We Thought Wrong (The Complete Story) | HFY

[@ParaNoid816]

These stories need a chapter where the Human leadership warns the galaxy that: "Yeah... Our species is going to try to breed with yours. It's just... Something they do."

[@CHRF-55457]

Lol

[@louissablon4849]

Im glad someone finally said it! Now who wants to breed with me?

[@randomname6010]

​@@louissablon4849 fine il do it.

[@louissablon4849]

@@randomname6010 I’m already the single father of three kids! But I’ll try anything once!

[@cseale61]

I found myself myself really liking the Xalia Queen more and more as the story progressed. Great character.

[@michaelanthony8365]

"They have swams... I must rethink everything" her character underwent the most realization and development

[@brucewatson9700]

So did I

[@CHRF-55457]

Meanwhile I feel like the human leaders are slowly becoming unfit to interact with the other races. Their aggroance and ego is staggeringly growing. "Imagined if that lizard didn't shoot and kill the baby and the mother, if the mother and baby had survived. You should be thankful to us for that!" And from there on, the humans proceed to make everything all about themselves in the end, claiming that they're superior over the other races. Diplomatic interactions framed as this will benefit you greatly but it secretly benefits us more.

[@Iluvantir]

Alien Pirate: kills baby in Mommy's arms. Humans... en masse: "You just done made an 'oopsy'. We've been practicing fighting each other for millennia. Now we get to cut loose!"

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

*_"YOU HAVE UNLEASHED A FUCKING FURY!"_*

[@aljeandropacheco3608]

And the best is no Geneva Convention will keep us from behaving

[@Candleknight]

Great story! I gave your channel a sub purely for the fact that you actually credit the original author, got permission, AND are revenue sharing with them!!! Finally, a channel actually respecting the creators! I love it!!

[@roberthodge2771]

Great news that $$$ is to be shared.

[@ColonelStarfire]

Gotta be honest. I completely lost it at "! I need a translation for "you done fucked up!"" This one was awesome, looking forward to part two

[@The-Ent1ty]

"We need a translation for "yipee-kai-yay" " You know its gonna be rough for the opposition fighting the terrans

[@RAMMATHORN01]

​@@The-Ent1tycame here for this lmao. Fucking laughed so hard

[@Posh_Quack]

​@The-Ent1ty yup. Laughed here too. I'm about to re-watch die hard.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

You have procreated skyward.

[@rickhadlock5364]

This is a good story, I really enjoyed it. Especially the fact it was all in one piece. I hate when they break a story into 30 to 60 5 to 15 min segments, and then scatter them all over hell,so you can't listen to the whole story in the right order. And half the time u can't even find all the segments. I won't start a story on chapter4 then 9 then 13 then 2,,,,I don't understand. Is it just to get more hits, cause u have to click on 40 different clips just to hear one story? I kno I won't click on it unless I can start on the beginning. But,, that's just me..

[@michaeloxlong]

"Phrases like first and killroy was here were found burned into moons" Yup. Thats exactly what would happen. Without a doubt. Lol

[@Qardo]

I would expect giant penises to also be drawn. I mean, here on Earth, there is proof of penises that have been CARVED into stone that are thousands of years old. I expect nothing less than on some alien world. Some "War Ape" drew one and it is baffling the rest of the aliens as to what it means. And we just do not have the heart to tell them.

[@manderson1248]

I’m sure they found an abundance of frank n beans pictographs too

[@DaddyHensei]

Pretty sure a lot places would have penis drawling's burned into entire continents too.

[@SlowSTEN]

The entire script of the bee movie might be burned into one or two as well Along with a Rick roll QR Code

[@jake_mu7550]

Did you ever heard about the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

[@arianmoore4474]

This author plays stellaris and you know, im here for it. Its good and could be a stellaris fan fic

[@reasonabledoubt459]

You speak the truth. I've played a lot of Stellaris, and I often build stories in my head as I play out the game.

[@joshkilluminadi7158]

I was just thinking of lissening to this to a game of stellaris lol

[@CursetheVandal]

​@@reasonabledoubt459 my stellaris games always end up some massive story in my head

[@reasonabledoubt459]

It's great that way. :)@@CursetheVandal

[@douglascunningham6319]

Liked the Christmas cannon music at 2hrs. Sick an twisted. Misice with carnage to sooth the soul. An twist that'd alien audience brains into flashback trauma for weeks & yrs. Xmas may never be the same.

[@SXsoft99]

USA: DON'T TOUCH MY BOATS! EART: DON'T TOUCH MY BABIES!!

[@TheNexusDragoon]

lol now a days the U.S. Army is more tick tok and trigger warning than anything else. APCs will henceforth be known as mobile safe spaces.

[@ussarng4649]

You must not be a parent or perhaps a very bad parent.

[@RealJohnnyGuillotine]

Babies are Gene Boats....

[@mr.m8539]

Nice reference.

[@regulardadgaming]

​@@ussarng4649not sure where you get that. That reads as touch my people and I will unleash the sun if I must to stop you. I'd call that the core essence of being a good leader or parent

[@ryujinjaeger666]

"this all happened cause a woman cheated on her husband and a pirate lord loved ginger snaps" This has me fucking dying. 🤣😂🤣 Imagine reading that in a history book.

[@mikefugate1367]

it has haapppened before , and will happen again

[@whyjnot420]

@@mikefugate1367 I mean, we have things like the Emu War, War of Jenkins Ear and Football War. So why not.

[@jonathankovacs1809]

I agree a Japanese ambassador saying total surrender was the only option interesting yes?

[@admpandora91]

Empathy is a powerful tool. Harness it properly, and you can rule the world.

[@tarlison2k1]

Actually a mix of Empathy and Cruelty is what you need to control the world

[@BusinessWolf1]

​@@tarlison2k1 This. But no one likes to bring up that part. And that's why we have the world we do now.

[@tarlison2k1]

@@BusinessWolf1 frankly it's a very hard balancing act that's why being a good leader is never easy, people who become leaders without understanding this will likely mess up the group he is leading

[@formes2388]

@@tarlison2k1 Fear breads opposition. Opposition, forming unity is the end of empire. Why have enemies, when you can have friends? Make sure people have enough to eat, a roof over head, and opertunities to grow - and the hope that is present, coupled with the empowerment of self, will preserve your society beyond anything else; and in times of war - you will have volunteers from every walk of life, looking to protect their society. If you want to maintain an empire by fear: You create a destitute thing, that will fail to it's own internal corruption more effectively than any enemy could kill it.

[@tarlison2k1]

@@formes2388 that's why you need empathy

[@Rawkzo]

As a father, I can definitely understand how things kicked off.

[@grumpymonk2460]

Even as an uncle I can also see how conflicts exponentially got out of hand

[@GEMLESS01]

As someone who was once a baby I understand what my family would have done if something happened to me

[@manderson1248]

I felt the same way…about the ginger snaps.

[@redringaming3017]

Agreed, I've read stories about people on trial for killing babies and young children. The absolute rage I feel towards those people is something I could've never imagined before I became a parent. I can definitely understand how this all started. Imagine someone killing your child and shortly after someone else goes, "look, I have some new toys for you to even the odds"

[@Liminalism-htp]

Agreed

[@Drunkledore]

"when we're done with them, their language will only be spoken in Hell!" Sheeeesh

[@TheOtherGreyKnight]

Absolute banger of a quote

[@novasiri7809]

Damn, shooting an infant for being 'Loud'.. Then they hear a mother's death wail, which is arguably the most HAUNTING sound I have ever heard. Yeah, no surprise that pirate got beaten with his own weapon. Hell hath no rage like a mother who's lost her child.

[@williamembly3635]

The crazy part is, how they use it as a conditioning tool, to send every one of us humans into a full blown berserk rage.

[@empresspyra]

"When they saw we were Kiddy killers" oh man, poor story character, I haven't listened to the point where the mob comes for him but I'm thinking about the metaphor hitting a bees nest with a stick. Whether you are still alive or not by the end of this narration, Rest in peace

[@Blayda1]

That's the point hes getting across ,, the character doesn't understand how much we cherish our children. The Character is an Alien whos race doesn't cherish their young in the same way we do and learns very quickly the metaphor you mention. Realises just as they are about to die what grave error and anger they have unleashed.

[@josephblosch6025]

I'm not sure what the Complaint is to be? "I changed the channel!" gg?

[@karlpower5476]

"Peace-demons" what a description

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

I'm down with be called that ☮️😈

[@itsdaddymagic]

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And these foes are truly massive

[@redringaming3017]

I love the idea of former KZbin lurkers carving "First" into an undiscovered, uninhabited system. Very nice reference in the story. Lol

[@sandoe41]

I'm pretty sure that book series occasionally referred to in the story is the 'Honor Harrington" collection.

[@ArlindoBuriti]

The concept that cheap drones and interstellar wifi with some capitalistic minds can turn any human with free time into a fighter that can too pay to fight more... is completly broken bro. like i would extend this to drone robots piloted by gamers taking planets and other races are like... but the cost of this is massive... Well our soldiers pay to be in the war so we can do this forever... bro that was insane to me.

[@kinngrimm]

There are ofcause issues with this proposal. I would suspect these fighter drones to be slightly more expensiv than the self made drones of Urkain nowadays and therefor untrained, unvetted civilists may not hold the disciplin to use them. Gamers do not have to be yound, but often are and those maybe should not be included in warfare either. It bares more markings of a dystopian future in my book, when just anyone is being handed a weapon of war to wreck havoc, even if it is against an enemy. Is that the ideal world? Waking up in the morning, sitting down in front of a monitor or using a brain implant creating a virtual reprensentation in your minds eye of an far away battlefield, to then take lives. Should inflicting death become that casual to civilians or would that reverberate in the pychie of these people and cause violence in society? Just think about soldiers with PTSD trying to find their way back into civil life after leaving the military. Now if pressure amounts one could make an arguement for this, but with AIs becoming more and more part of our lives, i would suspect rather one of these taking controll. With this many colonies and some of the techs later mentioned, i would also expect there soon to be a post scarcity society, which makes monitary insensitves null and void. So yes quite insane.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

@@kinngrimm However, with a few little tweaks - like say same as joining any Armed Forces, min age of 18 - could even increase to 21, as for gamer side of it, a quick look through stats and game play, will tell you a lot about their gaming style, and whether that will translate to drones in warfare. This could work very nicely, but like a lot of things needs serious thought about its operations. Like you said, you do not want young, impatient gamers controlling millions in Military hardware - or worse still F'ing up an entire battle because they got ''bored' waiting.

[@SoundTracx]

@@kinngrimmIt would cause less PTSD. You wouldn't have the same sense of smell, taste, any physical sensations. Not saying our reaper pilots don't have PTSD, it's just a different form of it, usually less severe and life damaging than the vets that saw actual combat. This would be better than sending foot soldiers any day. The system could even have guide rails in place so you can't cause blue on blue damage. Enders Game is pretty much based on this in a way.

[@kinngrimm]

@rianmacdonald9454 @@SoundTracx I am not convinced that would be a good thing either. Taking a life should be hard, not easy. Making it easy for civilians to do so, desensitizing the otherwise normal human urge not to do harm to others i would expect to backfire in once own society. I mean just look at the USs murder rates in comparison to other nations, I am pretty sure it has to do with a desensitized populace that just doesn't give a fuck about others. Not talking about the causes for that to be, but the effect. As with many techs, i can see the advantages and i ackowledge that some of what you listed could maybe work to lessen the negativ impacts, but aslong humanity is not in a truely dire situation against overwhelming odds, to me the possible disadvantages can easily outway the advantages. edit: included both of those who addressed me, hopefully yt sends the second guy also a note

[@MrBlazinerday]

@@kinngrimm in a fight for survival you really dont have the luxury of thinking of tomorrows implications.

[@kaseyboles30]

Very near the end a distance of 30million light years is mentioned. The Milky way is is 105 thousand LY across, it's 2.5 million LY away and the local group cluster of galaxies is 10 million light years across. The local group of is over 30 galaxies, with 3 very large ones: The Milky Way (us), Andromeda, and the Triangulum galaxy.

[@joelceda3500]

Virgo supercluster is about 110 MLY across and has at least 100 galaxy groups like Local Group (under 50 galaxies clumped together counts as a group).

[@timothypowers3066]

I see a lot of criticism and I just want to say thank you I'm so glad I found this channel

[@johnathancoker8671]

this is brilliant, there great lessons to be learned in this aswell as its super entertaining, i was in the edge of my seat the whole time. i couldnt do anything else but listen. bravo

[@Michael_Brock]

Checking on reddit, writers account suspended. First chapter written 3 years ago. Leaving full story in my youtube scfi pending/ongoing list incase anything else shows up. If so will post back here.

[@scifistories1977]

I'll check with the Author. I think he may be penning a part 2.

[@butterzzz13]

@@scifistories1977god I hope so.

[@scifistories1977]

@butterzzz13 i can confirm that the author will be writing a second part to this story. It will probably be a few weeks before it's ready to go.

[@upgrade1015]

Yes! 🙏 thank you

[@ronwinter3290]

This was great but ended so abruptly. I was like....NO!!!! It's over? Is there more?.... Glad to hear it

[@SWA81]

This is written very very well. Thank for the AI reading op

[@yzayalirian7463]

As a spanish speaker youtuber said: THERE IS no better weapon in the universe than a good Stone.😂😂 😂😂 I would add, a very Big one

[@carlosjosebarbaserrato3500]

I love this story, I came back as soon as I can.

[@delawrencefaison8240]

For more reasons than I wish to list in this comment, this is my favorite of the hfy stories that I listened to.

[@argentconcepts]

If I didn't know better (and maybe I don't) the reader sounds like one of my favorite Dota 2 announcers/casters.

[@ghislainesalavaria8393]

Human research postwar: "How best to kill that one?"

[@calebbowling4137]

The fact the ambassador was Japanese and knew that total surrender was the only option is golden

[@karlpower5476]

I want him as a regular character 😅

[@zoolkhan]

how very american of you

[@carlsonbench1827]

The fact you can tolerate this Ai voice means you much seriously reevaluate your life.

[@rickhadlock5364]

Why? I actually kinda like this voice. It seems to ,, draw one into the story. I also liked the way it did "The Black Ship" book one.as dock said, " there's just somethin' about it, somethin',,, round the house".

[@carlsonbench1827]

@@rickhadlock5364 low effort soulless repetitive unimaginative. Its low quality we shouldn't promote it.

[@SageofStars]

The story of a species going from a single world orbiting a small star in a backwater part of a galactic area few visit, and then following them from that, to growing into a military power respected locally, until they become the defacto police of that area of space, then into the seat of power for the whole of the galaxy, bringing together all races in a way to make the galaxy safer, and yet more interesting. Finally, to hope the void between galaxies, and now...to take the stars themselves apart, and causing the universe to tremble in their wake. To end, a quote for a betentacled horror from beyond the stars. Some beings might look out at the near infinity of the universe with awe and wonder and be humbled by how insignificant they are. Humans stretched forth their arms and declared: MINE! -Sam Starfall

[@Atomsplitter69]

This actually one of my favs I’ve listened too the last few months.

[@EpicHumanTales]

Absolutely, it has such a great vibe! It's amazing how music can connect with us like this. If you love this kind of content, check out some of my recent videos where I explore similar tracks and themes. There’s a lot to discover that fits your taste!

[@matthewmoseley3899]

Stumbled upon this channel , so glad I did. What a great story , I was griped from the very beginning. It's not a stretch to make the Human race the most blood thirsty race in the universe . Had a laugh at that 😂. Because it's true. The pirates shouldn't have killed that child . Hell hath no fury like a mother . How the other species that were our allies, came to realise, we were FFing crazy. And it's too late to put us back in the box 😢. Will be checking out more of your stories . Thanks so much. Matt 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 UK

[@MIGBMWLOVER]

Finally an AI voice that can narrate!

[@jstarrett0193]

I thought it was AI generated with the person actually reading it.

[@naughton101]

'It's not a crime against humanity if they are not human' probably a Canadian

[@NWBwana]

...well, it's true isn't it, eh?

[@xtremefps_]

Or a Pole

[@RealJohnnyGuillotine]

​@@xtremefps_both would have the Geneva Checklist in Space and adding to it.

[@magnithorsson8268]

Just remember its never a war crime the first time 😂

[@cyricbard1695]

Quack Bang!@@magnithorsson8268

[@dracoslegion3606]

When I hear this story, I start to see a bits of similarities to Master of Orion 2 Universe(or Stellaris) and it make me happy, I still love this game, and this story is great.

[@TheReturn26]

This was amazing!!!! I loved every second and now it's 4:30am.

[@The_Natalist]

Then don't click on things at 1 am 😂

[@Overqualified1]

"I need a translation for 'you done fucked up' as soon as possible" 😂😂😂😂

[@Tony-rn5fm]

nice to see the die hard reference

[@Wild-Dad]

And the Star Trek, B5, Star Wars, Man-Kzin Wars..... Many novels and story series were basis for all these stories.

[@NescienceEscape]

This is amazing! Somewhere within the first 10 minutes I was totally hooked. I'm now at 24 minutes and have already gotten as much from this story as I normally get after an hour or two of other stories. Thank you for recording and making this available. Such a thrill and joy to experience this.

[@Dwendele]

I've got all the Elder Scrolls, and I still play them. Nearly endless possibilities. Pick a version, make a different character and switch up traits, it can be a decently different game every time. It's all I play anymore.

[@The_Natalist]

The small animation in the background this early on in AI has me thinking full movies are right around the corner

[@karlsmith2570]

1:38:06 "Now, I Am Become Death, The Destroyer Of Worlds" Quoting J. Robert Oppenheimer there, huh?

[@UpperDarbyDetailing]

Oppenheimer was quoting the Bagavadgita.

[@karlsmith2570]

@UpperDarbyDetailing Yes, I am already aware that he was quoting an ancient Samarian text when the first atomic bomb was detonated. Especially when Sean Connery's character in "The Hunt For Red October " stated as such

[@UpperDarbyDetailing]

@@karlsmith2570 ok… but you don’t quote someone who’s quoting something else. You’re quoting the original citation also. So they weren’t quoting Oppy.

[@edparagonpc]

Yeah, I miss when Star Trek under Roddenberry's steering would quote the classics regularly. Nice to see quotes in these stories that requires at least a better than average knowledge of literature and/history along with pop culture.

[@PhenixFew]

From Indian book bhagavatgita. Openhiner quotes from that book.

[@vincent_v1094]

Just wait until the Captain heard about the human named John Wick……. Hehehe.

[@seancollins9745]

Don't touch the babies, boars or pets

[@thamaurauder4539]

@@seancollins9745 Boars?

[@Wild-Dad]

Oh that one is good! 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@vincent_v1094]

Or don’t f*ck with human children and pets.

[@joemccay9978]

I once saw John Wick kill an alien with a pencil!

[@kevincaruthers5412]

Had to stop and listen to Beethoven's 9th when I got to that point. Nice choice!

[@maxjjackson]

Ha! Me too! (and to find out which one it was.... lol)

[@EpicHumanTales]

Absolutely! Beethoven's 9th is a masterpiece that adds so much depth to any moment. I often explore iconic music moments like this in my videos, diving into their history and impact. If you love great music discussions, I think you'll enjoy what I have to share!

[@fredrikabinger4818]

Hehehehe...Killroy was here..Love it..:)

[@mcgill9757]

Great story! 🥰 😊👍

[@frankg3243]

This was a very interesting story and brilliantly written. It leaves you ganging the way it ended. I wonder why KZbin suspended his account. I hope someday we all get to hear the rest of this story.

[@scifistories1977]

The author is writing a second part. He took me through the story outline, and it was epic! It will be coming to the channel as soon as it's ready.

[@frankg3243]

@@scifistories1977 Nice I can not wait to hear the rest of this story!

[@joelceda3500]

They should seriously look for a publisher for all of this. I'm counting this video as the first audio book I've ever listened to.

[@richardarriaga6271]

YT bots are strange. I follow a demonetized channel that was likely hit by Russian bots. YT is so broken it once banned a channel for showing a fragment of a pic of Michaelangelo's David and calling it adult content.

[@frankg3243]

@@richardarriaga6271 Yeah, you are right! I was watching a Manga Series on a different channel. You know they need to Censor Manga. They missed one or two censoring and were shut down. It is Manga you know Cartoons. It is NOT Hentai! It is Hilarious when YT has a channel called POCKETGIRLS where they are real and show way more!

[@Tezku]

The ooh raa had me dying.

[@davidsmith6001]

Is it bad that I am now rewatching this series after just completing it 4 days ago.......

[@harrygrimley4352]

Why do you say watching. It's audio right?

[@petepanteraman]

I'm enjoying this for a 2nd round too, it's a great story and I love how the intro is readdressed at the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@davidsmith6001]

@@harrygrimley4352 It has screen prints but yes listening mostly.

[@kena4977]

We will be bad together!

[@HaydenHanna-c6k]

AI pushes cultural Marxist propaganda stories with elements aimed at appealing to children. How original…

[@johno812]

Do NOT think so provincially when looking at ethics, morality, and empathy. That is what the writer is making a point how easy it would be to misunderstand or hard it would be to empathize with another society, species; or even another life form from another planet. Humans, and specifically American’s put quite a bit of resources and value to our mostly helpless infants. A woman may die having one child; so the risks and resources required are quite high. Then Imagine, a species that lays millions of eggs and the children who in nature would die in mass and with technology are selected for survival and occupation. But they could live indefinitely like trees or reptiles. They may value their 2,000 year old helpless elder more than a million infants. Their morality and war cry could be having an exposed mouth part and eating in public; but perfectly fine with eating their own young. Empathy is understanding the values and feelings of someone different than you.

[@richardarriaga6271]

There was an episode of The Outer Limits where the aliens got very angry that a transporter accident left a woman alive at the beam out site instead of killing her. Their ethics require that two people can't be around and so when the transporter makes a copy at the destination, the original is supposed to be killed. I wonder if they would put a hit on identical twins.

[@Katharina-rp7iq]

There are species that only start caring for their young once they've reached a certain age. These would let the newly born offspring die in the thousands, but accept them once the young have survived to a growth stage, at which point the survivors can reasonably be expected to reach adulthood and procreate. That usually only happens in races that have thousands of offspring. Fish often lay eggs somewhere, males spread their sperm on them and once the young hatch those same mother fish that defended the eggs might just eat some of their offspring - occasionally a lot - because they're hungry. They won't hesitate to eat them for a while either, until the offspring is big enough to become part of a school or at least live using the same strategies as the grown ones. Only then the older ones recognise the offspring as part of the same species. Fun fact - do not read unless you want to hate me for giving this info: biologically and logically the only good explanation for nemo's siblings' death is that their mother ate them all. Clown fish do that.

[@stephen1475]

Now that's just under 3h that I truly enjoyed. Wish each series appended. This was a perfect scenario for multiple timelines to converge on, then break through. Also ... listen to the music referenced at the appropriate points. This is audio book writing for film.

[@lvrbc]

I just noticed the very short animation within some art frames. I luv it lots ❤👍🏻👍🏻 Kudos to the artists and animators-these are fascinating and beautiful

[@manderson1248]

You must have a passel of servants that allow you to watch an audio book instead of taking care of responsibilities. Lucky duck.

[@tadadoterson6147]

I'm fairly certain this is just ai images.

[@PuggiTheGreat]

Amazing storytelling, better than anything coming out of Hollywood.

[@The_Natalist]

The AI used here makes me wonder how soon full AI movies are

[@SunderShould-Be-King]

Pretty damn good. I would have substituted some synonyms in the vocabulary, such species or sentients in place of the widespread use of races in the text. The use of race as a designation is not unwarrented however, just overused in my opinion. That is just one example of what I noticed in the general lexical vocab. Otherwise, it was a highly entertaining & thought provoking narrative. Kudos to the author!

[@steffknight8033]

**WOW... BEST SCI FI STORY I'VE HEARD IN ... EVER!** (Well, by a not-famous-now-but-VERY-SOON-WILL-BE-author;) Thanks! Love it! MORE PLEASE!

[@MrBlazinerday]

I could only imagine the gpu and pc parts sales if gamers were allowed to control drones in a war for survival of the species. The asian team alone would give the enemy nightmares. Those guys can game. 😂

[@bigal2876]

Ya’ll sure come up with some interesting people! Silicon based life form is very interesting!

[@emilykelly2498]

Of the funniest stories I’ve ever seen

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

_"their language will be spoken only in Hell"_ Wow!

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

*"Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness."* - The Terrians

[@swiftmatic]

@12:38, "FIX BAYONETS!!"

[@ChillMeNow]

That was a great storyy. Dammnn i loved it

[@stephenpublicover8818]

Best SciFi story yet, BEWARE the WAR-APES! 🤣😁💣👌✌🤘

[@a.wilkerson2nd334]

This is the longest story I've listened to, and it was excellent

[@joemccay9978]

I can't wait for chapter 20+!

[@Wise4HarvestTime]

Great story!!!! Thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

[@rolanders7553]

Amazing story

[@Ender140]

"Nothing can fight forever" Humanity who chased and poked megafaunas to death:

[@jige1225]

BS

[@penultimate-media4163]

Aliens "they put knives on their guns" Humans "thats nothing wait till you see what the 40k nerds made" *chain axe noises*

[@ScorpiusZA.]

54:33 - It when people show you who they are... but close enough.

[@LeonidSaykin]

Piration band? I am surprised that the pirates still exist in space and the space military tolerates their presense

[@Teajam]

It was state sponsored. Like when France, England, Spain and others sponsored pirates, they were called privateers, to attack each other's merchant vessels during the colonization of the America's. Or like when current Gov'ts sponsor PMCs to fight in conflicts globally as proxy to further thier own goals.

[@MrFabulouss]

Pirates still exist on earth, Im surprised the earth military tolerates their presence. /s

[@LeonidSaykin]

@@MrFabulouss If by pirates do you mean those people with AKs who swim around on boats and occasionally confuse a millitary vessel with the cargo ship, then probably.

[@arianmoore4474]

More privateers. They are basically state sanctioned/mercenaries

[@JohnDoe-yk3ji]

@leonid that's a little reductive, there's also a ton of piracy in Asian waters, and AK wielding Africans don't make the mistake you're referring to often.

[@RJ-zi8hw]

Is there a part two yet??? This one was really good!!! I spit my drink out at “I need a translation for you done fucked up” 😂🤣😂

[@donaldmccoy2000]

I loved the work you have done. Great job. 😊

[@panospanos8256]

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[@j.tann1970]

The author is vastly mistaken near the end of the book when he calls generation ships "Dyson Spheres". Dyson Spheres are not generation ships, they do not move! They are energy gathering structures that surround a whole star to gather the energy from that star.

[@steffknight8033]

Oh.... and **THANK YOU FOR NOT USING AI NARRATOR!!** LOVE THIS NARRATOR, BTW!!

[@AndrewChumKaser]

This is an AI narrator.

[@The_Natalist]

​​@@AndrewChumKaser Its an incredibly good AI narrator, the tech has gotten so much better in only a few years, its stunning

[@Tierneil]

Its definitely ai. You can tell in the beginning for sure

[@TJcreations91]

Yeah sorry but the ai narrarator you are hearing is the most common of the latest batch. Thankfully the settings used on this one don't annoy me like the general version does.

[@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc]

May be the best of the sf stories on youtube.

[@sparkeyjames]

I do have a few problems with this story. 30 million light years is multi galaxy spanning. Our own galaxy, that which our sun resides in, is estimated to be 100,000 light years across. 30 million light years would block off a whole lot of galaxies. If that were the case then a race with that much power is not to be trifled with. The story would be a whole lot more believable had the time barrier been 30,000 light years across. Then the story jumps around a bit at the end first to that transgressing race that destroys a colony world without providing a resolution to that. Is it left as an implied surrender by them? Then it switches back to the barrier portion of the story.

[@insylem]

"Final hour" yet the recording is 2 hours, 43 minutes and 36 seconds. :)

[@negi9040]

He must have been traveling at near lightspeed when he recorded it.

[@shadowpoet4398]

Oh, very good, Beavis! XD It's like a 2.5 for 1. A bargain! Just 5 slips of gold pressed latinum!

[@magnusoresworth5955]

The final hour was only when the pirates were talking. The rest is the story

[@zargonfuture4046]

Piratian time silly, it's totally different to our earth based hours and minutes, stop being a spoiler man and enjoy.. 😊

[@whiskey287]

People like you are the worst part of humanity

[@oakiemouse]

I NEED A PART 2, this was awesome.

[@daveduran-up6kn]

The Void is 30M light-years away? That's way past the Andromeda Galaxy, and our Local Group 😅

[@joelceda3500]

Check Wikipedia for Virgo Supercluster.

[@TheA4knight]

27:36 Stoneworth Jackson😂 Correct me if I’m wrong I am pretty sure that’s a reference to Stonewall Jackson Who is a Civil War confederate general

[@theloniousMac]

I have always fantasized about alien incursion and how it might not go so well for the aliens no matter how advanced they are because of one thing. We're bat shit crazy, and when it comes down to it, just give us kerosene and a match, and a swig of scotch and MF here I come, especially if I'm fighting not for myself, but someone I love.

[@ironwater2]

I think the author name dropping his own books is a funny bit of advertising in the story.

[@MaxPSVR]

Anyone have a translation of “yippee ki ya” Yea. Is said sometimes during extreme pleasure or ecstasy. Ecstasy? But that only happens during copulation. Why is he experiencing it as he’s falling into battle. Not for humans sir. In the case of humans not only do they experience ecstasy during sexual contact. But also in moments of extreme violence. That is. Err terrifying

[@DianaLindeman-m9l]

Liked the small animation bits. Always a nice surprise.

[@plagueCLUTCH]

I love this type of fiction so often the trip is how terrible awful cruel and twisted mankind is and …well it’s not all a lie. Some times. Through the eyes of a stranger. We might imagine a way in which they see the best of us and what we strive to be. They don’t remember all our scraped knees and stuttered lines. But instead they see us. At our best and for a moment judge us the way we want the universe to see us. I think that’s why there are so many like this. Why it shines as a true and resonate theme. Believe. If we endure the trials. One day we will ascend to the heavens and they shall be in awe of us.

[@rahxephonmanga9802]

This is my new favorite story.

[@vladitious]

"You done fucked up" is hilarious

[@havardross5782]

Alright , this was sick. I loved this so much. More like this. More war apes.

[@thebrokenhandle7691]

What books keep getting recommended, from what I can tell they are both references to books by Robert butler but I want to make sure

[@sspaceforce]

wow... i really wish there was more to this story. Had me listening all the way through. took a couple days to get the time but . SO MANY good lines that make you go :O woo

[@bernardw187]

Flying space ships like skipping stones across the atmosphere.. Does anyone have a translation for Yippee Kay Yay Mother Trucker?!

[@GREYautumnalTWILIGHT]

I am 12 minutes in and I love it. Come, get some!

[@JustHereForDaContest]

This is a really well written and told story

[@RustyEcks]

Loving it!

[@tazyload]

"Pankiformed" nice touch that get's overlooked a lot :P

[@ricardorodriguez8469]

That was cool. And Dido on the narration