That one was honestly, I feel like, one of the few realistic one as to why aliens would be left traumatized if they experienced it, that was seriously haunting, hats off to the author AND the narrator
@KyloRen-o7e hmm I'm really not so sure... sure we could send probes, that would be the "logical" way to space exploration, but look at how we do it now: there is no logic in it, we have the capacity to send probes on planets that can cover hundreds of miles without needing any rest, but we still try to send people out there... so that wouldn't surprise me that those ships would be crewed.
@@KyloRen-o7e I tend to think not. We have modern examples. For example, a book stored digitally is 'efficient' but the pleasure of holding a real book is often indescribable.
Worked on oil rigs, didn't think i missed a lot of my daughter growing up. After I quit when she was two, I watched my son grow through the same first two years and I regret missing so much of my girl growing up. Nothing compared to military but for my own part. It sucks....
@@chadparsons9954should've made friends with an IC. Those POTS lines could be routed to any phone (for those intimate calls) for free. Boots, Mustang Jackets, Food, We took almost anything in trade. Except money.
Do you think Adam did not know the price he was to pay for the one possession he valued above all others. Eave.. He paid his life for the woman he loved a little bit longer.
If we ever do teach for the stars, this story is very likely to become non-fiction. We humans do memorialize the past a great deal. Always have, probably always will.
Read the letters of pioneers, the histories of exploration. There is a story of people on the Oregon trail finding the graves of family they were hoping to reunite with.
“Could they?” So much foreshadowing in such a short interrogative. Could they keep live connections and maintain the mission? Could they live in a cold ship with all their records and memories intangibles in quantum vapor? Could they tolerate those things and persist 5,10, or even 15 years? “Could they?”
@@MrGoesBoom Yes, HLC uses it, also, but I believe he picked it up from TFE. Not sure who used it first but you're right about anyone who has studied our history - haha!
Current active duty station over seas, damn. The emotional rollercoaster this took me through was something I was not ready for. I thank the writer and narrator for bringing us this piece of art. Now, if you would excuse me, I’m going to go finish bawling my eyes out.
Every time I think you folks have knocked it out of the park, you surprise me with even greater stories that invoke emotional responses in me. All of you narrators keep up the fantastic work. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the entire Starbound family. 🎁🎄🎉☮
THAT WAS DEEP! And it hurts. My family couldn't understand my need to always be on the move, always on my own seeking new experiences. And now I'm ostracized because I don't fit their idea of what, and who THEY think I should be. Born in another era I might have been one of the great explorers of the past. Born in the future and I would eagerly join the exploration teams. This resonated with my soul.👍
The story's pretty damn good in its own right. But the narrator holy cow....... Juilliard levels!!!!! My friend you need to be doing much more. Was totally captivated the whole time..... you made the story real.👏👏
One of the BEST that I have encountered. I have one question. The Shangri-La was abandoned ? Did its' crew leave voluntarily ? Where did they go, what exactly became of them before the Shangri-La was boarded that ninety-eighth time ? Are they still out there ? Have all the Earth Human Deep Space Research crews united in a Space and time and dimensional significance that will allow them in a far, far distant Future return to Share wiypth the Galaxy ?
I think the juice is in the ship's listed status: "evacuated", not "abandoned". The ship encountered some sort of catastrophe that left it mostly intact, but unsalvageable. The crew was rescued, but they decided to leave their memories behind, for "decades" in a universe where a five year tour is reasonable for exploring uncharted regions. The crew made it back to Earth safely. The Shangi La was intentionally left as a monument to their accomplishments... ...and their loss.
As a veteran, I can't relate too well. Yes, I missed a lot, but I also gained a lot of memories, experiences, and friends that I never would have had if I didnt leave home.
This is a genuinely brilliant bit of writing. I don't usually get emotional watching these stories, but this one....I definitely felt. I do wonder why the ship was abandoned though. Where did the crew go? Was it just abandoned and left there? But I suppose that isn't really the important point. One thing is for certain though. This story impacted me. And for that, I give huge credit to everyone involved. 😊
A reckoning of pain paid, as the price for joy and pleasure. 9 parts of pain to buy 1 part of joy. That one portion of joy is priceless. Baught at any cost. A lifetime of pain for a few days of joy. Without joy pain means nothing.
Holy shit that was a great story. Someone please buy the author a beverage of choice for them for me. That was very well-written. To the VA: Damn, dude - you did a great job on this. Normally I listen to these while playing some game (No Man's Sky, for example) - I ended up spellbound listening to your read of this. Thank you all for your hard efforts on this production. (Note for VA: @23:03 the name cited is "Jorge Rodruiguez". The name is of spanish origin, therefore the "J" in his given name should be pronounced like an english "H" and not a hard "G". Also, the second "G" in the name "Jorge" should also be pronounced like an english "H".)
This was a truly beautiful story. It reminded me of my daughters who moved out and about how I find out about their lives after they've lived certain moments and how I can't just hug them or celebrate with them in the moment.
Fuck dude. It broke my heart. Sent me right back to my deployment with the army. Birthdays missed. Holidays lost. It hit me right in the fucking feels.
Story would be a bummer if my niece and nephew weren’t so dang happy running around with the rechargeable flashlights I got them for Christmas. I’ve been blinded many times, but with cheers of glee. 😂
How very strange. This story made me emotional enough to nearly cry. Certainly I choked up and eyes misted. Maybe it was years of military service in days of Snail Mail, difficult to impossible phone conversation, loss of loved ones, missed special occasions.
Um, I'm not against advertising but anyone else notice that UA-cam has increased the advertising rate. I hope they pass on SOME extra money to creators.
eventually the weight of emotions left behind by those who came before, "the forebears one might call them", overcomes the most resilient minds or souls resulting in an eventual abandonment of the shrine
You are the new guy arent you? Won a contest of something? You been throwing down some great content, not surprised Starbound is The best. Today is my birthday, Im sick as a yorpil in heat😂, stupid cold. I was gonna go fishing today with my best friend, Now I have a new Story to listen too. Im good with that 🎉
i almost did! I participated in the ultimate vo survivor and placed within the top 6 out of 1800+ auditions, second time I only made top 24 IIRC :( Hope you feel better soon :D
Happy Christmas Starbound guys thank you so much for making such great content, making me laugh, making me smile in what has been such a rough year, may your star keep rising.🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
This story had me fighting back tears. I could never leave my baby sister behind. Not for one second. She's 24 now, but she'll always be my baby sister. And I could never leave her. Not even if you gave me every last thing in the universe outside of Earth. And yet these people did. They bore years of pain that would rip my soul out and slowly tear it apart. I can feel what those aliens feel. I never want to feel what the explorers feel.
I'm probably the only person here that will say that they felt nothing from this story. Not to say it wasn't a great story but I personally didn't feel affected. Being isolated and alone is sometimes the price you pay for peace... sometimes happiness. But science and exploration... that's a given. 😊
man that was a damn good one , the only thing that would have made it better is having all of starbounds narrators be apart of telling the story , not to discredit the sole narrator of this story doing every voice excellently, just some how i feel like it would give more life to the characters if voiced by more then one narrator, i hope that makes sense still an absolutly fantastic narration and voice acting. and the story is perfect as a one off no need for a part 2 its perfect
A damn good story marred only by YT's constant adverts every 2 minutes or so. So bloody frustrating trying to listen to a damn good story and then bam 1,2 sometimes 3 bloody adverts snapping me back to reality!
ReVanced Manager Guide for dummies. Unsurprisingly, I can't give any more details without getting filtered out. I'm not even sure this is getting through.
The wonder of exploration and the pain of separation both are part of the human experience and have been for millenia. And will be for as long as the human species exists.
one problem I see with sending messages you would learn how to send them so they would reach in time at least for birthdays and other days that you know that stuff happens
Twilight Zone in it's best form isn't just a Horror anthology, it's an observational anthology: It looks at a thing or scenario and shows a potential outcome... Like The Night of the Meek, or One for the Angels...
Knowing humanity we'd eventually figure out a way to break the laws of causality to retrieve the long dead from their rightful times in history indiscriminately of status or station, just to say that we did it, also I'm pretty sure that most if not all of humanity has dreamed of a scenario where we not only beat death but undo it's effects
That one was honestly, I feel like, one of the few realistic one as to why aliens would be left traumatized if they experienced it, that was seriously haunting, hats off to the author AND the narrator
not really such ships would be fully automated
@KyloRen-o7e hmm I'm really not so sure... sure we could send probes, that would be the "logical" way to space exploration, but look at how we do it now: there is no logic in it, we have the capacity to send probes on planets that can cover hundreds of miles without needing any rest, but we still try to send people out there... so that wouldn't surprise me that those ships would be crewed.
@@KyloRen-o7e I tend to think not. We have modern examples. For example, a book stored digitally is 'efficient' but the pleasure of holding a real book is often indescribable.
Worked on oil rigs, didn't think i missed a lot of my daughter growing up. After I quit when she was two, I watched my son grow through the same first two years and I regret missing so much of my girl growing up. Nothing compared to military but for my own part. It sucks....
Woah... Who wrote this? This was haunting. And so well narrated.
Marushyne. It's in the description.
Damn good story, i don't need a part 2 though. As someone who served in the US navy, I don't need to be reminded.
Aye Aye
Those long underways were the worst.
The ship to shore phone and its 4-second delay. $1 a minute...
@@chadparsons9954should've made friends with an IC. Those POTS lines could be routed to any phone (for those intimate calls) for free.
Boots, Mustang Jackets, Food, We took almost anything in trade. Except money.
I feel you, man. I think all the WestPacs destroyed something inside me. Still have emotional detachment.
*cheerfully* "Every human ship is a repository of pain" ok calm the hell down there cenobite
Do you think Adam did not know the price he was to pay for the one possession he valued above all others. Eave..
He paid his life for the woman he loved a little bit longer.
If we ever do teach for the stars, this story is very likely to become non-fiction. We humans do memorialize the past a great deal. Always have, probably always will.
Read the letters of pioneers, the histories of exploration. There is a story of people on the Oregon trail finding the graves of family they were hoping to reunite with.
“Could they?” So much foreshadowing in such a short interrogative.
Could they keep live connections and maintain the mission? Could they live in a cold ship with all their records and memories intangibles in quantum vapor?
Could they tolerate those things and persist 5,10, or even 15 years?
“Could they?”
DONT TOUCH OUR BOATS
Love fat electrician too
HAHA! Nice Fat Electrician reference.
@@devildog17013 Habitual Crossliner refernece...or really anyone that's studied history reference
@@MrGoesBoom Yes, HLC uses it, also, but I believe he picked it up from TFE. Not sure who used it first but you're right about anyone who has studied our history - haha!
Current active duty station over seas, damn. The emotional rollercoaster this took me through was something I was not ready for. I thank the writer and narrator for bringing us this piece of art. Now, if you would excuse me, I’m going to go finish bawling my eyes out.
Every time I think you folks have knocked it out of the park, you surprise me with even greater stories that invoke emotional responses in me. All of you narrators keep up the fantastic work. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the entire Starbound family. 🎁🎄🎉☮
THAT WAS DEEP! And it hurts. My family couldn't understand my need to always be on the move, always on my own seeking new experiences. And now I'm ostracized because I don't fit their idea of what, and who THEY think I should be. Born in another era I might have been one of the great explorers of the past. Born in the future and I would eagerly join the exploration teams. This resonated with my soul.👍
The story's pretty damn good in its own right. But the narrator holy cow....... Juilliard levels!!!!! My friend you need to be doing much more. Was totally captivated the whole time..... you made the story real.👏👏
Thanks! VA here. There's a saying in this server that I really like: The writer forms the sword, the VA plunges it :D
WHO IS CUTTING ONIONS?
I'M NOT CRYING! You're crying.
That ninja onion cutter must be here too.
Yes, yes I am....
It's raining in here!
My eyes hurt bc of this
Excellent
As a story, a diamond in the rough.
Excellent story
Excellently told
Thanks! This story resonates deeply, I felt it in my soul.
One of the BEST that I have encountered. I have one question. The Shangri-La was abandoned ? Did its' crew leave voluntarily ? Where did they go, what exactly became of them before the Shangri-La was boarded that ninety-eighth time ? Are they still out there ? Have all the Earth Human Deep Space Research crews united in a Space and time and dimensional significance that will allow them in a far, far distant Future return to Share wiypth the Galaxy ?
I think the juice is in the ship's listed status: "evacuated", not "abandoned". The ship encountered some sort of catastrophe that left it mostly intact, but unsalvageable. The crew was rescued, but they decided to leave their memories behind, for "decades" in a universe where a five year tour is reasonable for exploring uncharted regions.
The crew made it back to Earth safely. The Shangi La was intentionally left as a monument to their accomplishments...
...and their loss.
A monument wall like in Oklahoma City next to the Murray Build or like the corridor in Galactica. Place to morn, a place to remember, a place to heal.
o/ The emotion in this reading was too real
Wow. Hats off to both the author & narrator
This was an amazing story, amazingly told.
I've watched almost every video on this channel, and this is the first that made me cry.
Well done :)
me too
As a veteran, I can't relate too well. Yes, I missed a lot, but I also gained a lot of memories, experiences, and friends that I never would have had if I didnt leave home.
Damn, this one has me tearing up. My family is gathering for the holidays. Thank goodness!
I'm crying. Hit home since I could go home for the holidays. I felt that pain deep.
A year in a desert far from home. Multiple TDYs spanning years of my families lives. I feel this one.
Holy smokes, I wasn’t expecting to cry from one of these stories.
This is a genuinely brilliant bit of writing. I don't usually get emotional watching these stories, but this one....I definitely felt. I do wonder why the ship was abandoned though. Where did the crew go? Was it just abandoned and left there?
But I suppose that isn't really the important point.
One thing is for certain though. This story impacted me. And for that, I give huge credit to everyone involved. 😊
holy f... this made me cry. I ve never been made to cry listening to these. this should come with a warning, I wasn't ready for this.
I had to buy membership 😅 I've discovered your channel 5-6 days ago and I've watched like everything, and I need more😅
thanks! welcome aboard :)
This one went deep. This was a great story, though the somber tone. Keep up the good content Starbound.
What a beautiful story.
Your voice for the Android is my favorite
I both know and don't know why I started tearing randomly over and over again
One light, one mind, flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
--GD
Love the narration. One of the best.
should come with a warning for old service members... great story
Absolutely amazing story. This is the true human resilience.
A reckoning of pain paid, as the price for joy and pleasure.
9 parts of pain to buy 1 part of joy. That one portion of joy is priceless. Baught at any cost.
A lifetime of pain for a few days of joy.
Without joy pain means nothing.
Holy shit that was a great story. Someone please buy the author a beverage of choice for them for me. That was very well-written. To the VA: Damn, dude - you did a great job on this. Normally I listen to these while playing some game (No Man's Sky, for example) - I ended up spellbound listening to your read of this. Thank you all for your hard efforts on this production. (Note for VA: @23:03 the name cited is "Jorge Rodruiguez". The name is of spanish origin, therefore the "J" in his given name should be pronounced like an english "H" and not a hard "G". Also, the second "G" in the name "Jorge" should also be pronounced like an english "H".)
This was a truly beautiful story. It reminded me of my daughters who moved out and about how I find out about their lives after they've lived certain moments and how I can't just hug them or celebrate with them in the moment.
Fuck dude. It broke my heart. Sent me right back to my deployment with the army. Birthdays missed. Holidays lost. It hit me right in the fucking feels.
Touch the boats, you get the sun.....TWICE ....AT LEAST!
Okayyy I didn't expect to cry today
Yeah, combat army vet myself. I know the pain they speak of. Many of us carry it, id imagine we will when we are among the stars.
Story would be a bummer if my niece and nephew weren’t so dang happy running around with the rechargeable flashlights I got them for Christmas. I’ve been blinded many times, but with cheers of glee. 😂
Again, an excellent tale. Good fiction looks into the heart and soul. This one did that
How very strange. This story made me emotional enough to nearly cry. Certainly I choked up and eyes misted. Maybe it was years of military service in days of Snail Mail, difficult to impossible phone conversation, loss of loved ones, missed special occasions.
This might be the BEST one yet. Thank You
Excellent. Both reading and story.
Um, I'm not against advertising but anyone else notice that UA-cam has increased the advertising rate. I hope they pass on SOME extra money to creators.
And tiering the red program…
Use brave browser
This might be the best story on the channel. Just beautifully haunting.
Having served in the marines on 2 wespacs, I felt this.
eventually the weight of emotions left behind by those who came before, "the forebears one might call them", overcomes the most resilient minds or souls resulting in an eventual abandonment of the shrine
You are the new guy arent you? Won a contest of something? You been throwing down some great content, not surprised Starbound is The best. Today is my birthday, Im sick as a yorpil in heat😂, stupid cold. I was gonna go fishing today with my best friend, Now I have a new Story to listen too. Im good with that 🎉
i almost did! I participated in the ultimate vo survivor and placed within the top 6 out of 1800+ auditions, second time I only made top 24 IIRC :(
Hope you feel better soon :D
Happy Christmas Starbound guys thank you so much for making such great content, making me laugh, making me smile in what has been such a rough year, may your star keep rising.🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
Well that was both bleak and heartwarming
This story had me fighting back tears. I could never leave my baby sister behind. Not for one second. She's 24 now, but she'll always be my baby sister. And I could never leave her. Not even if you gave me every last thing in the universe outside of Earth.
And yet these people did. They bore years of pain that would rip my soul out and slowly tear it apart. I can feel what those aliens feel. I never want to feel what the explorers feel.
You can't be broken if you don't have the feelings.
What a great story. Good job.
I'm probably the only person here that will say that they felt nothing from this story. Not to say it wasn't a great story but I personally didn't feel affected. Being isolated and alone is sometimes the price you pay for peace... sometimes happiness. But science and exploration... that's a given. 😊
Respectfully, to say this is a Good Story to me means you DID feel something.
The voices used are absolutely fantastic
Nicely written & nicely read… well done.
man that was a damn good one , the only thing that would have made it better is having all of starbounds narrators be apart of telling the story , not to discredit the sole narrator of this story doing every voice excellently, just some how i feel like it would give more life to the characters if voiced by more then one narrator, i hope that makes sense
still an absolutly fantastic narration and voice acting. and the story is perfect as a one off no need for a part 2 its perfect
To be unable to bridge the gap, to encounter a mindset so alien to one's own. There's no kumbaya moment. And that's okay.
Our daughter keeps in touch, the boys contact us now and then. Typical military men, months between real conversations.
A damn good story marred only by YT's constant adverts every 2 minutes or so. So bloody frustrating trying to listen to a damn good story and then bam 1,2 sometimes 3 bloody adverts snapping me back to reality!
ReVanced Manager Guide for dummies. Unsurprisingly, I can't give any more details without getting filtered out. I'm not even sure this is getting through.
Dude, this one hit.
This sounds like the titular ship from "Event Horizon."
Excellent story. Thank you
That was unexpectedly good.
Etched into every active service.members soul is the aloneness each one knows personally. Been there, done that!
Good story, well read.
To personal... well said
good story ..very interesting .. thank you
Damn good voice acting in this one!
Damn, this is a perfect story.
This is a odem to humanity!...
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Thank you
Great read!!
Like a widow's walk on a house on the beach
That hit hard.
Damn, every time he uses his altered voice I'm reminded of the Vasari from Sins of Solar Empire ^.^
The wonder of exploration and the pain of separation both are part of the human experience and have been for millenia. And will be for as long as the human species exists.
What's making all the other species unable to board human vessels...?
Elevator music!😅
Jschlatt off wish cany hurt you.
Jschlatt off wish.
Those that go down in ships at sea. piping all ashore.
This was quite good.
Very good. Bravo.
good story -- but kinda depressing for this time of year
one problem I see with sending messages you would learn how to send them so they would reach in time at least for birthdays and other days that you know that stuff happens
this resonates with me just as much as Citizen Soldier music
very cool
Feels like a Twilight Zone episode...
Twilight Zone in it's best form isn't just a Horror anthology, it's an observational anthology: It looks at a thing or scenario and shows a potential outcome... Like The Night of the Meek, or One for the Angels...
Too many feels 😢
Shit. Im human and dont have my own family, and i nearly teared up.
ok ... but WHY was the shangri-la "evacuated"
was it a test ? was it on purpose to see how the other species would react ?
Odysseus and Penelope.
no wonder they went mad this is something they aren't built nor capable to handle the raw emotional data is to much for them
Knowing humanity we'd eventually figure out a way to break the laws of causality to retrieve the long dead from their rightful times in history indiscriminately of status or station, just to say that we did it, also I'm pretty sure that most if not all of humanity has dreamed of a scenario where we not only beat death but undo it's effects
Onion ninjas got me
"Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?"