Looks like a group of bugs to squash. Ah well. Greg went out on his own terms and i hope they named the providence after the man. Heck 88 should be Greg's sector.
Bay of Greg? Greg Bay?…I’m partial to the first one. But I hope his statue says something like, “Greg, Slayer of Xenos, Tamer of the Mountain Fire, Giver of Rocks”
Great story. But you never send people alone. Even something like a simple foot sprain becomes deadly if you don't have another person to help you in the wilderness. The story could practically be the same. You just don't send people alone.
Indeed. And l leaving people alone for months or years on end in remote outposts is both inefficient and psychologically damaging. The story would have worked just fine if everyone lived together in a single settlement and the protagonist had gone to a remote automated outpost alone due to overconfidence and complacency to fix what initially looks like a small technical glitch.
That much time in isolation would literally drive people insane. There were prison experiments that stopped because the isolation was breaking down people's sanity. That said, there are ways to defend your own mind. This was discovered by analyzing the techniques / strategies used by prisoners of war who were not treated well. Mental defenses are possible, but not easy. 50 years of sustained psychological abuse would produce significant side effects in all of them, and some would break. When a human mind breaks in such a small population, the potential damage they could do . . . Of the more powerful nations, Russia has (so far as I am aware) invested the most in the study of human psychology in relation to space travel, including long-term isolation of individuals or small groups. Terraforming a new planet would be a multinational effort. It is reasonable to expect several countries with space faring experience to be involved. *** *** *** Nit picking a bit, While fresh water showers *would* be rationed, salt water showers should be practical, at least near the coast, to remove dirt/dust. Water is a big deal for humans, and increasing the available fresh water would be a priority, I would think.
It might be the case they simply didn't have enough volunteers who qualified for the job, and considering how he said the political situation back home was straining to get people off Earth, they might have sent what they had. Scattering them across the planet to do the job that a group three times their size was supposed to do might be their shot in the dark. I would agree with you that I'd definitely want at least a three-man team at each site, but it's not impossible to imagine a situation were you could end up resource strapped, short on personnel, and under immense pressure to make something happen that you could end up in this situation.
I mean, sure. Wave enough magic wands or lore and/or have enough idiots in charge and you could do that. My point stands. You get more done with 1/3 the groups but 3 person teams. Over a 20 year period you WILL have an incident. And having someone right there who didn't just get a sprained ankle makes one heck of guarantee the project will happen right. Even better. The statue would have had 2-3 people staring up at the stars instead! @@benjamintherogue2421
God damn that was good, I love the irony of the aliens saying that we can’t play god and revive a dead planet and yet they are the one trying to play god and stopping us, because if there were gods that didn’t want us there they most likely would have stopped us before the aliens even could
So I'm late to the party but I'm here to make a request Do you think you can do a collaboration with baldermort guide to warhammer. I think hearing you two read a story together playing your respective would be absolutely amazing
In real life it would be a whole team and contact with all the other teams the whole thing would be recorded in real life with the other teams being torn between not being able to get there in time and looking for the 🐛 in their areas.
Is it just me or does the thumbnail look a bit like an old RJ Macready from The Thing? He survived antartica, got rescued, saw the high and wide, spit in its eye, and called it a cheating bitch.
Interesting, but kind of strange as well. I can understand the limitations but considering the very likely injuries that would occur I would think it would be a standard practice to have teams of at least two, if not more. And just what were these creatures trying to stop the terraforming? If the world was dead, where did they come from?
Probably subterraneans. They live in the crust rather than the surface. Might be a species that was running away from sort of world eaters, like the tyranids, that consumed the galaxy of most biological life, likely explaining the lack of planets with any fauna or flora beyond the most early forms of it. Would explain why they didn't want the humans here and why they told him to go home to die (as they probably still assume the swarm that eats life is still present) and that the humans were really painting a target on their hiding spot.
Our hero narrator needs a blue screen filter. Seriously bro, too much blue light aint good for any of us. if you know a computer nerd you might talk with em about getting one.
TF the xenos came from? I mean , they would have been discovered by humanity if they were there. Its not like you can hide an interstellar civilisation. Alone ...that 's cultural, i cannot judge it! To me it is stupid, you have to sleep some time, but to his culture it may have made perfect sense.
Looks like a group of bugs to squash. Ah well. Greg went out on his own terms and i hope they named the providence after the man. Heck 88 should be Greg's sector.
Greg's sector, or even Great Bay of Greg? Orh sound good.
Gregtown
I prefer that they know him as Gred the bug crusher, conqueror of volcanoes!!
Would you like to know more?
pretty sure, you mean province, as providence is something entirely different. 😉
"Its pure arrogance to think you should leave"
Its pure arrogance to think you can stop us.
Bay of Greg? Greg Bay?…I’m partial to the first one. But I hope his statue says something like, “Greg, Slayer of Xenos, Tamer of the Mountain Fire, Giver of Rocks”
Greg bay definitely sounds somewhat better
I like to think that the bay was named Al Green Bay after the saviour of the planets favourite singer. Welcome to planet Greg.
Great story. But you never send people alone. Even something like a simple foot sprain becomes deadly if you don't have another person to help you in the wilderness.
The story could practically be the same. You just don't send people alone.
Indeed. And l leaving people alone for months or years on end in remote outposts is both inefficient and psychologically damaging.
The story would have worked just fine if everyone lived together in a single settlement and the protagonist had gone to a remote automated outpost alone due to overconfidence and complacency to fix what initially looks like a small technical glitch.
That much time in isolation would literally drive people insane. There were prison experiments that stopped because the isolation was breaking down people's sanity.
That said, there are ways to defend your own mind. This was discovered by analyzing the techniques / strategies used by prisoners of war who were not treated well. Mental defenses are possible, but not easy.
50 years of sustained psychological abuse would produce significant side effects in all of them, and some would break. When a human mind breaks in such a small population, the potential damage they could do . . .
Of the more powerful nations, Russia has (so far as I am aware) invested the most in the study of human psychology in relation to space travel, including long-term isolation of individuals or small groups. Terraforming a new planet would be a multinational effort. It is reasonable to expect several countries with space faring experience to be involved.
*** *** ***
Nit picking a bit,
While fresh water showers *would* be rationed, salt water showers should be practical, at least near the coast, to remove dirt/dust.
Water is a big deal for humans, and increasing the available fresh water would be a priority, I would think.
True, even working at the light house(back before they went fully automatic), they send 3 people.
It might be the case they simply didn't have enough volunteers who qualified for the job, and considering how he said the political situation back home was straining to get people off Earth, they might have sent what they had. Scattering them across the planet to do the job that a group three times their size was supposed to do might be their shot in the dark.
I would agree with you that I'd definitely want at least a three-man team at each site, but it's not impossible to imagine a situation were you could end up resource strapped, short on personnel, and under immense pressure to make something happen that you could end up in this situation.
I mean, sure. Wave enough magic wands or lore and/or have enough idiots in charge and you could do that.
My point stands. You get more done with 1/3 the groups but 3 person teams. Over a 20 year period you WILL have an incident. And having someone right there who didn't just get a sprained ankle makes one heck of guarantee the project will happen right.
Even better. The statue would have had 2-3 people staring up at the stars instead! @@benjamintherogue2421
God damn that was good, I love the irony of the aliens saying that we can’t play god and revive a dead planet and yet they are the one trying to play god and stopping us, because if there were gods that didn’t want us there they most likely would have stopped us before the aliens even could
Alien, "Only god can't create life."
Human, "No, Life creates Life. That's what children are."
With your excellent narration and fine writing from the author, can almost feel the dust blowing. Be Ready- a good creed.
A good story with an ending that I could only hope for. Thank you Agro. WITH ENERGY!!
This is interesting, a human trying to help his species survive fighting what I can only consider alien fundimentalists.
Legendary narration as always. Props to the writer as well, pretty good story.
Been enjoying these renarrations. Some I'd heard the originals some I haven't. They just have a more matured quality to them.
For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!
Great story; Excellent narration!
Not sure if it continued anywhere, but this one really need more.
26:47 I don't get why the guy didn't try to reply to the alien. With words I mean. Unless the alien is just in his head?
So I'm late to the party but I'm here to make a request
Do you think you can do a collaboration with baldermort guide to warhammer.
I think hearing you two read a story together playing your respective would be absolutely amazing
Thank you for the reading
Dude! I would give anything to have you as a Dungeon Master!!!
In real life it would be a whole team and contact with all the other teams the whole thing would be recorded in real life with the other teams being torn between not being able to get there in time and looking for the 🐛 in their areas.
I know it's a redo, but I haven't heard that one. I like this story..
Excellent ❤
I never tire hearing you say "Mentalgents"!
Thank you for the video.
I'm not sure what happened here. I thought he was delusional from over-isolation, but that does not earn you a statue. I shall ponder the question.
I think he earned the statue from stopping the super volcano from erupting.
Not a bad story. Smarter if the teraformers were working in 2-4 man teams.
Greg found xenos and they were religious fanatics
Then he killed them...lol
ah, always good to revisiting some of the classics!
:3
Greetings, Mentlegent!
For the Rhyhtm that is Algo
A new k-spin?
We endure.
I actually read this one awhile ago. Good stuff.
For the algorithm, for the author, for the bearded one
That would be an amazing job or tasks to accomplish. The ultimate accomplishment. Yup I helped make a living planet.
They made statue for him XD
Is it just me or does the thumbnail look a bit like an old RJ Macready from The Thing? He survived antartica, got rescued, saw the high and wide, spit in its eye, and called it a cheating bitch.
For the Algorithm ,For the Author(s), For the Disembodied voice!
I can't wait till you get to the "copulating copulators" episode.
Wow imagine traveling across the galaxy to meet an alien Karen.
Interesting, but kind of strange as well. I can understand the limitations but considering the very likely injuries that would occur I would think it would be a standard practice to have teams of at least two, if not more. And just what were these creatures trying to stop the terraforming? If the world was dead, where did they come from?
Probably subterraneans. They live in the crust rather than the surface.
Might be a species that was running away from sort of world eaters, like the tyranids, that consumed the galaxy of most biological life, likely explaining the lack of planets with any fauna or flora beyond the most early forms of it.
Would explain why they didn't want the humans here and why they told him to go home to die (as they probably still assume the swarm that eats life is still present) and that the humans were really painting a target on their hiding spot.
Great story…
Our hero narrator needs a blue screen filter. Seriously bro, too much blue light aint good for any of us. if you know a computer nerd you might talk with em about getting one.
Algorithm
Are you doing alright? You look tired.
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Thanks Agro 👍👍
TF the xenos came from? I mean , they would have been discovered by humanity if they were there. Its not like you can hide an interstellar civilisation.
Alone ...that 's cultural, i cannot judge it! To me it is stupid, you have to sleep some time, but to his culture it may have made perfect sense.
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For the Algorithm the story and the voice