HFY Sci-Fi Short Stories - They Did Not Tremble & Masters of Destruction (r/HFY TFOS# 789)

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  • @AgroSquerril
    @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Just a reminder that there is now 2 TFOS per day and also thar be a discord server as well discord.gg/XeMwEqX

  • @KT-pv3kl
    @KT-pv3kl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    Rule 3: NEVER leave a human unattended in a lab or workshop. He will inadvertently get bored and start building something that violates all safety protocols, is more than likely to explode, has the potential to violate a good number of natural laws and can/will pose a severe risk for the survival of everyone in the facility.

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      or tape everything to the ceiling

    • @Benjamin_009
      @Benjamin_009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Back when I was in highschool some of my classmates grabbed all the chemicals they could find and mixed them into a Becker in the 3 minute the teacher was out , whole lab smelt like year old piss

    • @fist-of-doom487
      @fist-of-doom487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Benjamin_009 I blew up some lab equipment using sodium and water in chemistry. We were supposed to use small amounts because we were learning about the violent reaction between sodium and water. I got bored and use more than required and when the sodium exploded it took a few things with it

    • @Benjamin_009
      @Benjamin_009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@fist-of-doom487 ha ha

    • @ornu01
      @ornu01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@AgroSquerril Well if you're just going to leave the tape lying around...

  • @tonovall2080
    @tonovall2080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    Alien: you can’t make a transport pad into a weapon
    Human: are you challenging me? *makes a transport pad into a weapon*
    Alien: I have severely underestimated your madness
    New rule for humans: never tell them that they can’t make something into a weapon, because they most likely will

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      yup

    • @bogustoast22none25
      @bogustoast22none25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I mean, if it’s a landing pad in space, it would need some magnet to hold onto ships, as it would be more convenient than clamps.
      Strap a generator into it, turn on the magnet, and rig the generator to go into a catastrophic overload if it suddenly changes motion, toss it into space, the moment it get close enough to a ship, the magnets jolt it to slam into the hull, and the generator will begin overload, boom.

    • @admiralglenn2323
      @admiralglenn2323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *MAD SCIENTIST LAUGHTER INTENSIFIES*

    • @bogustoast22none25
      @bogustoast22none25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I could make better models, but that’s enough fictional weapons.

    • @missjayspeechley9213
      @missjayspeechley9213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      From transport pad to space mine in two comments. Human ingenuity

  • @asurasyn
    @asurasyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    "If you'll excuse me, I need to make some poor bastard's life very hard."
    😎

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      :)

    • @Kidozy
      @Kidozy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I loved that one

  • @TheMinecraftACMan
    @TheMinecraftACMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    "They said we couldn't do it. They said we shouldn't do it. They begged us not to do it! And we did it anyways!"

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      yup

    • @Type_blazenil
      @Type_blazenil ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Then we did it BETTER

    • @loadingforcoffee
      @loadingforcoffee ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hell yeah

    • @918guy
      @918guy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Then we did it again for money!

  • @donnellebarfield3964
    @donnellebarfield3964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Alien- Don't save me it's too dangerous my crew is not worth it
    Humans- Do we look Pussy Fire all missiles

  • @DemiNek0
    @DemiNek0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Alien: NO! YOU CANNOT DO THAT IT DEFIES *insert multiple universal laws and few laws of phisics*
    Human: Haha! Shinyyyyyy! *procedes to break multiple laws of phisics*

    • @nicholashernandez4611
      @nicholashernandez4611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a fellow human, we will probably go out of our way to break as many laws of physics as possible. Look at ooblyek and tremble at our insanity!!

    • @zyanidwarfare5634
      @zyanidwarfare5634 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      More often than not that’s a human going “I wonder if I can kill someone with this”

  • @larsharris
    @larsharris ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Respect for the Tremble. I would bet the crew were saying “this is a better end for our ship then rotting, or being forgotten and scrapped”

  • @alexandermathieson4774
    @alexandermathieson4774 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Story one. To the Tremble and her flight of glory.
    Story 2. "Cool invention, what can we kill with it?"
    "Kill? What, no, nothing crazy human, we can't kill anything with it"
    " we can't kill anything with it YET"

  • @danielbrunelle6709
    @danielbrunelle6709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    never tell a human to do something they're already doing unless you want it to be unceremoniously halted....yep, that sound about right, my wife does that often, still not learned yet :D

  • @PanduPoluan
    @PanduPoluan ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Story #1:
    If you're a kind person being bullied, we'll fight for you
    If you're a kind person being bullied, _and_ not selfish but willing to sacrifice yourselves, we'll fight even harder for you.

  • @ratemisia
    @ratemisia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I've listened to and read many of these stories, but They Did Not Tremble was the first time I genuinely teared up while listening. Bravo, sir, your readings are excellent.

  • @markuhler2664
    @markuhler2664 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "May they fly among the trees forevermore.
    And touch the stars with lighened wings "
    That's a nice prayer. A nice eternity.

  • @AdmiralStarNight
    @AdmiralStarNight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    This is the TH-cam channel of u/AdmiralStarNight and I am in love with this reading of my story! Thank you so much for taking the time to read it as it means the world to see my story brought to life in this way!
    Perfect pronunciation of the names and a joy to listen to.

    • @jofknoll
      @jofknoll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      a great story mate keep writing more, please

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Glad you liked , thank you for letting me read it

    • @kencarlson2855
      @kencarlson2855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you for your magnificent donation to the great algorithm

    • @peekakuchu6878
      @peekakuchu6878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thankyou for being creative!

  • @ragnorockcookie2868
    @ragnorockcookie2868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Also I love how this represents humans nature of turning basic things into either weapons of mass destruction or medicine or assistance of tools we humans are quite resourceful and quite of a dice of a dozen faces

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      or a useless doodad that keeps us entertained for too long

    • @ragnorockcookie2868
      @ragnorockcookie2868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@AgroSquerril hmm not really tools are just tools

    • @nicholashernandez4611
      @nicholashernandez4611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Every invention of humanity either started as a weapon or was the byproduct of the pursuit to create weapons. That’s hyperbolic, I know, but the 1% outlier doesn’t change the overwhelming majority. We are, after all, a barely sentient war species on a mud ball of limited resources. War is our default setting.

    • @rshtg2019
      @rshtg2019 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So a d12

    • @loadingforcoffee
      @loadingforcoffee ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ragnorockcookie2868 is that what you call a fidget spinner

  • @koi8217
    @koi8217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Never thought id get emotional to one of these stories but that first one made me cry extra manly tears of pride.

  • @grogvaughan5649
    @grogvaughan5649 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "It's not my fault that I was left unsupervised."

  • @TheAKgunner
    @TheAKgunner ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m guessing that the Tremble’s Captain and crew, at the beginning of the battle, spoke The Three Words with true conviction.

  • @pcd.8333
    @pcd.8333 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Rule number 4: if you hear a human say "well, fuck it". RUN!

  • @catdust
    @catdust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    i am so glad that i'm not the only one that hates being told "to do the thing i'm in the middle of doing" like no, you f*cking do it!!

  • @WallNutBreaker524
    @WallNutBreaker524 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "don't tell Terrans to do something or they won't do it."
    Oh man, I'm a pure blooded Terran 💪😎👌

  • @syrathdouglas1244
    @syrathdouglas1244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Someday, when I get a computer so I can make animations easier, I want to make an animation of that first story.

  • @Dyneamaeus
    @Dyneamaeus ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Can't say you've mastered destruction until you can wield it with exacting precision, at which point it becomes just another tool.

  • @calvingreene90
    @calvingreene90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    We honor you for your offer of sacrifice but every pirate we kill will never harm anyone ever again. That is enough for us to risk near certain doom in the attempt. Fly safe brave one.

    • @Iskelderon
      @Iskelderon ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's what it means to be a true warrior, to know that one day your service might require you to sacifice your life in order to save others and still serve anyway.

    • @PanduPoluan
      @PanduPoluan ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If by my death hundreds, even thousands can be saved, so be it.

  • @rainynight02
    @rainynight02 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Never thought of it like that.
    We can turn anything into a weapon.
    But conversly, we can turn any weapon into something helpful and less dangerous.

  • @ZoruaZorroark
    @ZoruaZorroark ปีที่แล้ว +10

    *proceeds to use nuclear waste as a source of ammunition*
    *also proceeds to use it in a rotary assault cannon*
    *one ups self by building an atmosphere one pilot craft around said rotary cannon*

    • @hanzzel6086
      @hanzzel6086 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The A-10 Thunderbolt II, when you have an awesome gun and want to make it fly.

  • @devinbrynjulson4052
    @devinbrynjulson4052 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Story 1: Birbs: dont do it!
    Tremble crew: buckle up boys! We going for pirate A55!!!

  • @barelyasurvivor1257
    @barelyasurvivor1257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Never judge a warship on how big or small it is compared to a Civilian ship
    Never heard of PT Boats, or submarines, or pocket battleships?
    Or a Terran patrol ship.
    And you broke rule #1 And #2

  • @Thkaal
    @Thkaal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    So many hfy stories have me tear up. They are great for conveying cultural valuea.

  • @WiredTurkey316
    @WiredTurkey316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Maximum bravado.

  • @lowtech67
    @lowtech67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I upvote every video that has links to the original post. Good job giving credit!

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      a pleasure , thank you for watching

  • @ragnorockcookie2868
    @ragnorockcookie2868 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This needs more likes more comments and more subscribers

  • @shebvixen
    @shebvixen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Gotta admit, I was so offended by the "Nearly" at the start of the second story that I spaced out and had skip back to the beginning 😅.

  • @peekakuchu6878
    @peekakuchu6878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Fearless terran annihilators! FTA!

  • @discusmaximus
    @discusmaximus 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For the Author(s), for the narrator Agro Squirrel, for the algorithm !!!

  • @pyrose3625
    @pyrose3625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i have one word and only one word.....Fish >:3 *smack alien across the face with fish leaving them in absolute confusion*

  • @PrinceNewRomeo
    @PrinceNewRomeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man, you are one of my favorite narrators. Wonderful voice.

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you , glad you like the content

  • @jstyson68
    @jstyson68 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was the first time hearing this speaker and this is the second listening to this universe the first one sucked this speaker made me pleasantly pleased thank you speaker for turning me on to this universe

  • @intetx
    @intetx ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have difficulty imagining a technologically advanced species not using vaccines, surgery, mining etc.

    • @tmac8396
      @tmac8396 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can, but it would require developing technologies that would be less aggressive/invasive. Would it be easy? Absolutely not, but for an extremely non-aggressive species, it could be done. It is even entirely possible to NOT develop vaccines and just go the drug route for illness and injury.
      That said, different species might actually develop one or two of those differently than humanity. Remember, just because something is obvious to you from our current vantage point, that doesn't mean it would be obvious from a vantage point where the concept doesn't exist. Imagine asking tribal peoples in the Amazon 200 years ago why they don't make their homes from ice and snow, then imagine asking the Inuit why they don't use wood and leaves for theirs.
      There is another story on this channel about a species that lived at sub-zero temps that was confused by the materials that humans had, because they could never develop them due to the temperatures needed being so extreme it would have killed them or their world, but their cryonic tech was vastly superior to anything humans had, and their spaceship looked like a bubble. They had to work together to develop new technologies that would allow each race to interact with the other in ways that would not kill them.
      The point is, from where we sit, it IS hard to consider technologies that don't correspond to what we have. It is possible, however, that such tech could exist, we just don't have the right viewpoint to discover it for environmental/cultural reasons.

  • @dragongreek9059
    @dragongreek9059 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don’t know why but I love the part at 7:44 to 7:55

  • @farmerned6
    @farmerned6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tremble and Thunderchild
    together on eternal patrol

  • @Amoth_oth_ras_shash
    @Amoth_oth_ras_shash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ahh yes...its also to note never..ever..send incompetent or arrogant officers to work with humans... they have a very 'honed' talent for 'not hearing' stupid things said...or pretend not to hear things so they can do the 'right' thing.

    • @PanduPoluan
      @PanduPoluan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "I heard you, but I think your decision is stupid, and I have decided to ignore you."

    • @Amoth_oth_ras_shash
      @Amoth_oth_ras_shash ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PanduPoluan ''i heard you and wish to avoid the work that would lead to so i chose to support the stupid so i get lunch break sooner'' ;) ying yang

  • @Destroy10151
    @Destroy10151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yes, a comment for the squirrel

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A Reply for the algorithm

  • @victortahlor4038
    @victortahlor4038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the reading

  • @KwaterbugBUTCHER
    @KwaterbugBUTCHER ปีที่แล้ว

    For the Algorithm ,For the Author(s), For the Disembodied voice!

  • @alexs5814
    @alexs5814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great stories, thank you for them.

  • @yomogami4561
    @yomogami4561 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    heck both stories are just a fundamental human truth

  • @blondluck4621
    @blondluck4621 ปีที่แล้ว

    I generally like the stories, but I cannot express in words how fervently I hope that AgroSquirrel can somehow get relief from his obviously terrible case of constipation. You have my deepest sympathy, Sir. Have you tried Milk of Magnesia?

  • @Questor-ky2fv
    @Questor-ky2fv 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I liked both stories. Both had some humor, but I kept laughing and agreeing with the second one. Humans are great at weaponizing stuff. How about a credit card, for instance? You can use one to unlock some doors to break in. You can use the edge of one to slice someone up. Nowadays many have a computer chip built in You can use the info on the card to steal someone's identity and money. You can also use the chip to hack into any computer that the chip has direct access to and other computers that have access to the original computers.

  • @thecursedgalleon7096
    @thecursedgalleon7096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Do the fish come from a game or something? If so I wouldn't mind the name

  • @reasonablehiccups4792
    @reasonablehiccups4792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    For the algorithm

  • @DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH
    @DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For the Squerril

  • @theonetodefyall238
    @theonetodefyall238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    keeper going

  • @darthslackus499
    @darthslackus499 ปีที่แล้ว

    If only my mother knew about Rules #1 & #2 when raising me....

  • @brianmcneal2548
    @brianmcneal2548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like this stuff

  • @quoriander
    @quoriander 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maximum algorithm exploitation.

  • @arakheno4051
    @arakheno4051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    For the algorithm!

  • @calliatatsu4455
    @calliatatsu4455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love your voice

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you , glad you enjoy

  • @robertbemis9800
    @robertbemis9800 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nearly?
    I think you underestimate us Xeno

  • @Thethorschariot
    @Thethorschariot ปีที่แล้ว

    Apparently, other races view Earth in the same way that we view Australia.

  • @carlfranz6805
    @carlfranz6805 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    OK, OK, I admit it... I'm enjoying the fishes. 😘

  • @duck6890
    @duck6890 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice dnd story

  • @ironworksdragon6843
    @ironworksdragon6843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bob the dragon

  • @jeroylenkins1745
    @jeroylenkins1745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    fooshes

  • @PrinceNewRomeo
    @PrinceNewRomeo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also, FISHIES

  • @_zaaya-t-dp_6736
    @_zaaya-t-dp_6736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fishies :D

  • @merlke3029
    @merlke3029 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fishies😮

  • @keona5560
    @keona5560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am utterly atrocious with basic math but was Kitty 12??? 2087-2099 is 12 no?

  • @GoldenStrangerDude
    @GoldenStrangerDude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Comment for the comment throne

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Replies for the Reply god

  • @blankmike4613
    @blankmike4613 ปีที่แล้ว

    hi, kinda like math. Computer said I had mention the Psi core. For the Agenda.

  • @dragoniceful
    @dragoniceful 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Human Protecc

  • @MyrdinAnnoth
    @MyrdinAnnoth ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One thing that I dont like about these fanfics is that humans are always written as way to eager to self sacrifice. Even at a point where its not even needed nor does make sense to do so.
    We will sacrifice ourself yes, but that is the last absolute final resort. Its not like we managed to survive and thrive up till this point acting as if we didnt have a deeply rooted self preservation instinct. No sane captain would suicide his ship and crew to ram the last fleeing pirate ship. There was no reason to do that.
    As much as I enjoy these stories, it bothers me when the authors ignore the fact that humans will do ANYTHING to survive. Self sacrifice is reserved for only very precious few instances usually involving family, close friends or survival of of big number of people/the entire species, yet humans in these stories just throw away their lives willy nilly for no actual benefit of nobody. It makes the sacrifice loose all impact.

  • @redraven8963
    @redraven8963 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know how to make a pocket EMP

  • @nekopix1308
    @nekopix1308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh only 40 min old

  • @FedralBI
    @FedralBI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    F.T.A

  • @apocolips13
    @apocolips13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the fish game

  • @merlinathrawes746
    @merlinathrawes746 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We will do what we will do and the consequences be damned. Besides, we don't like pirates.

  • @josmeijers2818
    @josmeijers2818 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    F.T.A !

  • @merlinwizard1000
    @merlinwizard1000 ปีที่แล้ว

    149th, 22 May 2023

  • @AmbroseBoaBowie
    @AmbroseBoaBowie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ffffffffish

  • @timobrien2813
    @timobrien2813 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you. UKUK

  • @jimmycoyote74
    @jimmycoyote74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For the algorithm

  • @asandrewsilvaw
    @asandrewsilvaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For the algorithm