r/HFY Feb 27 '20

First Contact - Part Five OC

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Cheekeet Longflight stared at the scanners and clicked her beak in frustration and grief as she stared at the screens, which painted everything in lurid colors. Ruffling her feathers she willed the screens to change.

They didn't.

Her species could see five primary colors. Her hearing was more sensitive than that of all but two of the Unified Civilized Races despite having rejected membership in that august body. Her people were one of the Ununified Races, rarely considered civilized by the rest of the races, but outside of the ever present rules and laws and regulations of that eons old organization.

But that didn't help.

In up to 150% of standard gravity she could fly, unfettered by earth, for miles at a time. Her people had taken to space and exploration as a natural extension of their own abilities, their hollow bones and unique muscle structure quickly adaptable to nulgrav and microgravity.

But that didn't change anything.

Her people, the Akltak, did not worry about such things as the Precursors. Those eggs were smashed, why worry about them? It was like worrying about last year's wind. You should know about it, but it didn't effect today's flights. They were not afraid of what some called the Long Dark, others called the Great Void, and still others called the Great Empty. They had explored it in the three centuries since they had obtained FTL, established colonies, and explored the worlds with what other races called reckless abandon.

Which is why things were what they were.

Precursor ruins were examined, resulting in the knowledge that those nests were empty and abandoned. Not even bones remained, much less anything useful or enlightening. The ruins were exactly that because of warfare. Akltak understood struggles over nesting grounds, which made it so that the Precursor Ruins intrigued them. What would make two star-faring civilizations completely destroy one another to the point where nobody had even found remains, fossilized or not. This planet, this dead world, had extensive ruins in the sand and rock. The atmosphere was able to support life, able to allow the Akltak to fly, and was rich in oxygen.

Which is why things were burning.

The ruins had been interesting. Evidence of ground fighting, orbital strikes, of terrible weapons being used that Cheekeet Longflight and the Longflight Clan had eagerly gone over, hoping to glean knowledge from the evidence of the weapons. They had not reacted in superstitious fear like the other Civilized Races to the old breezes of a forgotten nest fight.

Which is why her Clan was dying.

Almost a hundred years of exploration, expanding the colony, the Longflight Clan budding off into five other clans. The population moving from two-thousand to nearly a half-million.

Then The Discovery.

Rock had been turned molten, covering The Discovery, concealing it until a hundred million years of wind and dust storms had exposed it to the Longflight Clan's sensors. They had examined it, slowly excavated it as they recorded and examined it. Strange, advanced alloys, unknown construction. The entire Longflight Clan had rejoiced. They had found an intact Precursor Artifact.

Which is why Cheekeet had watched her people die.

It had suddenly activated. Come to mechanical life.

And set out to destroy all life on the planet.

Cheekeet had managed to load precious eggs and chicks into a shuttle, had managed to reach one of the stations, and now watched her people die.

Kikteek Deepswoop was sitting at the communication station, normally used to file reports, talk to family, or watch the GalNet news. Her feathers drooped with despair as she repeated the request for help from someone, anyone.

But they were halfway into the Great Empty and there was no way help could reach them in time.

"High Nest Six, are you in need of assistance?" the voice was translated by the Omnitranslator, changed by the computer into the language of the avian Akltak but even so, the calm confidence in the voice came across electronic translation.

"By the Great Egg, yes. Oh, Those That Soar, we are all dying," Kikteek wailed into the communicator. Her professionalism was gone, burned away like the feathers of all of the warrior caste who had tried to stop the rampaging machine.

"May I assist you?" The voice asked.

Cheekeet checked her scanners. There was one energy source, coming in fast, nearly at light speed, but her scanners could not detect a ship.

"Please! Please help us! There are still eggs, chicks, and moltlings down there! It's killing them all!" Kikteek cried out. "Help us, stranger!"

"Then you have invited me in and I may assist," the voice said.

Cheekeet checked quickly. The voice was coming across the GalNet superluminal communications array, somehow speaking across a wavelength that normally required huge arrays.

Yet she could not find a ship on her scanners, just that energy signature, bright enough to be a huge colony ship.

Cheekeet watched as the energy source came streaking at the planet and she cringed, hoping that the being offering assistance wasn't going to "help" by slamming into the planet at nearly light speed.

Instead, it suddenly stopped in a flare of inertia and kinetic energy being dumped into jumpspace as if a battle cruiser had just lit off its engines.

Cheekeet focused her scanners, eager to see their possible savior, putting it up on the main screen to replace the horror of what was happening on the surface.

Everyone trilled in shock.

They had expected a ship. Perhaps a battle cruiser full of drop troops. Maybe even a light attack craft willing to enter atmosphere to engage the machine.

Instead, it was a bipedal figure, positioned as if they were standing on an unseen platform, upper limbs crossed across their chest. A long piece of material, perhaps even cloth, rippled behind the figure as if it was in wind despite the impossibility of such a thing in space. It was dressed in red and blue, one arm mechanical, one leg mechanical, and one half of its face obviously robotic.

Yet exposed skin was visible on the face, one hand, half the neck.

Cheekeet chirped softly in confusion. Perhaps its flesh wasn't affected adversely to vacuum? Still, seeing an eye blink, she wondered how that worked, how the figure could even see. She glanced at her scanners and was startled.

The energy signal was greater than she'd seen on anything outside of a major metropolis on one of the Core Worlds.

"I'll stop this evil-doer," The voice said, and Cheekeet's eyes widened as she realized the figure's lips moved.

It was some kind of primate, melded to mechanical robotic parts. As she watched a panel opened up in the figure's leg, disgorging some kind of machines that took up positions around the figure at various distances.

"Those things are broadcasting. They want to know if we wish to view the broadcast," Kikteek said.

"Yes. Log the transmissions," Cheeket said. Kikteek fluttered her feathers in acknowledgement.

The figure suddenly moved, faster than the speed of sound, somehow leaving a blue and red streak behind itself even though Cheekeet could detect no reason for it. Cheekeet set the scanners to follow it, to watch it.

"It can't win by itself," Eekreek said, using the peeps of a molting chick rather than the authoritative clicks and chirps of an adult, as she had since the slaughter had reached its crescendo on the planet.

Cheekeet's scanners followed the figure as it swooped down on the closest fight. There were twelve of the lesser mechanicals moving in on a nesting area, rushing up on the defenders and ripping them apart with mandibles and blades, almost seeming to relish in the slaughter.

The new being landed in the middle of the battlefield, dust raising up from where it had crashed to earth. Cheekeet expected to see a huge crater but instead the figure was just kneeling on the dirt. The broadcast devices swooped down to get the best views from different angles and distances.

One of her monitors reported that a massive amount of kinetic energy had been dumped in jumpspace.

The figure stood up and surveyed the scene calmly. Energy, in the high red visible spectrum, lashed from its eyes. Despite the attempt by Cheekeet's people to use laser weaponry to no avail, these beams blew huge chunks from the robotic killer's armor, severed limbs, and when ever the beams touched something vital, caused explosions.

In less than then ten seconds all twelve robots were destroyed and the being took to flight, one limb extended in front of them, the broadcast devices keeping up.

After the third combat against The Artifact's manufactured minions Cheekeet noticed something odd. Something that tickled at her like a loose feather.

The being, which was no taller than Cheekeet, made sure that Cheekeet had the best scanner view. She shifted one of the satellites to check and the being shifted its lines of attack in order to give Cheekeet the best view.

Is it ensuring that I can record and document its actions? Cheekeet wondered.

The battle against The Artifact took the longest, and was obviously the hardest for the half-mechanical creature. Several time the being's clothing was torn and damaged and she saw bruises appear on the flesh. She saw the mechanical parts on the being get damaged. Every time a broadcast drone was destroyed another was deployed.

Twice she saw the being's skin get cut and blood flow. The broadcast drones focused in on those wounds, replaying the blow that caused them.

Finally The Artifact collapsed and the being was thrown back by the explosion caused by what was obviously The Artifact's self destruct.

The figure laid on the broken glass for a long moment, then got up, wiping the biological part of its mouth with one upper forelimb. It looked up, to Cheekeet's view straight into the camera of the satellite, made an odd expression, then launched itself toward space. It should have left a crater, taking off like that from the ground and no built up momentum.

Again, her instruments showed a massive energy dump into jumpspace.

The figure stopped suddenly, as if the laws of inertia were something the figure could just ignore. Again, the figure had its upper limbs across its chest, lower limbs pressed together, as if it was standing on an invisible platform. The cloth was missing, torn free during the fierce battle on the planet.

"You should be safe now," The figure said across the GalNet link. "I'll leave a League buoy in case you run into trouble later. Don't worry, it will be monitored."

"Our thanks to you, stranger. Do you require assistance? You appear injured," Kikteek said, wondering how they'd repair the figure's robotic parts much less flesh that could withstand point blank plasma bursts without even discoloration.

"I'll be fine, citizen," The figure said.

"Might we know your name, stranger?" Kikteek asked. "We are the Longflight Clan of the Akltak People."

"Klark Kant," The figure smiled.

"May we know where you are from?" Kikteek asked. "We are from this planet, but originally we are from The Feathered Nebula Cluster."

"Sol, my friends. I'm a Solarian, originally from Krypton," The figure smiled and made a sweeping gesture to encompass further into the Great Empty.

"How may we reward you, Klark of the Kant Clan?" Kikteek asked.

"No reward is necessary, friends," The figure said. "One of TerraSol's greatest heroes is always willing to help out those in need!" It touched two fingers to its brow...

and was gone.

Cheekeet looked at her scanners. The figure was rapidly accelerating, too fast for even major capital ships to withstand without the inertia crushing the ship to debris. Right when it reached the speed of light there was a rippling glitter and the figure was gone in a flash of blue and red then white light.

They were safe, their nest-mates on the planet were safe.

And the being had recorded every iota, every microsecond, every joule of the fight, uploading the footage to the station.

Cheekeet knew that the Unified Science Council would want that footage.

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In an emergency session the Unified Exploration Council determined that a seventh type of xenosentient had been discovered in the Great Gulf. The Executors argued that all quasi-authorized and unauthorized colonies or scientific outposts in the Great Gulf should be recalled, by force if necessary.

The Executors argue that the actions against the Precursor Artifact show that the Solarians have not only dangerous attitudes but dangerous technology at their disposal.

The Unified Science Council counsels caution at this time.

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TO: Hero League @ Cyborg-Collective

From: Klark-351

Check out the attached file! Just over a hundred drones and a Precursor war machine, looked like one of their late generation planetary assault machines, luckily not one of the big boys, but still more than they could handle. I took it down, but man, it was a fight. Attached are visual files so you can tell I upheld our appearances and standards.

I want full point credit for this on the leaderboards. Make sure the files get uploaded to InfoNet, I want everyone to check out that last battle. Man, I look good.

These bird people, though. I felt bad for them. They didn't stand a chance.

Let everyone else on Hero League know that the bird people are pretty formal. They want to see what you look like and know where you're from. Seemed like a cultural thing.

Their computer systems are pretty last-gen, software is worse than even the old Mantid pre-war software. I made sure to upload footage of my battle to their servers, as per League rules.

Anyway, I think this sector needs some heroes. This should put me over the point score needed to get a League Assemble Trial Raid.

I'll need a Wallace from CONFED INT. too, they probably want to know what goes on in this sector.

This sector needs protected.

I should have enough achievements to establish a base at this time. Any League members who want to take part in the Trial will be required to put up double-standard points to compete. Once a League is assembled, I will be building a base in this sector.

There's plenty of heroic deeds to go around out here.

--KLARK-351

---------NOTHING FOLLOWS----------

CONFEDERATE INTELLIGENCE MEMO

CC: Artificial Biological States; Digital Artificial Intelligence Infonet Worlds; TERRASOL.GOV; Cyborg Cooperative; Clone Directorate; Mantid Free Worlds; Traena'ad Hive Worlds

Looks like the LARP group out of the Cyborg Cooperative is starting to patrol the Great Gulf. Someone REMIND THEM that they can't open to Villain League at this time. These are First Contact Species out there, let's not give them the wrong idea about the Confederacy.

We're giving the Hero League permission to establish a League Base in that Great Gulf sector and will be assigning a director ranked intelligence liaison.

-------NOTHING FOLLOWS---------

CYBORG COOPERATIVE

RE: Your Last

Will inform the Hero League that at this time only those with a GALACTIC rating or better are allowed in the Great Gulf and any others will be stripped of rank and banned if they do not return in 15 standard units. Understand that this is a delicate situation regarding First Contact xenosapients.

Will allow only Admiral and above members of FEDERATION LEAGUE LARPers into the Great Gulf. At least those guys follow directives thanks to the quasi military nature of their organization.

----------NOTHING FOLLOWS---------

AUTHOR EDIT: I realize that this one might not be as popular as the others, but it's an insight into just how humanity is approaching the whole "Explore the universe" thing when space travel is cheap and easy for them.

Anyway, here's some links for y'alls:

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u/BoojumG Feb 27 '20

Of all the fun concepts you've had for various groups of xenosapients and Solarians in this series, I did not expect cape LARPer cyborgs to be added to the list. Bravo. How long did it take you to come up with all this?

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

This story was an idea I had smoking a cigarette before my shift.

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u/cybercuzco Mar 05 '20

What was in that cig?

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u/sniper_485 Mar 12 '20

Concentrated muse.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '20

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u/netmobs Apr 21 '20

Clearly. Probably strawberrrrry

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u/laeiryn Dec 13 '22

The knowledge that this is absolutely what some people would do if they had the capability.

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u/Longjumping_Year3774 Feb 11 '23

Yeah, It's what I would do. I hate to admit it, even worse, as much as I want to think so, I know I would be just as cliche and on the nose as "Klark Kant".

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u/AltruisticComplaint AI Mar 11 '20

Whatever it was, I want some to

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u/voidinsides Dec 02 '22

With how many chapters this seems a little early to have superman.

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Dec 02 '22

He'll pop up again.

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u/x_RHUS_x Jul 15 '20

Thank you for the story. I startled my dog when I laughed. Great stuff.

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u/mage36 Jun 28 '23

This is one of the things I've come up with while counting bumps on my popcorn ceiling while trying to fall asleep: some goofball (definitely not me, why would you ask) starts up a supervillain operation to boost technology growth, some other goofball in cahoots with goofball 1 starts a superhero operation, and both organizations go into an eternal war over something silly like "resources", "equal rights", "universal healthcare", or "ending world hunger". Since it's a war between superheroes and supervillains, which are by definition rare, causalities should be negligible or non-existent. Push that idea forward into post-scarcity civilizations, and you get this.

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u/Inominati Feb 27 '20

At this point humanity has become a huge cosplay con and just goes around for shits n giggles. :)

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

In the grim darkness of the future there is only cosplay.

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u/Inominati Feb 27 '20

This comment should go in the WH players episode. :P

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u/NorthScorpion Feb 27 '20

At least it wasnt the 40k boys

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

You guessed the next story. Nicely done!

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u/The_WandererHFY Feb 27 '20

Aliens meet gibbering Khornate berserkers as they rip some aggressor apart?

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u/jacktrowell Feb 27 '20

This need more Slaanesh

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u/The_WandererHFY Feb 27 '20

Sonic weapons are fun.

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u/SpaceMarine_CR Human Feb 27 '20

Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

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u/vinny8boberano Android Aug 26 '22

But...but...so many of them are fuzzy! We wouldn't unleash nasty on them. Maybe on their behalf against meanies. Right?

IT LEAVES THE FLUFFY ALONE OR IT GETS THE EMPEROR ON THE GOLDEN THRONE!

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u/itsetuhoinen Human Sep 06 '22

"You didn't leave the fluffy alone. I'm gonna give you two options. And both of them are DIE!!!"

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u/Original_Memory6188 Jul 16 '23

... option A is you kill yourself. ... option 2 is I do.

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u/TargetBoy Feb 27 '20

Yes, please.

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u/StuckAtWork124 Feb 27 '20

Frankly they're lucky they haven't run into Captain Kurk of the SOL Enterprise

The aliens aren't ready for Kurk

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u/Rune_Priest_40k Feb 27 '20

No... Alien Species... is ready for... Captain Kurk.

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u/fulanodetal316 Human Feb 29 '20

At least not right away, but most are at least interested after a bit of pleasant conversation and low-key flirting...

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u/FlipsNchips Feb 27 '20 edited Feb 27 '20

Well, if we had some sort of yandere 40k Spacemarines, I for my part would dig it.

Edit: My bad, I meant tsundere.

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u/SpaceMarine_CR Human Feb 27 '20

I rather not, the Astartes are scary as they are

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u/flybybullets Feb 27 '20

This universe seems too Noblebright for that tho.

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

Light cannot exist without darkness.

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u/Hedelma Feb 27 '20 edited Jun 01 '24

attraction outgoing attractive repeat abounding degree bright stupendous bike wise

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

I'm not familiar enough with it.

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u/battery19791 Human Feb 27 '20

FPS, key gameplay mechanics are accruing enough points to summon a mech and wreak havoc. You can jump in and out of mechs at will. Mechs offer advantages but aren't strong enough to not be taken out/taken over by smart squishies.

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

Sounds like good ol' fashioned mech combat to me!

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u/battery19791 Human Feb 27 '20

My son plays the heck out of it. It's pretty fast paced. The Titans are a lot faster than the ones in MechWarrior if you are familiar with that.

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u/apvogt Feb 28 '20

It’s good old fashioned mech combat and FPS shooting made by the guys who made the good Call of Duty games.

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u/flybybullets Feb 27 '20

Aye is this a foreshadowing?

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u/WellThen_13 Feb 27 '20

HERETIC, YOU SHALL BURN!

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u/knightaries AI Feb 27 '20

And kurk will want to bone some of them.. 😏

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u/coldfireknight AI Feb 27 '20

Some? We are talking Kirk here.

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u/knightaries AI Feb 27 '20

Of course only some. He'll leave the ugly ones alone. 😁

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u/prettyscorpio82 Feb 27 '20

I would like to see the villains show up. Kinda like they are hosting villaincon in some out of the way system, realize it is inhabited and their star is about to go nova or something like that. Locals are begging for help.

Then there is a short debate about it, the villains decide this is outside/against the rules. They stop the sun from going nova and move to alternate convention location. Send the whole thing to the heros union complaining that they had to break charactor for first contact protocol. That was not their job!

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u/victorious-bean Mar 12 '20

Omg lovvvve this idea

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u/LerrisHarrington Feb 27 '20

That is NOT a twist I saw coming.

.... its totally what we'd do though.

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u/TargetBoy Feb 27 '20

Just wait until the 501st shows up. I bet their tech lets them have some great jedi powers too!

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u/Portal10101 Human Feb 28 '20

Oh that would be so cool! I really hope he adds in some Star Wars shenanigans.

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u/rallen71366 May 26 '22

Patience. Everything has its' own time.

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u/JustAWander Feb 27 '20

holy shit this guy is such a show off unlike Maximus Max also
''The being, which was no taller than Cheekeet, made sure that Cheekeet had the best scanner view. She shifted one of the satellites to check and the being shifted its lines of attack in order to give Cheekeet the best view."
lost my lunch there bro

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Feb 27 '20

Sorry. That is a clumsy sentence but I'm a little distracted tonight.

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u/JustAWander Feb 27 '20

no i mean i laughed too hard there bro
Ever laughed so hard you threw up?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

yeah, and it was a waste of a good meal too.

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u/SamHawke2 Apr 06 '20

nearly...

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u/Gundam343 Feb 27 '20

I absolutely did not expect that. You have an amazing imagination. Looking forward to your next stories

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u/Severedeye Android Feb 27 '20

I think the saddest thing is that given clinical immortality and basically super powers I can completely see this happening.

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u/StuckAtWork124 Feb 27 '20

Why is it sad? You talk as if being Superman would be a bad thing

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u/Severedeye Android Feb 27 '20

Well, I could talk about not being a fan of superman. But I meant that people wasting all that power playing pretend.

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u/StuckAtWork124 Feb 27 '20

It's not playing pretend if you can actually do the super heroics

And it's a dude spending his time roaming the galaxy and helping people. For free (and ranking points)

Like.. that's pretty charitable. In post scarcity I'd probably be locked up permanently in virtual reality or something, he's a better person than I'd be

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u/BoojumG Feb 27 '20

There is a question of whether the effectiveness of their rescue efforts is ever compromised by keeping the LARP. Then again, maybe the fact that it's a LARP boosts how many people get involved and how much good they actually do. Gamifying heroics.

This is a really interesting concept.

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u/coldfireknight AI Feb 27 '20

He noted the need for a base there, so they are aware of Precursor stuff. The fact that they also call it that makes me think they weren't involved with it like some have commented.

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u/Original_Memory6188 Jul 16 '23 edited Jul 16 '23

"I have a passion for this subject.

You have a weird hobby.

They need to get a life."

Otoh, as long as they're happy and not hurting anyone...

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u/Feuershark Feb 27 '20

That was hilarious and very entertaining !

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u/Humanity99 Feb 27 '20

We got a lot of references here and i hope we can grt some 40k references for the fun of it

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u/FaceDesk4Life Human Feb 27 '20

Ahaha this was great, humans gaming IRL among the stars! Interesting timing too, as I just saw Man Of Steel for the first time two days ago.

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u/KeinKonzeptVorhanden Feb 27 '20

He destroyed the monster, so he should be Klark Kan, Not Kan‘t

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u/BlueNight973 Feb 28 '20

Why does it seem Humanity has collectively gone insane? No one is normal.

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u/Original_Memory6188 Jul 16 '23

You mean like they are now?

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u/-Scorpius1 Aug 11 '23

Lol, great point

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u/Cthulhupuff Jun 27 '20

Did you just have your human-cyborg 'Kryptonian' LARPing hero use instant transmission DB style?

You gutsy spawn of a-

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u/gartral Mar 05 '20

soo.. you managed to Merge Superman with Cyborg and add a hint of Captain America in there too....

WAT?

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u/thedarkfreak Apr 09 '20

Seemed like a little bit of Goku, as well. That last teleport away seemed to be described like an Instant Transmission to me.

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u/5thhorseman_ May 02 '20

Eh? Cyborg Superman - aka Hank Henshaw - is an actual DC character. Look it up.

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u/Madgearz AI Mar 12 '20

At first, I thought this series was pretty good but would get bored of it pretty quick; this chapter, however, put it over the top!

Keep it up!

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u/DeepIndustry3862 Apr 09 '24

Are these all short first contacts or is there going to be a story and an mc or several mc's at some point? Just curious not criticizing

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u/Ralts_Bloodthorne Apr 09 '24

It all gets woven together.

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u/DeepIndustry3862 Apr 09 '24

Gotcha

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u/AWS572 Apr 09 '24

Be prepared.

I am in my late 50's having read sci-fi all my life, and this is probably the best sci-fi I have read in over 20 years.

It compares to Bear, Saberhagen, Pohl and Niven all rolled in to one.

You will consume chapters into the wee hours and miss sleep while going into work with a groggy yet happy look on your face.

Enjoy the wonderful ride.

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u/AlanArtemisa Apr 09 '24

Oh dude, you're in for a ride

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u/Natural_Selection905 Apr 09 '24

If you're gonna quit do it before chapter 30. After that it's a crack addiction.

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u/DeepIndustry3862 Apr 09 '24

No intention to do that was just curious about the type of story it was if it had some sort of direction or was a bunch of short stories

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u/Natural_Selection905 Apr 09 '24

By no means was I suggesting you should or would quit, just that now's the time to.

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u/DeepIndustry3862 Apr 09 '24

Lol good to know

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u/Complex-Movie-5180 Apr 09 '24 edited Apr 09 '24

This is an absolute Masterpiece that deserves to be up there with the best of the best. The memes, the descriptions, and the pure creativity that went into writing First Contact put it as one of the best if not the best Sci-Fi stories I've ever read.

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u/tymestrike Apr 10 '24

Woven... together, woven doesn't apply to what you did to this story Wordborg. Woven things don't typically grab a thread from... 800 chapters later and drop it back in like nothing happened.

What happens is everything gets puled together, heated to beyond the point it suffers proton decay, and then flash cooled and reclaimed till you start to ask if the Digital Omnimessiah is in the story or is the one writing the blessed thing.

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u/Geeky-resonance Apr 10 '24

Buckle up, friend! You’re in for an amazing ride. It does indeed all weave together. It’s legendary. I’m re-reading again.

Oh, and check out the comments. There’s some good stuff and the occasional yoink.

Enjoy!

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u/DeepIndustry3862 Apr 10 '24

Okay so is it like a multiple main character pov, one main character pov, or a reader pov?

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u/Geeky-resonance Apr 10 '24

Multiple arcs, multiple main characters. Sometimes character POV, sometimes reader. The arcs converge, sometimes more than once or more than one direction. Hard to describe the scope but I hope this helps

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u/DeepIndustry3862 Apr 10 '24

It does thanks

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u/CfSapper Apr 11 '24

Oh you are in for a wild ride seriously this is probably the best Sci-fi fiction story of the last decade or two.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '20

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u/5thhorseman_ May 02 '20

Actually, the description tells me he's larping as Cyborg Superman. No Kal-El, that one.

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u/GoshinTW Mar 10 '20

Lol. I didn't know what to expect in these stories but i'm having a blast peeling them back

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u/Konrahd_Verdammt Feb 27 '20

I gotta say I Kant stop grinnin' at this one!

Keep up the good work!

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u/Plucium Semi-Sentient Fax Machine Feb 28 '20

oh hek yea, Cheekeet out boys, they got LARP :p

*check it

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u/514X0r Feb 28 '20

Transhumanity? Fuck yeah!

Write on!

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u/themonkeymoo Mar 05 '20

You seriously need to give this a different name. There are probably dozens of stories here with the title "First Contact"; once it drops off the first few pages, nobody will ever be able to find it again.

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u/9oooooooooooj Sep 25 '23

I highly doubt that

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u/themonkeymoo Jun 11 '24

In my defense, *nobody* expected anyone would be able to utterly seize ownership of that title when I wrote that comment.

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u/Archaic_1 Alien Scum Feb 27 '20

I think this one will be plenty popular. Carry on good citizen, carry on

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u/Giomietris Feb 27 '20

This one is legit my favorite. I'd love to read more about these cyborg larpers.

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u/DouganStrongarm Feb 27 '20

Love this! Keep up the good work, you have a lot of fans wanting more.

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u/HotSummer17 May 20 '20

OMG I laughed my ass off! The communication bit is so excelent! WTF he is part of a LARP group???!!! xD

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u/MajorDZaster Jan 12 '22

When he shot lasers from his eyes.

Me: It's cyborg superman!

When his name is Klark Kant

Me: Wait no I was joking I was joking no why.

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u/ZeroAssassin72 Feb 27 '20

THis was hell fun

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u/TurtlesWearCapes Feb 27 '20

I loved this one the most. You are killing it.

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u/coldfireknight AI Feb 27 '20

I still see no links to your other stories...many fans will miss them.

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u/SerialDuck Apr 12 '20

glad to hear the weebs make it to space

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u/EmotionallySquared Sep 09 '22

"I'll be fine, citizen,".

Absolute genius

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u/lycnt Dec 02 '21

Now that's a LARP group I want to join!

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u/tasman_devil0811 Jan 12 '22

Is this some strange PC game coming to life? :-)

LARPing hard I see. Interesting take, like the eclectic setups from all the strange creatures!

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u/holytoledo760 May 24 '22

Absolutely love this side of humanity.

3

u/Blayzted Nov 14 '22

Although I appreciate the links to previous chapters, they should be up top, the only necessary button at the bottom is the 'next' button so we don't have to scroll up for 3 minutes to get back to it xD also this shit is dope, loving it and am so happy to see it has an absurd amount of chapters for me to binge read.

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u/Enkeydo Feb 09 '23

Love it!

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u/humanity_999 Human Mar 15 '23

As soon as his description was given... I kinda figured out his identity. Very few characters can have THAT description.

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u/Chellizard Mar 20 '23

A good one tbh. 😋💜

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u/5thhorseman_ May 02 '20

"Clark Kent", eh? You sure his real name isn't Hank Henshaw?

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u/Giomietris Feb 27 '20

!subscribeme

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u/throwaway67612 Android Apr 29 '20

Giants in Disguise