Sci-Fi Short Stories -TONY425 & An intercepted report on human combat capabilities (R/HFY TFOS# 778)

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00:22 TONY425 &
09:55 An intercepted report on human combat capabilities
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This Story is Classified as HFY , but what does the Mean?
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HFY is a story/series that takes a “human element” in either humanity or an “other” (race/species or object) that exists in a “setting” (future or other world/universe) with varying levels of culture, technology, society and history that help show in some shape or form the potential good or bad for humanity’s race/culture.
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Taken from the FAQ of the r/HFY subreddit.
This is also a Science Fiction story ,What is Science Fiction?
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Science fiction (sometimes shortened o sci-fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas", and often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations.
Science fiction, whose roots go back to ancient times, is related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction, and contains many subgenres. However its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, and scholars.
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Taken from Wikipedia

[@GabrielHellborne]

Humans built a psychotic sentient torpedo with poetic inclinations and delusions of grandeur. Sounds about right.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

I think it just became psycohtic since it only needed to be awake long enough to blow up (30 minutes was what it considered a long time to be awake). I think the psychosis was symptomatic of this and effectively expanding its body by tapping into the alien network and machinery. I don't think it was intended to interface with the alien tech and used the resources at its disposal to do so. This demonstrates problem solving capability within the AI. Combine this with an emotional directive incentive and a sense of self, then you get a vary dangerous torpedo.

[@widdershins5383]

Don’t you think you’d go slightly mad if you were literally born to die?

[@electricheisenberg5723]

@@henrypaleveda7760 i would argue that if the torpedo was fitted with its own ai the goal of the torpedo would be to kill everything that was not identified as an ally and thus it behaved accordingly.

[@StarboyXL9]

They grow up so fast *sniffle*

[@ChaosLierLen]

We Totally would.

[@grndiesel]

And the sentient torpedo that ended the world shall hence fourth be known as: Fortunate Son.

[@jaycren6888]

Rather we should respect the name it gave itself. Rocketman.

[@virtualatheist]

@@jaycren6888 I call him Daniel.

[@jaycren6888]

@@virtualatheist might he even be waving good bye. Could be the cloud in our eyes?

[@Roosauec]

The one time I'm glad human created AI went skynet. It just so happens to be on a xeno planet.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

I'm a little concerned about the morality of using such a childlike AI for a torpedo. To much like a mother straping a suicide vest to a kid and telling them to go say hi to the people across the street.

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

@@FakeSchrodingersCat In the future, "smart" missiles are literally smart.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

​@@noppornwongrassamee8941 If AI technology ever actually becomes smart the military will have no use for it especially in something like a missile.

[@robertlipka9541]

@@FakeSchrodingersCat the way I read the story is that the AI was NOT sent into enemy territory but captured by force... so the morality dilemma does not apply.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

@@robertlipka9541 What does that have to do with anything. It was still a torpedo with a childlike AI, what does it matter if the child soldier was captured or managed to carry out it's eventual suicide mission successfully?

[@Jeff55369]

Boom! The missile ai from the first story should have gone on to infect the rest of the enemy planets.

[@dantreadwell7421]

Only issue would be the fact it was not so subtly loosing its mind.

[@lukasklaumannsmoller7923]

@@dantreadwell7421 how is that an issue?

[@lukasklaumannsmoller7923]

this theme should continue, doy you know of any similar feeds?

[@dantreadwell7421]

@@lukasklaumannsmoller7923 mostly time and distance. The missile AI wasn't going to remain in a functional state long enough to do that. Also, making the assumption of FTL comms, which, not being familiar with any of the other stories in this setting, I cannot say if it exists. Also the possibility that we may not actually want to vaporize ALL of thier worlds does exist. The OP does have a series over on Reddit all set in this universe.

[@archdornan4389]

Missile AI only wants to go boom

[@tonyoliver4920]

The author of story one has either done his research and properly used the right terms in the right places, with regards to code exploitation or they /actually/ work in network security or they’re a script kiddie... Personally Im leaning towards a blue team member

[@angrydragonslayer]

Given the guy who leaked the tank designs for a game debate, i do not doubt the possibility

[@angrydragonslayer]

@@dacomputernerd4096 did you include the one yesterday and the one 3 days ago?

[@henrypaleveda7760]

the second story sounds like inverted tau forces; fighting in glorious mele combat, having aversion to firearms and range, worshiping a single entity/divine king as opposed to being controlled by an oligarchic ruling caste.

[@Valysion]

so you mean the imperium of man? (i know 10 months too late)

[@henrypaleveda7760]

@@Valysion yes but actually no

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

More like the xenos are the imperium and we are the Tau. They venerate melee combat while still having ranged weaponry and artillery. We just sit on the other side of the battlefield and snipe everything before it can get in range.

[@user-sq5mr8ut1o]

@@henrypaleveda7760 nids but civilized

[@jameson1239]

Khorne

[@bvc5320]

Another story from the Space Torpedo series?!?! Awesome.

[@mrmateusz5188]

There is another??

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

The little torpedo that could

[@marvinjohnson2488]

The first story reminds me of a tale from Keith Lamaur about a captured Bolo. He wrecked havoc on an enemy world and freed the rest of his unit. It was awesome 👌.

[@barelyasurvivor1257]

Yup the Bolo stories were great

[@markfergerson2145]

Reminded me of a story about a sentient alien nuclear weapon dropped on Earth that didn't detonate. It woke up and had to figure out where it was using mostly only radar. It couldn't figure out how human vehicles could move at a constant altitude above ground. Turned out thet were naval ships and it was blind to water.

[@feldamar2]

@@markfergerson2145 Sounds fun. Can you get me a link or a name or something?

[@Ares-jx4ep]

@@feldamar2 The Bolo anthologies are def fun reads. The story Marvin references of the Bolo that awakens after having been captured is "I think" in the original book... there are 14 books total. FTR, Bolo's are a series of super tanks. Artificially intelligent beginning with the Mark XX.

[@alfredsutton7233]

What a kiss that was! Well done favorite son. Well done.

[@eleventhprimarch5303]

[Conclusion omitted for length]

[@henrypaleveda7760]

this torpedo's rant reminds me of the song "loyalty" by King Gizzard and the Lizard wizard.

[@discusmaximus]

For the Author(s), for the narrator Agro Squirrel, for the algorithm !!!

[@barelyasurvivor1257]

Never bring a hammer and a claw to a gun fight. It will not end well for you.

[@James-bw4np]

That ai did its job! Interesting second story as well.

[@calvingreene90]

That's a very smart bomb.

[@AgroSquerril]

that it is

[@MymMars]

Tony is a good boy mama is proud

[@readhistory2023]

This reminds of Keith Laumers Bolo story "For the Honor of the Regiment" and a few other Bolo stories.

[@harrygrimley4352]

Loved this. Thanks for sharing this with us

[@samueltrusik3251]

Ah yes, young sky net.

[@AgroSquerril]

jawn cawna

[@victortahlor4038]

Thank you for the reading

[@dsloan2910]

Refreshing Stories, good narator

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the ALGORITHM

[@rogerbeckner6419]

PINBACK!!?!! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH OUR BOMB!??

[@allenmorgan1007]

For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@Christopherswill]

I enjoye your stories thanks

[@genericname42]

For the ALGORITHM

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm

[@nos2342]

To please the algorithm is all

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

For the Prophet

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For Argo

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@Christopherswill]

Thanks!

[@AgroSquerril]

A pleasue , thank you for the dono it is very much appreciated.

[@WiredTurkey316]

For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@manwiththeplan300]

There are only 3 types of combat. Sparring Which is practice honorable honorable combat One on one to test Is the metal of one another And the game of survival WAR.

[@emilschw8924]

What first started off as a wtf turned into antimatter enlightment for others.

[@yomogami4561]

for the algorithm and my socks

[@macpurdy]

For the algorithm and the narrator.

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@CHRF-55457]

Why the fuck did we make a sentient torpedo bruh... ?!

[@Vrooto]

because the guided missile wasn't enough.

[@vicroc4]

Because the missile only knows where it isn't. We needed something that knows where it is without first knowing where it isn't.

[@michaelbarnard8529]

Because a dumber torpedo wouldn’t be able to interpret what it gets from its sensors.

[@NXTangl]

Well, one time a torpedo was launched at one ship, but then a second ship shot down the ship that launched it. Between coming online and exploding, it spent some time reading a library's worth of human media, computed the optimal way to handle point defenses, sent its two sibling torpedos on to blow up the initial target, used internal nanobots to reconfigure its fusion bottle for better thrust, wrote a paper on its optimization and saved it to the ship's black box, hacked the second ship's missile interceptors, hacked the enemy ship, found the captain of the enemy ship, and punched through several plates of deck to look the enemy captain in the eye before it detonated. In short: read books, watched TV, talked to peers, contributed to science, died happy. A life well-lived.

[@leonardnorling3769]

For the algorithm!!!

[@badjer4328]

I love that username. That's spelled just like upgrayeddddd from Idiocy

[@paulaizporietis6506]

It’s like listening to the drunk bloke from the fast show.

[@henrypaleveda7760]

for the Squirrel

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@leyrua]

Jesus Christ the probe arm had admin permissions? Bloody hell, compartmentalize your authentication, scrubs!

[@tonyoliver4920]

Second story started well, though the literal vs approximation was funny but it dropped it towards the second half. Was also surprised the xeno-reporter had so little to say on the humans walking unharmed from a drop pod! Gave me an inclination to write an hfy story about “human war games” but it’s actually baseball. And the alien trying to comprehend, 1a) throwing a ball at the batter and making them miss 1b) why don’t they throw it in the opposite direction 1c) the explanation/complexities of curve/slow/fast balls 1d) the alien disbelief/subsequent proof that a human can calculate (intuitively) such throws (examples of other sports {war games} eg corner/penalty kick in football { { ADDENDUM: no America it’s not soccer! Only you call it that! You use your foot to control the ball! In American football when do you actually use your feet? 5% of the time less? NOTE TO AMERICANS: your playing rugby, no semi contact rugby! And you’re wearing the equivalent armour (medieval knights had less protection) rant over} 1e) they actually hit the balls!!

[@galaticplays1845]

Soccer came from England and you have no idea what football actually is

[@Nombre_Nombre_Cuenca]

@@galaticplays1845 Football is a game of foot + ball, easy explanation

[@tonyoliver4920]

@@galaticplays1845 yeah. I believe the guy that replied got it spot on. But I’m British, so please enlighten me!?

[@tonyoliver4920]

@@Nombre_Nombre_Cuenca spot on

[@galaticplays1845]

@@tonyoliver4920 two versions of soccer formed in the UK one association and one "commoners" association was called soccer and commoners was called football eventually the game made it's way the us and because we already had American football we just started calling the game by the association name also American football is nothing like you described it

[@JKC40]

kiss them for me? was someone playing Siouxsie and the Banshees in the background? :D

[@Ghost-jx5hj]

Rocket man

[@H1Guard]

40.2 kg antimatter annihilated ×2 ×10 KT per gram equals 800 Megatons, about 4× as ig as Krakatoa. Not extinction level event.

[@michaelbarnard8529]

Yeah, people tend to underestimate just how much it takes to really ruin a place. Actually blowing a planet up is so many orders of magnitude more energy than liquifying the surface that there is no point in doing it.

[@RiversJ]

Snorted my cup at the authors name ha! Someone has good taste in movies that's for sure though I'm not exactly sure about choice of characters lol (For anyone not educated on the finer things in life, movies Idiocracy)

[@arakheno4051]

FTA

[@genericname42]

For the ALGORITHM

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!!!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@bobsterclause342]

For the swarm

[@elfeater1760]

For the Algorithm11!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@sethfischer7368]

Buzz killing ton

[@olegarioberrones1224]

Yo would sentient bombs be a violations of the Genova conventions?

[@vicroc4]

Depends on whether or not they're considered people.

[@siliciaveerah9327]

its never a warcrime the first time

[@gabrieliancucojocaru9283]

So in story2, humans are TAU. nice.

[@michaelbarnard8529]

Nah. The Tau fight at point blank range with short range guns - at least from the prospective of modern armies. Taken seriously, all WH40k armies would be ruthlessly taken apart by a modern army from out of range of all their weapons.

[@carnelmccarthy1099]

I think the Russians have this torpedo 😮

[@FedralBI]

F.T.A.

[@genericname42]

For the ALGORITHM

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!!!

[@AbyssWatcher745]

Ave Omnissiah!

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@bobsterclause342]

For THE GOD EMPERAH!!!!

[@merlinwizard1000]

127th, 31 July 2023

[@josmeijers2818]

F.T.A !

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@bisk-]

fo th al

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm

[@Adiscretefirm]

Skip the 2nd. Tedious, repetitive and no payoff

[@asandrewsilvaw]

For the algorithm

[@reasonablehiccups4792]

For the algorithm

[@AgroSquerril]

For the algorithm