I love the humailty of humanity on this story. They automatically assumed the galatic unitied front were ahead as the first thought. It would make sense that the galatic power would be powerful so i am glad of the kindness and curiosity of the humans in this story.
I mean, how couldn't you? When you face a tough enemy that was evidently fleeing from somewhere, you're gonna assume what it flees from IS more powerful.
Human : We're searching for the people who traumatized them! Alien : Yes... for that you should look in a mirror. You guys are horrors beyond comprehension... would you excuse me? I think I just sh*t myself just by talking to you.
Another great story......... My message to command would be : Sir You are doomed....... Command : What do you mean We are doomed.....? I QUIT...... SEE YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE YOU.....
Dude a higher tech civilization that’s freindly to you lands on your lap and you think oh no where doomed? My guy when life gives you nurn berries make nurn berry jam
no, this particular Captain is Friendly and obviously a buffoon for giving away this information, Which to the Aliens would be the equivalence of this species have This level of Tech and Flaunt it as if it's normal, No Sane Officer of any Military would divulge this kind information without being told to do so or trading likewise information, and even then the Trade would be likely heavily in their favour
Ah but it would appear our non-humans suspect they found a Tonberry colony instead. And frankly, if they get stupid, that could turn out to be the case.
Consider what happened to previously isolated island civilizations when WWII brought them into contact with the United States. You don’t have to be colonized or introduced to brand new diseases for your society to be turned inside out, and possibly ended by assimilation into that of the higher-tech one.
07:11 if a Window is useful in Space you're going Very slow, the moment you can See something out of a Window It'll be VERY Close, Warships in Space will be an armoured Citadel containing the Command Deck buried in the middle of the ship, with everything around it be spaced armour containing the weapons and other systems required that don't need to or can't be be in the citadel, if you don't need to see outside with your eyes and instead rely on sensors you can make your Bridge a LOT safer by burying it Deep instead of what most Sci-Fi shows do, Make the Bridge just about the most Obvious thing and barely refraining from painting a Bullseye on it
Was reading a series earlier today with a captain thinking about the traditional flying bridge. Lots of words about better view and all. Behind it was the practical consideration of a hotspot of electrical activity that looks super important, but the loss of which is like 2 guys. Misdirection while still maintaining the classic design
"The Geth don't use windows, they are structural weaknesses." I've always hated this line. You already poked holes in the hull for sensors and weapons. It would cost you nothing to add cameras to those same holes. We put cameras in surgical equipment FFS!
I was actually debating with myself abt this once. At first i thought the same. Then after some more thought i came to thinking “we would put windows anyways”. Its better for the crews mental. You may say displays are the same but only to an extent. Besides, wouldnt you agree houses windows or any building would be safer without windows? We still have em anyways. Glass is expensive.
@@r1ppl3_13 Windows allow us to see some semblance of nature. You don't need windows to see nature. Houseplants, trigger natural anti-depressants. Butt greenery is high maintenance, and die, which is depressing. Likewise, performing dangerous activities and surviving, reduces depression; I know, it's dumb, butt it works. In short, you don't need windows for metal health in space. You need to wipe your own ass, do something spontaneously stupid, and grow a plant, and OMG, get off the net, and get a real name!
@@HimitsuYami Still remember first time I built system craft. I was at war with someone and couple of days after finishing it, they were just "what the hell did you just bult? You know what? Nope. We're done" and surrendered. Pretty sure that's exactly how that alien captain felt.
This statement I often see and am often amused by. "Masters" study logistics only to be decimated by the master of tactics. Your logistics mean nothing if you never win the battle. Logistics without tactics is gifting your resources to the enemy. Strategy without logistics is a doomed venture leading to starving men. Tactics without strategy is attacking without aiming.
@@ashtongiertz8728 Not really, even though history is filled with fighting and bloodsheed, many tend to over focus on military history. In reality for every instance of war and conquering you'll find at least 2 of trade deals, joint bussiness ventures and economic diplomacy.
I agree. the plot is not very well put together. The general idea is interesting, but it feels more like a cobbled together series of semi-connected ideas than an actual moving plot.
Wait until they meet Billy Bob, Space Trucker! They speak English but aren't English and I doubt Australia so yeah. You guys HAVE to listen to Billy Bob, Space Trucker! The best series I have ever heard though unfortunately too short.
I like the story overall. Nice to have something fun that doesn't end in xenocide and atrocity. Personally, I've never been a fan of more gunz = more power. History shows that slapping more guns on a warship always comes at a cost. Those guns require ammunition or power feeds. The larger the magazine, the harder to supply, and the greater volume you need to armor against enemy shots. Fewer weapons with large, sweeping fields of fire make more sense in my mind. More Gundam or Space Battleship Yamato and less Star Wars.
yeah, exactly there's always a cost involved when you're dealing with vessels, that's why Tanks have 1 Gun and a bunch of Machine Guns, or the Iowa Class Battleship 9 guns, there's a lot of design considerations to be had, Also one should also keep in mind that Battles in Space would be best described as Medieval Jousts where the fleets try to manoeuvrer and position themselves for Hours for contact to only last Seconds as both fleets enter and leave each other's firing ranges that quickly due to the velocities involved being fractions of light speed, for instance in Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" series, the usual Relative velocity in passes would be .2 Light, any faster and the computers fail to counteract the effects of time dilation quickly enough which results in higher than acceptable misses, Every Gun would be a variable needing computation, so Larger Guns would also mean less Computation needed as there are Less Variables involved from the Weapons perspective it's also why I've gotten so annoyed by the idea of Visual identification through Windows in Space, If you can see something it's probably a Planet or a Moon, or it's Very Close and matching velocity, therefore one should think about Submarines when designing spaceships as they're the Closest in structure to a Space Ship
also , nice concept story buuut feels like the dialog and first contact is a bit 'rushed' for the story sake aka , neither admiral offer details such as population size of their civilization at first conversation etc
*When you put all the research slots on industrials levels and had done all the industrial focuses*
lol
I love the humailty of humanity on this story. They automatically assumed the galatic unitied front were ahead as the first thought. It would make sense that the galatic power would be powerful so i am glad of the kindness and curiosity of the humans in this story.
I mean, how couldn't you? When you face a tough enemy that was evidently fleeing from somewhere, you're gonna assume what it flees from IS more powerful.
Human : We're searching for the people who traumatized them!
Alien : Yes... for that you should look in a mirror. You guys are horrors beyond comprehension... would you excuse me? I think I just sh*t myself just by talking to you.
Another great story......... My message to command would be : Sir You are doomed....... Command : What do you mean We are doomed.....? I QUIT...... SEE YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE YOU.....
Let's just say the aliens are traumatized
Dude a higher tech civilization that’s freindly to you lands on your lap and you think oh no where doomed? My guy when life gives you nurn berries make nurn berry jam
no, this particular Captain is Friendly and obviously a buffoon for giving away this information, Which to the Aliens would be the equivalence of this species have This level of Tech and Flaunt it as if it's normal,
No Sane Officer of any Military would divulge this kind information without being told to do so or trading likewise information, and even then the Trade would be likely heavily in their favour
When such civilisation can literally wipe you out of existence, yes.
Ah but it would appear our non-humans suspect they found a Tonberry colony instead. And frankly, if they get stupid, that could turn out to be the case.
I would rather make wine.
Consider what happened to previously isolated island civilizations when WWII brought them into contact with the United States. You don’t have to be colonized or introduced to brand new diseases for your society to be turned inside out, and possibly ended by assimilation into that of the higher-tech one.
07:11 if a Window is useful in Space you're going Very slow, the moment you can See something out of a Window It'll be VERY Close, Warships in Space will be an armoured Citadel containing the Command Deck buried in the middle of the ship, with everything around it be spaced armour containing the weapons and other systems required that don't need to or can't be be in the citadel,
if you don't need to see outside with your eyes and instead rely on sensors you can make your Bridge a LOT safer by burying it Deep instead of what most Sci-Fi shows do, Make the Bridge just about the most Obvious thing and barely refraining from painting a Bullseye on it
Was reading a series earlier today with a captain thinking about the traditional flying bridge. Lots of words about better view and all. Behind it was the practical consideration of a hotspot of electrical activity that looks super important, but the loss of which is like 2 guys. Misdirection while still maintaining the classic design
This is the way
"The Geth don't use windows, they are structural weaknesses."
I've always hated this line. You already poked holes in the hull for sensors and weapons. It would cost you nothing to add cameras to those same holes. We put cameras in surgical equipment FFS!
I was actually debating with myself abt this once. At first i thought the same. Then after some more thought i came to thinking “we would put windows anyways”. Its better for the crews mental. You may say displays are the same but only to an extent. Besides, wouldnt you agree houses windows or any building would be safer without windows? We still have em anyways. Glass is expensive.
@@r1ppl3_13
Windows allow us to see some semblance of nature. You don't need windows to see nature. Houseplants, trigger natural anti-depressants. Butt greenery is high maintenance, and die, which is depressing. Likewise, performing dangerous activities and surviving, reduces depression; I know, it's dumb, butt it works. In short, you don't need windows for metal health in space. You need to wipe your own ass, do something spontaneously stupid, and grow a plant, and OMG, get off the net, and get a real name!
It seems the aliens found the Isaac Arthur humans.
Though without the extremely massive numbers.
This whole story just sounds like Stellaris gigastructural engineering lol
Just wait for the systemcraft! Or for them to get acot tech
@@HimitsuYami Still remember first time I built system craft. I was at war with someone and couple of days after finishing it, they were just "what the hell did you just bult? You know what? Nope. We're done" and surrendered. Pretty sure that's exactly how that alien captain felt.
Amateurs study tactics.
Professionals study strategies.
Masters study logistics.
Logistics is the true hand behind the king's success
This statement I often see and am often amused by. "Masters" study logistics only to be decimated by the master of tactics. Your logistics mean nothing if you never win the battle.
Logistics without tactics is gifting your resources to the enemy. Strategy without logistics is a doomed venture leading to starving men. Tactics without strategy is attacking without aiming.
Now this was fun ... and clearly fiction. May this fiction become reality one day!
Yeahhh that would be cool
You're only doomed if you don't become friends with them.
Right just be friends
Exactly lol
Humans have always found cooperation to be far more pleasant and profitable than conflict 😁🤑
@@Jedidiah_Martin_2history disagrees with you there.
@@ashtongiertz8728 Not really, even though history is filled with fighting and bloodsheed, many tend to over focus on military history. In reality for every instance of war and conquering you'll find at least 2 of trade deals, joint bussiness ventures and economic diplomacy.
@@TheTraktorarne Like Japan in the cold war?
The author was chugging the silly juice with this one.
But that’s what makes it so GOOD, Janice! Feel it! My heart is pounding like an anvil!
Naw I think he was just playing Stellaris with Gigastructural Engineering enabled.
I agree. the plot is not very well put together. The general idea is interesting, but it feels more like a cobbled together series of semi-connected ideas than an actual moving plot.
Of course its saturday!
My inner Ork mekboy is looking at that humie ship and going: "Needs moar dakka."
but boss! where we 'onna put them? teh entire ship is a'ready covered with dakka.
@@charliedulol Easy ya git! Ya put more dakka on top of the other dakka! Simple as!
@@internetzenmaster8952 but boss! den alla da ship peep eyz cant see!
HAHA we are doomed. I love it. I also love the voice, that gravelly voice just makes it even better.
I have to wonder how "savage" the remnants of that empire actually were. Hunting them for generations makes me vastly distrusting.
When you do the Gigastructural Engineering start Away On An Island, and speedrun to Planetcraft before entering the main stage.
Can you expand on that thought?
I think we might’ve accidentally made the commander shit a brick,poor soul 😅
You're not doomed. You just found your very best friend
Wait until they meet Billy Bob, Space Trucker! They speak English but aren't English and I doubt Australia so yeah.
You guys HAVE to listen to Billy Bob, Space Trucker! The best series I have ever heard though unfortunately too short.
got annoyed quickly, It required me to disconnect too much from the reality of Space
I was good until they started making jokes about billy and the eagle girl more than romantic
I really enjoy this type of story. It's why I started listening to HFY.
Stay with the human readers.
They can't read them all, and they are wise enought to pick only the best.
I think the not mirim are perhaps looking at the human technology and arriving at an erroneous conclusion.
coole story with a much cooler ending :D
When a small scout fleet outclasses a navy
That smells like us v. third world country
Oh hey it's that one controlling race that shows up every giga structure run to destroy everything.
Someone just got buffaloed
Gigastructures got installed 😂
I like the story overall. Nice to have something fun that doesn't end in xenocide and atrocity.
Personally, I've never been a fan of more gunz = more power. History shows that slapping more guns on a warship always comes at a cost. Those guns require ammunition or power feeds. The larger the magazine, the harder to supply, and the greater volume you need to armor against enemy shots. Fewer weapons with large, sweeping fields of fire make more sense in my mind. More Gundam or Space Battleship Yamato and less Star Wars.
yeah, exactly there's always a cost involved when you're dealing with vessels, that's why Tanks have 1 Gun and a bunch of Machine Guns, or the Iowa Class Battleship 9 guns, there's a lot of design considerations to be had, Also one should also keep in mind that Battles in Space would be best described as Medieval Jousts where the fleets try to manoeuvrer and position themselves for Hours for contact to only last Seconds as both fleets enter and leave each other's firing ranges that quickly due to the velocities involved being fractions of light speed,
for instance in Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" series, the usual Relative velocity in passes would be .2 Light, any faster and the computers fail to counteract the effects of time dilation quickly enough which results in higher than acceptable misses, Every Gun would be a variable needing computation, so Larger Guns would also mean less Computation needed as there are Less Variables involved from the Weapons perspective
it's also why I've gotten so annoyed by the idea of Visual identification through Windows in Space, If you can see something it's probably a Planet or a Moon, or it's Very Close and matching velocity, therefore one should think about Submarines when designing spaceships as they're the Closest in structure to a Space Ship
7:40 ALWAYS SPACE FO MOA DAKKA! ^^
also , nice concept story buuut feels like the dialog and first contact is a bit 'rushed' for the story sake aka , neither admiral offer details such as population size of their civilization at first conversation etc
"Standard time units" sounds like an ai writer
Ruth Knoll
Is that where Helen Mirim came from?
Mirim is actually nothing more than the Imperium of man on that 40k. Good. I am disappointed with that series.
Noice!!!
Just nod your head and keep your mouth shut. Making friends with humans is integral to your survival
Another reupload, Netnarrator? Would be nice if you put it in the title.
Re-upload, or the commenter thinking of another channel's upload
Call it.
Can you link to the original then? If not then make sure it isn’t from another channel.
I've listened since near the beginning. This isn't a repost from this channel.
@@ainzooalgown3927 I'm sure it's not from another channel, it was posted here 2-3 years ago.
@@jhackofalltrades you would think so if it's the first time you listened to it. But it was posted before on the channel.
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