The Horrors of Humanity | HFY | a Short Sci-Fi Story

[@NPCNo-xm2li]

Other species: "The atrocities are too much, you have to stop" Humans: "Aww man, we ain't even halfway through the Geneva Checklist"

[@derblackfishi1985]

You mean the New Galactic Geneva Checklist.

[@CadButter]

@@derblackfishi1985 Hell yeah, we Canadians know that one well

[@proximacentauri1B]

other species: "whats the geneva checklist?" humans: "OHOHOHOHOHOHO BOY I'M HAPPY YOU ASKED"

[@funnydude1059]

Aliens: "so whats your history been like?" Humans: Medieval tourchure methods intensify

[@sharmajikabeta69]

😅​@@CadButter

[@BlackdragonPL]

Other species: casual warfare Humans: boyz, we're going ranked!

[@jacobfoss7783]

WAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH

[@Missouri2098]

WAAGGGH!! KIILLLZ ZA ALIENZZ!!!

[@deviousN]

GIB 'EM ALL UV DAT DAKKA

[@medinadossantos867]

We are the angels of death, and we shall deliver it upon you

[@Longstocks]

ALIEN BOYZ TARGET PRACTICE FOR THE BOYZ RAHHHHH

[@Scitch87]

Galactic Council: "Stop these atrocities! You can't just collapse entire stars to win!" Humans: "Sorry, i don't speak 'loser'."

[@joimumu]

Galactic council has two choices ether let us finish the war or wait until 57 species on the goes down to 1 and then let us finish

[@B1gLupu]

There is no Geneve is space!

[@Zaluskowsky]

@@B1gLupu Geneva To Do List!

[@reyariass]

Geneva do this, but we do

[@adarkwind4712]

😂😂😂 bruh.

[@frostbite0707]

I do love these stories where humans are the galaxy's boogie men.

[@hiddendesire3076]

You’d love Deathworlders then. A great read, took me 4 months to read it all.

[@gagongflip389]

Might not be farfetched, probably the reason why were are in the most isolated corner of the galcy.

[@breadtoast1036]

@@gagongflip389actually we are kinda close to core but not super close , the reason we havent seen anything yet is because we have a very hard time penetrating the oort cloud, we will be able to have a much better view of the galaxy once we start probing data directly from neighboring star systems, plus all of our signals have barely traveled anywhere far from our system if theyre even readable at all, i imagine we would need to be interacting with a few star systems before we even get noticed or discover intelligent life. galaxy is massive

[@HELLO-15G]

​@@gagongflip389what if we are the Grox😧

[@Zaluskowsky]

Humans arent the Galaxys Boogeyman. They re the ones you sent to KILL the Boogeyman!

[@Zaluskowsky]

Human Ambassador: we got the Military Leadership Human Admirla: Hand me the Geneva Checklist!

[@aljeandropacheco3608]

Just so I can "help myself"

[@williamkirkland2222]

you mean warcrime bingo

[@ragman6035]

​@@aljeandropacheco3608you mean the milky way suggestion

[@jamesdavis9462]

Geneva was lost to the sands of time in space...

[@SpielkindFR]

"geneva checklist" had me cackle like an evil old witch

[@p.f132]

"You can't do this!" "Well, I haven't seen no goddamn Grox in Geneva signing anything, have I?"

[@johngavin3180]

Well, you know what the galactic marines like to say about the geneva conventions, "I wasn't there."

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

The rest of the Council: You can't just blow up an entire system! It's madness! Humans: I thought you said you wanted to win...

[@korinogaro]

I think humans just got lazy. It was not about defeating enemy with means necessary to win at this point. It sounds like it was just easier and less hassle to collapse the star.

[@november382]

@@korinogaro Sounds like efficiency to me

[@michaelmaldonado6]

Total agreement​@@november382

[@ehsnils]

Humanity is what's inside Pandoras Box.

[@uncanny3637]

Casually blows up star for shit ang giggles😊

[@cideltacommand7169]

Little did the aliens know i have 2000 hours in stellaris And always pick fanatic xenophobe

[@NSILY]

even when playing as Pacifist Xenophile it always turn around and go back to fanatic xenophobe

[@StopBanningMaStuff]

These xenos filth are lucky we dont have an 18foot tall perpetual with a flaming sword........

[@Alexander99602]

Nah, humans here are more like Fanatic Militaristic and Egalitarian

[@tremedar]

Determined Exterminators. Torch everything.

[@Alpha_Digamma]

"Let's be xenophobic. It's really in this year."

[@xanderortega4359]

The council was lucky, they encountered humans when theyre at peace and prosperity, thats why the humans valued them, they just dont realize that humans will do anything for their new friends, and also not realizing that they showed humans coexistence before the war.

[@TOYMAK3R]

They're that one friend that you'd normally think is like a big ol teddy bear or a gentle giant or a good lil noodle until God forbid you have the misfortune of witnessing his anger for the first time and when you realize what kind of monster he can really be you have a newfound sense of fear & respect for him.

[@Xepent]

Good comment

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Welcome to what humans call total war.

[@matthewreckamp4005]

fiat justitia, cum sit mundus ardeat

[@Mobius118F]

E4: Geneva suggestion- Geneva: No! E4: Geneva Guidelines- Geneva: It’s Geneva Convention! E4: >:)

[@justagamer4190]

E4: why should we even consider it with humanity at risk?

[@TOYMAK3R]

​@@Mobius118F E4: "So the Geneva Checklist?"

[@revivrevalchn3503]

​@@TOYMAK3R a Geneva Recommendation.

[@MartijnMcFly]

We might not have fought a war on a galactic scale, but we have fought wars on a human scale.

[@cameltube-vk7el]

he he, everything is relative !!! SemperProrsum

[@TOYMAK3R]

The thing about humanity is that we're always eager to try new things regardless of the outcome.

[@8darktraveler8]

​@@TOYMAK3R Humans: UwU I hope you don't judge us for our past, we got alittle experimental in our past. Aliens: Understandable, we had some heated land disputes that took years of legislation and financial reparation, sad to say some disputed territories took decades to resolve in court. We can be pretty nasty and creative with the mean letters we wrote to each other hahaha. *The humans smile, as their gaze instinctively turns predatory* Humans: Like totally, we'd rather not talk about it, like never. *Humans skip off into the crowd of welcoming Aliens*

[@TOYMAK3R]

@@8darktraveler8 Alien(s): "Hey humans What is this thing you humans call... The... Ja-nee-va kon-ven-chon...?" Human(s): "Oh you mean the Geneva Convention? What about it?" Alien(s): "Yes that. Well lately I've heard some of you humans referring to it as suggestions or a checklist. Is it like a game or a shopping list? It almost sounds like fun!" *Human smiles and stares with an almost dead look in their eyes* Human(s): "Oh you poor sweet summer child..."

[@uncanny3637]

Other Species: Casual Warfare Humans: Ranked Warfare

[@johngavin3180]

"The existence of casual warfare means there is the existence of competitive warfare, and we intend to win" Unknown Human admiral.

[@Zaluskowsky]

Oh this is good. Starts Minmaxing

[@Alien42011]

Im getting addicted to these stories

[@robertchannel2191]

You right

[@hoodiekid8439]

Good

[@13film55]

r/humansarespaceorcs*

[@MrBrachiatingApe]

Just found them myself... It's like being a kid again, reading Timothy Zahn or David Brin again.

[@Meruem_King_Of_The_Ants]

The random urge to be proud of our species.

[@Yogasefski]

“War isn’t hell. War is war and hell is hell, and if the two, war is worse!” Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierse Chief of Surgery 4077th MASH Unit United States Army

[@FirehawkSHD]

Because there are no innocent bystanders in hell !

[@Johnny-j5n]

Hawkeye was a pantywaste pacifist.

[@thebadassofthewest6022]

War is hell. Keep talking like it’s not. You’re showing how foolish you are.

[@FernBlackwood1995]

@@Johnny-j5n And I suppose you’re just some big warbeast with 37 guns on one arm that shoot anything that moves, like a true American? Shut up, mouth breather.

[@BasedChad1]

At least you can still fight and resist in war. Hell you have no strength.

[@norneaernourn8240]

If I didn't know better, I would say the humans in that story has been itching to test the new shiny armaments for a long time. When those Groks showed up, the temptation would've been really excruciating especially seeing how the "veterans" are doing it. Can't go ape when the older kids aren't. I guess eventually someone gets booze-hammered enough and the gloves come off.

[@Ventorath]

50 years of participating as a support role in a losing war is hardly "itching to test the new weapons". I assume the intent was that Humanity didn't want to reveal its warlike nature if it didn't have to, hence the restraint, and hence the decommissioning of crap afterward.

[@MonumentToSin]

Human Military: "It's not a crime against humanity if they aren't humans!" Human Leaders: "You know what? You make a good point. Have fun boys!"

[@8darktraveler8]

Humans: Things got alittle crazy there, hope I didn't scare you. Aliens: No, no everything is good now. *100 yard stare*

[@Kotchilla-sy2yv]

that would have been really funny to look at XD

[@I_also_needed_a_name_so]

at that point it would’ve been the 10000 yard stare

[@phoenixrider4622]

The 1000 light yesr scare

[@I_also_needed_a_name_so]

@@phoenixrider4622 perfect…

[@Ms.Amylia_Clenny]

Humans to the Galaxy: Would you like to update the Geneva Conventions to include *black holes* ?

[@ashtonboutwell6154]

The punishment of making a black hole would probably be either be chucked into said black hole, or be tethered to a planet or something and have your legs slowly spaghettify.

[@war13death]

"It's not a war crime the first time" - the fat electrician

[@kickrocks4081]

Geneva suggestions

[@Blue_rose_initiative]

A yes tactical black holes

[@Southern_Crusader]

One of my favorite random quotes I’ve heard are, “through our entire history we’ve learned one undeniable lesson, woe to the vanquished.” “Oh Peace! How many wars have been waged in thy name?”

[@Blue_rose_initiative]

The only correct answer to that question is yes

[@spynix0718]

One thing that not a single story has mentioned is our culture. I'm shocked that many of these stories don't mention it, nor care to add in a reaction from their species over our culture. The fact that we fight each other in war is always mentioned, but it's never mentioned that when we aren't at war, there is always competition. Competition between people or companies is a very warlike act. Beyond that, we also play many warlike games. Call of Duty, Warthunder, Hearts of Iron, Helldivers, even cartoonish games like Splatoon show our capacity for war.

[@KnightWolf-tg7uc]

There are some like that, you just have to know where to look

[@Acoolnamme]

No, the thing that's missing is why we fight. They see us fighting and ignore all other context, and sure, sometimes we don't have a good reason to fight, but that's not the whole picture

[@Senok13]

There is one HFY story, where they mention, to one bird-like alien some video games. When it asks them, what are those, after the description ("you had to fight against something bigger and scarier than yourself, which sole goal is to kill you") it could only compare them to their warriors VR training program. And it shocked, that human use the very same things from juvenile age - for FUN.

[@ireallyreallyhategoogle]

If it's not war, it's war games.

[@hiddendesire3076]

I think Deathworlders made mention of it, because I know aliens on Folca found it weird at first that humans had their competitive nature when it came to exercising, and they even learned about Warhammer 40K because of some super soldiers who took to painting figurines to practice delicate movements with their new, larger bodies as a result of their rigorous training, body altering Corti drug, and diet.

[@enclaveofficerz3245]

7:35 We seriously dropped modified S.C.P. 610 The Flesh That Hates on them. Those poor bastards.

[@cookiemathew1656]

That sounds like heresy to me! Feeling sorry for the enemy.

[@thomasmccormick5891]

Don't feel sorry, they are now one with democracy!!

[@spaceface124]

Could have been worse tbh, imagine dropping SCP 666 1/2 - J on them

[@chrish.6900]

S.c.p., cryptids, mythos . Ifwe can transport it, then it's a weapon. Hell we will toss a starving leprechaun with a rusty spoon hopped up on coke at them if we could

[@I_also_needed_a_name_so]

a bit overkill but they also collapsed a star so whatever

[@FullchanAnon]

>Grox * Spore PTSD flashback intensifies *

[@cideltacommand7169]

That's what I said

[@TheRealKiRBEY]

Oh you noticed too nice

[@Tpose_Clockman]

Same right here

[@hugotheimpecileone]

The second i head them say Grox i instantly went to the comment section

[@Bad_Goy23]

My first thought lol

[@Ravenblues]

Damn greenskins, here we go purging xenos again...

[@highlander918]

Old Man’s War.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

These humans are literally fine with Xenos tho

[@britishreaper7717]

Galactic council “okay so what do we do?!” Humans “okay 1 let us run the war, 2 don’t try to stop us, and 3. Never try to backstab us okay? **reveals numerous horrifying tactics and weapons for use against the enemy** Galactic council “ dear gods! Okay p! Okay! U run the war just don’t use that on us ok?!” Humans “cool beans. Let’s get to it.!

[@worldcomicsreview354]

FTL - Eh, not too unrealistic Energy shields - It'll do Causing non-supermassive stars to turn into black holes - Could compress matter or something? Veterans get generous pension - RIGHT STOP THAT, TOO UNREALISTIC

[@flyboymb]

Humans: Our newest weapon fires cloned Grox babies with small packets of antimatter inside of their body. When their bodies hit a ship or a planet, the packets break causing an incredible explosion. Council: But why use cloned babies? Humans: We ran out of captured babies testing it out. Council: No, why use babies at all? Humans: Last week, the Antares ambassador quipped that the only thing we hadn't done to the Grox was to turn their own children into weapons. Such a gap in our arsenal could not be allowed to remain.

[@buddermonger2000]

okay that's great good laugh from that one

[@mindspank]

a casual Tuesday for the Imperium of Man. The Geneva accords are merely a suggestion if the universe is a Dark Forest.

[@Dixionconderoga]

or for Canada during WW2

[@prestonjones1653]

Humans: Let us cease our foolish squabbling and remember what unites us all! Aliens: 😊 Humans: OMNICIDAL XENOPHOBIA! Aliens: 😱

[@aran_200]

Aliens? More like the ultimate unity signal 🌏🌍🌎🦅🦅🔫🔫🔫🔫

[@edgarcastillo2804]

Dont ask why but im actually crying after listening this story. 11/10 good Sir

[@k.w.pillsbury4070]

“When faced with Extinction, every alternative is preferable.” Dr. Leonard Chruch

[@kimdungluong2335]

Nice reference

[@joimumu]

There should be a sequel were another alien specie started a war and the Galactic council beg them to stop and being laughed at until they find out why the Galactic Council was begging

[@hadiwibowo7678]

New aliens : "We have an army, weapons no one have ever seen, our body invulnerable by any attacks and we eat suns for breakfast!" Galactic empire : "and we have the humans"

[@argadeyatendra]

Read 'First Contact' by raltsbloodthorne

[@gilmadreth680]

Since our emergence onto the galactic stage you, the esteemed members of the galactic senate, have born witness to many facets of human nature. The meticulous merchant. The compassionate medic. The benevolent philanthropist. Now, you bear witness to that which we have kept shrouded in our past. The part of ourselves we don't like to discuss openly as it tends to cause offense to the refined sensibilities of those who have known nothing but peace. Senators, as we fight now for the very survival of all our combined species, it is time for you, and by extension the Grox, to at last come to know the missing piece Humanity has to offer the galaxy: The Murder Ape.

[@JustAnAstronautPerson]

Humans: almost lost our cool there.

[@vis_viva]

Humans. Also known as the "hold my beer" species.

[@medinadossantos867]

Let em cook

[@Random_Fandom107]

Fr fr

[@Blue_rose_initiative]

A normal Tuesday

[@IfbbProRolandcHazard]

Human's: You die or I die, how we get there, I don't give a sh!#t.

[@Vrikkter]

Looks like this is a universe where Canada took over

[@SingleSockMon]

I don't think nationality is a thing in this story.

[@tetraxis3011]

@@SingleSockMonIts a joke and a reference to Canadian soldiers committing war crimes in WWI and WW8*

[@luxwhlte]

​@@tetraxis3011Damn WW8? You must be a time traveller, innit?

[@tetraxis3011]

@@luxwhlte Yep. And somehow we survived. The nuclear exchange of 2029 and 2072 were very catastrophic.

[@iantaran2843]

Wars get new rules when Canada gets involved

[@xzardas541]

An average stellaris run. Start as xenophile/materialist to get eco going and then shift to fanatic militarist, use ongoing crisis to declare galactic custodian and start having fun. Cause there is nothing more fun fighthing than fanatic purifiers, there is no need for claims, ocupations all this thrash, you take the system you have the system, simple as.

[@Runeforged]

I love these stories :D They are completely self-indulgent and I am ok with that.

[@Shinobubu]

HELLDIVER TEAM LETS GOOOO

[@dendec]

LET THEM COME. LET THEM TASTE THE DEMOCRACY! FOR SUPER EARTH!

[@aran_200]

DEMOCRACY 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Spacefloop]

FOR SUPER EARTH 🌍 🇺🇸🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️❗️

[@Razor-vx9qr]

Managed democracy is winning with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@JungéShikisanki]

“The Grox came.” Humans: We train in defeating them since 2008.

[@AAw3s0m3]

"Grox" Now there's a name I've not heard in a very long time!

[@Pwnicus187]

The humble Grox

[@thatguywhoanimids]

Ahh, those orange goblins!

[@locker1325]

A common theme in these stories is that when humans start a war, the rest of the universe is horrified at what real war is. Then they want to try to contain the humans. It's like what do you expect? It's wore a******

[@rcvideos6880]

This makes me both extremely proud and extremely scared and spiritual do the same time

[@rodrigoloza4263]

I really hope we conquer the universe like this. Assuming there is life beyond our planet.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

Probably no other (sentient) life out there but let's do it anyway.

[@Youtubecensormydick]

@@TheSolidSnakeOil same like we took out our cousins, neanderthals and denosovians etc, we will probably spread out and after sometime collapse and resurge and find ancient humans cousins to war with

[@MrDosonhai]

This could be turned into the greatest sci-fi movie of all time.

[@solar704]

They need to make one fr

[@HeppelhopV5]

It would be great as a documentary style movie

[@Spearra]

​@@HeppelhopV5If someone like Kane Pixels did it, that would be one of the most graphic movies ever made!

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

“They just can’t help themselves” Yup true.

[@Heathh49008]

A bit confused by "The Horrors..." and the "Horrors of..." stories running simultaneously.

[@scifistories1977]

Yeah, I did think that could be an issue because both titles are a little similar. Hopefully, it's OK. More of "human horrors " coming soon!

[@galactica4867]

@@scifistories1977 hoho

[@ArgonianSkaleel]

it's not so bad to go to war with humans from time to time. You will get to learn from each other, maybe make a few friends, even. But never, NEVER make the price of defeat extinction. When everything is on the table, nothing is held back.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

the cute kitty cat turned its head.. and suddenly the galaxy noticed hidden in its shadow , the glint of a titan primal sabretooths eyes glowed , ready to shake of the veil of shadows if ever its kitten and friends where bloodied..

[@toptiergaming6900]

Number 1 method of alien Suicide: angering a human

[@sivuulrarh]

The grox… isn’t that from spore? …or am I misremembering?

[@ricardocarmona5210]

The Krill. 👽

[@FullchanAnon]

You remember right. They're the little bastards that call the center of the galaxy home and look like little orange gremlins that were half mechanical.

[@cideltacommand7169]

​@@FullchanAnon and that are everywhere

[@Senok13]

@@cideltacommand7169 I doesn't met them THAT much. But my species made most other species fell into panic... ( I once created one, which had both great hiding, movement AND fighting capabilities. It took more than half an hour, but i defeated one of the giant variants of an existing species, BEFORE the village phase - as a single creature. Mostly by hide, hit & run. )

[@ZECZAR]

Thought it was from halo, the little fat ones

[@jerome2982]

Bro, I'm not funned of these kind of stuffs like just listening to a story. But now I started liking it. Luv ur contents.

[@hadiwibowo7678]

Humans : "WOOO! That was great wasn't it? We sure did kick their weren't we?!"😊 Aliens : "Y-yeah, sure buddy" *Stepping back in fear of the horror of humans*

[@joskarifinaukr6503]

This being written from a xenos' perspective, he probably didn't even realize that we never had to switch off of Volunteer Only. Those penal legions? "Sign up for the war effort in exchange for full amnesty of your past crimes!" I wonder if it would have made things better or worse for our diplomatic relations if we informed them that the Geneva Conventions technically only apply to wars between Humans, which means that as long as the rest of the galaxy keeps employing Humans they never have to worry about having their homeworlds turned inside out or fed to eldritch horrors we cooked up in a lab.

[@joimumu]

Job security on a galaxy scale

[@HopeisAnger]

It should not be done. But if it must be done, it should be done quickly and with finality.

[@metalsortasucks4604]

I dig the idea that humans are actually the weird, quiet kid in class you'd be nice to just in the event that he decided to go postal one day. Stay on their good side.

[@lotmyle5465]

Apparently I arrived in time for folks to teach me to count to three.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

*Some Alien watching this* See fellas this is why we don't contact them, their egos are too big for their own good.

[@laka1889]

How'd you know🤨

[@youneskasdi]

Also the fact that committing attrocities including ending our own existence is a very possible thing for us

[@Shadow.Dragon]

Great story! It's always better to be Humanity's friend, than its enemy!

[@smokinggnu6584]

We didn't start the war but we're damn well gonna finish it.

[@wolfiboy3166]

I like Humans glazing humanity like this😂 Humanity🔛🔝

[@Johnny-j5n]

So everyone saw what we did and don't want to start trouble, it sounds like it worked like a charm.

[@skarletshadow4481]

If we can't have that sector. Nobody can.

[@Kíng_of_Terran]

Saying there were inly like 930 wars or something is a understatement with more land to fight on their will ve many more wars than that

[@alexbrinzan9061]

Thats the wars we let the aliens know about bro.

[@ImperatoChri]

5:33 "WE'RE CONQUERING THE 7 KINGDOMS WITH THIS ONE!!"

[@omfg322]

Canadians: write that down WRITE THAT DOWN

[@elvisalpha]

Now thats what I call an a$$ whopping. 😂

[@erossenpai2884]

Even in times of peace, we develop for war.

[@SirLancelotTheBrave]

Alien Race: Please stop we have nothing left! Humans: lol Alexa play fortunate son.

[@dometheonlyone8936]

galactic council : there's no rule of war Humans : you will regret it.

[@bishophawk5523]

They should be titled don’t fuck with peace

[@harmacist6623]

"What does Humans fight for?" "They fight for peace." "What kind of species categorized as *War-like* fights for peace?" I forgot where this is from, but I've read something like that.

[@abaronofchivalry5176]

Galaxy: "No you can't genocide an entire race!!" Humans: "Awww, where's your starr?? Someone's a lik saltyyyy"

[@plastikk12]

Aggressive aliens: *invade* Humans: "Okay boys, time to clean out the attic!"

[@StormsandSaugeye]

Canada: "oh hey Dere bud we going down the geneva checklist again?"

[@Iightbeing]

This writing is awesome, and the AI voiceover appears to have finally reached a natural level. Good stuff

[@exterminatusbutton8723]

Creating a black hole to kill a system is fucking bad ass

[@SylvesterCarl]

We ARE very good at taking energy from here and putting it over there.

[@Petitmoi74]

10:28 Even if a star becomes a black hole, its mass will change little or not at all, and there is no reason why its gravity should affect the rest of the system any differently.

[@josephkim9974]

It is not war crime if they are not humans

[@I-Stole-Your-Toast700]

Random Area 51 worker: Guys I think I booted up the wrong version of stellaris

[@rayanu3h]

Wait till the galaxy learns that they only met the Canadians

[@Senok13]

" - What have you done?! You blowed up the entire Relphox system! Are you MAD...?! - What did you expect? There were 20 planet - should we capture them one by one, and waiting for their reinforcements to arrive, when we are barely passed the third one...? This was both faster, also more cost-efficient, AND it significantly decreased our death toll as well! "

[@DankSlayer_Ornstien]

Xenos: Stop, they're already dead! Humans: Can never be too sure

[@barbs896]

BANG BANG BOOM BOOM GOES HARD, BABY

[@mantycoo390]

“There’s no war crimes in space”

[@ViscaBarcaInter]

What's the point in fighting aliens if you aren't going to utterly eradicate them down to the last microbe?

[@MisterPuck]

Ya know what would happen if our Sun was suddenly replaced with a black hole of equal mass? Nothing. At least, nothing would happen to the orbits any planets. So, the bit about “collapsing a star into a black hole” wouldn’t actually do what they said it would _unless_ in the process of doing that they added untold tons of mass to it in order to increase its gravitational pull. Otherwise I liked the story.

[@Whisper555]

They did say Supernova first though. That'll put a dent in the planetary system that won't buff out.

[@Shinobubu]

yep nothing. and if no accretion disk we just freeze to death. But our sun doesn't have enough stellar mass to become a black hole. It will just become a white dwarf.

[@wakandianCrimeMatters-co2ur]

Im a noob, but here me out. I think the bomb they used has something to do with it. the sun goes instantly supernova and then collapses into a black hole in a week, that doesnt sound normal. could it be some kind of gravity bomb? that caused the sun to go super nova, then collapse and pull things into it? creating a false gravity well ontop of the blackhole?

[@runeingebretsen8378]

@@Whisper555 they say that our sun will end up as a white dwarf,but it will expand out to jupiter first.

[@ExDixionconderoga]

​@@runeingebretsen8378*Out to Mars

[@takecharge5140]

The Grox lmao anyone here ever played Spore

[@bobbackward6461]

When I was a kid, there was a children's sci Fi film that addressed this in one scene, "The Explorers". Look it up sometime.

[@DarkPegasus87]

Grox start a war...and start retreating. Humans: You picked this fight. Now, die in it.

[@edassrd4961]

The largest plothole in this story is war veterans getting healthy pensions

[@march7th]

Literally blitzkrieg in space

[@danieliteza8562]

11:05 here's the part that I've been waiting for

[@drkinferno72]

Introduce aliens to Pyrrhic victory and guerilla warfare 😂

[@Gotofy105]

The Geneva Convention, more like the Geneva Checklist. Also, fuck the author for just lazily copying and pasting the Grox from Spore!

[@ignaciocorreaalvano648]

4:10 if there is anything a human can do, is fight, dont underestimate our capacity for conflict

[@zoltantakacs8401]

The grox had PTSD from humans😂

[@Latingunner1]

Best way that can be described is how canada had a little too much fun during ww1 and is the cause of like what? Half of the geneva convention?

[@Theideaspectrum]

This is literally stellaris lol

[@Crunchy166]

Love the spore reference

[@rittyrizzani5705]

Think about it, We humans are so obsessed with War that we made simulations just to simulate fights and war, They would not stand a chance

[@johngavin3180]

Some R&D engineer high off his butt on god knows what: Sir! *[-]7* We have completed the antimatter device. Human Admiral: Outstanding when can it be deployed? Engineer: Name the target we have 15 ships armed.