Humans, The Only Species Able to Fix This Ship

Humans, The Only Species Able to Fix This Ship | Best HFY Stories

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The Ark, the last bastion of the dying Sultaar race, drifts through space on a trajectory towards
oblivion. Its ancient systems are on the verge of collapse, a situation many engineers have
deemed hopeless. All that changes when The Ark passes perilously close to an unassuming
human maintenance depot. Rex, an engineer known for his unconventional solutions and
almost supernatural ability to fix anything, takes on the challenge with his crew. Humans, with
their ingenuity and stubborn persistence, might be the Sultaar's only hope.
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@raytaylor2342 29 күн бұрын

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 KZfaq.

@ncox001 29 күн бұрын

except that this story is still AI-written

@harperco4975 29 күн бұрын

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

@michaelpettersson4919 27 күн бұрын

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

@9999plato 26 күн бұрын

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 25 күн бұрын

Check out asn agro squirrel

@GuntherRommel 28 күн бұрын

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

@solace001 25 күн бұрын

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

@gilbertsandoval1888 29 күн бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

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

@johnchristmas7522 25 күн бұрын

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

@tonyv8925 20 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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

@ananamu2248 14 күн бұрын

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 )

@taitano12 29 күн бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

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

@rauladame2105 25 күн бұрын

A real human reader!? AWESOME! Thank you!

@DavidFMayerPhD 26 күн бұрын

Wait until the Sultarr get the REPAIR BILLS.

@patrickbicking4933 6 күн бұрын

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.

@solace001 25 күн бұрын

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

@johnmoore8016 29 күн бұрын

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 14 күн бұрын

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 "

@geofthompson3844 29 күн бұрын

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 👏 😊

@hcook1023 20 күн бұрын

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"

@watsondna Ай бұрын

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

@cseale61 Ай бұрын

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

@gilbertsandoval1888 29 күн бұрын

@@cseale61You're right! Good catch..😉

@belelokai3328 29 күн бұрын

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

@BentReality.369 29 күн бұрын

Rex sounds like kurt Russell.

@homoerectus6953 29 күн бұрын

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

@NathanBChampine 29 күн бұрын

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

@freedombird7426 22 күн бұрын

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

@Theveganshift77 27 күн бұрын

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

@nesapanjalingam704 29 күн бұрын

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

@larrythompson8630 29 күн бұрын

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.

@krystie730 25 күн бұрын

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

@donkenmuir9504 11 сағат бұрын

Worth the listen. Well done

@kenl4360 25 күн бұрын

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

@davidturner4824 29 күн бұрын

Great story.

@vaulthunterfromterra4053 27 күн бұрын

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.

@Medi0cr3- 19 күн бұрын

by far the best narration for this type of content

@jsl151850b 16 күн бұрын

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

@papafrank7094 19 күн бұрын

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.

@timstephenson3382 6 күн бұрын

Delightful! Thanks!

@normanhines5189 24 күн бұрын

DUCT TAPE! Man's greatest invention!

@normanhines5189 21 күн бұрын

And WD-40

@omahanb1 7 күн бұрын

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

@StarboundHFY 7 күн бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for the support :D

@pirobot668beta 25 күн бұрын

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.

@rainerotto5447 19 күн бұрын

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

@jerrysneedsr1066 29 күн бұрын

To me the alien sounds like a vampire.

@mothmagic1 21 күн бұрын

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

@doylewillis9587 29 күн бұрын

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

@brightmatter 20 күн бұрын

I assume Rex is certified 100% Tango Tek approved

@wilomica 29 күн бұрын

Another winner! Keep up the good work!

@normanhines5189 24 күн бұрын

Endure, adapt, overcome.

@teamidris Ай бұрын

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

@dragon7060 29 күн бұрын

Great story, love the channel

@matthewkeating-od6rl 9 күн бұрын

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

@salnollola3020 25 күн бұрын

A Good Reading of a Good story!

@barbaraprice7811 16 күн бұрын

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

@user-gv6mr5mu8f 29 күн бұрын

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

@sdragut 29 күн бұрын

that was a great story worth a followup

@Helliconia54 28 күн бұрын

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

@goodcitizen64 29 күн бұрын

Good story!

@mikesavatar3194 23 күн бұрын

Sounds like an application of Cybernetics.

@bobbyharris1725 29 күн бұрын

❤nice one

@paulhartman5683 27 күн бұрын

A human narrator! Subbed!

@mikesilvair9483 22 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@StarboundHFY 20 күн бұрын

thank you!!

@hy78an 13 күн бұрын

emergency repairs well done tend stay in place.

@tacticalpickle7 24 күн бұрын

Haha, he sounds like my old mechanic

@JohnJBrowne11209 27 күн бұрын

So much better than those AI generated stories

@bernadettelee155 29 күн бұрын

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

@prpplague 29 күн бұрын

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...

@davidhenderson3400 21 күн бұрын

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.

@Allantitan 26 күн бұрын

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

@AdamosDad 17 күн бұрын

Why does Kal'tor sound like a drunk Scotsman.

@mikemcgee5657 29 күн бұрын

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 29 күн бұрын

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.

@Y2KNW 29 күн бұрын

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

@jonathanv.hoffmann3089 22 күн бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@timmytheimpaler1750 25 күн бұрын

Then Kal'tor got the bill 😉

@cardinalwilson8034 15 күн бұрын

web designers vs programmers

@Scorpius2008 24 күн бұрын

why are the accents so funny

@goldosprey 29 күн бұрын

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

@timobrien2813 27 күн бұрын

Good. UKUK

@Bill-1370 29 күн бұрын

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

@tamatirogerson6421 27 күн бұрын

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

@sdragut 29 күн бұрын

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

@WW3_Historian 28 күн бұрын

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

@lmb5826 26 күн бұрын

An alien with a Scottish accent...lol

@danielleriley2796 24 күн бұрын

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.

@tamatirogerson6421 27 күн бұрын

Sorry. Wayy too much overstatement not enough story 🤷‍♂️

@Fuxy22 28 күн бұрын

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 29 күн бұрын

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

@Dr.GeoDave 23 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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 !!!😣😖😵😢😭🖖🖖