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  • @raytaylor2342
    @raytaylor2342 6 місяців тому +196

    It is so refreshing to listen to a story that is being read by a Human. I am so sick of AI mispronouncing words and their skips and monotone deliveries. Thank you for this Chanel. It is also refreshing to get a story that is not the same story regurgitated like so many of the ones out there on UA-cam.

    • @ncox001
      @ncox001 6 місяців тому +3

      except that this story is still AI-written

    • @harperco4975
      @harperco4975 6 місяців тому +8

      ​@@ncox001may be ai generated but still its better then a ai voice

    • @michaelpettersson4919
      @michaelpettersson4919 6 місяців тому +3

      You can get really good AI voices but the computer time needed to accomplish that comes at a premium.

    • @9999plato
      @9999plato 6 місяців тому +4

      There are always tells when AI creates these stories. The one I always hear is the use of a particular word not used very often by people these days. "Palpable." that's the word... I wait to hear that in every story like a bell ringing and it can be used several times in any story accenting my point. No author would do that nor would they use it in every story without fail. With so many words surely an author might use it because its part of his vocabulary. Yeah true but not in the frequency or repetitive way these stories use it. Now that you know I bet you will also hear it sticking out like a sore thumb, as if thumbs can be heard, then again AIs don't use expressions like that either. Pay attention, you will see that I'm correct and you will never miss it again. I still enjoy these stories even though they can become repetitive Humans, foolish aliens, war, Humans prevail, bad guy escapes to his secret base and a backed by stronger ally joining him, Humans prevail in the final boss battle ending with totally exterminating the bad guys race (most of the time but not always). If told well it can seem fresh.

    • @ayudameporfavor1146
      @ayudameporfavor1146 6 місяців тому

      Check out asn agro squirrel

  • @GuntherRommel
    @GuntherRommel 6 місяців тому +89

    "You're fighting entropy with a butterknife." Excellent line.

    • @solace001
      @solace001 6 місяців тому +9

      "...about as useful as a chocolate teapot." That's the line that got me.

  • @TheJLF65
    @TheJLF65 5 місяців тому +8

    Rex watched as the Ark moved off... and promptly exploded. He nodded sagely. "Welp - yah win some, yah lose some." He shrugged and went back to work. 😉

  • @gilbertsandoval1888
    @gilbertsandoval1888 6 місяців тому +74

    Although I am retired now, my computer repair shop was back when you had a basic mother board and you would by cards to populate it. Back then the primary CPU was the 8088 for the IBM compatible and the 6502 for the very new Apple. Back then Radio Shack was where I could buy components off the shelf. These were such things as a color graphics card, a math co-processer, and a modem (Modulator/Demodulator) so you could "dial in" to AOL.Many stores would throw away many computers rather than repair because Apple would not sell you parts, you had to ship it to them for repairs. I would dumpster dive to get them for parts. I could do board level remove and replace, and I could diagnose the problem by laying hands flat on the Mother Board. Failure common to most system design was not accounting for heat so I could easily find bad components that way. Apple sent me a cease and decist letter, but a city DA whos computer network I maintained sent a notice to them for me understanding there is a right to repair. You bought it, you own it.

    • @mikedbarkerhotmail
      @mikedbarkerhotmail 6 місяців тому

      Ah, the 8088. Use to keep damn thing running with a rubber mallet I kept in the bottom drawer.

    • @johnchristmas7522
      @johnchristmas7522 6 місяців тому +3

      Apple. typical 'closed shop'. and built in sweat shops. "Greed is Good".

    • @tonyv8925
      @tonyv8925 6 місяців тому +4

      Your comment brought back memories of my younger days, building 8086 based systems, 32kram, 5.25 floppys, 20meg HD's, etc. My first computer a VIC20, then upgraded to a C64, TRS 80 model 1 thru 4, up to the last Compaq 486-40. Then, technology passed me by and now, I just buy the most recent. Thanks for the memories.

    • @jsl151850b
      @jsl151850b 6 місяців тому

      I loved my Apple ][....//e.... It drew my icon!

    • @ananamu2248
      @ananamu2248 6 місяців тому

      Yeah ...I'm sick of linear thinking ignoring Soul and rightbrain adaptability, .....more than one way to skin a cat ( not that i would want to )

  • @solace001
    @solace001 6 місяців тому +17

    "See? Here's ya problem right 'ere! Ya got gunk in your carburetor. I'll fix ya right up."

  • @hcook1023
    @hcook1023 6 місяців тому +7

    Reminds me of another story quote "the only thing more surprising than a human engineer smacking a delicate machine for 'percussive maintenance' .....that it actually worked"

  • @rauladame2105
    @rauladame2105 6 місяців тому +19

    A real human reader!? AWESOME! Thank you!

  • @johnmoore8016
    @johnmoore8016 6 місяців тому +20

    This story remnds me of the times, I threw the book out the door to get something running and back on line. Job well done with the story. (Mississippi Gulf Coast, USA).

    • @ananamu2248
      @ananamu2248 6 місяців тому

      Well done 😊 quite often people tell themselves es what was done was nothing special because they don't understand it . This .ears clever creatives , rarely get worthy thanx .favourite quote. " a one man band is quite hard to do "

  • @taitano12
    @taitano12 6 місяців тому +52

    Every Engineer I've ever known would be grease stained Techs coming aboard. They may not have all the training, so it's likely to be a kludge, but it WILL be fixed. Even if it's beyond their knowledge and, sometimes comprehension. Especially if they're also general nerds. Then they're likely to figure out even if the really advanced stuff.

    • @shadowraven137
      @shadowraven137 6 місяців тому +4

      If in doubt, we will figure it out. Even if we need to reverse engineer a solution

  • @geofthompson3844
    @geofthompson3844 6 місяців тому +9

    Wow 😂. This was actually a decent story that made narrative sense, didn't repeat the same tired tropes, was enjoyable to listen to and felt like it could potentially happen one day. Nice work 👏 😊

  • @DavidFMayerPhD
    @DavidFMayerPhD 6 місяців тому +23

    Wait until the Sultarr get the REPAIR BILLS.

    • @patrickbicking4933
      @patrickbicking4933 5 місяців тому +1

      Rex: AAAAAAAAAAAAAlrighty, cap'n. Now that ya' got yerself on yer feet, ya need to pay us back for those repairs a while back. Bill comes out to 7 billion USD. Pay up or we take all them wires back.

    • @Victor-056
      @Victor-056 4 місяці тому

      I am rather certain that some of the components the Sultarr had to discard would be considered Payment by the human engineers, seeing as they were likely crafted with rare and exotic materials that could be sold at a high price or recycled.
      This is, after all, an Outpost on the outer rim of the galaxy... And considering how the mechanics went hogwild on the ship to bring it back into working order?
      They were more than happy to be challenged.

  • @watsondna
    @watsondna 6 місяців тому +26

    The alien engineer sounds like a certain Russian ensign I am familiar with. Enjoyed the story.

    • @cseale61
      @cseale61 6 місяців тому +7

      In the image, the alien is wearing a Star Fleet Emblem

    • @gilbertsandoval1888
      @gilbertsandoval1888 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@cseale61You're right! Good catch..😉

  • @Victor-056
    @Victor-056 4 місяці тому +1

    5:08 I pictured Rex Salazar from Generator Rex doing the talking... Though he sounds like he's voiced by Patrick Warburton.

  • @belelokai3328
    @belelokai3328 6 місяців тому +15

    I rather liked this one. Super hyperfocused abstract plots tend to be the best ones

  • @papafrank7094
    @papafrank7094 6 місяців тому +1

    A wonderful story that actually has a new character set. The engineer/hackers. This new point of view is so refreshing, as well as the lack of those infernal AI voices that mispronounce common words which drives us MAD. Again, a story well done.

  • @normanhines5189
    @normanhines5189 6 місяців тому +4

    DUCT TAPE! Man's greatest invention!

  • @CatgirlJesus
    @CatgirlJesus 6 місяців тому +3

    You, Net Narrator and Aggro are the saviors of HFY stories. Do you know any other channels doing Live Readings?

  • @krystie730
    @krystie730 6 місяців тому +2

    I love how you use accents to create verbal contrast between the civilizations.

  • @louisburland5346
    @louisburland5346 4 місяці тому

    The best hfy narrator across all the channels! I miss him

  • @larsharris
    @larsharris 6 місяців тому +5

    Why mess with the bridge? That’s where the suits who think they are in charge waste time. The power plant, engines, life support, etc is where you need to work to live. There needs to be basic controls there in case bridge crew are unable.

  • @nesapanjalingam704
    @nesapanjalingam704 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank you 💐🌺💐for all your effort & the time you put in when uploading this. It is really truly appreciated 🙏
    I enjoyed this story immensely

  • @Theveganshift77
    @Theveganshift77 6 місяців тому +2

    This channel is adictive . I am trying NOT to waste my entire day binge watching its videos

  • @kenl4360
    @kenl4360 6 місяців тому

    Rex’s voice on this one made it that much more enjoyable

  • @jsl151850b
    @jsl151850b 6 місяців тому

    14:08 *Rex: "Waaalll there's your problem! Shouldn't these {points}{points} be superconductors?"*

  • @omahanb1
    @omahanb1 5 місяців тому

    Thanks! I enjoy the stories and the way you present them .

    • @StarboundHFY
      @StarboundHFY  5 місяців тому

      Wow! Thank you so much for the support :D

  • @BentReality.369
    @BentReality.369 6 місяців тому +17

    Rex sounds like kurt Russell.

    • @homoerectus6953
      @homoerectus6953 6 місяців тому +1

      Soldier was his best film...............

    • @NathanBChampine
      @NathanBChampine 6 місяців тому +1

      Now that mention it. He could be an older version of the character he played in the movie Overboard.

  • @vaulthunterfromterra4053
    @vaulthunterfromterra4053 6 місяців тому +3

    Fix is not quite the right word.
    Restore maybe.
    As far as “fix” goes, Gnomes can do it too, but they’ll mod it beyond recognition in the process.

  • @pirobot668beta
    @pirobot668beta 6 місяців тому +2

    Read a short-story in Analog magazine in the mid 1970's.
    Two engineers have been kidnapped by Aliens.
    They are given an Intelligence Test: duplicate a common device.
    They are given tools and materials to work with, and unlimited time [pocket universe]
    The first thing the humans realize is that the machine is true perpetual motion, a genuine free-energy device.
    They panic at first...you can't violate thermodynamics!
    Working tirelessly for months (years?), they finally do it!
    Not only did they duplicate the gadget, it runs much better than the alien model!
    The Aliens burst into the lab, cheering and whistling their approval!
    "We didn't think it was possible! You made a working device!"
    The humans, taken aback asked; "What's the big deal? We studied your machine, figured out how it worked. We had to guess quite a few things, and some of the materials were strange, but we got it to work."
    "Silly humans! The machine we gave you was a fake! It had sub-molecular batteries built into every part!"
    "What batteries?"
    The engineers passed their Test; Humanity and Earth earned their place in the Galaxy.

  • @doylewillis9587
    @doylewillis9587 6 місяців тому +1

    Now this is a good story.Can't wait till I get to the end

  • @Medi0cr3-
    @Medi0cr3- 6 місяців тому

    by far the best narration for this type of content

  • @donkenmuir9504
    @donkenmuir9504 5 місяців тому

    Worth the listen. Well done

  • @mikemcgee5657
    @mikemcgee5657 6 місяців тому +8

    Man, if this isn't a metaphor for our current political climate... Good story, well read, and spot on for this old field engineer / sci-fi aficionado. My Mutant Vehicle team would be proud of this repair job. Also as has already been said, it's nice to have a real voice, NOT AI with it's lack of personality, pronunciation, grammar, etc. Thank you.

    • @Draktand01
      @Draktand01 6 місяців тому

      Interesting take!
      Now that I think about it, in the JS, issues that would require constitutional reform in other countries are often fixed by a patchwork of laws working sround the rigid nature of the US constitution.
      The debate about reforming the first past the post system usually get delegated to the state level, since they have a lot more constitutional leeway on that level.
      Patchwork very much works for rigid political systems as well.
      Now, to clarify, I don’t think the US political system is anywhere near the point of collapse, but it is severely out of date, given the current world we live in.

  • @wilomica
    @wilomica 6 місяців тому +1

    Another winner! Keep up the good work!

  • @brightmatter
    @brightmatter 6 місяців тому

    I assume Rex is certified 100% Tango Tek approved

  • @davidturner4824
    @davidturner4824 6 місяців тому +3

    Great story.

  • @timstephenson3382
    @timstephenson3382 5 місяців тому

    Delightful! Thanks!

  • @rainerotto5447
    @rainerotto5447 6 місяців тому

    Nice story, nice voice, nice presentation. Would be worth a full movie.

  • @Helliconia54
    @Helliconia54 6 місяців тому +1

    THANK YOU. Well written stories told by a HUMAN. Fed up with AI screwing up our language.

  • @neoverse
    @neoverse 3 місяці тому

    "And about the payment.." Spend all that time and parts for a hand shake? How about some advanced schematics and tools. Seems like a fair trade.

  • @matthewkeating-od6rl
    @matthewkeating-od6rl 5 місяців тому

    Great vid/story. Imajine first contact being somone who broke down on the wrong side of our universe.

  • @dragon7060
    @dragon7060 6 місяців тому +1

    Great story, love the channel

  • @jerrysneedsr1066
    @jerrysneedsr1066 6 місяців тому +5

    To me the alien sounds like a vampire.

  • @Allantitan
    @Allantitan 6 місяців тому

    Humans masters of it just works and “it’s not a big it’s a feature” 😂

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic1 6 місяців тому

    This is obe of the best i've heard in ages

  • @Rick-s5g
    @Rick-s5g 6 місяців тому

    I'm a fan- good story that's well written and great narration 😊

  • @teamidris
    @teamidris 6 місяців тому +4

    Lash it up, take it for another lap :o)

  • @normanhines5189
    @normanhines5189 6 місяців тому

    Endure, adapt, overcome.

  • @barbaraprice7811
    @barbaraprice7811 6 місяців тому

    I absolutely loved it, a lot of USA humor!!! Fun listening
    😅

  • @salnollola3020
    @salnollola3020 6 місяців тому

    A Good Reading of a Good story!

  • @sdragut
    @sdragut 6 місяців тому

    that was a great story worth a followup

  • @mikesavatar3194
    @mikesavatar3194 6 місяців тому

    Sounds like an application of Cybernetics.

  • @lackaost
    @lackaost 2 місяці тому

    Great story

  • @hy78an
    @hy78an 6 місяців тому

    emergency repairs well done tend stay in place.

  • @TheFriarduc
    @TheFriarduc 5 місяців тому

    Nice reading.

  • @paulhartman5683
    @paulhartman5683 6 місяців тому

    A human narrator! Subbed!

  • @mikesilvair9483
    @mikesilvair9483 6 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @donktheclown
    @donktheclown Місяць тому

    Ol' Rex fancies himself a Brad Pitt wannabe.

  • @tacticalpickle7
    @tacticalpickle7 6 місяців тому

    Haha, he sounds like my old mechanic

  • @davidhenderson3400
    @davidhenderson3400 6 місяців тому

    I only hope there was a lot of them taking notes and drawing up new wiring schematics. I am all to familiar with the concept of instead trying to fix something just ripping out and starting over. This happens quit often when replacements parts are no longer available (NLA). When you see a part labeled NLA on the IPL you have to get creative.

  • @AdamosDad
    @AdamosDad 6 місяців тому

    Why does Kal'tor sound like a drunk Scotsman.

  • @goodcitizen64
    @goodcitizen64 6 місяців тому

    Good story!

  • @bobbyharris1725
    @bobbyharris1725 6 місяців тому

    ❤nice one

  • @JohnJBrowne11209
    @JohnJBrowne11209 6 місяців тому +1

    So much better than those AI generated stories

  • @jamesrawlings7750
    @jamesrawlings7750 4 місяці тому

    Hey where did you get that star ship pictur

  • @jonathanv.hoffmann3089
    @jonathanv.hoffmann3089 6 місяців тому +1

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @Y2KNW
    @Y2KNW 6 місяців тому

    13:26 - Let me guess: a spatula. :D

  • @Scorpius2008
    @Scorpius2008 6 місяців тому

    why are the accents so funny

  • @cardinalwilson8034
    @cardinalwilson8034 6 місяців тому

    web designers vs programmers

  • @bernadettelee155
    @bernadettelee155 6 місяців тому +3

    Why does Rex sound like an uneducated Texan 🤔! For his knowledge, give him some dignity. Otherwise, good story 😅.

    • @prpplague
      @prpplague 6 місяців тому +3

      because it literally reflects the "can do" attitude of southern cultures. just look at the character of Trip on star trek enterprise... it is a stereotype for a reason...

  • @sdragut
    @sdragut 6 місяців тому

    you talk a bout captain Kal'tor having 4 eyes. Why don't you use realistic background images that reflect the description of your characters. surely the person who is currently doing it can easily accommodate the images to make your story more realistic & interesting

  • @Bill-1370
    @Bill-1370 6 місяців тому +1

    So let me get this right, the aliens are Russian. and the humans are Texans. LOL

  • @timmytheimpaler1750
    @timmytheimpaler1750 6 місяців тому

    Then Kal'tor got the bill 😉

  • @goldosprey
    @goldosprey 6 місяців тому

    Anyone have What I've done playing in their head at the end of the story?

  • @heybobmiller
    @heybobmiller 5 місяців тому

    First, make it work, then make it pretty.

  • @timobrien2813
    @timobrien2813 6 місяців тому

    Good. UKUK

  • @danielleriley2796
    @danielleriley2796 6 місяців тому

    What a load of shit. WTF would Kira and Sultar know? It’s their ship and they haven’t maintained it and it’s a shit ship. Critical systems with no backups, engineering team that can’t maintain their own shit but then yell at people who can. They built a F1 race car, fragile and good when it goes, but they needed a ford F100 Ute. The ark is millennia old metal just work hardens, copper wires harden just by power running through them, metal just hardens sitting there, all that just happens in a decade and that’s why computers just die and fridges break etc.
    Why haven’t they Sultar found a new planet yet they have had thousands of years for fucks sake.

  • @WW3_Historian
    @WW3_Historian 6 місяців тому

    Hard R Rigging at it's finest! (It's a social commentary, please don't cancel me)

  • @tamatirogerson6421
    @tamatirogerson6421 6 місяців тому

    When that ship next crapped itself which would be as long as it took for the sellotape to fall off the cables nobody would be able to do anything for it and therefore the life it sustains. These "repairers" have allowed emergency breakdown repair to be the main way they do everything. Its good for getting u home. Not for leaving it. And its outright lazy. Whoever wrote this never even "fixed" a shoelace let alone anything with so much as a panel screw on it

  • @lmb5826
    @lmb5826 6 місяців тому

    An alien with a Scottish accent...lol

  • @re-mark2971
    @re-mark2971 5 місяців тому

    Nice reading, but the story seems AI-generated. A lot of those phrases you find in AI-generated HFY tales, the same stereotypical interactions between characters, the same style, no surprises...
    Of course, it is possible that some human narrator used one of the large language models to generate the text for a story he/she had in mind, but maybe didn't feel able to write alone, for example because he/she is not a proficient enough in English.
    I am 98% sure, that the text was not written by a human.

  • @tamatirogerson6421
    @tamatirogerson6421 6 місяців тому

    Sorry. Wayy too much overstatement not enough story 🤷‍♂️

  • @Fuxy22
    @Fuxy22 6 місяців тому

    Wait... they can't build new parts... this ship is doomed... sure they can save it now but it's only a matter of time if they don't build replacement parts asap...
    It's better than nothing but it's no long term solution... that rust bucket will die without a permanent resident miracle worker on board and it may die anyway after a while.

  • @jaybiggs7526
    @jaybiggs7526 6 місяців тому

    I lasted for about 8 min. Had to stop. Way to many cliches.

  • @Dr.GeoDave
    @Dr.GeoDave 6 місяців тому

    And on it drags; yet another of these kinds of stories that are incredibly repetitive and poorly “written”. At least the subject matter is a little different.

  • @oddquad2010
    @oddquad2010 6 місяців тому +1

    This story warms the "
    "Cockles of the Hearts" of the backyard mechanics and unorthodox workers around the world.!!🤓😎🖖👽😬🙄🤗.
    Not every path is a straight line and adaptability is the essence of humanity.!!!
    This story encapsulated, in a very well written story, the hope that the spark of human ingenuity will someday make its way to the stars . . . . we can only imagine how cobbled together the future may be if that is our path and destiny.
    I truly hope that we can survive and embrace this outcome. . . .we may not! last that long due to the ecological disaster we have wrought. Climate change quite possibly stamp out the myriad of futures that this world has hoped to live. It's just so very very sad !!!😣😖😵😢😭🖖🖖