"I think we just asked a dragon to suppress an angry dog. I really hope it doesn't decide to burn down the whole town while it's at it." I'm keeping that one for later.
Alien Empire: we will eradicate this human scum from the face of the universe! ADVENT Coalition: pfft, good luck. Covenant: your funeral. Combine: not a great plan. Reapers: just…don’t.
In the first story when they said the humans weren't there yet I was waiting for them to decloak an entire armada and instantly destroy the whole enemy fleet. What I got instead was possibly even better.
Both of these stories are the equivalent of 1: noted don't fuck with the humans 2: we took note not to mess with the humans for a reason it was nice knowing you
Honestly, this whole ‘Humans are space Orcs’ concept reminds me of the first contact war from Mass Effect. Humanity made first contact with the Turians, who represented the backbone of the Citadel’s military, and war broke out because the Humans were activating dormant mass relays and opening new hyperspace routes. Since this sort of behaviour was what resulted in the Rachni invasion, subsequently followed by the Krogan rebellions, the Turians panicked and attacked rather than simply explain what the issue was. When the Turians invaded and occupied a human colony, we responded with a big-ass fleet that sent them packing and caused the Asari to step in and organise a peace treaty. Even decades after this war ended, many Turians respected and admired Humans for being such colossal badasses.
This. Humanity more or less held its own against the powerhouse of the Galactic Council who had held this position for centuries. I'm pretty certain that the Turians and Asari rulers were sweating, lol.
@@Mark-xh8mdThe Turian Primarch was frothing at the mouth. The Asari didn't want a galactic war to start over a hot-headed Admiral Shooting first and Asking questions later. I do want to point out that the fleet the humans sent against the Turians was literally everything we had. Where as the Turian fleet was one Anti-Piracy fleet patrolling some systems. They had many more ships to spare.
@@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim nothing like making a good show of force, even if it literally means you even pulled out everything at least show the enemy you are not backing out without a fight
@@quentintin1 Agreed, I just wanted to point out that the humans would have lost in the Long run if the Asari didn't step in. And it did work, many turians have respect for humans.
Galactic Union: Sorry, humans, we're in the middle of trying to prevent a fight-- Humans: A fight?! Can we join?! GU:...I guess? Humans: FIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHT aww, these guys aren't even a threat. Indignant GU Planet: We'll fight you! Humans: AW YISS
On of my favorite short stories is the one where the alien group has finally wiped out Humanities 2 worlds. It took them a long time, but they finally did it with huge losses. Then they go over the last messages that the humans had sent and received, and it describes how the relief fleets are on the way from another galaxy (I think it was 10 or more fleets) There are more fleets coming than the aliens have in total.
I love this first story, it really could be tied with the story about the Andromeda human colony brought that GC to its knees, just to learn that it was only civilians and the military wasn't there... yet
"Secondly you are that expansionist already even though you just entered the galactic stage?" "Yes, this galactic stage." And the second story is just "Fuck around and find out." "So everyone can maintain neutrality? But how does that help the humans?" "It doesn't, it protects the rest of the Galactic Union."
"Put simply… I fear the repercussions will be beyond your comprehension." The alien leader, visibly shaken, took a moment to absorb what had just been said. The weight of his actions weighed heavily on him. He had acted rashly, blinded by his sense of justice and the perceived injustice against his species. Now, he was faced with the reality that he might have endangered not just his people but the entire galaxy. “Is it really that dire?” he whispered, the bravado from earlier now replaced with genuine fear. The other being nodded gravely. "You've heard the tales of the Humans' past wars, haven't you? On their own planet, they waged wars that devastated entire continents. They have weapons capable of destroying worlds. The Humans have a saying: 'Hell hath no fury like a Human scorned.' They're not like other species. When they go to war, they don't just aim to win, they aim to decimate. They're relentless, unyielding, and when provoked, merciless." The leader felt a cold sweat forming on his brow. “I... I had no idea. We were only taught about their economy, their trade prowess. I had no clue about their...war history.” The wise figure sighed, "That's the problem. Many in the Galactic Union are so enamored with the Humans' trade and economic capabilities that they forget or willingly ignore their history. But those who've been around long enough know better. The Humans, for all their advancements, have a dark side. And you, unfortunately, have just poked the bear." Swallowing hard, the leader nodded. "I will call them. I will apologize and hope they listen." The elder being nodded, "May the stars guide you, and let's hope the Humans are in a forgiving mood." The leader quickly made his way to the communication chamber, praying to every deity he knew, hoping to avert the storm he had unwittingly unleashed.
Excellent stories the both. Battle Commander prepare to jump the fleet into theater. Fleet Admiral we're getting a signal from the Human fleet. Eh what do those primates want now? Their asking us to hold their .......beers? I don't understand sir. Hmmm stand down Battle Commander. What why sir? Well I do like a good Terran Dark. Yeoman!
i think those xeno must have see how we turn a planet into space ashes.... Human about War/ killing is not joke... it just in our DNA to create the most destruction weapon....
They just saw how we said hello, but rearranging a local star cluster to litterally say hello and realised that we are insane and have the ability to throw stars for fun.
Reminds me of the webcomic schlock mercenary, where the precursors did gravimetric warfare on large scale a few million years ago, as in throwing stars at enemy systems.
If you look at our media, our sports, and the history behind them, we are a VERY proud warrior race. We took combat and made it entertainment, we have tournaments at the GLOBAL SCALE meant to highlight the prowess of our nations at various martial weapons and sports so brutal they cause lasting permanent damage to players!
Through dark of night and seas of blood. through bolster, lasgun, knife or mud. The emperor protect against all things, except the RU-vid algorithm so here's a comment lol :)
I have a running hypothesis that the rest of the universe will see us and say "We don't know what it was, It just screamed 'waaagh' then blew itself up."
Xenos charging weapons! Humans : That was cute, come along now we got shit to discuss. Any galaxy who's first law is do not mess with th e humans, is a galaxy you can invest in. It 'll be there tomorrow as well.
Without the demons the warp would have never been untransversale. So no age of strive. Being a psyker does not put you either in a ship to the throne nor one step away from becoming a portal to hell. STCs for everyone.
@@KarlSanathos Psykers have a raw deal. You either get protection from a Rogue Trader, or get taken in and trained as a Navigator if you are really lucky and around a shipyard. If you are in the Guard when you manifest you become a sanctioned psyker and used as a living weapon of war (to be fair this also means you are treated BETTER than the average guardsmen). The worst situation happens if you are found and in a hive city dedicated to war resources...those all get shipped to the throne unless they have a gift for something useful (which is rare, such as being able to send and receive images from long distances). More psykers get sanctioned than get sent to the throne amusingly enough. It is just the black ships come and take them and the planet never hears from them again unless they are a Guard awakened psyker. The Guard psykers are BADASSES. Take everything that makes the Guard, the Guard...now add the ability to kill things with your mind or shield your fellows. There are a handful of known psyker Guard members and the most terrifying ones are a woman from Cadia who can make shields around her that orbital bombardment cannot crack while also throwing out waves of kinatic force that can throw a Leman Russ tank away from her like it was made of cardboard, and a male Krieger who can throw spectral flames and lightning around (yes, this is where the Smite and Spectral Fire abilities from Darktide come from though the character in question does so at staggeringly longer distances). Guard psykers also become part of command staff pretty quickly.
Story 1. Readings of several 100 000 cruiser class ships, each with the energy signature of a neutron star... Those readings may be a bit low. Jump parameters consistent with intergalactic travel. Well... Providing the exact coordinates of our home world is not an issue when nobody can go there, even within 100 generations. Story 2. This mean that any specie declaring war against the humans is just asking for it's own extinction.
I imagine the humans just sent a picture of the Milky Way with a "You are Here" arrow pointing towards THE WRONG stellar arm! I mean, sure it will take 10,000 years for the GC to figure out intergalactic travel... but why make it easy once they arrive?
I remember reading a series of books about 20 years ago maybe more. There was a galactic war and we were still not in space. Then we were notified because we were about to be attacked. Well we beat off the attack and the galactic council or whatever weren’t too sure about inviting us too join them and breathed a sigh of relief when they realised we didn’t want to lol.
One, the story was entertainingly read. Two, the aquarium is very soothing on the mind to watch and I actually had to ignore it to pay attention to the stories. Three, I somehow failed to notice the Star Trek model until the video was almost over.
"Why do you want to join our council when you are from a different galaxy?" "We're alone over there." "Oh... what happened to the others?" "They were all worse than the Gorjchev, and less than a third as intelligent as them... They... got uppity... and didn't listen to reason." "... oh..." "So... can we join? We want some friends. And even the Gorjchev have their heads screwed on better than our old 'neighbours'... We have cookies!"
I'm half expecting there to be no response from the alien in the second story, part of the way through cause the guy got caught by humans, and ripped apart before the other alien could explain how badly their species fucked up.
Love that ending to the first story. humans: "We are now showing our home system." captain: "Is that an entire galaxy?" Should have followed that up with the classification of Earth as a Death World level 12. From what I listened to by these stories a Death World level 7 is to be avoided at all costs for no member of this galactic community could survive on a Death World higher then a 4.
He has had to pause before as well. It's why I hate listening or reading "in progress" stories! Dungeon life has become one of my favorite stories, shame it's got such a generic name, will be hard to search for fan art of it!
I'm ashamed it took me so long to realize that they thought Deathworld Class 3 was so big because they didn't know where Earth was so they couldn't classify it.
So I’m the first story do we like control the entire Milky Way or just a bit of it because in both cases we are going to be like gods since we are at the technology level to travel between galaxies.
From the way it was sounding. Hummies control the Milky Way in it's entirety and either encountered no other sapient species, or wiped them out, and wanted to make friends in the new galaxy.
Yeah just like a human we wo t follow your laws But you must follow every law we have. Like a big mouthed American in a foreign country screaming "you can't do this to me I am an American"
Human 10 year old empress clapping her hands excitedly. Oh goody can we use the new MIRV antimatter singularity warhead armed her interdimensional missiles now ppweease.
first story.. very nice and apt slang , no ''council asked righteous warriors'' or such stuff brown nose fluffling or self glorifying poetic vaxing but more 'pragmatic' words relating to the duties of the militar aka , where do we , ouer foes and these new ones sit in strength compared to each other ? ^^
