An HFY Story : Humans are Insects | 2375 ~Deathworld, War, Terran and Humans

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  • @TheShadyProtector
    @TheShadyProtector 9 місяців тому +109

    Alien harvesters: Oh, look. Molten iron core surrounded by nothing dangerous.
    Terrans: Don't you dare turn your backs to us! We WILL show you how dangerous we can become!

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +16

      Dear xenos, we put the Death in Deathworld. Looks like you need a lesson.

    • @russellstanley8884
      @russellstanley8884 2 місяці тому +1

      They touched our boats. They have until we build new ones to make their peace.

  • @GenStallion
    @GenStallion 9 місяців тому +96

    Narf! " What about the other galaxies, Brain?"
    " The same thing we don in ours Pinky. Try to explore and pet all the fluffies!

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 9 місяців тому

      ​@poiujnbvcxdswq Fluffy and/or chonkers.

  • @TheLastRhapsody
    @TheLastRhapsody 9 місяців тому +220

    A little longwinded, but I must admit the last line resonated with something in me and made me cackle evilly.

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому

      Me too. Mind you, I started when the pods of "injected" landed because I knew the Geneva Checklist had been activated. Don't feck with humans, we're smart enough to build terrifying weapons and crazy enough to use them.

    • @stratometal
      @stratometal 9 місяців тому +4

      Its all over the place, poorly outlined, goes back and forth so much its almost as bad as AI written drivel. The tiny bit of good content is almost not worth it.

    • @CT-1035
      @CT-1035 7 місяців тому +3

      @@stratometalI’m glad to see that you’re the only one who thinks like that

    • @stratometal
      @stratometal 7 місяців тому +3

      @@CT-1035 I could have phrased it better, but its still bad.

    • @elimtevir1
      @elimtevir1 7 місяців тому +2

      I concur, the point i a paragraph jumpd around and back on itself over and over. Adapt, Core, Insect, Die out Adapt, Consume, insect..... etc etc...

  • @TransbianOwl
    @TransbianOwl 8 місяців тому +34

    Terrans most dangerous tactic: Recycling.

  • @jasonswearingin1009
    @jasonswearingin1009 9 місяців тому +133

    What should we do about the other galaxies? Suddenly Dyson Spheres become mobile with highly advanced FTL!

    • @trenttrent2786
      @trenttrent2786 9 місяців тому +6

      Where can I get one?

    • @jasonswearingin1009
      @jasonswearingin1009 9 місяців тому

      @@trenttrent2786 Available at your nearest Ford Galaxy Dealership! Hurry supplies are limited!

    • @theengagedfew
      @theengagedfew 9 місяців тому +14

      @fuzzball83 No need to travel to Andromeda.
      In a couple billion years, it'll come here.

    • @ashleg8350
      @ashleg8350 9 місяців тому +7

      Consider that Dyson spheres are literally a 1au sphere built around a star in order to use all of its generated power, Dyson spheres need stars in their centers in order to work.
      In other words in order to make a Dyson Sphere mobile, you would need to figure out how to make a Star mobile.
      And if you can figure that one out, then by all means go and colonize another galaxy. You sound like you're up to the task...

    • @robertstoneking7916
      @robertstoneking7916 9 місяців тому +5

      @@ashleg8350 I wonder if a second quanta hyperdrive would work as well on a Dyson sphere as on a ringworld.

  • @deussalt4479
    @deussalt4479 9 місяців тому +160

    I know it's just fiction but I always feel a touch of anger whenever earth gets destroyed in stories.
    For the Agro-rythm!

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +9

      Henceforth the Agro-Rythm shall be part of my reply lexicon. Many thanks.

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому

      I know. But, I also know that they're gonna regret screwing with the war apes. Especially when we throw the rules out the air lock.

    • @deussalt4479
      @deussalt4479 9 місяців тому +4

      @@Wastelandman7000 glad to see it's finally starting to catch on. ❤️❤️

    • @DylonBridson
      @DylonBridson 9 місяців тому +5

      That’s because it’s heresy brother

    • @pauldesrivieres7083
      @pauldesrivieres7083 8 місяців тому +2

      Of course if it was not fiction you would not be angry because you and all of humanity would be dead! So it is good this is all fiction. 🙂

  • @PoldaranOfDalaran
    @PoldaranOfDalaran 9 місяців тому +40

    "The humans, I think, knew they were doomed. But where another race would surrender to despair, the humans fought back with even greater strength. They made the Minbari fight for every inch of space. In my life, I have never seen anything like it. They would weep, They would pray, They would say goodbye to their loved ones, then throw themselves without fear or hesitation into the very face of death itself, never surrendering. No one who saw them fighting against the inevitable, could help but be moved to tears by their courage, their stubborn nobility. When they ran out of ships they used guns. When they ran out of guns they used knives and sticks, and bare hands. They were magnificent. I only hope that when it is my time, I may die with half as much dignity as I saw in their eyes in the end. They did this for two years. They never ran out of courage. But in the end, they ran out of time." - Londo Mollari
    "If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant." - Sun Tzu

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 9 місяців тому +3

      That speech has such gravitas to it, because it not only came from the mouth of a Centauri, not just the Emperor of the Centauri Republic, but from Londo Mollari himself. For a man from that culture, with his upbringing, for him to speak those words show how vast a change in himself had transpired since he first stepped foot upon some human, backwater, diplomatic station.
      If humanity had perished at the end of the Human-Mimbari War, this would've been a fitting eulogy.

  • @SLEPhoto
    @SLEPhoto 8 місяців тому +28

    "Oh, we can just destroy their homeworld, we don't need to kill them. They'll just die off."
    Uh huh. That was dumb.

  • @dcabrames
    @dcabrames 9 місяців тому +70

    Oh look! A pretty little galaxy over there...

    • @loganshaw4527
      @loganshaw4527 9 місяців тому +11

      It was at that moment the beings in Andromeda felt a unknown fear form beyond the stars of thier galaxy.

    • @brianmeadows1137
      @brianmeadows1137 9 місяців тому

      There was a great disturbance in the Force.@@loganshaw4527

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +1

      Be ashamed if something happened to it. LOL

    • @weirdredpanda
      @weirdredpanda 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Wastelandman7000Oh yeah! Such a shame. Tsk, tsk.

  • @venator-fb7yy
    @venator-fb7yy 9 місяців тому +29

    Hippity hoppity your galaxy will become my property.💀

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +5

      Go ahead xeno, make my day.

    • @LordTherpits
      @LordTherpits 6 місяців тому

      I laughed out loud. This is fantastic

  • @ironwolfF1
    @ironwolfF1 9 місяців тому +20

    An excellent, well thought out tale. I was especially pleased when I saw that a comment I had made in another ASN video became a (paraphrased) line in this story. Yes, humans _love_ making new friends, but aren't afraid to throw down on _anybody_ who thinks humans are just another species to be enslaved, or _devoured._
    _That,_ kids...is the essence of HFY.

  • @Darkinu2
    @Darkinu2 9 місяців тому +27

    Funny thing about insects...
    They're good at getting into places bigger beings can't get to and gunking things up.

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +5

      Yep, and one hornet may not be much of a threat. A billion of them. who can adapt and reverse engineer your tech.....

    • @SH-qs7ee
      @SH-qs7ee 7 місяців тому

      Another funny thing about insects; arthropods in general really. They are responsible for more deaths than any other multicellular organism, likely including humans.
      Something to think about.

    • @siliciaveerah9327
      @siliciaveerah9327 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Wastelandman7000 That brought the fun mental image of a hornet learning to use ranged weapons

  • @Shadow.Dragon
    @Shadow.Dragon 9 місяців тому +23

    Great story; Excellent narration! "What do we do about the other galaxies?" Well someone had to ask the question! LOL!!!

  • @MidnightSmoke
    @MidnightSmoke 9 місяців тому +47

    She is just thinking ahead and she's right, what about the other galaxies? Here is a like and comment for the story, for entertaining me, to help your channel grow, and get you the recognition you deserve.

  • @merlinathrawes746
    @merlinathrawes746 9 місяців тому +14

    One does not lightly dismiss army ants, whatever your technological level. As for other galaxies, let's work out similar plans for them as we work out a way to reach them.

  • @Wastelandman7000
    @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +10

    Hey, its free real estate
    ~Tex of the Black Pants Legion

  • @NPCNo-xm2li
    @NPCNo-xm2li 8 місяців тому +5

    The moment it got to the "They just injected us with something and let us go" it automatically clicked that humans really went for a full blown geneva checklist.

  • @BalthusDirein
    @BalthusDirein 9 місяців тому +24

    For da Skwerl for the expansion 😈

  • @erichherman2753
    @erichherman2753 9 місяців тому +25

    One minute to go! For the agro-rithim

  • @lumberluc
    @lumberluc 9 місяців тому +8

    "Hunted the extinction."
    THE DODO BIRD IS BACK! WE CAN EAT IT AGAIN!!!
    Yep, that sums it up.

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +1

      Didn't we bring it back? I mean, so long as we're not bringing back velociraptors, we're all good. LOL

    • @lumberluc
      @lumberluc 9 місяців тому

      @poiujnbvcxdswq Eh, its a big bird. Season it right, marinate it with the right BBQ sauce, and it'll feed some people.
      Even though it was a 3 footer.

    • @vladyvhv9579
      @vladyvhv9579 5 місяців тому

      @@Wastelandman7000 People worry too much about that. DNA has a half-life. I think they said it's around 1000 years or so, before becoming so unviable that it can't be sequenced.

  • @leonievanheerden7090
    @leonievanheerden7090 9 місяців тому +3

    Compliments and thank you to the Squirrel and the author for gifting us these stories 💐⭐❣️👽

  • @bigjay875
    @bigjay875 9 місяців тому +7

    Excellent story narrator, thanks for entertaining me today 😊

  • @therealfsh
    @therealfsh 9 місяців тому +21

    a similar disease to the "Super virus" in terms of mortality rate
    - Brain eating ameoba
    - Rabies
    - Probably some other stuff too

    • @luzifershadres
      @luzifershadres 9 місяців тому +5

      Probelly the Black death aswell. Considering how the bodys deformed and that burrying the corpeses incressed the numbers of infected.

    • @therealfsh
      @therealfsh 9 місяців тому

      black death was actually only like 67%@@luzifershadres

    • @tarrantwolf
      @tarrantwolf 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@luzifershadresnah, it was only between 30%-60%.

    • @ratzelbarreto2070
      @ratzelbarreto2070 9 місяців тому

      ​@@tarrantwolf beat me to the answer, the black death had about 60% rate.

    • @weirdredpanda
      @weirdredpanda 9 місяців тому

      Covid, anyone?

  • @danaprall3743
    @danaprall3743 9 місяців тому +1

    Your Argonauts love having you back !
    Very entertaining story, enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

  • @Attaxalotl
    @Attaxalotl 8 місяців тому +3

    Venus was right there, had basically the same mass, and wouldn't've been any more of a challenge to a mining rig that can shrug off nukes. They did it because they were asshats.

  • @garygough3158
    @garygough3158 9 місяців тому +5

    I should prepend "the late" to my name. Quite enjoyed that one, and it is a treat to hear a human reading.
    Mind, it might be fun to feed "The Eye of Argon" to one of the bots, in the spirit of the practice of running it through translation programs to observe the mangled remains.

  • @SciFiStoriesAndBeyond
    @SciFiStoriesAndBeyond 9 місяців тому +11

    Inspired me to also read out the best ones- people always loved my deep voice 💙

  • @selador11
    @selador11 9 місяців тому +5

    For the agrorithm! For the other galaxies!

  • @rickkeimig993
    @rickkeimig993 9 місяців тому +6

    For the algorithm, the "Incects" shall rule.

  • @Alex.H.B.1970something
    @Alex.H.B.1970something 9 місяців тому +3

    Bravo Sir, etc

  • @leightondoswell453
    @leightondoswell453 9 місяців тому +2

    Hahaha brilliant and I agree ooo other shiny, mine? Mine!

  • @charleswidmore5458
    @charleswidmore5458 9 місяців тому +1

    ASN is back! You just keep getting better!

  • @TS-bj8my
    @TS-bj8my 9 місяців тому +1

    Great story/narration!

  • @barelyasurvivor1257
    @barelyasurvivor1257 8 місяців тому

    For the Squirrel
    Another great reading.

  • @EdToml
    @EdToml 9 місяців тому +1

    You orate quality stories - and this is one.

  • @MichaelMcFearin
    @MichaelMcFearin 8 місяців тому

    Man I need that voice for my D&D campaigns.

  • @RealArcalian
    @RealArcalian 9 місяців тому +2

    Greetings, Mentlegent!
    For the Rhyhtm that is Algo
    Good story, *very* HFY, but could've told the same story in about half the number of words.

  • @JamesLewis
    @JamesLewis 9 місяців тому +1

    What should we do about the other galaxies? - Thanks for that.... genuinely made me laugh, because it's so typical of HFY.

  • @einyv
    @einyv 9 місяців тому +2

    Bravo

  • @luzifershadres
    @luzifershadres 9 місяців тому +9

    So, we live in that universe in a galxy full of Lazy people that often dont give a frick about their soroundings. No wonder the ambasator wanted to visit other galaxys. Its like living in a Galaxy sized retirementhome in some crappy rich city like London.

  • @scp2539
    @scp2539 9 місяців тому +4

    The other galaxies don't have a treaty XD Go nuts

  • @MrDogwood91
    @MrDogwood91 9 місяців тому +4

    Keep it up😊

  • @michaellively6467
    @michaellively6467 9 місяців тому +2

    Nice

  • @ufoe20011
    @ufoe20011 9 місяців тому +3

    For the skwerl
    For the rythm that is algo
    For the attack catapilliars

  • @PryvatCyan87
    @PryvatCyan87 9 місяців тому +2

    Never underestimate humanity's drive for revenge

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому

      And our ability to reverse engineer your technology, improve it, and use it to make you very sorry you fecked with us.

  • @lynntenney4851
    @lynntenney4851 9 місяців тому +1

    I love it!

  • @reuvenpolonskiy2544
    @reuvenpolonskiy2544 6 місяців тому

    This is of the more realistic scenarios of most sci-fi first encounter that were ever written.
    Total dominance of one species, while the other is nothing.

  • @Terran.Marine.2
    @Terran.Marine.2 9 місяців тому +1

    Great story, sir 🫡

  • @timobrien2813
    @timobrien2813 9 місяців тому +1

    Good ending! Thank you. UKUK

  • @Gaffa3007
    @Gaffa3007 7 місяців тому

    Fantastic. Really looking forward to more. This is what Time Team is all about. Any chance of a 3D model for us to explore things in detail?

  • @DeranRoute-vu5jy
    @DeranRoute-vu5jy 9 місяців тому +5

    Foooorrrrr theeee alllgggoorrrrittthhhmmmmm!!!!!!

  • @nooneofimportance2110
    @nooneofimportance2110 9 місяців тому

    Yeah, this was a fun one.

  • @wardraven8755
    @wardraven8755 9 місяців тому +1

    I listened to this one yesterday read by an AI and it was hard to follow. You did it so much better and it made sense. I also listened to another one called humans are omnivores. Again AI hard to understand but i think you and others will enjoy it.

  • @nomadsurvival4952
    @nomadsurvival4952 9 місяців тому +1

    Great story I liked the last line in the story so where does it go from their?

  • @noneofyourbuisness1679
    @noneofyourbuisness1679 9 місяців тому +3

    Ah, yes “innocent”. How cruel of those barbaric humans that literally lost everything because some xeno wanted a shiny new gadget

  • @4FunCycle
    @4FunCycle 9 місяців тому +2

    For the squirrel!

  • @Wastelandman7000
    @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +5

    The xenos were wrong about something. We're not insects.....we're Tyranids.

    • @kclark8266
      @kclark8266 9 місяців тому

      I had been thinking the flood. But I think you're right with tyranids.

  • @Avigorus
    @Avigorus 9 місяців тому +2

    roflmao ngl given that we have a galaxy on a collision course with us already it is a fair question, even if the timescales are a bit ridiculous.

  • @allenmorgan1007
    @allenmorgan1007 9 місяців тому +1

    For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!

  • @brianlips8346
    @brianlips8346 2 місяці тому

    Thanks again for the story 😮😢😮😅

  • @genericuser984
    @genericuser984 9 місяців тому +2

    neat

  • @zutai1
    @zutai1 9 місяців тому +16

    and here i feared rule 34 would be the greatest fear of expansion.

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 9 місяців тому +2

      I thought the term was "inflation"?

    • @zutai1
      @zutai1 9 місяців тому +2

      @derekstein6193 too many angles I can take that, and youtube doesn't need to learn about new things to ban people for...

  • @Amoth_oth_ras_shash
    @Amoth_oth_ras_shash 9 місяців тому +2

    well ,to start with keep in mind hard power or blunt tools has their uses but even if you can treat everything like a nail the results of it dont always taste good
    so.. start by keeping the golden rule in mind when interacting with them even if it be with steel clad expressions showing capability

  • @MarrockV
    @MarrockV 3 місяці тому

    I sincerely hope that out there, among all the new human worlds, there is a Planet Bob.

  • @mikecoatsworth6048
    @mikecoatsworth6048 9 місяців тому +2

    For the nest, For the algo

  • @EricPoehlsen
    @EricPoehlsen 9 місяців тому

    I think ... what about other galaxies? is handled in "What humans call overkill." :)

  • @NCVluminati
    @NCVluminati 9 місяців тому +2

    comment for the algorithm

  • @alyssonrowan6835
    @alyssonrowan6835 5 місяців тому

    *YOINK!* MY galaxy now.

  • @Galkhor
    @Galkhor 9 місяців тому +4

    Terra invictus !

  • @RustyEcks
    @RustyEcks 9 місяців тому +2

    CLICKETY CLICK!!! WITH ENERGY!!!

  • @Logajam.
    @Logajam. 2 місяці тому

    I'm betting we could make a Casaba Howitzer it couldn't ignore...

  • @UmarWazir
    @UmarWazir 9 місяців тому +3

    This has been thru a translator. A clunky one.

  • @r.kellycoker1981
    @r.kellycoker1981 6 місяців тому

    Someone smart once said, "That which does not kill you, makes you stronger."

  • @GR3YD3ATH
    @GR3YD3ATH 9 місяців тому +1

    🌎🌎🌎

  • @siwlasilva
    @siwlasilva 9 місяців тому +2

    🌻❤️

  • @carminedesanto6746
    @carminedesanto6746 9 місяців тому +4

    BUGS!!

  • @ZionistWorldOrder
    @ZionistWorldOrder 9 місяців тому +2

    why didnt they do mercury venus mars etc before earth if just for the core?

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +1

      Probably afraid the damned xenos would come drain Venus' core. (I think Mercury is too close to the sun, and Mars' core seems to have frozen over as there is no unified magnetic field) You kind of need a planet with a magnetic field to protect against space weather.

  • @trentberry6968
    @trentberry6968 5 місяців тому

    "Not as much fun when the rabbit has a gun"

  • @user-iw6bu4iq4r
    @user-iw6bu4iq4r 9 місяців тому +13

    I prefer Agent Smith's from the matrix movies explanation of the human species as viruses. That spread, breed and consume everything in their way.

  • @thomaspiatt8088
    @thomaspiatt8088 9 місяців тому +2

    For the algorithm

  • @jenellescott6569
    @jenellescott6569 7 місяців тому

    Human, the fire ants of the galaxy with the endurance of the cockroach 🪳

  • @johnnyrotten3175
    @johnnyrotten3175 9 місяців тому +2

    4 D algorithm 4 D 🐿️ ❗ ❗

  • @Tang0Fox1
    @Tang0Fox1 9 місяців тому

    Poor aliens. Such peaceful things. I mean destroying earth isn't gonna cause any problems at all.

  • @Slippery_Jim_Digriz
    @Slippery_Jim_Digriz 9 місяців тому +3

    For the Algorithm!

  • @kurtismiller9544
    @kurtismiller9544 9 місяців тому +1

    For DA SKWERL and his Nest. may he always properly harass and befuddle the algorithm

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому

      Oh and never mess with our larva, we get really testy if you do that.

  • @vladyvhv9579
    @vladyvhv9579 5 місяців тому

    Coyote: "I taught your species well, human."
    For those who don't understand, coyotes are one of the few species that humans have actively failed to exterminate. They adapt under pressure, like us. And like the humans in the story, come back with a new bag of tricks. It's this adapatabilty that's the reason that in NA mythology Coyote is the supreme trickster, and functionally immortal.

  • @brianmeadows1137
    @brianmeadows1137 6 днів тому

    Sussing out the neighbours in the Galaxy next door
    I fail to see any problem.

  • @t.p.3456
    @t.p.3456 9 місяців тому +2

    For the algorithm 👽👾🤖🌌🛰🚀🛸🌠

  • @kaelanirevyruun1676
    @kaelanirevyruun1676 8 місяців тому

    Humans: What should we do about other galaxies?
    Galactic community: *Frozen in horror*
    Humans: How about we make these terms universal? We find another galaxy, and we simply apply the same rules as we have here to that galaxy, and bring in any sentient races from that galaxy to our existing community.

  • @jeanannd
    @jeanannd 9 місяців тому +2

    Iron asteroids all throughout our star system but NOOOO - have to destroy a planet by taking the molten iron from the interior of the planet. Whose the insect? THEM!!!! The OTHER galaxies - LOL

    • @tarrantwolf
      @tarrantwolf 9 місяців тому

      Especially since our core is solid surrounded by liquid it would be easier to get it from just about anywhere else. And if your tech is high enough, just make it.

  • @dannymerfeld7711
    @dannymerfeld7711 8 місяців тому

    Humanity! FUCK YEAH!

  • @Wastelandman7000
    @Wastelandman7000 9 місяців тому +1

    Welcome to earth, we put the Death in Deathworld.

  • @nebulisnoobis102
    @nebulisnoobis102 9 місяців тому

    Humans aren’t space orcs.
    They’re space Mahoraga.

  • @TheyCalledMeT
    @TheyCalledMeT 9 місяців тому

    enteraining story, but mining metals from asteroids is MUCH more easy than extracting a core from a planet no matter how much minerals are in a planet

  • @GrigoriZhukov
    @GrigoriZhukov 4 місяці тому

    Oh dear...they get to find what pursuit predators apex level is like. And obtw earth was level 15.

  • @WingManFang1
    @WingManFang1 8 місяців тому

    Imagine being a Galactic conglomerate of different species and not realizing there were other galaxies, when we as humans with the “Primitive Tech” could see some of the oldest galaxies in creation on the other end of the universe. 😂

  • @pulverize3
    @pulverize3 8 місяців тому

    It turns out the small pox we found along the way were the real friends in the end for humanity.

  • @TheRealInscrutable
    @TheRealInscrutable 9 місяців тому +1

    200K

  • @ravenouself4181
    @ravenouself4181 7 місяців тому

    One does not simply, touch Earth

  • @oldbutnotdead1
    @oldbutnotdead1 9 місяців тому +2

    algorithm....