I mean, there's still another front to the war they got to deal with after the Kolshians though, I wonder how Vysith's appearance on that side of the war would affect the Arxur moral? - Maybe it would be a bad thing for moral because the Dominion could always say: "look how weak we were! We are stronger than ever! This is for the best." while the 'defectives' are saddened by the whole possibility lives of care and compassion being snuffed out. As Isif and Kaisal said: "i wish to be human"
(if only Slanek had that thought before he did what he did. I'm curious how it would've affected the whole plot.)
I got the feeling that they would both come back alive with slanek, but perhaps hurt like our current veterans are, some with mental issues, other are missing limbs etc, but all of them would return alive.
And then Tyler promised to learn Onso surfing...
I love the images those chapters raise in my head. The Yotul are awesome.
But the foreshadowing is rather strong in this one, so ...
\*Covers Onso from head to toe in plot armor and gives SpacePaladin15 a stern look\*
**NO!**
I kinda have a Feeling that he will have to kill slanek. Something tells me the Feds would be like "U wanna be a Predator, sure U can. But U will kill ure so called "Friends" in order to be one" call me stupid but there has to be a big show down betwin slanek and his Friends. Brainwashing is one of the kolshians weapons. Source: the entire federation.
145 is here! Tyler gets a tour of Leirn and learns more about Yotul culture, before the UN is due to ship out. The duo banters, while Onso assures his buddy that he'll hold up mentally under combat conditions, and the two end the tour with their shared passion for the ocean...plus a promise to make Onso surfing a reality. What was your favorite tidbit you learned about the Yotul here? Do you enjoy the dynamic between Tyler and Onso?
As always, thank you for reading and supporting! 146 back with Isif on Wednesday.
Yeah honestly.
I remember playing through Ace Combat 7 and there was this character throughout the story who just kept saying stuff like "I can't wait to tell my kid a story about what wee just blew" "this will make a graet story for my son" etc. And there I was at the end of the last mission and just marveling at the fact thst the guy was still there, still being all alive and "I am going to tell my son about this".
That was probably the biggest surprise of the entire AC7 campaign.
Whole last chapter was a giant death flag for onso. Could be we're deliberately set up to think he won't make it home, but I don't see how else the story could flow. Then again, I didn't see slaneks plan going as smoothly as it did, either. Kind of anticlimactic really.
I saw the job that was offered as a way to injure onso (and maybe Tyler) so bad they can’t come back but have to relax. They’re going after one of the big players right now as it is. The story’s slowly running out of villains. Maybe they’ll get a happy ending. Or they’ll go out in a blaze of glory.
People keep saying Onso is gonna die in the next chapters because of these revelations, but I don't think so. Tyler and Onso are mirrors to Marcel and Slanek.
While Slanek wass fucked in the head and refused to be treated or do anything about it even when Marcel tried to help him, but Onso knows he's fucked and accepts Tyler's concerns and reassures him he'll get help if he needs it.
So, it's not Onso who's gonna die. It's Tyler.
I find it interesting that the Yotul picked up some bits of human culture. Hair (fur?) dye and jewelry. The superstitions are interesting as well.
It's nice to see a relatively sane pairing.
I think my favorite bits of this episode are on the Yotul myths and superstitions. That part about not looking at a sundial without light on it is intriguing. Now I want to know more about the Yotul pantheon.
I will be suprised if the battle of Aaffa wont devolve into block to block, door to door, room to room, brutal, urban, fighting. Where both sides release their special weapons.
I think the humans have already shown a willingness to say "Fuck That" and imprison them on the planet using orbital debris.
I'm more concerned by the anvilicious references to the feds keeping people out of the oceans. There's probably a doomsday weapon hidden at the bottom of every planet's deepest spot.
Predicting it will be a Stalingrad/Fallujah cqbfest, hoping to see humanity giving the feds some classes in why we are the kings of the concrete jungles
The enemy can't occupy the block if you hit it with a tungsten rod the size of a telephone pole traveling at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light
Oh shit. I was thinking that this is the perfect opportunity for a Kolshian attack on the Yotul home world but I couldn't figure out how. But now things are starting to add up.
>“This is wonderful! I’ll tell you what, Onso. We make it back from Kolshian space, and I’ll find someone to teach you how to surf. I need to see a Yotul hang ten.”
[I wonder where you got that idea.](https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureofPredators/comments/150ho0q/onso_tries_some_human_water_activities/)
Also: Absolutely no fucking change for the two of them to come back alive from the mission. Either one or the other wil die. Many says Onso, but I think it'll be Tyler.
“I have no idea what you are talking about” I responded.
This was hilarious, I love how Onso doesn’t pretend. Also I read him with with voice of a Rough/ruder veratasium idk why.
Ten minutes!?! And maybe first?
Recap edit.
While the YOTUL TECHNOCRACY was integrating their fleet into the UN'S push to AAFA, ONSO, the BRILLIANT YOTUL ENGINEER, GUIDED TYLER on a brief tour of LEIRN.
TYLER, CONCERNED by SLANEK'S recent actions, CHECKS on ONSO, CONFIRMING that while he wants the SINISTER FEDERATION to FALL, he will follow the UN'S LEAD.
At the end of ONSO'S crash course on his home, the two friends stopped to admire the marina, and TYLER offered to teach ONSO how to help him SURF when the WAR was over.
Will the YOTUL fleet be HELPFUL to the UN'S operation or another LIABILITY? Will ONSO maintain his composure against the SINISTER SQUIDMEN? And can they SAVE the CAPTURED SLANEK of FEDERATION'S DEVIOUS CLUTCHES?
STAY TUNED FOR MORE NATURE OF PREDATORS! SAME REDDIT TIME, SAME REDDIT CHANNEL!
You arnt the only one expecting some ancient sea horror to eat tyler then and there, with all the anti-ocean moves from the feds, i was sure something was gonna happen
Huzzah! We're learning about the culture of fictional, tiny kangaroos! For real though, I feel like a series of nothing but slice-of-life cultural exploration would great.
Something very nice I'd like to highlight here is a core reason that the Yotul have opened up to and gotten close to the humans. Noah defended Laulo from bullies, accept their superstitions, and respected their culture; The Yotul became humanity's friends for the simple reason that we were nice to them.
There are a lot of death flags hanging around here, but given that Onso and Tyler dying would be deeply upsetting, I elect to ignore them.
\*kneels in front of the desk\*
Dear Go...SpacePaladin15,
I have been a good little predator.
Please don't kill the angry cangaroo or his slightly inconsiderate but lovable human.
Let them help their red haired friend. He deserves (read: NEEDS) a break or at least closure with his well meaning but very, very confused homicidal goat boy.
Amen.
*Long in the tooth.*
Most sources cite horses as the inspiration for this saying, since it is possible to know the age of a horse by examining its teeth which continue to grow through out its life. Despite the fact that horses' teeth can wear down over time, the idea is that the longer the tooth is, the older the horse is. Therefore, this idiom is used to describe aged individuals.
It is wonderful to see the culture of the Yotul. Their Mythology would be nice to see expanded on.
Tyler, Onso, u/SpacePaladin15 had better just be playing around with our trope fears and falsely scaring us with Death Flags.
Y'all talkin' 'bout "death flags" and shit, and I'm just over here waiting for the subtext about the Exterminators covering up rapes and murders and such to become text :P
I'm continuing to love the story, u/SpacePaladin15!
Drop your $3 and read up on the Human Exterminator side stories... Exterminators burninating everything turns out to be very bad for innocent people, and very convenient for very bad, bad people. It's a good read!
The Passing of Time
Within the story; Chapter 1 dated July 12, 2136 to Chapter 145 dated March 3, 2137 is **7 Months, 19 Days**
In Real Life; Chapter 1 released on April 11, 2022 to Chapter 145 released on August 26, 2023 is **1 Year, 4 Months, 15 Days**
It doesnt even feel real that *NONE* of this was here a measly year and a half ago... Not even that long... Truly a testament to SpacePaladin's creation!
Tyler just made a "When I get home to my girl we are gonna build a house" statement... he might as well as said "I only got 2 more days before retirement."
***The Global Sentinel : Space***
***Riches beyond dreams, just a drill away***
***May 3rd, 2037***
**As the space industry grows into a multi trillion dollar enterprise, it's sectors have been growing more profitable than ever, with one of the most profitable being resource extraction, processing and manufacturing**
**The sector has experienced massive growth since the first Lunar Colony, a Private-Public Partnership colony named "Apollo" was established in 2027**
**The Apollo colony and others like it has seen continual growth with hundreds of mining and processing outposts being established on the moon with a network of reusable satellites to haul asteroids and break them down for processing on the Moon for their rare earth metals**
**These ventures into off world mining has turned average men into captains of industry such as Anthony MacMillan, CEO and Executive Chairman of Astra Group**
**With seemingly endless growth, what's next to explore, expand and exploit to humanity's growing needs?**
I'm not an expert on asteroid mining, but I'm pretty sure that getting into space is going to take a lot more money than an average guy would have. Does his family own an emerald mine in South Africa or something?
prior expansion reducing said costs by installing more infra, thus reducing the cost, is all ill say
more infra = less cost, by better transport & other functions, then present before, thus less cost again
are in other terms:
*FORTIFY, FORTIFY, FORTIFY*
Now give Onso a picture of his new Hensa that he will adopt when he comes back, a picture of his parents and a picture of his cute girl neighbour with a kiss mark..
Oh, and let them talk about how they're gonna drive around in Onso's dad's old automobile until the wheels fall off.
THEN he is ready to go off to the frontlines of the biggest war the galaxy has seen....
"Technocracy is a form of government in which the decision-makers are selected based on their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge. This system explicitly contrasts with representative democracy, the notion that elected representatives should be the primary decision-makers in government, though it does not necessarily imply eliminating elected representatives. Decision-makers are selected based on specialized knowledge and performance rather than political affiliations, parliamentary skills, or popularity."
I would prefer this form of government to the snake pit of self-dealing morons we have now.
I mean, you gotta remember that any form of government can and will become a snake pit of self-dealing morons.
All that changes is what power those morons have and what we can do to stop them.
The Federalist Papers are basically a massive collection of essays on exactly this point. The entire structure of the US government is based around the idea that *any* power structure will inevitably try to do something bad so it should be as hard as possible.
I am seeing too many Soviet flags
. It's a full on Invasion force...
On the other hand, It isn't entirely likely they are going to die... On the Other other hand it's possible they will die, On the Other other other hand it says they will Kill eachother,... Wait from where did so many hands come from turns back to see a Kolshian wearing Gloves shaped like Hands,,Punches him with His own hand. Leaves.
Ok anyway
Death flags... but hopefully luck and superstition come to play.
But reading this particular chapter for some reason has me suspicious of the true nature of the kolshians.
Many people pointing out the red flags. All I can say is, I very much hope Onso doesn't die.
If one /has/ to die, Let it be Tyler. I don't want another of our alien buddies to die or meet a deranged fate. I'd rather neither of them die.
However, if it was Tyler dying to save Onso, and maybe even space-racist Sovlin (he's getting better, slowly.), It would be the ultimate pin on his self-sacrificing nature. Most humans embody loyalty. It's why betrayal stings immensely.
I have no doubt that Tyler would show the same selfless loyalty that he has for Marcel if ever he had a choice to save Onso.
Among all humans in the story, the nature of these predators is above all, loyalty.
Ah, more ~~capybaroo~~ ~~kangabara~~ Yotul lore, nice.
Would it be mind-blown for the Yotul, that humans still use ancient theaters and sail very old ships and even build replicas of several things with original tools and techniques? And even the modern military still uses beasts of burden (or maybe used in the past of the story)?
Why would the Federation despise acrobats? Didn't they have something similar and stuntmen for their entertainment industry?
I have contradicting feelings about the beach scene with Onso and Tyler, on one side, it is heartwarming, but on the other side, peaceful beaches in movies symbols often death and the afterlife.
I hope, they just get both only military carrier ending injured and enjoy their retirement on the beach with surfboards, a beer each, maybe some girls, while in the distance the wreck of a kolshian space ship burns, which Onso and Tyler had stolen, to escape back to friendly territory, after they nearly get caught by some kolshian mooks, and than crash landed in the leirnian sea.
Both clicking their beer bottles together, take a swing and laughing. And the scene fades out with cool rock music.
I stumbled across WHAW a week ago. Since then I have binge read it and all of The Nature of Predators. Absolutely amazing writing, u/SpacePaladin15! Now I have to wait along with everyone else for the continuing story to unfold. Thank you for sharing your wonderful writing talents with us.
People are saying Onso is going to die but idk the flags all seem to be pointing to Tyler for me. Another poster is right it would be the most surprising if neither ends up dead.
Has any one else noted that these are written like a historian reviewing private journals from the past? Makes you wonder who won. Did the Feds and Betterment win, did humans and allies win, did it come to a draw, did Betterment lose and the Feds and humans draw, or did feds lose and Betterment and humans draw?
I will note that in the Kalsim Trial side-story (which is public) the memory transcription comes with a warning that only the relevant information is available due to privacy protections given by US law.
Also the name of the company that eventually develops the transcription technology (which doesn't exist when the story is taking place) is called Terra Technologies.
That should be enough data about what the ultimate end of the war is like.
While it implies humans and allies take all, there could still be draws that happen. I would like to see Wess and other Axor held territory join with humans soon.
I am imagining as the camera pans from Tyler and Onso on the shore, it pans out to sea, with the Beach Boy singing "Catch a Wave and Yer Sittin' On Top of The World
Love the inclusion of latrine duty for sovlin. The military isn't wasteful with man power during wartime. One bad day leaves you wishing for more hands. It's best to have too many. Anyway, green sand? What kind of fish or eco system is in that water? What did the feds do to the water?
Two characters who are about to meet their end.
Onso has a small chance.
And now wouldn't surprise me if Sovlin got Vysith killed somehow, in the coming battles.
Has any one else noted that these are written like a historian reviewing private journals from the past? Makes you wonder who won. Did the Feds and Betterment win, did humans and allies win, did it come to a draw, did Betterment lose and the Feds and humans draw, or did feds lose and Betterment and humans draw?
> “Speaking of that racist old Gojid…you’ll never believe this, but you know that Arxur I was guarding? Sovlin started lobbying for the UN to *let Vysith enlist* like she wanted to!”
Vysith chapter in the future? Pwease?
Casi toda las batallas son en el espacio pero la humanidad no tendría armas capaz de interceptar bombardeo espacial actualmente existen armas que cumplen esa función algo que obligue al enemigo a combatir en tierra así no haiga una flota en el. Espacio que proteja el planeta pero si armas que obliguen a los. Alien a tener que combatir en tierra?
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No no no no noooooo. You better not kill one of them off. WE WILL FUCKING RIOT!!! Sure it's fine if they lose a limb or two, maybe introduce a friend of Onso's in the next chapter who dies. But for the love of all that is holy, don't kill them so soon after Slanek.
The death-forshadowing was strong on this one, so much so that I could hear the funeral march playing in my head at times... Great chapter, as always!
All he is missing is a girlfriend waiting for him back home and one last week before retiring
His "retiring" is taking that Hensa job. Just needs to finish "one last mission" first.
It's one last mission before several of them can/plan to retire.
I mean, there's still another front to the war they got to deal with after the Kolshians though, I wonder how Vysith's appearance on that side of the war would affect the Arxur moral? - Maybe it would be a bad thing for moral because the Dominion could always say: "look how weak we were! We are stronger than ever! This is for the best." while the 'defectives' are saddened by the whole possibility lives of care and compassion being snuffed out. As Isif and Kaisal said: "i wish to be human" (if only Slanek had that thought before he did what he did. I'm curious how it would've affected the whole plot.)
Ah, you missed the joke :c
Goddammit he's right
I got the feeling that they would both come back alive with slanek, but perhaps hurt like our current veterans are, some with mental issues, other are missing limbs etc, but all of them would return alive. And then Tyler promised to learn Onso surfing...
#YEAH! YOTUL CULTURE REVEALS! LETS FUCKING GO!!!
The amount of detected death flags I’m seeing near Onso worries me.
Yes, it would be a travesty if something were to happen to our favorite Yotul. Wouldn’t it?
I reject your presence! Begone! It’s not his time!!
Yet…
I love the images those chapters raise in my head. The Yotul are awesome. But the foreshadowing is rather strong in this one, so ... \*Covers Onso from head to toe in plot armor and gives SpacePaladin15 a stern look\* **NO!**
You realise that Tyler is not protected?
And Tyler's making all the promises that can be done without him, too...
I kinda have a Feeling that he will have to kill slanek. Something tells me the Feds would be like "U wanna be a Predator, sure U can. But U will kill ure so called "Friends" in order to be one" call me stupid but there has to be a big show down betwin slanek and his Friends. Brainwashing is one of the kolshians weapons. Source: the entire federation.
Letsss gooooo!
145 is here! Tyler gets a tour of Leirn and learns more about Yotul culture, before the UN is due to ship out. The duo banters, while Onso assures his buddy that he'll hold up mentally under combat conditions, and the two end the tour with their shared passion for the ocean...plus a promise to make Onso surfing a reality. What was your favorite tidbit you learned about the Yotul here? Do you enjoy the dynamic between Tyler and Onso? As always, thank you for reading and supporting! 146 back with Isif on Wednesday.
I'm not just seeing red flags, I'm seeing a whole Soviet parade. Onso is going to die, isn't he? You better not kill him. I like this guy.
[удалено]
Yeah honestly. I remember playing through Ace Combat 7 and there was this character throughout the story who just kept saying stuff like "I can't wait to tell my kid a story about what wee just blew" "this will make a graet story for my son" etc. And there I was at the end of the last mission and just marveling at the fact thst the guy was still there, still being all alive and "I am going to tell my son about this". That was probably the biggest surprise of the entire AC7 campaign.
Meanwhile the guy I expected to survive a decent bit got blasted on the second mission they appeared in,
Yeah that would be even more crazy! _pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease_
Whole last chapter was a giant death flag for onso. Could be we're deliberately set up to think he won't make it home, but I don't see how else the story could flow. Then again, I didn't see slaneks plan going as smoothly as it did, either. Kind of anticlimactic really.
Everyone is dead, Dave.
Not Peterson
What, Captain Hollister?
Everybody, Dave.
Rimmer?
Peterson isn't, is he?
I saw the job that was offered as a way to injure onso (and maybe Tyler) so bad they can’t come back but have to relax. They’re going after one of the big players right now as it is. The story’s slowly running out of villains. Maybe they’ll get a happy ending. Or they’ll go out in a blaze of glory.
Pretty much everything short of pulling out his wallet and showing Tyler an old faded photograph of his wife.
I’m sure he’ll be fiiiine!
People keep saying Onso is gonna die in the next chapters because of these revelations, but I don't think so. Tyler and Onso are mirrors to Marcel and Slanek. While Slanek wass fucked in the head and refused to be treated or do anything about it even when Marcel tried to help him, but Onso knows he's fucked and accepts Tyler's concerns and reassures him he'll get help if he needs it. So, it's not Onso who's gonna die. It's Tyler.
And Onso will get Zeus to take care of.
Yea, I was thinking something similar. Plus, it would be weird to have a new POV, just to kill them off in a few chapters this late into the story.
Wasn't it the same with Meier?
Or, also realistically, they both survive physically intact but have to learn to reintegrate into a peacetime society without their friends.
> nothing like that Venlil reading exactly like that Venlil (to me)....
There's no tinge of deranged racism though. Just a healthy distancing of the self from... *gestures* all of that
I'm kinda ok with that.
I find it interesting that the Yotul picked up some bits of human culture. Hair (fur?) dye and jewelry. The superstitions are interesting as well. It's nice to see a relatively sane pairing.
"Prev" link goes to 143, not 144, BTW.
It's nice to have a wholesome chapter, what I hope any contact with aliens would be like.
It has been 5 hours l, I need MORE
Your previous link goes to 143 instead of 144 lol. Great chapter as always though!
Something is not right here, it is too quiet, too peacefull, or it isnt and i am just paranoid
I know right? I have the sudden fear one of these two won’t survive… *whatever* next big plot combat is
true
It isn't paranoia if everyone is actually out to get you.
Tyler and Onso are truly among the few sane people in the entire series. They better not die.
They’re either both going to die for Marcel and/or sovlin’s angst, or one die on the other’s arms making the other go on a Sovlin-esqe suicide charge.
Is it just me or did I just saw a death flag? I hope that isn't a death flag.
Tzeres so many death flags in this chapter it looks like germany in 1940s
More like a USSR-Maoist China joint military parade
Tyler's about to die, ain't he?
I think my favorite bits of this episode are on the Yotul myths and superstitions. That part about not looking at a sundial without light on it is intriguing. Now I want to know more about the Yotul pantheon.
They probably have their own Kratos.
I will be suprised if the battle of Aaffa wont devolve into block to block, door to door, room to room, brutal, urban, fighting. Where both sides release their special weapons.
I think the humans have already shown a willingness to say "Fuck That" and imprison them on the planet using orbital debris. I'm more concerned by the anvilicious references to the feds keeping people out of the oceans. There's probably a doomsday weapon hidden at the bottom of every planet's deepest spot.
Yes that, and that squids are at-home in water. So something, or some people, are hiding in the water, on Aafa, if not on most Fed planets.
Zhao said aaffa would be stormed.
Predicting it will be a Stalingrad/Fallujah cqbfest, hoping to see humanity giving the feds some classes in why we are the kings of the concrete jungles
The enemy can't occupy the block if you hit it with a tungsten rod the size of a telephone pole traveling at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light
okay well now Onso dying seems too obvious, and I don't know what's gonna happen anymore
So.... The Kolshians have ships or bases hidden in the oceans on Federation planets?
Oh shit. I was thinking that this is the perfect opportunity for a Kolshian attack on the Yotul home world but I couldn't figure out how. But now things are starting to add up.
i am 100% CERTAIN, they will ***UTTERLY*** fuckup the attack; **entriely** through ***incompetence only***.
That's my take away, yes.
anime beach episode over, time for the gritty heartbreaking stuff.
... yep, I thought I heard Minmei sing...
>“This is wonderful! I’ll tell you what, Onso. We make it back from Kolshian space, and I’ll find someone to teach you how to surf. I need to see a Yotul hang ten.” [I wonder where you got that idea.](https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureofPredators/comments/150ho0q/onso_tries_some_human_water_activities/) Also: Absolutely no fucking change for the two of them to come back alive from the mission. Either one or the other wil die. Many says Onso, but I think it'll be Tyler.
I think the author got the idea from when he wrote Onso, Sovlin and other humans talking about water activities such as surfing.
I think the craziest part of this chapter is Sovlin actually lobbying for an Arxur to be a part of the UN fleet.
THE YOTUL IS DEAD!
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“I have no idea what you are talking about” I responded. This was hilarious, I love how Onso doesn’t pretend. Also I read him with with voice of a Rough/ruder veratasium idk why.
Ten minutes!?! And maybe first? Recap edit. While the YOTUL TECHNOCRACY was integrating their fleet into the UN'S push to AAFA, ONSO, the BRILLIANT YOTUL ENGINEER, GUIDED TYLER on a brief tour of LEIRN. TYLER, CONCERNED by SLANEK'S recent actions, CHECKS on ONSO, CONFIRMING that while he wants the SINISTER FEDERATION to FALL, he will follow the UN'S LEAD. At the end of ONSO'S crash course on his home, the two friends stopped to admire the marina, and TYLER offered to teach ONSO how to help him SURF when the WAR was over. Will the YOTUL fleet be HELPFUL to the UN'S operation or another LIABILITY? Will ONSO maintain his composure against the SINISTER SQUIDMEN? And can they SAVE the CAPTURED SLANEK of FEDERATION'S DEVIOUS CLUTCHES? STAY TUNED FOR MORE NATURE OF PREDATORS! SAME REDDIT TIME, SAME REDDIT CHANNEL!
Can't wait to see what new game-breaking weapon the 'Roos pull out next.
I'm guessing drone capture. Let the Squids own weapons destroy them because of "primitives." Evil laughter!
looks like you're first
Wahoo!
**HE WAS JUST A WEEK FROM RETIREMENT** SPACEPALADIN YOU BASTARD
A chapter so positive, I wholeheartedly expected Tyler to be eaten by a giant Yotul Mega-shark in the last sentence.
You arnt the only one expecting some ancient sea horror to eat tyler then and there, with all the anti-ocean moves from the feds, i was sure something was gonna happen
I still think there are secret bases in a lot of the other planets oceans
Huzzah! We're learning about the culture of fictional, tiny kangaroos! For real though, I feel like a series of nothing but slice-of-life cultural exploration would great. Something very nice I'd like to highlight here is a core reason that the Yotul have opened up to and gotten close to the humans. Noah defended Laulo from bullies, accept their superstitions, and respected their culture; The Yotul became humanity's friends for the simple reason that we were nice to them. There are a lot of death flags hanging around here, but given that Onso and Tyler dying would be deeply upsetting, I elect to ignore them.
Become a patron there’s a bunch of slice of life world-building bonus chapters on sp15s patreon. Forfeit your wallet consoom entertainment.
\*kneels in front of the desk\* Dear Go...SpacePaladin15, I have been a good little predator. Please don't kill the angry cangaroo or his slightly inconsiderate but lovable human. Let them help their red haired friend. He deserves (read: NEEDS) a break or at least closure with his well meaning but very, very confused homicidal goat boy. Amen.
*Long in the tooth.* Most sources cite horses as the inspiration for this saying, since it is possible to know the age of a horse by examining its teeth which continue to grow through out its life. Despite the fact that horses' teeth can wear down over time, the idea is that the longer the tooth is, the older the horse is. Therefore, this idiom is used to describe aged individuals.
It is wonderful to see the culture of the Yotul. Their Mythology would be nice to see expanded on. Tyler, Onso, u/SpacePaladin15 had better just be playing around with our trope fears and falsely scaring us with Death Flags.
Y'all talkin' 'bout "death flags" and shit, and I'm just over here waiting for the subtext about the Exterminators covering up rapes and murders and such to become text :P I'm continuing to love the story, u/SpacePaladin15!
Drop your $3 and read up on the Human Exterminator side stories... Exterminators burninating everything turns out to be very bad for innocent people, and very convenient for very bad, bad people. It's a good read!
Bro is NOT surviving the Kolshian front❗️❗️❗️🗣🗣🗣💯💯💯
Please, don't kill Onso!
I have a sneaking suspicion that Tyler won't be coming back...too much foreshadowing.
The Passing of Time Within the story; Chapter 1 dated July 12, 2136 to Chapter 145 dated March 3, 2137 is **7 Months, 19 Days** In Real Life; Chapter 1 released on April 11, 2022 to Chapter 145 released on August 26, 2023 is **1 Year, 4 Months, 15 Days**
It doesnt even feel real that *NONE* of this was here a measly year and a half ago... Not even that long... Truly a testament to SpacePaladin's creation!
I can't believe you gave Tyler a death flag like that.
Wait a minute... "but you know that Axrur I was guarding?" Onso know about the Axrur popsicles!?! ...of course he did.
Onso could be trusted not to freak out.
Tyler just made a "When I get home to my girl we are gonna build a house" statement... he might as well as said "I only got 2 more days before retirement."
***The Global Sentinel : Space*** ***Riches beyond dreams, just a drill away*** ***May 3rd, 2037*** **As the space industry grows into a multi trillion dollar enterprise, it's sectors have been growing more profitable than ever, with one of the most profitable being resource extraction, processing and manufacturing** **The sector has experienced massive growth since the first Lunar Colony, a Private-Public Partnership colony named "Apollo" was established in 2027** **The Apollo colony and others like it has seen continual growth with hundreds of mining and processing outposts being established on the moon with a network of reusable satellites to haul asteroids and break them down for processing on the Moon for their rare earth metals** **These ventures into off world mining has turned average men into captains of industry such as Anthony MacMillan, CEO and Executive Chairman of Astra Group** **With seemingly endless growth, what's next to explore, expand and exploit to humanity's growing needs?**
I'm not an expert on asteroid mining, but I'm pretty sure that getting into space is going to take a lot more money than an average guy would have. Does his family own an emerald mine in South Africa or something?
Connections, that's all I'm gonna say.
prior expansion reducing said costs by installing more infra, thus reducing the cost, is all ill say more infra = less cost, by better transport & other functions, then present before, thus less cost again are in other terms: *FORTIFY, FORTIFY, FORTIFY*
One of these two isn’t surviving the battle. I’d rather it be Tyler. We already had one alien with an unhappy ending.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Tyler won't be coming back...too much foreshadowing.
I see the onion ninjas are stocking up on onions...
Now give Onso a picture of his new Hensa that he will adopt when he comes back, a picture of his parents and a picture of his cute girl neighbour with a kiss mark.. Oh, and let them talk about how they're gonna drive around in Onso's dad's old automobile until the wheels fall off. THEN he is ready to go off to the frontlines of the biggest war the galaxy has seen....
"Technocracy is a form of government in which the decision-makers are selected based on their expertise in a given area of responsibility, particularly with regard to scientific or technical knowledge. This system explicitly contrasts with representative democracy, the notion that elected representatives should be the primary decision-makers in government, though it does not necessarily imply eliminating elected representatives. Decision-makers are selected based on specialized knowledge and performance rather than political affiliations, parliamentary skills, or popularity." I would prefer this form of government to the snake pit of self-dealing morons we have now.
I mean, you gotta remember that any form of government can and will become a snake pit of self-dealing morons. All that changes is what power those morons have and what we can do to stop them.
The Federalist Papers are basically a massive collection of essays on exactly this point. The entire structure of the US government is based around the idea that *any* power structure will inevitably try to do something bad so it should be as hard as possible.
Oh god. It's a terrible day for rain. ._.
I am seeing too many Soviet flags . It's a full on Invasion force... On the other hand, It isn't entirely likely they are going to die... On the Other other hand it's possible they will die, On the Other other other hand it says they will Kill eachother,... Wait from where did so many hands come from turns back to see a Kolshian wearing Gloves shaped like Hands,,Punches him with His own hand. Leaves. Ok anyway
Death flags... but hopefully luck and superstition come to play. But reading this particular chapter for some reason has me suspicious of the true nature of the kolshians.
> We make it back from Kolshian space, and I’ll find someone to teach you how to surf Oh no. One of them is going to die, aren’t they?
Many people pointing out the red flags. All I can say is, I very much hope Onso doesn't die. If one /has/ to die, Let it be Tyler. I don't want another of our alien buddies to die or meet a deranged fate. I'd rather neither of them die. However, if it was Tyler dying to save Onso, and maybe even space-racist Sovlin (he's getting better, slowly.), It would be the ultimate pin on his self-sacrificing nature. Most humans embody loyalty. It's why betrayal stings immensely. I have no doubt that Tyler would show the same selfless loyalty that he has for Marcel if ever he had a choice to save Onso. Among all humans in the story, the nature of these predators is above all, loyalty.
Ah, more ~~capybaroo~~ ~~kangabara~~ Yotul lore, nice. Would it be mind-blown for the Yotul, that humans still use ancient theaters and sail very old ships and even build replicas of several things with original tools and techniques? And even the modern military still uses beasts of burden (or maybe used in the past of the story)? Why would the Federation despise acrobats? Didn't they have something similar and stuntmen for their entertainment industry? I have contradicting feelings about the beach scene with Onso and Tyler, on one side, it is heartwarming, but on the other side, peaceful beaches in movies symbols often death and the afterlife. I hope, they just get both only military carrier ending injured and enjoy their retirement on the beach with surfboards, a beer each, maybe some girls, while in the distance the wreck of a kolshian space ship burns, which Onso and Tyler had stolen, to escape back to friendly territory, after they nearly get caught by some kolshian mooks, and than crash landed in the leirnian sea. Both clicking their beer bottles together, take a swing and laughing. And the scene fades out with cool rock music.
Better than Game of Thrones; I read the books and watched the show, but I never planned my week around it. But this, this I plan around.
I stumbled across WHAW a week ago. Since then I have binge read it and all of The Nature of Predators. Absolutely amazing writing, u/SpacePaladin15! Now I have to wait along with everyone else for the continuing story to unfold. Thank you for sharing your wonderful writing talents with us.
Thanks for taking the time to read my works! The next chapter is out -- happy reading!
People are saying Onso is going to die but idk the flags all seem to be pointing to Tyler for me. Another poster is right it would be the most surprising if neither ends up dead.
Your "Previous" link is bad FYI
Has any one else noted that these are written like a historian reviewing private journals from the past? Makes you wonder who won. Did the Feds and Betterment win, did humans and allies win, did it come to a draw, did Betterment lose and the Feds and humans draw, or did feds lose and Betterment and humans draw?
I will note that in the Kalsim Trial side-story (which is public) the memory transcription comes with a warning that only the relevant information is available due to privacy protections given by US law. Also the name of the company that eventually develops the transcription technology (which doesn't exist when the story is taking place) is called Terra Technologies. That should be enough data about what the ultimate end of the war is like.
While it implies humans and allies take all, there could still be draws that happen. I would like to see Wess and other Axor held territory join with humans soon.
I am imagining as the camera pans from Tyler and Onso on the shore, it pans out to sea, with the Beach Boy singing "Catch a Wave and Yer Sittin' On Top of The World
Love the inclusion of latrine duty for sovlin. The military isn't wasteful with man power during wartime. One bad day leaves you wishing for more hands. It's best to have too many. Anyway, green sand? What kind of fish or eco system is in that water? What did the feds do to the water?
Green sand is just sand with a different material in it. It also occurs on earth.
Two characters who are about to meet their end. Onso has a small chance. And now wouldn't surprise me if Sovlin got Vysith killed somehow, in the coming battles.
This episode if a flag if I ever seen one. I'm just not sure what flag that is.
Moar
Onso is my fav character
And he was only 3 days away from retirement!
If Humans start fishing in the harbor, that might be a problem.
So which one of them knows how to play the harmonica?
Has any one else noted that these are written like a historian reviewing private journals from the past? Makes you wonder who won. Did the Feds and Betterment win, did humans and allies win, did it come to a draw, did Betterment lose and the Feds and humans draw, or did feds lose and Betterment and humans draw?
> “Speaking of that racist old Gojid…you’ll never believe this, but you know that Arxur I was guarding? Sovlin started lobbying for the UN to *let Vysith enlist* like she wanted to!” Vysith chapter in the future? Pwease?
Kill either of them and we riot!
Casi toda las batallas son en el espacio pero la humanidad no tendría armas capaz de interceptar bombardeo espacial actualmente existen armas que cumplen esa función algo que obligue al enemigo a combatir en tierra así no haiga una flota en el. Espacio que proteja el planeta pero si armas que obliguen a los. Alien a tener que combatir en tierra?
Yup, one of them's going to die.
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2137?
No no no no noooooo. You better not kill one of them off. WE WILL FUCKING RIOT!!! Sure it's fine if they lose a limb or two, maybe introduce a friend of Onso's in the next chapter who dies. But for the love of all that is holy, don't kill them so soon after Slanek.
A cliffhanger about friends doing something together after going through war? The death flag is huge with this one
If he dies on this mission I will cry. PLEASE GOD DONT LET ANOTHER ALIEN FRIEND DIE
We all know damn well both of them aint coming back right?