I like how in the series aliens see coffee as this mind altering drug that humans always drink. Like they themselves don't have a drink that gives them a pick me up.
I mean *sips the remainder of not so black coffee from the cup*, I could understand why anyone other than human would think so *having headache clear out and going to get a second (or actually, 5th cup of coffee today). But it's all lies! LIES! Seriously though, I love the way this whole story has gone. I mean from near-pacifists to actual genocidal maniacs (in the eyes of others), when factually nothing has changed. War. War never changes. There are dozens of nice stories about how humanity would be seen as peaceful and pitiful by other species, however when thrown back against the wall? Yeah. The gloves come off. And then not a single entity around is going to have nice day.
These books are awesome. I found them by mistake looking for a podcast or something else to talk me to sleep. I put the first book on and ended up glued to the story for 4 hours.
But unlike some podcast it does not go random like steamers. It is like having a good book read to you after a eye surgery and you can not read it your self.
OMG NO!!! How they left it soooooooooooo open ended :((((( Also that first chapter hit so strong, this storyline by SpacePaladin is so awesome! And your narration is epic as well, many thanks! :)
I'm so glad I discovered this channel and these books, holy hell the first one was great and I took as much free time as I could to listen to it, I'm hoping to enjoy this one just as much
I've just recently stumbled across these stories, and I've been hooked at first listen. It's cool to actually hear stories involving space, where humans are actually the docile, but feared entities. In this type of story, humans are usually depicted as feeble minded weaklings of a race, quickly dominated by other more technologically advanced and stronger races of beings. It's kinda refreshing and very much enjoyable.
I love these stories and I appreciate the work that's involved in making these. The only criticism I have it I don't care for the voice over on this series. What you did in "Why humans avoid war" and the voice acting on that was superb
Wowee…! I just discovered your channel. I like it so far, very interesting take on the genre…. Keep up the fine work, I’ll be keeping an eye on future contact….😎 ……..BeWell,BeSafe…….
i've really been enjoying the story especially the first book but one thing i've been noticing with this continuation one is why does it feel like huge battle cruisers feel like they lack man power and seem to only have a limited amount of soldiers unless all the ships are now tiny but as a general of the federation military you would think he would be commanding a flagship with thousands or tens of thousands of people onboard. The ending of the last book kinda didn't make sense spoiler alert what was to come with how the book ended i would assume the intelligence department would catch the message before it arrived to its destination seeing how they didn't trust the individual in the first place and have him being watched around the clock.
If you're on patrol and you find something you call it in especially wen its something strange especially wen its Crippled human warship Edit good they did
Ok, I ABSOFREEKINGLUTELY LOVE THESE STORIES!!! I get a hard on whenever humans start burning down genocidal aliens! While i hate war, ive learned to love the fight. Its a weird dichotomy. But US Marines are not known for being mentally polished and psychologically gleaming… Is there a Beyond The Void Three in narration yet??
Just a warning to anyone who listens to THIS story . . . the author abandoned it in the middle of the story 2 years ago, it is left completely unfinished.
I'm sorry but not even the most kindest, level headed general would be that polite to some gatekeeper when so many lives were at stake and time was running out whether it be a human or alien general. that's the only part that put me off in this rather amazing story.
There's a problem, of course, with trying to change the future where Rykov dies and is sent back in time. And that problem is that there's the body of Rykov sitting in a base somewhere. Along with an entire ship full of other bodies. No, it's not an existential problem... it's a physical one. There's a fair amount of mass/energy that exists now that didn't exist before. And a fair amount that used to exist in a future universe and now doesn't. Maybe it does nothing... maybe it's enough to jump start a false vacuum decay event (which kills us all eventually)... and maybe it completely destabilizes the unification of the universe causing the natural processes we define using scientific laws to upend and the universe stops working as it does now (which kills us all immediately). For the sake of telling a story, it's safe to assume that the universe is still stable because events are set to happen as before. But if Rykov successfully avoids going back in time, it could mean the death of everyone everywhere eventually or immediately. Or nothing. The better plan would be to try surviving the trip back in time, rather than preventing the trip back in time. And surviving in a way that still sets the series of events in motion that sends him back in time. Best case scenario: Rykov gets sent back in time, and then it turns out that Rykov woke up from his self-induced coma and secretly set a trap for the Pisces over the five days this takes place. Or 10 days, depending on what was going on earlier.
Its a different take on the first contact with aliens acenario. You know how aliens are always stronger, have better tech and so on. Humans are space orks is the exact opposite. Where we have better tech and physical feats far above the galactic average. Its a fun take on the genre and if well written can be very entertaining and make us appreciate the complex wonders of our physiology and mind. Hope it helps and i hope you enjoy it as much as i do!
@@timolo0411doesn’t sound like orcs. Sounds more like high elves. Orcs have crude and outdated technology and use whatever they can to get the job done as well as their physical prowess. Kinda like how the imperium of mankind is. Even they have direct space orcs called orks.
To think this story came from Reddit of all places 😂👌 it's great, but the platform it was posted on is not. 4:56 despite this being a new standalone book, it's still part of canon lore, sad and amusing to think humans were categorized as one of the most peaceful creatures in the galaxy a few years ago, only to be then classified as one of the most dangerous AFTER SAVING THE FEDERATION FROM THE DEVOURERS! And the amount of racism and xenophobia the humans face now because of such a heroic "humanitarian" act, once labelled as cowards, now labelled as monsters. 11:11 damn...what the hell could do such damage to a Terran battleship? It became a horror ship. 15:41 "most of the files were corrupted beyond repair." We're so advanced, yet still we can't seem to retrieve corrupted data, what the Fuck. 35:44 Jatari? A Jatari Secret Facility? If I remember correctly, Kilon is a Jatari I think, if that is the case......whatever is inside that facility needs to be uncovered immediately. Kinda wish they gave more clarity and visual help as to what the other species look like. 54:32 I'm disappointed at how soft the humans are here 🤦♂️ and they paid the price, Rykov maybe a great military general, but his interactions with the spy Kilon has weakened him. 1:29:53 I'm conflicted when it comes to rykovs death, my genius patriotic pro humanity first side sees that his death will benefit humanity ( even though it would be sad that such a Great military leader would have to pass away, we have many replacements, only concern now is that he has become accidentally a symbol of human military might, labelled a "warcriminal savage scum" by many of the galactic Community, aside from his symbolic meaning, he can be replaced ) everything he has done ( aside from his justified actions that saved the universe but that much of the galactic Community has stupidly labelled "Warcrimes by savages" 🤦♂️👎) that has weakened humanity will be undone, like welcoming a traitorous spy Kilon that revealed our state secrets to the Jatari and so on, but my other stupid side just wants him to survive for reasons.
about the corrupted data... I guess that doesn't matter how much advance technology, data will be stored in a similar fashion that we store data in our braincells, so if enough damage due then the info will start cutting even more than present damage (imagine 50% of data storages damaged, but lost over 75% of data in the process) about the Jatari's base...: it passed some days since the end of "Why Humans Avoid War" and I suspect that the bottle that Kilon gived to his compatriot with nanite blood might end up in Jatari's hands... or tentacles, I'm not sure about that and to be fair he has reasons to do such thing, doesn't want to see his race fall below another just like that, so with the nanite blood and between some other stuff, are probably testing their own super bombs and nanites stuff just to try to be at human's level
I like how in the series aliens see coffee as this mind altering drug that humans always drink. Like they themselves don't have a drink that gives them a pick me up.
Maybe they don't. Maybe they respect individuals sleep needs.... have you seen raw caffeine. I looks like cocain...
Humans and cats, who else abuse chemicals? xD
@@Cynddelw dolphins
@@Cynddelw - Elephants and some species of monkeys do as well. There was a rumor that Kuala Bears did too but that hasn't been substantiated.
I mean *sips the remainder of not so black coffee from the cup*, I could understand why anyone other than human would think so *having headache clear out and going to get a second (or actually, 5th cup of coffee today). But it's all lies! LIES!
Seriously though, I love the way this whole story has gone. I mean from near-pacifists to actual genocidal maniacs (in the eyes of others), when factually nothing has changed.
War. War never changes.
There are dozens of nice stories about how humanity would be seen as peaceful and pitiful by other species, however when thrown back against the wall? Yeah. The gloves come off. And then not a single entity around is going to have nice day.
These books are awesome. I found them by mistake looking for a podcast or something else to talk me to sleep. I put the first book on and ended up glued to the story for 4 hours.
Same, it made driving much much more enjoyable
Did you find book 3?
For me it was a TikTok pulled from a Reddit post
Same... heard it on tik tok.... found it here on yt and made my day at work disappear
But unlike some podcast it does not go random like steamers. It is like having a good book read to you after a eye surgery and you can not read it your self.
'whats the worst that could happen?'
YOU FOOL! YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL!
I can’t describe my joy finding the first video today and finishing it, just to find that their is a second book. Ts is fire, Reddit or not.
It is a great book, not enough for me to put up with redditors to find more but almost! :P
What the second book
OMG NO!!! How they left it soooooooooooo open ended :(((((
Also that first chapter hit so strong, this storyline by SpacePaladin is so awesome! And your narration is epic as well, many thanks! :)
That is a great cliff there.
I'm really hoping the next book comes out soon.
@@Scott11078 they weren't planning to continue. Hell this book ended far sooner than planned.
@@bionmccool why
@@bionmccool yea why is that?
Sweet lord Nelson in space 2! Loved the first book. Thanks for your videos
For the algorithm and the narrator.
This was a great to listen to, thank you for the narrative on this book
I'm so glad I discovered this channel and these books, holy hell the first one was great and I took as much free time as I could to listen to it, I'm hoping to enjoy this one just as much
I've just recently stumbled across these stories, and I've been hooked at first listen. It's cool to actually hear stories involving space, where humans are actually the docile, but feared entities. In this type of story, humans are usually depicted as feeble minded weaklings of a race, quickly dominated by other more technologically advanced and stronger races of beings. It's kinda refreshing and very much enjoyable.
"We are all the same damn rock."
Give it a few generations.... Your in space now. Multiple rocks...
This series/universe is amazingly put together and written. Loving listening to both the 1st book and this one tonight.
So I just finished all 17 volumes of first contact..... absolutely love these!! Very well done!!
I love these stories and I appreciate the work that's involved in making these. The only criticism I have it I don't care for the voice over on this series. What you did in "Why humans avoid war" and the voice acting on that was superb
Me listening to this after the first W.H.A.W. video (and any other hfy video): "did we just lose our plot armor?"
Around 7:30 all I could think about is the Philadelphia Experiment 😂
Started finding stories like this on tiktok. Now I am addicted. Makes my day hearing these
I am so glad I stumbled on this channel. Hours of beautiful scifi.
Love these books man!
General Rykov and Blez arguing is gold XD
Wowee…! I just discovered your channel. I like it so far, very interesting take on the genre….
Keep up the fine work, I’ll be keeping an eye on future contact….😎
……..BeWell,BeSafe…….
Glad you are enjoying the content
i've really been enjoying the story especially the first book but one thing i've been noticing with this continuation one is why does it feel like huge battle cruisers feel like they lack man power and seem to only have a limited amount of soldiers unless all the ships are now tiny but as a general of the federation military you would think he would be commanding a flagship with thousands or tens of thousands of people onboard. The ending of the last book kinda didn't make sense spoiler alert what was to come with how the book ended i would assume the intelligence department would catch the message before it arrived to its destination seeing how they didn't trust the individual in the first place and have him being watched around the clock.
Lionel Richards. Another HA! Surprised he wasn't singing "Easy" or "Stuck on you", on the stage. LOL
I look forward to part 3
For the algorithm, for the narrator
If you're on patrol and you find something you call it in especially wen its something strange especially wen its Crippled human warship
Edit good they did
Book mark 1:30:00
This is fantastic
Loved it thanks for sharing this with us.
when can we expect the rest of this story had me wanting more
If it wouldn't be a massive navigation hazard, doing what those pranksters at the beginning did would probably be funny as heck
I am unable to access Reddit... is there any other source for these stories??
Use a proxy server, or a vpn.
1:06:42 this.... is on point, why would I lie?
i can’t stop hearing goofy in my head saying gorsh
Philadelphia experiment in space!!! 🤔 Cool 😎
There's a second one? Where have I been?
The story has to continue! AAAHHHHHHHH!
Ok, I ABSOFREEKINGLUTELY LOVE THESE STORIES!!! I get a hard on whenever humans start burning down genocidal aliens! While i hate war, ive learned to love the fight. Its a weird dichotomy. But US Marines are not known for being mentally polished and psychologically gleaming…
Is there a Beyond The Void Three in narration yet??
Same goes for Army personnel hahaha.... we're all a little "special" 😁🤣😂
Semper yut, rah
Just a warning to anyone who listens to THIS story . . . the author abandoned it in the middle of the story 2 years ago, it is left completely unfinished.
why? it's literally the most popular HFY story out there
When would the next one of these come out if it's going to?
Book 3 has not been released yet
@@ASNRandomSHtuff aw ok thank you for telling me
So good
So this story is incomplete?
Any idea when it will be finished?
That first chapter pissed me off so much
Are you going to continue this series?
Does anyone know where the ending is or was this the ending I feel so unfulfilled
I think you are an amazing narrator
For the algorithm
Is there a part 2 to this story or is this the end
I'm sorry but not even the most kindest, level headed general would be that polite to some gatekeeper when so many lives were at stake and time was running out whether it be a human or alien general. that's the only part that put me off in this rather amazing story.
To be fair. i think the general is at this point so disillusioned after last time. He wants to handle things more diplomatically.
Is there gonna be more? Or is that it?
YAY!
Lol the ghost prank hahahaha.
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Is there a book 3?
Hope we get more soon
"nanomachines, son..."
Is there a next part??
It's cancelled
Is there any more to this story?
Good story, but what's with that ending spot?!?!?!?! 😱😭😭😭
Is there a sequel to this?
Is there a third book?
There's a problem, of course, with trying to change the future where Rykov dies and is sent back in time. And that problem is that there's the body of Rykov sitting in a base somewhere. Along with an entire ship full of other bodies. No, it's not an existential problem... it's a physical one. There's a fair amount of mass/energy that exists now that didn't exist before. And a fair amount that used to exist in a future universe and now doesn't. Maybe it does nothing... maybe it's enough to jump start a false vacuum decay event (which kills us all eventually)... and maybe it completely destabilizes the unification of the universe causing the natural processes we define using scientific laws to upend and the universe stops working as it does now (which kills us all immediately).
For the sake of telling a story, it's safe to assume that the universe is still stable because events are set to happen as before. But if Rykov successfully avoids going back in time, it could mean the death of everyone everywhere eventually or immediately. Or nothing. The better plan would be to try surviving the trip back in time, rather than preventing the trip back in time. And surviving in a way that still sets the series of events in motion that sends him back in time. Best case scenario: Rykov gets sent back in time, and then it turns out that Rykov woke up from his self-induced coma and secretly set a trap for the Pisces over the five days this takes place. Or 10 days, depending on what was going on earlier.
Where is the next chapter?
the first story/chapter: did they find the dreadnaught uss eldridge?
Where is the rest???
This series was unfortunately cancelled by the original author, there is no more. 😔
There is a sequel?
Please more????
Is there more? Is that all? :O
Probably have to investigate myself to find a answer, I so want to know how this all happened, but perhaps a good story will simply keep you guessing.
Damn it, where's book 3!??
(writing comment just after chapter one) Rykov's dead if this takes place soon after book 1 :(
edit: :D
Where's the next one?!
I like this
Please tell me there is more
WTH. THE moment that story was getting good, it ended?
Where is the rest?
Lionel Richard's lol
So Mary Celeste in space?
For the federation 🫣
E. And yay
What's with the humans are space orcs thing I don't understand
Its a different take on the first contact with aliens acenario. You know how aliens are always stronger, have better tech and so on. Humans are space orks is the exact opposite. Where we have better tech and physical feats far above the galactic average. Its a fun take on the genre and if well written can be very entertaining and make us appreciate the complex wonders of our physiology and mind. Hope it helps and i hope you enjoy it as much as i do!
@@timolo0411doesn’t sound like orcs. Sounds more like high elves. Orcs have crude and outdated technology and use whatever they can to get the job done as well as their physical prowess. Kinda like how the imperium of mankind is. Even they have direct space orcs called orks.
To think this story came from Reddit of all places 😂👌 it's great, but the platform it was posted on is not.
4:56 despite this being a new standalone book, it's still part of canon lore, sad and amusing to think humans were categorized as one of the most peaceful creatures in the galaxy a few years ago, only to be then classified as one of the most dangerous AFTER SAVING THE FEDERATION FROM THE DEVOURERS! And the amount of racism and xenophobia the humans face now because of such a heroic "humanitarian" act, once labelled as cowards, now labelled as monsters.
11:11 damn...what the hell could do such damage to a Terran battleship? It became a horror ship.
15:41 "most of the files were corrupted beyond repair."
We're so advanced, yet still we can't seem to retrieve corrupted data, what the Fuck.
35:44 Jatari? A Jatari Secret Facility? If I remember correctly, Kilon is a Jatari I think, if that is the case......whatever is inside that facility needs to be uncovered immediately.
Kinda wish they gave more clarity and visual help as to what the other species look like.
54:32 I'm disappointed at how soft the humans are here 🤦♂️ and they paid the price, Rykov maybe a great military general, but his interactions with the spy Kilon has weakened him.
1:29:53 I'm conflicted when it comes to rykovs death, my genius patriotic pro humanity first side sees that his death will benefit humanity ( even though it would be sad that such a Great military leader would have to pass away, we have many replacements, only concern now is that he has become accidentally a symbol of human military might, labelled a "warcriminal savage scum" by many of the galactic Community, aside from his symbolic meaning, he can be replaced ) everything he has done ( aside from his justified actions that saved the universe but that much of the galactic Community has stupidly labelled "Warcrimes by savages" 🤦♂️👎) that has weakened humanity will be undone, like welcoming a traitorous spy Kilon that revealed our state secrets to the Jatari and so on, but my other stupid side just wants him to survive for reasons.
about the corrupted data... I guess that doesn't matter how much advance technology, data will be stored in a similar fashion that we store data in our braincells, so if enough damage due then the info will start cutting even more than present damage (imagine 50% of data storages damaged, but lost over 75% of data in the process)
about the Jatari's base...: it passed some days since the end of "Why Humans Avoid War" and I suspect that the bottle that Kilon gived to his compatriot with nanite blood might end up in Jatari's hands... or tentacles, I'm not sure about that and to be fair he has reasons to do such thing, doesn't want to see his race fall below another just like that, so with the nanite blood and between some other stuff, are probably testing their own super bombs and nanites stuff just to try to be at human's level
i just learned the 3rd part was canceled. 😢 please someone make it please please i don’t care if its not as good i need my fix now.
Wait it was canceled did space Paladin say that if so can't find it anywhere
i like how she said "im not racist" as she kept getting more racist
These books come off reddit?
Yep. At the very beginning of the video you can see the username of the writer. CherubOne or something like that
Eee!
Messing with time is the most STUPID thing possible!
Well they wanna save a certain species
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I don't care, the consequences could be unimaginable.
There seems to be no intelligent life anywhere.
Cova 9. BLAHAHAHA!
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