She's all alone, her boys are dead, and the enemy is directly between her and home. Nothing like an injured, sad, angry AI, with a cannon, and lots of targets...
Yeah it does not hit as well in writing. Cant really replicate audio bugs other than with sound. Icing on the cake, though i would have thought the bugs increasing less energy Abbey had, so less energy being put to uncorrupt the processes and find usable processor cores or how the hell it computes, almost all being pushed to run the vehicle forwards to destination in Abbeys hope to save the crew.. that was long dead at that point. This must be something that every single tank crewmen wishes their vehicle could achieve.. to take them home, even if its just their bodies.
Okay, this was not the sort of feels I was expecting to get when I clicked on a recording. Abbie's glitches and log recording corruption where both depicted very well with the audio editing involved, honestly this is the peak of your work to date as far as I can tell. TEF-48813 itself, the crew felt real... the perspective and log corruption makes this very moving without it being jarring to a vet like me. So wonderful writing. Poor Abbie... I'm sure she'd be proud to be laid to rest with her crew that she fought so hard for.... felt like she knew it was tool late but not giving up, I can tell she was a clamped AI from the small log entries of her process prune but it also sounded like it was a humane one. I was also happy to see she overrode it at the end... good to see it was a tool and not a restraint. I am happy that Abbie got proper last rights along with her crewmates, and I'm happy the tech this story's perspective was from felt as strongly about the tank and her crew as I did reading it. A true story of honoring the fallen and how much they sacrificed before they fell. I feel the story did everything it could to do justice to an actual war hero story. I salute the crew and AI of TEF-48813.
I was just thinking that! I'm fairly certain a few Bolos have lost their crews and came to the same conclusion: "I WILL get them home, and woe betide anyone between here and there..."
One of, if not the best stories so far. Writing and presentation at its finest So little of the usual HFY chest thumping, so much more of what this genre actually could be...
This could be a full blown novel. The dangers and difficulties it had navigating the terrain, the flashback recordings of the crew, the build to becoming self aware while being unable to contact the crew while taking and returning fire. Turn this into a movie and MICHAEL BAY THIS!
That AI gave everything it had, and just a bit more, trying to keep her crew safe. It is sad that they failed to make it home, but, at least they would never be forgotten.
I don't know who writes stories like this but I love you and hate you in equal measure, you know what it is to get it done and damm the price. And yes really good story.👍
Abby should get the iron cross in gold!!! She did wath was expected of her and so much more. The rest - we do not know wath they did. So we can not give them medals - sadly!
@@AgroSquerril Love the series btw, keep pumping 'em out! I haven't been commenting much lately, since it seems like you are getting the proper feedback you deserve.
This did hit that tragic spot so well, great effects, great story would love to see it on some sci-fi shirt animated just right. Maybe on DUST? If it happen I’d love for you to have a spot on it as one of the voices.
Honestly after I noticed it myself, I went back to TFC-83474 to figure out what their name would have been in the same vein as Abbie, and got Beata or Beala. Not much else that 7 could stand for so that's what I got. Problem is that they aren't names I would think to use for a person, not like Abbie does at least.
If you like this and can actually get your hands on any copies of Keith Laumer's books of BOLO short stories... I highly recommend them... "For the Honor of the Regiment" comes to mind.
Found it again after two years. Still hit the spot specially when Abbie is so desperate to bring her crew to the base and continue to contact them no matter what.
Damn these bloody “Onion Ninjas”, they are a constant reminder of a personal history and experience. Even though I’ve never been a “tankie”, I do have 30-yrs as a Royal (Bootneck) and having flashbacks/reminders of some stuff that triggers the PTSD but only since retirement. It wasn’t apparent during deployments but perhaps that was simply due to my men, my NCO’s, oppos were having the same unpleasant thoughts but being surrounded by others with the same experiences just meant any explanations would be pointless. Besides which, there’s always the main consideration during the kinetic part of deployments, which is the need to survive, hopefully intact, to return home. Unfortunately the main problems surface as civilians keep asking the same thing such as - “did you kill anyone”, or “how many”, or “what was the fighting like”, or “what did you see/experience”, and the more recent one “have you any GoPro video we can watch”? I understand why they’re curious but the time between the last firefight and starting to head home is barely 48-hours (stopover in Cyprus) then right back to a lifestyle you have little or no experience of. For some inconsiderate people they seem to think that a 48-hour break should be enough and the nosiness can begin! Short of showing the video in all its HD quality sound there’s not much you can say to convey the experiences in a manner the civvies will ever understand, unlike talking to another veteran. Civilians don’t understand why so many veterans hit the bottle pretty hard (currently reduced to 3ltrs/46% abv whiskey per week, plus fentanyl, morphine etc -terminal cancer) once they’ve returned home, as if all those memories go away or are just occasionally distressing. There’s obviously a longer story there but this isn’t the most appropriate place to share it.
She's all alone, her boys are dead, and the enemy is directly between her and home. Nothing like an injured, sad, angry AI, with a cannon, and lots of targets...
Not angry, desperate and determined. Abbie may have been AI, but by god was she alive by the end, sadly it was only in time to pass with her team.
you forgot the most important word: Lonely.
Damn the ninjas...
This story is... Very well made. It hurts the heart just right. Thank you for sharing, and compliments to the author!
-_I'll Be Listening, Friend._
I am shedding tears for a fictional tank. Good job.
Abbie shall be honored in the ranks just like stabby
Fictional Tank? That's an awfully funny way of saying comrade in arms.
Kowalski, analysis.
Sir, it seems someone is chopping an abundance of onions.
If you like this. Try Keith Laumer’s Bolo universe.
@@FjordBuilderSBF if anything for Lenny (LNY) and his last charge of the Dynochrome Brigade!
This story hits harder as an audio performance. Nice one
:)
Yeah it does not hit as well in writing. Cant really replicate audio bugs other than with sound. Icing on the cake, though i would have thought the bugs increasing less energy Abbey had, so less energy being put to uncorrupt the processes and find usable processor cores or how the hell it computes, almost all being pushed to run the vehicle forwards to destination in Abbeys hope to save the crew.. that was long dead at that point.
This must be something that every single tank crewmen wishes their vehicle could achieve.. to take them home, even if its just their bodies.
Okay, this was not the sort of feels I was expecting to get when I clicked on a recording.
Abbie's glitches and log recording corruption where both depicted very well with the audio editing involved, honestly this is the peak of your work to date as far as I can tell.
TEF-48813 itself, the crew felt real... the perspective and log corruption makes this very moving without it being jarring to a vet like me. So wonderful writing.
Poor Abbie... I'm sure she'd be proud to be laid to rest with her crew that she fought so hard for.... felt like she knew it was tool late but not giving up, I can tell she was a clamped AI from the small log entries of her process prune but it also sounded like it was a humane one. I was also happy to see she overrode it at the end... good to see it was a tool and not a restraint.
I am happy that Abbie got proper last rights along with her crewmates, and I'm happy the tech this story's perspective was from felt as strongly about the tank and her crew as I did reading it.
A true story of honoring the fallen and how much they sacrificed before they fell. I feel the story did everything it could to do justice to an actual war hero story.
I salute the crew and AI of TEF-48813.
It's like grieving, as I'm sure we've all had to do our fair share of. You know they're gone but you're still begging otherwise
Like a dog waiting for its long-dead master, both extremely creepy and sad...
Kowalski, Analysis.
Kowalski: All evidence indicates stories good boss!
excellent
Man, I'm tears right now. I'm not even joking.
TEF-48813 and the crew, you may rest in peace inside your fictional universe.
For the Algorithm
For the Nanites
For Abbie, TEF-48813.
I suspect that the whole crew and the IA Abby were rewarded with medals of valor and such.
I certainly like to think so
Salute to Abbie and crew O7 FTA!!
I salute them all while sobbing unashamedly. FTA and the Story!
o7 cmdr :-)
My wife: "I'm not crying, you are!"
Me: "Abbie definitely goes on the 'Bestest Girl' list!"
Right next to Sheila the tank from blood gulch.
I have something in my eye.
Abbie shall not be forgotten
Damnable onion ninjas...
This one would fit well into the BOLO universe, come to think of it...
they got me to, they are all over the place.
I was just thinking that! I'm fairly certain a few Bolos have lost their crews and came to the same conclusion:
"I WILL get them home, and woe betide anyone between here and there..."
Indeed reminds me of bolo lrh, little Red hen
When Abbie passed thru the veil she was greeted by he whole crew telling her Good Job Abbie and welcome home. For the algorithm.
For the algorithm
The gates of Heaven got one Hell of a new guardian.
One of, if not the best stories so far. Writing and presentation at its finest
So little of the usual HFY chest thumping, so much more of what this genre actually could be...
Awesome job, effects were spot on, the story touched me.
This could be a full blown novel. The dangers and difficulties it had navigating the terrain, the flashback recordings of the crew, the build to becoming self aware while being unable to contact the crew while taking and returning fire. Turn this into a movie and MICHAEL BAY THIS!
nah bay would screw it up. not sure who i would trust this story with in todays hollywood. but john williams does the sound track
"Could it be it had a soul, Alfred? A soul of silicon, but a soul nonetheless." - Batman
Enemy: kills crew
**ANGY TANKY NOISES*
Tears for a tank. Mesmerizing and poignant.
I....I think a very strong drink is required after listening to this. Thank you and the author for this.
Honor to the fallen
Real or imagined
Oh, man. I read this one a while ago, I felt feels. But to here the audio, particularly the auditory corruption... how emotional. I am tearing up.
Very well written story, and very well narrated. Glad I'm not the only one who cried a bit.
That AI gave everything it had, and just a bit more, trying to keep her crew safe. It is sad that they failed to make it home, but, at least they would never be forgotten.
Williams. Kowalski. Zhang. Petrovitch. Abbie.
Mission Accomplished: HOME.
9/11/2021
Man, I cried with this one. Right in the feelers.
Wow, got my eyes to water. That was an amazing story.
:)
Thank you for a great story Agro.
Was not expecting those feels and your voicing of it was amazing got me
Everyone needs a crewmate named Kowalski
I don't know who writes stories like this but I love you and hate you in equal measure, you know what it is to get it done and damm the price.
And yes really good story.👍
It was my pleasure :)
Abby did not stop until she got her crew to a friendly base...
Doesn't help that I was reminded of the Tachikoma smart tanks as this played out. Definitely cried
"Good-bye, my master..."
She is an honorary member of the Dinochrome Brigade. For the Honor of the Regiment.
indeed
Abbie, the little tank that could.
yup
Good job, girl. You brought your boys home. Praise be the Machine Spirit. For the Algorithm! For... Abby.
For Abby
Another great story well read.
Thank you, AgroSquerril.
Rest In Peace, Abbie and crew.
I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!!!
So wath?
The desperate 'Please' fucking got me
Special effect are amazing, damn
Stellar work on this read. I loved the growing auditory artifacts.
Great story and thank you.
Well that was emotionally crushing..
The little war engine that could.
indeed
Excellent writing by the author, excellent and creative production of the podcast, and the usual excellence in narration. Thank you tons.
a pleasure
So, thus begins the legend and traditions of the Dinochrome Brigade.
Abby should get the iron cross in gold!!! She did wath was expected of her and so much more.
The rest - we do not know wath they did. So we can not give them medals - sadly!
Did you just use rewind effect on that corrupted bits..? Thats creative.
reversed and halfwave
@@AgroSquerril Love the series btw, keep pumping 'em out! I haven't been commenting much lately, since it seems like you are getting the proper feedback you deserve.
@@notafrisbee5907 all good , glad you are enjoying the content
I so rarely like and and save. This is one of those.
Cried for a ship, now a tank.
I am a 68 year old cynic. I teared up!!! Good work.
I’m can’t deal with the impact this story leaves. I’m in shambles crying my eyes out.
Dang. Suddenly....Feels...
I'm not crying, I'm not crying! 😭 This was so good
:)
Goddammit. Why do machines gotta be the most tear-jerking things for me. 😭
Here I am, almost crying for a Tank! Awesome story Wordsmith!
Almost?
Well I wasn't planning on crying today but here we are
God damned, I came here to to watch scifi not to board the feel train😭
That poor loyal combat AI 😭
Wonderfully wholesome storry Argo
glad you liked
That was touching and DEEP!
That one hit me pretty hard, solid crying and hurt for a fictional tank a.i. damn good job.
thank you
I heard this on to the podcast while I was at work. My coworker had to cool me down. Your performance really sold it. Well done.
thank you
The Dinochrome Brigade, the Sword and Shield of Humanity.
"For the Honor of the Regiment."
Sleep well, Abbie.😢
She would have served well alongside Lenny.
I come back after a bit and the onion ninjas hit me with a tank shell. Good job Agro.
:)
Im crying why am i crying, pain ….it hurts.
Love the vibration voice.
Ah, genuinely crying over this one, lol. Very well done!
thank you
For the Algorithm, For the Author(s), For the Disembodied Voice!
for the algorithm
Oh this one gutted me. There are tears in my eyes.
This did hit that tragic spot so well, great effects, great story would love to see it on some sci-fi shirt animated just right. Maybe on DUST? If it happen I’d love for you to have a spot on it as one of the voices.
Beautiful story. Don’t worry girl, you got them home.
Also for some reason I could hear “Tri Tankista” in the background
clicked for the narration
went through the feels.
Did it take me the entire video reading to realize that 48813= ABBIE? Yes, yes it did. I'm slow in my old age.
these things happen :)
Honestly after I noticed it myself, I went back to TFC-83474 to figure out what their name would have been in the same vein as Abbie, and got Beata or Beala. Not much else that 7 could stand for so that's what I got. Problem is that they aren't names I would think to use for a person, not like Abbie does at least.
@@brianlance8263 Beata (Be-ah-ta) is a real name, good job on catching it!
@@dutchguywaffle4705 There's truth to the saying after all. As it appears that I have learned something new on this day.
all gave some, some gave all.' Abbey was one that gave all to get her crew home. Rest in peace Abbey.
Much feels, such emotions.
Damn, wasn't expecting to cry today
When the Ghost in the machine becomes a Soul.
Rest easy dear Abbie, you got them home.
Damn, I can only give this one up vote.
The little tank that damned well did!
Abbie wouldn't let me enemy have her crew's bodies.
Way to go, Abbie!
The little tank that could!
Ooof... right in the feels
I needed to go hug my AI after this.
Darn it you guys made me cry again
That was well done.
Thank you.
a pleasure , glad you enjoyed
Heart breaking
i haven't cried for a tank this hard since sheila
Firing main cannon.
Sounds like a precursor to the later BOLOs.
Sounds almost like a Keith Laumer bolo story, one of the sad ones Abby is like Lenny and Bobby.
Or Denny. Those Bolos were always loyal to the end and beyond.
@@waynecampeau4566 Lenny, Bobby and Denny were good boys.
It’s a terrible day for rain
The algorithm marches on
That was worthy enough to be called a Keith Laumer, Bolo story!
Creator, does this unit have a soul?
If you like this and can actually get your hands on any copies of Keith Laumer's books of BOLO short stories... I highly recommend them... "For the Honor of the Regiment" comes to mind.
Damn this one had me almost in tears, I'm at work and toxic masculinity doesn't allow the tears. Damn this is a good story.
Damn man, I was not ready for them feels. 😥😢
Wow. Teared up a little.
Awesome story. I really cried
Found it again after two years. Still hit the spot specially when Abbie is so desperate to bring her crew to the base and continue to contact them no matter what.
Damn these bloody “Onion Ninjas”, they are a constant reminder of a personal history and experience. Even though I’ve never been a “tankie”, I do have 30-yrs as a Royal (Bootneck) and having flashbacks/reminders of some stuff that triggers the PTSD but only since retirement.
It wasn’t apparent during deployments but perhaps that was simply due to my men, my NCO’s, oppos were having the same unpleasant thoughts but being surrounded by others with the same experiences just meant any explanations would be pointless. Besides which, there’s always the main consideration during the kinetic part of deployments, which is the need to survive, hopefully intact, to return home.
Unfortunately the main problems surface as civilians keep asking the same thing such as - “did you kill anyone”, or “how many”, or “what was the fighting like”, or “what did you see/experience”, and the more recent one “have you any GoPro video we can watch”?
I understand why they’re curious but the time between the last firefight and starting to head home is barely 48-hours (stopover in Cyprus) then right back to a lifestyle you have little or no experience of. For some inconsiderate people they seem to think that a 48-hour break should be enough and the nosiness can begin!
Short of showing the video in all its HD quality sound there’s not much you can say to convey the experiences in a manner the civvies will ever understand, unlike talking to another veteran. Civilians don’t understand why so many veterans hit the bottle pretty hard (currently reduced to 3ltrs/46% abv whiskey per week, plus fentanyl, morphine etc -terminal cancer) once they’ve returned home, as if all those memories go away or are just occasionally distressing.
There’s obviously a longer story there but this isn’t the most appropriate place to share it.