now thinking of the term "glassing a planet" is "so 16000 years ago my dude" and then we have "dusting a planet" which out of context doesnt sound so bad till u know the context and are like "OH DEAR GOD-"
well... maybe the author didn't intend it but since these are silicon based lifeforms then like how carbon based lifeforms expel CO2, silicon ones would expel a form of silicon dust, almost like sand. So the dust around the planet would likely be the deconstructed remains of a significant number of that aliens' peoples. not likely what the author intended but from a chemistry standpoint thats what would happen if there were actually silicon-based life forms.
@@hamsta11 reminds me of the {sorry if this is a random tidbit] but of how the gems from steven universe react to human jewelery considering since thats basicaally a necklace of hearts just on a chain/string for fancy human to wear-
Glassing a planet send the message "Nothing personal". Dusting a planet... that 2 degrees above "Nothing personal" and below "You just made it personal". The "You made it personal" can only be resolved one way, not with blood and gore and viscera. No, no, that's still "Nothing Personal". The "Personal" Realm, DNA deconstruction. A slow, yet effective, method of murder that the species starts to crumble before their own eyes, year by year. First, it starts with the lost of feeling in limbs, followed by nerves no longer working. Muscles start atrophying, followed by calcification of the skin. By a certain year mark, no births given, and most of the population is dusted. Most intakes are unsatisfactory and the population scrambles to find a cure. Little to they know, that their entire code is corrupted and finding new code to be capable with theirs is God-Territory. By the time something of a semblance of a cure is found, 99% of the species population is dust, and the 1% is infertile. Amazing what humans can come up with, when we're angry
When the humans learn about the rogue planet: "Huh! We wondered where we'd left that one ... Great! Now our collection is complete! Now, about that piracy..."
Well considering they only took the supplies to keep themselves alive and I'm guessing here did not game end their victims, it is tolerable and not worthy of total annihilation
It sounds like Humanity doesn't have an issue with just basic piracy. Sounds like they're so far ahead in the game resource wise, they would rather people take what they need if they are desperate enough to resort to such actions. It's only when you start actively doing it for gains beyond survival that they have issues, and those that do so probably don't exist for very long after they are found to do so. I feel like all the other races will go ask Humanity about this, and they'll be like, "Yea, want to see the recordings?"
@@chrislaf89 From how I saw it the first thing that really pissed off humanity was when they killed unarmed civilians when committing the piracy, not just piracy for personal gain.
“They gave up their goods without a fight, so they were seen as weak” them fuckers probably had insurance. They were like “why would I die for this I’m gonna get a payday!”
Given the implication that humanity was doing fine even when other species were struggling, they could probably afford the losses without suffering much harm.
Orbiting the dead planet a behemoth watched the lone ship slip into hyperspace with its newfound message. As soon as the ship was out of range the behemoth powered on, its ancient engines glowing brightly as it’s frame shook off the cosmic dust that had built up over thousands of cycles. As it lurched forward leaving the dead world behind a single light was visible upon its hull. It read two words “ *unbridled retribution* “
Ooh, yes! Edit: possible edit, 'As it lurched forward, leaving the dead world behind, a single light was visible on it's hull, illuminating two words, 'Unbridled Retribution'.
We try to avoid war at all costs, but once it starts a human truly becomes a human. Once a war starts our most primal urges kick in and no length is too great to protect ourselves.
@@quinnhasse9170humanity has a built in need to survive. If survival has to be made by total eradication of a species humans will do it. This is probably our most defining instinct.
@quinnhasse9170 we don't need protection, they need protection from us. It's why humanity(In space) always seem to try the options of peace first since we know the savage cleansing fire that burns within our history.
Of course it does if it didn't almost every war everyone would be reminded why its needed because the fucking Canadians forgot to leave a fight for the rest of us and "glassed" 9 planets and 3 of them were accidental
Since yt be is here ill add with this but because intelligence on our selves is just that great no one actually rember if those planets existed or not the 3 that were acientendal
Ah, the eminent You Asked For It. Sister ship to the inexorable You Had This Coming, both coming from the famed The Consequences Of Your Own Actions line.
But showing your true strength also invites hostility. Looking at what humanity had up its sleeve, we'd scare everyone into an alliance against us. Keeping it low key may loose an occasional cargo, but, its still cheaper than all out war. So there could be good reasons for keeping everything on the down low.
@@Wastelandman7000I don't think Humanity really cared/cares about the materials being taken, especially by those in need. It was only once they started killing unnecessarily that they took notice.
Past humanity was too. It used to be when you were caught being a thief they branded your face so you could never hide the fact you were a thief. Do it again? They cut off your dominant hand. Did it a third time? They just killed you. Think about all the problems we wouldn't have today if we had never stopped doing this simple and effective punishment.
Were I the aliens, I would listen to these messages and ask the Humans for a copy of their Geneva Conventions, study them, then beg humanity to be included as signatories to it.
Now, that is a good idea. You know soon as the first done that, and was under humanities protect - how long before every one asked the same. There you go INSTANT PEACE AT THE POINT OF A SWORD.
@@brigidtheirish the planet wasn't a child. it was named after a kid-specifically a spoiled brat who acts like her life is so miserable despite being more well-off than at least 90% of the planet's population and yet gets showered with media attention. at least, I assume that's who the planet was named for. I can't think of any other "Greta"s that are all that important.
Greta may not refer to the climate activist Greta Thunberg. It is or was a common name derived from Margret. Both Heinlein and Asimov have used it in their books, both as character names as well as names of places.
"The Ura-Dranish scout ship Fraga then turned away from the desolate rogue planet with new understanding. Not just of a past they never knew they had but of a future that they vowed to never squander again."
I mean, it's quite apparent that Humanity has kept this secret for a long time before this war, and somehow over 8 thousand cycles, no one remembers that war. Seems like humans are the very adept at making sure such information is kept out of everyone's databases, but the purpose of this was to allow others to know what happens when you fuck with humans. You play stupid games, you win....a dusty planet.
@@Wastelandman7000Now they know humanity with a single ship was able to do that to the home planet, and honestly with a singular shipped they can drop Lee decimate an entire solar system. Ignoring what they can do with warp drive, and the extreme ability of their ships in addition to the shields- which just the publicly known Shields are the best around. Which leaves the implication that like all the other stuff, the concealed human shields would be all so far above anything else. They would probably be terrified, not want to let humanity mail because of fear, and they're probably going to try and avoid humans. If you suddenly found out that someone or broadman sake some species inhabiting your town was able to destroy the entire continent if it wanted to. How far away will you go away from this thing without question, how little would you want to interact with it, how little would you want to even be remotely near its state? Also humanity might be considered a threat that no military action should be taken towards whatsoever, which should anything like this happen-even though they've already been proven to be soft targets for piracy.
Love hearing these stories while working but there was one story I cannot find where aliens invade earth and kill a child and the entire planet goes genocidal on the aliens
Good story-but the stories where humans conceal their power level also confuse me. Demonstrating weakness invites aggression. Humans might have avoided conflict by not being so dead set on avoiding conflict.
I see this as confusing as well. My intuition believes it to mean humanity wants this to happen, like a cruel joke, but in the end it likely is just because the writing process isn't fully thought out.
The term drawing fire comes to mind. Perhaps they are appearing weak so that the truly weak aren't victimized and the bullies are found out and punished. They also probably don't want to be perceived that way, and they might have elements of their history where stuff has happened and this led to the care they took to not actually wipe out the offending species in this story.
I love the fact that the ship was called "The Gloves Are Off." Makes me wish they built the U.S.S. The Gloves Are Off or the U.S.S. You Asked For It in response to 9/11. It would be so poetic.
@@GabrielArchon Dont ask me,my live quality,right now is shitty,at best,but given the chance of prolong it by few thousands of years,and tech to live on some other world(or even on a fleet) quality would probably be better than today. Not neccesary,but,still.Can you imagine yourself living as long as an Asari,or longer?
Aliens: humans are weak traders and peace makers not warriors. Hitler to Satin: the Kisar thaught us the same thing in the Great War. Australians: Satin I want a resupply and you to make these weapons for us. Satin: Jesus what the hell? Australians: Is there a problem. Satin: No no probelm Rommel never thought you would acually take hell it was a joke. Australians: Rommel was a fool then.
It's interesting how most people view the Geneva Conventions. Most people view it as a list of the worst human atrocities to commit in war. Canadians see it as a cot dam Score Board. That knowledge has been the only thing keeping the U.S. back from 1812 Part 2: Electric Boogaloo. Those who know, know Canada is still posting numbers on the GCs.
Probably to prevent internal strife and organize a casus belli, because sure humanity can erase an entire space empire but the issue is if the other half of humanity decides they don't like what the other half is doing and then proceed to enact a war in heaven.
NGL the temporal warfare bit has me puzzled because just manipulating spacetime to accelerate an asteroid from a distance shouldn't be jack... now if he'd targeted a ship and made it and all of those aboard experience a few centuries of entropic acceleration, like some sort of reverse time dilation that paralyzed the ship while it and all those aboard got aged to hell (and after a few centuries not even children born on the ship to the crew after they realized they weren't escaping on their own would still be around unless it had an absurd population and ludicrous reliability, redundancies, and/or spare parts), that I could see being temporal warfare. I just can't see what amounts to a warp catapult that happens to use the 4th axis counting...
somewhere Issac Asimov is grinning like a loon with these sci fi stories note: he wasn't just a sci fi writer, seriously check out his massive book of naughty limericks & rhymes😋
Apparently the console they left had no instructions on how to avoid run on sentences. Not a bad story, worst grammar and reading I've heard since leaving primary school.
