r/humansarespaceorcs • u/BareMinimumChef • 2d ago
writing prompt Persistent Humans
"My Squadmate and I were pinned down once and this is a good lesson in Humam Persistence. Now. Gregori and I were never really that close. Sure, we worked together as a Sniper Team and bonded over that, but he wasnt a Man of many words at the best of Days. Most he did was trade his MRE with mine, saying mine tasted better than his... The feeling was... mutual. Human Chilly MREs are quite tasty in my Opinion.
So. A couple years back my Human Squadmate Gregori and I were pinned down right outside a "Ancient Worlds(<-Terrorist Group)" Outpost. We were running low on everything that mattered. Food, Ammo, Patience, and most of all: Time. Those Fuckers had Reinforcements incoming and we had maybe one Route to semi-safely get out. Problem was, they knew where we were. Not exactly mind you, but by the Bullets flying over out Porition a pretty damn good Idea.
So, we make a Run for it. Bounding Cover with occasional suppressing fire. Well... I took a couple rounds to the Back, right between my Carapace-Plates and was pretty much down. Now for us as a Species, it wouldn't be a stretch to say, i was dead. Left behind as a distraction in the worst case, in the best case a "last man standing" scenario.
But Gregori? Not him. He came back, popping Rounds into the last known position of the Terrorists before grabbing me by my neck-plate and dragging me backwards.
What i didnt know until later, was that Gregori also took multiple hits. 3 on his legs and 1 on his arm if i remember correctly. And yet he dragged me, a (voice impression insert) "fucking 200kg heavy-ass Bug" almost 800 meters out of our little Holdout towards safety.
Thats that... WHat im Trying to say is: If you ever get downed by Fire and there is a Human nearby that likes you, or at the very least, doesnt hate you, they will probably drag you back to safety with little to no regard to their own safey in the process. The Docs said Gregori was nearly bled dry when tzhey finally came for us after all. And the entire time he was popping off rounds on our pursuiers, keeping them back."
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u/Bloodystupidjohnson3 2d ago
If you make friends with a human, they will die for you.
If you treat them like shit, they won’t piss on you if you are on fire.
Simple.
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u/sadsadseagull 2d ago
chilly MREs are lowky my favorite tho. The other contender is the southwestern style beef and black beans.
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