The Day We Surrendered To The Humans | HFY | A short Sci-Fi Story

[@scifistories1977]

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[@kyle4563]

80 years later the Tyraxians are very popular among the galaxy and are known for creating “Tyranime”

[@josephricci7391]

Ok just take my like…lol.

[@ElectricalExistence]

Tyranime*

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

And there's now a bunch of sweaty human tyreaboos

[@Robot_GEANT]

Womp womp

[@ALIIMLGAMING909]

They also are know for random high quality items, like laser cutters, and 3d ink

[@worldcomicsreview354]

"Have you come to enslave or destroy us?" "Worse than that... paperwork!"

[@peterhacke6317]

not bureaucracy!

[@orctrihar]

"You Monster !"

[@frankmos61g89]

🤣🤣

[@mal35m-dw2qv]

In some ways this is the scariest HFY story.

[@wnose]

Gonna need those TPS reports by Friday

[@marks1638]

Sounds like the Japanese Government in WWII. They told their people and soldiers before the war, that we (the US) were weak and worthless warriors who couldn't''t stand up to the Japanese military. Later after they started losing then the stories changed and we were vicious rapists and murderers, even to the point of suggesting Marines were taken from prisons and mental institutions to fight. Whenever they had a chance to surrender most of their military (as much to do with training as propaganda) preferred to die versus surrender. At Okinawa when we encountered Japanese civilians many committed suicide versus surrender because of those stories about Americans. Yet many Soldiers and Marines tried to save civilians at the risk to their own lives. If the Emperor hadn't forced a surrender and the government (both US and Japanese) started trying to counter much of their wartime propaganda it could have been a blood bath during the Occupation. Even then a number of military personnel and civilians committed suicide to preclude the Americans committing atrocities against them (which never happened in the first place). Once they realized Americans weren't monsters and even wanted to help, in spite of the horrific things the Japanese military did during the war, it worked out and Japan and the US developed a good relationship eventually as Allies and friends.

[@CHMichael]

" I knew it was over when our grand victorys happened closer and closer to home " ( German citizen)

[@COM70]

@@CHMichaelwere the Russians as bad as they say they were?

[@CHMichael]

@@COM70 that quote is obviously not by me .... otherwise it would have said that, but what I have heard from relatives when I was young was mixed. My grandfather escaped Russian captivity with the help of Russian families... because they behaved on the way east and made it back home after 2y by claiming he was from the fench side of alsass. He was for ever greatfull . On the other hand you had thousands running into the US controlled part. Russian forces had to scavenge on the way west. They took what ever they could to survive, not so much as a souvenir like the American soldiers. You had people with little to no education on the Russian side . A completely different fighting force. When the toilet on the ground floor stoped working, they would barricade the door, make a hole from the upstairs and keep on using it ( friend of my mom's former family home in dresden) ..... you wanted to be out of the Russian zone ... if you could.

[@henrywilson2136]

That propaganda too, was so effective, it became a fear in the US government that if invasive were to happen, over 40 MILLION people would die. It became a core argument to use the Atomic Bombs, that ended the war. Very scary how the line between good and evil can be blurred and overlap.

[@derekfancett8218]

"Endure the unedurable" is taken verbatim from the Japanese Emperor's speech announcing the surrender.

[@ashshirey3052]

We declined to commit genocide by military. Instead, inflicting the worse punishment possible on a warrior race... increasing the bureaucracy

[@mycroft16]

Just wait till the lawyer fleet arrives. Then true punishment will rain from the sky.

[@zayedbinimran957]

@@mycroft16 just wait till we inform them about 9 to 5

[@monkeysgame172]

No, worse still, nation building

[@jeghaterdegforfaen]

There's a period missing at the end of your sentence. Your comment will be considered invalid until you rectify your grammatical transgression.

[@MrBrachiatingApe]

Have you filled out Grammatical Solecism Report Form J-31 in triplicate and submitted the pink copy to General English HQ yet?

[@EdricLysharae]

And the Japaxians were spared.

[@williamfoote2888]

Maybe the Rusyxians could be treated the same way.

[@mad_max21]

Alien tentacle hentai when

[@suburbandystopia4130]

@@williamfoote2888it would be good to be Allie’s with Russia again like we were before the communist revolution

[@Sephiroth144]

@@suburbandystopia4130 You realize the CR started during WWI, was complete by 1923, and that WWII (and our allying with them) took place a bit later, aye?

[@suburbandystopia4130]

@@Sephiroth144 we were close Allie’s with the tsar as soon as they took over the first red scare broke out in the US. Then we became Allie’s because of a bigger threat and as soon as the war was over we became enemies and rivals.

[@Shadow.Dragon]

Great story! Giving the child some food is reminiscent of U.S. soldiers giving out chocolate bars during WW2 and the Berlin "candy drops" after WW2.

[@danmichaud580]

That or the soldier giving young Japanese children some chocolate or candy. Even in war there is still some humanity.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

its a shame how the government carrying the colours those soldiers fought under more or lees defiled the legacy of such basic empathy in the decades that come after with the mix of temper tantrum teen or mouth of empire building corp dynasties behaviour that took over once it started to engage more on 'one vs one' in conflicts , since most people with access to other more neutral media then the hyper tribal one of the u.s sort of trust most grunts in supposed democratic etc armies to try be empathic but i doubt many trust the u.s government with even a single toenail unless having a gun to its abstract head :/ but yep first thing one need to do when victorious in a conflict that turned openly martial is to not slip into the self feeding loop of eternal resource and manpower eating rebellions that authoritarian despotism to exploit defeated ones for raw resources that most empire building super nations of the past done ,wich for natural reasons no longer exists

[@nasis18]

I was in Iraq. We gave out candy to the local kids too.

[@dan-jacobenglish1559]

My wife's aunt was about 12 when Allied forces liberated the southwest of France. She often repeated her story of the tall soldier who gave her chocolate and hard biscuits and bought her a hot milk for dunking. When I was introduced to my wife's family, i was welcomed like a lost son returned home by Aunt Jeanette. She can't remember yesterday, but the day of liberation is forever etched upon her memory.

[@hotrodmercury3941]

I saw the airlift that did that. They would drop bags and bags of candy for kids. It was cool to see.

[@stacyscott2720]

This isn’t Science Fiction! This is the surrender of Imperial Japan in 1945.

[@Nevada_Dan]

Exactly.

[@TrederAlmighty]

except, America dident treat Japan this well. and the Americans are not really good guys. edit: this comment section is just filled with a bunch of what-aboutism. shows the normal IQ level of USA simps. if your country have done something bad admit it, even if Japan did something bad also. the diffrence between the Japanesse and the Americans, is that the Japanesse could own up to their faults. do you really want to advocate for the use of atomic bombs during war? because Russia and China would probably be able to respond to that. morals matters. and dont just preach it, act it! but sure, keep preaching this, because this time, your actions, will eventually bite you back. there is other nations with the same capabilities. and you cant blame these nations to be bad or evil, not based on your actions and your abilities to take responsibility for them. America is the only nation in the world to have ever used nukes in war. and if you cant admit that is wrong, why should everyone else not do the same? rape, murder and torture have always been a part of war, but nukes is an escalation. and if you disagree, what would be the consicvences if the entier world used nukes, compared to if the entier world would rape, murder and torture, during a war. the answer should not be difficult.

[@Admiral-General_Aladeen]

​@@TrederAlmightyJapan was lucky they were not treated like the japanese treated surrendered people. And the US was wayyy better then imperial Japan.

[@TrederAlmighty]

@@Admiral-General_Aladeen I dont think Japan did anything close to Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Japan were no good guys either, but dont romanticise America in this case. edit: my first comment: but America dident treat Japan this good though. one statistic, since you guys love the what about ism and strawmen arguments. those who did the highest civilian casualties in ww2, was the allies. 40% of all the damage they did, was to civiliance, their homes and to defencless children, including using german children as mine cleaners. so based on this, the allies was much worse than Japan. so lets keep to the point insted of this bs. this comment section is filled with a bunch of what-aboutism or strawman arguments, even if Japan did something bad, dosent mean that America did something good. r-ing , m-ing and turtering have always been normal in w-r. a-oming is an escalation. U-S-A is the only nation to do that. if U-S-A cant take responsibility and admit that it was wrong, why should any one else? and if you dont think it is wrong, then imagine if all nations in the world was r-ing, m-ing and turtering during a w-r compared to all nations throwing a-ombs. which would bear the greater consicvences? the answer should be very easy. morals matters, dont just preach it, act it! stop mentioning Nanking, where did Japan scar the land with Radiation that took 100 years to reach an almost normal level? yes it droped, but dident reach normal level before very recently. that is not the same thing, not even comparable, one is mainly a death toll, the other is mainly a genetic scar upon generations.

[@shadowforce2000]

@@TrederAlmightytook the fight out of em a lot less people died at the cost of the innocent lost at those times. But I mean we also know that a human body is 75% water because the Japanese government and unit 731.

[@Hiddenhider2]

100 wars in a 1000 years? Lightweights 😂

[@sandrosliske]

Must have been a slow millennium.

[@TheGosgosh]

Skill issue

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

The human when they are still fighting each other with swords probably have more

[@jesseberg3271]

We don't know how long their years are. Their orbital period might be one week.

[@TheAustralianMapper5378]

Humans: Those are rookie numbers

[@Cheshirewatcher]

Bravo indeed. That was an excellent story. Not all enemies are as ruthless as they are reported to be. Never forget that every soldier is still a person underneath, with a family and people who care for them. Most don't want to win the war to utterly destroy the enemy, they just want the fighting to stop.

[@CD-vb9fi]

The "human" under the soldier is irrelevant. hitler, pol pot, mao, stalin and all of the others just like them are humans too. If your humanity includes "service to the inhumane" you have "forfeited" your humanity the same as a murderer has forfeited their life.

[@cinder-nu3pk]

Idk man. The Japanese, the Israelis, the Mongols, the SS… pretty ruthless

[@frankmcgowan9457]

​@@cinder-nu3pk Including the Israelis in your list is an insult to Israelis and the intelligence of your readers.

[@cinder-nu3pk]

@@frankmcgowan9457 Put down the Kool Aid fam.

[@frankmcgowan9457]

@@cinder-nu3pk From the river to the sea, ISRAEL will be free.

[@tigershark7155]

Lol Doug... Douglas MacArthur, Military Govonor of occupied Japan..

[@diamondjim7560]

MacArthur directly engaged the Emperor to help with the post war occupation and rebuilding. The Emperor was a relatively young man (in his 30’s during Japanese military buildup) and was influenced by Tojo and the more aggressive army generals. Yamamoto had been to the US. He saw what the industrial base of the US could do. While it was true the American Armed Forces were well behind many other countries, Yamamoto never believed the American fighting spirit was weak. It’s just that the Naval Commanders weren’t as nationalistic as the Generals, so Hirohito was deceived by them. MacArthur’s reputation (and his ego) got immeasurably larger as the Pacific War went on, so the Emperor was genuinely impressed with MacArthur and his desire to help the Japanese people. One wonders if Roosevelt had instead put Patton in charge of the Pacific theater how might that been different.

[@TheJasonBorn]

@@diamondjim7560 pretty sure Patton wouldn't have been less qualified than a Seaman to direct a war at sea. Pretty sure Patton would have hated being anywhere near a sea war too. He was all tanks and mobile infantry, I think he compared himself to Ceasar or something like that.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

​@@diamondjim7560lmao

[@Mark-ci6ln]

“We lost, its the end. Tyrax is finished.” “You still gotta clock into work tomorrow tho”

[@darksideofthemoon488]

A decade later the Tyraxians began improvising with their civilian sector. Starting by building toys, to trinkets, and then finally transportation. Then thirty years later while the Tyraxian economy was booming, a lone Tyraxian soldier was discovered in one of its former occupied jungle planets and was dubbed the last Tyraxian soldier to surrender. Then forty years after the World Ended, the Tyraxian economy was the second largest in the galaxy and might surpass the Human economy. Even news articles asked "Will your future boss be Tyraxian?"

[@nautdead3197]

I really love Tyraxime great suff

[@darksideofthemoon488]

@@nautdead3197 Especially the Tyranga. I hear there's a whole library dedicated to the books in their capital city.

[@philippesom5066]

I love my Tonda Insight, and my friend loves his Tyrota, very reliable.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Some of the best hologames are from Tyrax.

[@darksideofthemoon488]

DOC BROWN: "No wonder this chip failed. It says 'Made in Tyrax'." MARTY: "What are you talking about Doc. All the best stuff is made in Tyrax." DOC BROWN: "Unbelievable."

[@zerospicon]

Even included Pearl Harbor, signing the surrender on ship, Douglas, suicides, etc. No atom bomb tho.

[@ENiceGeo]

Yeah, I was half expecting a mention of how humanity unleashed a new bomb, micro-singularity bombs, that wiped out two continents on some inner colony world as a reason for the surrender.

[@flyboymb]

That's why they surrendered. They were told a couple of suns would be dropped on their homework. Red giants, to be exact.

[@deeliriyum]

Conveniently

[@henrywilson2136]

More people actually credit the Soviet Union for being the reason for the surrender. Around the same time as the bombings the Soviets launched a massive invasion into Japanese occupation in China and Korea. The same regions become the basis for The People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

[@snbforever]

These Humans are indeed the Savages they were claimed to be: for there is no greater torture in the known universe, then forcing your enemy to endure: The Power Point Presentation 🤣

[@andrews.5212]

Synergy! More synergy! Pizza party on Sunday... Oh you are all working on Sunday btw.

[@Micums]

Therefore, Power Point Presentations are an integral part of the teaching tool in our schools.

[@MrGchiasson]

Almost as bad...excel spreadsheets.

[@Micums]

@@MrGchiasson Excel is next level torture.

[@kuhluhOG]

@@Micums and for some reason there are people who do it voluntarily don't believe me? look up "Excel esports"

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

There is one thing that is general universal. Children are innocent little souls, who are to be treated kindly.

[@slboson]

except for goblins!!!!

[@angelmarauder5647]

Even baby parasites growing inside you? How about those baby wasps that eat spiders from the inside out? Sentience doesn't necessarily mean they aren't disgustingly terrible creatures (towards humans, at least).

[@mileselon1339]

Yeah only the most twisted treat the young in such ... Deplorable waus

[@gb6656]

​​@angelmarauder5647 daug it ain't that deep bro

[@lordfrostdraken]

Tell that to the child soldiers they use in other countries. Fictional war is grim, reality is far grimmer.

[@ChambersOrder66]

Humans bringing Liberty and Democracy to alien worlds warms my heart. 🙏🏼

[@solidicone]

I think the human breaking rank to move the child out of the way and to give her a little treat is exactly the kind of thing that encapsulates humanity. We can be big and mean, even horrible in our violence, but its not who we really are. Who we really are, or at least who most of us probably think of ourselves as, is strong when needed but tender at heart and even after a great war with so many deaths that its in our very nature to WANT to get along with each other and to live in peace, even though we know that can't always be the case. A warrior is always ready for war, but is not above or below the ability to have high tea with one's enemy to try and resolve our differences so that we may both benefit.

[@AwoudeX]

The most brutal humans in the past were the men that just wanted to be left alone, but were forced to fight anyway. Think brutal like dropping atomic bombs on defenseless citizens in Japan brutal for example. Or dropping equal or larger explosive power using conventional bombs on Germany in the same world war, again on citizens, not military targets.

[@AwoudeX]

@@techmarine83 Yeah, those superhard working babies and children that were bombed... Also it's atrocious nature ensured that your enemies became way more determined to defend to the end... Good job defending atrocities.

[@AwoudeX]

@@techmarine83 to add, today we call it warcrimes

[@flyingsquirrell6953]

@@AwoudeX WTH did he say?

[@NRF2018]

@@flyingsquirrell6953idk

[@markpiper6382]

I like how thoroughly optimistic this is, making such big assumptions that humanity would reach the stars and would end up being a force for good is refreshing with all the doom and gloom we have going around these days.

[@draighodge6039]

Humans are capable of magnamious good and horrific evil. One suspects off world humans will behave as they do on our world. Most people are willing to negotiate and trade for what they want.

[@zmeu_md3831]

the resources ,political and ideological power and compromisses needed to reach such high level of exploration and civilization to reach other galaxies will make humans to evolve to be more civilized ,inteligent and rational ,also kind . Because its not useful and smart to genocide your enemy ,because in such way you create new enemies and the circle of war and hate goes on. Just look at human history ,yes we still didnt evolved enough but looking at the most developed countries not fighting each over is refreshing. Even today if we can expect new big scale conflicts its ussualy the same war between democracy (the west and asian democracies) and the authoritarian communists and natioanlists like Russia, china , Iran and other dictatorial countries in S.America or Africa. Economicaly and deplomaticly its not worth to have a war, Europeans have problems with each over too but we set them diplomaticly , thats how the future human race will evolve i hope. Countries like Russia or China or Iran are still in the cold war ,religious ,ideological undemocratic mentality phase , their resentiment and imperial ambitions are yet to be gone before we evolve further .@@draighodge6039

[@CheeseEater-mi5nb]

If you judge at US’ actions post ww2 from interviews with locals in ruined Berlin and Tokyo, you get the feel that we truly did peak at that moment humanity wise

[@ryang2573]

I know, right? But try telling that to a Warhammer 40k fanboy.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

gota love how the humans power armour soldier interaction with a native juvenile was kept simple , not turned into a ''whole universe pauses for grand standing moment scene'' but kept organic to the moment of the story aka , ..sort of ish U.n style professional armed forces have orders of some leway to divert from ongoing activities to make the negative impact of initial occupation minimal to support the soft aspects of the effort to prevent future conflicts ,but its kept efficient as they are soldiers first and social workers second

[@dantereinhardt6911]

That soldier was probably the only one that didn't sleep through sensibility training.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@dantereinhardt6911 nha , just the one that draw the short straw in their interal radio group of ''kid lose from parents on the left, who catches and returns ? ..jim ,you got short straw of you goo remember the extra pocket of sweets to 'foster positive associations'' ;)

[@deathstrike]

I'm speechless!! The Tyraxians suffered under their OWN government, not the humans. Chances are it was Tyraxian aggression that spurred the humans to simply defend themselves. But the punishment wasn't meted out to the civilians or even some of the soldiers. They performed their duty and died in service of their people. That's what we would have said. But the Tyraxians themselves weren't to blame. Now THIS is a humanity worth fighting and dying for!! A humanity whose intention wasn't to be a galactic power, but to learn and understand other life in the galaxy. Not to judge, but to defend, not to punish, but to say "There is a better way". Hopefully this occupation turned into a solid and long lasting Alliance.

[@lordramuel1082]

This is the story how how Imperial Japan surrendered to the USA in WWII with a scifi skin.

[@Floofrer]

Xenos-interbreeding? Hell nah! I want my Nukes!

[@kmp8563]

Out of curiosity, what's your opinion on the United States?

[@deathstrike]

@@kmp8563 I guess the best way I can say it is this: "Although we are entering a dark chapter in our history, there will always be brave men and women who will carry the banner for the United States, even if they don't agree with its policies nor its government".

[@kmp8563]

@@deathstrike Hard to interpret that as anything other than based. I'm with you, just thinking it's funny how the themes are going over everyone's head in this comment section lol

[@PCLoadLetter]

The tirade from Gul Dukat comes to mind: A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness.

[@pyeitme508]

That's why Humanity first is needed. XD

[@bigwhitehound]

Only if the right Humans are in control.

[@G-Man-half-life]

@@bigwhitehoundthe right humans are already in control

[@Alpha_Digamma]

Terra Invicta!

[@mileselon1339]

@@bigwhitehound true, people maybe born good... But humans can be the most evil things imaginable!

[@mileselon1339]

@@techmarine83 or the complete opposite

[@c7iC]

quote from ender's game "the reason i attacked him while he was down was because i wanted to make sure he wouldn't fight me again"

[@stephenm3667]

It’s nice to listen to a story that doesn’t trash on humanity for a change. Very reminiscent of WW2 with Japan. Odds are they were more powerful than the humans but didn’t take into consideration our capacity to adapt to war. The question is whether you can win quickly enough before the enemy can get their industrial capacity up to speed. In the beginning of the Japanese war, we had a few carriers with untested soldiers against battle hardened Japan. In the end, our numbers extended over the horizon while Japan had to send barely trained pilots. Also says the quality of the victors in how they treat their defeated enemy to which I am proud to be an American and it sound like that influence survives into this story.

[@Blackferret66]

Yes, I like that, in a lot of these narrated sci-fi stories I see now, humanity is either in a position of power or their adaptability allows them to turn the tables. Humans are sometimes also physically stronger and superior in some of them. and humanity also has a strong moral center, as well. This is in contrast to most sci-fi media where humans are much more technologically primitive, physically weaker, and generally helpless against any alien civilizations, barring plot armor or deus ex machina.

[@wakandaisevil]

great change from warhammer empire of shitty men

[@erikkennedy8725]

Well, considering the Tyraxians fought hundreds of wars in thousands of years... humans were a hell of a lot more experienced. And we also know something about rebuilding afterwards, though we don't always practice it.

[@ahuzel]

@@wakandaisevil its sad how in the name of profit the lore was changed from a critique of tatcher's neoliberal uk to "being the biggest fascists on universe is not just wat is needed but the best gov possible" BS. Almost like they became what they loathed.

[@titanmaximum239]

You know it's fiction when the government of Earth is competent.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

Fr. space nato that full on works together? Thats fiction

[@Sherlock_XD]

One of the only stories where humans were the winning force not immediately loosing

[@tylerkriesel8590]

Avatar?

[@voivod6871]

@@tylerkriesel8590 yes but also not evil.

[@robertagren9360]

​ Avatar is spin off To A princess of mars And no the humans lose very time in avatar. Every single time.

[@ahuzel]

@@robertagren9360 yeah kinda pathetic, clearly cameron does not gives a fuck about delivering a good story anymore

[@justicedemocrat9357]

They're lucky this wasn't the warhammer 40k universe LMFAO.

[@Marty32]

lmfao

[@schloops8473]

hahaha

[@robertjethrogallano1053]

"then off the distance i saw a radiant gold light..." -poor fella bout to see the pinnacle of man

[@grimaldus4475]

The Emperor Protects

[@IronDragon-2143]

Soldier moves little girl out of the way and gives her some food. Tyraxian: "A lunchables that monster!"

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

It's okay, that lunchable only has 95% of the lead it is allowed to have by legal limit!

[@RealEnerjak]

To be fair, that really is cruel to be giving them lunchables.

[@dwrdwlsn5]

My Grandfather told stories about his time in WWII. After he was badly wounded in Italy in 1944, he transferred to Eisenhower's staff and served on the planning committee for OLYMPIC. That was the operational name for the planned invasion of Japan. When asked by me, he said that he and all of his compatriots were VERY worried about what would happen. 1 million US casualties in the first year was a conservative estimate, the expected deaths of Japanese civilians and military forces would be far higher. I asked him about dropping the bomb and he said 'It was a bad choice, but we only HAD bad and worse choices then.' He did not expect the Emperor to surrender, no one in high command did. He said when they heard that that a sigh of relief went around the entire headquarters. What happened was bad. Let no one say otherwise, but it could have been so much worse for everyone. Emperor Hirohito was vilified by many people after the war, and some of that is deserved but in the end, the Emperor put the good of his people before his own, even knowing that he could be hanged like was planned for the Nazis. Such a selfless act in and of itself earned my respect and the respect of my family. We will not forget what happened WWII or why, but we know honor when we see it.

[@ClockworkOuroborous]

The Purple Hearts that were made for the expected casualties from the invasion of Japan are still being used to this day. As of 2000, there were still 120,000 left of the surplus of 450,000.

[@dwrdwlsn5]

@@ClockworkOuroborousMakes you think, yeah.

[@MrBrachiatingApe]

Thank you for such a reasoned comment. The Japanese had three days between Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Rather than let the public choose, they suppressed all the information they could. The US military gave them a chance to cleanly surrender, despite the atrocities they committed all over Asia...they didn't take it. We bombed Hiroshima and killed 100,000 people, and gave them a chance to surrender. They didn't take it. So we bombed Nagasaki and killed 30,000 people. When they understood that we would just keep bombing until they surrendered, well, they did the right thing. My grandfather was one of Oppenheimer's and E.O. Lawrence's students at Cal, a physicist and engineer for the Manhattan Project and OSRD under Vannevar Bush, working as a kind of scientific fixer. He was offered a seat on one of the Enola Gay's chase planes but declined. He didn't want to see the bomb go off, yet he maintained that the we took the most merciful option available. He also said he was fairly sure the Nazis had beaten us to the a-bomb, based on being seconded to the OSS in late '44 and early '45 to evaluate their multiple a-bomb programs. He said that we had no choice but to research the weapons because the Nazis only lacked delivery systems, but as soon as they got them, bye bye London and New York. Still such an odd period of history.

[@calebbowling4137]

This is so accurate to what humanity would do in an interstellar war, crushed but not destroyed, aid but firm control

[@doomdrake123]

This is what humanity should aspire to be. Along with "Why humans never wage war" this story shows what our lowest points should be. Strong and just and magnaniomous. We are certainly capable of far worse.

[@ahuzel]

its always better to have a puppet nation with high quality of life under ur control, with time they will become allies willingly

[@CaptainTrips123]

For the Tyraxi, it was the darkest time of their species. For a United Humanity, it was Tuesday.

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend" ~ Abraham Lincoln

[@robertagren9360]

The toxic relationship continues. What do you want. Destruction, chaos or just suffering friendship

[@ahuzel]

@@robertagren9360 as long as it is weaker, who cares?

[@locker1325]

Well done. A story that focused on humanity instead of the mass destruction focus of other stories.

[@kathleenhensley5951]

Japan, Italy, Germany at the end of World War II.. my family had come to America in 1920, so we still had members back in Italy during the war. The ONE thing all of them said was how decent and honorable the American GIs were... how they respected Italians. My great, great Grandmother, 105 yrs old, was still alive, she couldn't leave her home (or wouldn't ) they put a Red cross on the roof so it wouldn't be bombed by either side.

[@shawnradcliffe3514]

"Gotta admit, you Humans arent as bad as we were told." "Wait, exactly what were you told about us?"

[@doomdrake123]

I'm bulgarian, in WWI we fought alongside Germany against the Entante. There was a relatively minor Balkan thetre of the war, but none the less, France had brought it's colonial expeditionary forces. Afterr a major battle wee had captured substantial number of french and colonial soldiers. While talking with his french counterpart, bulgarian officer asked "Why your negros keep to themselves and always look afraid from us?" the french answeared through laughter "In order to keep their morale high, we've told them you'rer cannibals who eat the hearts of their enemies." So yeah, people tell shit about others all the time. I'm afraid we'd be more of '41 Germany than '45 USA if we ever manage to conquer other planet.

[@Chalky.]

As a Brit I approve of this intergalactic colonisation.

[@jeremyporter2547]

This is the alien version of a Japanese citizen at the end of world war II.

[@contrafax]

For The Author! For The Algorithm! For The Audience!!! For The Channel!!!

[@rskeyesful]

Very nice. I've been getting very bored with all of the End of World BS that's infected story telling lately. This was refreshing.

[@SirMegaManNeoX]

The sad fact of this is, you think HUMANS will co-operate long enough to ACTUALLY ACHIEVE leaving this death ball...

[@Eflatmajor7sharp11]

He introduced himself as “Doug”…either way it was unpronounceable. As a fellow human Doug, I almost choked on my coffee hearing that 😅

[@ChrisRiche]

Okay, that was pretty friggin incredible writing. Nice job.

[@vzig2348]

No matter how big and tough you are, there will always be a bigger dog on the block

[@algray1195]

This is how I remember my 4 tours in Iraq. We treated people like people, equal parts of respect in the whole of humanity. I hope we made a difference. 😢

[@SovietReunionYT]

The general public impression around the world is that the US occupiers in Iraq were just as much brutal monsters as the Russians are now in Ukraine. Too many videos of torture and random killings.

[@withnoname31]

Unfortunately not much, nowadays the Iraq government keeps saying they want the US out of their country even though they want the opposite. The reason is simple: to appease their domestic public opinions.

[@DarkZodiacZZ]

@@withnoname31O tempora, o mores.

[@RealEnerjak]

One thing that still stands out to me is the absurd bureaucracy of us humans in this story. Seems to be a running theme with humans in any of these stories. Record this file that, sign in triplicate. If it's one thing I do hate about my own species it is the absurd bureaucracy of us humans. Drives me nuts.

[@voodoovince8001]

Bureaucracy is the sword that kills dragon

[@Anomaly-uz9pr]

Honestly having been in the US Army for 4 years this year yes. our bureaucracy is such a mind fuck to me still and I’ve gotten fairly good and navigating the bureaucracy that comes with almost everything in the army that you need to do for yourself like medical stuff schools etc but at first it was stunning to me

[@tylermcroy6720]

I'm a security guard, and half my job is filling out daily activities reports, security checks, and incident reports that will never be read by anyone and shoved in a file somewhere. It feels really tedious and flat-out pointless sometimes.

[@BH-yk5cn]

For Democracy, for SUPER EARTH!!!

[@nesapanjalingam704]

Thank you 💙💚❤️ for all your effort & the time you put in when uploading this. It is really truly appreciated 🙏

[@jojomania1105]

My Grandma and mother told me many times the story how when my grandma was a baby in the Germany of 1945 her mother gave my grandma away to a British soilder as she flet from the redarmy and later met up with the soilder to get my grandma back. That man is the reason I am alive. I owe everything to that british soilder. I am so greatfull for the way the allies at least treated my country. Even after everything we did.

[@severaleels3708]

Straight up describing the Japanese surrender in 1945

[@uayfb1]

Yes, it's pretty clear where the inspiration came from.

[@uayfb1]

Yes, you can see where the inspiration came from.

[@ricklenegan2294]

"The most intense five hours of accounting and payroll [...]" LOLOLOL

[@LowLifeAM]

Well done Divers, we've secured an entire population of Taxpayers for aeons to come.

[@nexiuz2233]

Lmao, feed the military industry no matter what, for the greater good!

[@flailingelbows7073]

Super Earth threatened the Tyraxians with releasing caffeinated Helldivers onto them

[@terminater729570]

This was a perfect short. Cheers to both author and orator. Would love this arc to be expanded upon.

[@BrnEyedGrl83]

This story gives me vibes of how the Japanese felt, from their point of view, about the US at the end of WWII. It just goes to show you how universal human existence is to us.

[@pedrambn9120]

great story finally a story which humans are not villains but just human amazing story

[@melaniesmith1313]

A retelling of the defeat of Japan in WWII

[@josepharchuleta9809]

Vary optimistic I like it I’ve been seeing to much predictions of dark scenarios in similar encounters

[@Bannanaaan]

Giving Pacific War vibes (surprise attack-Entire Human Fleet Destroyed)

[@burgercook1741]

I love how the Tyraixian couldn't pronounce "Doug" at first

[@sandrosliske]

Love this author's work ❤

[@anonygent]

This is kind of assuming that future Earth is going to be like 20th century America and not like the other 300K-500K years of human history.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

You make that sound like a bad thing. Culture has an immune system, and HFY stories are antibodies.

[@angelmarauder5647]

​@@worldcomicsreview354nice

[@anonygent]

@@worldcomicsreview354 It's not bad, but for anyone with a knowledge of history, it needs a little explanation.

[@Good_Hot_Chocolate]

​​​​@@anonygent Shouldn't that be the opposite? Given that they have knowledge of history? Just because they are aware of more of the fast past's actions that doesn't mean that those actions are any more likely to occur than the near past's or present's actions. Governments change as well as our stance as a global society does.

[@anonygent]

@@Good_Hot_Chocolate Again, knowing history suggests that's not the case. Civilizations rise and fall, and the empires that replace them frequently are far more barbaric than the previous civilization. Europe didn't reach the levels of Roman civilization for a thousand years after Rome fell. China has yet to reach the levels of the Ming Dynasty in terms of artistic accomplishments. I'm worried that the moon landing itself could become a myth, that future humans refuse to believe that humans actually went into space and landed on the moon, because the technology for space flight has disappeared.

[@caedmonfoster5803]

Tyraxians say we get stronger when we get back up 🗿 the humans say what if you don't get back up?

[@Warentester]

Parallels to the US-Japanese conflict in WW II are a bit thick in the story but overall I think it's a fantastic way to explain the Japanese perception of the war to Americans without triggering immediate patriotic knee jerk reactions.

[@Capohanf1]

The story must have been written by a Japanese. Wonder if the first attack on the Humans was a Sneak Attack on a Space Ship Harbor? Or how many unarmed Human prisoners were killed while being forced to march in the jungle.

[@robertagren9360]

Everyone think they are smaller or bigger. But everything you see is all they have. And their actions is not retaliation. There is no need of a reason.

[@TLSingleton1962]

Pretty awesome yarn. Enjoyed it from stem to stern without a break. I find myself wishing I knew more about the war with Tyrax.

[@kpdkchristian2570]

So actually this is just the sci-fi version of a private equity corporate merger 😂

[@wombatuser]

I’m addicted to this channel

[@LuisTorres-dq7gt]

I wasn't 1/4 of the way through till I realized that is an allegory for Japan

[@Warentester]

That took you a while. At the very latest it should be clear by the beginning of the war.

[@LuisTorres-dq7gt]

@@Warentester in all fairness, I thought I was listening to someones scifi story

[@cu_rry]

"Our First attack had wiped out an entire human fleet and we'd overrun their nearest colonies, before they had time to gather more forces", after I heard that, I knew what would happen next 💀 they would really drop two stars on that planet,

[@elmercy4968]

Anti-matter bombs.

lucky it was not the imperium of man that landed representing the humans that day, something tells me things would of played out very differently for our tyraxian friends.

[@TheUnadahmer]

The surrender scene sounds a lot like Japan on the deck of the Mighty Mo.

[@jacobnormann6678]

The entire story is practically a retelling of the Japanese surrender, down to “Doug” MacArthur

[@stolt8045]

He introduced himself as Doug LOL

[@yomogami4561]

good story. thanks

[@melrichardson2392]

Great story, always, the art of war such a game.

[@jacobpeters7837]

This sounds like the Japanese after WW2.

[@frankgunner8967]

This was great i really enjoyed it thank you.

[@MrDirigible]

Sounds like Imperial Japan after touching US boats

[@weekendnomads7160]

Good way to teach history. Perfectly described the surrender of Japan in WWll

[@Bob-qk2zg]

Japan. 1945.

[@lonniemcclure4538]

13:09 "...intense five hours of accounting and payroll...". 😀 Not a phrase I expected to hear during my lifetime.

[@kloc072386]

Space Japan

[@JFWGarage]

For Freedom and Democracy we must spread it to all worlds and regions

[@Muddybagclean]

Jesus Loves You

[@ReaperIFF245]

Space Jesus loves you more

[@sycronix_]

God loves u

[@kittykattzee]

This is a really refreshing listen lol.

[@paulwhite3237]

A well-written tale. Thank you.

[@alexmorris5028]

If only our species were as even handed and noble as we are depicted in these stories. Ales, reality is far different.

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

This is why stories are told

[@KingOfStopMotion]

It is Man who was made in God's Image! We are the shepards of his creation! GOR HUMANITY

[@IceFiction404]

Nice story

[@bluband2]

Wars are never pointless.

[@jonathanklopf7581]

I really enjoyed this, would like to hear more.

[@maras5559]

Great story - thank you.

[@537monster]

This sounds eerily familiar to the feelings Japanese people had near the end of WWII. Many who believed the propaganda coming from the government had no idea they were so close to losing until finally they heard the emperors voice announcing their surrender.

[@giovannipanzeri6431]

Truly a fantasy tale, in more ways than one.

[@gsmith4295]

The Tyraxians sure didnt get invaded by the same humans that came to the Americas. Must have been the Star Trek next generation humans.

[@MeUngaBungaButYouAreWorst]

2:30 Losted me at everyone stopped to go at work and at school 😂

[@barelyasurvivor1257]

A very good story

[@scpj049]

Rule of war, don't attack those who surrender, treat them with dignity. Do not attack unarmed civilians or children.

[@VMX1.]

If our human species was only as honorable as these stories make us out.

[@peenoice5176]

I mean this is whay literally happened to Japan.

[@quehostia]

Tyraxians, count your blessings and praise the Emperor for allowing Salamanders to be the occupying force.