"Do not Bullshit with Humans"

r/humansarespaceorcs
u/lesbianwriterlover69

Now this could just be another war story but frankly I'm kinda bored of it so let's talk something else.
*cracks knuckles, is sent to the ER to have them reattached, spends 2 weeks recovering, and then returns to this laptop*
One galactic rule of wisdom that is taught and beaten into every new civilization is to NEVER and I repeat NEVER bullshit the Humans.
The reason is simple, Humans will take your word as truth and out of SPITE, will try to be better than you.
An example I can give you will start with the Rangdan Nebula Run.
It is a large nebula storm that blocks most of the eastern half of the galaxy.
The Medical Aid group known as Durensian Ethnics Incorporate boasted that they had Nebula Piercers that could circumnavigate the storm in a month to send immediate aid the moment an S.O.S. beacon was sent around from any colony or sector in need of aid.
They flexed on the Humans that their ships needed 60 years of masterful engineering to get past the fierce storms that could tear apart even a Human Hell Carrier Dreadnaught.
Humanity, knowing that they have many colony ships on the other side of that nebula storm and that it would take an eternity for the storm to dissipate immediately began crafting a ship that could go through it.
Borrowing schematics and thanking the Lorthalian Engineers who made the basic math formula to make a ship's shielding and hull withstand such magnetic forces lead to a new metal simply called Nebitium, a mix of "cold" metals that resist magnetic and electric forces and a new shield type that while not able to withstand heavy rail cannon fire from even a cruiser, could allow the ship to cycle out the damaging forces of a nebula storm.
And this only took the humans 10 years.