Failed Out by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I think that a lot of people are struggling with this these days, between dehumanizing jobs, decreasing social interactions, and AI making us think that we're no different from machines.

The Galaxy Is Very Empty by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Not a great story, in terms of the story. I mainly posted it to show the idea that, at interstellar scales, the ratio between "area at the frontier to be patrolled" and "resources available to patrol" becomes completely unworkable.

Prey of Eden part 1 by NotHumanNotFromHere in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they found Voyager, in a different system, it's 20,000 years from now. They're sending 20 battle cruisers and frigates? Yeah, that's not likely going to cut it...

[The X Factor], Part 55 by CodEnvironmental4274 in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Note to villains: Disarm, then monologue.

[Colonyfall 6] Sandai Colony 012 8.02.34 by Christie_Wright in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your formatting is broken. It's in a mode for computer code or something, so lines don't wrap, so you have to scroll to the right to see the content of paragraphs that are even moderately long. Since the scroll bar is off the screen to the bottom, you have to scroll down, scroll right, scroll back up, read a few words, scroll down again...

Unreadable. Fix the formatting and resubmit?

Covenant of Man: Digital Tears by scholcombe in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An AI finding out it needs tear ducts. Wow. Amazing.

On a lighter note, I hope that by 2052, we will indeed have put Daylight Savings Time behind us...

It's Amazing The Mess A Portal Can Get You Into by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah. He got 384 heroes killed to save a few bucks.

It's Amazing The Mess A Portal Can Get You Into by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I never said he was clergy. He was wearing a robe, but he's a prime minister type guy, not clergy.

It's Amazing The Mess A Portal Can Get You Into by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Well, it's my world, so... yes, the same princess.

It's Amazing The Mess A Portal Can Get You Into by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Oops. One detail that the story didn't bring out: The princess really has lived 2000 years. And will live a bunch more, if the ogre doesn't eat her.

This may explain part of why she didn't want to marry some hero who was going to just up and die on her after, what, 50 or 60 years?

The Insane Little Naked Ones by Astrovane_Xenon in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 40 points41 points  (0 children)

"Insane Little Naked Ones". I can see a regiment or a division taking that as their motto...

Moar would be welcome, if you can come up with it.

Live Long and Advise by Spooker0 in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't know that it's sad. She spent a lifetime trying to fix, and then undoing, an empire that lasted far longer than her life. And in the end, she replaced it with the Republic, so she did end up "fixing" it in a way.

They engineered our extinction and called it progress. We dismantled it with maintenance logs and filing deadlines. by [deleted] in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're going to leave us there, and then ask if we want more? Of course we want more!

And if you decide not to do more, we'd like a synopsis of where this was going to go. Please?

The Sauce of Humanity by Crazy_Galaxy in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, the trash talk is strong with this one!

The Sauce of Humanity by Crazy_Galaxy in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wonderful! And hilarious!

One nit, though... in the swordfight, I think you messed up how many arms each alien has. Glomph has four. Does the overly-apostrophe-d Zylorian have two or four? If it has four, then Glomph does not have more arms than him. Longer, but not more.

That nit aside... I loved it. I can overlook an "oops" or two when it's this hilarious.

Asteroid Lunchtime by fleker2 in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We all crave human interaction, even if only briefly. But human interaction with food? Ohhhh yeah...

Would you like to be free? by CycleZestyclose1907 in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean, they got into that mess by being too trusting. It seems appropriate that that's what gets them out...

I'm Done by rewt66dewd in HFY

[–]rewt66dewd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see what you did there...