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Wetried,youknow…Wereallydid.Wetriedsohardtobe…better…Weactuallywerebetteronce.No,seriously.Wewereenlightened,generous,peaceful…Stoplaughing!Wewere!Wewerepeaceful, dammit!No,I’mnot“tuggingyourwinglets.”It’strue!Look,ifyou’regoingtobelikethat,I’lljustpushthelaunchbuttonrightnow.Seeya,don’twannabe…Oh,youAREinterestedafterall?Ok.Hey,Ijustgotwordthatyourcaptainwillbeok.Wewereabletogethimintoamedpodquickenough…Ofcourse,wetriedtosavehim.Justwhatsortofpeopledoyouthinkweare?...Nowthatwasharsh…completelyaccurate,mindyou…butharsh.Anyway,likeIwassaying,wewereaprosperous,peacefulpeople,andwarhadbeennothingbutadistantmemoryforoverfivehundredyearsbeforeithappened...BeforeYellowstonehappened!Youdon’tmeantotellmethatyoudidn’tknowaboutthat…Massivesupervolcano?BlewtheHelloutofourplanet?Twoyearswherenothinggrew?…Anyway,that’swhatstartedit,theSolWars…Oh,youhaveheardaboutthose,huh?Well,needlesstosay,allthatenlightened,generous,andpeacefuldidn’texactlymakeitthroughthat.Maybeit’smoreaccuratetosaytheenlightened,generous,andpeacefulamongusdidn’tsurvive…(laughs)…You’reright.Itdoesexplainalot,doesn’tit?Probablyforthebest,though.“Enlightened”and“peaceful”aren’treallyallthatusefulouthereinthegalaxy,arethey?We'renottheonlyjerksouthere.Wearen'ttheworstones,either,notbyalongshot.Thatremindsme,thanksfortheship.It'sreallynice.Oh,don’tbelikethat.AtleastitwasuswhatgotyouandnotoneofthereallymessedgroupsliketheHarlequinortheBlackAngels.We’rejustgoingtotakeyourshit.Itcouldbeworse…trustme...Well,anyway,weloadedthelifepodsdownwithsomegoodfood,andyouguyscandrinkalcohol,right?Weputinacoupleoffifthsinthere,too.It’saboutfortypercentethanol,sobewarned. We’lldropyourwoundedoffsomewheresafeoncetheyarestable.Yourfleetpatrolsthisareafairlyregularly,andwe’lldropthedistressbeaconrightbeforewejump…Well,It’sbeenfunandnohardfeelings,right?…Oh,youwanttoknowsomemore?Sure.Igottimetokill…*It’sthethirty-secondcentury,andhumanityisnowpartofagalacticcivilizationcomprisedofhundredsofworlds.Humanityhasbeensavagedbynaturaldisasterandwarandhasbeenfracturedintoseveralseparatepopulations,allofwhichloatheeachother(somethingsneverchange).Thisisagrittydrama-drivenramblingtalethatswingsbetweenaction,drama,horror,andplentyofvery,verydarkcomedy.Warning:containsadultsituations,absolutelyhorriblelanguage,bathroomhumor,impliedultra-violence,actualultra-violence,drugs,alcohol,pirates,mercs,xenoprostitutes,moralambiguity,derangedAI'swithidentityissues,giantcommiespaceslugs,andapoorlittlefroggirlwhojustwantstosellcoffee.Updateddaily(moreorless)untilIcancatchRoyalRoaduptotheoriginalposts(whicharestillongoing).*Disclaimer:Thosewarningtagsontop?Yeah...Theyaren'tforshow.Thisstorycangetprettydark.It'snota"grimdark"slogthroughgore,butitdoeshaveitsmoments.Idon'tpullpunchesandsomeheavy,contentiousissuesareinvolvedsometimes.Pleasebearinmindthatthisisaworkoffictionandjustbecauseacharacter,evenamainorsympatheticone,doessomethingorendorsessomething,theauthorisNOTendorsingit.(I'madecenthumanbeing.Ipromise!)Themainruleofthistaleis,"nogoodguys".It'sless"goodversusevil"andmore"badpeopledoingbadthingstoworsepeople".Pickyourfavoriterogue,kickback,andenjoytheshow!Collapse

AntiheroProtagonist,ArtificialIntelligence,MultiplePOV,FuturisticSetting,MultipleProtagonists,Wars,WeaktoStrong

Quote:the-grandfatherIs40kanovelandifitispleasedroplink

Warhammer40kisawholefictionaluniversebasedonatabletopgame,prettysurethereareabunchofdifferentnovelswrittenwithinit.

Waslookingforasynopsis,nottheprologuechapter...

Thinkofthisasmanynovellassetinthesameuniversewithmanydifferentcharactersalldoingtheirownthings.Somethingsarebelievable,somearenot.Humansusingak47stofightwarsinthe3000's...anditbeingcombateffective...That'stheonlythingnotreallybelievable.

SobasicallyaworseWarhammer40K?

40kisgrimdarkandhopeless.Inthisuniverse,humanareactuallyfilledwithhopeandoptimism.soIdon'tthinkthetoneisthesame.

Is40kanovelandifitispleasedroplike

IthinktherewasgameWarhammer40k

actualultra-violence?wtfisthat?whyaddtheultrathesynopsiswasprettycringe

obviouslymeantultraviolet,butthesecndownvotersdidntunderstandwhatyouaretryingtohintat.Yousee,theyvotebytextambience.Thatswhytheystillthinknouveauricheisntderogatorylol.

I'vebeenwaitingforsomethingsimilartoStarWarsforalongtime,butit'snotclearbullshit

synopsistooshort

Maybefewmorelines

anyrisktakerhere??

verygoodshortstories.Iwouldgivearead.

Iread4chaptersbutIcan'tconcentrate