They Were Considered Apex Predators, Until Humans Killed Them All | Best HFY Stories

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[@noahkleugh9323]

Save the armchair! Alrit is constantly abusing his armchair. - Signed The Armchair Protection League.

[@rensfordbishop5999]

I agree. You would think a space faring species could make a decent arm/limb rest.

[@Drazex]

But... but without the armchair abuse, the story would only be 5 minutes long...

[@noahkleugh9323]

@@Drazex Oh, the horrid abuse of the defenseless armchairs. Sitting there with their arms spread open, vulnerable to anyone's attack. Will it ever stop?

[@victorwise1957]

At8

[@user-zp9lg6sq7s]

Console spark protection League could also be in the same HQ

[@jeffreydrake4876]

“Apex predators defeated by a race the once considered prey.” Repeated too many times…

[@smadcore]

It's a short story. It shouldn't be repeated at all.

[@verneinnhel3279]

At least it didn't have the line "like a hot knife through butter." For some reason, they used "like a hot knife through flesh" instead.

[@Conta_Minated]

Written by GPT, edited by… nobody. No human took the time to filter out the trash and grind the rough gem into a jewel. This early draft should not have been published in this state.

[@richardrejmer8721]

AI generated repetitive rubbish

[@miamijules2149]

Way too many repetitions….

[@michaelhughes7718]

So many consoles crushed, so many chairs gouged.

[@condorboss3339]

Sorry, but there is no freaking way any human C-in-C of a fleet or army group would agree to single combat as a way to settle a war - especially if the humans were already winning.

[@jpkjnn6733]

Yeah total

[@ohno3785]

Really though, what's so far fetched about it? This obviously depends on the commanders combat skills, but the humans knew how to beat them in hand-to-hand combat. This war is at the tail end of a massive intelligence gathering campaign. So we have a way to end the war instantly, prevent further human deaths, and save resources. The Aliens will also surrender in a more amiable way. This was a psychological Hiroshima. We also only agreed to a fight. Human traditions vary, but most 1-v-1 fights seemed to be for hype. Who says we'd have to stop fighting if we lost?

[@peterkottke2570]

The one thing that makes it plausible is that the humans knew that the invasion was coming for 30 years as the aliens made no attempt to hide what they were planning. They had studied them. So they probably knew about the trial by combat and spent a lot of time training and preparing for it knowing that it could end the war early and save a lot of lives.

[@johnermactavish1162]

Alrit wins Haha foolish Humans now you must bow before us! …..nah [Reptilian Genocide Intesifies]

[@joshsnethen2440]

It depends on one thing and one thing only. If the human commander was....JOHN CENA🎶🎶

[@Silver_Crow2295]

The day humankind stops infighting is the day when the 1 Golden Age starts.Terra Invicta!

[@TheOfficialPatriarchy]

Call me cynical but I am more inclined to believe the day humankind stops infighting is the day they have been brought to heel by a singular global authoritarian government that does not tolerate strife.

[@Valaryant.]

@@TheOfficialPatriarchy I would call it realism, no cynicism. The simple truth is that humanity will never reach that unified humanity golden age by reaching enlightenment, that would need all humans to reach a certain level of intelligence and real education, and absolutely everything is in this day and age is against that possibility. Humanity as a whole is dumb, and the really smart individuals are drowned in the sea of stupidity that social media, politicians and big corps feed, the want them like that way, easy sheep to sheer.

[@AbdulBido]

Infighting is cleansing of cancer.. The day infighting stops is how we die from within.

[@NessaEllenesse]

​@TheOfficialPatriarchy Sadly I agree. The decent among us would never impose their will upon others. The indecent will never hesitate to do so.

[@robertsoto5713]

The only way that will happen is if we get invaded by another species.

[@jpkjnn6733]

"We're winning, but let's settle this in a way completely unadvantageous to us"

[@kevmag874]

Man this story has so many hole, Krolath 'beamed' down to the surface so they have teleporters now? and then the human admiral grabs a 3 meter tall Krolath by the neck whilst he's laying on the ground and drags him to his feet.

[@cameltube-vk7el]

he was in a mech suit, why not beam?

[@AdmiralBison]

Eh... AI is simultaneously repetitive and inconsistent.

[@user-bv4zx6ln9m]

That poor poor armchair. Armchairs lives matter.

[@mikespangler98]

I was waiting for Kroloth to capture the Earth's leadership and threaten to kill them unless Earth surrendered. Earth refused to surrender, the Kroloth keep their promise, then wonder why the Earth soldiers are cheering as they begin the counterattack. The last thing Alrit hears as a burst of heavy caliber projectiles tears him apart is "Thank you!"

[@keithrichardson-dd1uo]

Dude is going to be sitting on a few shreds of chair the way he keeps digging into it and slamming his control console to pieces over and over, and then when you literally have the enemy beaten he accepts one on one combat??? 😂 this had to be written by AI

[@A.G.P.115]

It get replaced after ever battle😂

[@OmegaCT55555]

@@A.G.P.115gonna have to uses the entire gdp of their empire to buy chairs

[@anwaraisling]

The empire has a large armchair budget.

[@Rosivok]

Apparently the big lizard is really good at killing armchairs.

[@richdurbin6146]

What kind of empire is it if one battle with some obscure monkeys decides it’s fate?

[@jpkjnn6733]

Lol

[@NessaEllenesse]

Klingons

[@robertgallagher7734]

Alrett has a specialdetail whose soul responsibility is to ceplace his command chair every few minutes.

[@jonathanbaron-crangle5093]

I really like these HFY stories, they give me some hope that humanity will prevail even though we've fucked up our own planet.

[@cameltube-vk7el]

in Faith, not hope You will, we all will as one comes to realize this when you reach through the great filter [could say] /;^) SemperProrsum

[@aakla]

Councilor: Tell them you're sorry! Tell them you're sorry!

[@unhingedreality9515]

Excellent short story. It was an unexpectedly great way to start my day.

[@nesapanjalingam704]

Thank you for this story 😊

[@felixspace1453]

Won't somebody please save the armchair❓️🥺

[@MTerrance]

Absurd in every way. Instant communication. Human fleet deployed to Krolath system while Earth is still under attack. Really? Human fleet arrives at Krolath system in hours apparently. The Krolath commander destroying his command chair AND console with his bare hands, repeatedly. Hand to hand combat between commanders. Absolute crap.

[@SIB1963]

Oh, come on. Pretty much all contemporary science fiction treats space ships as Buicks and ignores interstellar distances and relativistic effects. Until writers learn to write around such perceived limitations and readers begin to expect just a little scientific rigor, this will be the state of science fiction. Enjoy it or write some that you think is better.

[@cohenworrior898]

Should have read Sun Tzu.

[@brianwilliams9431]

I would said oh yeah hold this granade pins pops out 😂😂😂😂

[@soniaroberts-so2nv]

I am a new listener I found the story enjoyable. Thank you 88

[@loua.5074]

When the challenge was issue the admiral should have said one word.... Fire.

[@richardplass8453]

Zathros not good at math... Nobody listens to poor Zathros...

[@tjcombo9328]

awesome story !

[@tonycoleman8054]

I’m a published science fiction writer, a quick piece of entertainment is always the best. Keep it up and thanks😊

[@davidburdick809]

If I had a dime for every instance of the use of "hard and fast" in this genre...

[@sam2x13]

88 Stitches to save that poor armchair.

[@AlRichardson-vp7fl]

I wonder whether the invaders were surprised to be bested by a species they once thought of only as prey. It was said a mere 4, or maybe 5 times, so I’m not really sure. Could you clarify?

[@lynjones210]

Amazon narration and story.

[@aCycloneSteve]

Nothing more than prey was only repeated a half dozen times.

[@fredbaumann3360]

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE MY DOG! IT EXHALES PHOSGENE!!! 💓💓💓

[@tmacm2237]

If it's unknown. Send in scouts before invading a species. Find out their capabilities first.

[@johnc6738]

Why would you accept a challenge for single combat when you have already won? You have the enemy surrounded, their world under your control, so you have already won. No you surrender now or watch your world and fleet melt. Single combat is, or was used at the beginning of war to save troops and equipment.

[@taotzu1339]

Great story of humans expanding into the galaxy worthy of the 50's and 60's sci-fi writers - Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, H Beam Piper, James Blish, Poul Anderson, Jack Vance, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth, William Tenn, Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester, Philip José Farmer...

[@tonyv8925]

Pretty good story. Thanks for sharing.

[@duanebouchard8736]

What are you smoking... drinking... injecting.. ???

[@dougbillman2333]

What we do here now, will affect all 11 universes…

[@user-ym1pf4lz3h]

I wouldn't have accepted the challenge. No sense in snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Plus ... why would you let the loser set terms?

[@mikedougherty735]

That was fun.

[@saliston]

that poor armrest

[@LowWaterMark9]

Not the best story. A lot of repetitive lines. Was this written by AI?

[@ltcgamesdivision1815]

I suspect actually most if not all, are. AI story, AI voice, AI image. It would be a perfect way of making easy quick videos. Which would explan the amount of videos as well.

[@duanebouchard8736]

@@ltcgamesdivision1815 click bait for sure

[@IterativeTheoryRocks]

Defo.

[@forestmcneir3325]

Not the way I would have handled Alrit's challenge. Earth's forces had the correlation of forces in their favor. I would never give that upn. Alrit would surrender or his specie would be exterminated.

[@dyannelewis1907]

Enjoy the story. Thank you

[@alexanderparkes-lockwood7433]

is this just chat gpt

[@rustybooper270]

Not sure if it’s chat gpt but it is AI generated

[@seanwalters1977]

Seems like it, a lot of it is just repeating itself

[@nereo051184]

Human writing , but narrated by AI

[@rustybooper270]

@@nereo051184 o well then it needs to be checked before uploaded then xp, the story is brilliant but the AI narration is lacking in areas, where it kinda just loops back on itself at one part.

[@duanebouchard8736]

@@nereo051184 disjointed and verbose... really bad

[@michaelmckenzie6798]

The arm rests are doomed.

[@xianthugz1]

marines where is the machine gun that shoots grenades that is not marines if there is no machine gun that shoots fucking grenades hahaha oorraahh

[@saliston]

Novak would have just said fire all batteries leave no ship functional.

[@SharifSalukis]

Take my dog? She will eat you !

[@RoderickJMacdonald]

I applaud your effort in harnessing AI, but the results fall short of the average pulp fiction writer. (Human) editing the stories for logical inconsistencies and for redundancies would bring these stories to another level. Just a suggestion --I don't want to rain on your parade.

[@markcardwell3691]

88 This was a fun story! Thanks!!!

[@TheSnackAttackingSnorlax]

Terra Invicta!!

[@jimstevenson2965]

UHMMMM - if the earth defenses where slicing the ships how did they land troops? - FLT or teleportation - how did the earth fleet get to their home world in the middle of a battle?

[@cameltube-vk7el]

A - T - ate

[@robinhodson9890]

88. Nice clear subtitles. I hope your voice is recovering. There are some strange bugs going round.

[@cameltube-vk7el]

ha ha ha NO ONE that followed the instructions for a hrt received one in 7 days

[@Bobbyo60]

I believe there is a profit in armchair and control panel repair here. Hummmm…

[@donktheclown]

LOL. Ol' Alrit wasn't that bright a reptile, was he? Kinda far-fetched, if not on a far distant timeline. On this timeline, tough guy russians can't even whip the Ukrainians.

[@60jscott]

88 and an awesome story!

[@AdmiralBison]

AI is simultaneously repetitive and inconsistent. Still incredible "first draft" though, soon we humans will be begging AI to not be so good. 😐

[@milopepper2559]

Kilrathi?

[@timogin4377]

I think I seen this episode on the original Star Trek. James T made a mortar and gun powder from various ores bamboo. Thus hatching the idea for the MacGyver series.

[@dougbillman2333]

We were created 😂from 27 different species ….

[@floridaman4073]

AI stories are not bad but give it 5 years and it will be difficult to tell the difference

[@mfine6726]

This is just a bad storyline and plot. There's no way it not either a highs school writer or ai

[@NessaEllenesse]

It could have been written by a bored housewife.

[@blythewarland5459]

so this is our AI future? let me find a cave to live in

[@cameltube-vk7el]

something like that, when your time recycling comes to its end you will understand, maybe or come back AGAIN until you complete your service in the 3D↑ short answer. Don't sit in the cave forever [a suggestion] -§- WeSaveUs D o N o Harm [unless] SemperProrsum

[@blythewarland5459]

@@cameltube-vk7el does not bother me in the slightest, back when AI first started I was so hopeful of what it could do for us, and it is very bad speech, that no human checks for mistakes or enunciation yep I will have my cave

[@cameltube-vk7el]

@@blythewarland5459 ha ha cool. I thought there was AI in start somewhere but forgot about it and consumed the data oblivious to it after that. But you saying the speech by Goddard is AI? Or ya think maybe it was cleaned up for us like they do with old films etc. Otherwise the content was a pretty good descript of many years of data raking professionally and now applied to this information in mass available in the PUBLIC DOMAIN. Eyes to see and ears to hear wildly has been found to have weight /meaning. In fact we determine that nearly all old phrases or idioms do......for a REASON. Thanks for reply....back to you. WeSaveUs Semper Prorsum

[@cameltube-vk7el]

Bro I was responding thinking about a diff video I am on now lol. Ya this voice here I was 90% sure was AI....not sure also ha ha Thanks for reply....I do LuV #HFY storys and been consuming them since last November with a passion. At first for entertainment & then data in the storys. Whew apologys for the mistake & length!! SemperProrsum/AlwaysForward

[@cameltube-vk7el]

@@blythewarland5459 crap man even my first reply looks like about the wrong vid MyBAd

[@cindaschuster6725]

💙👍🏻

[@krollo8953]

I'm going to assume the people who give the prompts do a poor job because every one of them sounds like the same story

[@EDBinOKC]

Fun story..88

[@lazovkalazovovska5119]

Saudi King Salman To Undergo Treatment For Lung Inflammation, MBS Provides Important Update!!!

[@larsnystrom6698]

The US foreign policy in a Sci-Fi setting. It's not very good for that either! I don't think we should let the US handle the diplomacy if we ever meet any alians!

[@davidwilson1273]

A.I. science fiction…just a matter of time.its ok..just predictable…and has no soul..no deeper meaning.just surface…skate across it.nothing to learn.

[@lazovkalazovovska5119]

bin Salman, the de facto Saudi leader?

[@simoncampbell3144]

Whats a krolath ?

[@mrfixxitt8346]

I thought it was entertaining I'm not analyzing anything I'm just here to enjoy the story for those of you who are saying how could Earth send its Fleet what's the average home world so fast call Albert himself said we underestimated them so even we the reader don't know exactly how well the Earth Psalms forces woman how much Advanced they have gotten so why don't you will take it for that and just enjoy the story

[@zacharyogletree5574]

To any angel species that may watch this we, humans will absolutely do anything to protect our owe. Will break any laws break any rules. We will kill ourselves and anyone else. That stands in her wayou should not fight with us. We have no limits. We are absolute monstrous. Creatures, and we will absolutely do whatever is necessary to surfive we? Are not conquerors, we're survivors. Anything we have to do, no matter who it hurts or no matter how bad it is, we will do it. I'm not even a email, a Terry or a Warrior class and I will absolutely give my life for those I care about. If you see this, you shouldn't understand humans are absolutely never going to give up and we will always do anything.We have to survive no matter who it hurts or how bad

[@lazovkalazovovska5119]

KOJ VE TERASHE DO TOLKUVA DE!?

[@alexanderwilliams4436]

Is A.I. making these stories

[@jamesaritchie1]

The writing is so repetitive that it ruins the story. There is such a thing as editing.

[@brianwilliams9431]

It's the one picture for me 😂😂😂

[@ltcgamesdivision1815]

This story was too generic, many things made no sense and comment where as repetitive as generic. If I had to give it a note it would be a 3/10.

[@apaulosmith5653]

AI reader?

[@jpkjnn6733]

There were so many things wrong with this story.

[@Aabergm]

I'm going to provide some constructive feedback on the story, The good: the narrative was mostly consistent and relatively compelling. You had an idea and worked into an understandable narrative which can be harder than you think sometimes. The Bad: The high level of repetition, the very obvious human bias and the suspension of disbelief ending give it the feel of an AI assisted work. I won't dissuade you from using that as a learning tool but never ever try and use it to create stories. AI is trained on the work of others without their consent, thus anything you make with it is basically stolen, use it for structure, flow and literary concepts but never content. There was clearly a level of enthusiasm behind the work and I can see clear sparks of burgeoning talent, so keep at it all the best writers started somewhere and not all stories work the way we want. Its art, good is hard, perfect neigh impossible.

[@SIB1963]

What you call the "human bias" was the whole point of his story. Humans have abilities that (in this author's universe, anyway) other intelligent species neither perceive nor comprehend. It's a perfectly valid basis for a storyline.

[@Joe-jd4pn]

No mention of the LGBTQ+ community!

[@roadspectre7655]

They're humping secretly in caves and isolated jungle

[@snake57]

Good story 88

[@cameltube-vk7el]

4 4 4 4

[@ducatiguy1113]

the repetition of the same phrases bothered me more than anything story was good but needs rewriting good luck on all future endeavors!

[@simoncampbell3144]

I thought they would have been lead by Donald Trump 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lazovkalazovovska5119]

DA NE GO ISPRETERAVTE MALKUVA SOSETO TIJA GROZOTII OD HORORI HA?

[@origami83]

Alot of repitition in this story and it doesnt make sense.

[@jpkjnn6733]

Yeah it feels like it was written by an AI or a 4th grade.

[@ninline2000]

Who writes this drivel?

[@douglasperry8211]

Nobody

[@nimmnoss]

good video

[@NiceHandTick]

/The horror of the defenseless soft comfortable arm rests!

[@NessaEllenesse]

The plot of this story sounds like something you would find in r/rpg horror stories. So the game starts with the GM telling us we are defending Earth from an unstoppable alien species. The GM then proceeds to let us know what we are up against. Our entire party minus that guy is captured and killed. That guy insisted on playing the Admiral. He then takes the fleet to the enemy home world. With a flurry of crazy decisions and lots of nat 20s (I later found out his d20 had 2 20s insisted of a 20 and a 1) he brought the alien home would to its knees. After the enemy fleet shows up he decided to accept the challenge. More nat 20s followed. After the game session we found out that he was using loaded dice, min/maxed his PC and was using OPed homebrew material that the DM had explicitly banned. Needless to say That Guy was kicked from the group. I will be taking over as GM. We will be playing D&D 3.5

[@richardstone5552]

Cool

[@fefootinyourface9414]

👍

[@dominickefrim3088]

To the AI writing these stories. Stop repeating the same phrases over n over again... And you never said what happened to the human captives that activated a homing beacon. Lost opportunity to add another layer to the story.

[@frocurl]

89

[@duanebouchard8736]

disjointed, verbose,,,, A.I. for sure

[@chrisroy7085]

Shame, and eternal shame, nothing but shame! This is AI CRAP. As a SCIFI connoisseur, I recognize the stolen themes from Larry Niven, and Harry Turtledove. BOO!

[@anwaraisling]

I'm sorry, but this is simply poorly written. First, there's no sense of time passing. The pacing of the story makes it feel like everything took place in a single day until the challenge to personal combat came up. That wouldn't happen, by the way. Second, there is nothing memorable about this story. It fails to engage the senses and leaves little to the imagination. In short, it fails to set the scene. You could have practically written it in one paragraph and had the same impact.