistic) turn their ship around and slice the attacking ship in half.

[@draconisaganata]

The ship had some an 'undesirable' on it, when the Kzintosh attack the humans with a Microwave weapon trying to cook them, one of the engineers pointed the drive end of the ship towards the attacking ship and used full power to activate the drive ending the attack. and well point blank when the thrust portion of a ship is pointing at you... chopped the Kzinti ship clean in half.

[@Jennagryphon]

@@draconisaganata IIRR it was a ram ship, primary drive was a nucular torch drive, turn that thing on and you got this huge jet of nuclear fire shooting out the ass of the ship. The drive was very focused, this why it was able to basicly cut the other ship in half.

[@paulqueripel3493]

@@Jennagryphon no. That ship had a photon drive, the Kzinti captain thought it would be inefficient because it was flat not parabolic, therefore the light wouldn't be emitted all in the same direction. He'd been told by the telepath on board that they didn't have weapons, realised that the humans didn't think of it as a weapon and it was a damn big laser, just before it blasted through his ship. Humans had been living in peace for about 2-300 years, brought about by being lead/guided by a human version of a Pak protector working behind the scenes (nobody knew he existed). If any Larry Niven fans correct me, I did read it decades ago.

[@Jennagryphon]

@@paulqueripel3493 At the time they did not have a photon drive, they had solar sails, and fusion torches. The humans on the ship beleaved that they had no weapons, did not even think of a stick as being a potential weapon. That was a deliberate thing, done by the government to keep humanity from murdering itself, maintained via drugs, and social manipulation to keep the status quo going. The ram ships where also a common thing in that time period for Nivin's 'Known Space' In fact there was a story about a pair of guys that basicly stole two ships, one intent only apon the death of the second. The first just making time and trying to run away, the second, chasing the first, intent on killing him. Theres some mention how the second ship was faster because the first ship passing through actualy helped to consentrate the amount of hydrogen and stuff, thus giving the second ship a tiny amount of extra fuel, alowing it to be a little faster. They even mentioned that the ships used high level magnetic fields to concentrate the gas for the engines. IIRR the Kizinti beleaved the human ship used a photon drive, at lest at first. Known Space was kinda weird about a bit of things. At lest Nivin tried to keep his tech consistant.

[@markfergerson2145]

@@paulqueripel3493 You are ninety percent correct. The Kzinti didn't even realize the Angel's Pencil had a drive because it wasn't running when they found it. The Kzinti used gravity planers and didn't even think of reaction drives. All they knew from Telepath was that the human's ship's drive was off and they had no weapons. That was when they learned the Kzinti Lesson; anything powerful enough to drive a ship can be used as a weapon.

[@KillerOrca]

The first story could also alternatively be titled "why the Star Wars galaxy really shouldnt mess with the UNSC."

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

Because our modern day artillerie has better range than their goddamn spaceship ? And better payload.

[@danielboatright8887]

A gram of antimatter produces several times the yeild of the hiroshima nuke. Trek likely has pounds of it per photon torpedo, and uses it as fuel for the reactor to power energy weapons, and shields that (later in the timeline) can survive a small star forced to supernova (granted, the ship was damaged badly), yeah Id say star wars looses that matchup too.

[@SoralTheSol]

The UNSC, Star Trek, Warhammer 40k (Granted, no one is winning that fight without the backing of a god or four), Modern day military here on Earth, Any Civilization that understands that Space is Space and not the god damn ocean and puts guns on all sides of their ship like you are supposed to!

[@WallNutBreaker524]

What is the UNSC? Also since you didn't specify what part of Star Wars Galaxy, you are a massive I'd*ot. Many things in the Star wars galaxy can destroy the "UNSC", the force alone can do that, individual beings like Darth Nihilus can destroy entire planets by himself, with lightsabers or the force, deflect all sorts of attack, be it bullets or natural forces of lasers. and that is only one example among many, please specify next time and give reasons.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

​​@@danielboatright8887 read my comment.

[@Kualinar]

What a message that was. A canon masquerading as an FTL ship literally vaporizing two pirate ships. The crew of the surviving one KNOW that they are still alive only because that monstrosity WANTED to let them live.

[@RealArcalian]

I’ve seen the Humans are Orcs posts, and I’ve seen the Humans are Funny posts. And both are good. But my pet headcanon is that Humans are the Sneaky Ones. We’re not the Klingons; oh sure we thought we were at first, then we run into the Krogan or the Daleks or someone like that. We *can* fight, we’re not bad at it. But there are others far better. (“Frightening isn’t it,” the Seventh Doctor said, “To learn there are others better versed at death than human beings?”) But we *learned* from that experience. We learned *quickly*. We’re not the Klingons. We’re the Romulans. We’re the ones you never see coming….until it’s too late. The ones we fought first, predators themselves, thought we were easy prey. Then they realized their mistake. They realized we aren’t the hunters that chase you down on the plains, no. We’re the ambush predators. The pit trap spiders waiting in their den for the foolish alien who wanders by. They don’t call us dishonorable or cowards, and while they still hate us, it’s a respectful, wary hatred of a worthy foe. We implimented stealth technology quickly. It didn’t take long. They never knew our ships were there until after the first shot was fired, and the survivors heard, over their communicators, the terrible sound of our laughter (which we deliberately cultivated to sound like every melodramatic villain ever. Muhahahahaha.)

[@Rifty24]

I wouldn't say sneaky or ork. I'd say it's both

[@Allantitan]

I can see some of those ships having the slogan “the last thing you never saw”

[@samuelevans738]

Honest? It's not even that we're sneaky, or smart, or strong, or even just good at copying things. Humans are insane. We don't play by any real convention unless we want to. Sure, we're good at learning, but more than that, our advancements turn EVERYTHING the universe thought it knew on it's head. The video is a good example of this; Captain Thrawn was looking for guns on the hull of the ship, not realizing that it was not a ship with guns, but a Big F***ing Gun with an engine essentially duct-taped on the back. We, as a species, are WEIRD. THAT'S why we win. Our very existence is mind-boggling in it's self, and we LEAN INTO IT. We try ridiculous things, simply because we CAN, efficiency and effectiveness be damned. And every time, the rest of the universe recoils in shock. Humans do things. Sometimes because we think we need to; sometimes because someone else tells us to do it; sometimes because it's the only thing we know what to do. But most of the time? It's either because we CAN, or because we want to see what happens. And we're stubborn enough to make it happen.

[@Zakvadr1995]

Cunning and Brutal or Brutal and Cunning? The answer is yes.

[@notafrisbee5907]

Cmon, there are tales of grizly bears charging with dozens of musket shot wounds, and videos of them surviving point blank birdshots into face... and dragons get yeeted by a glock..?

[@AgroSquerril]

depends on the modifiers applied to the glock i suppose

[@flyboy6392]

Adult Red Dragon in 5e has an AC of 19, plate armor has an AC of 18, and a 115-grain 9mm ball may not kill it, but could definitely do damage, 230-grain .45 ACP could definitely do some harm and possibly kill it.

[@Psycho_Panda97]

@@flyboy6392 Don't forget that there ARE glocks chambered in 50AE

[@flyboy6392]

@@Psycho_Panda97 I'd rather just a DEagle at that point, if I'm gonna get my wrist broken by something 2.3mm shy of being a LITERAL HAND CANNON, I'm using a steel-frame to at least TRY and mitigate recoil.

[@mill2712]

A lucky eye shot could do it too.

[@thenthson]

That ranger was certainly a glockhead.

[@AgroSquerril]

that he is

[@midgetydeath]

Bu dun ts!

[@greggillespie8259]

“A dragon walks into the tavern” *lute music increases*

[@dmr1851]

Every unsc ship ever... I love it

[@demondeity9816]

Well, the unsc ships are also mini carriers and missile platforms but yeah

[@Aden_III]

@@demondeity9816 I know autism when I see it😐

[@demondeity9816]

@@Aden_III Good for you brother, good for you.

[@KillerOrca]

Was gonna say the same thing!

[@Reignlief]

Same with Mass Effect Human warships, all built around one giant gun.

[@nvfury13]

That isn’t a ship, it’s a cannon with FTL. So…the Longgun of the Apocalypse from Schlock Mercenary?

[@elduquecaradura1468]

now you gived me an idea of a projectile boosted through FTL and come out right enough to hit a target at the maximal possible velocity a projectile could reach... hyperspace bullets

[@Zakvadr1995]

Let’s be real here, our first military space vessel will literally just be a giant cannon with engines that we use to shoot asteroids coming to our planet. It’s gonna happen.

[@ckl9390]

Probably because that's what we've got to work with in real technology. Aside from the FTL and cost/resource concerns, we probably could build early-model UNSC ships like the Autumn right now. Maybe not the fusion drives quite yet, but those are at least supposed to be possible. I guess one major difference would be the orientation of gravity, as we don't have artificial gravity yet, if it's even possible. "Down" would be perpendicular to the motion of the ship moving forward as it constantly accelerates, instead of paralel to the ship's length like most Sci-Fi. I think some of the Expanse's URM ships do this.

[@DonPatrono]

Second story's energy is basically "When the DM assigns you Ranger class thinking of Aragorn but you misunderstand the assignment and on the backstory you write RASP, Fort Benning and Enduring Freedom"

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

@11:25 Or the DM can step up the challenge factor of the encounters. I'm not much for D&D, but I do enjoy GURPS... and a major selling point of that system is being able to mix and match such things (relatively) freely. You not only can select what kinds of fantastic elements are in the game (including none at all), but you can tailor the "flavor" or "tone" of reality e.g. harshly realistic, regular realistic, cinematic (like an action movie or adventure novel), four-color (like 80s/90s comic books), to silly (life is like Looney Toons!). A glock is still _really_ effective against a medium-sized or smaller dragon. Scales only offer so much DR. Though, dragons that talk also tend to belong to traditions where dragons are also quite magical, or at least, rather intelligent. An older, savvy dragon will be, shall we say, prepared. Be it with magic that is as effective at repelling bullets as it is arrows, or just packing their own heat and... now I want a game that is _DinoRiders_ but with *dragons.* >.>

[@vazk-thret]

humanities greatest export is regret

[@mrexists5400]

"Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards..."

[@vazk-thret]

damn right

[@ryantomer4126]

@@mrexists5400 We regret coming to Earth

[@rohesilmnelohe]

First story... Like Every single UNSC frigate. Just giant mac guns with engines, armor and missiles, for a good measure. I wonder, how would these same pirates react, when they would see UNSC Spirit Of Fire or Infinity/Eternity :D

[@merlinathrawes746]

A PLANETARY defense weapon given FTL. Definitely a message to be taken seriously. Dungeons and Dragons with modern weapons. An interesting concept.

[@bim7355]

Master has given Dobby a Glock

[@slavicgerman5104]

This just in, Smaug got fucking iced by the Arizona Ranger

[@AgroSquerril]

lol

[@robertshank9778]

It gets a like automatically for the title 🤣🤣

[@eliandervalderen5849]

Kinetic weapons are the best weapon cuz no matter what the shield is you hit it with enough kinetic Force you're going to kill whatever's behind it

[@orlandobritt1460]

Story one:Woman with power scary Story two : normal day in dnd

[@frozenquasar1309]

"Next time son, Don't fuck with a human who has a gun" Lemme fix it abit so it rhymes... *Next time son, Don't fuck with a human strapped with a glock*

[@thejuggernautofspades9453]

There needs to be a story of a human mining colony that got attacked but all the mining ships have ridiculous lasers and just cut the opponents I'm half

[@carlosv9677]

Man kzin wars books have that with comms lasers and weaponized exausts

[@Jennagryphon]

There is. Heck, one of them is even read by Aggro, check out, umm I think it was 'our attack was unforchanate' something like that, yah I know my spelling bites big time.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

Pirates ''HA! look humans we got three times your numbers'' human design just go ''yhee...so we took a gun meant to deliver area denial and KILL SHOOTS on capital invasion ships from PLANET sides.... and strapped engines on it ,so....your three ,we already got 4 shoots in the drum... pew pew!'' XD

[@loganshaw4527]

Weak dragon only geting taken out by a hand gun the better dragons need a bazooka shots or rpg shots to take down the bigger ones need modern tanks shoting the main cannon. And the mythological sized ones need railgun shots.

[@chenlee9835]

Last story: it was the DM’s fault for allowing the firearm in the game in the first place

[@johnjohnjohnson7720]

That isn't a ship it's a cannon with FTL- BOOOOOOOOM

[@ShawnBean]

Okay, for the dragon tale, I have to hit subscribe, the bell, and the thumbs-up. Sorry, but I'm unemployed, at the moment, so further support will have to wait.

[@AgroSquerril]

no worries mate , that is enough. That helps others find the channel. I wish you the best of luck

[@StarSong936]

2nd story, as a former DM, I understand that sentiment only too well.

[@Eramiserasmus]

Great stories selected! And loved these voiceovers!

[@AgroSquerril]

Glad you liked

[@The_Viscount]

As much as I like railguns, since it's become so cliche, I've decided to write human ships with the ability to switch ammo types on their main guns. Plasma for long range since it gets to higher speeds, and solid shot or shells for close range.

[@seanpeacock4290]

to be fair the ranger with a Glock saved the bard from his half dragon offspring.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

A combat vehicle, build around an AA gun. So this is basically the Tiger tank in space.

[@EvilPaladin11]

I love the story with the space A-10.

[@thisismymondayface8045]

Stay strapped or get clapped. - Steve probably.

[@eleethtahgra7182]

1st story; kinda like A10 2nd story; hmmm it should be a d.eagle with armor piercing round.

[@SpiritWolf1966]

I enjoy all of Agro Squirrel Narrates videos

[@Wastelandman7000]

Story one: I want you to tell all your friends about me Story two: Never bring a dragon to a gunfight

[@emilschw8924]

"My gut had a feeling, and it was right"... "Thank'ee Cap'n"

[@stacybender4414]

Yup, DMs know that every well laid plan goes off the rails as soon as the characters start to play. If it doesn't, you're not doing it right.

[@darkangelziggy286]

Got watch those Texas rangers 😎

[@tachyon8317]

"The eyes of a Ranger are upon you"

[@GuukanKitsune]

"This ship is what you get when you hand a Florida Man a lab coat and tell him to get this really big gun into space."

[@mightyocelot]

Story 1: The obvious space evolution of the A-10

[@bountyhuntermaster2896]

As a DM myself I wholeheartedly endorse guns in my campaigns but the players have to work for them, it balances out

[@ISoloYouRelax]

You're one of the best hfy narrators. Still have some growing to do but you make these stories more interesting than others.

[@AgroSquerril]

glad you enjoy , always trying to improve

[@justoneman1681]

The space equivalent of the A-10 lol

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

no more like the russain ground attack plane with a frikking ship cannon from ww2 cant remember its name

[@calvingreene90]

In all fairness it is a hell of a shot to kill a dragon with a Glock.

[@AgroSquerril]

we don't know if it was enchanted or he used a skill but yes its a good shot

[@stephensteinhauer3346]

If it was a Rogue with sneak attack, that's a lot of damage die. Then if he rolls a Crit... that's double the die, plus modifiers.

[@daltoneades4814]

I don’t know why but I feel called out here

[@StephenCampbell-yy2xc]

If the fellowship of the ring had been armed like a recon team it would have been a shorter story

[@eageraurora879]

20 men had tried to take him and that 20 men where dead, for the ranger there upon him had a big iron on his hip- big iron on his hiiiiiiiIIIIp.

[@additiveartificer9365]

Ah yes A-10 design theory

[@NoBody-bx4cp]

Amazing voice, amazing videos. Glad you have scrolling text as well,

[@AgroSquerril]

Glad you enjoy

[@jameswoods8849]

So the ship is space A10. Built around a gun platform.

[@TheFluffyWendigo]

So its an A-10? They built the plane around the gun is the joke.

[@RadarLeon]

so why does your ship need that much thrust well one needs to counter act the recoil somehow

[@henrypaleveda7760]

railguns use magnets to accelerate the object not explosives (or at leas not primarily explosives) so they wouldn't have a large amount of recoil, the momentum change would depend on how big of a slug you're firing.

[@RadarLeon]

@@henrypaleveda7760 this is not entirely true if you launch a 5kg projectile at 10% the speed of light you still will enact that same force the opposite direction or else you break the laws of physics you however would have less mass in the form of gasses without the explosive counter propulsion would still be critical

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@RadarLeon true; thank you for the correction. Then then technology would need to be optimized in terms of how fast it makes the object go, the weight of the ammunition, and power consumption, mass, then the vessel's inertia of motion and of rest, it would have to overcome inertia of rest if the ship is stationary in a vacuum (not likely). The there is the inertia of motion, which we both know how that works. So I guess the questions are, "how much gun do we want, how much ship do we need, and what muzzle velocity is optimal?"

[@RadarLeon]

@@henrypaleveda7760 yep and the description of the ship is a cannon with engines attached so that a massive gun ^_^

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@RadarLeon do you thing bigger ships could viably use rail guns as a primary weapon (and if so, what roles do you think that they would fill)?

[@rkcpek]

Aliens playing DnD in this universe might be funny. They all pick humans as characters.

[@AgroSquerril]

true

[@dantreadwell7421]

And what's the message? Do NOT fuck with us.

[@medical-cyanide1526]

Steve sounds like a fun ranger

[@whowhat4573]

Algorithm be pleased.

[@AgroSquerril]

for the algorithm

[@midgetydeath]

Praise the Omnissiah!

[@DragonJohn]

Gee, a glock can take down a dragon? I knew they were decent firearms but... guess it was the G21

[@midgetydeath]

Through the eye and into the brain? Glock brand but a made up anti-tank gun?

[@DragonJohn]

@@midgetydeath just realized, maybe it levels with the character. I dunno how D&D works

[@Nyerguds]

The chapter division is wrong; the second story doesn't start until 9:53

[@AgroSquerril]

corrected , thank you for pointing it out

[@clothokaftan]

makes me wish we could build ships with spinal mounted railguns in stellaris... sigh*

[@ragnorockcookie2868]

Who the frick gave a ranger the gun that's just going to end with instant death for anybody who goes against the Ranger

[@AgroSquerril]

poor planning

[@ragnorockcookie2868]

@@AgroSquerril damn well that game is going to be full of Mh

[@DDKMadcat]

Mmmmm, I do love Relativistic Kill Vehicles

[@fs5miFi1dM4u5]

So a space A-10 warthog?

[@gmradio2436]

Kinetics are better at killing planets than lasers.

[@leechowning2712]

At 80% of light speed that shell would cause the equivalent of the Czar Bomb. Fired on an inhabited planet would be an instant violation of just about any rule of War you could imagine. Not to say we wouldn't do it.

[@petercampbell4220]

A space warthog?

[@jimmycoyote74]

For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@konahrikdov6901]

For the Algorithm!

[@inso80]

thats not what capacitors do.

[@richardprzybylek5847]

Thats why one dose not allow firearms in d&d

[@corinthiansdaniels3728]

2:45 what is this FTL?

[@AgroSquerril]

Faster Than Light

[@brianlips8346]

Thanks for the story

[@klappstock943]

For the Algorithm the story and the voice

[@mrmatthewnelson13]

I hit like and comment as a subscriber because algorithm.

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

For the Prophet

[@larsharris]

Must be a Glock in 10 mm

[@jesseamaya4413]

Second story,,,, no glock anymore huh? Sigh,,, .454 it is.

[@eageraurora879]

Ah yes, space A-10

[@AgroSquerril]

pew pew

[@birubu]

Honestly, I don’t think a glock is able to kill a dragon. I’d say if it can collateral two buffalo or kill a hippo, then it can kill a dragon.

[@AgroSquerril]

could have been enchanted bullets

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

nat 20 crit shot through the eye and mulched the brain lol

[@FedralBI]

F.T.A.

[@AgroSquerril]

F.T.A.

[@lilghengiskhan6830]

NAT 20!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

wohoo!!

[@lilghengiskhan6830]

@@AgroSquerril btw I love your content I may be on a binge session right now 💀

[@AgroSquerril]

@@lilghengiskhan6830 glad you enjoy

[@elfeater1760]

For the Algorithm11!

[@sh00terman95]

Huge Cannon that can move? Sounds kinda german

[@prototypedrakon9899]

Or American. Heaven forbid the two meet in a shipyard and discus design ideas for such a ship. Enemy armada won't know what hit them

[@jddbrr4144]

#699 *N I C E*

[@unspacy2099ad]

epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bobsterclause342]

A glock would not kill the dragon. Im sorry, but you probably wouldn't kill a bear, so... you aren’t going to kill something armored and stronger than a bear. Dragons are meant to be too difficult for that crap. Dm dumb.

[@marbles4442]

Steve probably rolled a 20

[@jesseamaya4413]

Two words, shot placement.

[@bobsterclause342]

@@jesseamaya4413 a glcok wont kill a bear probably. I doubt it would kill an alagator

[@johnnyrotten3175]

S1👏👏👏👏👏 S2👏👏👏👏👏😂