"I hate these aliens not because they hate me, but because they are incapable of good, honest, human hatred." ~ Unnamed Space Marine ( Warhammer 40k 3rd edition rulebook)
@@chrisb9143 Soo step aside you star slime we're ready for your worst. We know you wanna beat us Enslave us and defeat us Oppress us and brow beat us UNLESS WE GET YOU FIRST!
@@takeandbakejake3271 kinda already forgotten because the current potus gave the taliban more weapons than anyone who got killed or thrown into guantanamo for giving the taliban weapons...while saying his own population shouldn't be allowed any weapons...supports taliban, wants to make americans defenseless, somehow not in an CIA interrogation cell yet
“Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to earth, and we most definitely regret that the corps just blew up our raggedy ass fleet” -Sgt. Johnson to the Gra’var probably
Aliens: Commits genocide as an act of war Humanity: "You know, xeno scum, we have *rules* as to why we're not allowed to do that, normally. We're better at it."
This is the sci-fi version of "If you don't want no crap, don't start no crap, 'cause I'll end your crap." Or, to paraphrase an unknown diplomat, "we will meet you at your level and exceed it; whether we sink to your level or rise to it is entirely up to you."
@@FlynntheBookseller, I'm not entirely sure. I spent 20 years in the military, 16 of which were in the US Army, and I've heard versions of this quote since my initial enlistment in 1987. I think it was from a British diplomat responding to vague threats from Germany in the late 1930's but don't quote me on that. The first quote, if you replace the word "crap," is a popular Urban warning from major US cities. I think I first heard it in a 1990's Will Smith movie.
The CIVILIAN human ship was the target of an unprovoked attack with all on board shot into space and then, as if that wasn’t excessive enough, said ship was filled with explosives used as a ballistic ram on an unsuspecting outpost in orbit around a colony planet. Genocide on a primarily civilian population. Afterwards we gave them several chances to surrender and not onlt did they refuse to, they doubled down on the “kill the defenseless” approach. With such an overly aggressive stellar neighbor, I’d think of it less as war crimes and more as putting down a dangerous animal that, despite knowing better, insisted on biting, maiming, and killing anyone in reach. In other words, Disarm and Disable.
I don't think that would have been a good idea. It wouldn't sit well with our base instincts and also would reduce our own costs. Genocide of a species should have a price paid in blood, if humans didn't bleed from it we wouldn't learn where the line should be.
There's no such thing as unfeeling hatred. There's cold, well-seasoned and mature hatred, but no such as unfeeling hatred. If you hate something, you feel hate. This should be self evident.
@@anarchyandempires5452 *Chuckles in Pearl Harbor* _Over thhheeeeeerreee! Over there! Send the word! Send the word! Do bewaaaaare! That the Yanks are coming!_ Yes I pulled from two wars. But oh yea, don’t even get me started on the war two villages in Italy fought over a bucket. Or two buildings sparked a 14 year~ man hunt until we domed the guy with a special operations team after committing to a war for that same amount of time. Or the Spanish American war, shan’t forget the _Maine._
yep,it doesn't matter how many actual soldiers they kill we're cool with it it's war,but the moment they target and torture civilians,well exterminatus is in order
Exterminatus decree. Reminds me of the book Enders Game. Sure, after putting the guy down once, I have won the fight. I haven't won the next one, nor the one after that, nor the war that these fights are a part of. So, I grind this one in front of me into dust, take them apart piece by piece, methodically and calmly, in the most brutal way I can, and thus win this war and all others, for no one will want to fight, knowing what I am capable of. Paraphrase and restating the idea, but the gist is there.
The biggest reason why people fight with themselves is really likely because there hasn't been a common enemy to direct the hate towards, if billions are lost in an act of war I don't doubt a farily homogenous civilization would manage to coordinate their efforts like this, setting aside internal dispute. Xenophobia may be humanity's greatest savior in the future.
hows that old song go? " we may have done a little bit of fighting among ourselves, but you outside people best leave us alone". the only thing humanity needs is a reason. we are violent, we are cruel, we are suicidal in our rage. and sometimes that means we win
And when we do we are kind, caring, and inventive. We will rebuild your worlds and society’s to a better version of them. All to say to others leave us and them alone or we *WILL* do the same to you.
Can we talk about how this was a consequence of the galactic council due to making humanity sound like some sort of existential horror before we even left our solar system.
So scarily true...we're capable of restraint but even when we exercise it, it is not infinite. Given what happened, it was honestly a miracle we *didn't* commit complete genocide.
It is an undeniable, and might I say fundamental aspect of humanity, that when faced with its own extinction, EVERY alternative is preferable! -Dr. Leonard Church
true, although it also seems pretty realistic to me if you look at our history. just for one example, look at the US's response to pearl harbour, and how the war ended. glassing a planet goes far, far, far beyond what happened at pearl harbour, so the response would naturally be equally extreme. to be honest the main thing that surprises me is that humanity in the story stopped short of total genocide. id like to think we wouldnt go as far as genocide if this actually happened, but i also wouldnt be surprised in the least if we did.
Unfeeling hatred? Hatred is a feeling, the numbing agent within it is just to keep the motivation alive. We are oftentimes too quick to forgive, and too eager to hold a grudge. Better then, for that hatred to be 'cold' and 'calculated'.
We go to war on the heals of hatred for what caused it, and the love of those who died in its origin. Even when our hatred for the enemy is but cinders and ash our love for those lost will explode in propulsion to finish the job.
IMO 1 of the best and realistic military SF. Not b/c of tech or tactics but b/c on how humanity specially on Eastern European, Asian, Arabic and African military history would react in such a situation.
also i mean... western history too. japan attacked a harbour, the US dropped 2 mini-suns on Japan (yes i know they were atomic not thermonuclear, but you get what i mean) humanities history kinda proves that we do NOT take provocation well, and are quite fond of overkill
@@revampedharpy09 Hell, look up Operation Pray Mantis and what the USA defines as a 'proportional response' to one of their ships nearly being sunk by an Iranian mine (Swear to God the only reason it _didn't_ sink was because the damaged destroyer was the USS Samuel B. Roberts. Spirits of the original Sammy B [of Taffy 3 fame]'s crew and the best damage control training in the fleet aren't going to let a destroyer with that kind of heritage get sunk by something as petty as a mine). Touching our boats, esp. America's boats, is NEVER a good idea.
"humanity glassed the military outposts of their homeworld planet, rounded up and shipped the civilians to a nearby habitable planet, and pushed their old planet into the freaking sun" But the savagery doesn't end there... No, Humanity over 3 generations regressed their adversary into a primitive society that made religion... Let me be crispy clear on this: an entire religion where humanity equals to deity. Humans are Gods to them, and we are feard and worshipped. Humans have in all meanings of the phrase: "kicked their asses into middle ages." Good Lord, I think whipping them from existence is a mercy, compared to this ultimate humiliation. But the funniest part is, that's exactly what the humans would do. We already have done a similar thing to our once natural predator: wolves. Hell we domesticated several other animal species. By controlling the reproduction we genetically engineered them, without even knowing what geneticall engineering even means: to be generally less aggressive (some exceptions are bulls, and we made a freaking sport out of competing with bloodlust animal... for fun. The audacity, the utter insanity.) Or the engineering to produce more material for consumption (milk, eggs, wool) or better quality meat. "Don't mess with humans, or they will domesticate you with force."
Xeno: the humans MIGHT kill us, we should attack them first Humans: You attacked us! Die! Xeno: we are not winning, we surrender! Humans: Feck you! You started this. We're not done making an example of you yet! Other Xeno's: Note to self, DO NOT attack the humans. Especially DO NOT attack their civilians, EVER!. Humans do not react well to species level threats. In fact, execute the next being to even suggest it as a viable idea. Stick their head on a pike in the courtyard as an example to generations to come that some ideas are just too stupid to be entertained.
In every single government and military this side of the Galaxy, a person suggesting aggravating the humans is executed. We don't go there, because when we do they do. And they are simply so much better at it than we are.
The hatred towards genocidal aliens would not be cold or unfeeling at all, it would burn hotter than any other cause. Our revenge would be implacable and remorseless, and I'd very much doubt that civilians would be spared. We would seek to exterminate such an enemy, and quite likely colonize their worlds afterwards.
A neutrino star powered realativistic chain gun firing stranglett ammo could be good if it were maybe in orbit and the size of the british isles it would make a good star system destroyer
"Look above you, dear children, onto the stars. But do not look too long, lest you draw the ire of the gods. The Dwellers between the Stars seemed peaceful, benevolent and kind, and so we thought them weak. We were wrong. Heed my words, and take warning; just because someone is kind, does not make them weak. If, when provoked, someone decides to forgive; that is true strength. We had not yet understood this, and in our ignorance we set ourselves against the gods. But in their mercy they spared us, for they are indeed merciful gods. They gave us this paradise, and for that we are grateful.""
Their infants quartered with the hands of war, All pity choked with custom of fell deeds,... Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,..
The Gra’var : it is with a heavy heart that we admit total defeat and therefore offer our unconditional surrender Humans: ................... The Gra’var: you have slaughtered our soldiers, our people we have lost ALL Humans: NO (ominous tone) NOT YET!
I don't remember which one but here was this one battle where Alexander the Great had a bunch of enemy prisoners, and instead of wasting resources holding and taking care of them, he decided to send the wounded soldiers back to their cities after cutting out the eye of every hundredth man. The wounded soldiers taxed the cities' resources and lowered morale, allowing Alexander's armies to conquer them easier. I was sort of hoping that instead of genociding civilians (the theme of Humanity in this story in the war seems to be "no atrocity too great, but don't harm civvies"), they should have sieged a bunch of military installations and worlds, destroyed all supply sites, sabotaged/poisoned provisions and intercepted all outside supplies, and then ship the enemy troops and personnel on ships devoid of comms equipment or independent controls on a pre-programmed trajectory to the nearest habitable worlds with Juuuuuuusssssttt enough supplies on board for them to survive without cannibalizing more than 1% of each other. Boom, now the enemy has a ton of miserable, tortured souls draining their already war-taxed resources in states that would surely demoralize their population. Sure, it might take longer and ne a bit more expensive than what they did, but it would be so much more satisfying since Humanity could inflict such horror upon the xenos filth without breaking their "no civilian harm" rule. Making some bioweapon or nanite swarms that reduce the enemy to frothing vegetative messes or strip them down to the bones layer by layer would also have worked.
Yea but as a human it doesn’t feel right for what they did I’d rather tear them limb from limb myself just imagining what it would be like to lose your an entire family to a unprovoked attack on a civilian planet lights a flame so bright that it would burn anyone to close
But that wasn't to purpose of all this. Maybe if we'd liked to conquer the galaxy but these Grav'Ash had one interest alone: humanity's eradication. And payback being fair, it was decided to respond in kind. Appropriately almost. Had the Grav'Ash sued for peace after our firts or second counter, it would zave been a humiliating thing but they aport greater numbers now. But they decided to screw with somebody at actually didn't want to be or needed to be crewed with.
They fired the first shot they dont know who's children will scream and burn how many lives will be lost how many planets will be destroyed but they never expected to lose I believe it was there own hubris that dug their grave
We write rules of conduct for wagering war, not to tell us how to fight better, but to know when we need to stop.
And then we run rough shod over those rules
But remember, those rules don’t mean shit when dealing with alien species!
Aliens never signed our treaties humanity is free to bare its fangs and claws without restraint
@@wildwikedwanderer1208 words are wind anyway. Actions are all that matters.
And it doesnt day anyhing thing about et or his gun tooting family either 😂😂🙋🏽♂️
The Gra'var: "War!"
Humans: "Ok, but we have rules."
The Gra'var: "F- your rules!"
Humans: "Ok, F- your species."
Drops chlorine Gas on every factory and military installation they have
Dont forget with ftl u can rame planets
@@Enterprise6126 *Sends in the Balkanians with a singular order: Commit War Crimes*
Seems legit.
They have fucked around and they found d out
"I hate these aliens not because they hate me, but because they are incapable of good, honest, human hatred." ~ Unnamed Space Marine ( Warhammer 40k 3rd edition rulebook)
We all know damn well that, that mad lad had to be a black Templar
@@greggillespie8259 PUUUURGING WITH MY KIIIN
Yeah these aliens are so evil they cant even hate right!
"Aliens can never be
As good as humankind
A more delightful race than us
You'll never ever find"
@@chrisb9143
Soo step aside you star slime
we're ready for your worst.
We know you wanna beat us
Enslave us and defeat us
Oppress us and brow beat us
UNLESS WE GET YOU FIRST!
Aliens: fly a space plane into a space skyscraper
Humans; NEVER FORGET! *NEVER FORGIVE!!*
I didn't notice the connection until I read this comment... Yeah, they really screwed themselves there.
As an American I found this wildly hilarious. 100/10
@@takeandbakejake3271 kinda already forgotten because the current potus gave the taliban more weapons than anyone who got killed or thrown into guantanamo for giving the taliban weapons...while saying his own population shouldn't be allowed any weapons...supports taliban, wants to make americans defenseless, somehow not in an CIA interrogation cell yet
See, the Arabs can do it but not you
Nevar Forgetti
Never give humans a reason to unite let us war amongst ourselves because when all of us come together we are capable of terrible and wonderous things
First sin of warfare: NEVER INTERRUPT HUMANITY!
Second sin of warfare: *NEVER INTERRUPT HUMANITY* !!!
THIRD SIN OF WAR: never be thier reason to unite !
“Dear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret coming to earth, and we most definitely regret that the corps just blew up our raggedy ass fleet” -Sgt. Johnson to the Gra’var probably
Ah a fellow man of culture.
One of my Favorite quotes
OOH RAH!
@@wafflecoptergaming2673 OOH RAH!
OOHRAH!
Aliens: Commits genocide as an act of war
Humanity: "You know, xeno scum, we have *rules* as to why we're not allowed to do that, normally. We're better at it."
This is the sci-fi version of "If you don't want no crap, don't start no crap, 'cause I'll end your crap." Or, to paraphrase an unknown diplomat, "we will meet you at your level and exceed it; whether we sink to your level or rise to it is entirely up to you."
this quote sounds vaguley familiar, where is it from?
@@FlynntheBookseller, I'm not entirely sure. I spent 20 years in the military, 16 of which were in the US Army, and I've heard versions of this quote since my initial enlistment in 1987. I think it was from a British diplomat responding to vague threats from Germany in the late 1930's but don't quote me on that. The first quote, if you replace the word "crap," is a popular Urban warning from major US cities. I think I first heard it in a 1990's Will Smith movie.
@Dr. Sigma thanks for response
Also thank you for your service!!!
Pretty sure it's "Don't start none, won't be none."
@@en4833 , You stated it quite elegantly. I believe they are synonymous. Much better than, "Mess with the bull, get the horns."
“Human, we’ve come to eradicate you!”
Human: hippity hoppity, you’re about to get smacked right properly
The CIVILIAN human ship was the target of an unprovoked attack with all on board shot into space and then, as if that wasn’t excessive enough, said ship was filled with explosives used as a ballistic ram on an unsuspecting outpost in orbit around a colony planet. Genocide on a primarily civilian population. Afterwards we gave them several chances to surrender and not onlt did they refuse to, they doubled down on the “kill the defenseless” approach. With such an overly aggressive stellar neighbor, I’d think of it less as war crimes and more as putting down a dangerous animal that, despite knowing better, insisted on biting, maiming, and killing anyone in reach. In other words, Disarm and Disable.
Sad we went to such trouble as fighting on planets. We should have just glassed them all
I don't think that would have been a good idea. It wouldn't sit well with our base instincts and also would reduce our own costs. Genocide of a species should have a price paid in blood, if humans didn't bleed from it we wouldn't learn where the line should be.
Overkill is underated
The
more like disarm or dis-life
There's no such thing as unfeeling hatred. There's cold, well-seasoned and mature hatred, but no such as unfeeling hatred. If you hate something, you feel hate. This should be self evident.
Unfeeling as in not caring what your opponent feels not fueling your own hatred with theirs just hating their very existence
You see, people act like this wouldn’t be us in the litany of other fiction and in the movements of our own world...but we would do this for far less.
Shit history teaches us that if you blow up a single American ship they will not rest until you have been properly destroyed.
@@anarchyandempires5452 *Chuckles in Pearl Harbor* _Over thhheeeeeerreee! Over there! Send the word! Send the word! Do bewaaaaare! That the Yanks are coming!_
Yes I pulled from two wars. But oh yea, don’t even get me started on the war two villages in Italy fought over a bucket. Or two buildings sparked a 14 year~ man hunt until we domed the guy with a special operations team after committing to a war for that same amount of time. Or the Spanish American war, shan’t forget the _Maine._
"You push, and push, and expect us not to crack. I pity the fool who dogmatically commits genocide and doesn't expect it in return"
"meh, I've killed for less"
yep,it doesn't matter how many actual soldiers they kill we're cool with it it's war,but the moment they target and torture civilians,well exterminatus is in order
Humans , humans dont. They dont fight. A fight implies it can be won by either party
Damn
Humans do not fight. Fighting would imply the possibility of failure. We kill.
Exterminatus decree. Reminds me of the book Enders Game. Sure, after putting the guy down once, I have won the fight. I haven't won the next one, nor the one after that, nor the war that these fights are a part of. So, I grind this one in front of me into dust, take them apart piece by piece, methodically and calmly, in the most brutal way I can, and thus win this war and all others, for no one will want to fight, knowing what I am capable of.
Paraphrase and restating the idea, but the gist is there.
I love the ending where civilian populations overthrow their governments, out of fear that they would aggravate the Humans too much.
The biggest reason why people fight with themselves is really likely because there hasn't been a common enemy to direct the hate towards, if billions are lost in an act of war I don't doubt a farily homogenous civilization would manage to coordinate their efforts like this, setting aside internal dispute.
Xenophobia may be humanity's greatest savior in the future.
Humanity first. Death to the aliens.
@@vadfarkas14 and dolphins
Hell yes
@@santiagohernandez4637 and turtles
@@vadfarkas14 The Zilthraxee are good though. No harm space doggo. Space pupper is friend. The goodest boys.
hows that old song go? " we may have done a little bit of fighting among ourselves, but you outside people best leave us alone".
the only thing humanity needs is a reason. we are violent, we are cruel, we are suicidal in our rage. and sometimes that means we win
And when we do we are kind, caring, and inventive. We will rebuild your worlds and society’s to a better version of them.
All to say to others leave us and them alone or we *WILL* do the same to you.
The way you pronounced that last word, truly do this text justice.
Cold, Unfeeling Hatred..... Yes the pronunciation art the end had so much feeling to it.
We didn't take the plasma wepons because we had to give the others a chance
The last part reminds me of Enders Game
"You already won the fight, why did you continue?"
"To win all the fights in the future too"
"Guys, stop, knock it off, I mean it. STAAAAAAHP!!!!"
[Planet gets glassed].
"... so that's how it is. Okay. COWABUNGA IT IS THEN!"
Can we talk about how this was a consequence of the galactic council due to making humanity sound like some sort of existential horror before we even left our solar system.
Existential*
"You want a monster? I'll give you a f*cking monster!" - Humans
I mean, have you seen children?
So scarily true...we're capable of restraint but even when we exercise it, it is not infinite. Given what happened, it was honestly a miracle we *didn't* commit complete genocide.
It is an undeniable, and might I say fundamental aspect of humanity, that when faced with its own extinction, EVERY alternative is preferable! -Dr. Leonard Church
Former director, Project Freelancer.
I like this one, humanity’s ferocity does not make us the good guys, in this, humanity far exceeded their opponents crimes, thought it was justified
true, although it also seems pretty realistic to me if you look at our history. just for one example, look at the US's response to pearl harbour, and how the war ended. glassing a planet goes far, far, far beyond what happened at pearl harbour, so the response would naturally be equally extreme. to be honest the main thing that surprises me is that humanity in the story stopped short of total genocide. id like to think we wouldnt go as far as genocide if this actually happened, but i also wouldnt be surprised in the least if we did.
So basically. Humanities space empire flag is " dont tread on me"
"Fuck around and find out"
"Don't Mess With Monke."
"Unga Bunga, Xenos."
We regret to inform you that your heresy has offended the Emperor...
It’s enough to make a grown man cry
they fired the first shot, we fired the last.
Unfeeling hatred? Hatred is a feeling, the numbing agent within it is just to keep the motivation alive. We are oftentimes too quick to forgive, and too eager to hold a grudge. Better then, for that hatred to be 'cold' and 'calculated'.
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
GLORY TO KHORNE!!!
*MILK FOR THE KHORN FLAKES!*
SCIENCE FOR THE SCIENCE GOD
KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM! KILL! BURN! MAIM!
LET, THE GALAXY, BURN
We go to war on the heals of hatred for what caused it, and the love of those who died in its origin. Even when our hatred for the enemy is but cinders and ash our love for those lost will explode in propulsion to finish the job.
The human response is summarily summed up by a quote in Watchmen.
“Men get arrested. Dogs get put down.”
"I don't hate you Cardassian, I hate what I became because of you." CPO Miles O'brien.
how in the hell does this have 847 views and only 139 likes? we need to get our mans netnarrator into the system. not enough people know about him.
I have only just found him today. Only 2 years for the system. :)
IMO 1 of the best and realistic military SF. Not b/c of tech or tactics but b/c on how humanity specially on Eastern European, Asian, Arabic and African military history would react in such a situation.
also i mean... western history too. japan attacked a harbour, the US dropped 2 mini-suns on Japan (yes i know they were atomic not thermonuclear, but you get what i mean) humanities history kinda proves that we do NOT take provocation well, and are quite fond of overkill
@@revampedharpy09 Hell, look up Operation Pray Mantis and what the USA defines as a 'proportional response' to one of their ships nearly being sunk by an Iranian mine (Swear to God the only reason it _didn't_ sink was because the damaged destroyer was the USS Samuel B. Roberts. Spirits of the original Sammy B [of Taffy 3 fame]'s crew and the best damage control training in the fleet aren't going to let a destroyer with that kind of heritage get sunk by something as petty as a mine). Touching our boats, esp. America's boats, is NEVER a good idea.
well to quote vegeta from DBZ abridged "well ive killed for less"
-Humans, no!
-HUMANS YES!
Nappa: ahahahahahaaaa.... tragic.
@@wrath2501 i quote that line more often than id like to admit
I like how the humans were so pissed off that THEY LITERALLY SENT THE ALIENS PLANET INTO THEIR STAR
This one gave me chills, please never stop with the HFY lol
i REALLY don't want to say it but...: "You only reap what you sow."
The aliens continuously attack exclusively civilian targets, and are then surprised to see that it only makes humans more aggressive
"humanity glassed the military outposts of their homeworld planet, rounded up and shipped the civilians to a nearby habitable planet, and pushed their old planet into the freaking sun"
But the savagery doesn't end there... No, Humanity over 3 generations regressed their adversary into a primitive society that made religion... Let me be crispy clear on this: an entire religion where humanity equals to deity. Humans are Gods to them, and we are feard and worshipped.
Humans have in all meanings of the phrase: "kicked their asses into middle ages."
Good Lord, I think whipping them from existence is a mercy, compared to this ultimate humiliation.
But the funniest part is, that's exactly what the humans would do. We already have done a similar thing to our once natural predator: wolves. Hell we domesticated several other animal species. By controlling the reproduction we genetically engineered them, without even knowing what geneticall engineering even means: to be generally less aggressive (some exceptions are bulls, and we made a freaking sport out of competing with bloodlust animal... for fun. The audacity, the utter insanity.) Or the engineering to produce more material for consumption (milk, eggs, wool) or better quality meat.
"Don't mess with humans, or they will domesticate you with force."
God help the xenos if we ever stop fighting ourselves.
Humans to each other: I hate you
Aliens :I hate him too
All of humanity at once : who's you b!+@h
When faced with the possibility of extermination/extinction Anything goes(thats the gist of it went something like that)
The Inquisition approves of this story.
This is not cold hatred. Hatred is a burning fire. This level is a fire to rival the stars themselves. Vengeance is cold.
The very definition of "F*** around, and find out.".
Xeno: the humans MIGHT kill us, we should attack them first
Humans: You attacked us! Die!
Xeno: we are not winning, we surrender!
Humans: Feck you! You started this. We're not done making an example of you yet!
Other Xeno's: Note to self, DO NOT attack the humans. Especially DO NOT attack their civilians, EVER!. Humans do not react well to species level threats. In fact, execute the next being to even suggest it as a viable idea. Stick their head on a pike in the courtyard as an example to generations to come that some ideas are just too stupid to be entertained.
In every single government and military this side of the Galaxy, a person suggesting aggravating the humans is executed. We don't go there, because when we do they do. And they are simply so much better at it than we are.
Also stay away from their ships
"Fuck you, the only one allowed to kill me is me!"-Humanity
The hatred towards genocidal aliens would not be cold or unfeeling at all, it would burn hotter than any other cause. Our revenge would be implacable and remorseless, and I'd very much doubt that civilians would be spared. We would seek to exterminate such an enemy, and quite likely colonize their worlds afterwards.
A neutrino star powered realativistic chain gun firing stranglett ammo could be good if it were maybe in orbit and the size of the british isles it would make a good star system destroyer
Hello, cant wait for my peice, love your work
I love how most of the stories of humans in space, are the epitome of another race "fucking around and finding out."
I want to hear about the religion now 😹
"Look above you, dear children, onto the stars. But do not look too long, lest you draw the ire of the gods.
The Dwellers between the Stars seemed peaceful, benevolent and kind, and so we thought them weak. We were wrong. Heed my words, and take warning; just because someone is kind, does not make them weak. If, when provoked, someone decides to forgive; that is true strength. We had not yet understood this, and in our ignorance we set ourselves against the gods. But in their mercy they spared us, for they are indeed merciful gods. They gave us this paradise, and for that we are grateful.""
@@bjrnarflate5884...
That makes me think of OUR religions' origin now...
Yo neighbour's can I have your plasma weapons we want to do some funky stuff and make it a full nightmare
Great narrations! Sometimes I listen to them falling asleep but sometimes the end music is so jarring 😅 I like that this one didn’t have it!
Their infants quartered with the hands of war,
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds,...
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,..
this is what humans call "fucked around and found out"
The civilizational equivalent of "im gonna beat you till you love me"
The Gra’var : it is with a heavy heart that we admit total defeat and therefore offer our unconditional surrender
Humans: ...................
The Gra’var: you have slaughtered our soldiers, our people we have lost ALL
Humans: NO (ominous tone) NOT YET!
"Never push the Pink Skins to the thin ice."
Humans fight over the most petty things, but once we have a focus, a purpose, a reason and target to fight.... it’s not war, it’s genocide.
Nothing brings humans together better than common hatred.
Don't start nothin, won't BE nothin.
Lesson kids, do NOT pi$$ off the monkeys.
it's like mowing your lawn with a thermonuclear bomb ahahahah
An unattended candle will ALWAYS cause a wildfire
... Those last mine while true do not sum up everything we are, just what we are if you give us a reason
Humans will do to you what you did to them, tenfold.
Before man was, war waited for him. The greatest trade awaiting its greatest practitioners
Thanks
Alien diplomat: listen here humans, if you don't do what we want we'll declare war on you.
The rest of his species: the fuck we will.
Pardon us while our ambassador has an accident. We will be right back with a new ambassador.
Gra'var: missbehave
Humanity: you should behave
Gra'var: no
Humanity: you might as well not behave.. AT ALL
I don't remember which one but here was this one battle where Alexander the Great had a bunch of enemy prisoners, and instead of wasting resources holding and taking care of them, he decided to send the wounded soldiers back to their cities after cutting out the eye of every hundredth man. The wounded soldiers taxed the cities' resources and lowered morale, allowing Alexander's armies to conquer them easier.
I was sort of hoping that instead of genociding civilians (the theme of Humanity in this story in the war seems to be "no atrocity too great, but don't harm civvies"), they should have sieged a bunch of military installations and worlds, destroyed all supply sites, sabotaged/poisoned provisions and intercepted all outside supplies, and then ship the enemy troops and personnel on ships devoid of comms equipment or independent controls on a pre-programmed trajectory to the nearest habitable worlds with Juuuuuuusssssttt enough supplies on board for them to survive without cannibalizing more than 1% of each other. Boom, now the enemy has a ton of miserable, tortured souls draining their already war-taxed resources in states that would surely demoralize their population. Sure, it might take longer and ne a bit more expensive than what they did, but it would be so much more satisfying since Humanity could inflict such horror upon the xenos filth without breaking their "no civilian harm" rule. Making some bioweapon or nanite swarms that reduce the enemy to frothing vegetative messes or strip them down to the bones layer by layer would also have worked.
Yea but as a human it doesn’t feel right for what they did I’d rather tear them limb from limb myself just imagining what it would be like to lose your an entire family to a unprovoked attack on a civilian planet lights a flame so bright that it would burn anyone to close
Raise that to ~10% cannibalism (so they have to eat their dead but not to kill themselves to eat) and it sounds like a plan
But that wasn't to purpose of all this.
Maybe if we'd liked to conquer the galaxy but these Grav'Ash had one interest alone: humanity's eradication. And payback being fair, it was decided to respond in kind. Appropriately almost.
Had the Grav'Ash sued for peace after our firts or second counter, it would zave been a humiliating thing but they aport greater numbers now.
But they decided to screw with somebody at actually didn't want to be or needed to be crewed with.
Damn! Another one to my shfy playlist. I like it though.
They fired the first shot they dont know who's children will scream and burn how many lives will be lost how many planets will be destroyed but they never expected to lose I believe it was there own hubris that dug their grave
We are monsters, and with the void as our witness we will be the ONLY monsters.
Apparently the Geneva convention law book was better used as toilet paper than laws for humanity for all the respect the generals gave it.
Kill billions of civilians unprovoked and I wont cry over a little spilled phosphorus.
That is level 3 of fafo.
Level 1 they obey the Geneva Convention.
Level 2: it becomes Geneva suggestions
Level 3: it is now Geneva checklist
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and it is very cold in space.
They were just hangry your not you when your hungry after all
I feel like Xeno parents tell their children that humans are the boogyman and will get them if they don't act right. Lol
"Unfeeling hatred" sure why not end with an oxymoron?
To be honest this could be true.
Humanity just decided to win future battles while they were at it.
This is a run little story 😌😅
Fun not run lol 😅
They f**ked around and found out.
That made me proud an little
Yea the Gravar Woke up an Ancient black dragon
And forgot to run
it is not a crime against humanity if they not human and it not a war crime if it is pest control
Don't start none, won't be none.
Fiiiinally we ignored the surrender!
NO PITY NO FEAR NO REMORSE AVE HUMANUS!
NGL, this was based af 🙌🏻
Galactic dictionary: Humans-f#&k around and you will find out!
Some acts demand blood vengeance.
There is a lesson do not mess with the humans and do not go war with the humans
7 billion people died from a single spaceship explosion on a colony world?? What kinda ship was that?? Was it entirely made of dirty nukes? Lmao
"I didn't hear no bell..."
time for some stellaris i think
1 million millennia, so ... an Eon. or AEons on end.
They should've told in what reason they hate humanity because they just made Humanity itself hate them.