There is no translation for the human word “Knight” | HFY | SciFi Short Stories

[@markuhler2664]

Honestly, as awesome as the human knights were described, the Narrator's decision to kill his superior and call for help, even as he admits his crime and accespts punishment, is the most badass moment related.

[@arthurchadwell9267]

He just declared his superior a heretic!😂

[@arthurchadwell9267]

He was a damn good soldier.

[@gmanbo]

"I regret nothing"

[@tribalteuton7256]

That is a good leader.

[@Rodiroess]

Yeah the knights were really cool, very good writing here all around, but I enjoyed the initial part much more. It really had me in the mindset of utter hopelessness and desperation, I love stories of futile but valiant efforts. Take the movie 300 for example. It drives in deep the notion that when you're up against a wall, imminent danger/death before you and no means of flight, all you have left to do is fight.

[@MrMp33420]

They came to die with us. The least decency we could offer them was to stay alive until they got there That is one of the best lines ever

[@TheWasd1234]

Aliens: Why are humans terrifying? Humans: "Helldiver deploying to combat zone."

[@soberpanda4138]

I heard ‘standby for knightfall’ and immediately thought ‘standby for titanfall’

[@ChristopherKetcherside]

Humans: let’s do this!!!!!

[@upsidedownpyramid7617]

I love the reverse concept of humans being some of the scariest things in a galaxy, especially since you always get to point at inspirations from things like Helldivers, and of course 40k, the OG. These knights are just Space Marines but a bit nicer, for a slightly less grimdark world. They show up, just 5, to defeat an entire army with a smile on their faces.

[@ssfbob456]

Aliens that used the biomass of slain enemies to make more of themselves? Clearly we sent the Astartes to fight Tyranids.

[@orionstark]

If that were the case. This would be a good story. But they are magical fairy humans, so the story is retarded.

[@arthurchadwell9267]

Human to evil xenos: " You want Warhammer 40k? Cause this is how you get Warhammer 40k!"

[@Jamhael1]

"We will show you why we Humans have the DIVINE MANIFEST DESTINY to rule the stars, Xeno! For God and Species!"

[@ChristopherKetcherside]

DEUS VULT!!!!!!

[@davidgray3061]

What killed me was: " Wewill take that as a polite No Thank you"

[@bluffleaf]

"Look to the heavens, we are coming" is such a boss line holy shit

[@arthurchadwell9267]

"Clense them all!". Dude just called EXTERMINATUS! 😂

[@stock_movie1875]

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!

[@federicofabulli5030]

Show me what pass for fury among your misbegotten kind.

[@Ajaxlynx]

did they just drop 5 40k primarchs in lol?

[@travisstaral1859]

Yes

[@Rosivok]

Sounds more like grey knight justicars

[@lordomacron3719]

@@Rosivoknah the Grey Knights would leave nothing alive not even their own allies. They never risk ‘contamination’, Scorched Earth is the only play they know.

[@judahschultz]

Primarchs wish they were that cool. I think it’s more along the lines of the emperor and malcador made landfall, cause I mean, they were laying down enough heat, a librarian would be impressed… or terrified I think only Malcador or the Emperor could lay that much heat down in such a short time.

[@seannemo8076]

100 Primarchs... 20 groups of 5.

[@justinchapman5707]

I’ve always love the “humans are the monsters to aliens” genre. Not in the literal sense, but in the sense that we are the overwhelmingly powerful race to others. It runs so counter to popular fiction. Alien races are always considered the stronger side of stories for their tech and strengths and whatnot. The thing is humans actually are terrifying. If we decide to kill something, we go all out to make it dead. It doesn’t matter if we might die in the action. We as a species eradicated the damned wooly mammoth. Twice. There was an island north of Russia that had an isolated population of them. When humans got to that island and realized they had more of them, they went to work again. With gods damned spears made of wood and stone. Give us actual weapons, actual training and an enemy that will struggle, we practically Jack off to that shit. We make weapons so destructive that the world had to say please no. So devastating that people can’t live where they are used for decades, maybe longer. Hell, before we had mustard gas and nukes, armies would literally salt the earth to prevent farming, just to deprive an enemy of food. Humans are monsters. To think otherwise is lying to yourself

[@LostLagrange]

I think my favorite thing about these "humans are absolute monsters and we dont know why." Is the fact aliens look at earth and their like. "Yea, alright...its scary af. But like....why OP though?." Then they find out about humanities history of fighting each other tooth and nail from basically day 1. Every other species evolved to be monstrous to survive. We eveolved to be monsters because we are monsters. Lol

[@skarletshadow4481]

,,Look up at the heavens" and like a true gentleman asked the opponents to surrender...it was then ,,...Cleanse them all" made my stomach turn and knees waver. Epic.

[@johnathan651]

Standby for Titanfall.

[@speed65752]

😢 Tear of nostalgy.

[@thomasvilla6109]

"We're only heard after we've already struck." Badass.

[@Daehawk]

To late for them now

[@DarkMan307]

the alien awe when for once they get to have helldivers in their side

[@jarjab2games]

Nah helldivers die way more often than these guys.

[@brrrt1-1]

@@jarjab2gamesNah, the Helldivers are only on level 2 difficulty.

[@SakarianOutcast]

These are clearly closer to Warhammer 40k or Halo than Helldivers

[@Soloong_Gaybowzer]

Space Marines vs Tyranids

[@orionstark]

More like Xianxia vs the Vord.

[@jurj97]

Grey Knights or Librarians, more like

[@orionstark]

@@jurj97 whatever it is, it is not HFY. If you are saying that humans need something new to be awesome, then we are not awesome now.

[@jurj97]

@@orionstark shut the hell up

[@shosroy]

Definitely sounds like slightly modified grey knights in diffrent power armor.

[@RolandoMartinez-t4y]

The Knights Templar have come a long way. The Holy Grail is still safe.

[@stratometal]

This made my blood sing and send a rush up my spine! Freaking good and combined with that voice... epic!

[@HFYChronicles221B]

🙌🏼

[@dreddnawtmettlehead2913]

Blood for the Blood God, Skulls for the Skull Throne.

[@theicmn]

Hoo Rah!

[@SalvoG96]

It always comedown to melee combat. We better start learning how to use swords for when the aliens come.

[@danielpace626]

Who says we're not?

[@d3ltaohniner261]

One of the reasons I love "Dune" so much.

[@everetttuttle2949]

Way ahead of you

[@JairoTakan_]

The council listening to this man describe the Knights thinking his lost his mind😅😅😅

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

The Emperor Protects.

[@Osmotic]

I like the theme of humans being helpful because we want to direct our unimaginable cruelty and violence at something that deserves it.

[@KubaxKristallmond]

18:31 That sound belongs straight in a Horror movie, caught me totally off guard :)

[@J1SENG]

uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@kyze8284]

Minecraft Zombie 😂

[@enthusiasticamateur8516]

i thought i was having a stroke

[@sp-niemand]

Also stays in the background for some time.

[@exterminater267]

40k Primarchs or Helldivers. Had the theme in my head.

[@alfredsutton4412]

Nope ... they dropped 100. The five were dedicated to sealing one particular breach.

[@solarsolid]

Titans more like

[@InDadequate]

pretty cool, i've listened to a lot of these stories, any have the same plot, story arc, even names, but this was good, i liked the inclusion of psionics, I liked the concept of actual chivalry , and a knight, it's a bit of many different stories or games we all know put together in a way we haven't seen yet, it should be rebuilt from the ground up as a series though, it's a good enough premise that it deserves more then this particular story offers.

[@arthurchadwell9267]

They glassed the planet! Dude really DID call EXTERMINATUS!! 😂 I just know somebody yelled "fn heritics!"

[@davidgray3061]

I'd love to see you do a "Helldivers save the Galactic council" or something

[@sircrimsonwolf7492]

Thumbnail just looks like a band of Mandalorian with light sabers

[@MichaelTouchstone]

Yes they do.

[@SalvoG96]

Thats the peak of AI art in our era

[@imthegoat94]

If the Imperium were actually good guys. STOMP! STOMP!

[@Rurik_Luci]

This is why the Emperor will never love you.

[@evilabelincoln3787]

The Imperium are the good guys.

[@poseidonetn.u.s.ebranch2610]

"If they were actually the good guys" bruh the Imperium is the way it is cause it HAS to be. (Granted the Emperor being put on life support certainly didn't help their position) But hey you can go live on that world (a world infested by every disease to ever exist and new ones constantly being made with people who have organs on the wrong side of their ribcage) Or if that doesn't suite you theres that one (a world that is nothing but a desert planet with people constantly fighting eachother as well as demons. Never ending bloodshed and constant fighting) Or that one (a world that is incomprehensible constantly shifting and mind numbingly complex your brain can't even really keep up while other weird demons go around doing stuff while some giant kalamari says "All according to plan" no matter if what he was doing failed or succeeded) And then there's that one........ (Insert Description of how a Slaanesh world would be)

[@dusanradin5868]

@@evilabelincoln3787 never was,never will be!

[@evilabelincoln3787]

@@dusanradin5868 spoken like a true race trading redditor

[@strykersgamingltd]

Truly, I'm at a loss of words. This is one incredibly outstanding story. Captivating and mesmerizing, it kept me fully engaged. I'd love to see follow up stories to show how things happened where 'warlord forms' were destroyed!

[@conorbannon5024]

I'd love a follow-up to this story

[@gilbertjones9157]

Interesting, I was told by a man I had worked with; he was a CIA military combatant in Viet Nam part of a 5 man team. Example why the Pentagon was built as a 5 sided building. I have read of the tactics of Dragons and yes the 'army' was known as Thunder.

[@julianpobog-pagowski5662]

In the heart of the Holy See In the home of christianity The seat of power is in danger There's a foe of a thousand swords They've veen abandoned be their lords their fall from grace will pave their path, to damnation then the one hundred eighty-nine In the servise of heaven They're protecting the holy line

[@kytoeryu7835]

It was 1527

[@redcell9636]

​@@kytoeryu7835 Died on the Steps to Heaven

[@jfuller4267]

Thy will be done! For the Grace, For the might of our Lord For the home of the holy For the faith, for the way of the sword They gave their lives so boldly

[@davidliefrink9818]

FOR THE EMPOROR!!!

[@foxylady1048]

Now this is story telling at its finest that’s for sure. I’me subscribed that’s what I’m doing.

[@HFYChronicles221B]

Awesome! Thanks for subscribing!

[@aaronbutler8061]

The “We are coming.” part gave me chills.

[@mjv1701]

I have a question. Is there a part 2 this?

[@stephenlim7564]

Yes - you can find it on another channel. 3 parts so far.

[@OFallons]

Thank you, t’was a wounderful experience to behold❤!

[@HFYChronicles221B]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zambekiller]

The guard will never break The planet shall break before the guard For Terra for the emperor

[@joehohmann6015]

I can't wait to see something like this on the big screen !!!

[@ajanis95]

"It is a tale of the indomintable spirit of man standing against impossible odds."

[@DeadHawk23]

Honestly, I'd rather have a story about humanity in this world pre first contact and then first contact.

[@cw3598]

Read starship troopers and count that as precontact

[@DeadHawk23]

​@@cw3598 Nah these dudes were way cooler than those idiots. I love Starship Troopers though lol.

[@cw3598]

@DeadHawk23 the novel made them so much more badass than the movie.

[@willgip2376]

This is like gundam mixed with power rangers and maybe a little bit of starcraft lol

[@skarletshadow4481]

6:55 putting this here for every time I return to this.

[@beauneo]

Darken the skies High Marshall.

[@holeymcsockpuppet]

"There are four knights!" -Jean Luc Picard

[@darkwarrior5560]

So space marines

[@davidliefrink9818]

Space Knights ^^

[@Armada762]

For the emperor

[@Owlboi11]

They droppes a 5 man helldiver squad

[@sethrussi2014]

No one called in a stratagem on their squad

[@RobNobelo]

FOR DEMOCRACY!

[@ArouzedLamp]

No one said helldivers

[@buffoonwithashovel7354]

Helldivers are literally just idiot with guns, they are only fuelled by powerful guns and a zealots mind

[@oediaxl]

you spelled Space Marines wrong.

[@zoron334]

Combine this with SABATON - Steel Commanders. So the of the song at 0:52 hits at the 9:35 of this story.

[@RolandoMartinez-t4y]

In the future they are Knight Team-6.

[@diaperjoeisaped1723]

The Knights take Semper Fi to an entirely new level. Love this story!

[@MikeyCh09]

Helldivers essentially

[@skippy31415979]

Helldivers meet Spartans.

[@shadowyvictor]

More like 40k space marines

[@tuvoca825]

"Knight" comes from the proto-indoeuropean word tied to the word Knecht or "servant". The analogue is found in Samurai. It has to do with Nimrod-style secular rule.

[@dylanbowers6292]

So....basically a fireteam of Guardians from Destiny? 😅

[@RolandoMartinez-t4y]

In amazement "They can.actually fly."

[@tomsawyer118]

10:18 SALAMANDERS!!!!

[@MrMp33420]

Dragon. The enemy gate is down 😂

[@maxgirouxpro]

Cool, you made more recruiting propaganda for Hell Divers

[@Thkaal]

Welcome to the Mobile Infantry.

[@MadaraUchihamizukage]

Wouldn't Acid be a counterintuitive Weapon for the Bugs? I mean less Flesh to collect.

[@Darklinkftw12]

Sounds like it was used as antitank ammunition. Used to eat through armor and barriers to get to the living inside.

[@Harro150988]

Also could be digestive juices...

[@stratometal]

@@Harro150988 This is what I was thinking, something similar that once organics turn to puddles they can just vacuum up and serve to whatever it is that produces more "warrior forms"

[@shadowyvictor]

Acid melts you, not disintegrate. Its still biomass, just liquid biomass.

[@amandahugginkiss792]

The Line must be Held!

[@arthurchadwell9267]

The planet broke before the guard did!

[@fxsantazo]

The Creek Stands!

[@MichaelFamily-z3j]

Oh listen....it's the Tyranids, what a lot of Rushina AI BS.

[@charlesatanasio]

The interesting thing is, as material sciences steadily overtake our weapons, we may one day return to wearing hearaldry and custom armor like this again...

[@varun009]

With enough preparation, batman could beat them.

[@michaelschramm423]

And then the Winged Hussars arrived.

[@sundesto8523]

So is this like a Mandelorian thing?

[@mattwylie6651]

More like 40k

[@mattwylie6651]

The gray knights

[@sundesto8523]

@@mattwylie6651 true now that you say that mandelorian came first because of the helm haha

[@joelceda3500]

Reading the comments here and absolutely loving how many games have equivalent-enough units to be it. 😂

[@scottrackley4457]

Need one about Culture series humans. Like Zakalwe.

[@ekulerudamuru]

Power rangers!

[@HDBujutsu1775]

What book is this???!

[@HFYChronicles221B]

Written by u/Primarch-Amaranth, check description

[@gigagunn]

5:20. Amazing

[@phillipholland92]

This sounds like a nid vs astra militarum till a group of astarties shows up

[@RolandoMartinez-t4y]

When the Catholic Church wants something this is who they send in.

[@scottwood4143]

JSOC/SPACE PATROL

[@HeeroYuy911]

What is this Helldivers? pretty cool story

[@kraigshall]

Hail!! GODS OF WAR!!!!

[@TheEchoscythe]

FOR THE EMPEROR!!!

[@diablohernandez6040]

Is it just me or did this story predicted helldiver 2

[@jesterlefae3940]

Humanity Number 1

[@deltaraven]

So why would their fear tactics work 😂 if you know you will die after surrendering guess what you dont surrender 😊 this is why armies don’t generally massacre prisoners because its better to have it known that an enemy can surrender 😊

[@JoeEarlofKittrelMcKnight]

Solid

[@d3ltaohniner261]

Cool story, but typos and AI reading glitches completely pull you out of it...

[@mishagaming1075]

not to mention the text not being timed well enough.

[@Daehawk]

OK that one was cool

[@aviadszanton7185]

This is a reupload? Becasue I heard this story about a year ago

[@yannickmuller9873]

For Democracy aginst theses bug's

[@SwedishNukes]

Helldivers lets go

[@SMG_Games]

So this is a knock off Flood or Tyranid. so we are getting Master Chiefs and Primarchs maybe some space marines.

[@seanrutledge2953]

'appendages' instead of 'appendixes'; and 'mauls' instead of 'moles'.

[@Mr.Brownstain-xf2ne]

For the Emperor

[@user-yc3ct7ux7l]

Anyone else think of the Flood?

[@Davidofthelost]

Flood, Tyranids, Zerg. Many things that devour all organic matter to create more of itself.

[@shadowyvictor]

I thought tyranids myself.

[@archmageofmetal8883]

Eyes up Gurdians

[@Rafaelkeepitsimple]

All Humans, To every man upon this world Death cometh soon or late. how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, at the temple of his God.

[@LukeBurdette-jh9hv]

That look like mandaloins

[@SovietBelka]

What are these maturation to humanity stories? Where all the aliens are incompetent nubs and humans are super OP? There are entire channels dedicated on YT to this type of fiction. Where humans come in and own everyone. Also, these Human Knights came in and started using words that aliens didn't know to explain their strategy. It could have worked out pretty badly for both sides.

[@laithao2092]

Power rangers are here!

[@dreddnawtmettlehead2913]

Helldivers

[@GIAP11977]

ODST FEET FIRST INTO HELL

[@jaredsampaga]

HellGate london; best depiction of true knights in sci-fi knights, templar as they are called

[@adrianglennbionat]

Praise the God Emperor!

[@bbhaskar00001]

Mostly Inspired from 40k

[@shammes95]

Suffer not the Xenos.

[@brockhall3460]

humanity helps the tau fight off the tyranids?