The Good Ol’ Warcrime Stick | Best of r/HFY | 1951 | Humans are Space Orcs | Deathworlders are OP

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This Story is Classified as HFY or Humanity Feck, Yea , 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. In These stories Humans are often referred to as Human, Humanity, Deathworlder, Hellwolder in reference to the human planet of origin , Earth. This planet is seen by most of the universe as a place where only death and chaos can survive.
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Humans Are Space Orcs (HASO) or Humans Are (Fantasy Race) Are used as a guide when writing.
In these Stories we normally View humans like the other races view orcs in a Fantasy Novel. We (Humans) share the same characteristics and personalities as orcs. Humans are normally treated as the outsiders and barbarians. Humans tend to be underestimated as well in these stories. Unlike Humanity Feck Yea , these don't always put a positive spin on humans\humanity sometimes looking at the darker side of human and humanity from the perspective of aliens.
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[@dausboot3997]

Xeno: Blocks all conventional and plasma weapons Humans with Boomstick : Parry this you filthy casual!

[@ceilyurie856]

Like Mandalorians fighting Jedi and Sith

[@samscott698]

Loads shotgun with malicious intent

[@galahad626]

@@ceilyurie856 that’s actually the perfect analogy

[@shadowmancy9183]

I was expecting a flamethrower with the title of "warcrime stick", but happy with this as well.

[@reduande]

​@@shadowmancy9183 in WW1 trench warfare. Only Germany demands shotguns to be forbidden... It's too effective in the trenches. Other types, like flamethrower, were considered by all.

[@the_honkler778]

"Terminal Ballistics; Pistols put holes in people, rifles put holes through people, shotguns at the right range with the right load will physically remove a chunk of shit off your opponent and throw that shit on the floor." -Clint Smith

[@Wolf_1775]

I'm here just for this comment.

[@idkwhatmynameis53]

And then someone will have to clean that shot up with a shovel

[@robertalexander5892]

@@Wolf_1775 Same here! 👍💯🤣🤣

[@413draco]

.50 Cal (rips chunks of the target you missed by 1 foot)

[@Wastelandman7000]

Not to mention, now they fire grenades....

[@MalefaxTheBlack]

"Pardon me little alien... Can you spare a moment to talk about our lord and savior 12-gauge Mossberg?" -Humanity. German soldier circa WWI to hostile alien invader species: "First time?"

[@jakubrzepkowski2290]

-yeah, it hurt a lot... -don't worry... it only gets worse...

[@conquerofgames8504]

wait till the Flak and Flamethrowers gets there

[@reddeathstar2428]

@@conquerofgames8504and the poison gases as well

[@citizen_grub4171]

Trench guns were heavily modifed Winchester 1897s.

[@MalefaxTheBlack]

@@citizen_grub4171 I'm aware yes.

[@brianrussell2441]

Humanity sharing its love of the shotgun

[@warlockghovat5745]

Shotguns are awesome.

[@Belgas173]

Good ol' boom sticks to the rescue

[@robinruppert1554]

Thats why one is called spaß

[@zacharyhawley1693]

They must be good friends for us to share.

[@jacobdraper5275]

I wonder if it has slam fire on the shotguns

[@nathansmith9104]

Xeno: we are unstoppable! Human: wanna bet? One battle later… Xeno: stop using those weapons they’re too powerful! Human: hehe trench gun chunk chunk

[@heinrichtheprotogen1354]

Xeno: stop using shotguns theyre op Humans: funny, thats what the side that lost said when we first used them.

[@The_Viscount]

Watch these guns actually be Winchester pattern 1897's...

[@robinchwan]

" stop using those weapons they're too powerful! " what? you want us to bring out the deadlier weaponry instead ? i mean i'm game if you can take it! :D

[@Jesus_Offical]

@@The_Viscount haha warcrime stick go brr

[@HisMagnificence]

Trench gun actually go chunk boom!chunk boom!

[@Sawdust_]

"Alrighty boys, time to give them a blast from the past. And when I say 'blast from the past', I mean 'blast from our past'. And when I say 'blast', I mean blast in the most literal sense possible."

[@rookhobbes9055]

Xeno: "WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOOOOOOSE?" A Very Enthusiastic Terran Marine: "It's called a shotgun. *joyful laughter* Let me show you its features!"

[@alucardvanhellsing6805]

All 9 features -evil marine laughter- at once

[@jubylam7108]

Reload with malicious intent

[@eurasiandynasty9824]

A Very Enthusiastic Terran Marine: Joerg Sprave

[@AlphaLinkX]

"Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my BOOMSTICK! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?" -Ash, Army of Darkness

[@Deconstruction_Administrator]

Groovy

[@Dim2134]

Wish I could get a double barrel for 200$.

[@dukedevlan5457]

Ash Williams: Sure, I could have stayed in the past. Could have even been king. But in my own way, I am king. Ash Williams: Hail to the king baby.

[@zenormcclure9071]

As an American, it is a tried and true fact that shotguns are a pest control tool. It just depends what your definition of “pest” is.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Even very large pests.... Good slugs will take down grizzly bears...just saying.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

I view "any living thing I don't want on my property" as a "pest"

[@DanteSanada]

Xenos: "Our reaction times, paired with our cybernetic enhancements and both energy and ballistic shielding, means we are the universes top dogs." Some backwater Colonial Marine holding a shotgun made in the 20th century: "Hehe boomstick go boom."

[@jessep1257]

General: "Alright boys, we're breaking out the ol' reliable!" Random Private: *gets handed a trench gun* "This is where the fun begins!"

[@Wastelandman7000]

PULL!

[@ghosty5478]

I love how the alien saw the m1897 in action and said he wanted one as soon as the fighting was over.

[@reighniz4488]

Slam Fire for the win!

[@anathardayaldar]

TBH, I want one too.

[@ghosty5478]

who doesn't want one? starting to slam fire one is a dream of mine.

[@jaredflynn3750]

@@ghosty5478 always wondered why they dont include the slam fire function on more shotguns but i guess most people would just go with a semi-auto shotgun these days if they are looking for improved fire rates.

[@robertschumacher2707]

@@ghosty5478 This is why I treasure my dad's old Winchester model 12.

[@devinbrynjulson4052]

Alien: Whats that old thing? Human: oh this? Its just a war crime. Alien:.......can.....can i haves?

[@kalskirata42]

as Shadiversity preaches: Stick good Stick very good

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

In a game of rock stick fire I prefer rock and fire. Short arms mean stick requires close quarter and I don't have reach.

[@kalskirata42]

@@julesmasseffectmusic rock requires accuracy and fire can't always be controlled but usually bigger stick is better stick, which is good middle between rock accuracy and control for fire

[@DonPatrono]

stick good. Stick very good boom stick more than good

[@robertschumacher2707]

@@DonPatrono Boom stick best stick.

[@pinkypink5161]

If Marines dig it, it's a fighting hole. If the Army dogs it, it's a foxhole. 😉

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

And if the navy or Air force dig it, things have gone utterly tits up.

[@theshadyprotector8412]

If the enemy digs it, it's a mass grave.

[@labella9291]

I sent this story to my daughter. She's a Devil Dog... And that is EXACTLY one of the comments she sent back to me as she was reading the story.

[@pinkypink5161]

@@labella9291 tell her I said fourth battalion is proof the Marine corps can make a man out of anybody. 😆👍

[@labella9291]

@@pinkypink5161 I will, but I believe she's first battalion.. I'm a terrible Marine Mom, lolol

[@theacegamingdemon6983]

"Oh you can deflect bullets/blasters? Have fun with this BUCKSHOT!"

[@Wastelandman7000]

Even Jedi/Sith had problems with shotguns.

[@oliverdouglas4065]

The war crime stick makes enemies go splat

[@citizen_grub4171]

Xenos 'bout to learn two new terms - "trench gun" and "melee mud".

[@th3oryO]

One nitpick, the thumbnail shows an over/under (o/u) shotgun, while pump shotguns used by the Americans were diplomatically protested as a war crime by the Germans in WWI. Nowadays full-auto models are far more devastating. Can you imagine how effective they'll be in the future?

[@nunya3163]

At least one person has built a belt fed 12 Ga, patterned off of Browning's M2 design.

[@satibel]

drum mag AA12 for the foot soldiers, but anti missile batteries should be able to stop them well, if there's a grid of bullets with less than 10cm between each bullet, you can't dodge unless you can run faster than said bullets. same thing with cluster bombs and grenades. a mk19 style turret with frag grenades should take care of the bastards efficiently too.

[@Mortvent]

@@nunya3163 There was an attempt to make the mk 19 use the multi-projectile round... 40mm full auto shotgun, but there were some feed issues and just lobbing full grenades worked better

[@hansethetooly5421]

i was expecting belt fed auto shotties. but the classic slamfiring is nice.

[@jaydeleon8094]

Looks to me more like a semi-auto

[@justins.1283]

Not even the most modern weapons can instill as much fear as the sound of a 12ga pump shotgun racking a shell into the chamber!

[@MiishaKorvian]

I legit stopped a home invasion just by racking the slide of a 12ga. pump, one of the original "war crime stick" design. (Winchester Model 1897)

[@Snipergoat1]

That is one of the reasons I always recommend a pump action 12 or 20 gauge with #7 or #8 birdshot for home defense. If you reuse or make your own shells and it's legal where you live you can also try a mix of #8 and #4 for just a little more oomph. The sound is very distinctive. Even if you have never heard it before you will know exactly what it is. Most home invasion robbers do not want to begin to deal with that and will high tail it out of there. Home sucessfully defended, no bodies or bullet holes to explain to authorities. The birdshot isn't quite as deadly as I'd like with my deadly force and it's armor penetration is basically nil but it is also unlikely to knock through a wall and hit an inconveniently placed neighbor or kid. This is a serious concern in a residential area especially an apartment building with their notoriously thin walls. Besides how often do home invaders wear body armor? There is also the rocksalt option. Even less energy carried to the target and armor penetration but oh Lord I can only imagine how much that would hurt. It's creating a wound and salting it at the same time. It's still deadly force but it is another rung down on the likelyhood tp kill or maim a person, however with an extra dose of pure pain. A lot people would feel bad about killing someone even in a defense situation (Stupid human empathy) never mind that depending on where you live, authorities can be real dicks when a private citizen takes a criminal out of circulation. Even the most empathetic with the biggest dickheads for authorities would have a lot fewer problems with them being handed a healthy dose of mind crushing pain. Empathy be damned, they were trying to take your stuff and they put you and your family in danger it's the least they deserve. And you gave them a warning that is even more distinct than the sound of a rattlesnake. (Another sound you will immediately recognize even if it your first time hearing it.)

[@Josh-iv2bw]

@@Snipergoat1 no, no. I'm pretty sure of someone invades my home, there will 100% be a body on the floor. Whether its breathing or not will depend on my mood.

[@erubianwarlord8208]

there is a reason what even with all the big fucking guns in his arsenal the Doomslayer's Signature weapon according to Hell's elites is his super shottie

[@lemax6865]

@@erubianwarlord8208 The super shotgun is a double-barrelled break-action model... It has no slide to rack.

[@waldorffordlaw9529]

Let's be real, we're just gonna keep upgrading the shotgun even if we hit other galaxies

[@Raven-um2wf]

If it ain't broke...

[@XxTaiMTxX]

Let’s be real, anytime a video game gives me laser weapons, I always want a laser shotgun. Plasma weaponry? Same deal. If a grenade launcher could be a shotgun, I want that, too. Fire shotguns? Sublime. Railgun shotguns? Yes, please! Flechetterounds for vehicles? Oh my, yes! The shotgun will never run out of utility. Only out of new ways to make one.

[@deloreanrc]

@@XxTaiMTxX Does a MIRV count as a Orbital Nuke shotgun?

[@XxTaiMTxX]

@@deloreanrc Probably, yes. And it is awesome.

[@platinumchromee3191]

@@XxTaiMTxX me: ah yes, .50 bmg ratshot for my m107

[@kayleescruggs6888]

Even though it wouldn’t be the most effective, I picture them using the original war crime stick. The Winchester 1897.

[@Jesus_Offical]

Yeahs

[@terryturnerjr8271]

With sword bayonet fixed

[@Wastelandman7000]

But, it would be the most funny. Especially if they had "doughboy" helmets LOL

[@engrinis6344]

Well done prononcing the alien names

[@AgroSquerril]

:)

[@kaliban4758]

I think the authors come up with some of these names to trip up our disembodied voice here

[@AgroSquerril]

@@kaliban4758 That thought had crossed my mind many times

[@jgkitarel]

Most use the apostrophe, mostly because it's easier and is a glottal stop. On the other hand, get more used to other linguistic marks, and you can have FUN.

[@azevol216]

“This is my BOOM STICK!!”

[@TheMandalorianGhostYT]

Groovy

[@astrono07]

There are many like it, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE!

[@amorphoussolid8512]

Shop smart! Shop Smart!

[@sparkeyjames]

This is my boom stick this is my gun. One is for killing one is for fun: A take off of the barracks march in the full metal jacket movie.

[@redraptorx1066]

alien: WE CAN NOT BE STOPPED! human: haha, boomstick go click pow!

[@keithedwards9953]

"Hold it tight against your shoulder. It kicks like a mule." "...what's a mule?"

[@Wastelandman7000]

You're about to find out.

[@davidschrepfer3077]

If they get reduced to ludicrous gibs from just 12 gauge, imagine what would happen with 6 gauge or, if humanity gets really angry, 4 gauge.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Well we is space orks. WHAAAAAAAAG!!!!

[@russellgilson3536]

Russians have a 4 gauge pump

[@ranwolf1240]

imagine a military version of a Punt Gun

[@MOTIVATED_SPARDA]

Xenos: Nooo you cant just use that its too op Humans: hehe trenchgun go brrr

[@carlfranz6805]

Umm... Err... Go Devil Dogs! Now, apparently, the best shock troops in the Galaxy. Makes sense really. We eat crayons and refuse to die without orders. 😜

[@mill2712]

Much better then those space jerrys I tell ya.

[@silverseth7]

Shot - from a pair of balls to a hundred, slugs, grenades, incendiaries, confetti. Then there's all the weird handloads I've seen folks try. Battery-slugs, coinshot, toothpicks-flechettes, even a whole arrow. Load them with salt or silver to hunt the weirder monsters, or shock-rounds and beanbags for the non-lethal approach. You can DO stuff with shotgun shells. It's a delivery system.

[@dovahbear0]

Railgun shotgun... auto railgun shotgun...

[@Sean_XT]

you have my attention, go on

[@nathansmith9104]

That sounds like the best gun ever period. No more range restriction and even more damage!

[@involuntaryanalysis]

So just, a bunch of rail guns taped together Ork-style? ......that would be some propa dakka.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

​@@involuntaryanalysisA bunch of auto rain gun _shotguns_

[@Mikakarot23]

You had my curiosity...but now you have my erection. - Mr. Perfect Cell

[@jesseamaya4413]

Never, and I mean NEVER! Discount the destructive power of grandpa 12 gauge. I've used it to dispose of everything from wasp nests to feral hogs. Always gets the job done. Bit messy though.

[@sciohermetikum3902]

Wouldnt shooting a wasp nest just make the remaining wasps angry?

[@jesseamaya4413]

@@sciohermetikum3902 depends on the range of engagement and choke of the gun. Redneck entertainment any way you look at it.

[@seldonwright4345]

Fine spread fertilizers. Good for the soil. As the story said ... Blood makes the grass grow. Any color blood.

[@Wastelandman7000]

@@sciohermetikum3902 Birdshot. There won't be anything left to be angry.

[@glowstickterra94]

How to invent names for HFY races; 1: Take head 2: smash on keyboard

[@josephaskins1996]

You're missing a step, Step 3. Delete half or all the vowels, and if desired, replace with apostrophes

[@Wastelandman7000]

@@josephaskins1996 Or if you want to simplify it: get a Scrabble game, throw the letters up in the air and what you get is what you get LOL

[@GabrielArchon]

​@@Wastelandman7000 counter point. Eat them and write down what you shit out

[@rustedpine4146]

nmbjjbnj 'g, I have followed your instructions... twice

[@jameswillis5682]

Imagining a whole trench line of Banelli M4's just... soothes my soul.

[@erueka6]

Yeah in your dreams no damn way the infantry would get a 2-7+ grand shot gun each they getting that poor shit like my panzer ar12 or a cheap knock off like ATI.

[@jameswillis5682]

@@erueka6 In the context of this story the banelli would be surplus at best, ancient relics set to mothball in a warehouse at worst.

[@erueka6]

@@jameswillis5682 that would make them probably exponentially more expensive if their still in working or nearly mint condition.

[@jameswillis5682]

@@erueka6 Thats true, though if they were mothballed they wouldn't have to pay for much beyond repair. As far as I'm aware. And...let's be real. I personally couldn't imagine the countless trillions the military of this hypothetical humanity of the future would have at its disposal, but I'm sure *vast* would be an accurate description. So we're mostly arguing semantics.

[@erueka6]

@@jameswillis5682 yes thats possible but they could with their new space age powers probably fab polymer ones with cheap milled barrels in 10 minutes at 10 cents a piece which would destroy current modern gun manufacturers value and lower the cost of all guns so it's debatable.

[@ChaoticTeen16]

Can't go wrong with a good old fashioned Boomstick!

[@The_New_IKB]

White Phosporus buckshot is a perfectly resonable thing to have!

[@luangu]

This needs MORE G'th'nk'ltch'i! 😆 (I honestly applaud this man's perseverance in pronouncing this particularly ponderous and peculiar word.)

[@LegendStormcrow]

I got a 12 gauge in semi auto. Pretty nice thing too. It was set up like a sporting rifle, right down to being able to accept a flashlight. Too bad my country won't pass common sense boat reform.

[@Tcman95]

Fishing accident huh, did you atleast get any good meat out of the outing?

[@alfredsutton4412]

Love those ancient, but still effective weapons.

[@ShackleYT]

my favorite part about this is the end when the alien goes "can i have one?" it just makes my soul have all the happy feelings

[@kyledadumb4354]

Man those alien names where wild to hear out loud lol

[@sbritton1313]

You almost wonder if people are writing stories stringing together letters just to get him to pronounce it

[@markfergerson2145]

This is one of my pet peeves in SF involving aliens. Names like that are a speedbump when reading whether aloud or not.

[@theviewer4821]

@@markfergerson2145 saying a name from r/HFY, whether aloud or in your mind, it's still probably gonna legit take a minute or 2 just to pronounce it

[@wrathshorts2894]

The ending: Humans being a bad influence on impressionable young xenos.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Its what we do best...

[@arandomdumbass8542]

can- can i have one ? made me burst out laughing

[@Wastelandman7000]

"Sure, we brought three million spares"

[@rob98000]

Man, I thought they were gonna go REAL war crime and use flechette rounds.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Would flechette rounds work on bug carapaces though?

[@Mildly_Dead]

Honestly when I heard war crime gun my mind went to the xm-25 😂

[@rob98000]

@@Wastelandman7000 they are armor piercing.

[@cgi2002]

Poor bugs learning the same lesson we have been teaching each other for generations, shotguns can ruin your day. Makes you wonder what they'll think of claymore mines, cansiter shot and quad mount .50cal machine guns, we long since learn't how to make long range weapons that hit with multiple shots at the same time. Or you know, good old fashioned HE frag grenades and their much newer 40mm grenade machine gun fired couisins.

[@britishneko3906]

127mm Flak autoloaders

[@Wastelandman7000]

True, but, there is one problem. Logistics. These guys are how many light years from home? There is a reason sci-fi loves its energy weapons: because one generator can resupply an entire company. Every last gram of weight you take to that war zone you have to transport across millions or billions of miles of space. Fight it through orbital blockades, and then get it to the grunts on the ground. Energy weapons solve a lot of those problems. But as the story tells, not all of them. I do agree they should have had some claymore mines and frag grenades at least.

[@russellgilson3536]

Minigun and gau8 30mm

[@prestonjones1653]

"Fluffy and a loud little thing in the ambassador's purse." That is certainly one of them

[@nicolastousignant9160]

I feel the inspiration for the agressor race's name was just to hear Agro pronounce it

[@Wastelandman7000]

And he did an outstanding job!

[@Adam-ul2px]

12 gauge=universal problem solver

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

Despite how much less you can carry, I prefer the 4 gauge.

[@Adam-ul2px]

@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 it's not a war crime, the first time

[@josephaskins1996]

@@Adam-ul2px A man of culture I see

[@giancarlobacosa2546]

Humanity: hello good sir would you like to hear the word of St. Browning

[@UsernotFound2018]

Human: So, are they hard to kill? Alien Allied: Well, they are one of the fastes spicies ever to liv Human: Any thing alse Alien Allied:They do have a bad breathing system Human:Alright you small mustache Didator, Were is your recipe

[@kennethhummel4409]

Ah yes, the good old shotty to the rescue again…. Run rabbit run, the farmers got his gun!

[@davidtrammel]

"We brought 3 million down with us" LMAO

[@candibunny]

Ah, the wonderful Universal Problem Solver that is the ol' 12 gauge shotgun... be it break, leaver, pump, semi, or fully auto... if there is a problem a shotgun will solve it one way or another.

[@coltjygaming1418]

And bolt their is a bolt action shotgun

[@candibunny]

@@coltjygaming1418 you are correct, forgot the bolt, and the revolver... yah, both an american and russian had the idea to try turning a shotgun into an oversized revolver XD the russian design is still around for hunting... if a bit hazzardous to use.

[@waynecampeau4566]

I was expecting the good old Browning M2 .50 Cal. I expect they will be in service with only minor changes for the next 20,000 years. :)

[@josephaskins1996]

Yea, plasma enhanced .50 BMG is gonna be something else, gonna need an improved barrel and chamber to handle all that heat, but hey, that's easy stuff.

[@waynecampeau4566]

@@josephaskins1996 I was thinking mainly metallurgy, lighter, tougher and corrosion resistant.

[@josephaskins1996]

@@waynecampeau4566 I don't disagree, but what is shot will undoubtedly change as time goes forward

[@darwinskeeper421]

Agro Squirrel has narrated a story about the Browning M2, a.k.a. The Second Mother.

[@Wastelandman7000]

That'll show up when the main force arrives LOL This is just an ad hoc relief force.

[@Kingofdragons117]

When the Devil Dogs are unleashed, you know shit is going to get fucked up.

[@Jesus_Offical]

Sabaton Intesifies

[@Alex-xt1rr]

@@Jesus_Offical out of the trenches the stormtroopers rise

[@m.t.fguard8309]

When the name of the video is the good old war crime stick it has to be good 😂😂

[@calvingreene90]

Now I feel the need for the Rolling Thunder from Robert Asprin's Phule's Company. A fully automatic, belt fed, sawed off, shotgun.

[@yomogami4561]

General Ash Williams: boomsticks for the win Marshall Leeloo: boom, bada boom, bada big boom

[@douglasmcneil8413]

I have a 12 gage Rossi coach gun. Once just for grins, I shot both barrels at the same time. I promised myself, I would never do that again.

[@awolfalone2006]

I need to try that with my CZ...

[@Wastelandman7000]

You are wise. LOL I saw someone the other day on here trying to shoot a 45-70 DERRINGER.... You can imagine how that went.

[@seventhson27]

From the sound of it, a good ol' MaDuce would wreak havoc with their transports.

[@awolfalone2006]

Damn, 3 million? Did they raid the Demolition Ranch vault?

[@christophercombs7561]

Street sweepers ftw

[@primordialious6945]

Aliens: We have quantum tech. Humans: Send in Master Chief and Sergeant Johnson.

[@jean-benoistbrault1549]

Excellent narration as always !

[@SiegeTF]

Yeah those names were a real mouthful.

[@RealArcalian]

Greetings Mentlegent! For the Rhyhtm that is Algo Some times old ways are the best ways.

[@tonyroldan2437]

I imagine all those officers and their future tech looking down at the war crime stick and instinctively thinking, WHERE'S THE NEAREST E4

[@CryoCoffinVampire]

Ah yes, the holy terran boomstick.

[@Wastelandman7000]

For these bugs, having been found naughty in Thy sight, shall be blown to bits...in thine infinite mercy.

[@ianhogben3472]

your argument is irelevent due to sheer amount of bullets

[@scottfoster7297]

As good old Quackbang says "Accuracy by volume."

[@WardenWolf]

Xeno: able to block bullets coming rapidly in a stream, but can't block multiple pellets all at once.

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

"THIS IS MY BOOM STICK! If you want one shop smart, shop S-Mart!" An Atchinson AA-12 semi-automatic shotgun would be a real handy item.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Especially with a few mags of frag grenades.

[@alpharius8512]

A whole new generation of PTSD is about to be born over Americas love for scatter sticks.

[@greyclydesdale]

pistols are great arguing tools, but a shotgun will put a clear end to the debate.

[@William_Bryant]

*chnk-chnk* “You picked the wrong planet, fool!”

[@keithmays8076]

*Marine Raider racking a round* The Bugs: "RRAAAID!?" *SPLAT*

[@tayschrinngaming8002]

Those bug boys are lucky we didn't bring out the flamethrowers

[@justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456]

Considering taht most military personnel use very old equipment (in pass me downs and spare parts) this makes me light up a little

[@Wastelandman7000]

Especially the Marines.

[@turbopokey]

That was a heck of a lot of lead up when we all already knew it was shotguns and it was gonna be a bug-hunt! “Game over, man! GAME OVER!”-some marine somewhere…

[@ElDogeRenacido]

I love cycling a new round into the best murderstick this side of the Galaxy xD I'm trying to create Hardlight, like the precursor weaponry. Wanna hunt for relics?

[@goldosprey]

*Hears Devil Dogs and Stormtroopers.* Me: *panics at which Sabaton song to use

[@Velshard]

Imagine a dozen M1 Abrams tanks all spitting XM1028 canister rounds from their Rheinmetall Rh-120mm Smooth Bore Guns. Yes the M1 Abrams can be used as a giant Shotgun, you might even call it a War Crime Bong. It's also worth noting that the "pellets" in the XM1028 are not made from lead, but rather tungsten alloy. So yeah, every time the Big Bong goes Boom, you're launching 1150-1200 AP rounds at a problem. And what makes it even better is that it is effective out to about 500 Meters. "They're centuries old, God Damned Museum Pieces! WTF do you intend to use them for!?" says some museum curator to a group of E-4 CSE Marine Corporals.

[@petersanders9088]

Love the story where I read about M1028 vs zombies... made the observers in the helos loose their lunches.

[@davidhenderson3400]

He said more was on the way. Maybe the tanks are on the next transport.

[@peterwalls-qf7ii]

Oh man ! So their shields can deflect one bullet. And ...Dude no one fires just once in a war, except the snipers. Even artillery fire more than once. You get a few hundred bullets per minute hitting your shield.. Indeed the Germans did protest the American's using shotguns in trench warfare ,during WWI. The Americans just kept doing it. Why use knives swords and clubs , when you can use a shotgun? Of course those were hunting shotguns, the US did not have a military shotgun back then. These days .. i think their tankers get the equivalent. I wont swear to it , its third hand mentioned in passing, but whoever is using them, i'm sure they are much more effective than a hunting shotgun.

[@checkme1830]

The current stance on shotguns by the US military is...odd. It’s had a few stages and has evolved over time. In WW 1, for those of you claiming auto shotguns didn’t exist at the time, you’d be only somewhat correct. The shotguns Americans used lacked a trigger disconnect. This means they could fire as fast as they could put a case in the chamber. It was basically automatic. You could empty an entire loaded gun of 7 casings in about three seconds. These shotguns were provided by the military. The military stopped handing out shotguns during Vietnam, claiming them to be ineffective (BULLSHIT), so it became common practice to bring your own shotgun. Finally, today, shotguns are given out again and used in breaching engagements as glorified door breaches, taking out the door at the hinges before kicking it. However, as one marine fresh from a tour in Iraq said, “You’d be surprised how many doors over there had beards and turbans on.”

[@josephaskins1996]

@Check Me Ah yes, the classic Trench Sweeper, and Bennelli M4, wonderful weapons.

[@checkme1830]

@@josephaskins1996 lol, glad to see a fellow fan of FE

[@rogerbeckner6419]

Oh my..... The most infamous "trench gun" was a hunting shotgun that had a shorter barrel and no checkering on the stock. Oh yes,......it also had a bayonet attachment point and maybe a barrel shroud to protect your hands from the heat. Thats it. Its son is in my gun rack on my wall, manufactured in 1924. In 16 gauge. It is the Model 12 by Winchester. Its brother-by- another-mother is in my bedroom. Remington 870 Wingmaster in 12 gauge; 19 inch barrel and loaded with 00 buckshot. You will not find a more efficient or terrifying weapon for CQB except for explosives.

[@leechowning2712]

So you're telling me that the bugs are using insect waves and taking advantage of the fact that they're exoskeleton can take a laser or plasma hit long enough for them to get in close? Yeah this is not going to end well for them. Humans fixed it so wave attacks haven't been considered in a half century. And I'm not even seeing mortars or light artillery here. Bad day bad day bad day... To be a bug.

[@greyclydesdale]

putting an end to zerg rushes for centuries

[@Wastelandman7000]

I have a terrible urge to yell "RAID!!!" LOL

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

​@@Wastelandman7000__ Parry this, you fukin bugs

[@garrettflaherty5440]

props to sticking to the pronociation agro i would've hurt myself trying

[@timostark5225]

Xeno: blocking bullets like circles in OSU Humans: thats quits nice, but lets try this time 12 each reaching you at the same time

[@mathiascroqvist4719]

I would love to see how humans explain the invention of the KS-23 6 gauge. That shit is literally just an Anti Air Artillery gun barrel attached to a damn handle and firing mechanism. Hell I wonder how the M82 50 cal sniper would be seen when someone explains that when having one "You can probably kill a building."

[@Sean_XT]

there are 4 gauge shotguns as well

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

They should have used a few on the APCs as they were landing.

[@felipemacedo4596]

have not watched the episode yet, but i'll be dammed if the warcrime stick didn't grab my interest lmao

[@zachelkins1229]

The shotgun "accuracy by volume" on a personal level.

[@virtualatheist]

I swear to God! Some of these xenos are named just to make life difficult for Agro!!!

[@grimdevotee9432]

It still makes me laugh that the people who used mustard gas was mad at us for using shotguns.

[@serpentinious7745]

At the next wave "My name, is Murlonk, and this is my BOOM STICK!"

[@garysprandel1817]

Xeno: we are superior in every way,we are invincible. Marine: clickity boom mother flipper.

[@DonPatrono]

*smacks lips *spits some tobacco dip *cracks a Bud Light open *racks shotty "So, y'all o'ergrown prayin mantises ready to learn 'bout dem Genever Checklists"

[@seldonwright4345]

Street sweepers. Anyplace is a street. Almost like bbbrrrttt

[@DDraegoon]

Oh my, only a 12 gauge. Wait till they see an 8 gauge

[@AlexSDU]

Wait until the Humans introduce them to Mr. Gatling.

[@ttthttpd]

Just wait till they see grapeshot in action

[@involuntaryanalysis]

We'll call it a close encounter of the 6th kind.

[@syncringe1885]

I swear the shotgun becomes the answer a lot. Home invader? Shotgun! Ability to deflect projectiles? Have some buckshot! Something in that general direction that you don't want there? Boomstick.

[@NeSeeger]

Its a universal tool.

[@syncringe1885]

@@NeSeeger And if it isn't. Just slap an axe head on the front of it. Now you have a way to make sure your warm as well.

[@x1tekja]

Poor aliens. Didn't know about hoo-mans and their magic murder sticks.

[@csi1392]

THE DESCRIPTION OF BLOCKING MACHINE GUN FIRE REMINDED ME OF PLAYING AN OLD VIDEO GAME CALLED KABOOM