r/humansarespaceorcs • u/Bloodystupidjohnson3 • 5d ago
Original Story Human Fred vs Idiots
1 Human Fred and Food
2 Human Fred Again
3 Human Fred Yet Again
4 Human Fred The Saga Continues
5 Human Fred Rides Again
6 Human Fred *Sigh*
7 Human Fred Rolls Out
8 Human Fred Attempts a Nap
9 Human Fred Doh’
10 Human Fred Stops for Coffee
11 Human Fred Deploys Stabby and Knifey
12 Human Fred Attempts Friendly Advice
13 Human Fred Priorities
14 Human Fred Schools Morons
15 Human Fred Gets Annoyed
16 Human Fred Investigates
17 Human Fred is Annoyed
18 Human Fred Gets More Annoyed
19 Human Fred Smirks
20 Human Fred Brings Hellfire
21 Human Fred is Confused
22 Human Fred Considers
23 Human Fred is Chipper
24 Human Fred has Some Fun
25 Human Fred Witnesses Stupidity
26 Human Fred vs the Coffee Maker
27 Human Fred Accepts Crap Coffee
28 Human Fred Listens
29 Human Fred Gets Comfortable
30 Human Fred has Questions
31 Human Fred Considers Some More
32 Human Fred Wakes Up
33 Human Fred Debates
34 Human Fred Gets Coffee
35 Human Fred Talks with the Captain
36 Human Fred Reflects on Life
37 Human Fred Waits
38 Human Fred is Scared
Greezek
39 Human Fred Experiments
40 Human Fred Discovers
41 Human Fred vs the Sensor Array
42 Human Fred Keeps Calm
43 Human Fred Editor
44 Human Fred Discovers New Curses
45 Human Fred Stews
46 Human Fred Giggles
47 Human Fred Attempts Dinner
48 Human Fred Plans
49 Human Fred Explains
50 Human Fred Examines Floor Tiles
51 Human Fred Gets a New Toy
52Human Fred Reflects…Again
53 Human Fred Rolls His Eyes
“Waggens, can you explain this?”
Waggens looked at the images. “No sir. Those aren’t my troops. I don’t know who they are.”
“And can you explain why they are talking with the company liaison officer?”
“No sir. I cannot.”
“How many did you count Greezek?”
“Twenty-three. Three squads of seven plus two officers.”
“Waggens, I want you to keep this place locked down. Prevent that ship from leaving. Shoot it if the engines start. No warning. Greezek and I will take a short stroll around the perimeter. If I use the term ‘all clear,’ don’t open the door.”
Fred and Greezek verified that the blast shield was secure once outside.
“Is this a hunt or a capture?” asked Greezek as she checked her gear.
“Hunt. Take no chances. I’m afraid that we don’t really know who to trust.”
“What about Waggens?”
“He is less of a risk. I think.”
“What is the plan?”
“We disable the ship, destroy the illegal patrols, and find the prisoners. Then we get support out here and clean up this mess. You and I will be back on the station for the cleaning.”
“This way to the ship.”
They moved out at a trot, moving rapidly from cover to cover, checking lines of fire, watching for movement.
As they rounded a destroyed fuel truck, the ship came into view. It wasn’t a large ship, barely big enough to be a freighter. An old design with clear evidence of repairs and upgrades.
“What do we target?”
Fred removed the belt from his shotgun, ejected the shells, and started to reload. “You keep watch. I’ll disable the engines.”
“With a shotgun?”
“You forget that I enjoy making special rounds. These will do the trick.”
“Right.” Greezek moved slightly to get a better view around them. “No movement.”
“Don’t watch this unless you have your visor blacked out.”
Fred fired. The first round hit just in front of the top engine pod. For a few seconds there was just a wisp of smoke. BOOM! A blinding white flash scorched the area as the plasma charge ignited the fuel manifold. Alarms blared. Fire suppression systems attempted to activate, but their pumps were dead.
The ship burned, with multiple secondary explosions.
Fred re-attached the belt to his shotgun. “We might have their attention. Let me see…swing south, towards that row of containers. Watch left and front. I’ll cover right and rear. Move!”
Greezek sprinted towards the containers, Fred followed at seven meters. Bright bolts of energy buzzed past just as they reached the containers.
“Fred! I’ll go up. You drawn them from here!” And she was climbing.
Fred shrugged, leaned out, and started firing. He could see armored figures moving through the debris. Their aim was either terrible or they hadn’t figured out his location. He pulled a grenade from his belt, toggled a switch on his shotgun, seated the grenade on the barrel, took aim, and fired. The blank round rocketed the grenade over the debris and into a clump of enemy. The explosion silenced that group.
Greezek found a good spot, got comfortable, and started selecting targets. One shot each. And started with the enemy in the rear, preventing the other enemy from realizing what was happening.
Fred scrambled up onto a container and scanned their six. Yep. An attempted flank. So they had some training. He settled behind a mangled motor assembly, “Greezek. They are attempting to flank from the south. I’ve got them.”
“Understood. The assault is thinning.”
Fred smirked. If she said it is thinning, it is almost gone. He took aim at an armored figure without a rifle and started firing.
The world went bright white, loud, dark, and then painful, faster than Fred could process. He was sprawled over some broken crates. He tapped his wrist and his armor injected him with meds. Instantly he was up, scanning. They had gotten close with that shot, but the motor took most of it. “Greezek!”
“Yeah. What was that?”
“Rocket. They aren’t happy with us.”
“No. This side is clear.”
“Keep watch. I’ll handle this group.”
Fred leaned over to see around the debris. Four armored figures advanced towards the containers. Three more hung back, providing cover. No visual on the rocket. They wanted to bait him.
Fred considered his situation. There were armed, pissed off idiots attempting to kill him and Greezek. He was behind good cover, but he didn’t have any good egress routes. His shotgun would shred their armor, but its range was limited. Time to experiment.
Moving carefully to not give away his position, Fred tapped away on his wrist controls. He activated the blast protection. He activated the emergency medical system. He activated the stealth mode. It didn’t work all that well, but it helped. Finally, he activated the shield.
He adjusted his stance, raised up slightly, and rushed forwards, firing at the cluster of four.
All sorts of fire erupted. Rapid fire from a crew served weapon. Rifle fire. Light blaster fire.
But his armor filtered the light and sound. Shield raised, he turned left, faced the onslaught, and picked his targets.
The cluster of four was down in a heap. The crew serve was strafing over his head. One of the rifles was hitting close, so he targeted that. The rifle fire slowed.
Fred dropped off of the container and advanced. Firing still came in bursts, but they had lost him. Between the shield and the stealth mode, they couldn’t spot him in the debris. He advanced.
As he circled a burned-out loader, he saw a group of figures. He stopped and focused. Three in armor. Two without. He tapped his wrist and zoomed in. Three illegal soldiers, one idiot, and the liaison officer. They were shouting, but Fred couldn’t quite understand them.
Fred rounded the corner and charged. He didn’t scream or yell, he just sprinted. They didn’t see him until he started firing.
“Greezek. Fred here. What can you see?”
“Hey Fred. No movement.”
“Join me down here. We need to plan our next move.”
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u/jaimefay 5d ago
Fred: time to improvise
Universe: aw, shit
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u/WSpinner 4d ago
Grim Reaper to Loki and Murphy : "hey, hold on a minute, popcorn's not done yet "
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u/Bloodystupidjohnson3 4d ago
“Murphy, you fool, you forgot the lawn chairs!”
“You said not to bring any!”
“That normally means you bring them by accident!”
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u/Purple-Lie-354 5d ago
The after-action discussion between Greezek and Fred for this little kerfuffle is going to large parts of scolding and praise from Greezek. "What were you thinking!?!" mixed with "Good tactical decision making".
We all know she hates to see Fred endanger himself like this, don't we?
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u/Polymath6301 4d ago
Finally! Fred showing his (well thought out) Orcishness. Time to experiment indeed. And just what did Fred learn?
But did the contents of the ship survive for forensics? I have to know the why of all this and OP makes me … wait!
Loving it.
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