Human Fleet Rejects Galactic Council's Ceasefire Proposal | Best HFY Stories

Human Fleet Rejects Galactic Council's Ceasefire Proposal | Best HFY Stories

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I despise these stories. I am a big fan of sci fi and read the classics of the golden age of sci fi when they were freshly printed. It's not the genre I dislike, it is the lack of proper storytelling that offends me, the reader. Civilization and conflict are complex undertakings in literature as well as in real life. The problem with most of the stories we are presented with these days is the lack of character diversity. Diverse in terms of "nobody is good at everything!" diversity. Thus, I'm tired of stories that have the same character (or small group of characters) doing everything in the story even though the tasks call for different knowledge and skills. A fleet admiral is not the best choice for ambassador. A ship's captain isn't the best choice for leading a commando raid. One scientist is not the best engineer, doctor and sniper in the entire fleet. And the actions of six people in the flagship bridge doesn't encompass the entirety of a galactic war. Thousands or millions of ships in action around fifty planets deserve more than a footnote on a message to Admiral Main Character (who is ALWAYS female) in a brief sentence. We need better. We need writers who are readers first.