The War That Proved Humanity Was The Galaxy's Apex Predator | Best HFY Stories

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  • @Hypastpist
    @Hypastpist 2 місяці тому +211

    "Violence, The supreme authority from which all authority is derived"

    • @Rebelrocker69
      @Rebelrocker69 2 місяці тому +37

      "My father told me that violence never solves anything."
      "Really? I wonder what the city fathers of Hiroshima have to say about that."
      I love that movie.

    • @ObsydianShade
      @ObsydianShade 2 місяці тому +8

      Or, as Mao was fond of saying, "Political power grows from the barrel of a gun."

    • @A-stray42
      @A-stray42 2 місяці тому +14

      "I'm doing my part!"

    • @jebNightlinger
      @jebNightlinger 2 місяці тому +13

      Do you want to know more?

    • @Indyofthedead
      @Indyofthedead 2 місяці тому +5

      A Robert Heinlein fan, I see.

  • @GreatGreenGoo
    @GreatGreenGoo 2 місяці тому +92

    "Hi Aliens, let me introduce you to two words...'Asymmetrical Warfare..."

    • @sbevil_kinevil2898
      @sbevil_kinevil2898 2 місяці тому +17

      "Today's lesson...uncoventional warfare tactics"

    • @morgankuikka4940
      @morgankuikka4940 2 місяці тому +13

      About to start adding new pages to the Geneva conventions

    • @Haubitzer
      @Haubitzer 2 місяці тому +16

      ​@@morgankuikka4940Aka the Canadian check list. 😀

    • @Haubitzer
      @Haubitzer 2 місяці тому +6

      Well. If ya ain't cheating, ya ain't trying. 😁

    • @crazeeaz
      @crazeeaz Місяць тому +8

      ​@@Haubitzerif you're in a fair fight, it's because your tactics suck.

  • @lukkaredwolf3534
    @lukkaredwolf3534 2 місяці тому +60

    Be careful how you respond when a human asks, "Do you need assistance?"

    • @BurakkuHishou
      @BurakkuHishou Місяць тому +10

      In the galactic space, humans are the government and humans know "The scariest phrase to hear is 'I'm from the government and i'm here to help."

  • @ssnerd583
    @ssnerd583 2 місяці тому +59

    SO awesome to be read by such a wonderful narrator.
    This is a HUUUUGE step above any AI reading a script.

  • @SIB1963
    @SIB1963 2 місяці тому +217

    I started listening to HFY stories a few months ago. Most of the HFY I've listened to for the last couple of months is just garbage, worthless or nearly so. This is one of the few good, thoughtful ones. It actually develops a story rather than just sketch its borders, and describes actions and consequences rather than outline plot points. Well done.

    • @jackreisewitz6632
      @jackreisewitz6632 2 місяці тому +20

      I've pretty much reached my saturation point on poorly written stories, with disjointed ideas filled with contradictions, and structure that barely holds together.
      This one was apparently authored by a real human, rather than computer generated. That, coupled with your commendation encourages me to invest my time in hearing it. Thank you.
      I hope that there is more to it than just another self gratifying dose of Machoism

    • @mhep9367
      @mhep9367 2 місяці тому +10

      Sadly, many read like AI scripts or high schoolers with a thesaurus.

    • @geofthompson3844
      @geofthompson3844 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, I agree completely. This was a proper story, written well, read by someone who knows how to emphasise, and with genuine stakes that kept you interested.

    • @jackreisewitz6632
      @jackreisewitz6632 2 місяці тому +6

      @mhep9367 Well, a story should entertain. A good story will remain with you. A great story will influence you. Most of these HFY stories do none of that.
      Not surprising. That's not why they are written. They, just like the name "HFY" suggests, are only written to do no more than declare "Go● Damn !! We're So Effing Awesome !!"
      It's like watching WWF. Vicarious ego stroking.

    • @MadaraUchihamizukage
      @MadaraUchihamizukage 2 місяці тому +6

      @@mhep9367 Because most are AI Scripts. Word Repetitions are a dead Give away.

  • @HrLBolle
    @HrLBolle 2 місяці тому +73

    So Solomon has become Death, the Destroyer of worlds being forced to pry open the Seals that bind what lies in the deepest reaches of Pandoras Box

    • @patta8388
      @patta8388 Місяць тому

      I fully expected this to be in the letter Solomon wrote.

    • @pinkbiohazardmercurialcoll7133
      @pinkbiohazardmercurialcoll7133 Місяць тому

      For what is in the bottom of the box was Hope...

    • @HrLBolle
      @HrLBolle Місяць тому

      @@pinkbiohazardmercurialcoll7133 who's to know what lies beneath hope ...

    • @pinkbiohazardmercurialcoll7133
      @pinkbiohazardmercurialcoll7133 Місяць тому

      @@HrLBolle the bottom of the box, for hope was the last item within...

    • @HrLBolle
      @HrLBolle Місяць тому

      @@pinkbiohazardmercurialcoll7133 is what we have been told,
      But how can we ever be certain without checking ourselves?

  • @MrSharks202
    @MrSharks202 2 місяці тому +283

    Hello! Author here, another one of mine! I loved writing this one, it all kind of fell together and was just a blast to write.
    Let me know what you all think, or if you have any questions. As always, thanks to the narrator!

    • @visionary556
      @visionary556 2 місяці тому +28

      Good story. But could've been a bit longer, the actual war part almost felt like a side note. Like there was a time limit for the story, and it had to be crammed into couple of minutes.

    • @satakrionkryptomortis
      @satakrionkryptomortis 2 місяці тому +6

      this story is well done. thanks for writing it.

    • @MrSharks202
      @MrSharks202 2 місяці тому +15

      Thanks! Yeah I agree, I got really into writing the first part and kinda ran over the word range for the story. I apologize.

    • @MrSharks202
      @MrSharks202 2 місяці тому +4

      Thank you!

    • @visionary556
      @visionary556 2 місяці тому +23

      @@MrSharks202 ain't no need to apologize, it was a good story. Besides, if the only complaint of your writing is, that there ain't enough of it, I'd say that's pretty well done... 😁

  • @sgtpaw03
    @sgtpaw03 2 місяці тому +20

    “I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

  • @hunter-in-the-shadows
    @hunter-in-the-shadows Місяць тому +10

    Now this is how you actually narrate and write a story. No AI voices, no AI generated garbage in the form of narrative. I've ran across a lot of stories on UA-cam, and all of them obviously were AI generated. No soul, no nuance the show that it had a soul. This story is a breath of fresh air.😊

    • @StarboundHFY
      @StarboundHFY  Місяць тому +6

      glad you liked it! only humans involved in this channel :)

    • @bloogonis
      @bloogonis Місяць тому

      Thats just what a robot would say! I saw that old documentary Terminator. I know whats up.

  • @mischavanasperen3063
    @mischavanasperen3063 Місяць тому +15

    This Solomon guy... I just SEE Keanu Reeves!
    Awesome story!

    • @bruhnisher5454
      @bruhnisher5454 Місяць тому

      He was the only character I remembered the name of. I literally combed through my liked videos to find this story again.

  • @BeatByATaLi
    @BeatByATaLi 2 місяці тому +35

    Don't start a fight with a race that thrives from it.

    • @kenydemeza
      @kenydemeza Місяць тому +1

      Facts 😂😂😂

  • @erikjrn4080
    @erikjrn4080 2 місяці тому +21

    One of the best HFY stories I've heard on YT. I would love another chapter of it. Given the risk that there won't be a part 2, I commend the author on managing an open ending that's still satisfying; it works as a short story.

  • @PhycoKrusk
    @PhycoKrusk 2 місяці тому +20

    In any conflict, the force that is not terrified of power will lose to the one that is.

  • @saoisbad3158
    @saoisbad3158 5 днів тому +1

    Ngl, I dig how a lot of these stories are just humans going, “There’s no Geneva Conventions in space.”

  • @geofthompson3844
    @geofthompson3844 2 місяці тому +23

    This is definitely one of the better stories on here. It's concise, well narrated, has genuine suspense ,and believability. Thanks 👍 👏👏

  • @brandisimpson6386
    @brandisimpson6386 Місяць тому +14

    Humans hate war, but we are very good at it. And we won't start the fight, but we will do whatever we deem necessary to finish it. Like the comic book character said "I am very good at what I do, but what I do isn't very nice".😁

    • @killer13324
      @killer13324 11 годин тому

      i like to think that in peace time, an interplanetary/interstellar humanity would primarily use American training methods. play the underdog at a disadvantage on purpose to maintain adaptability under pressure.

  • @Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke
    @Ifyoucanreadthisgooglebroke Місяць тому +7

    Be cautious of the species that speaks softly but has a library of horrifyingly precise terms relating to warfare.

  • @goodcitizen64
    @goodcitizen64 2 місяці тому +10

    A very good story and narrator! This channel beats the crap out of all the other AI junk I've been trying to get through!

  • @diarradunlap9337
    @diarradunlap9337 2 місяці тому +28

    Once more, Humans prove to be the galaxy's epitome of "Fornicate Circuitously and Discover".

    • @chaoticevl
      @chaoticevl 2 місяці тому +6

      I feel dumb that it took me way too long to understand what you meant. But I agree with it.

    • @Darkzumi81
      @Darkzumi81 2 місяці тому +2

      FAFO!

    • @Sude23490
      @Sude23490 Місяць тому

      Make love and learn something new

  • @j.keezer
    @j.keezer 2 місяці тому +9

    Thanks to ad placement : "Not driven by gravity, but driven by Marcy Kaptur."

  • @RavensWolves
    @RavensWolves 2 місяці тому +9

    Wow! This was a great story. I really enjoyed this one.
    Wonderfully written, impressively narrated, and beautifully illustrated. Well done!

  • @astronomybrainiac
    @astronomybrainiac Місяць тому +2

    War endures. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.

  • @HrLBolle
    @HrLBolle 2 місяці тому +10

    The drums never fall silent in Mankind

    • @343sinbad
      @343sinbad Місяць тому +3

      The tone just changes for mankind

    • @krzyho27
      @krzyho27 Місяць тому +1

      Wojna...wojna nie zmieni się nigdy.

  • @normiesalvador1854
    @normiesalvador1854 Місяць тому +2

    I'm never certain who is going to be narrating, but at this point I'm taking it for granted that he or she will be excellent.

  • @jefferykrause6823
    @jefferykrause6823 2 місяці тому +24

    Very good story. So much better than the repetative stuff that as flooded in. If i have to hear once thought, any more. Im gonna scream

    • @archersfriend5900
      @archersfriend5900 2 місяці тому

      Go ahead and scream, it will be a good demonstration of your leadership potential.

    • @zbrigaider9423
      @zbrigaider9423 2 місяці тому

      I once thought that too :3c

  • @patrickdurham8393
    @patrickdurham8393 2 місяці тому +14

    I'm wanting more of this story ASAP

  • @NoHandle44
    @NoHandle44 2 місяці тому +4

    That alien has a widows peak that would rival the Prince of all McDonald's Arches. 😂

  • @indigosteel5702
    @indigosteel5702 25 днів тому +2

    The reason why Humans choose to do war no more is because they're so very, very *good* at it.

  • @kristomonieth
    @kristomonieth 19 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @SHA4200
    @SHA4200 Місяць тому +1

    Violence isn't the answer it's the question. Sometimes the answer is "YES".

  • @Baamthe25th
    @Baamthe25th 2 місяці тому +4

    This story has an almost literal Ultra Chad (in art and otherwise) as main human character

  • @MrAlex_Raven
    @MrAlex_Raven 2 місяці тому +5

    25:08 Germany to Austria Hungary's high command 1915 colorized.

  • @normanhines5189
    @normanhines5189 2 місяці тому +2

    Sentience can only evolve on what the author would call a death world

  • @JMM33RanMA
    @JMM33RanMA 2 місяці тому +1

    This site is the most consistent, so far. There are only two others that approach the quality of the selection and presentation of the material. As always the presenters are excellent, and this story shows that care is taken not to go on so long that you step on your story, get maudlin or become preachy. Kudos deserved and awarded.

  • @timobrien2813
    @timobrien2813 Місяць тому

    I remember Yasser Arafat while holding an AK 47 at the UN reiterating another's words: "Power comes from the barrel of a gun." Frightening story well read. Thank you> UKUK

  • @gprivat812_my_selection6
    @gprivat812_my_selection6 2 місяці тому +1

    ❗️💄Great!! A lot of the human ambassadors and diplomats are smoking! Even after centuries of prohibition and severe punishment, important members of the human elite are still smoking! This gives me hope that Humanity will survive!😊❗️

  • @helljumper2565
    @helljumper2565 2 місяці тому +28

    Do you believe in *Gravity*

    • @tdpuuhailee8222
      @tdpuuhailee8222 2 місяці тому +6

      Screw gravity.
      *Starts floating*

    • @tc-tm1my
      @tc-tm1my Місяць тому +2

      Increases gravity and crushes dissidents.

    • @cycleboy8028
      @cycleboy8028 Місяць тому

      Well, ya know, Gravity is just a Theory and all....

    • @tc-tm1my
      @tc-tm1my Місяць тому

      @@cycleboy8028 a game theory

    • @Entoman1215
      @Entoman1215 23 дні тому

      Is that a Jojo reference

  • @HVVP
    @HVVP 2 місяці тому +3

    I am loving all these stories! Keep'em coming!

  • @richardbale3278
    @richardbale3278 2 місяці тому +5

    Rubber boots are unlikely to "ring out" anywhere. Good story.

  • @HrLBolle
    @HrLBolle 2 місяці тому +1

    General Top feels like a descendent of the one Leader of Humankind who made Contact with emissary of the Taugesha and the first Federation which they controlled from within the shadows of the mind

  • @yomogami4561
    @yomogami4561 Місяць тому +1

    wow
    sadly this hit the nail on the head
    there are those who will do anything for power and diplomacy won't work on them: sound familiar?

  • @pax1sw
    @pax1sw Місяць тому

    Wow! LOVED it! 💖 Is there a Part 2 yet? I can't wait! 😄👍

  • @neilkent8296
    @neilkent8296 2 місяці тому +10

    i enjoyed thanks mr sharks

    • @MrSharks202
      @MrSharks202 2 місяці тому +2

      Glad you liked it.

    • @Rebelrocker69
      @Rebelrocker69 2 місяці тому

      ​@@MrSharks202please write a part 2. And maybe a trilogy of it.

    • @Rebelrocker69
      @Rebelrocker69 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@MrSharks202and if you know the authors of the series' with the Yorpils and Krill & the Stabby, please tell them that I am a fan of both and would greatly love more of those series. Maybe get the channel owner to set up playlists for new fans to enjoy them in chronological order. Pretty please.

  • @jeffreyseitz9900
    @jeffreyseitz9900 Місяць тому +2

    I hope thereis going to be more to thisstory!!

  • @danielh6015
    @danielh6015 Місяць тому

    I enjoyed it very much. I wish Solomon had not disappeared. If you do a sequel, he should be in it.

  • @belelokai3328
    @belelokai3328 2 місяці тому +5

    Gotta appreciate a voice actor who edits out the inhales

  • @DeadDivi
    @DeadDivi Місяць тому

    27:00 daaaaamn brutal violent realistic war... holy maria save us.

  • @KoolAid-p7z
    @KoolAid-p7z 15 днів тому

    I want this channel to do the story of how humans rise when the council kill a human child.!

  • @guyincognito394
    @guyincognito394 2 місяці тому

    Solomon Faust, Bargainer Extraordinaire.

  • @ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc
    @ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc 2 місяці тому

    A very good story. I have been watching these youtube sf stories and this is one of the best ones.

  • @larryl43
    @larryl43 Місяць тому

    THANK YOU

  • @soldierscotty1959
    @soldierscotty1959 2 місяці тому +2

    Another great story from the great lady! Please quit the forced CC? Your voice, and pictures are enough!

  • @anklebiterwoodworks2818
    @anklebiterwoodworks2818 Місяць тому

    So, Starbound HFY, are you the one who writes the stories read on your channel? I only stumbled on this channel from UA-cam's "You may like..."

  • @whosagreekgod4135
    @whosagreekgod4135 2 місяці тому

    I like this story, it get the blood pumping. ☺️

  • @user-st8gb9bm6q
    @user-st8gb9bm6q Місяць тому

    Human voice and not A.I. so much better.

  • @gamemasternintendoo
    @gamemasternintendoo 2 місяці тому

    Seems humanity had to remind them of the true horrors of war. 😈

  • @gauldothjr
    @gauldothjr 6 днів тому

    why do i find the next part missing last time i listened to this it had a part after the war was over

  • @jerhynstryker1058
    @jerhynstryker1058 Місяць тому

    Seven words that make algorithms love You.
    알고리즘이 당신을 사랑하게 만드는 일곱 단어.

  • @sikz26300
    @sikz26300 28 днів тому

    2.7k likes.... does this one have a part 2??

  • @robertescalante1154
    @robertescalante1154 2 місяці тому +2

    A beast beneath every angel. ^_^

  • @Eclipsegaming-nx2yn
    @Eclipsegaming-nx2yn Місяць тому

    is this an audio book?

  • @suzettewilliams1758
    @suzettewilliams1758 Місяць тому

    Unleash the Devil.

  • @chriskelso723
    @chriskelso723 Місяць тому

    Did she seriously say *man* knew *her* nature?

  • @2zNick
    @2zNick 2 місяці тому

    I love how this narrator sounds like ms butterbean

  • @draxpendragon
    @draxpendragon 2 місяці тому

    True Diplomacy is not won by the political prowess but by the Military Might that can be unleashed to back up/uphold the intents/desires of the Negotiator/Ambassador....Might Makes Right

  • @goldenseal50
    @goldenseal50 11 годин тому

    Very good

  • @anne-christineacpetersson6870
    @anne-christineacpetersson6870 2 місяці тому

    Great story.

  • @Dave-un4oe
    @Dave-un4oe Місяць тому

    Your voice is Angelic.

  • @anne-christineacpetersson6870
    @anne-christineacpetersson6870 2 місяці тому

    The favorite colour on female aliens seem to be silver, blue and green. 😊

  • @tmmle7
    @tmmle7 Місяць тому

    Impressive military coup!!

  • @PoppaWoodiE
    @PoppaWoodiE 2 місяці тому +2

    Finally a story read by a flesh n blood narrator without repetitiveness and mispronunciation. Thankyou. These would be soo much better with real living narrators that can actually read

    • @DarkZodiacZZ
      @DarkZodiacZZ 2 місяці тому

      Yes, it is nice to see that internet isn't completely dead yet.

  • @DeepCFisher
    @DeepCFisher 2 місяці тому

    So the general is an interesting portrayal of a military officer to be sure. Not a good one though lol

  • @adamhubbert8896
    @adamhubbert8896 2 місяці тому

    Please let the leeks be leaks.

  • @richardbale3278
    @richardbale3278 2 місяці тому +8

    She had a "small, elegant, AND spacious" office? Pay attention to the words that you string together.

  • @vindicareassassin271
    @vindicareassassin271 Місяць тому

    Do you want to make a deal?

  • @alexanderjosefsson4729
    @alexanderjosefsson4729 Місяць тому

    Let lose the dogs of war

  • @tamarlindsay8382
    @tamarlindsay8382 2 місяці тому +4

    Needs editing. "His _suit_ wasn't tucked in"? as opposed to _shirt_? Battles "one" instead of "won".

  • @zakgibson7422
    @zakgibson7422 18 днів тому

    Whos the person reading such a lovely voice

  • @nobis9414
    @nobis9414 2 місяці тому

    i think i have heard this stroy befor on a difrent chanel (not that this is a cretic, i fell i have lisend to almost all sifi storys on youtube twice, i statr to enjoy lissening to the same story told by difrent voices at that point) and isnt ther a second part of that story that tells of how the war ends, or ist ter a very simmeler story
    also it would be very nice if the sorce would be linked in the description

    • @MrSharks202
      @MrSharks202 2 місяці тому +2

      The story is an original by me!

    • @nobis9414
      @nobis9414 2 місяці тому

      @@MrSharks202 then i have heard it on a difrent chanel befor, but i dont know witch one since i lissen so much to storys that have the same concept. earh or humanity gets totaly .underestemated by some sort of galaktic councel.....

    • @gameandgamer1479
      @gameandgamer1479 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@nobis9414 yes, there are a great deal of HFY stories of this nature. This one is something of an extreme example of it--and well-written too, I might add--but there are many many others with a similar base plot concept.

  • @alanjenkins1508
    @alanjenkins1508 2 місяці тому +1

    Smoking. Really?

    • @gameandgamer1479
      @gameandgamer1479 2 місяці тому

      What, you think humanity's going to kick that habit just because they go to space? Nicotine is a demon, friend, and by the time one generation has collectively agreed to start stamping it out, the newest one or two will already be hooked en masse. It won't leave us til we find a worse demon to replace it with, and even then people like Solomon in the story will continue to use tobacco as a sign of "sophistication" or "traditionalism".
      Unfortunately for all of us who actually care about air quality one whit, cigarettes aren't going anywhere, even centuries from now.

    • @sbevil_kinevil2898
      @sbevil_kinevil2898 2 місяці тому

      Yes

  • @WayneRedelinghuys
    @WayneRedelinghuys 2 місяці тому +2

  • @mattmantrell5708
    @mattmantrell5708 2 місяці тому

    The general portrait is very immature, I'd say.

  • @nancybrewer8494
    @nancybrewer8494 Місяць тому

    Why keep mentioning cigarettes?

  • @samwheller
    @samwheller Місяць тому

    Author is obviously not a smoker.

    • @samwheller
      @samwheller Місяць тому

      I applaud the output though.

  • @Radmonkeyboy
    @Radmonkeyboy 2 місяці тому

    Eking= eeek - ing
    Primitive= prim - a - tive
    If you're not sure how to pronounce a word, look it up.
    Very good in general.

  • @joshuam8146
    @joshuam8146 Місяць тому

    I'd rather have the AI voice. You seem nice. 0

  • @johnsvensson9294
    @johnsvensson9294 2 місяці тому

    The IA generaged storys are often pompus luange and a flat story

  • @That1Kid-cr8zy
    @That1Kid-cr8zy 2 місяці тому

    This isn't really realism focused, sure we have the egde in intelligence and speed yet we can't even tank our own creations, DOGS

  • @loj2252
    @loj2252 2 місяці тому +2

    r

  • @MyrdinAnnoth
    @MyrdinAnnoth 19 днів тому

    If you like me came to this story hoping for something epic, be warned. The title is a clikbait and there is nothing interesting there. 25 minutes of bland, boring build up, overly emotional and pretencious babble, and once it finally get going the pay off is almost non existent. All talk no show.

  • @johnhillbilly8625
    @johnhillbilly8625 2 місяці тому

    Why put the part in about the cigarette to pad out the story ow that's right the college told you rule one rave on and set the seen no it makes people think not worth watching

  •  2 місяці тому +2

    A tiny suggestion: 2 voices or even 3 (narrator and one for each character) would make the audiobook better. I know it's more work but...

  • @gprivat812_my_selection6
    @gprivat812_my_selection6 2 місяці тому

    ❗️👎👎 BS❗️

  • @socratesbleu
    @socratesbleu 2 місяці тому

    Weak end. Felt rushed

  • @gprivat812_my_selection6
    @gprivat812_my_selection6 2 місяці тому +1

    BS! Completely simplifying the power games played by powerful players!
    Btw, during important operations, seemingly the badass humans are permanently smoking and trying to get being drunken!
    Is this written by a feministic journalist with an inferiority complex?? 😂 ❗️

  • @joshuam8146
    @joshuam8146 2 місяці тому

    Nope, I'd rather have the AI voice.

  • @AdultToons
    @AdultToons 2 місяці тому

    I'd love this story if it was being told by a better narrator. I need a female narrator who sounds like EVE or a male narrator who sounds like Warhammer 40K.

    • @RJ-cf8jq
      @RJ-cf8jq 2 місяці тому +2

      She a great narrator. Better than the AI most of the others use.

  • @krmusick
    @krmusick 2 місяці тому

    Well done Larissa. Well written @MrSharks202.