The Worst Species In The Galaxy (The Complete Story) | HFY | A short Sci-Fi Story

[@scifistories1977]

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[@gomezmario.f]

"we are not trapped here with you, you're trapped here with us." - Humans

[@inscrutababble1932]

The funny thing is is that we're not apex predators, or carnivorous - we're pursuit/endurance hunters and omnivorous. It's why I love these 'humans are space orcs' stories. We may not be all that fierce, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't be terrifying from an outside perspective. Plus, I'm Australian. Apparently that skews one's perspective about scary creatures.

[@yvonnewilson2242]

Hell---many of us are looking at you lot and believe you are another species of human, considering all the crazy "nature" going on in your neck of the woods! Yes. I put "nature" in quotes because what goes on in your continent that's "natural" to you is definitely NOT "natural" everywhere else on this planet! 😂😂😂

[@cooperreynolds5041]

we are apex predators and we are carnivorous, we're just not carnivores.

[@msharp6887]

North America has it share of scary creatures

[@Teth47]

We are apex predators. The title is not a hunting style, it's a position in the food web. Nothing naturally preys on us. The fact that we eat things other than meat is also irrelevant. Grizzly bears are apex predators while also being omnivorous.

[@Wyld1one]

Was that a Crocodile Hunter reference? "Ooooh, okay over there it's a 500 lb Bengal tiger. Man it's a beauty. bite your head off and eat you in a moment. let me go touch his tail"

[@phofire77]

Having red or listened to a lot of HFY This one is especially good because it takes some weird turns and avoids a lot of the common tropes in the genre. The fact that it isn't human-centric, the fact that another species is worse but it isn't this big bad, It's all just very good and refreshing.

[@sim.frischh9781]

I am not familiar with the reddit posts, may i ask really stupidly: what does HFY actually stand for? And why are humans always seemingly so overpowered and threatening entities in those stories? They are often fun, but is there a specific idea to this?

[@phofire77]

@@sim.frischh9781 HFY = Humanity, Fuck Yeah! [Explosions and guitar riffs] It stems from the Humans are space orcs trope or the what if instead of xenomorphs, Klingons, predators etc. WE end up being the monsters (I am Legend). it also starts with the countering of human mundaneness. we look at all the creatures that are stronger, faster, can fly, have claws, nocturnal eyesight, and so many other advantages. But we ignore that thumbs is not by far our only advantage. Our ability to recover from massive trauma our default endurance (pursuit predation) even our pack bonding with other apex predators (and Roombas with steak knives taped to them ala Sgt stabby). further the number of poisons we consume not just willingly but excitingly (capsaicin, mint, cocoa, are my faves, coffee is for many) and it starts to show that not only are we on top of the food chain for a reason, but we are a bit crazy to boot. I used to have several great links for the intros to this, but it was in a file that got zucked on an old profile :(

[@oihammon]

@@sim.frischh9781 it's "humanity, fuck yeah" and is based on the theme of humans being the other side of the scale being overpowered as shit

[@midgetman4206]

@@sim.frischh9781 It's probably a result/response to humanity being portrayed as "weak" on bigger/popular titles. It also feels nice having our strengths be highlighted, and unique (since it's hard to comprehend just how different we are when all we got to compare to in the real world are just animals).

[@sim.frischh9781]

@@midgetman4206 That part makes sense to me.

[@ryabow]

As a navy vet, i love this story. If there is a mariner in trouble, you stop what you are doing, and you go, and help them. end of story. There was this one time we were doing a replenishment at sea with one of our fleet's cruisers and a refueling ship. this involves all three ships moving in very tight formation and exact speeds while transfer thousands of gallons of fuel, along with food and weapon transfers being carried out by ziplines and helicopters. this all leaves the ships incredibly vulnerable; one well placed attack, and we lose three ships and crews. as such, we are nowhere near land masses, fishing areas, or traffic lanes when we do this. so imagine how surprised we were when one of our helicopters reported smoke on the horizon. the snoopy team gets dispatched by helicopter to see what's going on. they found a large disabled trawler, the crew scrambling on deck to flag down the helicopter. three of them jumped in the water. the rescue swimmer went in after them, and brought them into the helicopter. as this was happening, the helicopter was relaying it all back to our ships. we immediately broke formation -- like, took axes to the fuel transfer lines immediately -- and within minutes this trawler had two US navy ships, and one USNS supply ship circling them, with teams in helicopters and RHIBs rendering aid. They had been adrift and disabled for several days following an engine fire that also destroyed their radio. We gave them medical aid, and ferried all but a handful of them to the nearest port, with the rest (their captain included) choosing to stay on the ship and await a tow into port. we provided them with supplies for the next few days (they had run out of fresh water) and communications, as well as having contacted their company to let them know we found their guys, they were safe, and they were waiting for a tug. now, i can no longer find the news story about this, but the one i found about year after it happened didn't even mention my ship. it just said that the cruiser that was with us did everything. so i can only imagine my government didn't want people to know my ship was there for whatever reason (don't ask. i don't know. seriously, they never tell us what the hell we're doing. most of the time it's just "go to this random spot and do circles"). but despite that, and the vulnerable condition of our ships at the time, we still dropped everything to come help our fellow mariners. i would hope that is always the norm with sailors, be they on water or in the oceans of the skies.

[@sim.frischh9781]

I really hope this kind of spirit will also apply once we actually venture out into space.

[@apollyon2109]

I feel like it’s to insure your location isn’t given out

[@bearsnevergiveup]

Do circles. Funny

[@matthewbenton4767]

@@bearsnevergiveup funny but true, you get a 'patrol triangle' and 'sit and wait' orders. do that for 3 to 6 months then go home

[@thehermitman822]

Good read.

[@femstarpremium6685]

Men this story is a riot….”unfortunately for them humans don’t need complex mathematics to work out a hunting problem they do that kind of thing instinctively” oh my god I almost died 😂

[@sim.frischh9781]

"VR sims where something horrifying tries to kill you and you have to kill it... they do that for FUN..." really cracked me up XD

[@PurePerspicacity]

Same​@@sim.frischh9781

[@furiouskaiser9914]

"Ya, we can eat anything on your ship."

[@TheMonkey747]

Monke Throw Rock. 😂❤

[@Senok13]

@@sim.frischh9781 You forgot the end: "They do that FOR FUN. From childhood." Yeah, it really describes our society, that our fun equals as with a combat or survival training for hypothetical alien species... Even our civilians are often more "trained" in violence, as their official military.

[@mikkelnpetersen]

"The first rule of space tavle kids, is always check out distress beacons, 9 times out of 10 it's a ship full of dead aliens and a bunch of free sh*t, 1 out of 10 times it's a deadly trap, but i'm willing to roll those dice" - Smartest human in all of existence, Rick Sanchez I live by those words when playing space games

[@tiredman99]

Definitely words to live by

[@reyariass]

@@tiredman99when spacex starts sending civilian humans to space, I’ll keep this in mind

[@NegaZxyz]

The Statston morality description is the best description for lawful evil in D&D I've ever heard.

[@msharp6887]

I have to admit,I love a universe where humans are the most physically powerful species

[@jerometruitt2731]

That may be the case in our universe too...

[@Krane5328]

most animals on earth are physically superior to humans. Normal house cats can run almost twice as fast as Usaine Bolt. Humans are min maxing to have higher stats in intelligence and endurance. So aliens would more likely have a dynamic of being smart just like us, but then being better than us in some other trait but not having our endurance. But it's alien life so we can only speculate. @@jerometruitt2731

[@excelself]

@@jerometruitt2731it is if not we can beat them with numbers.

[@thecursed01]

@@jerometruitt2731 doubt it. even here on earth our weight to strength ration is abyssmal. but that opens way to other hilarious situations. we developed weapons becasue we are weak. and fragile. we can't punch something hard becasue our skin would burst. super stupid design. so we had an arms race for weapons and armor for millenias. imagine an aggressive alien race that evolved from pure predators. who may develop tech for space travel and all that, but no sense of military arsenals. becasue when they invade, they just land with massive armies and swarm out to fight with their claws/mandibles/horns whatever. so imagine the reaction of an army of 10000 victory sure aliens after learning human physiology, standing on earth waiting for the battle... and get obliteraded by an airstrike and a couple of vehicles with minuguns and mortars. and some bored radio tech yawns and gives the report: invasion obliterated. no losses. as usual. that's the 3rd predatory alien invasion this year. i wonder what's for lunch in the mess hall today...

[@jerometruitt2731]

@thecursed01 yes its abysmal when compared to animals. Maybe weaker bodies are an evolutionary byproduct of having higher intelligence which is clearly far more valuable than physical strength. Grizzlies aren't building skyscrapers and traveling to the moon.

[@angrycapsicum6027]

16:48 mf really used the steam notification sound, had me checking my messages.

[@johnparks4345]

Came to find this comment

[@westvirginian3102]

I had to close Steam so I would quit checking if it was a message.

[@Tscheche89]

I feel ya - had even check that I didnt imagine it and revert back ^^

[@ParanoidCarrot]

@@johnparks4345 yeah god damit

[@NyxtoX6]

Same bro I also thought there was a update or some new discount deals

[@Thraim.]

First impression: Well, that's just a Xenomorph. After the twist: Well played.

[@Adamdidit]

They threw in a "It's the only way to be sure" too 😂

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

>just a Xenomorph Son, what universe are you from?

[@noxic8863]

​@@TheSolidSnakeOil Warhammer 40,000 probably

[@Meredith34567]

That last gross twist at the end got me, too!

[@FeedMeSalt]

The second hand power Fantasy feeling I get from this is incredible. To be from a world considered extremely hostile and to be considered incredibly dangerous physically and mentally. And then to be set lose on a weak little villian population. Man that's every teenagers dream in a new coat of paint. We all day dreamed about combat at some point

[@SirMarshalHaig]

Like in Deadpool 2 mentioned "I wish we´d stumble across a planet where they´re all worse than us in every way" or so was the sentence.

[@alejotassile6441]

and that's why humans are such good hunters lol

[@dantreadwell7421]

Oh man, the sound effects are making me twitch to keep checking my phone. Law of the Sea. You dont leave a sailor stranded, regardless of anything else. The sea is doing everything it can to kill you at a moments notice, you dont need to make it easier to do. Even more true in space.

[@phofire77]

I'm a security supervisor and I kept checking to make sure my people were okay and weren't sending me important messages

[@SankyEON]

That's the old Steam message sound. I was thinking someone was trying to scam me out of my CSGO items.

[@nicholasroach880]

​@@phofire77Same here lol

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

"what did they eat?" Hahahaha, that was a good punch line if I ever saw one.

[@edikando1574]

"it's best not to dwell on such menutiae"

[@tjansson8481]

Tastes like chicken!

[@Virtualblueart]

"Whatever is on board" wasn't the most tactical answer from the humans either 😂

[@dsandstrom93]

It would be fun if they DID eat some of them just to stay alive, and then noticing that they taste like a mix of beef and mutton.

[@tdogtexan3445]

it would be even more fun if they grabbed a few of the greedy little guys as a snack for the trip back.

[@BrokenCurtain]

Stat'staan survivor: "In space, no one can hear you scream."

[@GuardianSage]

I could imagine that this incident would make for their species equivalent of the Aliens movies.

[@Jumpton]

Except for your 49 traveling buddies.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

@@GuardianSage When they broke of the beeping scanner, I went, ALIENS!

[@aukima771]

"they're coming outta the gooddan walls​"@@TheSolidSnakeOil

[@jimhusselman4012]

Just because one masters the concept of combat doesnt mean they like it or want it! Those who understand will go a mile around conflict but if they are pressed into it they will strike to end it. But they will not be happy about having to go that route. God bless all!! Ssg H.

[@robingile4301]

Let his fruit punch ferment a little too long... That is a great one.

[@jonjgibbs56]

A real gem of a story, and so worth listening to! Thankyou for this!!

[@SovietReunionYT]

This got way scarier than it was meant to! I was listening to it while showering in the middle of the night, and during the search for the doctor, I had my eyes closed while washing my hair, and my cat woke up and started playing, making weird creepy sounds right outside the door! And she banged loudly into a door literally right as the captain opened the hatch and saw the second creature!

[@SovietReunionYT]

Also, stellar story, I love it!

[@kennethohnemus3192]

Kitty wants to hear the story too LOL

[@captainsensiblejr.]

Excellent story and writing. It has the feel of mid -1950s stories from Astounding Stories Science Fiction.

[@maxwill6408]

Yes, it does and Astounding Stories was one of the many magazines I would read when I was a kid.

[@ssnerd583]

...or Analogue....yeah....sure......love me some good old nuts and bolts science fiction!!! "Found!" 'And Then There Were None', 'Cat and Mouse'.......bloody hell....i could go on and on..... Bloody marvelous story, this!!!

[@tobiasneethling8871]

that's the quirk of our evolution, we gained intelligence first and then became an apex species second. this is why we are so efficient in applying our might

[@spartan662501]

I've been on a marathon of these stories and i have to say, this is definitely one of the better ones. Interesting, funny, and a power fantasy without being too cringy. Well done

[@zaucethesaucebauce527]

It's like their species is trying to be a hive mind despite them not having that kind of capabilities.

[@tsm688]

bees have a hive mind. they don't do it through telepathy, they do it through interpretive dance

[@RiversJ]

As someone else said, this thing was an absolute riot! Straight to my top ten scifi shorts I've ever heard!

[@RagingD3mon]

What did they eat? Humans: FEAST UPON OUR ENEMIES

[@richhagenchicago]

The description of Video games had me laughing. Great little story and well narrated however that is done. Makes me want to write a short story.

[@iulianb]

Extremely violent video games? Fun playing for kids, nothing more...

[@chunglow7646]

Likely akin to playing Cowboy wid the ole Cap gun Using rolls of Dots having an explosive powder in for the Cap pistol Hammer to crush. ​@@iulianb

[@tamilnadu8545]

Go for it!

[@thehermitman822]

It's nice hearing a truly alien story.

[@thehermitman822]

And then you find out the monster.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

Humans are always going to be the last men standing. Mainly because our allies are an alternative food source.

[@xzendor7digitalartcreations]

This was really funny. I was able to guess they had encountered humans; and when it was revealed, the story became even more humorous.

[@GentlemanBystander]

One of the better HFY offerings.

[@pietburgmans40]

That was a good one, absolutely worth the hour.

[@26th_Primarch]

Those xenos were lucky it was a civilian human trading ship and not a military vessel...

[@G-13720]

Would've been like the Astartes plowing through unarmed Tau

[@viirinsoftworks1304]

Or an emergency relief shipment.

[@leolordful]

Operation:praying mantis all over again

[@SolTerran5050]

Some more of them were exmilitary

[@carlosdgutierrez6570]

​@@SolTerran5050but as a civilian ship they didn't have the weaponry that a military ship would has, now imagine this same scenario but with the humans having actual military weapons.

[@richardcampbell3693]

This is the best scifi story i have listened to so far. All the rest have been horribly ai narrated repetitive and yea over exaggeratedly repetitive. This was damn near perfection. The joking nature was refreshingly human lol i need more from this story teller.

[@paulgreen2416]

Human No.1 4 day's in on the Stat'staan ship: so how's it taste? Human No.2: like chicken.

[@lucianfrostbane]

Looks like chicken tastes like fish

[@Josh-99]

That's a great short story! I love how it went from a suspense mystery to a horror story to a comedy to a heartwarming ending.

[@germanmandalorian3514]

I love everything of it and like my *Human* Mandalorian Roleplay Character love to say "Its no cannibalism if they not Humans."

[@jay5859]

Man, this is my first story from his channel and i was a little thrown off by the AI voice but therrs so much i love about this story. It breaks a lot of common tropes from stoeies like this. Its not just human focused, it explains things really well like and makes call backs to previous notes in tbe story that fit well together like the ship dismantling and why the humans couldn't leave. Its also just funny and has a great story and message. Looking forward to more!

[@ChristopherWalker007]

What a great story!!! I was actually laughing at the end with the empty space suit practical joke! And also the not so subtle hint on what the humans ate during all that time. Brilliant story!

[@soffren]

Listening to this for Stellaris inspiration.

[@jonoehler5205]

A Total Blast! Most entertaining thing I’ve listened to in a month of Sundays!

[@sergent40]

This was awesome, I've been listening to HFY stories for a few weeks now and I believe this is one of the best I've heard.

[@scifistories1977]

Wrickwrites is pretty awesome. He's written many stories, and you can find a playlist with them all in, in the description above.

[@jackspringer9283]

Listening to this as an audio book while driving OTR I don't look away from my windshield but focus only on the audio,it is a very humorous story..hearing the antics of the Stat' stans I ignored their physical description mostly and my brain started painting the characters in my mind as "Kevin" Minions ( no leadership, all talking at once, afraid to be on the exposed perimeter and jostling to get back into the center, ect.ect.) can't wait for the animated story line! Hopefully someone will do that one day😂😂😂

[@AutoCannonSaysHi]

Kevin Minions! Kek, love it

[@damirserbanovic]

this was an fantastic HFY story on so many levels

[@todirbg]

A very refreshing and fun story to listen to! "What did they eat?" 😂 A perfect ending! Thank you very much!

[@CortexNewsService]

I laughed out loud at that.

[@rasheedgregory3459]

I love this story. My favorite part was the bit about the video game 🤣🤣🤣 eat fruit like a normal person 🤣🤣🤣

[@patrickpercefull8278]

Plot twist: There was 35 Humans. One stayed behind because they killed his wife and daughter.

[@GimmieTheGaff]

Brilliant story, should be a movie

[@BBSlayer]

This is my favorite HFY story yet

[@Kafj302]

Got to love when youtube give you non-visual content. I mean that in a good way, shows that writing stories isn't a lost art, we need more of us (i am writer, though have hit sort of huge case of the infamous block).

[@tsm688]

reddit is chock full of this stuff y'know. most of it is taken from there

[@MrJones-uq5cg]

Good story, kudos to the author.

[@PrimalsTrucking]

I think it's a "Alien Xenomorph" story

[@Brakvash]

Alien Homomorph

[@DezzarTac]

@@Brakvash snrk "They come out at night" "Who?" "The homomorphs" [closet door opens in the dead of night] "I'm gay" *rimshot*

[@cjandauntieyaya1446]

A human space suit propped up next to a sleeping Amia. Fucking hilarious! Considering that Amia appear to be the feinting goats of space. ROFLMAO!

[@janhegarty5268]

Really enjoy these stories. Enjoyable.

[@KimmyLambert]

This story was such a surprise! I had no idea right up until the end. What a great story!

[@lindacarter457]

Excellent! I was surprised by how good a story it was!! Narator was perfect! More, please?!

[@Ren_Cruz]

- Venting - Picking off crewmates Yeah, we humans are Impostors. Damn good ones too. This is basically a practical application of Amogus. 🤣

[@johntrench]

Excellent story! Well written, nicely paced, and the fact that the Amia were the primary protagonists, and rescued humans, was a great touch. Count me as a new fan and subscriber. I do love high quality work!

[@scifistories1977]

Welcome to the channel. Wrickwrites is a brilliant author. You can check out his other work in this playlist: r/WRickWritesSciFi - Sci-Fi Stories: kzbin.info/aero/PLkBGMBYRr0mGfLtO633JFDuJd_dehSle- He also has his own channel with a different set of stories here: youtube.com/@wrickwrites-qy8pq?si=75Ag1YJSelWAAAtx

[@MiguelVargassagraVleugiM]

Humans ate xeno- steak. I am sure!

[@proudamerican183]

Down here, we have chicken legs and wings. Up there, they had xeno legs and arms. 😂😂😂

[@assaulthetz]

Damn, this is funny and horrifying. Making humans turn into some kind of cosmic alien for the sake of survival. A monster lurking under your bed.

[@kevinlytle6215]

That was truly one of the best shorts I've listened to. Very well done.

[@neobabylone6249]

Roh damn this was hilarious and marvelously narrated. Big up for the numerous birdy references. Happy new year !

[@lawrenceansong5909]

Great story, love the narrator, great script .

[@thomasgumersell9607]

Another great story to listen to. Truly im enjoying binge listening to the series. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

[@Kokuyous3ki]

I mean it was obvious from the beginning that humans will be in the story directly not just like a random mention in the beginning but... yeah, I like this author quite a bit.

[@Mglue3]

Damn this a good story. And i feel like its realistic without being cliche. I liked it.

[@ericcooley9407]

Very enjoyable. Especially loved the ending

[@jol1958]

This would make a good movie.

[@petepal55]

This one earned my sub, good story!

[@hanskrakaur9830]

... "Civilizad species aren´t meant to be predators, that is not how the galaxy is supposed to work". "Being and Apex predator IS antithetical to social structures necessary for the development of interstellar flight technology". True, business are usual, humans are not going to make it. Nothing to worry about, the universe is safe.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Eh, jury is still out. COVID showed both rapid tech development, but how back-stabby and stupid man can be. I think we'll have a cure for cancer before we get an end to genocide.

[@billperkins570]

I agree with other posters - great story, humorous, and once again proving we will be the good guys.

[@brantgentry1463]

It's the only way to be sure line cracked me up

[@americandad4864]

Just found this type of story line ! It’s great !

[@xedalpha1]

If this were a movie it would be called 'Human'

[@furiouskaiser9914]

This was a great listen. Sounds like a random encouter straight out of Stellaris 😂

[@melgillham462]

This story was just what the dr. ordered. Deep fried funny.😂 thanks for that! 🤝

[@folvenson]

I forgot how big a meter was and my first thought was that the intruders were rats or cats.

[@Sujad]

That bit at 16:50 had me wondering who was sending me a message and hearing it again made realise it was the video and not Steam.

[@mrbaker1739]

The ship looks like an Eagle from the sci-fi show space 1999

[@Zanderof]

Omg this is great stuff. The final polish is again fantastic

[@Edmar_Fecler]

16:47 you legit threw me off with the "Steam notification" sound effect. :P

[@oniarrca9431]

I'm not going to lie, I thought those 3 legged idiots had abducted a polar bear by accident. Lol

[@unusualbydefault]

I loved the first story except that humans seemed a bit too technologically advanced for having "poor FTL" and a galaxy without carnivores seems highly unlikely....but reading this, I actually got to love the idea of a galaxy full of "dumb" herbis, with a few exceptions (basically any species that understands humor).

[@Echowhiskeyone]

Great story, great narrator, great artwork.

[@Saucychemist]

Ummm, that's an ai narrator fyi

[@Echowhiskeyone]

@@Saucychemist Yep, amazing how much better AI speech is getting. It is still flat and disjointed, but much better and only getting netter.

[@haszczyc]

This is absolutely amazing story. The narration is great, plot simply fantastic, details thoughtful and author knowledge leads to amazing details...I absolutely loved it!

[@TheInjuredNinja]

I openly laughed out loud at Boss level battle... kill kill kill

[@ferenczhucker4561]

This was so entertaining loved it from beginning to end, now it’s time for some southern fried chicken, lol.

[@robertchabot5625]

Very good story with a Great ending.

[@Denpachii]

As soon as the story got to the Ping, Ping, Ping part in the corridor I'm thinking of the original Alien movie, then, CRASH! out of the vent cover..👽

[@yuricastro47]

You have the best voice of all the narrator's I've heard

[@homoerectus6953]

its an AI. But its a really good one, and agree its one of my favourites

[@davecidnothanks2955]

First thought... Humans, when i read the title.

[@lower48rcconstruction91]

They don't like us very much these humans but they do need us more than anyone else😊

[@NyxtoX6]

Listening to this made me imagine that the Stat'staans are just dumber versions of Minions of Gru and the Amias are like Dodo birds with multiple limbs

[@U.S._Army_Retired]

Pretty good story. I enjoyed it. Well done.

[@LagarInc]

You're doing a great job. Keep it up. This is the way

[@turbopokey]

Sounds like they're trying to play a little game of "Alien" like from the '79 movie.

[@Tenebrous76]

That was brilliant. Loved the story.

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Excellent story. Thanks so much for posting.

[@oak699]

The Amia stories are the best!😊

[@circomnia9984]

What a great story. I really enjoyed it.

[@notcherbane3218]

Wow I love this The humans are basically the alien in the predator and the alien movies,

[@jbbkr]

Fun listen! Thanks