Quorum of War - The Complete Story | HFY

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  • @geofthompson3844
    @geofthompson3844 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    Now this was a genuinely brilliant story. No repetitive drivel, no continuous use of the word indomitable, or spirit. Just a really good entertaining Sci fi tale that wasn't like anything else I've seen before. Well done and thanks 😊. More please 🙏 😂

    • @MadaraUchihamizukage
      @MadaraUchihamizukage 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Cause its not AI like so many others.

    • @scottswigart6076
      @scottswigart6076 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I agree. Big flippin thumbs down on stories that are obviously AI, of which this one doesn't seem to be among 'those'. Great story!!

    • @rogersmith1408
      @rogersmith1408 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What no fist smashing?

    • @MrIzzyDizzy
      @MrIzzyDizzy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      it is still a HFY. Humans beat/ take revenge against aliens on a loop. sadly I've listened to all the other sci-fi , stories on you tube. one author i really like. is PE ROWE rarely are there even aliens so its quite different. he has 2 main story lines one near future "Julian" stories. one far future "Misfit" stories. and many random stories. he makes one a week and they are almost always amazing. Sadly I've finished all his stories twice - but if you want great writing and narrating he does both. and he just launched a 24/7 channel. Sci-Fi Audiobook Radio

    • @francistaylor1822
      @francistaylor1822 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No AI, no mention of chiselled jaw etc either.

  • @kevinlytle6215
    @kevinlytle6215 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

    One of the best lines in any story I have seen yet! "The Creature radiated the coldness only achieved by a lifetime in government service or waitressing"
    Added: I made it to the end. Great story and wonderfully good start to finish! The last few paragraphs were the best of it all!

    • @ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc
      @ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Waitressing ? Rotfl hahahahahahahahaha I had a letter friend. It was before computers and he was one of my pen pals. He wrote his favorite things were cats and waitresses.

    • @michaeloel
      @michaeloel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc the man must have experienced the monsters of service work😂

    • @bear4814
      @bear4814 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I preferred “we aren’t diplomats we’re the reason for diplomats”

    • @kellymccarter6032
      @kellymccarter6032 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Made me laugh, I've waitressed all my career. Lol

    • @alexassmann3570
      @alexassmann3570 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1:00:23 1:00:36 1:00:39 😮😮 1:01:05 1:01:1 1:01:59 1:02:17 1:02:20 3 1:01:58

  • @bear4814
    @bear4814 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    We aren’t diplomats we’re the reason for diplomats. Truly awesome

  • @Philipasu
    @Philipasu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    That's an epic revenge story. I think the part which I liked the most was how all the "humans" and Beacon knew that what they did was evil, but they didn't stop. Sometimes you just have to do some evil acts, but always keep in mind that excuses and reasons do not make a wrong right, they just enable it. Doing justice often means doing a required evil/wrong.

  • @jeffjames4064
    @jeffjames4064 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    Good story. TH-cam is full of mass produced generic AI stories. It's a real treat to run across an inventive well conceived story. It being well produced is a bonus.

    • @scifistories1977
      @scifistories1977  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Thanks very much. This author has a real knack for telling a story.
      And I'm pleased you like the production. It took a while to put it together, considering it started as text on a screen.
      The author himself told me that the scene art was very similar to what he envisioned for the story, which I'll take!

    • @twaturmoma
      @twaturmoma 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      the “black ship”and “the new species/ the new threat “ are all great listening

  • @SageofStars
    @SageofStars 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    And this, boys and girls, is why intelligence gathering missions are important. Just because the other guy seems to have nothing to fight back with, doesn't mean they don't. Worse yet, in this case, sometimes the little guy you're smashing today, has a big guy who helped set him up, and they're going to be quite peeved if you mess with their friend.

  • @thlechner54
    @thlechner54 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Not bad. I started reading Fantasy and ScFi when I was around twelve years old. It got to the point in My late teens I would often read two to three books a week. Books , not short stories. As time moved on and the call of adulthood , along with the responsibilities of life fell upon Me , I had forgotten how much I enjoyed reading these stories.
    I am now retired. L live a quiet life. I happened to discover these stories recently. Thankfully in audible form. You see, growing old one sometimes begins to lose eyesight. Anyway , Thanks to all of You who contribute to My new found pleasure.
    Sincerely ,

  • @johntheherbalistg8756
    @johntheherbalistg8756 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    That transmission at the beginning was great. Dark and dramatic, somehow without being trite, and incredible foreshadowing, all rolled into one excellently narrated package. The whole story is 10/10. Will listen again

  • @009dracko
    @009dracko 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This story gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "Fu*k around and find out."

  • @BobR-b4p
    @BobR-b4p 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    This story was freaking AWESOME! WELL DONE!!!

  • @bonjower
    @bonjower 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Bravo. This clearly took a lot of effort... accurately depicting characters, setting the right mood, editing the script to accommodate machine pronunciation. You clearly strive far beyond merely copy-pasting the story into TTS.
    You actually took advantage of this medium and *_added_* to the story.

    • @twaturmoma
      @twaturmoma 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      40min in and the characters development and arcs are clearly well written and in the writers mind im glad im not the only person to appreciate that 😊

    • @scifistories1977
      @scifistories1977  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thanks. I worked quite hard to get the pitch of the scene art right for this story.
      Not many people even comment on it, so thank you.
      Another story arc by this author comes out tomorrow. Human Altered. Similar art and another great story.

  • @wboyd33
    @wboyd33 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Thank you for posting the whole Quorum of War story! It has now entered my Videos to keep folder after I listened to it.

  • @dutchboy9273
    @dutchboy9273 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I grew up on Poe, on King, and on the horrible works of Lovecraft.
    That was one of the darkest stories I have ever heard. Well done.

  • @diarradunlap9337
    @diarradunlap9337 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Silver Wisp: "I leave you the full sentence. Please, read it; Terms and Conditions apply."
    Yep. Definitely a very Human thing to say.

  • @beastfitnezz2938
    @beastfitnezz2938 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One of the best I've listened to. The storytelling and continuity are wonderful

  • @michaelgonzalez5157
    @michaelgonzalez5157 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    I rarely comment , in fact I think I have only commented less than five times on you tube in ten years. THIS WAS AN AMAZING STORY! Great job!

  • @Archer957
    @Archer957 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    this is super well written and the narrator is very good as well. conveys emotion and creates the atmosphere well and clearly. such a pleasant change from the normal AI narrators that are robotic and dull which takes away from the story. I'd say its up there with argo squirrel with narration level almost difficult to tell if its an AI or not by far the best ive heard

  • @gamewizerd01
    @gamewizerd01 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    May whichever gods you worship have mercy on your souls, for you shall find none from me.

  • @Equitine
    @Equitine 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    this is amazing, i love the take of humanity's evolution.

  • @shaunfrazier38
    @shaunfrazier38 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Definitely one of my favorite stories! Brilliant work. Thank you for your effort.

  • @paulmaclean7234
    @paulmaclean7234 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This was superior to the vast majority of sci-fi found on TH-cam.. excellent story, I would love to see more. A sequel.. a prequel. There was just enough mystery introduced to flicker the imagination.

  • @rjhergert6590
    @rjhergert6590 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    "it is a nice door, i want one" lol

    • @janrozema7650
      @janrozema7650 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was a nice door! I want one too

  • @Wise4HarvestTime
    @Wise4HarvestTime 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Dark but moving story: worth a listen if you're not queasy

  • @MandrakeDCR
    @MandrakeDCR 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Isn't that nice of me? .... Run." LOL Holy f'n hell this was a really well written story, and also very well story-boarded for the video. Great job on both counts! :)

  • @ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc
    @ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    An excellent story.Maybe the best one I have seen on youtube.

  • @tufelhunden5795
    @tufelhunden5795 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the best stories I’ve ever listened to in this HFY genre. Thank you.

  • @ViridianFlow
    @ViridianFlow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Nice to see a SciFi where the humans get to space after going through a cyberpunk like body morphing technology phase. It's always odd to hear a story set 1000 years in the future but all the humans are just modern day humans, often with typical modern day accents and countries too (for some reason many writers think the US will still be around hundreds of years from now)

  • @polakmay3888
    @polakmay3888 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of the best presented on this channel

    • @scifistories1977
      @scifistories1977  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks, I put a lot of effort into making it look and feel right.

    • @bonjower
      @bonjower 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@scifistories1977it shows.

  • @harrygrimley4352
    @harrygrimley4352 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us.

  • @SkrugMan
    @SkrugMan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Wicked story! Wish it was longer 😂

  • @matthiasschmidt4974
    @matthiasschmidt4974 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Awesome piece of art.

  • @dwightprzybilla6477
    @dwightprzybilla6477 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is absolutely outstanding! Bravo to all.

  • @Isidronoscu
    @Isidronoscu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    the best history so far

  • @bonjower
    @bonjower 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    38:10 that's just a centrifuge. If you want a blender, you need an agitator to stir the contents independently of the walls of the ship, e.g. tossing the contents into the air like a salad, repeatedly vacuuming them off the floor with cleaning robots or snow blowers, or distributing them via the ventilation system... Bon appetit.

    • @twaturmoma
      @twaturmoma 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      acceleration and deceleration of rotation might achieve a similar effect (affect?) id gess by doing that you could use the walls as agitation

    • @scottswigart6076
      @scottswigart6076 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Lol!!

  • @CarsteaMihai
    @CarsteaMihai 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a real good story, one of a few realy good storie, i recomand ❤

  • @corvina83
    @corvina83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is awesome! Thank you

  • @daniellee3831
    @daniellee3831 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I’d watch this as a mini series or movie

  • @martinschoech8156
    @martinschoech8156 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This one was possibly the best I have listened/read, I am obsessed with sci-fi. Quite a lot. Thanks for such a deep and engaging story.❤

  • @christinetrue8198
    @christinetrue8198 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I really like your stories, and decent narration 😊

  • @steffenstelldinger9999
    @steffenstelldinger9999 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Si vis pacem para bellum.
    Ein Wehrdienst muss sein und es wird ein langer Weg werden!
    Der Weg, den Du in diesem Video angedeutet hast ist auf jeden Fall ein gangbarer Weg.

  • @kgrunenwald
    @kgrunenwald 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved this story.

  • @pax1sw
    @pax1sw หลายเดือนก่อน

    Remarkable, unique story! Very fresh plotline, so well written and presented. As solid as any Sci-Fi story by Asimov or the other oldtime greats of Sci-Fi. Kudos to you! Thank you for sharing with us. 😁👍

  • @buzzpatch2294
    @buzzpatch2294 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    GOOD JOB-- ENJOYED-- THX

  • @josecarranza6516
    @josecarranza6516 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well done. imaginative, unusual perspective, extremely entertaining.

  • @MarilynLittlepage-ri9or
    @MarilynLittlepage-ri9or 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic story. Thanks!!!

  • @arkadashi
    @arkadashi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really great story!!!! Loved it!!!!!👍 👍

  • @ssnerd583
    @ssnerd583 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OH MY!!!
    This one is in the style of some of the old Grand Master of Science Fiction.....From Anderson to Azimov....Bradbury to del Rey....Harrison and Heinlein....McCaffrey....Niven....Phol...Silverberg.....and all the rest.
    BRAVO.
    BRAVO!!!!

  • @user-st8gb9bm6q
    @user-st8gb9bm6q 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent story. Sometimes "I sorry" isn't enough.

  • @LoveFromPR
    @LoveFromPR 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    BRO..... bravo.... well done... damn good ending too...

  • @thomasmurray3920
    @thomasmurray3920 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Just following orders? Seems we have heard that line before…

  • @LuigiL75
    @LuigiL75 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was freaking beautiful 😊

  • @mcrib8330
    @mcrib8330 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of very best hfy stories. Honesty would make a great anime.

  • @edgev0nspike
    @edgev0nspike 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Golly Gee Wizz, Mr. Wilson" Dennis the Menace said. "That Spin Cycle setting was Absofuqinglutely Epic, I'm a gonna hav-ta add that a to my Welcome Too the PAIN MFr, ToolBox!" He replied. ☠️😁☠️😁☠️😁☠️

  • @pmcgarrey
    @pmcgarrey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good story, well done.

  • @panospanos8256
    @panospanos8256 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Επικό!!!!!!

  • @robinkelly1770
    @robinkelly1770 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great story
    Thanks

  • @davidcaskey3665
    @davidcaskey3665 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great stuff!!! So tired of the repetitive crap

  • @cindaschuster6725
    @cindaschuster6725 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great story 💙👍🏼

  • @scottrackley4457
    @scottrackley4457 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A fun thing about explosive depressurization. You only move by as much air is behind you and the aperture. Otherwise, there's nothing to push you towards it. You don't go from against the opposite wall to out the aperture. You just boil. You don't boil from heat, either. The phase from liquid to vapor carries heat away, just like sweating. So, you boil cold. Also, with no air to take the heat away, the heat depends on radiation to spend it, not conduction. So it's slow. I imagine quite painful for the first few seconds. There's a reason freeze dried candy looks exploded.

  • @ianmccardle330
    @ianmccardle330 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good yarn. Thumbs up

  • @davidthompson9677
    @davidthompson9677 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP techno, you’re still touching lives.

  • @GimmieTheGaff
    @GimmieTheGaff 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding

  • @invincibleim7988
    @invincibleim7988 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great story.

  • @eugenekaplun4684
    @eugenekaplun4684 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An absolutely brilliant story. It would be great if you could share the source url. I'd be interested in following the author.

    • @scifistories1977
      @scifistories1977  หลายเดือนก่อน

      The original link to the story on Reddit is in the description. Also, they use the same name on Patreon, so look them up there, too.
      There is also a playlist link in the description so you can check out their other work on the channel.

  • @RickCatita
    @RickCatita 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well that was intense.

  • @thomasmurray3920
    @thomasmurray3920 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was this originally on Reddit?

  • @jovydaskniuipys3898
    @jovydaskniuipys3898 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man... i felt sorry for the beakon. Kinda of bro hug to ease the pain he suffers.

  • @donprice4645
    @donprice4645 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice

  • @attlee2010
    @attlee2010 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    And not once did the narrator say “this changes everything” which is in every TH-cam sci-fi story.

  • @yoboyrob201
    @yoboyrob201 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So they had destroyed a human outpost and not earth? If I understand correctly

    • @sparkeyjames
      @sparkeyjames 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      They destroyed a human colony that had been there thousands of years. It started as a colony of people who wanted to go back to an agrarian lifestyle and in the thousands of years of being there had advanced as a society to being on the verge of regaining spacefaring status all on their own.

    • @yoboyrob201
      @yoboyrob201 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@sparkeyjames ok cool. I was making sure I understood that right. Cuz at first I thought it was earth until Peter they said something about earth

  • @bubbuddoo
    @bubbuddoo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beware them waitresses!

  • @StephenCampbell-yy2xc
    @StephenCampbell-yy2xc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A great revenge tail, that ends with the beginning of a love story between Rowan and Silver

  • @WhopperRektem
    @WhopperRektem 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i assume the race that had thjeir planet decimated at the start were part of the humans? part 1 and 2 is kind of confusing cause no race is given face to the other

    • @sparkeyjames
      @sparkeyjames 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is explained. They were humans who wanted to go back to an agrarian lifestyle. Minimal technology in an every day existence. They only had the tech that was left to them by those who brought them there and a sentient AI watcher installed on the planets moon to report if anything happened to them. They had moved somewhat past that basic agrarian lifestyle to advance almost to being space faring again in the thousands of years since they first arrived. It was why the aliens destroyed them as flimsy as an excuse as it was.

    • @WhopperRektem
      @WhopperRektem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sparkeyjames I’d like to hear more from the world of this story

    • @dotnet97
      @dotnet97 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, as they said, it was a colony of humans who chose to live a primitive lifestyle in memory of how humanity got its start. Beacon was an AI meant to monitor and protect the colony.

  • @justincooper1884
    @justincooper1884 หลายเดือนก่อน

    FINALLY!! A story that doesn't preach or spout liberal bs! There are no weak-willed hippies in this story just righteous justice. 10/10

  • @AppalachianApe
    @AppalachianApe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Most of these stories are dumb AF but this one is fire

  • @jrwilliams7534
    @jrwilliams7534 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is literally an HFY version of Outer Limits episode.

  • @Thomas-rl5pq
    @Thomas-rl5pq 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm sorry, I got to say what we're thinking... AMONG US.

  • @gregmarsters2434
    @gregmarsters2434 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I very much doubt such a transcendent civilization would not at least put up some warning beacons and where to "call" for information. Let alone have one of their own present but unable to act. Still, I very much enjoyed.

  • @Terran.Marine.2
    @Terran.Marine.2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    No one wishes to be used as cannon fodder.
    Especially not Marines.

  • @LawrenceKennard
    @LawrenceKennard 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Or waitressing... It was a nice door? oh God that's funny😂

  • @2045Kell-ri5tm
    @2045Kell-ri5tm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How does something burn in the vacuum of space. Put on an Oxygen mask and open the ship........

    • @sparkeyjames
      @sparkeyjames 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thermite will burn in a vacuum. It is an chemical reaction that creates its own oxygen. I'm quite sure there are other combinations of chemicals that will do the same.

  • @neurofiber2406
    @neurofiber2406 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "To be allowed to live"

  • @ConradCoral-f3t
    @ConradCoral-f3t หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hilpert Ridge

  • @BruceWilliams-t9v
    @BruceWilliams-t9v หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mertz Causeway

  • @MitchHisrich-o6d
    @MitchHisrich-o6d หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spencer Spur

  • @KiithNaabal
    @KiithNaabal หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well...humany appears really vengful.

  • @Cokblokula
    @Cokblokula 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so hard to listen to.
    Having the audio just continue completely uninterrupted is so bad.
    Breaking it up by chapter and using different voices for each perspective (similar to /u/itsdirector's work) would be sooooooo much better.

  • @aaronwhitty990
    @aaronwhitty990 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very hard to follow I thought good story tho

  • @Tragisk100
    @Tragisk100 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is still AI.

  • @I.C.U-c7l
    @I.C.U-c7l 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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