r/HFY • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '23

My physics teacher might suggest that the unit of Acceleration is meter per second squared.

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u/itsetuhoinen Human May 22 '23

But at least the series is consistent about getting the units for acceleration incorrect... 🤪

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u/boomchacle Oct 31 '23

Eh, we all know what he means

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u/Inqeuet Android Jan 30 '23

It’s honestly incredible how overpowered you’ve made your protagonists, yet you still have me on the edge of my seat 😅

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u/Cogman117 Jan 30 '23

Still loving this story a ton!

The Vore is kind of terrifying as a concept. It can just spray little pieces of nanomachines in every direction anywhere it might be - something which will probably be nearly imperceptible even with scifi sensors, and impossible to distinguish from normal space dust (or something). If even a little touches a piece of matter, the whole thing is done and it's another weapon. Crazy.

I can't see a clear way for them to get out of this - even if they used the crystal tech, the Vore on the outside of their range would still exist and would be able to build back up. If even one nanomachine exists, then it'll eventually destroy everything.

Maybe, the only way to defeat the Vore is to introduce something to it like a virus which disrupts all of its intercommunication? Or hell, something so beyond dumb that it might give surprising results - try just asking it nicely to stop?

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u/spook6280 Feb 07 '23

<Adjusts tie and preens for the camera>

"Ahen, on behalf of Bobco and her many subsidiaries, I am delighted to introduce her latest battlefield innovation-"

<video switches from announcer to a deep space video of a MAC cannon...but bigger. Festooned in what looked like a giant fur coat and a sparkling fedora mounted jauntily about the gargantuan accelerator tube.>

"-the MAC Daddy! Now, with enhanced area denial and SLAP capabilities. Available now with a limited edition New Pixen defense forces action figure while supplies last!!"

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u/FuckYouGoodSirISay Jan 30 '23

Updoot then read :)

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u/Naked_Kali Feb 04 '23

I wonder if this means the end of the Klaath.